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[(JIles Cut D(JII(Js C()l1Jpetiti()~ Bullaco We specialize in only Bultaco Mitco Bultaco 7241 'It. Oran.ethorpe, Buena Park (114) 522-6109 Robert M. Law * I~ HIGHEST TRADE-It{ 239 N. Anaheim Blvd. Anah.eim, Cal. Phone (714) S33·130~ Ptttrkk's CO/llpetition Enterprise 120. Ir. Sr'••• TRIUMPH • SUZUKI Wal t Axthelm's Triumph -·Suzuki I.~otors 1049 West 5th St., Pomona, Calif. C1(4) 629-8642 Penton - Hodaka Yamaha - BSA Husqvarna Norton This Is better than any roller-<:o35ter In the world. You can Co wh..-wllump, whee-whump for as lone as you can hold out. Th; rider at the bottom looks like he could jump over the top Just on recoil. By Clyde W. Bear DALLAS, TEXAS, Sept. 14, 1969-Action in the Golden Eagles' 251 Open class was quiet in Dallas, Texas, with the two fastest local riders, Gale Bradley and Robert Graham, absent due to injuries. Philllp Cullum came down from North . Little Rock, Arkansas, to walkawaywith first place - without competition. The melee was between John Lancione, Montesa; Pat Rogers, Husky; Jackie Ellis, American Eagle; and Frank Johnson, Malco. All raced hard and fast, with Rogers ta.k1ng second and Frank Johnson third. Mike Johnson, Frank Johnson'S son, won the 125 class - naturally! He was laPping the track on his Sachs in 2 minutes 25 seconds. That was also the best time for Phillip Cullum on a 360 Malco. On the second heat start, Mike k111ed his engine - started 23rd. He passed 20 riders for third on the second laP and finished the heat 35 seconds ahead of second place, George Parks, AT-I, Austin. Third place went to Henry Bostich on a Sachs. Darrell Davis riding a 100 Sachs took that class with a perfect score. Larry Flowers, Kawasaki, purned the leader for two heats, and Ervie Russell pushed heat three. Neithercompleted all three heats. Second and third places went to Kenneth Smith and Sam Menefee, both riding Pentons. Mark Moore, CZ, led twelve of fifteen laPs, but he didn't finish first heat so he received no trophy. Without falllng once, Evered Terrell, CZ, gave Mark a really good race, and finally took first. Jack Greentree, DT-l; Joe Tocco, Bul.; and Roy Murphy, CZ, mixed it uP thoroughly, with Tocco and Murphy ta.k1ng second and third. (Results on page 20) 1223 Ave. I Lancaster (1051 942-9624 M t' I Greeves 0 orcyc es Kawasaki Westminster Sport Cycle Hodaka Montesa Guy R. Louis (714) 893-7057 7574 Westminster Ave. Westminster, Cal. I HARLEY-DAVIDSON I I~'A V MODELS Of . IMGUWOOD ComIng Aug. 20th 671-7609 or 671-7600 He.seue 3 Expanding South Vern Woodard Rescue 3 is expanding. Orlg1na1ly formed in Barstow, the organization granted a charter to a new San Bernardino chapter on Aug. 16. Rescue 3 has been adm1n1stering first ald to injured desert riders over the past two years. At the presentation held beside as1xly foot cliff near Barstow, coordinator Al Rudd read the charter and a Itst of materials donated by the or1g1nal Rescue 3 to the newly formed grouP. Tom Burke, chalrman and president of Rescue 3loc., placed these items with a $100 check in a metal tube and threw them over the By cUff. After Burke declared, "There it is, guys. If you want it, go get it," Ed Early, coordinator for the newcomers, rappelled over the cliff and recovered the documents and money for San Bernardino. But there was a lot more to becoming part of Rescue 3. Four months of extensive tra1n1ng in rlgging, rappell1ng, light and heavy rescue procedures, plus medical self-help, and advanced first aid were recently completed by seven of the San Bernardino members. Rescue 3 assists many grouPs in ad- d1t1on to Dtstrict 37; local law enforcement agencies, the U.S. Air Force, and the F.B.I. have all used the team's talents for communication and searches. Rescue 3 also performs many civic duties such