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6 From Front Page HARLEV- DAVIDSON WORLD 'S HARLEY- FASTEST DAVIDSON 250 FOR 1966 San Fernando valley Harley - Dav'idson Sales 16113 Sherman Wa y, Von Nuys SEA T S RACING FAIRINGS FAIRINGS Bes t Made An ywhere FLAT TRACK. T.T . & ROAD RACE SI!:ATS GU ARANTEED Phone (714) 633-1627 Brown Fairing Co. 13~~~:::~~. CONGRATULATIONS HOpnOWN WINNERS ., ~~I ~~@ffiIM C• .,..,, "E ., BY &E l: o E o '0 ..c lJ" LIGHT & LICENSE BRACKET Sidecar g ymnastics were som etimes rath er hairy. Here both pilot a nd passenger bail out o ve r the high side . Nobody got hu rt. Stai nless steel :ltTL-2 Malcolm Smith and Gary Conrad , All three had power to spare and more than enough Desert-br ed endurance to withsta nd the bucks and jolts of 10 la ps around the old movie lot. Bu t young Thor found that extra high, sm oother ' groove and made it his. Mon tesa man Kim Kimball sponsored himself to a winning ride in the 250cc amateur class on what sounded like a street machine. And not to be outdone by his sponsor, De Wayne Keeter captured an easy Viva vict ory in the hot 200cc class, followed by the first 175, a Montesa ridden by fire-and-ad-man Bill Blakeslee. Then Gary J ancich on ANOTHER Mon tesa won the 250cc Novice class. It would have made a fine sweepstakes runoff, but it was going dark. Sunday built up to a climax all over the old western m ovie lot-be- TAIL LIGHT UNIT Catalog # TL-3 SHORTY REGISTRATION Holder and bracket :ltCH-1 AVAILABLE NOW, BT & E ALLOY CLUTCH PLA TES FOR HONDA 450. RIDERS. SEE YOUR DEAL ER. WE DON' T SELL RET AIL. DEAL ERS ORDER FROM BT & E. NOW IN NEW , L ARGER HEAD QU A R T E R S ~~~. fOOL ..... 4915 PACIFIC BLVD" VERNON , CALIFORNIA, PHONE: 589-5488 ginning with Dave E kins' quiet vic tory over the hard slidin' John Rice. That was a thrilling episode, but when the colorful sidehacks trundled on the scene it became a glorious chase, dominated by the precision weight shifting of Sechler & Gardner, two sidehack artists who show how it can be done. Then Nelson earned his chance at the sweepstakes, the sun came out , and Mulder ex celled himself, as we ex pected . An d, satisfied enough for a winter weekend, yet craving a little more, the crowds departed; the unreal movie lot faded back into rustic slumber , until next year when, Bob Hope willing, and even if the creeks do rise, the D.D .G.P . will again shake the badlands louder than the sixguns of yore. (More photos on centerspread. Results on P a ge 13) HOPETOWN GRAN PRIZ st 250cc EXPERT st RICK THORWALDSON· - - on his BULTACO 250CC TT The Bultaco 250lTbeot the lorgest field (31 entries) gathered together this year at one time . LIGHTWEIGHT ' SIDEHACK ( 250cc and under ) 2nd OVERALL IN A FIE LD OF 14 ~ ~ • Pilot - G. CROTZ Passenger - F. J. SOTERAS NOW- 38 DEALERS TO SER VE YOU IN THE GREATER LOS ANGELES AR EA FOR YOUR NEAREST DEALER CALL RICH THORWALDSON BULT.A.CO-~ESTER.N TR.. 7-2400 PO. 9-9441 CROTZ & SOTERAS