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, -- • - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - --- ckland was lined up to run against Vince Rowles' Suzuki , te ns ion held the air tau ght as a master liRlt. Vince receiv ed the gree n liliht and was on his way half-a second before Dick co uld le ave the staging lights. W hen the BSA receiv ed a green light its ea gernes s brought the rear whee l around a nd had to be s traig htend out in a hurry with the front whee l. That s mall time involve ment was a los er' s jinx, for even though the BSA came on strong it co uldn't ea t t he dista nce . Vin ce's Suzuki had won. T hus the bonors to a real quic k 250cc X-6 and Its rider. DRAG RACING By Bob Ebeli ng • The G olden Touch Bob Long has a s pons or with special Midal touch. Althou gh when South Bay Honda puts a ha nd on the 450 machine it doesn' t turn gold, just quic kl T hat 450 Honda turned in a best elapsed ti me of 12.92 seconds a t 101.46 miles per hour. Bob defeated four other class winners and collected the $$$ purs e, a h, the ric h get richer. ATTENTION COMPETITION RIDERS! A & A Manufacturing Now"Features a Select Li ne of ponents for All cycles quality Com AIR CLEANERS COMPRESSION RELEASES ALT, COVERS-HONDA SCRAM! and more, M UCH MORE Mention Cycle News when Writing to A & A MANUFACTURING .. 1036 EI Camino Redwood City , Ca lif. Dea ler Inquiries Invited NATIONAL MOTOR SUPPLY CO. DISTRIB UTOR FOR Top Gas Dealer QUALITY MOTORCYCLE Inquiries ACCESSORIES ALSO Invited IN STOCK Top Fael Above: Dua l street bikes eather momentum out 01 the hole to provide an excillne two-wheel duel, Below: Bob Mlcheal,'s top loeler, " Bla ck Knleht" shows a lusty beglnnlne - only to plac e second by a wheel, Whew , was this a close one at Irwindal el MilJard Disharoon rac ed Ron Knap ps 250cc Ya ma ha in the first round and came out only s cant inches ahea d. Nira J ohns on wa s up next to oppos e Len J asmin . Each was on a Triumph but there was 150cc' s more i n Nira' s machin e tha t ga ve Len a sec ond and one half head start. Nira's "A giisi" ca me out of the hole strong and pull ed past the 500 without troubie but despite the wa y it looked to sp ectators. A final race was between Nira ,Johnson and ,Dis haroon - was only two te nt bs of a sec ond differen ce . It was one rac e too' many for Ni ra lost a rod (or s omething that put s crac ks in a crankca s e) at the li ghts . Dis ha roon' s final ela psed time read 11.62 seconds with 117. 03 mile s per hour. 157 10 Garfield Avenue , Paramount, Californ ia 90723 ' Four machin es vied for top fuel at Irwindale and the first race saw Bob Michaels' "Black Knight " Harley staged aga inst the Alf Hagen framed Triump h of J eff Gough. J eff works at Cycle Wo rld, Inc . in Buena P ark, Calif., an d his bos s has joined the sponsorsh ip program tha t produc es winning racers. J eff came out at the hole slightly ahead of Michael s and held it all the way for a win by a wheel. The second race brought Murray and Cooks' Twin engine Triumph up with the fuel burnin g Honda of AI. Gons enbac h. J im Cook laid down a Cloud of heavy smoke that trailed all the way to the winners Iights , Al moved a little too soon and drew a red li ght but this does n't mean its s low tor his best of the day was 12.72 s econds with 105.77 for s pee d. ' T he fina l was Murray a nd Cook vs J eff Gough a nd each staged with determinatio n. As soon as the gree n li ghts were on, e veryon e knew it was n't right, for Cook didn' t burn out in the usual fashion. J eff too k the lead from go to win an d turned a fina l elapsed time and sp eed or 11.03 - 130.81. J im Cook, who had clea