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100 MILE COMBINED AMATEUR-EXPERT RACE 250cc Lightweight Motorcycles Trlumph-maunted Dick Hamm•• HARLEY· DAVIDSON 1. Roger Reiman Kewanee, lll. 2. Cal Rayborn San Diego, Cal. 3. Bart Markel Flint, Mich. 4. Mert Lawwill S.Fran., Calif. 5. Walt Fulton Jr. ** Orange, Cal. MEET GARY NIXON C·· Denotes amateur rider) This brand won the first two 250 races ever run at the SpeedWay with Hammer at the helm. The past two years H-D has been turned back but has placed two riders both times in the top ten finishers. Lawwill was the only rider on a Sprint last year to grab the lead away from the defending champs. Yamaha. The Sprints are tried and proven but from one to three horses off the pace. Brlde.st.... Is f1e1d1ne a t.,m .sp.clally for th. 175cc avut. Southern Cilifomil youne- sl.s rllllresenl.d ar. Cfrom left) 01... Smith, Tommy Rockwood and Terry Donlh•• KAWASAKI L 2. 3. 4. Dick Maan Ralph White Baddy E1IIIore Swede Savage RiemoDd, CaliL TorlaDce, CaliL El Paso, Teus LosADgeles,Cal A new name to American racing and the factory's first event on a national level. One of the most potent teams ever gathered. complete with the European Grand Prix mechanics crew. The first time for any twin rotary val ve engines in national competition. Mann won the 250 event in '65. coming from 104th starting place on a Yamaha. White finished a class third last year. also on a Yamaha. Elmore. on a Yamaha. was one of the top five finishers two years ago. Mann. the nomad. will be riding his fourth different brand of bike in the last four years. YAMAHA 1. Gary Nixon Baltimore, Md. 2. Bo blly Winters Ft. Smi th, Ark. 3. Tony Murphy Los Angeles,CaI The big winner the last two years running scales down to its smallest team effort yet. Yamaha has won eight out of the first ten places the last two years in a row with a combination of factory team riders and private entries. There were more Yamahas entered in the 250cc race last year than any other brand and it THE TWO-WHEHER ~'67 Ready For Inmediate Delinry! 167 w. Coil... Av.. San B.rnardlno, CII. (714) TU 5-3445 Dive SIlllll looks 1II.I.nllk. It . . .d. should be no different this year. The '67 team has put aside the proven TDI-B models and will go with a newer version known as the YD&-5. Jody Nicholas was to have been the 4th member of the team but could not obtain a clearance from the Navy Air Corps where he's iearning to fly jets. Winters is the defending champion and track record holder with an average speed that is faster than one of the big bike 200 miler times. Winters and Nixon are both potential winners. Murphy finished just inside the first ten two years ago but missed all of last year due to a hitch in the Army. the [actDry team support. The scoreboard now stands, after [our years o[ running this event, at two [or Yamaha and two [or Harley-Davidson. The Suzukis are now tried and proven, Yamaha if off to a late start with a new engine, the H-Ds are still shy on overall borses, Kawasaki is brand new but has come over to the USA wi th an out-of-the crate racer that far surpasses the other three at the same stage of the game a few years ago. The greatest road racing duel ever run in the world took place in this race last year when the lead changed 42 TIMES AND SECOND PLACE CHANGED 145 TIMES!! Yamaha will have tD be beaten the hard way for the crown. Kawasaki the definite· Darkhorse· that could bust the race wide open. Hammer could win aU the marbles if he finds the secret at how tD make a machine last - from start tD finish. Ni1Wn could well become the first rider tD win both the 250 and the big bike events within a 24 hour span. Gary Nixon, ten-year veteran in the world of motorcycle racing, will be_ sPending his third season in a row as a member of the Yamaha Racing Team. Last year, Nixon finished the 100 miler at Daytona wi th an eighth place, and the year before he ended up second after a desPerate, last-minute rally for the finish line in the last lap. Gary has consisteDUy been known as one of !be best "lack." racers in the business. and is constaDUy exhibiting his tremeadous racine abilities. His record of lIIII,jor viclDries durinc the past year is a &DOd inelicaU... that a laree pottioD of !be action wiD revolve around him in the upcomiDe Daytona classic. During the last seasoo. Ni_ captwed back-to-blIck wins at Laconia, .N.H.. Des Moines, Iowa. aad Greeonwod. La. His most exclliDc victory was achieved .....ea he became the first American lider to not 0II1y ee&er. but alllO wiD the 1966 Japaaese GnuId Prix Z50cc Production class race. GarY al_st lIOCceeded in -me lappinc: the eatire pack wblle tile ~ carves or lit. FQjL -r- _ of bis top IKiIIc victolies were bis 1963 wiD iD the aU-.l Road Race beld at Winber. Pa.. 8Dd bis exclliDc llrst"'PIace c:.pU.-e at tile Meadowvale. nu-ts . . . Race iD 1964. GarY is aleo a t--u.e N ~ SIIort TIacIIF. C1I8Inpioa. ·0Ut &: Mile Rider" was lbe 19M ci- Ni_ by Cycle \IIapziDe. Tbat tIds . . . . fiUiDc desc:rtpUoa was easl1y evidellc:ed by bts ride iD Slaa.-eDlo. 11& lbe 28 adJe aau-a 10 1Usted t C81J....... tlat !ear. ,'c * Ip a _ UIIdl Gal)' record . . *bat wlUl • .u.tac rille or 13 IlliDates .... 28.52 secoads. A1tboac11 oae-mile COtWses are bis f.volite foIIII of OIIe-mlJe COInIe aKllpeUUOII Gal)' excels 011 every type of coarse. 'I1Ie 26-year-old NO. bepa deli. . IIICton:ycles .. 195'7. " .Uve 01 0II1Ilbema. be IIOW .-lies Ills bcIIIe iD Riverdale. MRr71Dd. SUZUKI 1. Dick Hammer Lakewood, Calif 2. Ron Grant San Mateo, Calif . This brand showed many surprises last year early in the race but failed to finish due to last minute experiments with ignition. It's the only team that will use last year's models and engines. The Suzuki was the fastest machine at Daytona last year through the time traps and Hammer has been the fastest 250 rider on the West Coast to date this year. Thin on depth and a lot to ask of only two riders but both are two of the best lightweight rae e r s in America. SUMMARY: The 250cc 100 miler has been stealing much o[ the show at Daytona the past few years due to ~o~£tl c.~tlc.'" and tl£S~ Kondlu), development co. 269 ORANGE AVE •• GOL.ETA,CALlF •• 93017 PH. 805-967-8919 THE HOME OF CHAMPIONSI MOTORCYCLES OF MILAN, ITALY CHAMBERS ENTERPRISES P.O. Box 2.33 LIIIC Beacla, CallL 91801 t******************~ # HOIIDAS : * LOWEST PRICES IN SO. CAL. : * * ** * * * ******************, Garln. Ea.....lsu 2073 W. Pacific Coasl Hwy. Lomita, Calif. 326-3110 & 775-1102