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DRAG RACING 10 , By nOb Ebeling Come see BUTLER fiberglass bodyguards at The 3rd Annual Cycle World Motorcycle sho w T ime wa~ sped- up by setting the cloc ks a hea d an hour. Tempe rature inc rea sed and In pa c e , th e rec ord s ar e now hi gher in spe ed a nd Quic ker in ela psed ti mes . 154.37 - 9,85 One hun dred fifty-four mil es pe r hour a nd ni ne point e ighty-fi ve s econds elapsed time is now t he standin g record for two-w heel machi nes at Fontana Ra c e way . Th e mark was s et a nd hel d by Jim Cook a nd Boris Murray with their twi n e ngine Triumph , " F lus t ration," Each weekend a nd day, th e performan ce has in cr eased . Saturday , the Irwinda l e s t ri p rec ord was inc reased to 151.50 and 10.14 by the " F lust rat ion, " and Su nday that unbeliev eable 154-mil e-per -hour figure was ba cked up with a run of 10.00 seconds flat and 153 .84 mph. "It won ' t end th er e," says Bo ris Murray . "Next we ek end we will look for 155 or 156 mph at Irwindale and with luc k we will take th e Lions dra g strip rec ord. " .. Booths 70-71 QUAliTY A a SSO IE C RS INC. HARLEY GAS DRAGSTER SETS RECORDS Route #1 Edison, N,J, Mil Dishar oon tw is ted t he grip tight enou gh to turn speed and e la ps ed times high en ou gh to es ta bli s h t he class reco rd at bot h Irwin da l e and L ions . Irwinda l e' s record book now read s 11.90 a nd 114. 16 . At L io ns the ink ha s not yet dri ed upon th e fig ures of 11. 70 and 113 .00 . Di s haroon too k hi s c lass tro phy home fro m Ir win dal e. but los t out on th e money for top gas in a rac e wit h Nir a J ohns on and his fin e ly tu ned Triumph. Nira had to move fast on the green light and turned 11.76 - 118 .12 t o win. At th e beach (Lions) , Dish lost t he c lass to Sonny Raslawski 's Harley . Raslawski t urne d in a n E .T. ti ck et which read 11. 97 and 107.27. Neith er loss detract ed from Dis haroon' s records, but Sonny is j ourney ing down here from Oxnard and his next trip will be wit h an eye on a new record. IRVINE SOMETHING OLD DITTO NEY ! Polishing the new Honda 450 Fueler in pre pa ra tion for t he Cycle Show at the Sports Arena ga ve your co lumn ist a reason to dust off th e old 350 Honda s tre et bik e a nd do lik ewise to opp on ents a nd th e record a t Irwindale . The D Str e et c la s s rec ord is now 14.1 2 and 94.63 . ......... ......, cuune. 1lnobbies recuuLlilC ioded. nM rules. 3 number platu required . Full '"then .. c'o-- wues .. licenseS- TWO-STROKES AI Start .t noon. entries dose at 10".30 a.m. MAY 1 WANT TO TELL THE .WO RLD ABOUT IT' Use the Want ads, . - MOTORCYCLE INSURANCE aLA"""'" ".111 _ ," Ibtes Apply T, Willie aM FeUe, All Ales. aIIPUO WI1Il Married II' ~1Ie. UIJ llililary PelSI -eI, . . ASK YOUR MOTORCYCLE DEALER fOR ONE OF OUR APPLICATIONS OR WRITE DIRECT TO; Cdfwwia IIoUftJde ..... .MI e'II,iee !IIaIK 43262. Los Anglili. Catdomia 90043 _'I BodU. In...,. StD,"" odI $20 ,000 f a acci*ftt. ~ , DamIIt $5,000 u dl lai ยท *'rt SSO .OO DHuctibl, . D....-. ce, 12_ ",.&icc. -$19 ffT III 110 ee, 29 III III 321 cc. 39 0- 321 cc. 49 10 Ron Knapp be gan two days of ac tion by winning t he class at Irwi ndal e, tu rni ng 13 .03 - 101. 