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Did he make it ? Does a du ck like quackers? See the insert for a rider w ho didn 't .
backward course and a new downpipe ,
Bob lI osfo rd d id a great n umber in
practi ce . .Seem s t he bike wo uld n't accept
the righ t hand turns as eas ily as the lef t.
No t too much later he ho led a p ist on in
his SUPE R TUNED ' Yammie 25 0 . T his
set the stag e for a too t h and nail b attl e
be tween Mike My ers an d S teve Ni chols.
Scott Smith d idn 't b ring a 250 m ount
today and just wa tc hed, content with
tw o ot her wins.
Mike and Ste ve's machines ap peared
to be abo u t the same for ho rsepo w er.
Steve had a pony o r two mo re which
tended to show up o n the lo ng
st raightaway. Nichols got Myers go ing
into the first turn and held it in the first
moto. Myers was frantically trying to
regain the lead . Steve shut th e door each
time Mike tried. Wh at riders!
Comi ng out o f the last tu m b efo re
the flag , Nic hols su ddenl y slowed , as
Myers pas sed, Mike h ad the painfu l look
o f rea lizatio n tha t what th ey had going
was all over. As Mik e passed, St eve
reach ed o ver a nd turned his throttle off.
Steve had b low n a hole in h is case and
lost the tran sm issio n. \Vith no powe r,
Steve finished an easy seco nd .
T he final two 250 Ex pert rno to s
were no th ing more th an parades wi th
Mik e leading t he way. Bu t it does lo o k
like Steve h as fo u nd the co mb inatio n h e
was loo k ing for.
No scramble point run next w eek ,
what with the V iewfinders G .P., b ut I
hear tell th at the following week there is
anothe r scra mbles somewhere. Next
week we should have something mo re
definite.
. (R esu lts on p age 40 )
