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place and first Amateur boDors. Roberts Heeds Hurd Larry Berequl st, 3rd over aII At the tlnish line, Roberts took the win with a" two-minute lead, Hurd second, Bergquist th1rd, and Warren Siegfried took the Amateur prize and sixth overall, for a good day's ride. Lon Peterson, #6 00 a Rickman Metisse, worked his way up to eighth position and first Open Expert and Bob Belt was right behind him to take 250 Expert on the Greeves. The tlrst Novice In wascraigShephard, #354, taldng 17th overall, and the tlrst 250 Novice was Jim Fishback, #556x, riding his heart out and finishing a respectable 23rd overall. Fishback, on a Husky, was without a doubt one of the tiredest riders of the day, getting a real good start, and making up his mind to hold onto his advantage. Not bad for a rider of six months' experience. The Spoke Benders did an excellent job of liming the course, and most of the riders In the pits agreed that It was a good day of racing. To quote one rider, "Man, that was a rough course," and "Man, there was a lot of dust," and ..... where Is the next run going to be?" on a BSA. TRAIL BIKES IIll11lber 96, Joey Sanders pts his picture In the paper. The trail bikes had a separate twelvemile course, 00 which they were to go four laps. There was one banner start for both starting lines, with the course going In opposite directions, aboutonehundred yards apart. At the drop of the banner the 125 riders took off in the sl1gbt1y QPIIW and saDd,y booIIdock territory, wbere the numerous trails tunneled into a narrow slDgle trail that dropped into a sandwash. At this point, It was Tom Ruddy, #36 on a Van Tech, Frank Morgan #1 on a Hodaka, r-. Jim Jackiett #483, an Amateur on a ~ Hodaka, Rick Stumps #57, another Ama- .... teur on a Hodaka, and Dick Wright #14, II) on a borrowed Moto Beta, flghtlng It out Q; with Jack FroeliCh,#252 00 a Hodaka. Everyone blasted through thesandwash, <.> over a few rock steps, and up arock bill 0 without changing too many places, then the course hit the open trails and It was again every man for himseU. Ruddy and Morgan dueled hack and forth all the way around and Into the pits, but coming out of the pits, Ruddy again took the lead, with Morgan close behind. This lasted for three laps until Ruddy dropped a clutch, and Morgan pulled In a lap later for the win. Jim Jackiet came In second, with Jack Froelich th1rd, and Rick Slumps was the first Amateur In, taking fifth overall. First Novice was Ray Bandf1eld, #144 on a Mota Beta, running right up there In sixth overall, and another Novice doing very well was Ron Ashby #232 on a Hodaka, having a good ride, and placing seventh overall. The trail bike rldersappreciated having a separate course, because they dido' t have to eat the dust of the slower big bikes that usually start fifteen minutes earlier on the same course. The separate course Is also safer for the Novice. g (Results on page 20) YAMAHA 1-2-3 AT CARLSBAD! 5eptember 24, 19&1 Jill Flsllbac:ll250 1I0vlce winner, looks tired,. He _uld .... he rode real hard to win his first elory. Ron Pierce of Bakersfield takes the checkered flag just inches in front of Art Baumann in a photo fini sh. Both rode Yamahas. Fumio Ito, former international racing star now living in America, won the 250cc Novice race at Carlsbad, aboard a Yamaha. ANOTHER YAMAHA FIRST! Afl8r followlne Dick lIeweli for a couple of laps, Ron Pierce and Art Baumann had a neck and neck leac!-swapplne baltle the rest or the race and finished well In front of third finisher Dick lIewell, as Yamaha swept the 25-lap IIgbtwelpt road race run In conjunction with the lIatlonal Championship at Carlsbad, Calilomia 1.2-3. ANOTHER YAMAHA FIRST! Ja... s Martino, 4th overall on another BSA thulDper. Carlsbad was a hlstofJ"llllklne raee -lbe first U. one brand bas completely elamlnaled all IIptwelpt lIaUonal Championship races In a slnele year. Yamalla, led by GalJ IIlxon, took 7 of the first 10 at Day1Dna Beach, Florida. At the Laconia, New Hampshire lIational It was Don Twill aboard a Yamaha. It was Gary IIlxon again at Indlanapoh, and Ron Pierce made It 4 In a row lor Yamaha by wi mine at Carlsbad. ANOTHER YAMAHA FIRST! Ron Pierce was the first Amateur ever to win an Allaleu..Expert lIaUonal Championship road rae.. Ron, from Bakersfield, Callfarnla was rldlne a privately entered Yamaha to edee out Yamaha team rider Art Baumann. Proof of the superiority of Yamaha production machines! ANOTHER YAMAHA FIRST! Yamaba took III IlIlportant first by wlmlac the manufactUNfS world championship In the l25cc class. Enellsh rider Bill I", sewed up the title by wlnnlac the Ulster, Ireland Grand Prix, maklne Yamaha the world 125cc Grand Prix Cbamplon a"_.,......~ Tbls Is __ a _ u bolIIb looks Au unUI yva 11Ft It, YAMAHA YAMAHA INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, MONTEBELLO, CALIFORNIA