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Issue link: https://magazine.cyclenews.com/i/125524
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No! Gary Ricbards real II8JIle Is DOt
Breedlove - - - but, tile Cycle News
typesetter's name Is mUd.
Last week's Cycle Alley beadllne was
a simple' slip of tile numbers. Ratber
than 412 miles per bour as lop speed,
the winning miles per bour on a 45-incb
Triumph as 142 miles'per bour.
Top Eliminalor tor saturday tbe 23rd
at Irwindale Raceway, was tltteeD m1Ies
slower than tbe Richards' macbine, but
made the winner's cIrcle at 127.42 miles
per bour and in 11.1)2 seconds.
The Ed Kretz andsta-LubeTriamphof
Bob Ebeling first staged apinst tile BSA
Super Btke of Bob Slrkeg1an.
Ebeling and Sir keglan bad botb qualified tor tbe top tour witb identical E.T.'s
at 11.45 seconds.
Sirkeglan's BSA was in trouble and
tiring on one cylinder only and when
the yellow ligbls began a countdown the
BSA was rolled torward tor a red ligbt,
tbat gave an automatic win to Ibe Triumpb.
Second balt of tile top tour was Joe
Smith and Don Harris. Smitb bad low
E. T. at tbe day with a 10.83 and tbat
was the hardest 10 seconds ever worked
tor. Joe arrived early in Ibe day to be
one of Ibe first to try tile new super
traction aspbalt laid down tor an eightb
of the quarter-mile. In tbatbesucceeded,
but an underestimate was made in what
super traction was. Wben Joe st8ged tile
80-incb Harley and released tile clutcb,
machine - rider and au assortedextras,
pivoted around tile rear axel. Wben tile
tront wheel was at Ibe point of no
return, Joe departed to let the bike
continue on its own. The big macbine
slammed onto the asphalt and br