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Cycle News 1968 07 11

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c .... ~ os STARDUST 7-11 e, .... .... ,., :; ..., '" = Col c: Col ...::J -.. c,,) ' :... o (o.ti•• e" fro. rage J 'Ib!! 350Cc Honda this team rode was sponsored and set up for them by Long Beach Honda. They completed the 711 miles of r ough terrain 10 22 hours and 5 minutes. Bergquist fin1shed the first loop of the race with Preston tak1ng over f or the second time around. All vehicles were team rac1ng, with an unfair advantage given to the fourwheel ve hicles as they were allowed to change drivers at any gas or check polot; however, the motorcycles were allowed only to change at the Stardust Raceway wb1ch was the half way mark at the end of the first loop. When we asked the NORRA off1ce to explatn this rule they did not know the reuon and had received compla1nts from several of the motorcycle racers. True, the motorcycles can move across the desert at a faster speed and with more ease, but Is th1s reason enough to pean11ze the riders ? This rule dlsquallt1e

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