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Cycle News 1967 06 08

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00 0.> .... Q) , 0:- l1, .... c: .., .. ." ~ . - 0 • ... lC .... ... :Ii! ~ ~ z: ~ ,.J 0 >-. 0 1:1 . .a. 3 " ~ ... . llo " .. IS ~ A =. lES On May 21 the Capitol City M.e. put on their seeond scrambles of the season at Helvetia Parle in Sacramento- and there were just enough ciders to malce each event: interesting and competitive. S it.. BrOUlerSIn the 100 Main Ron Long got tbe jlDDP on the rest and held it to the end when Eric Jergenson camp up to do battle. while Rick smith. and Ron Smith fought it out for third. Eric dropped it and left Long in first with Ron Smith second and Rick right behind. James Childress got a quick lead intbe 2Oo. Main on a 10o. Bridgestone and beld on to take second. Bob Hoffman really bad to ride to get tbe win and be bad bags of borsepOwer. In the 250 Novice Main Rod Val-ley got off first witb Curt McMahon and David Gflliam close behind. Rod held on for several laps but the other riders were real close and Rod missed a tum which put David in the lead. Curt was still in there waiting for a mistake and David made it by going down so Curt had the lead. Jim saitone from Petulema won the 250 Expert Main after being pushed pretty hard by Jim saroda. Ross Russell and Mike Ellis. Saltoneheld them all off and they had to fight among th.emselves for the rest of the spots. Ben Alley showed the rest of the field the way home in the SOO- Novice Main. C. Taylor and Ron Keys bad it out for second with Taylor getting the better orit. Six riders started and only three finished. Bi&_RlJ. In the 65(). No vice Main .Ie cry Philpott and Thomas Hamner played tag for several laps and went over the jump together several times. On the last lap. Thomas copped the lead and Ashley Jeffery moved up but they were so strung out, that none of them had a cllance to pass each other and Jerry won with Ashley second. Bill Doran bad to come from behind to win the 650 Am-Ex. Main. lie and .Art R. Nett played tag for third for a while and had the crowd on their feet as they went over the jump_ Bill got tired of that and mo ved up to do battle wi th Bill Kreeger for first. D(1ran grabbed the win with Bill Kreeb~r second and Chuck Huss third. Here·. We've been telling.you no other cycle. can out-handle. a Benelli. We've been telling. you things about the high power to. weight ratio, g.reater torque. and super· ior braking. system of Benelli. At Daytona, we. put all these. statements into action and came up. a winner!. That's fine. you say, but you don't intend to race, so who cares? Wefl, we. kinda think you care when you need to stop in a hurry and you feel those. big.BenelJi brakes. take. hold. We. think you care about perfect is balance. evarytime. you tum a. street corner, or maybe. hit a patch of loose. stones. or sand. We think you care about power toweight ratio when it's. time:to 89...• zoom, acceleration that IS. thrilling. Gnlat baJance, easy handling and power, that's.what a winning cycle needs and that's. what you get as. standard eq,uipment on every Benefli. And, for a kicker we include. the biggest warranty in the motorcycle. industry on lMll'Y new BeneUi.... 25,000. miles. o.r 25- months. II- I (Results Den week) FOR AME OF NEAREST DEALER A n FRE£ COLOR BROCHURE WRITE: British Motorsares,.417 Broadway, Fresno, Calif. (9372.f) Phone(209l2fi+-5575. (Dealer inquirfes invited). \3ioO<>.

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