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Gene Romero Keeps his eyes on the road•
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(92) Butch Corder with Dick Faria working hard. to catch him.
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We prove the point again! Racers know howto pick prelly girls .
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Swede Sav
age has the longest outrigger In town.
by George M
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Does Dewayne Keeter (44) know Mert Lawwlll Is right b ehi nd hi m?
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Sa n Francisco Indoor Short Track
Dick Do"styn showing how to short-track In style.
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With the twin expansion chambers of his blue and yellow Suzuki screaming to the rafters, Phil
Cancilla ofBan Jose romped to a
pole to pole victory in the third
short track meet at the San Francisco Cow Palace last Saturday.
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Runnin g on a track whi ch had ' a much
wider groove than usu al , Can ci ll a held
off all challenge rs in the clo se ea rly
laps a nd was several bi ke-le ngths ah ead
at the finish .
With the fl a g, Cancilla di ved into th e
first t urn ab rea s t of, but in s id e, Butch
Corder , and purs ue d hotly by Mert Lawwill' s Harley Sprint and Di ck Mann on a
Greeve s .
Into th e back s trai ghta way , Ca ncil la ' s
tight er lin e made itsel f felt in a Qui ck er
burst of acc elerati on, and Corder fell
sl i ghtly behind. F or sev eral more laps
Corder purs ue d Cancilla fruitl essly , only
to notic e s uddenly that Mann was ni ppi ng
at his heel s in eve ry turn .
The former Grand Nationa l Cha mpion
final ly pa ssed Corder on lap ten, but
round catchi ng Can cilla a mor e difft cult
probl em. With only five laps to go , Cancilla pour ed the j uice to the high-revving
Cycl e Imports IIusti er and cro s sed the
finish lin e a lone .
M nn was s econd, Corder thi rd, and
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' Lawwil l fourth .
Th e novic e mai n was an ot he r vict ory
for Suzuki, thi s ti me ridd en by J immy
Odom a nd a lso tuned by L e s Edwards'
Cycle Imports . Odom was first into th e
turn a t the s tart and kept UP t he foll owthe-leade r game for the entir e t en-lap
main.
Mik e Yarn was second followed by
Dee Genung.
Genun g too« the novice trophy da sh
while Ca ncilla wa s fir s t in th e AmateurE xpert t rophy da s h.
W ers of the fi ve novice he ats were:
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Jim Odom, Lloyd Houchkins , Dee Ge nung, Art Bemheisel , and Mike Cosn er.
Ama teu r-E xpe rt heat winne rs were:
Mert La wwil l, P hil Ca ncilla , Byron
F eld ha ke , Butch Corder and Dick Mann.
Semi winn er s were Rich Fa ria in th e
Expert and Bill Lyo n, novice .
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