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YEri YEARS AGO American Honda an no u nced its o fficia l motocross team lineup for th e com in g year: T ommy Croft, Ri ch Eiers ted t, P ierr e Karsmakers a nd Marty Smith. The AMA an nounced th e pa yoff from its point fund for the top racers of 1974. Kenny Ro ber ts received $7876 .83: $1687.70 was aw arded to R og er DeCoster; a nd $585.54 went to factory CZ pi lot lden ek Velky. Am eri can motocrossers J immy Weinert a nd Gary J ones received $1239.89 a nd $1711.23, respectively. This is absolutely, positively, your first, last and probably only chance to see the wildest, most outrageous motorcycle action movie ever made. More-progress march es o n: Rep ort s from th e.recent Anaheim, California , motorcvcle trade show mention th e debut of " the most technically so p h isticat ed " sideca r prod uced by a " well kn own p u rveyor o f fairings," Craig Vetter. Also at An aheim wer e severa l new Norton-Triumph street bike mod els featu ring electr ic sta rt ing. Contribu to r J ohn Ulrich's pho tograp hs sho wed th e lat est advances to come fro m th e sho p o f Don Jones, father of 250cc Nat ional MX Champ ion Gary J ones. Trick MX stuff in cl uded a ir/oil for ks with a bal ance tube (to keep both leg s eq ua lized ). a h igh-revving Ca m -Am with a triple exha us t port, a nd a " sna il pipe" that wraps up o ver th e cylinde r head, th us reducing instances o f toa sted legs. Mai co -rnounted J im West duell ed it out with " Rocket Rex" Staten (Ma i) at CMC's Irwindal e ni ght mot ocro ss. West won th e first two 500cc Pro motos, o n ly to have hi s front wh eel co lla pse in th e third. giving the win to Sla ten . Staten enco u nte red bad luck in th e first two motos, however , to score fourth overa ll. Seco nd overa ll went to J eff Jenni ngs (CZ). Also a t Irwin dale, Will Harper (CZ) wa s th e 250cc P ro vic tor. while Mike Bell (Hon) aced the 125cc Pros. The Fo ur Aces M.C. staged th eir 25th a n n ua l Moose Run Hare a n d Hound: this vear it was held near Adelanto in st ead o f Frem on t Vall ey. Ron Wr ight (Yam) took the lead early o n a n d fini sh ed th e winn er , first Heavyweight Expert. Ron Bebo (Yam) wa s second o vera ll: Ji m Wotring (Yam) was third. first 250; Dean Modesett (Pen) cla imed fir st 175cc class honors. Tonight, anyway. See the all·new"T INGITTO THE LlMIT u AK 90 m inutes ofsiZZling celluloid you'll never forget. But don't forget-It 's for onenight only. Brought to youbyKawasakiandyour K awasaki dealer who's gotdiscount couponsgood for $2.50 off the$150 admissionpr . Hurry! ice Getyour discount coupons and go! Kawasaki This week, TAKING IT TO THE LIMIT is being shown at: LASV G S - Tue E A ,NV. s.,Jan. 29-8PM. L sVegas Cashma enter Theater a nC WAC TX - Thurs.,Ja 24- 8PM. O, n. W e 0' TexasFairgrounds acoH art ' D LLA , T Fri. &Sat.,Jan. 25&26-8PM. A S XDallasTower Building- Texa sStateFair EL PASO, T Fri.,Ja 25-8PM. Xn. EI PasoCivicThe r ate O ESSA, TX - S n. 26-8 PM. D at.,Ja O H lidayInn Center dessa o F W R H, T Tues.,Jan. 29-8 PM. ORT O T XF Worth TarrantC ort ountyT r heate WICHITA F ALLS, TX. Jan. 30-8 PM. WichitaFallsMemorialAuditorium -s«. A• t•~~~c:.t'!.~~dr;:.:P'-!.~~..~t S R P R L - Tues., J 29-8 p.M. H EVE O T. A. an. S port C ic C Theater hreve iv enter BATONROUGE,LA. - Wd.,Jan. 30-8 PM. e Baton R ougeR iversid eCentraple he xT ater S NDIEGO,C - Fri.,Jan. 25- 6 &9PM. A A. :30 San D iegoState Univers ity OCEANSIDE,C - S A. at.,Jan. 26-8 PM. O ceansideCommunity Center LAM A CA. - M n.,Jan. 28- 8PM. IR DA, o La MiradaC heater ivicT FRES A. - Thu NO,C rs.,Jan. 31-8 PM. F resnoConventionCnter e William Saroyan T heater LAWTON, O - Thurs.,Jan. 31-8PM. K. Lawto cMahon A nM uditorium Mi ke Minnig (Ya m) had j us t celebrat ed hi s 14th birthday wh en he won the I25cc Expert flat track main event a t Corona Racewav, He defeated Mike Ti dwell (Ya m) and Eddie Lawson (Yam) . Winner of the 250cc Am ateurs was Doro th y Rowe (Yam) , ahead of Da ve Johnson (Yam) a nd Stan Kem p (Han). Kevin H asten took his CZ 400 to victory in the Desert Racin g Association's (DRA) California City hare scrambl es, beating out J im Fi sh back (CZ), Ben n y Padilla (Yam)a nd Wayne Cook (Ha n) . J oh n Dyks tra (Yam) was first Beginner, followed by Bob Bell o n a Hindall-Iramed Triumph 650. Can yo u say ground pounder? 9