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Tulare TT TULARE, caIU. May 17 - TIle second lnstallment in ttIe montbl;y series r1 Saturday DlCbt T.T. races at ltle Tulare FairgroundS seemlDgly turned out ttIe whole town, as a buce crowd aw Dusty Coppqe ride a very good, smooth, and faat race. Fredd1e Edwards, aboard a DT·1 Yamaha, took the checker ttrst in the open- Inc Dance qua11fy1nc Hat, pa.sslqrf204z Dave Bell1Da of Hol11ater on ltle tlDallap. Tad SloaD (265Z) and Al1aD Kenyon (SSy), both Bultaco mollJlted, took their respective QII&11fY1nr beats with DO prob- lems. Due to lack of rider atteDdaJlce (but sUll uP from ttIe lut race), Amateurs and ElQleJ"ts were run qetber. Eddie Mulder easily won h1a qua11fy1nc beat after lut monlb's TT wInDer DusQ' Coppace stopped for a lap in ltle nortb turD to replace a loose coll wire. Amateur TT point 1eeder (3Ox) Ke1th Mas1IburD, aboard h1a Coppqe-tuDed Triumph, turned back several ElQleJ"ts incllld1Dc J1m Odam and Ra1pb Wbite, both onTriumphs, to take the second qua11fy1nc Ileal. First year Expert Ron Pierce (97z) r1 Bakersfteld zapped Skip Van Leeuwen on lap two and held on for the win after Skip must bave set some JdDd of record for the longest jump with Ills feet off the pees. The Novice beat races weDt to (265z) Tad SlOlUl and (SSy) Al1aD Kenyon. Second to Kenyon was JobD Hateley, wbobad earlier f1D1sbed last in b1s transfer beat due to a broken plug wire, but tilts Dlght everyone lraDsferred to ltle beats. Tbe Am-Ex combined Hats went to (32) DusQ' Coppqe over Van Leeuwen and Mulder. DusQ' got by wbeD S1t:p -at way wide on ltle last turn. Ron P1erce took the second Hat over M1ke Haney (Continued on page 18) -.-..- -:. -.-.'".-..-.-.'".-.- Iton ('7z), Plwce, Skip (5') VH Leeuwen, Mike (41,) "-Y. llId Te", (43&) Do..... _llIIlnl' oullllllle COlDblnecll..lte_apWI ..1111 IIkH bJ Dual, CoPPI,.. hlDw: Toll Slo. leed. tile 10-1111 Novlc. . .1111. -.-. -. -. -. - -.- ,;- Iton Plwco palled up to pall tbe Skip,. I. qullfyln 1 ...... I .•...................- - ~ - -_ .. _. _.. '0 ~Jl'I ,,_ April 27, 1.')~ne Iml. S,rI.p,~I. Slice Grlnll Prtl Class 1st TIllY M., - BrIl1pst1al all 111ce P....ctiIa CIISS 1st Pat EYlis - Brilipsta. 100 .cc PntdletiOi Class lst Rodpr I.d - BrIdpsllnl 200 ZIId .... ClISIft'iI.. - BrIl1ps. . . . . O .d ILC. TT 5cnn'11S - 5/4/&1 . 1I8ce lIowice Cllss lit T.., SlllfwIl-lIrIq..... 100 H n__ 8IIcII TT SCnm~I. - &/UIII .. 1.cc CIISI lit Gary 11111 - 81'1....1... III AFM Rolli RICI- &/11/&1 Cltl1l RI• •, 1l6ce JIIII. G,P, Clall lit SttYl DICk.d - Brldpstolll116Cc 2nd Overall in heavyweight G.P. deleating machines 01 650cc displacement. fOI THE lAME Of YOUI ilEAlEST DEALEI SO. CAL. McCUllOCH D'ST••IIC. (2'3) 112·210' liD. CAL. COAST McCUllOCH (415) UII 3..5520 ~'\,~ ~ _ - ~ _ - -..- _- - _ _ _0- '". - -.- ",,,, ~ '\. "\ \. '\, '" '\ ~ "I. "'. '\. ...