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TE YEARS • AGO Riding up on the pegs , 16-year-old Ya ma ha pilot Marty Tripes failed to win a rno to in the 250cc International class at the inaugural Su pe rbow l of Motocro ss at the Los Ange les Memoria l Coliseum. The moto wins went to Europeans TorliefHansen (Hus ), Arn e Kring (Hus) and Hakan An dersson (Yam). Bu t Tripes was second in th e first two motos, a n d when he passed Hansen for seco nd in the final mo to , he assured h im self of the overa ll win in onl y hi s seco n d interna tiona l event. Hansen wa s second overall, with Kring third and Andersson fourth. Tripes' American Yam aha tea m m a tes, Gary Jones and Jim Weinert, finish ed 5-6. In the 500cc Na tiona l class. Bryar Holcomb (Suz) posted a 1-1-2 score to ta ke the win over Barry H iggins (CZ) and Gary Chap lin (Mai ). Mark Brelsford led th e way at the Salem , OR, half mile Na tiona l on the new alloy H a rley-Da vidson XR750 a fte r teammate Rex Be a u ch a m p slowed at the midway point. BSA's Jim Rice p laced second with Gary Scott th ird o n a Triumph. The Jun ior race winner wa s Jim Cre nsha w (Nor). Mon te Lee, often referr ed to as the " King o f the P ondero sa," did it again with a 125cc win on th e first day of a two-day h are scrambles at the Lancaster, CA , sit e. O n the second day, however, there was a n upset when Bu ltaco -mo u nted Bob Balen tin e top ped Lee for th e I25cc laurels. Desert veteran George Walker took the first overall win o f his career when he crossed th e checkered first at the Sled R iders' D-37 hare scrambles. Wa lker and h is Ka wasaki Big h orn . cro ssed the fin ish line five m in u tes a head of the runner-u p , fir st 250cc Expe rt J im Fishback (CZ). Third wen t to Ste ve Holladay (Yam ). Congratulations to JIMMY ADAMO who finished 1st on a Ducati on Michelin tires in the Battle of the Twins race at Laguna Seca on July 11 th o When you match a good bike, a good driver and a good tire, you've got an unbeatable combination. Ask your Dealer about the winning Michelin A48/M48 combination for your bike. Steve Smith was hired as th e Bu rea u of Land Managemen t's first Desert Ranger. American MXer Bryan Kenney scored a third overall in an intern a tional race near Chartres, Franc e. Ken n ey p laced behind English men An dy Lee and Da ve N ico ll. G ary Bowers bui lt a 650 Yamaha dragster. But in stead of the legendary 650 four-stroke OHC twin , Bo wers used a 650cc two-st roke twi n snowmobi le engine wit h the torq ue con verter left in pl ace a nd th e rea r wheel driven via a ja ckshaf t a nd ch ain. On gasoline, pilot Roger Davis had taken the bike to a 10.009 second q ua rter mile at 135 mph. Gi acomo Agostin i (MV Augusta) wo n both the 350 and 50(lcc classes at the Dutch TT at Assen . Ago wasn 't the only double winner on the day , wi th Angel Nieto rid ing Derbis to the 50 and I25cc victories. Rod Gould (Yam ) won the 250cc class. A team racing concept was announced for southern Cal iforn ia . To be based on the concept o f British League racin g , there were to be four teams represent ing the fo u r so u thern California venues: Costa Mesa, Irwindale, Bak ersfield and Ventura. 19