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o . ~ ... 1Il .Q E 1Il " 1Il Q By John Shedd Photos by Bill Pettigrew, Maureen Lee, Tom Culp an d J ohn Shedd SAC I AGAI CARLSBAD, Cal., Dec . 1 - Exciting riders , a good ci rcuit an d top - notch of!l clals us ually produce a good r ace, and a t Carlsbad they did. It was the Call!oruia Motor-Sport Cl ub' s first race' of this size, aided by the Sagehopper s M.C . Saturday was co ol an d cloudy but the rain that threatened all day didn' t come until the final mo to , The 125cc International saw Joel Rober t an d Roger DeCoster on Sachs, Marcel Weirtz an d P , Karsmakers on Bultacos. Robert took all three motos with Penton distributor La r s Larsson, second . Robert showed himself as the champion he Is by taking the s econd moto by 26 seconds. Husky-mounted Cr ls te r Hammargen hammered his way to the 250cc class win whil e world cha mp ion Joel Robert had to settle for s econd. 'Ha mrna r gen took the first leg, Robert the second. Tenth place Russ Darnell (Husky) was the topAmerican, followed by John DeSoto (Montesa) and Jim Wils on (Greeves) . Carl sbad, Cali f. 125cc International Class 1st Joel Robert /- Sachs Winning all three motos 7th Walt Axthelm - Sachs 9th Bob Bailey - Sachs Ma chine tuned by Don Vesco . See the complete line of Sachs Models at these Au1horized Dealers. CAUFORNIA Johnny's MlC 415 19th Sl. Bakersfield All ied Cycle Sales 24601 Arch Sl. Newhall Campus Suzuki 2403 San Pablo Ave. Berke ley Orangeva le MlC 9198 Greenback Lane Orangevale J ack Baldwin MlC 270S Pica Blvd. Santa Mon ica Santa Marla Cycle Sport 1860 S. Broadway Santa Marla Roellr Bros.. Inc:. 317 N. Victory Ave. Burbank Kon-TIk l MlC 1335 Garnet Ave. Pacific Beach Mi ss lon Hi lls MlC 8730 Sepulveda Blvd. Sepulveda Tr iumph Suzuki Motors 1049 W. 5th st, Pomona Selby Motors 346 EI Camino Real Redwood City Lamoreaus M Sales IC 1950 Cummings Dr. Sunland Ridgecrest Honda 413 N. China Lake Blvd. Ridgecrest McLaughlin Motors ' 2422 E. ll um lngtOll Dr. Duarte Don Vesco MIC 765 EI Cajon Blvd. EI Cajon Cecil's Cycle Center 640 S. Escondido Blvd. Escoodldo Yamaha of Fontana 17015 Footh ill Blvd. Foola.. W. Sacramento Cyc le Ctr. Pe ll can Dive & Cycle 500 Broadway 1015 Drever Sl. Vallej o W. Sacramento Dubs Cycle Sales 434 W. 40th st, San Bernardino Continenta l Cycle Sales 22540 Ventura Blvd. Woodland Hills, Ted's Imports 11726 santa Monica Blvd. Lo s Angeles Floyd Emde C & B Motors 1149 W. EI Segundo Blvd. 929 Columbia Sl. Gardena San Diego George Dye Motors Floyd Emde 723 Alos la E. (H wy 66) 4101 EI Cajon Glendora San Di e go Nicho lson Motor. 11629 Ventura Blvd, No. Hollywood TOlD Davi s MIC 228 Grand Ave. Grover City Floyd Emde 1302 Hallona l Ave. Nation al City Roberts Motors 14240 E. 14th st, San Leandro Larry Lilley MIC 45345 N. Sierra Hwy. B & 0 Motor. 1301 Water Sl. Santa Cruz Norm Reeves ' lIC 15745 Lakewood Blvd, P aramount Lanca ster Norm Reeves UTAH Buduco Enterprises, Inc. 609 S. State St. Sa lt Lake City 9536 Firestone Downey Norm Reeves 224 N. Anahe lm Anahe im Yamaha of Eag le rock 1301 W. Colorado Ave. Eaglerock KANSAS Manhattan Cycle Sa le 306 Houston Manhattan IOWA Ned's Auto & Cyc le CIr. Bas 35 Riverside LOUSIANA Greeves Sale s 01 New Orleans 3015 Delaware Sl. Kenner NEVADA Cycle Fun 1961 B St. Spark s Sportsman Cyc le 5068 E. W ashington No. La. Vega s OKLAHOMA Tulsa Suzuk i SOlO E. 111b s t, T ulsa st, WASHINGTON Empire Cycle E. 6014 Valleyway Spokane TEXAS ACO Sales 2157-59 Jacksboro Hwy Fort Worth OREGON Monty & Marv's Auto Mart 908 N. Riverside Medford IDAHO Idaho Bike Imports 5614 W. State St. Boise Orllino Saw .\ Cycle Bas 488 Orofino M ISSOURI Sl. Lou is Honda 6820 Gravol s Sl. Loul s M ONTANA Recre Vall ey Outfitters 2205 W College . Bozeman Glenn Cyc le Sa les 1419 6th Ave. N. Bil li ngs Distributed By Hercul es Distributing, LTD 1812 C oloraoo Ave. Santa Monica, Cal. 90404 (213) 451-8728 Above: Montos a fa ct ory expor t manager Modes to Sole cha ts with U,S. r ider Ron Nels on while factory a ccounting expert Salvador Mon (right) looks on. Mr. Sole is now compl eting a merger with Ameri can dl s tr I bu t o r Kim Kimball (background) , Below: P . Karsmarkers lays his Bultaco 125 down low for corner . ..