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• To prove this point . Tr iumph too k the class trophie s home from Li ons in the A. Band C Gas classes at Li ons. Dan Kleiman and his twin-engi ne Tri umph took A c lass while Al Brown s e cured B t urnin g 12.73 E.T . a nd 01.285 mph. A new C gasser was ridden to vic tory by G. Nachts heim with a 17 .17 - 60.2 0. Top Street Sal Estra da is the man and Harley the brand that contenders couldn't shut down Saturday , Sal 's bike runs like it looks a nd that 's good! At Lions . Norton was quic kest of t he stree t bikes and a trophy we nt to George Jo novic h to prove it . but not far behind was Le e Moore, the A c lass winner on a Harley , a nd W lt Magness with his pote nt 450 Honda a as C St reet victor. Half Pints • !J • Smaller dis pla cement classes a re neither ove rlooked or s low. Ron Knapp co ns iste ntly proves this a s he runs a Yamaha faster a nd qui cker than many lar ger machines. P eople like Ron a nd Bob Braverman ha ve really prese nte d Yamaha Interna tiona l with great re war ds for sponsorship. I'm glad Yamaha Inte rnational appreciates it! T he machines with displacement s of less than half a pi nt were on the scen e i n both Street and Gas classes. W. Briggs purchased a Honda 50cc CR machine for his so n whil e in J apan a nd ran it at Lions whil e his son watched wit h envy. Ed Sforzi ni ng won F s tree t at Lions turning 19.33 E.T. and 63.20 mph. He bought the Honda because its easier to spell the bran d name than his own. New Drags • Car lsbad is now running drags each we ek on Friday ni ghts . T hey open the gates at 5:00 p.m. and elimi na tio ns s ta rt a t 8:00 p.m, Th ere a re no individua l c lasses per displacement or fue l , but a wi nner-take-all on a handica p basis . May the best ma n and bik e win! Results LIONS DRAG RESULTS Sunday, June 5, 1966 TOP FUEL : Murray & Cook • T ri 10. 23-1112.54 RUNNER -UP: Don Tri ~lcA voy 135.00 AlFUEL : Murray & Cook B/ F1JEL: Don M eAvoy • Tri 10. 23-152. 54 Tri 135.00 AlGAS: B/GAS : C/ GAS: E/ GAS: F/ GAS: T ri T ri 12.73-1 02.85 T ri 17.1 7- 60.20 Yam 13.43- 96.46 Hon 3 1.00- - Dan Kleiman Al Brown G. Nach tsheim Ron Knapp W. R. Bri ggs A/ ST REET: B/ STREET: C/ST REET: D/STREET: E/ST REE T : F/STREET: • • • • • • Lee M oore G. Jonovicb Walt Magnes s Ste ve Cox Jim Ray Ed Sforzinig H-D 13.90- 94.43 Nor 12.63- 105. 50 Hon 13.96- 93. 74 Hon 15.4 2- 81.66 Yam 15.92- 79.78 Hon 19.33- 63.20 PACIFIC R CE y P acific Raceway in Kent , Washi ngton play ed hos t to 75 sportsman roa d AMA racer s on June 5. M and machi nes en gat here d from near and far t o do battle on the finest road co urse in t be Pa cific Northwest. T he eleve n-turn , two-anda-half mile track is in an idyllic setting amongst the pines and lofty balsams of Washington's evergreen wonde rland. Organization matched the quality of the track. Motorcycles equipped with two-way radios at each turn , efficie nt pape r work, and a heads-up ambulance crew kept thin gs movin g, promotional ef forts of tbe sp ons ors brought out a thousand fans to watch the ra cers go •round. T he wee-ones started the day a nd tbe only question was who would follow the works Suzuki. Vail Hayde n was the one who followed Yoshio It o and his screaming Suzuki into second place. Th e co ncurrently run 100c c class went to Gene Hes s riding a Honda . Second race of the day was the combine d 125cc and 175cc went . Haruo Kos hi no was the man in this one aboard a 125cc water-cooled Suzuki twin with Honda-mounted Gene Brown in tbe place position. The 175cc gold went to Steve P eders on on an Ossa. Next on the schedule was the hotly contested 250cc rac e. As expected.. the re was a ding-dong battle be twe en Ron Grant and W alt Fulton Jr. on a pair of Suzuki . Grant finally did it with Fulton second ' and Dan P asznec ker thi rd on a Yamaha. In the 350, 500 and Open Class it was Haru o Kos hin o and his 125cc Suzuki a gai n. Walt Fulton and Ron Grant , s till on 250cc Suzuk i. were s ec ond and third in the Open Class . T im Coo per a board a 450 Honda too k the 500cc race a nd Bob Ben der on a 305 Honda did it to the 350cc class. Ride rs and spectators were very ent husiastic about the whole operation and a re lookin g forward to the next time . The oniy sad note was Dick Hammer' s bad fall i n Saturday's practice whic h res ulted in a broke n co ll a r bone . It ca n be truly said (wit h few exceptions) that a good time was had by all. 5