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fA . TEri B • YEARS AGO ~ lr') 00 0") ... Th e A MA an nounced that Terry Tiernan had resigned h is position as p res ide nt of th e AMA , as well as resig nin g from the No rt on-T riumph Corp orati on . Tie rna n h ad joined Norton-Triumph just a few months before; h is resignati on fueled rumors o f th e p robabl e dem ise o f the British m otorcycl e indu stry. It wa s a lso learned th at a month prior to th e AMA' s a n nou nce me nt, Norton-Triumph unveil ed (in England) a 125cc two -st rok e m onoshock dirt bike eq u ip pe d with a M ikun i carbu re tor; a m a chine bu ilt a n d assem ble d in T a iwan. QJ ..c 8 QJ ... 0. QJ CFJ Speedwa y action in Sa n Berna rd in o , Cal if orn ia saw Bruce Penhall beco me th e first rider th is year to wi n the ha ndicap ma in event twice, scorin g a come-from-be hind victory fro m the 40-yard stripe; P enh all duel ed with Max Koemans for th e win. Eddie Lawson pu lled off a double a t Corona Racewa y in Corona, Ca lifornia by winning both the Open and 250cc Expert TT classes. Lawson led wire-to-wire in both even ts, beating Greg Zehner in th e 250 class and John Calicchio in th e Open division. Venzuelan Johnny Cecouo edged o ut Giacomo Agostini fo r t he 350cc Wo rld Road Racin g Cham pionship i n Brn o , Czechoslovakia. Neithe r rid er actually fin i shed th e race, wh ich a llowed Cecotto to ma int a in hi s 19-p oint a dva n tage in the la st ro u nd of th e cha m p io ns h ip . Jeff Ward . 1985 AMA 250cc National Motocross Champion J ammin' Jimmy Weinert cl in ch ed his second Open cl ass Nati onal Motocross Championship by tu rning in a 2-4 fini sh a board his factory Yam aha , besting th e effo rts-o! Steve Stackable a n d Pierre Karsmakers in New Orleans, Louisiana . Stackable's Mai co broke half o f its rea r spokes with only three laps to go in th e first rnot o , d ro pping h im from a su re second to a seventh -p lace finish . Kar sma kers was knocked down in a mida ir co llis io n with Tony DiStefano wh ile bat tl in g fo r seco nd in the final mot o . Weinert , Stackable an d Karsm aker s fin ished one- two-th ree in th e national sta ndings. Scott Pearson won th e fi rst -e ve r nigh t race at th e Sa nta Cla ra County Fai rgrounds in the co m bine d AMA Junior/Expert main event. Pea rson put hi s H arley past Chuck Miller's Yamaha to tak e th e win. In th e 250cc Expert class at the AMA D-36 Short Track in Fremont, California , Ran dy Mamola won hi s thi rd stra igh t ra ce a n d m o ved into fifth p la ce in th e overall p oint sta n dings. In 80cc actio n, Ricky R ya n kep t hi s win strea k a live with a win o ver Tom Dea th erage a nd Jimmy Filice. . Bill Conroy rode a 400cc CZ to th e Overall win in the DRA/D-37 Challen ge Race in Ca lifo rn ia Ci ty, Ca lifornia. Conro y wa s riding for DRA, but th e fin ish was dominat ed by D37, with six o f th e first 10 spots going to D-37 riders. • The Lubrication Leader. MICHELIN HI-SPORT . 18 Tf 1 1 1 00/ 8~ ~ 1 8 Tf1 1 8 "0 / 8 0,,'9T f 110 / 0" 17 TG22 " 160 / 6 18 TG22 130/1 0 ~ 18 TG22 0 1 4 0 /1 0 " 18 TG22 160 / 6 NE""H~" 16 TG22 160/ 8 . ' 60 0 & MICHELIN -SLICK OO sa\8$1 6 . 22 Aug · 96 11 / - 81238 1 4/ 68-; 8 Sf21 ors~st sa\8 $89 . 16 /10- '81146~ ~a~ng .~~~. . _ 18 /12 - 8 9 46 orag ~ . ",E SEE 8 / 1 2 -1 1 co SERVICE £S os ""eHELINt.fiR ",A ATA A NAT'g":,AC£S Highest Performance f. 800.628:-.4 """""'.4 0........--. - '--'0 ....... DEALER INQUIRIES INVI TED N,n~~ _1100 D.G.T. Approved Street Legal 1109 P sotta: 1 2/6~;~ Sf12 i~ ttast 6 • UNBEATABLE , .. "'~MIIT. TRRC. ~ P BO l B61 • WIL BRAHAM. MASSAC .O. HUSETTS 01095 413 -734-6211 - Outside Massachusens 800-628-4040 29