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Cycle News 1968 03 08

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0> SAN JOSE INDOOR SAVE on USED .. ~ Ph HONDA PARTSTE:~~ 00 10 W ilmington Discount Cycle Center 1505 Avalon, W ington. Calif. ilm Slot)' and Photos by Wil liam M. Cl ark " Nothing is going' r i ght to night," was r epea ted ov er and ov er agaln by most of the r iders, in clu din g M ike Yarn, on Fr i day , Febr uary 16. Bruce Anderson was the only rider who seemed to find the San Jose in door tra ck conditions to his I rk i ng and his bi ke seemed to be i n perfect tun e. Th e shor t track has been used eac h Sat urday even i ng fo r indoor m idgets and had an unus ual am ount of stick-y rubber laid down. Th e f ront wheels of the bikes wer e lifting in th e t urns as soon as th e riders t ouch ed the throttles which caused a l ot of spills r esulting from th e handling proble ms . The outcom e was that alm ost eve ry race f ound a new or seldom- up-front runner in th e lead. Most of th e hot shoes just couldn't get going. Jay Kanemoto won his heat In very ni ce sty le and kind of r edeem ed him self after being dis qualified last week . Don Cas tro, the Novice point l eader from Hollister, falled to make the Main for the se cond week I n a row. Jerry Cl ark won his heat but onl y three riders wer e still up at the checker . One of only two di sag r eem ents cam e when Jerry was announced third in the heat. Th e spe ctators came on l oud .... '" c.. '" 0> .... a5 .. '" ------ ......... -<: OJ FOR FAST SERVICE WHEN ANSWERING WANT ADS - SAY YOU SAW IT IN CYCLE NEWS ::l: CI) ~ C

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