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o SAN DIEGO, CALIF., Jtme 2~, 1~6~ - At 1 a.m. tbiB mom1llg, 126 otftc1a1ly steoed _ ID riders and a few tag.... lcags left ADdres' SaD DteeoHarley:Du1dsoDstore 011 ClII8 r1 tile most UIIusaPJDotorcycJe nWes _ derised. BIlI8dasa"N1GBT OWL RUN", it lIDoIl: place entirelY dar1JIC ae boars ~ 1 a.m. and lIUDI1se. ~YIDC tile Harley Sbop at ~9 1Dd1a street, tile r1ders dron east to 11111 8lreet (305) and tben oortII to tile pow.y Clddf and 011 to tile tJrst cbect point In dOwDtowo Ramoaa. Here tile 126 motorql:]1sts v1ed w1l11 tile pUrOllS at tile local -.ra (wbich II8d _ a cup r1 IIlIt edtee lD tile ClII1Y town !bat . . open. Tbe tbree tabI88 tblrteeI1 RxIls were 800lI takIln as stand_ room.Somebowet'e1'Y mce. 1be "low coastal loac Glee beeD 18ft behlnd and ..... deUc!d'd to 1lDd a _ tbat I1lera1ly was ., Jt _ COIISIders tile dreary .... In coastal C<forlIla, It to _ tbe IDOOII. As _ . . . . ucewtl~ tile Sao Dteeo but(_otrY lD_tw'os, tile l8mperature .... juIt as nptd];y deSc-r'OC andattllecbecJtpolnt, tile leatbers were belng dClIIDed and tile _satlaIs seemed to dwellllll tIIermal wdeJ 1lt!U'. TIle out chect point ,..s tile centerr1 tbe little mOWltaln town at JulJan. JIm -...art. sales manager at Andres Harley 126 rI Davidson Shop had arraoced for a tiny cate and the town gasoline station to remain open from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. Tbe riders were warned that the next stop was 70 miles, and as we II8d already travelled 55 miles, there were few, If any, wIIo didn't need cas.1bedoublellne of fJikes waa a block 1ClIIC, ud it tooIt _ an hOlD' to top off all tile tanks. 1be flnal cbeclt point .... lIIe tiny vlllaCe r1 JacJllllba wbich could be 1Woch8d by thrw routes. We chose to go 1Cl tile Cu;pmaca WChway and tbeD on tile Sunrtse !UCIIR1 tIlrolICh tile Lquna Mountain Ree1'eU1l111l&nl&. As tile 6000 toot mart, our haIIds turDed numb In our hesvy gaJIDtlets and our teeth chattered as the temperature dropped below 40 degree, and the moon crew larger as It dipped bebJnd the towerlDg pIneS. At the lUDCtlon r1 the LagaDa Road and Interstate 8, we II8d to stop and RomP our feet and slap our arms to eM warm. It didn't seem to beJp much. ODe of the men broke out a ltttle flat bottle and passed It around. 'IbIa helped a little. Someoue else II8d a tllermOll r1 coftee and a bot Cl;> was passed around. We presslid onwardS hoping that we 'WOIl1d survlft. Tbe c01dllllrpart at tile run was tile last 20 miles lDto Jacumba wbich _ rea¢hed just as the sun pusbed up out r1 tile desert to the East,promiB- .... IDg warmth In tile Immediate future." At the Airport Cafe In Jacumba we £ MAICO THE BIG WINNER Motocross Midina Wheelers - 6129 New Philadelphia, Ohio Open Expert Class 1st John Thomas - Maico Deadman's Point - 6/29 Open Expert Class 1st Bob Steffan - Maico 2nd Ed Abbott - Maico Scrambles' Brush Barons - 6/29 125 Expert Class 1st Claude Henderson - Maico II.. .1Il111 tlIe Itlrtll' for to I..... AD•••' erel. SIIop Ie S.. OIlp. Oe. By BW Harmer _.wracbed toroed III our meal tlctem for allotpJate r1 bam and eeP and a atIaIDlnC mlC «colfee. Breakfast over, tile riders assembled 10 a IIl!&rby pasture for tile fteld events. Tbe preceed1Dgs got lIIIderWay promptly at 7 a.m. Tbe first event was a Clotbes PIn Hanctoc Run, followed by a Banana EatIng Race or perhaps a better deScription would be "Feeding". The bites willi male riders were at one end at the field and the wives and girl friends at the other with a ripe banana. At the signal, the girls made a wild daSh peeling the fruit as they ran. As they arrived they had to feed the banana to their man wbi1e they kept their hands on tile handle grips. Some at the girls got a little carried away and smeared gooey lJanaDas all over the mens' faces. You can J.magIne the surprise