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Cycle News 1967 06 29

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I ~ - : - . . . . . . . . . . Brst IJI 2IIcc ....ce c ~ CIUDb1I aieMr•• CHlCO- There were some ne faces aDd bikes in the winner's ciJlele saturday June 10 after the regular flat track rae e lilt CYcle Land SPee ay on: HigIlway 99E. When the SllD. down and the pit pie closed. there ere 30 racers at tile riders meetiDc - 15 of them aD lOOCC IIIIOtorc;yc1es. n. staDds. as IISIJ&l. were packed for tile popular weet:l;y omthJ valley nent. After two heats and ODe semi fn the 1001 cla.ll8a Diae of the 15 riders went to tile MIlia. w. • ll' Tom BrucIleostein at ~ land ~ fiIlst place 00 his Hodaka. wIticllisowDediDdliuDed by Powell's Hodalla iB e::tI:ico.. Ol'oYille's Gene Flieze. Amai • out fa. the flrsl time Olli his DeW; ltawasalti. came in secoa:d. It WIIS tIM flrsl time since fJai track seIISOIl 0(l81led! in early MlI.J; that Frieze had lIIana&ed tOJ ma!le tlae main. erossiJl& the line third as brand! new ovi:ceJimmie RlJbbard of Chico a Yamaha. out on the track tor tile first time, Jimmie as riding tor aD IUs tllibet who owns R and R CYc'le 5ales in Chico. Harvey crews al 5al;rer, Expert Bultaco rider, was tastest ill the 200cc class. crews III&D&pd to edge out last week's 2DOcc winDer, Harold TotlJ. Amatem bolD Rio Lindo, on a Bnliaco. RidiDa bard for a third place tropbJ was me Rockwen. Oroville Amateur, on a Honda 160. Brass winDerS &IIIOIIC tile sevea 250cc participams were Mille COt- e Since when the starter dropped the nag. Roger on his l00cc Yamaha Twin was off. At the end of till! first lap. he was still ahead and the yo~ men on their 250's were in a Yirtual state of shock whell on the end of tIu! third lap tbeY ere still eating the Uitle Twin.·s dust. The a:owd, alwlQ-s liking _ Wlderdog. was cllleering him on &IIll in. rel:Jml Racer kept poariDg it OL B was a superb displaY of sbeer .&tiliO aad skill but ~er fiIall.J did him in tile Q and the e_ced Yktodoas. Ross IibIll8etl took lop IIonors with Bill ClIIZ. lliDc secoocL The seoce 1Iknice lit C'OlIld llave beeD. re e4 BSA. -Vkior'" Class wita tile seven place6 &OiaK to tM 441a. Ted H_lIF. JKIt Huahe$ ud. BiD. IIcCI1nton place<' 1.2. 3 reapectiveb. .All ill aU. it was a pleaaa.at e1Citing aftemooa aad we _ _ tali boih dd>ers andJ specta&ors kIoIUq forward to tile 8M BafMi. Club's .ext scheduled eftS lB JIIi.T 23rd.. c .... n

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