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In the top tll1lks. Hatley Davidson
seClll'ed a small Piece of honor by being
represented in street competition by
Johnnie Eastes, \Who scored a overall
street victory at 12.95 elaPsed time and
104.89 mph.. Millard Disharoon and Ed
McDonald unveiled their new Sportster
-Super Bike· and won top fuel at Lions
witb a speed of 98 mph!
Saturday Nite
Perry and SCotty's twin-engine Tnmnph was scheduled to he placed against
a four-engine Buick exhibitioo· drag car
and thus it came to be, but mechanical
failure ,of the Triumph led to a bumiliatlng defeat. Perry and SCotty entirely
destroyed one engine on the se.c.ond elimination round.
Doll McEwy's -El Tom" • also a twineagiae ~ , was IIIIIIliaC at L_s
aad pm6Jciac hide-bullling mas of 150
.nes per bour ill tbe low tens aad ate
Baid< V-ll 01 Teo-esi aad Blair was reo
oonIiDg DlDS of 140 plas. The Buick's
IIicbt of sIIow was eoded Iu' a problem at
ate tinisb ligbts that caused a loss of
COIl~rol aad a spectacular spill at an
...believable speed. Thanlr.s to the
powers that be. Blair recetvecl only
minor injuries. .C.J. Hart, the LiODS
_ger, deemed it DOt too wise to I'lIII
aaioDltive-powere.d "cycles."
At Irwindale
Murray and Cook finally eliminated
their problems with the Triumph Bonneville "Super Bike" and set a record of
11.46 elapsed time and 121.95 miles per
bour. Next week 125 is promised, for the
gearing is allthat kept speed to 121 mph..
Suzuki defeated every machine below
550cc and Steve Rowles two-stroke
dtagster did it in 12.68 secondsatlOl.08
miles per hour. A carbutetion problem is
the only factor which prevented Rowles
!tom doing a more thorough job to his
opposition. That little X-6 is going to
be one of the best and other brands will
have to k.eep UP the J:PID and develop ,a
lot of power to keep UP with the Pace.
Johnnie Eastes rode a Harley sportstet to the only win for 55 inches at
InPIindaLe and had to push i1u.cl til defeat
Dick strickland's BSA. Eastes' elapsed
time was only three-huncltedths of a
second quicker than Strickland's, bot
cood reflexes and tbat baitllne of ~sed
tlme ..ere just enough for top street
boDors.
Nim .Johnson bas fou&bt bis way ba.ck
to old form and is again the top runner
iJl cas competition. ElHen seconds and
114 plus are the resuLts that he used to
Ittain ..ntb ,regnlariU' and he is at it
a,catn \With a top gas \Will of 11.79 sec\ODds and 114.94 miles per bour.
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wagen-powered BMW to Jim Enz" Elnfield
known as -Salt Engine.TOnY Dndge fOUght a field of twenty
Ilr more street competitors and came out
untouched and virtually untbteatened
witb an amazing elapsed time of 12.08
seconds at a speed of 113.92 mph.
Only two fuel bikes were in contention. one with 350ccs of displacement
and tbe other with 55 inches. The Honda
01 Reg Downard was turning in low 13second times at 96 miles per bour and a
Harley ·Super Bike" was being tested
with ultra high l2-second and 98 to 99
mile per hour SPrilltS. The Harl eyDavidson of McDonald and Disharoon
wOn, but 'not by a wide margin. and he
gave. Downa.rd a good race right up to
the finish lights. Ray was standing in
the pits after it was all over with the
smile of a fisberman who just lost a big
one and was showing with his hands just
bow close the distance was at the lights.
FIIdaIa 0,.
"'lI'e1come Back" is FODtana's greeting to cycle drag racers who like a big
purse
and excellent trophies. Gates
at 8:30 on Sunday 'IIIOmings ,aad
it will be a full day 0 f timed nlDS aDd
class eliminations.
For the bikes exceeding one hundred
miles per hour the purse will be fat. At
the day's end you tum in your best miles
per hour ticket and get paid fifty cents
for each mile over the ton.. For example,
120 mph gets you ten dollars or 150 mph
will pay twenty-five dollars. You receive
this money, win or lose.
This is the largest PaYoff for any
local drag strip, so let's justify the
awards by giving them a large att,endance
and a good show.
(Results OD lIace 16)
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By ItDdi Harlllut
TIle insinuating whine of a t..o-cycle
superc!larged drag bike will be added to
more familiar motorcycle drag meet
sOunds when the l3anIt8"O'Hata 305cc
Yamaha dragster, makes its debut at the
Lions strtp in the near future.
Dubbed -TIle Rising Sun,' the bike is
believed by the builders to he the first
two-cycle supercharged dragster in tbe
United States. It incorporates many
unique desi go features, including an unusually long (84 in.) wheelbase and an
al1-al.uminum frame which keeps the
weigllt of the entire vehicle below 175
pounds.
O'Hara said that several individuals
attempted to supercharge two-cycle engines but bad to ahandon their hopes of
having a competitive machine because
of poor throttle response and power that
was remarkable oBly in the upper limits
of the rev range.
O'Hara claims to have solved these
problems with tbe -Rising Sun.· According to him, the engine has been tried on
the te.st stand and seems to 'have excellent throttle response throughout the
entire power band. The otherwise stock
305cc Yamaha engine idles at 2,000 rpm
and is said to develop power all the way
up to the redUne, which has been set at
8,000 rpm. Horsepower has been -guesstimated· at alJllroximately double that of
the standard production engine.
Predicts Low E. T.'s
O'Hara said, -We hope to prove with
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charpd 305« y . .aha draester.
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