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... - • , -~ A two - stage slart lor a 175cc Moto. BAY IN CYCLE NEWS' NEW CONTEST , MARE BASH . s tory and Photo s by George B. Maness Sunday. July thi rd . the Simi Valley M.C . hos te d 130 rac ers who started th eir Independan c e Day cele brations with a race for kicks and cups . A ction on th e well-watered Bay Mare tra ck was fast and furious , due in no small pa rt to th e efficie nt operat io ns of th e promoting cl ub. Only t wi ce was th e raci ng stopped to wait for th e ambulance and the tim e was put to good use by l aying down a little ext ra wat er on th e track. A good tim e for a good ca use w ould be t he best way t o desc ribe thi s day . Th e good tim e was th e one that was had by all and t he good cause was the donation of th e day 's pr oceeds to Chuck Irons. a Simi Valley M.C . member who put a foot peg thr ough hi s ankle t wo months ago while f un ri di ng and has accumulat ed quite a lot of medical bills. Ch uck will be out of action for anot her six months and those helping hands will certainly be appr eciated. The 50c c through 200cc clas ses combined th e Amat eur and E xpert ri ders to make a class and then run th em in t he moto cross style. T here weren't very many of the wee-ones? (Res ults on YES! You can win the machine of your dreams--any motorcycle T here w e r e t wo sta nd-out pertermances in th e se ve n lightweight eve nt s. John Riggin's wi nni ng ri de in th e 100cc mot ocr oss wa s not only a good example of how to do i n y our competi tors . but was th e first outi ng of th e new ul tr alightweight Bultaco. Novi ce Dan Carlton was th e mor ning 's other attention- getter. Greev es mount ed Dan took second in th e 200c c Amat eur/Expert moto cros s, won hi s own c l ass, 250cc Novic e, then came back and did itin th e lightwei ght sweeps takes. . Th e bi g shows in the aftern oon were the open Amat eur an d Expert events. Ea ch ti me thes e men got out on the t rack for their four-man mot a' s, eve ry body dropped what they were doing to go see how it 's done. lt was done by B . McC oy and Har l ey -D avi dson i n the Amateur go and T ri umph mount ed J . Moffit show ed the E xp ert s the fast way around . T he Si mi Vall ey M.C . and th e B ay Mare management is t o be congratu la te d for a j ob well done. The dust was not as much of a pr obl em as usual Sunday . for th e tra ck was kept wet and th ere was no wi nd. (Would yo u beli eve l ess wind than usual?) pa ge 12) HOW TO ENTER: If you are already subscribing to Cycle News , just fill in the bottom half of the coupon D elow and send it in to Cycle New s " M achine of your Dreams· Contest P,O, Box 498, Long Beach, Cali fornia FIRST PRIZE--THE MACHINE OF YOUR DREAMS exactly as described on your contest entry blank. SECOND PRIZE-- Your cho ice of brand new Honda S-90 or Hodaka Ace-90. 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