Bakersfield
HILLCLIMB AT
OUTLAW ·CANYON
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Photos b y D e n n is Greene
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At one t ime they were the b iggest crowd-ple a sers o f
all th e motorcycle sports . Then scrambles , f lattrac k ,
desert, drags , trials and road racing grew u p a n d
wooed the competitors and spectators away f r om the
h ill s . Now hil lcl imbing (or " s la n t· sh o o ti n g" as th e ol d
t imers ca ll it ) is a som e t im es th ing. Th is on e t ook
place two w eekends ago at O u tl a w Canyon , n ear Ba k ersfield's fam ous S p roc k ets Park. It was a Sportsman
event. The p r o m otin g R eve le rs M o t o rc y c le C lu b k nows
who w o n , but t h ey ' ll nev e r tell. Ou r p h o t o g r apher w as
the re , however , so we' ll let t h e pi c tu r es s how what it
was li ke ,
Attention Twisters: New dance, " T h e H i llclimb Hop. "
Truck in background g ives some
id ea o f steepness - straight up!
HODAKABILITY IS
THE WAY TO WIN
JUST ANOTHER ONE OF
HODAKA'S MANY
CALIFORNIA VICTORIES
THIS YEAR
Gophers IT-Scrambles
Prado Park, Feb. 20
lOOcc Expert Moto Cross
DAVID HAM
HODAKA 90
AREA DISTRIBUTOR IN SOUTHERN CALif,
BELOW KERN COUNTY LIN E
H. A. NELSON
(21 3) 243 -101 7
R ider k ee p s h is f eet on t h e pegs,
as t he Duca t i cl aw s its way u p t he s lope .
Glenda le, Calif.
SEE YO UR HODAKA DEALER
Over the top in good shape g o es t h is Bakersfield
T h e w inner rode an a ncient Harley-Davidson origin a ll y b u ilt t o w i n h i llcl imbs.
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h ill c limber.
AMA Sportsman Road Races,
Carlsbad Raceway, Feb. 20, 1966
101-249cc class
KEN CLARK
JIM
PEARSON
OSSA 175cc
OSSA 249cc
1st
OSSA RUNS p..""p..'1
W''''H FI RST p\...~C
NOW AVAILABLE TO TIlE PUBLIC PRODUCTION ROAD RACER JUST LIK
THE ONE THAT WON CARLSBAD
U.S. Importer 8& D istributor
ANAHEIM
127 S. Manchester Ave.,
For the name of the
OSSA dealer nearest you,
phone (714) 772-6330