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is TErt YEARS AGO V.O .T .E.' s season o pe ner tria ls a t Soledad Sands was tough, but Mike G riffi tts ro de h is Monr esa 10 the Expert cla ss win o ver Bernie Schrieber (Bu l) , Mark Eggar (H o n) a n d Marland Whaley (Hon); Martin Belair took a no ther Montesa 10 fifth. T he lead cha nged each round, bu t G riffi tts was th e most co nsisten t. In th e Arnateurs.Matt Pritchard's Kaw asaki was runner-u p to th e Su zu ki o f Lynne Barnes fo r a japanese swee p. Many big -name rnot ocr ossers turned up a t a Carlsbad , Ca li fornia Cont inental Mo torsport C lub MX fo r so me heav y P ro -class ac tio n . Marty Smith a nd Tommy Croft ran 1-2 for H onda in th e 125cc P ro class; Billy U rba n wa s thi rd in front o f Mike Bell and Tim Lunde. Croft ca me back 10 win th e 250cc P ro portion o f the program o ver Gaylon Mosier (Ma i) and Ri ck Grafton (Yam) . Robert Elliott's H usky was fourt h overa ll . with jimmy W einert (Ya m) a nd Ron Pomeroy (Bu l) ro unding th e top six. " Rocket Re x " Staten wa s tops in th e 500cc P ro s o n hi s Mai co , as Doug Sherman (Ma i), Wein er t (Yam) and Steve Stack able (Kaw) tra iled. Ri ck Liul e wa s tragi cal ly killed while co rn p eri n g in th e U ni ted R a ci n g Association 's Fros ty Cac tus enduro. L ittle was tra vel ing a t "a n ex tre me ly h ig h speed", appare n tly d id n ' t heed danger markin gs o n the course , a nd " h it th e road cross ing berm withou t slowin g down , d id a ver y bad endo ver-end number a nd d ied a lmos t in sta nt ly of a broken neck." Bob Massey (CZ) ca me fro m beh ind to la ke th e H eav yweight class win fro m H usq va rna -mo un ted Bill Saltzman by j ust six inch es in the firs t race of th e fir st hare scram bles in 1975. GIlMe, MM PRO NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE CHAMPIONSHIPS ;-. 1985 SERIES HOUSTON OPENER ! ASTRODOME EXPERT AND JUNIOR .: NATIONAL~! : 1 _FRI,FEB8 TOURIST . TROPHY SAT, FEB 9 SHORT TRACK « .. TIME TRIALS 1 :00 PM .~~~~..l6RA~t~~ ~ Don't miss Honda's RICKY GRA HAM battl ing to de fend his # 1 plate against the nation's best. including 1983 Grand National champ RANDY GOSS, BUBBA SHOBERT, JAY SPR INGSTEEN , STEVE EKLUND and many more ! TICKETS ON SALE at th e Ast rod om e Bo x Off ice. and T ic ketmaster & Tic ket ron Ou tl et s 3-W HEE LER MUD RACING · SATURDAY NIGHT! Dr op b y yo u r p a rt ici pat ing H o n e a d ear cr stuo an d re g is ter to WIn a s po t In th e nne- u p l or ou r specra i m ud racmq even t Yo u c " nCH ALL EN G E THE T IME T RI AL S GrUCh extr a h o ur s o f exci t i ng ra c e action as tnc nauoo's b est mo to rcvcic ra cer s ba tli e ag ainst th e cloc k to q u ali fy fo r Fnd a y' s TT and Sa tur days S no r t T ra c k event Adr m ssron is o n ly 5300 With your re qul ar ra c e ti ck e t or FREE wi t h 2 em p ty Ca me l pac ks and yo u r re g u la r ra c e ti ck e t. Tun e Tnat t ic k e ts a re o n sale a t m e As t rodome B ox Of fi c e T R A C K ' on yo ur a-wnecie r I Ou r In 9 Sa tu rday ni g h t' s In terrru ss to n . 7 compento rs (one from each oar nc .pa unq dea rer stu p] w il l br a ve ou r massive m ud Pi t In