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whiteman Sta diu m CLASS IAI SHORT TRACK' Sal., June 29, 1968 By Mauree n Lee ., \ C MAIN \ " 1. Jack O' Brien ' 2. Ric k Woods 3. Lee Stumpe nha us ~. John Nielson B MAIN 1. Stu Morley 2. Phil Cancilla 3. Bruce Ha s e ro t ~ . Mike Konl e A MAIN I . Eddie Mulder 2. Steve Scott 3. Chuck J ones T ROP HY DASH: Eddie Muld er .' USED PARTS ALL MAKES 40% TO 60% OFF JAP JAP JA P JA P " .... .. YAMAHA DEALER 0 SCRAMBLER MOTORCYCLES JA P JA P Eso JA P 1801 W. Burbank Blvd. Burbank, Calif. 849-5907 or 845-8738 Ext. • 7 Eso JA P J AP In the stock division a ge ntl e man by the name of Richardson rode his Harley j.;>po r ts ter through a field of five equal idisplacement contenders and secured a rclass trophy. As it not satisfied, he then contested machines trom tull dress big brothers to 100Cc Honda 's . The only real threat was Sommers , who Is sponsored along with Dan seman by Three Star /I Sports Cycle (both mounted on Suzukls). . Sommers' mount Is a pure stock 500cc " Suzuki that Is traveling a rather undeteated trail in its appropriate class . Sommers' be st elapsed time ot 13.34 seconds wasn' t enough to get by Richardson an d his Harley-Davidson. for In the tina! round or racing tor top s tock street, he turned an E.T. and s peed ot 13.17 - 99.22. JAP LIONS DRAG RESULTS June 30 TOP STOC K: Ri chard son TO P MODIFIED : Lynn (Suz uki CIM TO P GAS: Braverman P" GET MOlE SHCAS wrrH SACHS THE BOONDOCKER II's Pure SlcIIs No w available at McLAUGHLIN MOTORS 2422 E. Hunt/ncton Dr. Duam, CallI. Ph_ (213\ 359-4541 IsuiuKI--~1 I I I Walt Axthel m Triumph-Suzuki Motors 1049 West 5th Street Pomona , Calif. (714) 629-8642 --------- I I I .... T wo-str oke gets all the llne ahead of a 650CC four' str oke at Irwi ndale. HI LMjCASTER IT'S YAMAHA Don & Ray' s Motorcycl e Shop 1223 W.Ave. I. L ancast er, Cal if. (805J 942-9624 .. RONNI E RALL FLIES ON A BENELLI Jim Cook tak es all aboard Ri ch Ric har ds' 45·lnch Trium ph. AMA MINIATURE ROAD RACE NAT'L. CHAMPIONSHIP Heidelberg. Pa. June 23 I. Walter Fulton H-D 2. Gary Nixon Tr i 3. Ca lvin Rayborn H-D ~ . Bart Markel H-D 5 . Dan Haaby H-D 6. Fred Nix H-D Tri 7. Buddy El more 8. Dusly Coppa ge Tri 9 . Roger Reiman . H-D 10. Mert La wwlU H-D 11. Gen e Romero H-D Tri 12. Charles Palmgren T ime : 20:30.00 (30 Laps) 2D- AP AMATER UR ROAD RAC E L Tri 1. Gordon Razee 2. Mike Sponsell e r Tri Trl 3 . George Rus sell Time : 14:19.00 (2 0 Laps ) TROJAN SJiORT TRACK 100cc JUNIO R I . Dan lIazel 2. Ron Typ er 3. J oe Ambros e roocc SENIOR I . Pa ul W e ild 2. Jimmy Raymon d 3. Chuc k Sax ton 2 .~Occ More than tor ty bikes moved Into the Lions Drag Strip compe ti tio n area an d Ini ti a te d the new cycle pit di r ec tor on Sunday mor ning, June 30. Dan Se man tooled the m all by doing a remarkable Job and only s howing tatigue bruises at the da y's end. In the competition end ot drag racing, Harley- Davidson secured top stock, Suzuki showed Its best In securing top modified and Yamaha pr ove d to be the best all-out gas dragster , In the modidlf ed division, Lynn an d hi s 250cc Suzuki sponsored by Suzuki City ot Inglewood, IaJd down a s traight line through the quarter-mlle traps in 13.52 s e conds at 98.~6 miles pe r hour. Those tlgures were good e nough to ge t by all the best such as Speedy High and his class winning Harley-Davids on that turned 13.7 0 - 93.84 and Middl eton, who won th e D modified class with a best run of 14. 57 - 89, 92. A gl)o~s lzed field ot gassers showed , but none coUld ge t by Br av erman' s twl nengi ne Yamaha in the r ace for top gas . Br averman t lrs t di s pa tched to ur B class dragsters an d then pr omptly dispa tched all ga s tr ophy winners. His closest conte nder was Cla rence Bail ey' S big Harley tha t turned 11. 96 - 111.2 4 In an attem pt to keep pac e with Braver man' s be st ot 11. 07 - 127. 00. Next week two motorc ycle clubs compos ed ot Honda owners, one trom the L ,A. area an d Its opponent fr om San F r ancisco , will do s pe cial r ac ing tor special awards at Lions Drag Strip . (Re s ul ts on page 16) 2. Mike Mumford 3 . Don Finley 250cc SEN IOR I. Chuc k Saxton CO ~ O PO LITA N MOTO RS. IN C., ept D A., 5521 Wayn e Ave., Philadelphia. Pa. 1 9144 LONG BEACH #1 IN SALES SERVICE AND SPORTS R ACING HAVE YOUR MACHINE TUNED BY #1 in D i st ri c t 37 June 26 Scrambles Yam ~I -B HONDA BSA H Al