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TEri YEARS AGO ~ C'1 .... Rex Beau ch am p won the AM A/ Camel Pro Series mile National at San Jose, California a fter beating fellow Harley-Davidson pilot JaySpringsteen and Yamaha-mounted H an k Scott. Ga ry Scott 's Harley su rvived a burnt valve to finish fifth a n d with Kenny Roberts ret iring in midrace, Scott wrapped up the Grand Nat ional Championship. Wh en as ked how it felt to be number on e, Scott repl ied, " T he same, bu t rich er. .." In th e Junior In vitat iona l at th e Santa Clara Co unty Fairgrounds Sco tt P earson bea t Da n McWhor ter and Steve Ek lund for the win. (lJ ..0 o .... u o IT'S NICE TO SEE THE COMPETmON WIN THEIR SHARE OF RACES THIS SEASON. Ice Raci n g in Ca lifornia debuted at the Long Beach Arena in front o f 3500 spectators who witnessed AI Gaskill's wi n in the main event. Gaskill he ld o ff Dennis Briggs and R ick H ockin g for 15 laps to tak e th e win. Brent Wallingsford too k adva nt a ge of Mitch Mayes ' mis cu e to win th e 0 -37 Jackrabb its Hare a nd Hound in Lucerne Valley. California. Ma yes made a wrong turn with a one-minute lead th at a llo wed Wall in gsfor d to take hi s first-ever overa ll win. In AFM ro ad racing actio n in Ontario, California , Gary Nixon mad e h is return to com pe tition with a seco nd pl ace fin ish . Ni xo n ha d been id le for 15 months since bein g in vol ved in a ser ious crash while testi ng in J apan . Steve Baker wo n bot h the 250cc a nd Open G P events . T yson Vohland topped th e 60cc Mini Novice class at a CMC gr and pr ix a t Boss MX in Dix on , California a fter disposing of Debbie Ra be. Vohland a lso won the Pee Wee division . In Expert racing, Ale x Jorgensen beat Brian Jod ry and Bill Swartz to wi n the 250cc cla ss. The third round o f th e U.S. Nation al Speedway Championsh ip qualifi ers was run a t Ventura Speedway and Steve Bast turned in a perfect score of 12 points to tak e th e top honors. Alt hough Bast took th e win , Sco tt Sivadge was still th e high point man after th ree nights of qualifying. Alan Chri stian still had a sho t a t making the final s, but was in 15th pl ace after th ree nigh ts. MICHELIN DUNLOP 1985 FIM WorldChampionshipRood R acing SeriesWms. Throu g ho ut the year,Michelin riders dominated the Intern ationa l G rand Prix Road Racing Circuit, the most cha llengi ng racing in the world. Fred die Spencer mad e histo ry on M iche lin tires by being the first rid er in the Grand Prix - to wi n both the 500cc class and the 250cc class in the same year. ~~"" In fact , Michelin riders b lew the competition away in every othe r class. In the 125cc class ~~~ they ra n away w ith 7 out of 10 races. And M ichel in rid ers won 0117 races in the 80cc class. Ride rs a re also achieving success in prod uctio n rocing with our Hi-Sport tires. Hi-Sport /C.~"" tires have DOT markings that make them street legal. So w hat do a ll these M iche lin wins add up to? For the co mpetition, very little. MICHEUN: BECAUSE SO MUCH IS RIDING ON lOUR nRES: Mal colm Sm ith won h is clas s an d beat most o f th e cars en tered in th e l400 -kilometer " Roo f o f Africa " offroad race on th e African con tine nt. The new Kawasaki KZ750 DOHC fou r-stro ke twin was rumored to be Kawas aki 's weapon for a fu ll a tta ck on the AMA dirt tra cks; Kawa saki was no lon ger den ying the existence of the project and Inste ad stated that " Yo u'll see some i nu-resti ng Sluff next yeur. .. Frontier 500 tst Over all. t st Open Cl ass Anthony PasqualoUo I Billy Hill M-Star I Maico MAX IMA RACI N G LUB RICA NTS 1444 Pioneer # 7. 1:1Cajon, CA 92020 6 19 /4 42-9723 17