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• • 650cc Lightweight Don Harr is a rri ved at Irwinda le with hi s ne w Fuel bik e that s cales only s li ghtly a bove 200 lbs . , won t he B F'ue I class a nd re c ei ved runner -u p money whe n he lost in a matc h agai nst the winning double. Don' s front forks began a speed wobbl e but he held com mand and th e mac hine c a me to a cont roll ed stop. Not wi ll ing to riS a se cond c ha nce K at de s tru ction , the fork s we re di sass embl ed a nd rus hed off for modifi c ations. Meanw hile , back at t he s how , John Buckl ey an d Chu c k Ada ms' imma culat e 45-inc h Triump h wa s on di sp lay for th e public . Thi s i s a mac hin e whic h re ally ha s a combo of speed and ap pearanc e . A new T riumph doub le made it s debut a t Irwin da le , built by Ralph P oh l from Murray and C ook ' s old Triumph do uble fra me. " ,Bike of Bikes" Although it holds quite a lead on Ral ph , t he do uble of Dick Rios can be compared inasmuch as it ha s two Triumph e ngine s in tandem . It was a pl easure to vie w Dic k' s,double a t the show a nd will be a s ig ht to behold when Dick Rios fa ces P e rry and Sc ot ty on the 14t h of May , at L ions Dra g Stri p fo r the two out of thre e ra ce -for the title of " T op bik e of bik es." Your co lumn ist was given the METALWORK • TANKS FENDERS PAINTING FR A M E STR A I GHTENI NG • pri vile ge 01 rid in g ~lik e T uc ker's B gas Triumph s u ndar at Lion s and I ' re a ll y lelt Mike 's a bi li ty a s a mecha nic a nd tun er through the s eat 01 my pan ts when th e Avon burned a nd boun c ed li ke a " Superball ." There were s ome grea t new and old c ompetition machine s at th e Cycl e World show and many owne rs ha ve pro mis ed s ome rea l action at future dra g meets . Triu mphs , Ha rle ys , Honda s and Yamaha s we re the re. Bob Bra verma n ' s Yamaha was a s how contender a nd will soon run on fuel , Brick P ric e had polish a nd chrome on his Honda in display along with hi s A. H.R.A . world record certificate . Unless he s waps his 175c c rec ord bre ak er for a ne w 450 , Bri c k will now return to race against oth er suc h as Bill Clark who took the F st reet bik e trop hy at Li ons. Records by " 'Young Americans" Tw o new a nd a lmos t unbe lie vea ble re c ords we re set by Har leyDa vid s on at Lio ns. Sonny Ra s la wski ha s brou ght hi s Harley gasser a ll the wa y lrom Oxnard eac h Sund ay a nd th is wee k wa s rewa rd ed by rea c hi ng the goa l he s oug ht. T he Lion s re co rd book now bears li gures which may s ta nd lor s ome t ime unle s s Ra slaw sk i bette rs hi ms e lf: 11.43 e lap s ed time and a s pe e d 01 114 . 50 mph! Conll:ra t ulatlo ns , Harley-D a nd Ra s la ws kl. The s e co nd a nd e qua lly i mpres- sive re c ord was set by Ed McD onald in t he A st ree t class. The ne w ink clear ly re ad s 12.07 E.T . a nd 108 .17 mph. What wi ll Mc Donald do whe n hi s new 250 lb. Harley is co mple te? SUZUki, W ow! St eve Rowl es made a s eries of runs , turning in a performanc e previo usly thought impossible on a 250cc two-stro ke street bik e . His best ru n was 14.07 and 91.25 . Thi s will be an Irwinda le rec ord if t he great figu res are ba ck e d up. Old Dogs, Same Tricks , It was not a ne w t ric k for Joe Smith to win top gas la urel s . La st wee k Cyc le News to ld a bout t he return of t hi s ra ce r fro m " t he old s choo l" , and this tim e he show ed that not hi ng had be en lost in temporary retireme nt (e xcept a few good ti me s ). J oe ' s A gas bike Harley turned 12 .30 - 110 .56 in hi s rac e against Nira J oh ns on a nd Tri umph. Nir a los t and is not us ed to be i ng def eated by a 12-s e cond bik e . Will J oe Smith do it again ? Nira does not beli ev e s o . Mother's Day Li ons Dra g Str ip will be c los ed next Sunday to pay r e s p e c t t o mother s on t hat holiday. 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