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nine seconds. Sunday, Bob's Triumph recorded a best sprint of 11.08 s econds at 125 miles per hour . Modified street bike r acers were a. small pe rcentage of entries, but the three class winners were led 10 pe rfor mance figu res by "OldMan" Murphy an d his 260cc Suzuki. Jack's elapsed time was 12.61 s econds and his speed ticket r ead 104. 98 mph . Stockers ha d to follo w a. pretty consisten t l ea d er, Harley-Davidson an d Speedy High. The plain old work and weekend tour er clocked 13.22 seconds at 98.69 miles per hour. SUZuki's 500cc mach1ne Is getting quicker an d faster as Sommer's seems to be Inten t to pr ove. His performance figures of 13. 51- 96.15 puts him wlth1n rock-throwing dis tance of recording top figures In the stock division. Look out Harleys , the re Is a two-stroke com In' • fl y lIo b Ebe li ng - Next Week saturday, April 6th, Irwindale Raceway s hould present ano ther big tleld of fue l bi ke entries and Sunday you have a choice of two loca ti ons at which you can drag for cups and bucks. Lions Drag Strip Is the closest sc ene of acti on. It there Is a little Itc h of wonderlust, abou t 140 miles east of Los Angeles, Fresno Dragways Is presen ting Its tlrst r ace of the season. Gates a t Fresno open a t 8:00 a .m , Directions are simple enough; proceed north on Fr eeway 99 to Ma.nnlng Ave . Turn west and look for the surfaced quarter-mile on the left . Purse a war ds are s mall but !be change In see n e r y will ma ke some am ends. Thirty-five dollars for Hot bike ellm1nator and twenty-five for s tock bike . (Results on page 16) "" ~ c: ~ '" - .r; ~ '- ~ = CI) ~ ~ U :>.. U 10 YESA 360 .. .. c ~ e CAPRA FOR 68' ' .." "E c Q Ii s e ~ Off and runnin g al Lions, Jo hnnie Ea sles and his H·D gasser. Almost the same cast in a top fuel bike show but the story carried a different ending. Last weekend at the Lions'all-bike racing program, Leo Payne and his 75-inch Harley-Davidson Sportster turned a top el apsed time which was matched by only one other contender. This week his quick fuel burner cut a single run of 9.52 seconds that remained untouched by the total of ten machines ' tha t fought for top bike honors . All through the day, nine-second territory seemed virtually out of reach as the qua11l)rlng attempts ranged from low tens to mld - thlrteen seconds. Leo's nine-second charge seemed to cause a definite pattern of thought as to who was going to do what, but again the old bl t of advice about taking nothlng for granted loomed Into the program as the elimination races entered final stages. Eight of the ten had met the tate of a los er by going too slow or changing from a few moving parts to a whole basket full. One te rrible example of near disaster was Joe Smith's Harley's blow and lock-up in the lights. Would you care to have an englne seize at near 148 miles per hour?!1 Mr . Laid1a w slippped Joe a tranqulllzer by simply stating, " Back to the drawing board." The final round lett Leo Payne and Boris Murray locked 10combatlor bucks. Murray's tw1n-englne Triumph was still a ten -second runner due to unsolved problems, but Leo 's niche was well into the nines . LONG BEACH HONDA #1 IN SALES SERVICE AND SPORTS RACING HAV~ YOUR MACHINE TUNED BY JOHN RICE #1 in District 37 Scrambles HONDA BSA HODAKA 4 convenient locations 5105 Al lan l lc Long B.aell 423· 1433 1760 Long Beach Lon g Beach 591-1301 11141 Eo Carso n Lakewood 860-1354 4328 Eo Anahe im Long Beach 439-09 43 Countdown for the flnal round and the accompanying flash of yellow lights ended In an abrupt unbalance as one side ended 10 red as the other s howed green. Leo Payne drew the big red eye but s tor med out of the hole as though the red was nothing at all. Of course, Murray didn't sit Idle or back off the throttle; all he saw was a Harley sprinting all down the quarter mile . It was an automatic win for Murray but his E. T. was a hair slower than Payne's, and I do mean a hair! Leo Payne turned 9.74 seconds and Murrays twin engine Triumph cut a 9.75 seconds I An infinitely small one hundredths of a second . By. Bill Pettigrew MontesI. Motors have finally got their pride and joy on these Contl rantal s hores -. The new production 360Cc Cap r a has arrived with some real nice additions to their 360Cc prototype that has been seen of late on our So. Cal ifor nia tracks. This beautifully finished rig Is a real looker with a deep blue fiberglass tank an d fende r -sea t combination and those highly polished alloy cas es . Aside from the outside finish the engine Is reported to pull out more ponies with a conservative lIgure at 38 hp, We might note here that this stall member witnessed the tirst time out competition of the new 360 at the Sadd1eback Park Moto-cross on March 25, and as far as the course s traighta way Is concerned there was no doubt that the rig was making fast time of the day. The single cylinder two-stroke has a 78x73.5 bore and stroke dimension with a 10 to 1 compression ratio. Peak ponies come on a:t 6,500 rpm. Wheelbase me a sures out to 55 Inches and the sea t he ight at around 36". Fuel tan k capacity Is 2- 1/4 gallons . Suggested retall on this beauty Is $1,120 which puts It a few dollars under a couple other bikes In Its class . VIVA LA CAPRA 360. Lions Sunday's quickest elapsed time was posted by Bob Braverman's tw1n engine Yamaha at 10.92 seconds and in keeping with the time In seconds Bob also garned top miles per hour glory at 129.2 8. Braver man ' s closest contender was the 40 loch Triumph of Bob Borgan. Alter a long period of trial and error, Bob is . relentlessly -batter rng a t what seems to be an unbreakable wall of time that ranges from zero to ten point ninety ~****************************** -* * ~ • t • • • • • t • t "'/-t;0", HELMETS MERT LAW LL WI EDDIE MULDER Champions Rely on Bell, Shouldn't You? ~ • * * * * * It * * t ~~ .~ ~ ~ • t WINNERS (I (LE I ' CAL RAYBORN .S E YOUR BELL DEALER TODAY E : DAN HAABY . * ~*******************************