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TEr-I YEARS AGO At th e SDT R Scottish T rials in San Diego , Ca lifornia, Mik e Griffitts took firs t p la ce, th ree poin ts a hea d o f ru nn er-up Bernie Sc h rei be r. Bob Nickelsen finished thi rd. In the Arna teur class, Debb ie Evans fin ish ed third beh ind T om Burman an d first-p lace Mike Meade. Miguel Llado, a Spanis h ir ials expert, sca led Mt. Kil ima njaro to th e very tip rid in g a 325cc Bu ltaco Sherpa T , bea tin g a Ya maha-mo u nt ed Fren ch effort by 1000 feel. Not o n ly that. L1ado rode the bike from Barcelo na. Spain , to the mounta in peak in Africa a nd back , accom pa n ied by h is su pport jeep a nd a ca me ra cre w. SANCTIONE D 8th. SPRING CLASSIC 20- LAP NATIO.N·AL HALF-MI·LE WITH JUNIOR PROGRAM Suzuki 's Roger DeCoster a n d defending World C hampion H eikki Mikkola defeated each ot he r in a lte rna te rounds of co m pe titio n a t th e Swiss G ra nd Prix, with DeC oster finall y declared th e wi n ner based o n h is sh orter elapsed time. At th is stage of the series. the pa ir were tied wit h 27 points each tow ards the World C ha mpi o n sh ip . Gerri t Wol s ink (S uz) rounded out the top th ree. a head of Am eri ca n Brad Lackey (H us). Kenny Roberts regain ed th e Camel Pro Seri es point lead , and the $2.740 winner's purse a t th e Cowboy National sho rt tra ck races a t Texas Stadiu m in Irving , T exas . Th e sur p rise of the even ing was Rand y Cleek. wh o blew to the front of the pa ck to cha lle nge Roberts, and fina lly fin ished in second place a head o f a fading Gary Sco tt. Riding a Ca n-Am 175 sponsored by Bo m ba rd ier and Cycle Guide Magazin e. Art Freidman na rrow ly edged John He wi tt to win the CMC's 200cc Pr od uction class a t Orange County Intern at io n al Ra cewa y. T ho u g h Fr iedman had p lanned to mod ify the dirt machine for road racin g , tr ick part s di dn ' t arrive from the factory in tim e. Instead. Friedma n broke the bike in over 80 mi les of mud a t In di a n Du nes. cha n ged from tr ial s to road tires. and went racing. In the end, th e C an- A m ' s sup eri or co r ne ri ng bested Hewitt's fast R D200 Yamaha. Harry Evert s lived up to a ll th e preseason pr ed ictions abou t h im . and Will i Bauer su rp rised man y o n h is newly-designed R H Suzuki at th e G P seaso n o pe ne r held in Sabade ll T arasa, Spain . The pair tied for fir st overall on th e muddy hi lls o u tside of Barcelona, with the win decision go ing to Everts for th e fastest tot al tim e for both motos, The sole Ameri can rider in the 250cc cla ss was Jim Pomeroy, who set the fast qua lifying time but fai led' to score point s in ei ther moto, T he Bu ltaco MK vm 360 took its turn as a test bi ke, a nd in spi te o f ci tin g its power a nd hand lin g p rowess. a good portion o f the report was dedica ted to how to keep the machine from fa lli ng apart . 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