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JEri YEARS AGO T he Triu mph Bonnevill e made a ret ur n 10 the shores o f Amer ica after a two year layo ff in man ufactu ring; th e new bi ke was set to fea ture a rear d isc brake a nd left-foot ed ~ hif t ing . Mar ty Sm ith pos ted a 1-2 fini sh to wa lk awa y wi th ro u nd five of th e KOI U Omah a T rans-AMA mOI!XTOSS seri es in H erma n . Nebra ska . Sm ith beat Marty Tripes in th e first mo to a nd finis hed beh in d Worl d Cha mpion Roger DeCoster the seco nd mota to take th e o vera ll win . Seco nd place went to DeCo ster via h is 3-1 score wi th T rip es' 2-7 tally tak in g th ird . overa ll. In CMC mo tocross ac tio n in Ca rlsbad . Ca li fornia . BlOC Glover took ad vantage o f Danny LaPorte's bad lu ck to wi n th e First mo to a nd eventua llv th e o vera ll in the 125cc P ro class : J eff Foland took th e 500cc P ro overa ll win whil e Ro bert Elliot was th e top 250cc rider on th e day. Mitch Ma yes fu rth er en ha nced h is repu ta tion as th e fas test rider in th e Moja ve desert by easi ly w in n ing th e Ra m 's H are a nd H ound. Seco nd overa ll an d firs t 250cc was Larry R oeseler o n hi s Husk y wh ile th e firs t a ma teur across t he finis h lin e was Mik e Edmondso n . In th e NCR A Winter Short T rac k Nationa ls in Wichi ta Fa lls. Texa s, Fredd ie Spencer won th e 360cc class o n Sa tu rday a fter a n ea rly bau le wi th Terry Poovey a nd carne back 10 w in the 250cc class o n S un day with a win over Bu bba Sh ober t. Ph il McDonald a nd Da ve Em de were th e big wi n ne rs a t the AMA Am at eur roa d race q ua lifier in Phoen ix. Arizo na with McDon a ld tak in g rh e 750cc G P wi n wh ile Em de sto ler heshow in th e 250cc G P class. In hillclim b ac tion , Wes Evans won five classes in th e DeAnza Hill cli mb at DeAn za Cycle Pa rk in Su n nymead , Ca liforn ia . Evans won th e 250cc Modi fied , the 360cc Modi fied . th e ·!OOcc Mod ified , the 450cc Mod ified a nd the Top Eli mi nator. In the P lonk er ATA T rial a t Sadd leba ck Park in Ca lifo rnia, Marla nd W ha ley bea I Mark Eggar a n d George Smith to take th e win in th e Expert d iv isio n. In th e Am a teur ranks, G reg Ca rter to pped Raym ond Soffa a nd Fred Bacher for the win . T he big Expert w in ners a t the Lodi Scra m bles in Lodi. .Ca lifornia were Fred Merk el in th e 80cc class. T ro y Arno ld in th e Open Expert , Alex J org en sen in th e 250cc Expe rt a nd Duan e Yarrow in th e 125cc Expert cla ss. STOP BY THE KERKER BOOTH AND MEET WES COOLEY· FRED MERKEL· MISS KERKER! .. ~ Dea lers, do you sell Cycle News? Call rig ht now to get all of the deta il s. 213/427-7433 West 404/934-7850 East WHOLESALE TO DEALERS ONLY C8>~W ~ ~ PUBLIC NOTICE----, '85 HONDA MOTORCYCLE CLEARANCE Call For Lowest Prices A sk For Tom Bruner ~ Tu Gee Enterprises 2 G~ E ~ 7 31 E. Cy p res s 2 51 N. Perris Blvd ., Perr is, CA 92370 HOT LIN E (8 1 8) 359-2 4 1 5 Call Collect (7 14 ) 943-206 1 M on r ovi a, CA 9 101 6 RACEWAY HONDA 3