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TEr-I YEARS ~ - AGO 00 0") Yamaha's Gene Romero played draft and pass with Harley-Davidson pilots Doug Sehl and Corky Keener at the Indy Mile, with Romero pulling a slingshot off the final corner 10 take the win. Gary Scott (H-D) edged Chuck Palmgren (Yam) in a near dead heat for fourth. Jimmy Ellis and Jimmy Weinert were the winners as the AMA ran a 250 and 500cc National Motocross at Hillsboro, Ohio. Ellis went I-I in the 250s 10 defeat Husky's Marty Tripes (2-2) and Kent Howerton (8-3). In the 500s Weinert banged elbows and handlebars with CZ-mounted privateer Tony DiStefano, falling when they collided, but then passing DiStefano back when DiStefano fell by himself. Weinert's 2-2 beat Tony D's 1-3, and Maico pilot Steve Stackable was third with a 3-4. Uve it to the limitat theWrangler Supercross Series! (orne on out and cheer for your r - - - -favorite riders as they race through I their high speed, muscle-jarring / Supercross Series events. The Wrangler brand is I proud to be the 1984 sponsor of the I location Date ~rlando, Fl INSPORT-sanctioned Supercross I 5/19 asadena CA 6/2 BUffalo, NY Series. Get the thrill of watching I 7/14 FOXboro, MA those daring riders compete for I Sacramento C 7/28 Oakland points in the $125,000 Wrangler I lOsA ' CA' A 9/29 ngeles, CA 10/20 Supercross Point Fund. Live it / 11/3 to the limit in Wrangler jeans. I On and off the track, they'll I Io~ suit your lifestyle. l ~In Wra,;gi;"- - - - In Ettlebruck, Luxembourg, Husky's Heikki Mikkola won the first molO of the final round of the 500cc World Motocross Championship. That win, coupled with the first-molO DNF of Suzuki's Roger DeCoster, clinched the World Championship for the 29year-old Finn. DeCoster came back to place second in the other molO behind Bengt Aberg's Bultaco, but it proved to be too late. American Brad .Lackey (Hus) recorded eighth- and ninth-place finishes to end the year in the top 10 of the poi nl standi ngs. For the second time in his career, Team Honda's Marty Smith raced a 250. He won the 2S0cc Pro class at a CMC Saddleback "vent in southern California,. but odJly enough, only placed fourth in his regular class, the' 125cc Pros. Mark Tyer won that one on a Penton,framed Honda. --- --- I.iYe it to the limit in Wra~ Mike Tidwell, Wayne Rainey and .: Eddie Lawson finished I-2-3 in the 125cc Expert class of a Corona Raceway short track in southern California. First and third were on Yamahas, second rode a Honda. . . -.: -- J8S C 1914, Blue Bell, Inc . Riding a MotO-Villa solo, Alex Jorgensen won the 250cc class of a marathon a't Fremont Park in northern California. Second went to the team of John Frey and Scott Austin on a Maico, while Gary Vanderpool and Jeff Cole teamed to win the Open class on a Husky. Portland (Oregon) International Raceway was the scene of a $1000 exhibition road race. Quentin Hogan took the overall win on a 900. Kawasaki, lapping the field in the 50-mile race. Second went to Art Friedman on .a 750 Kawasaki. Cordis Brooks was the overall winner of a three-loop AMA D-37 hare scrambles held on the California desert, taking the lead when Kevin Hasten fell of£. Second overall went to A.C. Bakken on a big-bore Husky. Parachute failure caused Evel Knievel's Skycycle 10 plunge nose-first to the bottom of the Snake RiveF Canyon in an unmanned test. •, 23