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• WORLD RECORDS REVISED AT LIONS A.H .R.A. GRAl'iD AMERICA"" CHAMPIONSHIPS LIONS DRAG STRIP WORLD RECORDS STOCK E .T.Speed J IB -Tony Pagliari Boo 81.30 J IB -steve COX Hon 15.:11 Yam 25 .33 50.79 RIB - W e Zimmerman ad MODIFIED 87 .63 MlGF -Coonfie ld &Conover Yam M /GF-Steve Rowles Suz 14.74 MlG8-W ade Zimmerman ID Hon 21.32 :17.9 1 M IGI -Tony Nicosia Ron 17.7764.14 DRAGSTER MlDB-M.L. Disharoon Bar 12.09 114.06 M /DD-Bob Ebeling Hoo 12.68 103.32 M/DF-Bob Braverman Yam 12.93 101.80 M/DC-Nira Johnsoa Tri 11.94 115 .83 M/DH-Wade Zimmerman ID Hoo 21.21 57 .54 CLASS Wll'o'NERS Top Eliminator: Har 12.17 111.24 M.L.Disharoon Runner Up: Leroy Wyman Boo 101.41 89.19 STOCK TOP F I 8-Dic k Hinson Tri 101.07 90 .27 G/B - Dick Palicz Tri 1IU6 76 .72 JIB-steve Cox Hoo 80.63 15.89 Kl8-Kevin Pohl Har 18 .1865.93 M/B-Jefl Brown Hon 18.4966.96 Rl8-W ade ZiJmnerman Yam 27.90 SUPER STOCK S/PB-Wade Zimmerman Hon 22.8355.76 MODIFIED TOP MG/D-Leroy Wyman Hon 14.41 89.19 MG /C-Clay Jackobson Match 101.7896.4 MlGE- Ron Pruter BooMG/ F- Ste ve Rowles Suz 14.91 87.04 MG/ I - Tony Nicosia Hoo 17.77 64 .14 DR,\GSTER TOP ~lD/ .<\-Dan Kleiman Tri MD /8-M.L. Disharoon Har 12.17 111 .24 MD/C-Nira Johnson Tri 12.19113.12 MD/D-Bob Ebeling Hon 12.68 103.76 MD/F-B. b Braverman Yam 13 .13 99.11 IRW}:-.-nALE RESULTS TOP F UEL: Don McAvo y TRI 10. 57 127 .00 B F UEL : Bob Micheals Har 11. 37 124.00 TOP GAS: Bruce Millar liar 13.20 10 1.69 C GAS: Len Jasmin Tri 13.78 96.98 D GAS: Mike Porton lion 17.44 68 .28 TOP STREET: Bill Flemin g Tri 12.84 101.37 A Salvador E s trad a Har 101.00 94.73 C Dennis ~Ianning Hon "'.53 90.09 D Rod Kno x Suz 15.87 77.05 FONTANA RES ULTS A - ST REET J oe M cNulty - Har B - STREET Norman Jonkermeier - Tri B - OPTIONAL Mark Lyon - BSA D STREET - Alan Kwale - BSA D OPT. - Bob Speier - Hon E STREET - Bob Lukezich - Yam F STREET - Lana Mal< - Hon A DRAG BIKE : Rod ~Ianuel - Har E.T. BRACK ETS: #2 - Don Harris - Tri #3 - Bob Sirke gian #7 - Jim Sherwin - liar Coaliau.d IrolD Iront pag. ":....-_ - 40 - is the place to cbeck. It was not al l records . By a process of eliminatio ns with handicaping , a tap bike was picked f rom each division. Then came the run for rna n ey! M. L. Disharoon went home with heavy pockets after a final run against Leroy W yman 's 350cc Honda. Wyman was given anum ber of feet head start on Dish's Harley but the dis tance was not enough to keep the spor t st er from getting to the finish fi rst. Considering all of the larger di s pla cement machines . Wyman's success in attaining runner-up is indeed great! Fifty cc 's of a Honda CR bike was the smallest bare machine present . Tony Nicos ia was the owne r and rid er. He is a fairly rec ent arri val from the east coast and as a re sult of seeing what our competition he re i s like, plans on building something larger. Mos t likely to be a 250cc Suzu ki dragster . I IRWINDALE OPENING In an ideal central location . many spectators were treated to the fir s t day of bikes in competition at Irwindal e Raceway. The top fuel bike honors were taken by Don Mc Evoy's TrilDDph. The bikes speed was be low normal but the elapsed time of 10.57 was great. One week ago Don H a r r i s tu rned 10.51 at Fontana with his 650. This would be a great 2 out-of 3 