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... ",. . . . . TE YEARS AG C hu ck Palmgren spoiled the Harl eyDavidso n parade at the In dy Mile National, ta king his All-A merican Racers Yamaha to victory in th e 25lap race. Second through six th was a Harley tea m affai r, with Dave Sehl, Ca l Rayborn, Mert La wwill, Mark Brelsford and Bart·Markel fin ishing in those positio ns. Scott Brelsford wo n his fifth J u n ior National o f the year. Professiona l short track racin g was presen ted in the Los Angeles Sp orts Aren a a nd AMA P ro Novice John G en n ai won bo th the. troph y das h an d th e main event. R ick Hocking fin ished seco nd with Gr~g Hodges taking third after J oh n Hateley fell wh ile battling with Hocking. Ca liforn ia Husky rider Bill Clements beca me th e second American to score a point in World Motocross Cha m p ionshi p com petition by firiishing l Oth in the season-ending GP at L uxem bo u rg. Jaak Van Velthoven won th e event on a Yamaha, a nd it ma rked th e first GP win for bo th rider a nd marq ue. Earlier in th e seaso n, Bryan Kenney had taken th e fir st Ame rican GP point a few months ea rlier. ® A new 24-hour speed record was set a t Pocon o, PA. Mer le Shan k covered 1945. 105 mi les in 24 hours for a n average speed of 81.046. mph. T h ree thou sa n d dollars in prize mo ney brough t out some of th e sp ort's faster so u ls to a long course G P at In dian Dunes. Brad Lackey passed G ary Jones on the second to la st lap to wi n th e 500cc Expert class. Ea rlier in the da y, J ones had put a pass on Jimmy Weinert to win the 250cc Expe rt class. Terry Clark too k the one-two -fives. Speedway racing at Cal-Expo Speedway in Sacramento , CA, saw Scott Autrey defeat Danny Becker in the Scra tch main event. The Handicap main event featured J ohn C unningham in a winn ing role over Alan Christian. I'd like to express a big thanks to you, my special sponsors andfriends, . who've hung in there with me through a ll my riding years, both here and in Europe. Over the years becoming World Champ ion changedfrom a personal goal to something J wanted / or America andy ou. Now, together, we've achieved the dream 0 a lifetim e. ~~ . Brad La~key-- <7-----------The first American 500cc World Motocross Champion. A Special Thanks to: Mr. Steve Stasiefski Mr. Dino Miller Mr. Stig Pettersson Simons, Inc. and Especially Lori Lackey. Desert legen d J.N. Roberts wo n th e O pe n Expert class at a dese rt Eu ropean Scrambles. Winning th e 250cc Expert class was Jim Fis h back over Larry Pfutzenreu ter . In the Di vision II ranks Tom Bro oks was the win ner, an d among Trailbike Experts, Cordis Brooks and Larry Roeseler fin ished 1-2. Den nis Packard and Phil McD onald were the top two finishers in the Open Ex pert class of a motocross at Widowmaker Hill in Utah . In th e 250cc Ex pert class, it was a Bu ltaco sweep as performed by Kerry Fowler, Preston Gerber and Don Fuller. Bodie Craig won three classes a t a short track/T"T race at Corpus Chris ti, TX. Bultaco rider T im Lun de won th e 125cc',Expert class at a CMC mo tocross a t Arro yo Cycle Park. Bob Haag and Jim Beaucham p took second a nd third. • ERS ..: ~ " :"':'.: ~:::,Y·:i :::~~(.·2r~"/~~U~~{gl'.r:::'::i.t~?·:;:·?~:~:r~~~~~f~~~~W~}:~f;:.~~;1~;: .'~7 sf AMA 125cc N ATION A L MX MARK BARNETT Suzuki on DUNLOP . 3rd George Holland S uzu ki on D UNLOP Congratulations, Mark, on w inning this last National of the ' 8 2 season, enabling y ou to clinch your 3rd consecutive 125cc Nationa l MX . Championship Title. Thanks for choosing DUN LOP. More cycles rIcIe .. Dunlop ..... -.yother . tire In the world. ~ !!'f!!!~!!P 9