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By 14 TWO b;g days, fOUR b;g w;nsfor HODA A ACE-90 at Atascadero 's Jst. Annual Motorcycle SCRAM BLES M 29 , AY s t . lOOCe Amateur EllJert Main . DAVID HAM SCRAMBLES, M 30 AY 1 1 s t . lOOcc Novice Main RICHARD NEWBY S HORT TRAC K, M 30 AY HODAKA HODAKA l 1 s t . l oo cc Amateur Expert Main DAVID HAM st.looec Amateur Expert Main RICK ELiSARRARAS HODAKA HODAKA HODAKABILITY works sf. GIRLS too! for Oilers M C rr Scramllles, I...erial Beach, J..e 5 I 1P(JUJderpufj malo cross . C'ass;c 100% _'116 OAasSA Hoclde'$ .... Carol Gooding HODAKA M~;,7 D"~~ Motor~les 22025 s. Fi,ueroa Torrance ..SA Phone 328- 1242 ~~_ ~ __ Roxy Rockwood THE FINISH LINE F i nal te rms have be e n reached and the package is set fo r a nother pursepaying C l a s s C AMA road race at Carlsbad R a c e way for S unday, June 19th. This time a ro und the purse will be 40% of the total gate against a $6 00 guarantee . This will be the second , and perhaps the final. money race at Carlsbad before the national in September. one trying to win it on the tirst lap, or The tiTst man e y race . held last the tiTst turn. Maybe we should drop the month , proved to be a good groundmaximum engine limit down to 5Occs. breaker for professional road racing in . Watch ' Em the area. Top riders. close racing and a good crowd all belped to launch this Two ri ders to watch. both experts, type of racing in Southern California. are Elliott Schultz and Gene Romero. We asked many of the top riders who Both a re making Friday nights much ride allover the country each season more interesting. This Romero is somehow they rate the Carlsbad track and thing else. The two riders have now without exception they were all for the moved into the top twelve in the point present cou rse that features both long standings so are assured of tront row and short straightaways and up and down spots for this week. hill racing. T he weather was perfect for Gene will also be hitting t he IS-Mile both fan an d rider la s t time but track and lQ-Mile Nationals back east this owners say that it should be even better month because of his sudden spurt to this time out . the front . Weekly Ascot races have found the ride rs asking tor more road races, especially those who were on hand tor t he tlrst one last month. Since that time many more rid ers have worked UP some eq uipme nt an d will be re ad y to go on t he 19t h. Suzu ki is rapi dly catching up los t groun d due to a lat e ent ry into the road racing ga me. Dick Hammer pulled a second place at a recent Texas road race an d was up in the Seattle a rea last week runni ng in ano ther pavement event. Suzuki has also imp art e d another Japanese racing rider from their Grand P rix team who will be rea dy to try AMA Neither Chris no r Gene may be around racing for the tirst time next Sunday, much longer as Unc le Sam has be en Once again the entire morni ng of the 19th s e ndi ng them letters. Chris s ays he will be de voted to practice for all can 't s ee the end at a rifle and Gene classes with racing starting at I :30 p.m. says his back Is not strong enough to T he last time out found five novice carry a pack. They both know there is riders tryi ng road ra c ing for the first no racing In Viet Nam. T hey can't even time and reall y putting on a show. The cash in on the side by signing UP for many dirt track and TT novice riders one of those shaving co mmercials on from Ascot and other circles are especiTV. Neither one has yet sprouted a ally invited down to Carlsbad to try whisker. their hand at this type at rac i ng. Novice The beardless wonders, both of them . riders such as Pr ue tt, BroUes , Fulton. will be back in actioo this Friday nigh L P i erce and Deehan are already well on Both have come as close as you can ge t their way to making a mark in road races. to winning the Main Even t . Neither rider reads the seniority list before the races Valle jo Opene r nr looks a t the ·titles woo by hi s feUo w J.C. AgajanilUl got short tracking o rr riders. the ground up at Vallejo last Friday So right now the Amateur c rop from nighL