match race. Mc Evoy vs, Harris . Gas burning Harleys s eem to be holdin g all of the honors in this division. First Disharoon at Lions and now at Irwindale, Bruce Millar won the pot turning 13.20 - 101.69. Bill Fleming and Triumph ar e a familiar sight in the winn ers circle. Bill really turned a great 12.8 -1 E. T . in winning top street. Boh Michael s is ba ck with us ag ai n aft er a tempo rary ret ir emen t for modifications to hi s well k no w n "Bl ack Knight" Harley. First time and on fuel , 11.37 - 12-1.00 mph. there are going to be some great things from this bike . maybe even next Saturday as Irwindal e goes to night drags. Congratulatio ns, Mr. & Mrs . Butl er for a well run opening day. Y TH E OTH ER SIDE Each column (write leaves me with a guilty conscience , because 1 cannot ' mention every drag racin g competitor. bath the winne rs an d " the other side" . It tak es both or all of the par ti ci pants to make this a successful sport and help in the production of an enjoya ble day amon g fellow " cy cli s ts" . NEXT WE EK TECHNICAL HOW-TO "Lets build Frame" a: AFTER 25 STRAIGHT I SODUM SWITCHES TO THE IGHTY 0 TESA TRAIL RIDERS ASSO CIATION'S FIRST EVENT FLOPS By Larry HallY Why did this very c arefully laid out an d safety fac tored event nap? Mayb e trail ri de rs don 't care about so meone trying to do them some good. or maybe the posters didn't get out in time. I hope it's the latter. because only two (2) riders showed up for Dan Watkins' first trail holiday. Now I kno w fo, a fact that over around Li ttle Rock (which is a favo rite trail rid in g area and just one of many places frequented by hund reds of riders) in the past the Sheriffs new overhead in a $50.00 0 helicopter with a bullhorn announcing. "You people down there are on private property and we will give you fifteen minutes to clear the area. " This i s not the kind of way to spend Sunday wi th the family on fun bikes , being run off by one law enfo rcement agency or another. P eopl e up north are having their problems with some clubs doing all they can to kee p fun bikes out of their s t ampi ng grounds. F ortu nat ely we ha ve a fe w peopl e in Southern Californ i a who are taking it on themselves to try and do something for th e trail bik e rider, by getting pe rmission to use properties for properly organized events . Th e Forest Ran ger s hav e said they will not interfere wit h an organized event, but th ey ar e going to start getting after th e unorganized ones from her e on out because of the fir e hazard. If you people who have trail bik es have never beeo to an organized field meet and pok er run, you have no id ea what fun yo u're missing. Watkins' next event will be the third Sunday of ne xt month and ev ery month ther eafter . (see the Cy cle News calendar) You can eve n stay out there ove rni ght as ther e ' re ampl e campgrounds . THE SE SATIO AL Here's the guy to watch and the Nlra Johnson and tho ~ Icklst slng'" lOgin. gu bike around th ... days. Futuro plans call lor something bluer. Montesa Scra mbler. Jim. the only n t he rough . tough and grue lin you expect from Northern California expect from the mighty Montesa. Take a tip from Ji switch to the winn in ur nearest dealers and yell VIVA loud and clear ! 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