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YEti YEARS AGO . -- ~ ~ - IC HAEPIO NI [ c.II':~1. ] ~~ LlW ~ 00 0') - ~ C'J In sp ite o f a heavil y bandaged leg to protect injured ca rti lage. Tea m Suzuki 's Tony DiStefano rega in ed th e 250cc National po ints lead by turn ing two seco nd- p lace finish es into a n o vera ll win a t H erman . Nebraska. Can-Am 's Jimmy Ellis fin ish ed th e day in seo n d pl ace. a nd Tea m H onda 's Marty Smith cla imed th ird. Giacomo Agostini led th e 500cc GP ra ce a t Im ol a.Ttal y, from sta rt to fin ish to tak e th e chec kered flag more than onefu ll minute a hea d o f seco ndplace P hil Read . Ago sha ttered th e circ u it's a bso lute la p record in th e process. an d foll ow in g th e race, overzeal ou s fans poured o nto th e race co u rse to ho nor the Ital ian racer's victory. H owever . o nce o n th e co u rse th e fan s wo u ld n' t leave. forcing th e ca nce lla tio n o f th e sidecar race : th e fir st tim e in h istory th at cro wd beh avior prevented th e running of a world cha m p io ns h ip race. Ea rlier in th e da y, Ago had bauled with Johnny Cecouo in th e 350cc class a nd had ac tua lly broken th e lap record eig h t tim es in th e co urse o f th e race - on lv ' to lose ground o n th e la st four laps due to a bent brak e lever , gi vin g th e win to Cecouo, V C ::l ~ 14TH ANNUAL Spark T om Getzfried p ow ered his Yamaha to victory a t th e 29th running of the Greenhorn Enduro, held a t Caj on Pass , California, dropping just II points in th e two -day. 400-m ile event. Getzfried barely edge d out Hondamounted Mi ke Sterl ing who a lso scored a minus II, but lost it on th e tie breaker. DKW reorganized th eir U.S. di stribu- . tion, a nd cha nged th e name of their motorcycle products back to ..H ercu les," Flagship of th e new marketing effort was th e W-2000: a largedisplacement stree t ma chine p owered by a Sachs Wankel (ro ta ry) engi n e. The n ew powerplaru wa s reported to have underg one five yea rs o f testing, a nd th e motorcvcle was backed with a 12-m onth unl imited m ileage wa rrant)' . Ov er 50 motor cycle o rga niza tio ns pre'pared for a nat ion wid e H elmet Law Protest Day, schedu led for Jun e 29. The even t ca lle d for peaceful dem onstra tions , with ride rs to gath er a t loc al Fed eral Bu ildings in cities a n d towns across th e co u nt ry. T he p ro test wa s su p ported by th e A;,\IA, th e Moto Guzzi Nat ion al Owners Clu b. and th e Am eri can Mo to rcycle Drag Racin g Associati on , a nd was expected to dr aw as man y as 250.000 rid ers. A formal an nou nce me nt wa s ma de that the Sacrament o Mile would be Tun aga in in 1975, a n event th at was suspended in 1970 due to th e closing of th e " O ld Fairgrounds." In years past, th e Sac rumeruo Mile had been seco n d only to Da ytona 111 popularit y am on g both rid ers a nd specta tors . THE BELL SUPERBIKE . CLASSIC ON SATURDAY The VERY best motorcycle road racing ' in the United States, on the track which the riders consider the closest they can get to a European circuit without the travel. And we reasonab ly expect to bring America's best riders home from Europe to compete, as we've done in the past. This weekend of ra cing has become the summer's fun ha ppeningl It is a wee kend not only to see, but to experience. Plan your va cation tour now a nd ride some of California 's spectacular coa sta l canyons on your wa yI We have a better racing schedule for you this year. The second annual Bell Superbike Classic wnl feature Saturday's racing and qualifying, which will indude Battle of the Twins, divided into two groups. A vintage exhibition will also highlight Saturday's adivity. The Champion Spark Plug 200 will continue as a pair of 100 kilometer heats, with the Vetter High Mileage Contest Finals as the contrasting break. The popular Formula-2 final is scheduled as the Iead-off main event on Sunday. rICkets Wl11 be available at BASS, TIcketron, rlCketMaster, Laguna Seca's regular outlets. Participating Yamaha dealers will have Laguna Tour '85 tickets. Questions/Information: The Sports Cor Racing Association of the Monterey Peninsula (SCRAMP) office is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Coli us at (408) 373-1811. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Name' ----l -i Address City ~ --I Expiralion Oole 5;9nalure ---.,. --1 Note: We Accepl Visa a r MaslerC ard O nly. Child ren un der 6 yea rs of age free w ith paren t . Nissan is the OfficJal Car and Truck of Laguna Seca Raceway. 25