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4 DRAGS from front page Competitiow Riders Always W-.. T~~p!l> ElUL. TI='CQ GREEYES HONDA We 5erYice AI Mabs 794 Los Allc)eles St. Simi. Carlfonia 526-9955 W ANT TO TEL L THE WORLD ABOUT IT? Use the Want ads. WHETHER ROAD RIDI G STREET OR STRIP , speed of 15.23 mph , in th e Quic.k span of a mere 10. 24 seco nds . Thi a was tbe fastest and Qui ck est that any t wo wheel bike has offici al ly cove red Irwi ndal es quarter mile and back ed i t up to sec u re th e record. When th e elimi nati ons fo r A fuel were st aged betw een Howard Allen ' s Harl ey. ridden by Don Harri s against " F l us trat i on" it turn ed out to be a si ngle run for the Harl ey , due t o a repeat chain bre aking performance of the Triumph' s brute power . Th e B fu el c lass wa s won by Me Evoy 's 6.50 t urn i ng i n th e h i gh t en s at better than 130 mph . Th en th e two compet itors fo r C fuel ( Bob Sir K egi an vs . Bob Eb elin g) were fired up. Bo th bikes were posed for a start and when th e lights tu rned green the Honda won . turning 12.83 at 109.63 . HARLEY 2-IN-A ROW T op Gas bike aw ards were ta ken Saturday and Sunday by MeI Di sharoon and for a bonus this combi nation s ecur ed an E . T. brac ke t at L i ons Dra g Str ip. Thirty-fi ve dollars and t wo trophies is not a bad weeken d score. Whil e on the numbers of two I must add that the re were that number of Harley s on fuel this weeke nd . T hi s may forecast a real run of competition between Harley and Triu mph fo r to p fuel victories . NEW MATCH RACE Th e ol d Ques t i on of displacement superio rity may again come to the stock bike fans . Geor ge Janov i ch returned afte r a bri ef retirement . to Lions drag strip and won B street IRWINDAL E RACEWAY 450cc Honda Class " C Street - - NEW STRIP RECORD 93.00 mph 350cc HONDA Class " C" Gas -- FONTANA RACEWAY 96.25 mph 350cc HONDA "c" Gas - ---- Elapsed lime 14.82 96.00 mph GET YOUR BIE TUN DBY THE WINN AT E ERS ~ 1448 West Ibil Sl, AJIIambra ~fUUta ..... 281-7143 Jim Cook 5IIlokes away on the ereen lI eht on Boris Murray's fuel-burnlne Tr iumph double A draester, called " Flustralion." Presently It i s the most conslstent-runnlne double-enelne fueler In Cali fornia. bike class on his Norton , while Saturday Bill Fleming won the same class at I rwindale , astride his world record ho lding Tri umph . Compare the speeds and elapse d times i n the results section of Cyc le News and yo u reade rs may agree it l ook s j ust right for a bot and close two out of three. ( R e s u lts on p a ge 12 ) THE VALLEY'S BSA DEALER SSION HILLS MOTORCYCLE SALES Sl 30 SEPUL VEDA BOU LE VAR D - SEPULVEDA, CALI FORNI A'PHON E 185-4289 OVER 20 YEARS OF KNOW-HOW JACK BALD IN OTORCYCLE SALES 2105 PICO BOULEVARD -- SANT A MONICA, CA LIFORN I A' PHO NE EX4- 136 5