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Mulder Night At Tulare Terry Don.her Injured. StorY and Pbotos by Dan Mahony TULARE, CAL., July 26, 1969 - Eddie Mulder,·aboard the Jack Hate1ey-tuned. • 40-1ncb TrIumph, rode a smo.oth, stralCht-uP ten Iai>S to pIck uP bis ftrat TT win 01. th. 1969 season. He pIcked a sood one to win: PromotersJ.C.Ap.Jantan and Harold Murrell blUed tbe _ t as tbe "PacUlc Coast CbamplonablP" and put uP a $1,500.00 (alx-star) pur... It was Mulder'l nJ.cbt, as be copped both btl e11m1nation and reruIar heats, and turned In the fUte8t flve..1ap time The IIIp• •qulrrel out.pad III oth,,. to win th, Tular, Expert TT. . of the evenlnr of 3:29: 40 to turn back SIdP Van LeeIl1V8D In tbe1r ellmlDaUon heat. Larry (59r) WIlburn, freeb from his second place f1n1eb at the Ascot 50!all TT NaUona1, led It for 3 !ails but cot otf. He remounted, but too late. Ron Pierce (9711:) ran a way with the second ellmination heat. Van Leeuwen took the secODd paid heat easUy. .ot off hanl,. but .ot IWI)' un- At the start of the ftna1, Mulder (who elee?) Jumped Into the lead followed by Gene Romero, Van Leeuwen, and Ascot Amateur sensation Terry Donllher on Ernie Plco's 500cc Velocette ~le. Butch (98y) Turner took over fourth place on lap two, only to lose It to Jim Corps (National 48) on a Kawasaki. Mulder stretcbed his lead to the end with Romero, Van Leeuwen, and Corpe ftchting for second, with SIdp rett1nlr It. "Burrito" was tblrd, Corpe fourth,.and PIerce flftb. Romero, tbe 0II1y natioaal POtnt8 contender present, took tbe Trophy Duh lIhead of Van Leeuwen, Pierce, and Donllher. The Novice Duh went to Bullaco mounted Steve (Illy) Bray over Allea (88)') Kenyon. It was Tod (Z65Z) Sloan, however, wIIo was the show. [n b1s ellmlnation beat, paid beat, and the main be came from way back to emerre victorious. Other eUmlDaUon beats were taken by Bray Kenyon, and JoI)n (173r) Hateley. PaId beats went to Sloan 10 a very close one over Hateley, and Kenyon over Yamaha pUot Dave (ZOU) Be l1l na. The Novice final, also tan laps, saw Steve Bray take tbe lead and bold It until the black tIai stopped tbe race on the fourth lap. Steve WIlson (104y), Karl Krlest (l05y), Randy O'Smith (6ly), and JIm Maxwell (65z) all went down In tbe secODd turn. At the stncle me restart, Sloan Jumped into first and stayed tbere all the way. Dave Belllna wwked bard uP to second only to fall In the flnal turu, leavlJli second place to Steve Bray. Tblrd was Allan Kenyon, fourth went to JIm (lOly) Rice - mak1nc the first four places Bultacos - and flftb went to Jab! (131y) Cborest, who did a ftne job rlcllJl&' most of the race without a seat. 'lbe next TT at Tulare Is August 16, so be there. (Results on page 21) Fontana Night Motocross' '/"11lp ROll Iller.... on I . . . . . . .t V":T.a !Iolll-htl ..t• • 0II11l, f1-'d hi 125 Dlylliol two lithe "onlonl NI&lIt Motllcroll. ItOll cinched 1Il, cl••• "III' nlillt. Tlllrd bIlllnl ROft Mortt•• an Mike '"' tcllanl on I US IIlllllco tblt he rod, to .. IllIlzln ••_ d pllC' In the All Com". r_ II. In tile _In•• "'. . . of III, All COllIer. WI. C-Z rider 1111 G1_.. wlIo lIad ,troplly f. lIelI .Ill bIe.... h, 1110 won tile 250 Dlyl· .IOft II COIItelt. 1'...11. 011 ,ace 2'" MONTESA (213) 894-9218 WAllEN WILSON MOrOiS fIGHT POVEITY' •••sell SOfIIetling. rtOTOIlCYCU Stoll' - SIIlVICI Soulll of NordDfr In Sepulvtell. Calif. 9000 SEPULVEDA BLVD. ,""-" . . _Ift 12 PIlI- S.nd For CUSTOM n. 011_1_ _ 0iliIit _.,,11__ MAD. _ ......"10_ Of . .nit" tf MIt II'lCIIt -_- Skid Shoe -'"11I"'_,Iloe _ KRN MAELY ........,.._h, ........... _ Jf_ ..... .......... the shOeltlan Routt Z, 80. 758, Corona, Calif. - ' .IVC. " "• •CO _ _ 111 III: tIM /HIt WlNt $21. ,lUi C.O.D .,! Putl" . S,nd tracln. of boot for p"'.ct fit . KL·1S0 0; ~,' ~ :~:j BILL h I/II/Illit KRAUSE'S j( 1/ 11'1" 'I,", HONDA/~/YAMAHA 12'!lo7Sl.... ~(AatC~...... ' • BMW iIt9c-ood • • l~l..o.lOl • GREeVES I ARGEST PARTS & ACCESSORIES DEPT. IN THE SOUTHLAND ,J.~n • MOTO·BETA beauty is only skin deep. If lots of chrome and kicky colors are all thai turn you on, there are Oashier-looking bikes than Carelli. BUI if you know irs not how a bike looks, but how it's put together, COlrelli's quiet quality, deep durability and superb craftsmanship will keep you tumed on long after lesser bikes tum you off. For Full Information, and the Name of Your Nearest GARElli DeOller, Write: ENGINE SPECIALTIES, I c., P.O, Box 260, Comwells Heights, Pol. 19020 OR ENGINE SPECIALTIES, INC., WEST, P.O. Box 600, Belmont, Calif, 94002