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at BEADIIG, PA. L8cIc ,. .. .. lilts ....... a.. R.-..c. ..... 1IaIUI... ef ft" lid Ie lie like lie wi_ • • i. filii trills IS lie FUI' F1,• • 111 lie fastest fbi _Sf tal.... fieltls eY8' iaass~.'1'" fir a llirt track race. .....S . . MARKEL SIDELINED BY MISHAPS •• •••••••••••• The Champ was never in contention in the 24 lap Final because his rear fender and seat assembly broke loose along with a portion of th e frame, holding him way back in a distant 8th place. Dick Mann was the winner in a close one over Darrell Dovel. Mann was on a BSA single with Dovel on his black and white Harley-Davidson. Mann took an early lead but Dovel caught and passed him after the race was well past the halfway mark. Late in the race Mann again took over the front position to go on for his first National win since 1965. Ql RESULTS 1.. Did< MaIm 2. Danel Dovel 3. Fred ix 4. Melt Lawwill :\. Geoq;e Roedel' 6. Gary ixoa 7. LaDy Palm_ 8. Bart Markel 9. Bob Sbol1Y 10. Chris DlaaYer 11. Neal Keea 12. Old< ADdrea BSA IH) IH) IH) IH) Tri Tri IH) Tn IH) BSA IH) Nixon Bebind National point leader, Gary Nixon, also found the going much rougher than he did a month ago when he finished second to Markel. Gary won his heat race but was never in contention in the Final and wound up in sixth place. Joining Nixon as heat race winners were Mann and Dovel. Roger Reiman failed to make the Main Event and won the consolation for riders who did not finish fourth or better in the heats. Nixon now has stretched his national point lead with Roeder moving into second place and Lawwill third. Buddy Elmore has dropped to fourth. Markel is still far from being a contender and is way down the list at this time. Amateur honors were also taken by BSA with Ed Varnes, from the Varnes brothers racing family defeating George Crockett and Mike Sponseller. CJH WEIICO CAT~ PM]" 1/ RETAIL 1. HEAD 1~1 compressioo 1n1 123.95 '2. NtllCPlUG loogreach {l'-) - -see catalog '3. 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BOX U!I, YElICE, CAUFORIIA by Judy McKeen After two weeks of being rained out on half miles we decided to try a T.T. at Winchester Virginia on May 21, 1967. The closer we got to the track the darker the sky got. Sure enough the rain clouds stopped over the race track and cut loose, but the racers were bound and determined to ride if at all possible. It seems that the 'rain doe sn 't hurt this track one bit. In fact the riders love it. They went through a lot of face shields but it was worth it. It was plenty cold and wet because it never did stop drizzling. The first Novice heat went to Malcolm Doying from Bladensburg Md. on a Bultaco. He was second to Buddy Barnce from Haggerstown Md. aboard a Ducati and third to David Elancl, Newport News, Va. riding a Bultaco. Tbe second Novice heat showed quite a battle between Malcolm Doying and Buddy Bamce. Malcolm caught the checkered flag about half a bike length before Buddy. and Larry Koup, on a Bul taco, took a third. The Amateurs put on quite a show in their heats. Earl Myers from Md. rode his Triumph to a wi n, but he was pushed hard by Buck Graves from Mich. on a H-D. Jerry Chaclima from Ohio on a BSA got third. The second heat went a bit differently. est Coast Boo Boo N ow it's the Experts to the line for their first heat. Gary Nixon. National #9, got a good first place. Emil Chadims from Ohio on a BSA got in for second and third went to Harold Lyons from Ind. also on a BSA. AtteI the first heat one of our West Coast riders took a bit of ribbing from the east coast riders. It seems he forgot to turn his gas on. We won't mention names but SHAME SHAME. T.he second heat saw Gary Nixon out in front again with Red McKeen hot on his tail. On the second lap, Emil Chadins lost control coming down a bill and crashed into Red. An old friend and ex-racer, Speedy Maxwell, once told Red that if in doubt or trouble gas it. So Red did and he is still thanking Speedy or someone up above. He did a beautiful job of riding off and onto the track. Emil wasn't so lucky. He hit McKeen, then the fence, and finally a car. He wasn't hurt but the bike looked like a pr etzel. Red brough t his snortin' Norton in for a second and third went to Carl Williamson #57 from Pa. on a TriumPh. The Novice Main went to Malcolm Doing. If Malcolm keeps going he is sure to end up one of the top "" c:: .= ... tIIII._ Dldl . . . . dAflI..........cIt wln • ...-.ce ... tint Y '"*'~ f TOLD YOU John Taylor announces the appointment of Dick Mann to the staff of tbe Yankee Motor Corporation as Manager. Research and Development and as Competition Manager. Mann's duties at Yankee include the testing and refining of the Yankee cross-country (enduro) prototype modeL Two prototypes of the crosscountry model will be entered in the International Six Days Trial this fall. Jim Corpe, Project Manager. 'is scheduling the cross-country model for production early in 1968. Mann will then work with Corpe to develoP a scrambler. a street machine. a trials model, and a production roadracer to complete the Yankee line of motorcycles. In addition to his R&D activities, Mann is developing a racing program for Yankee. Under this program, cross-country and road-racing models of the Yankee motorcycle will be entered in selected events in the United States and Europe. Novices on the East Coast this year. Second was Buddy Bamce and third went to Larry Koup. Only four bikes made it to the Amateur Main. Mechanical ailments put the rest out for the day. Earl Myers got first and second was Ronald Smith, with Jerry Chaclima third. Last but not out of the money was Buck Graves. The Expert Main went to Gary Nixon, who did wheelies as he took the checkered flag. Red McKeen and Harold Lyons from Ind. on a BSA battled for second until Red got a flat tire in the sixth lap, giving Harold a good second. In third was Tom Garrett. Tom crashed in practice, but stayed aboard to do a nice job in the Main. Rain or not the riders and spectators had a good day at the laces.