THE MOTORCYCLE ENTHUSIAST'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
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VOLUME V NUMBER 34
: P eori a TT National Santa Fe bor t T rack National
Ascot Half-Mi l e Fin al e Touri ng the Guadalupe L oop Sammy
Miller Tri al s Class A Speedway Events Viewfi nders at P erri s
Scr amblin ' Aroun d Ari zona Safety School
September 19, 1968
WES T 25¢
PEORI
ATIONAL
20·LAP TT
CHAMPIONSHIP
Story by Chuck Clayton
Photos by Ben Hall
MARKEL WINS, AS NIXON
STRETCHES HIS LEAD
PEORIA, Illinois, Aug. 18 - Gary
Nixon, they used to say, has about
as much chance of winning the
Grand National Championship title
again thi s year as his political
namesake Richard has of winning
the White House. That was a
couple of races and a convention
or two ago. Now it looks like the
chances of atleastthe motorcycle
Nixon are pretty good.
TOP: Fi rst corner 01 Peori a TT prelimi nary
event II nds a tal enH l li ed lI eld j ockeyi ng l or
posl: lo n, among them #38 Chuck Pal mgren,
#12 Eddie Mulder, #59 Skip Van Leeuwen, #&9
Sonny Burres, #22 Dan Haaby, #43s Dale
Harding , #20 Gene Romero.
LEFT: Here's how light the race was lor seeand: #2 Dick Mann (BSA) and #&9 Sonny Burres (Tr iumph) IInally II nl shed 2-3.
ABOVE : Masterl ul Bart Markel maneuvered
hi s Harley-Dav idson to sensationa l Peoria 20lap TT Nallona l win , bringing hi m with in 4 01
tying Joe Leonard's ail-li me Championsh ip
record. Press ing hard are #3& Ben Breedln g,
#2 Dick Mann and #sax Dalla s Baker.
(Contir.&Ied on page 7)
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