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Cycle News 1968 02 23

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Above: Mo sl sp il ls occu rred In Ihe Amaleur class, as witness Joe SI. Lawrence (97u) from Suffern, N.Y. 1Umbllnc from his Bultaco. Rlcht Slar l of one of the Amaleur heal s fin ds #76e Dave Ather lon on the pole, bul #82y B ill Lyons appears 10 be pulll nc a snea ky from the back row. °Epd, and In Ironl of 32,000 people, loa," bemoans #33s DouC Braasch from Peoria, illi nois. Two Californians can be seen up ahead - e....tua l winner SIeve Ellsworth (771) and 3rd place IInlsher Ron Pierce (97% ). Here's Bultaco-mounted SIeve Ellsworth (77 z) leadlnc the other ye llow"lll.le riders 10 vic lory. Althouch lhere were numerous crashes In lhe Amaleur division, nol one rider was Injured. And the crowd enjoyed all the acllon. KAWASAKI WEEKEND february 10, 1968 Elsinore G Prix rand 1sf STEVE HURD febrvary n, 1968 Willow Springs International Raceway 250 Grand Prix Class KAWASAKI 1 st RON GOULD 350 GrandP C rix lass BYRON BLACK 2nd CHIEf GALBRAITH 1st 350 Production Class 1st Steve Hurd and the Kawasaki 250 scrambler mn the first Elsinore 100 m G ile rand Prix Saturday FebruMy la, 1968, defeating a field of competition ma ssed for an all out assault on the winners circle. S teve tu rned th em back with th e Kawasaki 250 scrambler. 100 m es of rough and rugged course with high speed roads, both dirt and il asphalt, and wi de, rocky sand washes, a real test of m and m an achine. S teve was th e m and Kawasaki was th em an achine. BYRON BLACK Kawasaki wins three classes, Sunday February 11,1968 at Willow Springs International Raceway. The opening ACA road race for 1968 and a picture of th ings to come from the advanced engineering of Kawasaki. W li ke that of this past weekend ins demonstrate the superior design and improved rel iabil ity of Kawasaki. Precision M (}ineerPd and mlJnuflldured by Kawawi Aircraft Co.• Ltd.• Jaf)4f1 • U nsuf/Jassed 12 mo.• 12.000mile warranty.! wme: American Kawasa ki M ot orcycl e. P.O. Box 2066. Gardena . Caltf. 90247

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