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TEri YEARS AGO Grand N a t ional C ha m p io n Gary Scott wa s present ed wi th a $ 10,000 c heck b y H ar le y-D a vi d so n 's John Davidson at a ga theri ng o f AM F execut ives in York , Penn sylva ni a , H a rley's learn ma nager Di ck O'Bria n wa s also ho no red ; Sco tt's Nat ional C ha mpio nshi p was t h e 13 th i n O 'B rian 's 18 years o f being th e racing tea m m anag er. . :-. IJ.) ..0 a IJ.) ;> o z .: World C ha mpion Roger ' DeCoster led a tea m Suzu ki sweep of the top th ree p laces in th e St. Louis Tra ns AM A ro u nd wi th tea mmates Gerrit Wolsink and Tony DiStefano tak ing second and third , resp ectivel y. Ano ther sweep too k p lace in the su p port class as Ca n- Am's Jimmy Ellis, Mike R u n ya rd a nd Buck Murphy look th e top three pl aces. J oe Smith bea t o ut a field o f top co n tenders for th e number o ne spot in top fuel by beating Bo b Mauriello in th e finals a t th e G o lden G at e Nat ional Drags in Fremont. Ca lifornia. T he bi ggest s u rpr ise o f th e d a y ca me from Bo r is Murray o n a n ew Kawa saki 750 tw o- st roke. The bike turned 17I mph in Friday's practi ce ru ns, a lmos t 10 mph faster th an th e exi sting to p gas reco rd; o n th e Sa turda y, Murra y turn ed a 169 m ph ru n to se t a new worl d's reco rd . Motorcycle World with-Larry Huffman ffi Gene Cannady and AI Bak er team ed up tak e th e ove rall w in in the SCO RE Baj a 1000. Bak er a nd Ca nnady ro de th eir H onda to the fin ish li ne 19ho urs, five-mi n u tes a nd 56-seconds a fte r leaving th e sta rt lin e. Second p la ce went to th e team o f Howard Utsey a nd Larry Roeseler with A.C. Bakken a n d Mitch Mayes taking th e thi rd spot. On a track Sluffed into th e peristyle en d of th e L os An gel es Coli seu m , Mike Bast made everv start co u n t to ea rn h is th ird U.S . Speedway C ham pi o nsh ip in a perfect 15-poi n t series of r id es. With th e wi n. Ba st jo in ed Rick Woods in th e record books as a three-lime title holder. Wh i le Bast h ad a relativel y easy time in w inn in g , seco nd pla ce went down to th e 20th a n d fin a l four-lap h ea t. In the end it wa s D u bb Ferrell ta ki ng seco nd a head o f Steve N utter. Mi ke Hannon rode his wav to th e number on e pos iti on at th e Oak land Me' s Jackhammer Endu ro in Paradi se. California a fte r o n ly d roppin g five points on th e 102-mile tra il. J o h n Clark and Ben Bo wers foll ow ed H annon for second a nd th ird p la ce. respectivel y. In CMC Road Ra ce acti on a t Carlsbad Ra cew ay. Dain G ingerelli took hi s Yamah a to a w in in th e 250cc Production class a head o f R o b Stabile. In th e lOOcc GP cl ass. David Emde took fir st pla ce and followed tha t up with a win in th e 250cc GP class. M i ke Myers beat Ea rl R o lo ff and Edd ie Lawson to win th e 500cc Expert class in 'TT action a t th e 395 C ycle P ark in Adelanto, California. In o the r ex p ert actio n. Rube n Mal aguarnero won th e 250cc class a fter beating Pat Fl et ch er. • 1- (800) 228-524 9 or (71 4) 661-1962 ERIC JENSEN 'S ERIC'S MOTORCYCLE CO. ALL 1985 HUSKYS IN STOCK AT VERY SPECIAL PRICES -1986 MOOElS AVAILABLE SOO N!When Y ou're Rei dyTo Buy, Come See Us. la, H~;~~~;~a le)' (8 1 8 ) 449-ERIC 1361 E Walnut sr, Pasadena CA 91106 . . ERIC'S ~:TORCYCLE SPECTRa OILS WEST SPEOIRO Ca li fo r nIa Dealers Ca ll To ll Free 1 (BOO) Q· I· A· l ·Q · I-L Out o f Stale Ca ll Collect (714) 9 8 9 -7 0 7 0 WAeORelD SPEOIRO CYCLESERVE ACCESSORIES (206) 486-4700 35