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TEri YEARS AGO TBIS WEEKEND BEAD FOR YOUR COUNTRY BOME. For those who like their sports action . fasl and furious H arl ey-Davidson unveil ed its first 500cc road racing motorcycle. said to be " ... a wea pon th at may revolu tionize roa d racin g." T he water-coo led two-st rok e tWill used four M ikuni ca rbs, weig hed 253 pou nds. a nd p rod uced a n eye-popping 95 horsepower at 10.500 rpm. Th e rear brake was a un ique H -D patented dis c mo u nted o n th e transmission output sha ft. Malcolm Smith ca me back from a bout with th e flu to win the 1975 So bo ba G P. Smit h h ad won the ina gura l running o f th e event in 1973. followed by a breakdown and a DN F in 1974. Fi nishing seco nd was Jim Fishback. Roundin g out the field were Jim DeSoto, A.C . Bakken, Bob Balentine, a nd a guy th ey ca lled "Cra zy" David Aldana. T he Goodyear Tire a nd Rubber Company a n no u nced th e fo rm a tion o f th e Goodyear Motor Sports Club. o rga n ized to bring together race car dri vers. motorcycle racers. bu ilders and mecha n ics. The idea is for these mem bers to pool their kn owledge. and p romo te mor e efficie nt fuel use a nd hi ghway safety. Goodyear en visione d the cl u b to prov ide a closer relat ionshi p betw een racers a nd racing fans. and expects 100.000 mem bers to sig n up in th e first year. T he Hodaka Super Comba t and Super Rat MX took th eir turns in th e test . bench spotligh t. and in the fin al an al ysis were judged to be ..... true racin g machines that have to ta ke no back seat to a nv o ther bike on th e mar ket ... a real race r. -tha t a ll yo u have to do is turn th e throt tle o n and ride it." Bob Balentine took h is H usky 250 to first overa ll at th e AMA D-37 Bad gers Hare Scra mbles in Adela nto. California . Tom Kell y topped the 175cc Amat eu rs o n boar d a Yama ha. a head o f D.C. Williams (H a n) . Bernie Sch reiber top ped the Expert class a t th e AT A Tria ls at Ranch o Bern a rdo. California. Mark Eggar finis hed second . followed by Marland Whaley, George Smith II , Mike G riff itts a nd Andre Plouffe. hold on for "American Sports Cavalcade" for everything from aulo racing 10 rodeos. Salardays. Sundays, witness the speclade of exciting Saperbike racing on "The Peter Starr Molorc:yde Show." "Jlmerlcaa Sports Cavalcade" . SaI1udaJs, 12:30 PM, 6:00 PM (PST) "The Peter Starr Motorcycle Show" SIIIIdays, 12:30 PM, 5:30 PM (PST) (J lHE NASI-MUE NETWORK... AMERICA'5 COUNTRY HOME C' GROU PW SATELUTE COMMUNICATIONS 1985 The CMC Mot ocross a t Ca rls bad Ca lifornia co m p leted with Wayn~ Boyer ta king top honors in th e 500cc ~ro class. with.Mark Bla ckwell p lacmg second. Pi err e Karsm akers finish ed fifth o n hi s Honda , T om C roft fin ish ed first in th e 125cc Pro class. a nd David Geri g took hom e the mar bles in th e 125cc Juni or d ivisio n . Croft a lso pl aced first in the 250cc P ~os . wi th Gary Ogden tallyin g th ird wit h a Yam aha. The AFM held roa d races a t R iversid e Raceway (CA). and Whi tney Blak eslee decimat ed th e field in the :150 G P race by lapping every o ther fin isher. Sk ip Aksland p u t h is T Z250 into the wall o f turn ni ne on the last lap of t he 250 G P race. allowing Jack Bak er to ro ll by and take the wi n. • 15