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allIUM '" THE CHOICE ""..'" OF WINNERS "" ;CIl Q" t, 0:. .,; All ad_cates of the coDventional can praise Harley Davidson for wins in Top Street and Gas at Irwindale Raceway. TIIose who praise fbe unconventional may coDgratulate Don McEvoy and Buddy Martinez for Top Fuel, Teamwork It is always the right combination that provides the best results, be it jets and sparkplugs or just plain people. Every winning machine at Irwindale had the decided advantage of teamwork. The Top Gas Harley Davidson of Bruce Miller was the end result of three individuals. Steve Brackett and Marshal Lamb were the contributors to Bruce's machine. Marshal provided the engine, an -R" series Harley competition- mill and Steve gave it the refined touch of super tuning. Early in the day this Harley was almost tight enough to seize at low rpm with new rings and all, but as the day progressed rider and machine loosened up enough to turn a best elapsed time of 12.38 seconds at 108.17 miles per hour. Since Bruce was winding way above the float limit before the lights, a gear change may provide great things next week. Johnnie Eastes can boast with pride that he owns the quickest and fastest street bike (on gas) that has competed at Irwindale since the days of Leo Paynes -Turnip Eater." Again it was not one man alone. In this instance, Bob Micheals joined forces with Eastes and Harley Davidson to secure Top Street with fabulous performance figures of 11.84 seconds and 115.38 miles per hour. Earlier Eastes had ridden this orange painted wonder to the low 12's and 110 miles per bour. Two top winners and the teamwork isn't finished yet! Two Mc Evoys and a double Martinez, topped with a pair of TrIumphs for Top Fuel. What a brew! But that should be expected when Emma McEvoy measures out the percentage and changes the plugs while Don McEvoy handles the heavier duties. The Martinez' are -Buddy,· the rider of El Toro, and his pretty wife and morale booster. When the twin engine Triumph is fired and Buddy looks back toward the tow £3.r, the Mrs. throws him a beauty of a kiss and who couldn't win Top Fuel turning 10.20 E. T. and 154.32, with a send-offlike that! ~ ~ r.J • ~ \ r.J , • -.J U ~ U I J SID PAYIE Postponed Winds thrusting out of Cajon Pass at 60 miles per hour caused Fontana Raceway manager Jim Blake to hang up the black flag for a day of cancelled events. The match race between Ebeling's Triumph and the Old~powered roadster will be run next Sunday. There will also be an A.H.R.A. certification crew on hand to record attempts to set or break the A.H.R.A. sanctioned world records. There will also be a crew at Lions on Sunday, for the A.H.R.A. record book. say if you have ever desired to grab a real handful of throttle the rumor is around that the Famous "Two-Timer" of Dick Rios is on sale. That machine has seen the 150 range and 9 second barrier many times and I can personally attest that you can't buy those figures from a local dealer. Interested? Call Mr. Rios at (213) 672-6920. M.D.R.A Meeting It takes place Thursday, May 18, 9:00 p.m. at El Nido Park, in Torrance, Calif. The last two meetings have had small turnouts and a similar attendance may cause us to hang it up for a While. (Results on page 16) -Ri••g out of Batersfielll MI C sales 128 KelllUclty Slreet Bakersfielll, Califtraia WINS 250 EXPERT CLASS in tile Bakersfield Tri-Slate Classic AND Bay Mare Scralllbies 25Dcc AM,-EX. CLASS Using OILZUM I. SO, California JAU SIMMONS MOIorcycles 15514 S. Atlaatie, CDlqlten If YOUR DEAUR DOESN'T HAVE allIUM Photos by Bob Ebeling & Doyle Gray One for the money, two for the show - If there were one more, where do you think he would go? Jr. Titles Harry Couch is still, and may be for a long time, king of the Jr. Street winners. Harry's 30.50 Triumph was plague'd with misfire on one cylinder until Nira Johnson jumped to his aid. -Doctor- Johnson put his ohm meter stethoscope to the Triumph's ignition system and with the aid of powers that be, solved the problem in time for Harry to win Jr. street turning 13.83 - 94.24. Jr. Fuel was won by Dennis Manning's blown 450 Honda. Two contenders were mixing fuel to gain an advantage over the other but Al Gonzenbach may have overfed his 350 Honda with a little more than he expected. When the race was staged and sent off on the green light, Al was out of shape enough to cross the strip's center divider. He was automatically disqualified and Manning won turning 13.11 - 102.00. WHEN YOU CHANG OIL MAYBE YOU SHOULD CHANGE DEALERS IT'S WORTH ASKING FOR. DEALERS: Write for astounding infonutiol oILIUM Stripped IDglne sprocket on Watson machine enline only,