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.11 st., Abfte left, IlolI Castro r.1rH KellIIMashllunl, Dan Aldana, and Frank Glliospio to repeat his San Jose win. Loft, IIort (11) La_III pt 1_ starts In Ills ....t and tlIe Final but _Id.. t In front of Charllnl Chuck Palmar", IIark (17) Brolsfonl c . 110 _ In tllo IIohlnd tIIoIL Abovo: KeitlI (:10&) MutdIum boat Dan (Z2J) Han_ In this hut raco and then placod second to Castro 10 tho Aaat.r Float. Pbotos by Wa. Fulton Jr. and Eric RaUs. • By Eric Ra1ts perts off lLIId somehow Romero's ra1sed band was not seen or not ra1sed at just tile rtgbt time. 1be dust cleared a btt to sbow a pack r1 bikes c:bargtng Into tile flrst turn wtlbout Romero. He was sltt1Jlg at tile l1ne wttll fouIe<: plugs. Gene was literally bopping mad. He stomped biB Triumph.over to tile starter and vividly expla1ned tile situation. By tile t1me tile parade 01. Nlmn, P.aImgren, Mulder, SANTA ROSA, CAL., J'tiIy 27, 1969CIluck Palmgren WOIl biB flrst NatloDal In a COII9IDcIDC waTat RllIIll'sborse track Suaday Chuck led tram tile mIddle r1 IIql ODe to tile end of tile 20 m11er some tb1r1leen minutes later• Gary Nlmn was eUmlDaled from an attempt at a tb1rd NatiOll&1 number ODe rat1n& In as many years 'llbenbefe1lbard on tile flfleentll 1Iql. Gary was running foartb, ahead of Eddie Mulder lLIId just beb1nd Mert Lawwtll wilen • slid Into tile fence on turn four, breaIdnC biB leg in several places. Mert, cons1stent lLIId stsady, added to biB point le8d wttll a tb1rd place fln1sh bebtnd Palmgren aDd Gene Romero. Romero jumped from fourtb to second In tile point standIngs but came close to not ptckiIIg uP a single point. Starter Wbltey LYons waved tile Ex- Mann, lLIId Lawwtll got around tile flrst 1Iql, tile black flag was out. On tile restart, Lawwtll led tile pack Palmgren took b1m coming out ooto tile back st:raIgbt and tbough Romero dogged b1m almost tile ent1re race, coming very close In tile etgbtll lLIId nlDtII laps, Chuck rode perfectly for tile win. Ola Mann made a bld for Romero's second place poslt1on In tile 11ftll IIql brieflY. after pAssing Nixon but couldn't ~te callCh b1m. Nlxon repassed Mann In tile slxtb IIqllLlld bad b1s turn at Romero but Gene was going too fast trying to callCh tile fIy1ng Palmgren to be passed b1mself. Olck Mann's BSA began developing 19n1t1on problems and be slowly lost poslt10n after psot1on. Mulder passed b1m, Lawwtll passed b1m, and b1s macb1ne sounded progressivelY worse unt1l tile sUteentll tr1P around wilen 1t seemed to be barely running. Mann gamelY rode It out to a s1.xth place flnIsb. Eddie Mulder fID1sbed fourtb, getttng a fIDe jump from tile second row, and Mark Brelsford picked uP 11ftb place points. Bart Markel was m1ssed. He was borne attending to tamUy business. The Amateur Final was anotller Triumpb victory. San Jose winner Don Castro took b1s second big race. He led Grand Opening 1tUf1. "1)bet ~~" '[)epMtcelet eUL.T~C= "1970" Campera MK11 No purebase aecessary - came ia and register July 14th - Aug. 161b - Drawing Aug. 16th LonllSoach & Beach Cities Los ARIOI.. ..... o ., ;;~ ., J: ;; I . ... .,o.. • o. .ort Froewa, MOTORCYCLE CENTER Phone (714) 684-4747 it wire to wire followed by Ke1t11 MasIIburn's scream1Dg Yamaha. Dave A1daDa retired wttll mecban1ca1 problems In tile seventll IIql wbUe runnI.ag afa1rlydisfant tb1rd, aDd Frank Glliespie looII: ewer biB spot. GtIlesple bIt a bump wbUe passing tile faller1ng A1daDa and lost contact wttll bIs 100 m4lJl. mount. Somebow rtder and machIne met agaln several yards Into tile turn lLIId Frank plowed tbrough tile loose d1rt b1gh agalnst tIIefenceantll be bad regained control. Rod Kre1ss lLIId Harry DrIng f1nlsbed fourtb and fIftb. The E2pert Sem1 was a tbr1ller as prom1sed by tile announcer. Jim Murray, Mason Corder, Edd1e W1rtb and Sammy '1'aDDer swapped place for four IIqls lLIId looked 11ke tbey would fln1sh In that order unt1l tile Iast-dlllCh efforts of '11m Harrts nlpped '1'aDDer at tile flag for tile last transfer spot to tile Final. Expert Heats belooged to tile macb1nes