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T hat I rode to the races to see the best, beh ind handl ebars and steering w heels. L aw so n , _ G ardne r, Ra in ey, Schwantz. Th e na mes su rged and sw ung th rough m y m idn ig ht sleep. Sullivan , . A ndrett i, Rahat. , Mears. T he names m in g led, m erged, form- . ing CH A M PI O NS . M otorcycles! Indy Cars! Eddie L awson when he passed i nside , un de rneat h t he Num ber One Plate Wayne Gardner, two w heels blending to ma ke four. A nd! Dann y Sullivan taking it away from Defend in g Champ Bo b by ' Rahal. I tossed an d turned, w hirled my arm lik e a cop ter blade, a rotating f ist of Victory . Th e alarm cloc k was revv in g , a mo to r wo un d t ight , unwinding. T hen sile nce. A nd soo n I was drift in g back to cozy velve t again, back in to m y roa dracing dream . But no! No t now! T here was someth ing R EA L to do! Sudden ly I was sitting bolt upright. holding the clock lik e a hand grenade.. T im e to rise! T o ride to La guna Seca again! So lo I rode th e best roads I know , stopping on ly for gas, and an apple still war m from my leathers' deep pocket. T he em pty good h ighway unfolded in front of me. T he sun moved high er. T he race at L aguna w'as about to begin. T hen - yes! I was f in ally up t here on th ose Mont erey h ill s, dry an d brow n n ow, not last A p ril's pa inted green. And a sou nd came echoing from Th e Corkscrew lik e th e how led oaths of w inged beasts - th e Indy Car race had already started. I parked m y bike and we n t and watched. I wa lked up the pill, up to the top, to th e oaks" and th e tuiisties, and felt th ose Big Quads blastin g right on thr ough . L ook! T here w as Foyt! And Fitt ipaldi! Little A I! Mar io! It w as exciti ng and sens ual and they we re fast as all hell. Faster than th e bik es, faster around than our quickest GPs! But I missed th em - th ose diving, k n ee-dragg i n g , sc ream in ' tw o strokes th at put our riders sm ack on th e batt leli ne. Motorcycles an d Cars! Th at endless argument! This Cal if orn ia track 's season ope ne r and closer - it's what th is road war is all about. T o test the Champions, L awson on two an d Sullivan on four. T o g ive us both sides of racing's best. At La guna Seca! And come April 16th we'll all be back. For th e bik es. For our United Stat es Grand Prix. For Edd ie and for R andy an d for th e rest of th e guys. When th ey do it all over again! Copyright Page 3 Productions. From an ide a by Carol Sims WIND : All the latest gossip and race results : 2 MOTOCROSS: Vohland takes two at Argyll Tra ns-Cal 6 SPEEDWAY: Lucero crowned National Champion in Costa Mesa 8 Ermolenko perfect for California State Championship . . .. 1 2 HARE SCRAMBLES : Hendon w ins Spring Creek Nationa l 10 EXOTIC MACHINERY: Are you ready for a 1300cc dirt bike? 14 INT ERV IEW : Motocrosser Guy Cooper revealed 16 ROAD RACING: Human Race Team scores at Indy Six-Hour .. . . . 1 8 HARE &. HOUND : Smith sai ls to Check Chase victory 20 LOCAL RACI NG : Find out w ho the hero was in your region 21 CALENDAR : Looking ahead 28 WANT ADS : All kinds of . goodies up for grabs 32 . RESULTS : Officially speaking 32 ON THE FRONT PAG E: The Huma n Race Team piloted t hei r Yamaha to victory in the Indy S ix-Hour endurance road race. Story beg ins o n page 18. Photo by Larry Bell. William Edgar r----------------------------------------------------- - - - - - - - ~ - , --- I ' I I SUBSCRIP T ION ORDER FORM - Name - -:::7':":::-::-::-::7:"':::-:-::=c:c-- - - - - -- - -- - - - - -- - IP l E A S E P RI N T CLE ARlY I _ Add re ss C it Y Order Date: _ ---, S ta t e -LZi p _ _ OK, please start my subscription to Cycle News and send me the newspaper o every week for one year (5 0 issu es] fo r $32.50 o ev ery week fo r t w o years (100 issues) fo r $60.00 o si x m on th s seco n d c lass (2 5 issue s) f o r $ 17.00 One yea r (5 0 iss ues). 2nd class Can a da o r Mex ico .nd all oth er fo reig n co untries $63.00 (U.S . fund s ). First cia .. a nd ~irmail rat es ava ilable upo n req ue st . , 0 T h is is a renewal Pleas e b ill m e o Encl o sed i s che ck o r mon ey orde r Charg e m y 0 V is a 0 Ma st er card o .i VISA S ig na t u re -'- MC I V isa # Ex pira ti on Date , ___________________________ ____. _ _ _ __ _ _CA____ -0 4 9______427-7433 S e nd to : CYCLE NEWS, lnc., P . O . Box 498 Long Beach . _ 9 0 8 0 1 _ _ 8 / (2 13) ~ _ I _ _ I I I I I I ~ 3 I