12. Sunday to provide an inc reas e in big bike hu mility, Ron advanc ed a c la s s to defeat t he bigger bi ke s a nd di d it with a ri ng-a-ding-ding 13.29 - 96 .87 . Ron Knapp a nd Bob Bra verman a re bot h mount ed on Yamah a Ga s Dra gs t er c lass bike s . Br a ver man ha s th e advantage of less we i ght, bot h physical a nd mec ha nical , a nd to prov e th e a dvan ta ge he defeat ed Kna pp in a special mat ch ra c e. Bob Braver man a lso won th e E Ga s class at Lions , t urning 13.26 - 97.40. The pe rforma nce is so nearly id en tical between t hese two machines I do not believ e either could re a ll y be declared t he win ne r. MORE HONDA The still new Honda 450s are becoming more frequent at the strips ana ar.e bringing new faces among us . Dale KllIgsley gathered class honors at Irwindale and Walt Magness did the job at Lions. RE-RUN Seeing J oe Smith at Irwindale was lik e a TV re-run. It was his firs t time out si nce 1958 and the Harley he ran may have been of the s ame year, but its running showed no sign of age. A note of i nterest is that Cl em J ohnson, the owne rl rider of the now famous Vincent "Bam J ob," us ed to ride for Smith. FRESNO FUELER Les li e Gome s Jr. took to p elimi na tor at Fresno Apr il 17th , on his 650cc Triumph Fu ele r turnin g 10.92 - 125. 87. This wa s not a n ea sy win for Gomes du e to the fact t hat th e ir program is run on a n A.H . R. A. ha ndica p bas is . Thre e bi kes had head s tarts in elimi na tio ns a nd L es lie had to a nd did pa ss even t he bi ke given t he greate st hea d s tart. T hree divisions ar e us ed othe r tha n P ue l , ( r .e .) St ock , Modifi ed and Su per Stoc k. Th es e c la s ses wer e won by All en Bla ck (T riumph). Phil Reffell (T ri umph) and Kent Rex on a Honda, each in tha t orde r. Amon g t he othe r a ctivities at th e F resno st rip was a whee li e demon s tr ati on by J o J o Ka rmij ian on a Tri umph 350. He t rav ele d t hreequ arte rs of the e ntire drag s trip's len gth a nd ma y be unofficially gi ve n the title of stri p wheelie record hold er. Th e next da t e fo r c ompe tit io n at Fresno wil l be may 7th. Th e gates ope n a t 12 noon and e li mi na ti ons be gin at 6:30. MONEY DATE Once each month. theFourth Sunday beginn ing in May, Li ons drag strip will award $25 0. 00 to c lass winn e rs . T be purs e will be divid ed at $ I OO. OO T op Fu e l; $35 .00 Runn e r-up ; $15.00 J r. F uel; $25 .00 T op Ga s ; $15.00 Runner -up; $10.00 Jr . Gas ; $25.00 Top Stre et; $15.00 Runn er -Up ; $10 .00 J r. Str eet. We (Cyc le New s ) hop e tha t this . piu s Irwi nda le' s wee kiy purs e of $75.00 total, will he lp pay so me of th e co mpe ti t ors ' e xpe nse s and le a ve enough for a subscrip t ion to th e only publicati on which giv es yo u a wee kly blow-by-blow des cr ipti on of drag racing 's fa st c ompe ti tio nl ( Re s ults on pa ge 22 ) fAVORITE fU GROUNDS N MOTORCYCLE Her. are some lavo rlt e cycli ng areas In and around San Diego: MIRAMAR 5 miles north of Sa n Die go , turn ir right at M amar Rd . & 101 south of T orry P ines Golf cours e . Ma ny hills, t ra ils , & st raight roads. No mufflers & s tr e et e quipm ent required. It ' s a " c y c l e parad is e . " MISSION GORGE E ast of Sa n Die go off Hiway . 395 to Mi s s ion Gorge Rd . north app ro x. 4 mile s. 2 to 3 SQ. miles o f hills & trails . Ex c ellen t fo r light weigh ts. LOUIS R. CORTEZ San Di ego. Cali f. CAMP MATTHEWS (MIRAMAR) This is a popu lar area Sout h of Miramar Rd . a nd east of t he ne w freeway now und er co ns t ruc tion.