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Cycle News 1968 02 23

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01> wilen he looked up and saw tile Sioux and Clleyenne nations com ing at him, Alter tile first couple oClaps it became tmpossible to tell who was wbere, espec1al!y on tbat nine-mUe cir cui t. The trail bikes could really get spectacular on the rollers by tbe gas pits and gave a vtsual education to tbose watching of wbat happens when a short wbeelbase machine goes too fast in certain situations and gets away from a gny! We'll bet anyone thltt some 01 the l00's were going down that sire as fast as some of the big bores Sunday but tbe results weren't always the same! Alter wat ching the dirt for a while it was hOj> on a bike and up tn tnwn ee watch them road racing . Steve Hurd ana Ka. asa1d r ight out or tile crate wi til Jus t w a beef-up in suspension won overall but he had som e tough competition in the form of Gary Bailey (Greevesl andKeith Mashburn (Yamaha) just to mention two. Steve Scott had been first past the gas pits on the fir s t lap but due to one dltficulty or another, dropped back, but SUnday was to be Steve's day. Mounte d on the new 360cc EI Bandido , Ste ve turned in a terrific r ide which even inc l uded one short stop in the pits an d -inch r iders we' ll bet the re are some 4O who are st1ll mumbling away today about how fast that Bandit goes! £t's unbel1ev- n, 1968 st SOOcc Class L RRYL WSO Wins irsl SOOcc 010- ross C ampio ship 1st Grand ·Prix cl ss LAR YL SON ins Firsl Grand Prix class Pacific Coast Moto-Cross Champi aship February e Gra d Prix February 10fII & ntlt, J968 ILL SILV THO Wins 2nd ore in opea c ss wi'" II,tile first Hnq¥ bro t to the U· S tes, racefl erery weelend. iii "ef.teII a tiel" of orer 300 i ing Triu pIJ, Nort / ad BSA to IUs way in'o 2DfI place. - - - r"t '10 E Wits cra'e G 0 fad 0 tu efI Jam ha, Suzuti oreral 254kc oa of tile e - 22 p, "efeating factory "Buffac t Best built otorcycle i .achines. e Med International, P,O, Box 3511, San Diego, California Phone 114460-4289

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