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TE~ YEARS AGO With the aid of a lillie homecourt advantage, CZs finished 1-2 in both motos of the 250cc World Motocro s Championship Series round at Hoi ice, Czechoslovakia . .firi Churavy and Antonin Baborovski LOok the honors in the first mota; Jaroslav Falla and Miroslav Halm in the second. Halm had the best overall score with a 5-2. American Bultaco rider Jim Pomeroy finished sevemh in moLO one and third in the final round. Many American hotshoes were on hand for a Trans-AMA Qualifier at southern California's Valley Cycle Park. In the l25cc class, as was expeeled, Marty Smith smoked both moLOS on a Honda. Second and third went LO another .pair of Elsinore pilots, Gaylon Mosier and Tim Lunde, In the2.50s, Yamaha's old Pro Pierre Karsmakers let a pair of seconds earn him the win. Moto winners Bill Grossi (Hon) and Rex Staten (Hon) failed LO back up their wins with top three placings, although Grossi's 1-5 did net him second. In the 500s, Ken Zahrt (Bul) and Jim West (Hus) finished first and second each time out. Mike Hannon dropped just one poi nt on his big-bore Bultaco LO win an AMA Na.tional Enduro in Straddleline Park, Washington. Second overall. two points back, was Ron Fawcett, and third overall went LO 250cc A rider Hawley Slayton on a Penton. Husky's Heikki Mikkola won the 500cc World Motocross Championship Series round held in Gaillefontaine, France. Mikkola won both legs, while Suzuki's Roger DeCoster rode to a pair of runner-up finishes, and American Brad Lackey tallied four GP points on his Husky by placing eighth and 10th. Mike Bast extended his Scratch main winning streak in southern California to eight in a row with another week-long sweep of Ventura, Bakersfield, Irwindale and Costa Mesa events. Five hundred and ninety riders were on hand for a sportsman half mile at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds in San Jose, California. In the 360cc Expert main event, Rick Hocking led wire to wire, followed by Manuel Daton and Steve Eklund. The father/son team of Buddy and Mike Parriot wrestled their Yoshimura Kawasaki around Ontario MOLOr Speedway for the win in the AFM's premier 300-mile production road race. Second went LO the BMWmounted team of Reg Pridmore and Marty Lunde, Honda riders Bernd Koegler and Danny Russell LOpped the l25cc]unior class at an AMA D-36 scrambles event at Fremont, California. In the 125cc Experts, Gordy Seim was the winner. "Win the Tulsa 3-Day ISDE Qualitier on a US?" "Impossible," they said. 1st Overall-Mark Hyde Husqvama 125WR • 1st 250-Fritl Kadlec Husqvama 250WR • 1st Open-Wally Wilson Husqvama 400WR 1st Four Stroke-Larry Roeseler Husqvama 510TE • 2nd 125-Randy Hawkins Husqvama 125WR • 2nd 250-)eff Russell Husqvama 250WR Four Firsts out of Four Classes is certainly a tematkable achievement for both man and machine in such a grueling 3-Day test. But special congratulations muse go 400WR), Enduro travel [TC suspension and legendary Husqvarna reliability. "The power was JUSt where I needed it and it ran just as strong on Sunday as it did on Friday;' said Hyde. "The liquid cooling gives me added per- to Mark Hyde for showing that any size Husqvarna is mote than a match for the competition. Mark's '84 125WR features liquid cooling Oust like the formance with added reliability. It's an unbeatable combination." See your Husqvarna dealer today and get YOut hands on one of our hand-built Swedish masterpieces. Hurry. The winners' circle awaits. Husqvarna THE FINAL STEP UP IiiHusqvarna 1eams with Bel-Ray to Win Husqvama Motorcycle Co. • 4925 Mercury Street· San Diego, Ca. 92111 Congratulations to Husqvama/Bel-Ray Rider MIKE MELTON, First Overall at the BUTT Oak National Enduro, Roselawn, IN. The Lubrication Leader. Bel-Ray Company, Inc. Box 526 Farmingdale, New Jersey ()7727 2()l-938-242/