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. ... 0 ~ i er CO ~ OS " ... ~ CI:l 00 0 0: .... '" .. CI) "II ... ... .., . ~ ~ CO CO ::e ~ f( .e ti ::.. " Q ! a i .-at • war .. II! J_ "'--.,tts lib . . . . _lilts EI.......rt - l i b ..... 1iIr. _ _ s all.... TIle TI1l1111l11W1l1t1• • E.-rt _ 1IlIdr ..... llIIl* "'nJ.'" •. It is of illCerest that the ElsiDore scrambles track is still unde!1J'wg ~ provemellts aDd c1Janges. TlJis week the first tum was llUJde wider ami ~ at the top of the lJill. aad a large DllDIber of rocks were removed from the irlfield. T1Iese c1Jaages were mostly ill the ilJlerest. of safety. 'Iract C a.les The only line of motorcycles in the world made by an ai rcraft manufacturer ... and it shows in the precision engineering detail. 250 SAMURAI A1SS. Last week, a familiar face at Elsioore, Dick Carver broke his arm coming over the jump. Dick rides a Hodaka and be and his family were trackside on that night to watch the action. Dick's Mom asked him "What happened?" Dick replied, ·SOmeone moved the jump·. Back from a long absence from Elsinore is T. Danlr her. Terry states, he's been riding Ascot some, not being too spectacular, but feeling it out. He got a fourth as his best dde there. Terry also. stated he liked the track ~ provements. 250- Experts 2 &. 4 strokes- 85cc to 650cc.-street, trai I, racers and scramblers-all offer cycle performance that su rpasses competition in their class, 650W1 In thefirst moto,Bultaco mount.ed C. Hatcher got the hole shot on the guys, flew up and over the hill with T. Danaher dgbt on his dght shoulder. Alas, Terry lost it and didn't appear until he was seen rolling down through the infield. This turn of events left har~riding D. Lenar to chase Hatchet all through the rest of this mota as T. Erickson held on to third well. In the second mota J. Kopp did the job, followed by T. Warren.. The Main was quite a different story in tba.t T. Danaher didthegale job, and halfway through the first lap, C. Hatcher came off in the infield, jumped back on after the whole field passed. made it half way through the field, dropped it. again... got back on, and rode like the wind-.All this time the rest of the field were. putting on quite a good show with Lenar trying very hard for rllSt behind Danaher and finally sliwing by for the win with J. Kopp getting third. 351 arlee Ba8~ Elsinore doesn't always get enough riders to malte a class, but when it happens the Honda riders (almost to a man) put on a good showr Mota number I was won by A. Hindelang. followed by D. Fletcher and L. Thompson. The Main was won by L. Mooney on a Honda. Mooney has been coming out to Elsinore for only a short time now. having never ridden any other track. Mooney's bike is a 305 and as the track doesn't usually get enough 3.Q5's to make the class. Looks like all that trying is paying off for him. WHETHER YOU'RE SELLING OR RIDING ... GET WITH THE GOINGEST WHEELS EVER, GET WITH KAWASAKl. 3.5.8.- 50 8. &1p e rls. L. Davis, recently appointed District 37 Amateur and Elsinore Expert. led this race rigbt down to the last lap against Clutch Cargo. Clutch nipped by on the last lap for the win as har~riding Joe Flores on a Triumph caught the third. S.weep slates. ••••••• ••• ••••••• • ••• ••• _ ."... m ~ />JJK_i Ilirr:rllft Co., Ud-....... FuIt /i_cowred _: _ _ __ ~ , P . O ' . ~ C 6 I i I . _ "WASAlK:1 flEW AHRA WORLD'S. RECORD!. CGOB. Class '/.. ali 250CC Kawasaki - DeBn Garri son May 21. 1967 Detroit DragwaJ - 12".20 ET 14.00 MPH. I1Y;lJn~ /2 mo., /2,(J(JI) /Dill!' witwl _ t y . Once again, the sweeps proved to be one of the best races as F. Edwards on a lOO.cc Hodaka held his lead over bikes powered by engines over: 6. times the size Edwards received cheers as he took his trophy from T.H. PaschaL Edwards stayed ahead of J_ Fo.x.e on a Triumph and C. cargo on his BSA.