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~ r-: t I.XO CAPTURES AT L_ 'file -Balti_re B8llet, Gary Nimn, last week (Wednesday. AugII 23) WOtI's N&CioIIal race of e.ye&r at tile uI SIIort Track ] ioII ',s at SaIda Fe Park Dear C ·eago. _ Ni. ., OIIe of IIae few riders in C018petitioD no is able to pDt a T' C _ . e wi ein:le, won tile title for tile see. . tiIae ia IUee years 011 e speeia1ly-prepared, blow 200ee C b ~ tIIat is set 1HiU&iae. by Cliff Gtlil. in Baluere. "S £' ~ ~ U G - . , . ,0/ Gary won the race book back in '65 and missed by inches last year when he was defeated by Bart Markel at the finish line. This time Nixon started things off witb a bang, setting fast time of 16.06 seconds. Jim Odom was tbe fastest Amateur at 16.59. Expert heat race Winners were Nixon, Fred Nix, Neil Keen and Chris Draayer. In the first semi it was Draayer over Nix, with Lawwill in fourth. Dick Mann, winner of two Nationals tbis year, had engine trouble all night and ran behind Red McKeen, who grabbed last transfer spot to the final. George Roeder also had trouble and by the time be got running tbe field was gone. Darrel Dovel lost a chain and did not make the Main. Nixon went all the way to win the second semi over Bart Markel, Neil Keen and Jobn Tibben. Former winner Roger Reiman fai led to finisb in tbe top six to make the final. It was an all Harley-Davidson twelve-rider feature except for the two Bultacos ridden by Keen and McKeen and tbe Triumph by winner Nixon. The Bultacos were never a threat. bowever; Keen finished 5tb and McKeen was far back in 9tb. 'lluee • ay Go Tbree riders - Nix, Nixon and Draayer - fought it out for bonors in t/le 25-lap final. At tbe start Nixon, wbo held tbe pole position, got cut off in tbe first turn, and after one lap it was Draayer, Nix and Nixon. Draayer, tbe rider who led for 17 laps in 1966, started to stretcb out his lead. It took Nixon until lap 13 to get by Nix, and the top three were running a full straightaway ,ri. Dis,rict 37 .C.G sl ,. e C clucr 'feels' fiT - "' ISA 1 f.,." Feets flew home first of all the experts in the toughest test yet devi sed for men and machinery ••• one hour of tt-scrambles and rough, desert-like terrain. Matched against machinery up to 650ce, Minet1's 8SA Victor beat them all by quite a distance. Proof again, that no matter how tough the going gets, BSA builds bikes that are tougher! BSA IESTERN RESULTS Sal inas Ramblers Benefi t Scrambles Salinas, Calif. August 27, 1967 500cc Expert Class 1sf CHAL DE CECCO - BSA 2nd DAVE HANSEN - BSA Elsinore, Calif. TT August 26, 1967 500cc Novice Class 1st M. NELSON 2nd R. SHELTON Open Novice Class 1st B. TON ORO Jr. - BSA - BSA 350-500 Expert Class 1st C. CARGO - BSA 2nd J. KATO - BSA Open Expert Class 1st C. CARGO - BSA abead of Mert Lawwill In fourtb. On lap 23 of the 25-lapper, Nixon passed Draayer to take over tbe lead. When Nixon started lapping the field Chris came back strong, almost passing Gary until be got caught behind two slower riders coming down the home chute. Gary beat Draayer to the line by half a wbeel. Nix finished third with Lawwill fourth, the position he held for every lap of the race. Keen had trouble on the line and ran last for tbe first ten Hayward n Scrambles Hayward, Calif. Aug. 19 650cc Expert Class 1st JIM RICE - BSA Ascot Halt-Mi Ie Gardena, Calif. Aug. 25 15-Lap Expert Final 1st CHUCK JONE.S - BSA 2nd DAN HAABY - BSA 3rd SAMMY TANN ER - BSA se..m Ca • III . . . 'II.LII " QIJ. It., _ . (J2IllJ ...,