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PAGE THREE IF YOU WANT IT FIXED RIGHT - LO BRING IT TO BEACH G HO DA r Guy Louis holds the po le with Sam Tanner trying the outside and Dan Haaby lurking behind, froz en in action at Ascot last Friday by Dale Boller's camera. the main in his own d ri ving style, sweeping wide into the south turn, th en skimming down the backstretch in a full bore power slide. He roared by Rom er o w ith this tech nique and closed on, but couldn't qu it e match Ham mond . Hammond stretched his point lead over Nich olson sli ghtly, and no w owns 1,704 poin ts to Ni ch olso n's 1,- the finish line in the Spokebe nd ers' fifth annual event. Three on heavyweights - Ron Nelson, Larry Bergq uist and Bob F erro -follow ed him home. Another light cycle wi th Bob Friant aboard finished fifth . Approximately half of t he entries fin ished the race. (Res ults on page 9) 646. J oh nny Isaacs aveng ed his defeat by Ron Kruseman in last week's novice main, taking his 12th 'B' final of the year in 3:18.71. Krusem an was second. Both men won their heats close F ri day . THORWALDSON FIRST IN SPOKEBENDERS DESERT BASH Ri ch Thorwaldson, picking up w here Gary Conrad left off, won the Spokebenders hare scrambles on a 250Cc Bultaco Oct . 17. Th is was the second- str ai ght desert win by a lightweight, Con r ad having won the Checker s hare and hound the pr evi ous week on a 250cc Greeves. Thorwaldson beat . 102 heavywe ights and 108 other lightweightsinclud ing 28 under 100cc - across NEW 250 SPEED RECORD George Roeder, six-ti me national champion from Monroeville, Ohio, added new laurels to his 12-year career la st week, breaking the AMA class C record twice on the salt flats at Bonneville, Utah. The 250Cc record was set last year by Roger Reiman on a Harley-Davidson Spri n t at 156 mph. Roeder came back this year for the Milwaukee factory to run a two-way average of 170 mph. then top this w ith a new, alltime record run of 176.817 mph for a two-way average that tops bo th the class C (gas) and the class A (fuel) records. The 250cc Spri n t model that was used for the record 176 m ph run was developed from a standard prod uction engine en closed in a full shell streamliner. The engine used standard pump gasolin e. - And get KNOW-HOWat no extra cost. Herb Litch is the Master Mach inist in charge of special work requiring the ta le nts only a long time cycle specialist like Herb can offer. He can install a 350cc kit in your Honda in one day ~ and it will be right. Same goes for custom port and relieving , polishing of heads, oversize valves, you name it. Ask him to install a wide 160 piston in your 90. This modification really wakes ' em up . Quality Service at 80th Locations Bring your regular service problems to Clyde Utch, son and he ir to Herb's talents, and manager of Long Beach Honda's complete main service department. He will make it right for you-right away, too. Be sure and ask about LBH's special offer to readers of CYCLE NEWS. 5105 ATLANTIC BLVD. 423-1433 4328 E. ANAHEIM ST. 439-0943 ~ IP····················································· • Ii i • i • • • • II • • II • • II • II • • II • I • • CALlE STATE Ii HARE SCRAMBLES • CHAMPIONSHIP T~U!l!' , S161'" Ii Ii • i i • 1st KEN KNUDSEN- TRI. 2. DON SURPLlCE-TRI. ~;; 3. WAYNE MOORE-TRL 8. LON PETERSON-TRL . 9. BOB Me LAUGHLIN-TRL 4. BOB FARRO -TRL 10. 5. REED PRICE -TRL 11. RON NELSON -TRL J. N. ROBERTS-HONDA 6. HOWARD JACKSON-TRL 12. BOB KING -TRI. . 7. GARY CONRAD -GREEVES JOHNSON MOTORS WEST ERN DISTRIBUTOR ......................... 13. LARRY Me CLAIN- TRio 267 W. COLORAOO, PASAOENA,CALI FORNIA 91 102 796·92" EASTERN DISTRIBUTOR / TR IUMPH CORPORAT ION, TOWSON ,BALTIMORE,MARY LAND 21204 -~ • • Ii i • II • • II • • II • II • • II • i • • ..