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~~I~ m~~ ~ aL 'lt~:J.U Saturday, November I I L.&.L.I...G Twenty-third, One 1tfI1. SADDLEBACK ~PARK . . . . Derek ..... DonRIck_n••• See IN-UNE V A L VE SOOcc Conve...IDn forBSA VIdor 441 Er.e~1OI1 MlTISSE AtttrqS. W ITH'/OUlI I ICKMAN TllE ANN U GET-'IllGETllER FOR OWNERS AL OF RICKMAN METISSE. CH AN CE 'Ill SEE TllE RlCKMANS IN ACTION IISPLAYING TllE NEW ENGINE CONVERSION ANO FORKS. HEAR ABOUT NEW RICKMAN DEVELOPMENTS. ASK TECHNICAL PROBLEMS OR RIDING TECMNIQUES. SEE TllE LATEST ACCESSORIES AND M OOELS, INClUDING TllE 'Y' JOB. PARTICIPATION A IIARDS 'Ill ALL OWNERS AND SPECIAL A WARDS FOR M ANY. COME PREPARED TO 00 SOME RIliNG W1Tll DON AND DEREK. IF YOU fII SH. BRING YOUR METISSE RUNNING DR NOT... Irs YOUR TICKET 'Ill JOIN TllE PARTY. SEE YOU SATURDAY. FROM 1 P.M . UNTIL D Usx. DIRECTIONS AT TllE GATE 'Ill SADOLEBACK PARK. Sf>C"'SO"8Cl by . - ~'ITrere~~D@. POWER PARTS I]J UU;[lJ\'J ill] SPORT CENTER Over 2llO Cars, Less Than 20 Cyclers But Six Bikes Place In La Paz Top Ten. ,. Bikes Beat Cars Again in Baj a By Wayne Flemington & Pedro Porto Photos by Larry WUlltt LA PAZ, Mexi co, Nov. 5 & 6 - Anyway you look at it, motorcycles beat the cars and dune buggies to La Paz this year. First overall of the 243 starters was the desert-trained team of 34-year-old Larry Bergquist and Gary Preston, 32, on a 325cc Honda . Second overall on a 650cc Triumph was the Al Rogers, Don Hohannan team . both 35. Rogers and Bohannon were close to the leader all the way . However, 60 miles trom La Paz engine trouble forced them to llmp In on one cylmder , Of the top ten !Inlshers, six were motorcycle te ams. Sixth was the team of Bob Ewing, 41, and Mike Konle, 23, on BSA. Seventh were James Martino, 32, and Steve Holliday, 19, on Husqvarna, A Harley !Inished ninth, r idden by Max Switzer, 32, a d Paul Hunt, 34. Tenth were Gail Ferrell and Jack Froellch, both 33, on a Honda. Two of the se cycles, the Husqvarna and the tenth-place Honda were In the 250cc-and-under class . About 224 ears and dune buggies s tarted , and about 18 moto rcycles . The 1967 Ensenada to La Paz record of 26 hours, eight min utes held by Vic WIlson and Ted Mangels In a Meyers Manx was broken 13 times thi s year. The new record of Bergquist/Preston Is 20 hours, 38 min utes . Bill Bell of Long Beach Honda, tuner of both the above- mentioned Honda teams !lew over Bergquist and Preston' s heads during the whole r ace. Bell says the r ace was uneventful for the winning 350cc Honda, from a mecliinical point of view. (Conti nued on page 8) 51 Oyerall winner Larry Bergquist leayes Ensenada wi th 1000 miles to go. Hi s Long Beach Honda 350 didn't ml ss a beat. On your mark, get set..oMlke Konle walts f or the go si gn In Ensenada. J ohn De Solo tangled with Parnell l Jones' car and didn't fi ni sh. I. Ti;•• NOY. n Scra."'es JO, 1968 200cc C,.ss 1st JIM DUNN· B'UDGESTONE E'sinore TT Scr,."'es Noy. 9, 1968 JOO Noy. C,.ss " 1st J. fRE'S • BR'DGESTONE Ade'. -nto TT Scr. IfI"'es Noy.3,1968 100" Noy. C 'ass 1st IIRI TRAV'S • BR'DGESTONE fOR THE NAME Of YOUR NUREST DEALER -SO•. CAL~ McCULLOCH DIST. INC. (213) 112·2108 NO. CAL. COAST McCULLOCH (41 UN 3·5520 5) ,