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TErt I YEARS AGO Fredd ie Spencer put o n quite a show a t the So u th west Ch amp ionship roa d race a t th e O ak Hill Racew a y in H ender son . T exa s. by winning th e 25 1-380cc Pr oducti on class a nd th e 125cc G ran P rix class. Ra nd v C lee k set th e o ne- la p record o n h is T Z750 in th e Open Gran Prix class. but crashed o n th e last lap whil e lead ing . Po rt ra it o f a C hampi on. Peter St arr's documentary o n R oger DeCoster . won firs t overall at th e O scar Cordon Ro uge Film Festival. Gaylon Mosi er, Brad Lackey, Dan n y LaPorte, T erry C lark, J ohn Derhammer , Bo b Ellio t and Rand y Berkel y gav e th eir purse mo ney to benefit the estate of Jim West in th e Jim West Mem ori al MX in Moorpark , California. In th e 125cc race. Warren Reid beat L aPone and G reg R ober tso n to tak e th e win . In 250cc ac tio n , LaPorte ca me ba ck for th e win whi le Mosier ea sily won th e 500cc class. Ridin g a KTl\1 400 , Bob Bal en tine a nd Jeff W right teamed up to w in the Desert Ra cing Association 's 20 Mul e Team 200 in th e Ca lifo rn ia dessert . Bal entine a nd Wri ght led from th e sta rt a fter di sposing o f R olf Tibbli n a nd La rry Roesler o n th eir 360 Husky. At th e El Tri al de Espan a VI in Oran ge. Ca lifornia. Bulraro-m ourued Bern ie Sc h reiber came awa y with th e Expert win a head o f rivaI" Marl and Whaley . In th e Novice ranks , Bruce Bolden beat Marty Tripes a n d David Webster to stea l th e victory. Ya ma ha 's n ew est motocros s sign ee, Bo b H annah , won bot h th e 12:i cc and the Open class a t th e reopenin g of Sea rs Poi III In tern a tio n al R acewa y in So no ma. Cal ifo rn ia . H ann ah bea t Dann y Chandler in bot h l 25cc m otos and did the same to Dav e Longcor in the Open class. In 0 -36 Indoo r Short T rack ac tio n in San J ose. Cal iforn ia, Jimm y Filice beat Bob Cunnington to win th e 100cc Ex pert class. but lost to Fred Merkel in th e 80cc Expert even t. In th e 350cc Expert clas s, Gary Tonda defeated John Gennai for th e win . For well over 60 years. we've been the Innovators. We've developed more • breakthroughs In rnotortyde wear than any other name. And that's why we've got conclusive proo,f that Betstaff Is the best motorcycJe wear In the world. But there's more to BeJstafJ than Just performance. There's style, too. From the traditional ruggedness of the weatherbeatlng waxed-cotton lHalmaster to the stylish protection of the new Stonnshleld and the goodlooking "fburmaster 500, Belstaff goes on looking great. So wear the Belstaff badge. It's conclusive proo,f that the best is back in style. Will Arnold pilo ted his T riumph to th e overa ll win in the L uc ky Landing Hillclimb in Dall as, Texas . Arn old also took the win in the 250 and 350cc classes on a Bul taco, 11