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Supercross Series ro und in the Los
Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The
race, wh ich w ill pit eastern and
weste rn competitors aga i nst each
other, was originally sc heduled for
Ft. S m it h, A rkansa s.
Maj o r changes a n : in sto re for the
AMA Na tio na l Cha mpionship MX
Series in '86. In the AMA Nati o na l
MX Adv iso ry Board mel't in g held in
An ah eim o n Sep tcm lx-r 21. th e boa rd
vo ted to ab and on th e previo us set-up
of runnin g 1 2.~. 250 a nd 500ce Nati ona ls a ll o n the sa me dav in fav or o f a
pr ogram wh ere a typ'ieal race dal e
will co nsis t o f either :1·250 or 500cc
Nati onal as well as a 125ce Nat ional.
As it sta nds now . th e series will co nsist o f 12 events - six 250ec races. six
500ec ra ces and 12 I25cceven ts - and
rid ers will be a llowed to c o m pe te in
bot h 250 and 500ee class es. T he 125ce
div ision wi ll be reta in ed under Nationa l cha m p io ns h ip sta tus. but will
not be open to past 125ee Nat ion al
cha m ps. Under th e new rul es. a rider
can win the 125cc tide tw ice begin '
ning in 1986 and th en must vacat e th e
class . Two-thirds of th e avai lab le
purse at a Nati onal will go to th e 250
o r 500cc cl ass. w ith th e o ther third
goin g to th e 125cc di vision. All mot os
in a ll classes w ill be 30 minut es p lus
two la ps.
So me tho ugh ts on lubrication fro m
Robe rt H. Weh man. pres iden t an d chief
e ngineer of Spectro Oils of America .
Joe Brothers Racing (Ho n ) edged
out Filthy Five Racing (S u z) by a
scant 2 .3 seconds after six hours
of racing to take the overall win in
the October 12 WERA National
Championship Endurance Road
Race Series round at Michigan's
Grattan Raceway. Overall series
title contender Speed Boys (Y am )
finished third overall. two laps shy
of the 188 laps covered by the top
two finishers on the two-mile road
course .
I freq uently write advertisin g
co lum ns about our pr oducts during the course of a year but sometim es our own cu st omers sp eak
better for us.
Those motorcyc lists w ho are sincerel y interested in performanc e
can learn someth ing about our
SPECTRO SPECIAL PERFOR·
MANCE PRODUCTS fr o m these
lett ers by two racers w ho' are
both wo rld record ho lders.
John Martin (C- A) wa s cro wn ed National Hare Scr ambles Champion by
virtue of winning the fina l round o f
th e AMA National Championship
Ha re Scrambles Series h eld in Lancas ter. O hio . o n O ctober 13. Mark
Hyde (H u s), wh o was tied with Martin for th e point lead going into th e
event. fini shed second o vera ll a nd
second in th e series. whi le Mike Keen
(Hu·s). Drew Smith (Hon) and Jeff
Russell (H us) rounded o u t the top
five o verall o n th e da y.
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