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Enelaad's pride, Daft IIcUrs f _ r World ChaIllpIClD and British Cha"",lon for mo.. years I I . his c......llDrs care lD tbInk about. cha.mpiOIl teams rIde. Preston Petty Saturday looked b.Ighly competitive on OIle of tbose new 250 twtnport Suzulds. Gary Conrad (Greeves) who didn't !lave one of his best days 011 Saturday, ended UP 7th (and first American). Sunday Conrad went on Ix> be first AmerIcan witll a third over-all behind a tie of Hallman-DeCoster and Bickers second. Gary went home with tile beautuul Cycle News trophy to commemorate his effort. Sldp Van Leeuwen fairly new for a while, as did Ronnie Nelson. And Hoppy Hopldns came through on the first lap one time so tar ahead you wondered wbere the beck everyOlle else went. But what \IappeDed Ix> him on succeeding laps is a racer's nlghtmarel Almost all our lr\lYs were there, but the Europeans did 'em in• ...Eddie Mulder 1eadI.ng Torsten Hallman for two. laps 10 Sunday's 500 heat (and not by just a few feet eIther) on a 500 desert TrIumph and then his anguish Sunday ntght because he had been unable to get a really competitive rIde. All of us who have seen Eddie's Hopetown rIdes over the years (he's won there more than any other man) know what I mean by the comment that he rIdes that course more llke the Europeans than anyone else when 011 a 40-1ncher. Yet this year he just wasn't on competitive equIpment. No OIle could (or would) come uP witll anything fast enough for him. Friday he rode a 360 C-Z 10 practice tIlere, turntng 10 fantastic lap times we hear, and was Ix>id, "Well, sorry but just don't !lave a 360 for you, but you can ride a 250 in the race." He turned it down and went looldng. seems Ix> me (soap box again) that American distrIbutors who sell molx>rcycles Ix> AmerIcans could at least see that Eddie, . . "If you walt a IIlllute !bern's _II for bolJl of ull" "Mother said there'd be days like this." LOOK' GARY CONRAD Besl Of Americans AI Hopelown was beat only by IMPORTED Factory-paid Professional Riders on Factory Special Bikes . (Just try to buy one like theirs)! HOPETOWN PROfESSIONAL RACES -- Uaofficial OlrtOiggers Results 1st HallDl. & DeCoster - World ChaDlpion 2nd Dave Biders - World ChaDlpion Gary Conrad - ADlerican Greeves ChaDlpion 3rd 4th Aie J.... SSOII 5th'. Ems 6th Ed"" Mulller 1st 500 EXPERT CLASS 1st 250 Gary Bailey - stock 360 Greeves Amaleur Class Bill friant - 250 Greeves tile .w 36(kc's are ,. dte water, d_ i. 3 weds. See ,. . Grea, Greeres Dealer WHAT HAPPENED liT HOPETOWN? 500cc Professional Race Where were all the highly advertised, "watch 'em go" Husky, CZ, Montesa, Maico, Bultacos, etc. stock jobs - not the Europeans' factory specials? DID YOU KNOW? •• Conrad'1lsed his old, tired 360cc Greeves which has won the last 5 desel1 races - OVERALL - that is. Gary Bailey and friend GrHves on their way In !be 250 class befon Gary lost his HCOlld place due lD lenition lrouliles. GoGREEVES& SEE...It's what's up front that counts. - ~~ $795. 250cc price TT ready to race and win! WINTER CLEARANCE SPECIAL INTRODUaORY OffER YOU SAVE $150.00 on NEW GIlEEVES 11 SPECIAL-Winner of 12 out of 13 races at Elsinore TT Track and many other TT races. Call(213) 764-8674 or see your Great Greeves Dealer llis1ributor - NICK NICHOLSON MOTORS 11629 Vaa OWeD Bly... North Hollywood, Cahfomia