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SAN JOSE 7-MllE HAIIO Al CHA PIO SHIP A Great Day For Roeder Rooters By Chuck Claylou ." g Natioul NUlber 94 George ~ Roeder bad a pllB to 1ria die T- Expert b-.t at S. Jon. Vlslbl. are Gar)' NllIOn 1'), Daa Huby (22), UITJ Earhall (2b), Cly'" UtcII (95a), 1IatI_1 . . . . G.GII. . . . . . (94) ... ilia V. N.ss (ab). H..by _ II. but, R..der was - I I , NI_ thlnl • • Utdi _. th. tlnl tra8sf.r spot. Stall of aD ~ Cl Mile CIOn on Suday,8epL 3 &ad the red-leadJered lad fIOl1 (Wo ~ followed it closely. Ready I IS a ~ cbll.pien always is, Roeder lOared ;; away flOll the m-Ol.M8d start to ~ ID easy second place ia the SIB Jose Natioaal featue, holding borsepower. in reserve for the right moment to bum pass the leadeL Down tbo back stralplaway wall II. Ama"rs. Horo J. Crawfonl (45z) Iuds MaIt,J .acD...ald (14a) • • Kolth KIU_ (57r). LABOR DA Y WEEKEND IN SAN JOSE BROUGHT fORTH A NEW CHAMPION GEORGE ROEDER RIDING THE CONSISTENTLY POWERfUL Up front, Dan Haaby sty lishly parading the BSA banner, wanted very badly to win tbis one. i:Iis malden National, in front of the homestate crowd. Mr. Roeder was far enough back for HaahY to relax a little. The racing was back in the pack among the also-rans, between Gary HARLEY-DAVIDSON 00" Goorp R.....r's ..pposed to 110 tIIo basbfal bat thI s 1110. tho Trapby GI II appears Oft"*l. by It all. Must haft b_ &_"'s beautl"'"y spec:tac:alar perf_ _ co that lll00bhorap. Nixon. the current point leader and Dick Mann, mainly. Mert Lawwill and Shorty seabourne bad a good do, too. It had been a tragic week for the motorcycle sport and even that day three Amateur leaders bad fallen badly. Jim Odom cracked a foot bone in a freak practice fall. Roger Goldwaite sustained a head concussion taking out part of tile crashwall in his heat race and Eark Lout also hurt (possibly broke) his leg and got the wind knocked out in another heat race pileup. So the Experts were cooling it lliffecl llalder WATCH fOR THE 1968 MODELS AT YOUR H-D DEAUR SOON I SOcc-125cc-883cc-l,200cc 7'"- .e444,e ~ ~ de ~ aMi S~ eat4 ~4'IIuf-ZJ4~ ZJe4kM A~. All except 'Eddie Mulder, of course. "SQuirrel," as he is sometimes known to his friends, SQuared off with an official after a heat race he was leading got black-flagged. starter Chuck Galuzzio was apparently unnerved by Mulder's technique of mesmerizing starters into waving the flag when he (Mulder) nods his head. The officials decided to try again their way and Mulder displayed his superb dragsmanship by again leading the pack to the fust tum. Getting back to the race for first place, Roeder's plan was working perfectl.y. While Haaby danced through the dusty turns with dollar signs in his eyes, Roeder lurked, just far enough back not to alarm Dan. Coming out of the far turn and onto the last straightaway before the checkered finish, Roeder's HarleyDavidson seemed to develop 10 more horsepower an d he sprang past too fast for the startled Haaby to do much more than watch the title go winging away like the back of National Number 94. It was a bold scheme on Roeder's part and a good job of racing by all. Seabourne wound up third, Lawwill fourth, Mann fifth and Nixon sixth (still maintaining his point lead).