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laps. Then he came back to finish fifth ahead of Jim McMurren, John Tibben and Bart Markel. The Santa Fe 25-iapper was Nixon's 4th big win of tbe seaSlln, and again he stretched out his National point lead over Lawwill. Off and runnlneal the slartof Ihe Z5-Lap National Championship short Irack race al Sanla Fe, near Chlcaeo. Left to rich!' fronl row: Mert La_III (18), Barl Markel (1), Fred Nix (95), winner Gary Niion (9), and leader Ihrouchoul most of Ihe race, Chris Draayer (77). Visible in the back row Is Jim McMurren (11r). Odom At It Again Santa Fe regulars got their first glimpse of the nation's number one Amateur Jimmy Odom, who has already won titles at Tulare. Ascot, Portland and Castle Rock. Odom breezed his way to his 6th straight win on dirt tracks at National events and extended his Amateur record to fi ve in one season. He was aboard the Les Edwards Suzuki X-6 model and now holds victories and track records on Suzuki, Honda. Triumph and Harley-Davidson. Another reco rd. Whether you race, sell or just ride motorcycles, the cool ones from Kawasaki keep proving themselves every week in all forms of competition. For the ultimate in performance, reliability and quality, it's Kawasaki, the only motorcycles in the world built by an aircraft manufacturer. FLASH15 out of 30 new reco~s al Bo_vllle 19&1 sellly Kawasaki! Ma. Class j1 Wlnnlneesl Amateur In Ihe nation, Jim Oelom picked up another Nallonal vlclory, able Irophy and coneralulatlons from a cule elrl. Amateur heat race winners were Odom, Walt Fulton Jr. and Lloyd Houchins. all from California. In the la-lap yellow-plate final. third-year Amateur Keith Nadler of Aurora, Illinois. got the jump on the field and led the first four laps. Odom passed Nadler on lap five and won going away. A surprise second place went to road racer Walt Fulton Jr. The twotime Daytona winner took up the art of dirt track racing last spring at Santa Fe and wheeled a factorysponsored H-D Sprint to his bestever finish off the pavement, passing Nadler on lap 8. Nadler wound up third ahead of Lloyd Houchins. The Santa Fe race was the last National in the East and Midwest this year. All the riders now swing to California for four straight weekends that include two half-miles. a mile track event and a road race. (Results on page 16) te. c-c 100 Sull ivan & Vaughan 76.909 100 Thomas Kuntze 73.251 175 Bob Vaughan 87.067 175 Bob Vaughan 89.361 175 Bob Vaughan 90.178 175 Bob Vaughan 90.623 175 Bob Vaughan 93.567 250 Tom Kuntze 106.812 250 Darrel Krause 111.633 250 Tom Kuntze 107.425 250 Chief Galbraith 118.421 250 Tom Kuntze 96.771 650 ADger Hall 102.769 250 Darrel Krause 122.296 250 Chief Galbraith 1'8.998 PS-A C-C C-A A-C PS-A APS-C A-A C-A A-C PS-A APS-C APS-C APS-A -- R.cord mph ...AND AT ORANGE COUNTY SPEEDWAY Aupst 23, 1961, 25l1cc Main Evenl THE WINNEAI Steve Pederson of Long Beach, California, riding KAWASAKI 250 OTHER WESTERN WINSsalt Lake City, Utah TT August 12, 1967 FIRST PLACE IN THE SWEEPSTAKES Kawasaki 650cc W2-SS Ai der: Thad Lawrence Pocatello, Idaho TT Aug. 6, 1967 -A CLEAN SWEEP FOR KAIASAKI 650cc W2-SS and ,ider Thad Lawrencel Fastest Qualifying lime 1st place-heat race 1st place-Trophy Dash 1st place-Main Event flak; MI1tIIrt:yt:IIIB Precision engineered and manufactured by Kawasa}{i Aircraft Co., Ltd., Japan Full/me covered by unsurpassed '2 mo., 12,1XJO mile written warranty. Write: American Kawasaki Motorcycle. P.O. Box 2066N2. Gardena, Calif. 90247