ned all the c ogs from the gear box shafts , came throu gh the lig hts at 11.65 seconds. Sonny RasIa wski put in an ' ela psed time at Lion s drag s trip that was the weekend's quic kest. Only two machines were on the fue l kick and Bob Ebeli ng's Triumph was Sonny' s only competition. Each fired on the electric roll ers and moved forwa rd to stage. W hen th e yellow li ght took on a green cast each mac hine moved out and aft e r the first forty feet it was Har ley-Da vidso n all the wav.scnny took the trip in 10.08 seconds at 144.00 miles pe r hour. E ven though Sonny was the only man ridi ng, two others were in the back ground, one was Gayl and Hill, who owns the Ha rley dealership in Oxnard, Callf., and the ot her is Gordon Kately who accompanies Sonny. All of them hel p to produce quick times a nd fas t s pee ds. Largest stock on Wp.st Coast 'J /~'{: ~I-tl/I } PHONE : 213 633-5178 j ..., . , I I '• • Custom Seats - Mawr.cycl e PainLilli Pi ckup & Delivery Service lEACH CYCLE CENTER Full Une Df Parts ..d Accessories for ALL llRANDS Speclallzlne In Honda. HodllU 650 EMORY·IMPERIAL BEACH 714 423·1331 ~ ~~AT[HLE55 ~ f)~ HODAKA ~ S ALES· PARTS· SERVICE EDDIE CROWELL 10427 Pra ir i r ,l n glrw ood OR.3·9 SiJ Undecided With Irwindal e Raceway 's ne w . handi cap elimi nations , Suzuki s tepped into the bright li ghts of top stree t bike glory. At Uons Drag Strip there was 110 handicap but the amazing 450cc Honda or Bob Long came out on top or six class winne rs, Ior the highest honor of vic tory In top street bike. At both of thes e lo cations , many competitors keep attackin g Millard Disharoon's firm top gas position, but des pit e the handica p or whatever weapon is given them, "Dish "agai n s ec ures a doubl e vict ory with an E.T. bes t of 11.6 2 s ec. Fuel burning advocates were surprised to see Cycl e World's, Jeff Gough take to p at Irwindal e and Sonny Raslawski' s Harl ey Sportster tum the weekend's quickest elapsed times at Lions. TOP STREET Each race was a cl os e finish at the fina l few of 1320 feet at Irwindale. Th e lights can measure the elapsed times to within one fiv e hundredths of a second accuracy and thus each race would be a dead heat if riders a nd machines pertormed exac tl y as they did when thei r best time was turn ed during the day. It ne ver happens. saturday when the BSA of Dick stn- T he program a t Lions wa s run without difficulties but there was one big defi cit. A leadin g dra g publication adve rtised prize money for bikes but it was not decid ed until noon as to how much or for whom. F ont ana has a se t weekly amount and s o does Irwindal e Raceway. If Lions cann ot tell in ad vance, the n the racers wlll go where there is a sure thin g instead of takin g a ga mble . Maybe this will not occur again, but I have heard that the re may not eve n be a second ti me money award for fue le rs. (Gr r r r.) Next wee kend gives the rac er a choice of fin e locations. Irwindale, Fontana. Lio ns a nd Romona . Th e Satu rday program for bik es is only at Irwindal e and the other three are open SUnday. F ontana has their great 50 cents per mlll for all spee ds over one hundred award. It's a grea t privile ge to ha ve a choice of racing locations , and so I fli p a co in an d will race a nd report from .• .• next week end. (Res ults on Page 16) Ex clusive 10.000 mile warranty at TRIUMPH OF BURBANK 1329 N. HOLL YWOOD WAY 8. 8-7233 HEAD PORTING,SPE ED T UNl t 'G FOR RACI.NG OUR SPEC IAL TY HONDA of TORRANCE SALES, PARTS & SERVICE 18411 HAWTHORNE BLVD., TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA SP 2-1823 fR 1-7533

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