A total of 72 riders were on hand last ye a r Is batting an even 50%. Two for the first event that proved to be a trie d and ende d up i n th e hospi tal and winner. The races will now run ev ery t wo more tried a nd ha lfway made the Friday night from now on thro ugh the grad e. sununer months. Word says that the AMA is going to Chris Draa yer tried to make it ba ck Ba rs tow for a Novi c e! Amat eur Saturday last wee k tor th e As cot twin hill but t he night short track program next week. truc k broke down out In the middl e at Also. promoters wer e at Ascot last nowhe re so Chri s didn' t ra ce at a ll. wee k wanting i nformati on abo ut s hort Novice Fiasco t rac k ra c I n g at Ventura. Feast or tamin e , boys. Everytime we get to thinki ng t hat one partic ul ar novice class Is really How much hanl lU Ck can ODe rider shapi ng up , the root tails In. The novic e rec e i ve? A few weeks ag o Eddi e Bammain event last Friday at Ascot look ed mond broke his leg in a race. L a s t week. just that. wbile stiU in a cast. be ha d a severe Th ere ar e always a few rid ers who attack of appendi citis lUId bi s appendix forget t he re Is al ways ne xt wee k. F orwas removed Sa torday ni ght. Be tter get tuna tely, non e were rea lly seriously up 00 th e other side of the bed for a Injure d. The fina l took on all appearwhile. E ddie. ances of t he Indy 500 , wit h more t han By Am e • • • • • • L _ -HODAKA-~tUfUM4 EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT AM A FLAT TRACK RACING Time Trials - 7 p.m. First Race - 8:15 p.m. T.T. STEEPLECHASE RACING First Seal-clear ......t Each Mo." RACING STARTS AT 7 .... W aukegan , I1linols - T his past week had two of our boys worklng feverishly on their equipment. Jim McMunen and Sid Carlson rea ll y hustled all week to get their blown-up racers ready In time for the Five-Mile National on Sunday, May 29. at Elkhorn, Wisconsin. On Saturday both bikes were still pretty far tram completion. But no worry, as driving to the races this weekend was easy, They were all within a hundred and tiny-mile rad i us trom home base In Waukegan. When Jim got into his engine , he tound a piece of oil line In an otl passage, which i n all probability caused the trou bl e. When Sid took his apart it was real ly a mess. One valve was broke n art, sitting sideways, clear through the top of t he pi stan. J uli an Arthur . 22w. of Seattle , Washington arrived Tu es day ni ght, May 24 . to join the group. He a nd Bi ll Er sh i g worke d hard on thei r BSAs. also getting ready for t he National. Phil Hawk took his KR apa rt to rep la ce the rings and take a close check at things. While the bi ke was down he got a new paint job. He now has one at the be s t lookin g rigs in . the business to go along with good riding. Th e boys took a break In the week's work to ride the weekly Santa Fe short track on Wednesday night. One Calitornia boy, Jim McMurren , shone like a star there a gain. He was thi rd tastest qualifier of the night. took a win In his heat. second In the dash , pushing Fred Nix all the way. He was second In the second semi and tourth In the final. Bill Ershi g was sixth tastest qualltier and second in his heat race. When his bike started to run bad it didn 't matter. he just went on to get a sixth in the dash, tourth In the second semi and eighth In the final. Chuck °Hp· F elton, made his reappearan c e at San ta F e. He got a tourth in his • Sx • Phil Hawk prepares for action. heat, but t he bi ke went out in the semi. (1 also might add that he pa rked his wild panel truck.) Sid C arlson rode this week for the tirst ti me at Santa Fe. He rode Phil's bi ke, as Phi l had t ruck trou ble and co uldn't make it. Sid looked good, but that S p r i n t just wouldn't run at all. Julian didn·t get to ride , so he took over Si d's previous spot in the stands. Art Barda, who Is Na ti onal Numbe r 96. also showed up from Caillornia. to rac e all s eason. He rode at San ta Fe , but had equipment tailure. He previously took a second in the big bike road ra ce in T exas, May 22, which Is quite an a cc omplishme nt . (T o Be Continued) •