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. TRIUMPH 650cc-$1l95.00 pl us - Ta x. L i cense. & Set- up - INTERNATIONAL M/C 00 i 2:33 Canoga Ave., C anog a P ark Phone (213) 346-3100 RONNIE RALL FLIES ON A BENELLI FOR DEALER INFORMATION IN SELECTED AR EAS W rite: Jesse C. Levine National Sales Manager : COSMOPOLITAN MOTO RS. INC . DepL A., 5521 Wayne Ave., ' Phi ladelphia, Pa. 19144 *******************~ 60 * : THE TWO-WHEELER • : * ** Final daJ event at Lad; CJcle Bowl brought out a tremendous entrJ of 275 ri ders who competed In over 50 race s, F • LAST LOOI DAY RACE Story and Photo s by Edward .Johns on A Competition Congress race was held J une 9 at Lodi, Call!.' s Cycle Bowl as a benefit for Leroy McDonald who is going to be District Representative in October at the AMA's big meeting in Columbus, Ohio. With a track- full of club members from all over the Lodi area , the jobs were all well manned, and well done. With 275 r iders entered in more than 50 events on J une 9, ther e was ce r talnly ple nty to do. The first busy event was the lOOcc Novice, and a busy Ray Douglas led all the way on his Moto- Beta. Jerr y Tyler seemed never to lose his one- le ngth dis tan ce behind Ray, but he couldn' t seem to shor ten ' that distance ei ther . Alex Jor genson slid his way Into firs t 100 Amateur which wasn 't too big a surpr ise, for altho ugh he is a little on the young s ide, he' s an old hand around the Cycle Bowl. There were fewer riders In the 100cc Expert class , but they didn't s tring out. They all r ode har d on the tai l of Jac k Jens en. His r oughes t opponent was Kenny Roberts, but as the laps passed, Kenny didn' t. Don Bowie took his Main for the 200cc Novice honor s . Stan Coffet, Dan's number two man following up on the track, had no better luck In grabbing the lead than anyone else in the pack. Raggie Reigns As the classes got up to the 250 Ama teur, the MaIns added a little variety. Until the dust cleared on the fir s t corner aft er the strai ghtaway no one could see that Steve Fe r ron l had the lead, but that was only the first cor ner . With the next lap came Keith Parlson Into fir st spot. He held it till the thIrd lap when Steve took it bac k agai n. Steve looked as though he was In to stay, but on the final lap the tell tale checkered flag fell on Harold Haggle and his Yamaha. John S1lva led the 250 Expert class , but he to was to lose his plac e as a fas t moving Paul Johnso n jumped ahead and s tayed there for a fir s t place win. Another s tory of a second place rider moving ahead can be told of the 350 Novice class. Krls Bakke shot his Honda ahead In the middle of his Main, and although he slid wide on his last lap, he held his spot for the win. The 650 Amateur main found Jim Snodgr as s leading his pack In a straig ht line down a center groove . Harrold Rollie, didn' t li ke the order and after r olling up to J im and chec king out his weak s pots, pus hed him self into first to ~e•.oag. -.,.~ .. . e ..:-: _ _ X%. ..,. . --- ,,$ii.. ' "" ~..:~. : SUZUKI Ready for tnmediate Delivery! 867 W. Colton Ave. San Bernardino, ca llf (714) 885-3445 * * l ~***************** • J " Hodaka Mo to rcy cl e s Greeves Montesa Kawasaki Westminister Sport Cycle Guy R. L oui s CloselJ· matched 650cc Expert . vie for top honor s; #42 John Frazer beat out f ell ow ri der Tr i· umph #15 TerrJ Sag.e I~ fi nal rundown. - Frazer Flie s •. . ~; I'S ~ . In the 650 Expert class Donald Cas tr o ran his Tr iumph in first place but John Frazer r olle d up behind him and r ight on by on his Triumph. Donald tried doing the same to recover his spot, but could not quite do It and settled for 3rd. The race was the last of the day races , with the nexl Friday s tarting the first of the good ti me night events . 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