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CYQE ALLEY 4 COME ON E, COME ALL-TO THE MOTORCYCLE SHOW AND DANCE THROTTLETWISTERS BALL GU ESTS OF HONOR: S3IlIlIYTanner Eddie M ulder Mel Lacher Cal Rayborn SEE THE $10,000 MOTORCY CLE PLUS 10 SHOW BIKES O DISPLAY! N DANCE TO THE ~~~~~~~~~ MUSIC OF THE CQ~~~~Q .S E T VIEWONDER SATURDAY, BAND APRIL 23rd MARINA PALACE SHOW OPENS 12 NOON." TIL MIDNIGHT DANCING FROM 8 p,m. TIL MIDNIGHT". AT THE #11 Pacific Coast Highway, seal Beach, Calif. Phone 596-3939 I P erry and Scotty' s t wi n en gin e Triumph obt ained a dr ag s t ri p record, top fue l money, class tro phy and the number two positi on in the race for top fuel bike eliminator at I r wind al e Raceway. It required three elimination runs , top elapsed time of 10.3 4 and speed of 150. 25 to gain the rewa rds. Roun d one was a match against Bob Micheals ' ·" Bl ack Kn i ght" Harley. Mi cheal s took the l ead off th e lin e but met with the same gearbox troubl e' th at plagued him l ast week and was pas sed by P erry in such a way that it s eemed the "St agefri ght" had an afterburn er. Murray and Cook's twin engine Triumph. "Flustra tion" . dr ew a single run and turned 149 mph i n the low 10 second realm. Th e elimination betw een "Stagefright " and " F l ustrati on " drew specta tors to th eir feet and racers t o th e fenc e. Both bikes had turn ed 149 i n prev ious runs. Murray and Cook had a slightly quicker E .T., but not enough to allow sp eculation as t o who w 0 u I d win. Wh en th e light s flash ed green. both riders popp ed the clutches like champ agn e cork s and it was wheel to wheel. Again , a now old problem of shiftin g fo rk failure left J im Cook i n the wake of Perry's nitro fumes and s moke as he DRAG RACING By Bob Ebeling wen t on for th e A fu el bike cl ass trophy. Final elimin ati on was for th e t op fuel money and placed in content ion was me on the fuel burnin g Hond a 450. Both bikes fired and moved to the starting lin e. B efore th e starting lights even began the co untdown to green. th e 450 moved through the stagin g lights and continued f or a quarter mile . The cl utch had begun to grab and th e bike could not be held back. this was a red light start (before the green ) and th e win went to P erry and Scotty. BIG MATCH RACE COMING Dick Rios i s th e top elimi nato r fuel bike with his "Two Timer" and t o uns eat him from th is hi gh spot , Perry and Scotty will rac e a t wo out of three elimination against him i n the near fu ture! Watch my column for the plac e and time. for this will be the fastest and greate st fue l . bi k e yet run . Rod Manuel made a bi g upse t when he won th e top gas bike elimi nat i on against Nira Johnson 's Triumph. Earlier i n the day Nira turned 12 second s flat, while Rod 's qui ck est had been 12.30. Nira fired and wait ed while attempts were made to bring th e Harley to life. F or a few moment s M Johnson ira BIG BIlES OR SMAll, @(lJJ~&1rn lEAIS 'EM ALL! · n nrr=u 0 l ( ? ~=' Hasbrouck Heights,Corp.J. Am~riro'. Berliner Motor rrJI ~lQJ lJDD L..!dJ N. CI \J;LJ No. J it looked as tho ugh Nira would make a single but su dden ly the Har l ey coughe d and gasped to life , both moved on for the r ace . T o make amend s fo r its hard st arting. Rod' s Harley res ponde d to eve ry twist of the throttle and change of gears to win top gas . T op street was a easy one for Ed McD on ald and Harley- Davi dso n. his c l osest competitors best ti me was a second and a half slower . L en Jasmin' s 30.50 Triumph won C gas turning 13.23 and 96.77, th is was th e fastest I have se en the bi k e turn. The compress ion is only 8.5 and if he changes that- -! Alham bra Honda really can tune Hondas as they advertise . Vic Manuelli won C street on their road racin g 450, tu rning 14.80 and 93mph. St eve Row les too k E st reet ' at 14. 88 elapsed time.lfonly they would make it a gas cl as s bike and go for real drag bike honors ! FONTANA Sunday at F ontan a, th e tw o B gas drag bikes of Nira Johnson and Mike Tucker were at the same l ocati on. turnin g almost id enti cal E .T.' s and miles per hour. Each turned 11.5 seconds and above 113 cons istently . At F ont ana both were r ac in g against cars i n money brackets and so did not face eac h other. T o decide which Triumph is top B gas d r a g bike, Mike and Nira s h 0 0 k hands and agreed for a two -o ut -of-th ree matc h next Saturday at Ir windal e. Mike l ef t