and tile havoc that was wrought when Jim announced that there were enough bananaS left for tile boys to have a "Revenge" Race. Some r1 the guys tried to stuff the fruit lD their wile's mouth sideways. Tbeentlreprogram was run atf lD the spirit at "FUN AND GAMES" and everyone had plenty at ea¢h. Such a large turnout for such an unusual hour made it occur to your writer that It was a nlce tribute to the men who put It on. Headed by Leonard AndreS, ODe r1 America'S best Raclng Motorcycle TUDers and b1s son, Brad Andres, a Three-TIme WIDner at Daytooa and former AMA Grand NatloDa1 CbampiOll. The company Is renoWDed for Its SllIlPOrt r1 motorcycle racing and DOW with lIIe1r wort and n"'nelal ass1staDceo> lim Stewart, tIIelr pn1a1 Sales lias prond lIIelr lon and S\SlPOrt r1 tile creat sport of road r1dtng. EYerJoae wIIo attended the S.D.H.D.'s First AJmual "NIGHT OWL" Run joln lD rtvtoc tbem a rousing cheer. RESULTS 126 OffIcial Sign-ins; Clothes PlD Hanging Race - sara Hoege; BlIDam EatIng Race- Mr." Mrs. Mert Rosendale; Gold Ball SnatclllDC RIBI- LaIlDy GUJDcn; Balloon BustIng ClIIIlest G BIll IXe.Un; Slow Race - 1st 8teft stewart, 2Dd BuiY Watldns. Kawa.3 Se World Recor WILMINGTON, CALlF. JulIe 22 - TOllY Nicosia, Kawasaki Motors' ace rider, shattered the world record for s ~ start, quarter-mile acceDeration at Uoos Drag Strip on a stock Kawuald 500cc Mach UI. TOllY ec1tpsed tile prevlous record by more than ODe sec:oDd and 10 mph, turDing 111.38 mpb lD 12.151 seconds elaPsed time. Ken Deu, rldlnc a new Mach UIdnICster built by himself. clocted a speed of 138 mpb in just 10.27 I ; d5 at Hobbs, New Mexico AHRA SlUlCtiClll8d draC meet. If Dean can slave just 27 bUDdredths r1 a second olf !bat, be'U cub lD on tile $3,000 jacIIpot olfered by Kawasaki lD their draC contest. 2nd Annual All State Scrambles Championship 1st 500 Expert Preston Petty Maico 360cc X4A :r:11::IPpi COOPER MOTORS 2815 W. Olive - Burbank, Calif. eel Gary Bailey By Erlc Ra1ts Tropb1es accent the decor at Gary and Judy BaIley's attractive home lD COJDP- ton, CalIforn1a. Gary II8d a b6C y.,- lD 1968. He pr0bably won more maID eftDt t;ype races and trcJpby da8bes !ban anyODe else lD tile world last year. We counted the tropb1es lD his ltYIDC room, dlnlng room, t1tcben, den, and garage. The total for last year's wln8 came to 192. 'IbIs averages to nearly four a -.II:. Gary Is a motocr088 spec1alIst DOW but he used to race Thursday n1gbts at Trojan Raceway lD South Gate, Saturda1 D1ebts at Elslnore, and wbatever m0tocross ~ to be rwmlng 8uD:Ia7s. His bonors Include bicb point rider at South Gate in both 100 and 250cc classes, w1nn1ng the 125 and 500cc A.C.A. Silftr C~ and placlnC second in the 250cc class. Gary will be 011 b1s way to EDclaDd September 3rd to represent tile Unltlld states and Greenlll In world motocr088 competition. An aw-l for funds has gme out 011 Gary's bebaI!by Nick NIcholson, Greevea distributor lD America. Gary ~s a lot r1 people bave been asJd.nc wby there Is a need for more money slnce he won a tree trip. The pr1U conststed ClII1Y r1 a round trip ticket and mates no allowance for ltvlnc and raclDC ezpeo.ses for the four mlllltlls Gary will be In Europe. Gary worts at ractne. He spends four nlcbts a week lD his garage and when be races be geDer&1ly runs In tbree cJaues durlnc tile day. 'IbIa mates for some bus)' weeks and total iDvolvement lD motorcycles and racing. Gary adm1ts he owes a b6C debt to his wile. "Ittatesa special woman to put up willi _ebmd after end at motorcycles. We try to mate a family thIDg out at It, going to races _t- a must or every serious enthusiast ALOG& I roRMANCE NUAL Equipment and modifications or Hodaka, Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Bridgestone, Sachs & others. rDBh~ra•. VANTECi-I 317 North VICiOrY Boulenrd, IlurIIeM, Calif. 91502. (213) 842-4847.