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Cycle News 1966 02 24

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Bakersfield HILLCLIMB AT OUTLAW ·CANYON , Photos b y D e n n is Greene • 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. ~ ... . ,- . '. 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

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