as traffic control for parades in addition to first aid for fireworks displays. As recently as Aug. 23 and 24, the U.S. Forest Service requested first aid assistance at the Crestllne fire in the San Bernardino mountains. Rescue 3 responded and malntained a first aid station around the clock. Redwood Tour ?bt4t 7t.e ?fJlt S"1""'t (JIf, AI«I Goes for Third Time p4/J-4leue 1It4dtlee At Se4lt4, 'PtJ.Uet By R.O. Fee One of the most scenic of the western United States motorcycle tours will go for the 3rd year, September 27th and 28th when the Napa Motorcycle Club promotes the Redwood Tour. Raln or shine, the Napa riders expect over 400 cyclists to'gather in the small hamlet of Loch Lomond on Clear Lake, Cal. about 120 miles north of San Francisco. Entrants attending the AMA sanctioned event will receive an attractive Redwood Tour Pin. Camping and swimming are also planned. Saturday afternoon will see the motorcycles and individuals judged on their dress and Saturday evening the club will otter dancing to a live dance band. Twenty-four trophy classes are scheduled in addition to those to be awarded for the ganies. Sunday morning the cyclists will have an opportunity to demonstrate their bike handling sk111s on the field events. Post entries are $4.00 and $3.00 if malled in by September 16th. A map and brochure will be sent on application to the Napa Motorcycle Club, p.O. Box256l, Napa, California 94558. For immediate iniormation, tourers may telephone707/ 224-6167; 224-7336 or, 255-6156. ( ;>ANTA FE SPRINGS, CAL., - Riding a factory prePared Suzuki 500, Art Baumann of Brisbane, California, took first place in the 125 mile Sears Point National Championship Road Race with an average speed of 72.68 mph. This Suzuki victory marks the first time that a 2-stroke machlne has wonan AMA sponsored National Open Cham'pionship Road Race. It is also the first time that a Japanese machine has won such a race. Art Baumann's SUZuki led the race for all but the first four laPs. Between laPs 17 and 27 the race was between Art's machine and the other factory Suzuki ridden by Ron Gril.nl. Ron's machine, which had set three national1and speed records at Bonneville only one week before, f1na1ly gave out 10 laP 27. For the rest of the race, Art Baumann was way out in front, by as much as 52 seconds 10 laP 41. By the end of the race, Baumann's Suzuki had laPped nine of the other twelve finishers. On laP 39, Baumann came in for his mandatory fuel stop. The Suzuki pit crew had him gassed and out of the pit in under 9 seconds, without losing the lead. Exhausted and sweat stained after the grueling 50 lap road race, Art com- mented, "The bike worked fantastic! It was 115 degrees on that track, 125 miles, and that Suzuki never missed a beat/' Suzuki Com pet it ion Director, Paul Garnant, smiled triumphantly as he said, "This has been a fantastic step forward in our racing program. Suzuki's whole purpose in racing is to learn how to build the best possible production machines, and our victories here today show how far along we are in that direction." Saturday was also Suzuki's day of irlumph 10 the 50- mile amateur road race which preceeded the 125 mile Expert event. Jim Dunn, a student at Western Washington State College, took first place on another factory sponsored Suzuki 500. This was Jim's first ride as well as his first Victory as an Amateur in AMA national road racing. Again the SUZuki victory was hotly contested, but crear-cut. Jim not only held first place for all but two laps of the 20 laP race, he finished first in the irial heats, and turned in the fastest qualifYing time. Asked about his bike's racing performance, Jim replied, "That SUZuki's got to be a fine machine. I just don't know what else to say about it." Temple Cit, Kawasalri Area's leading vollllle Kawasaki Dealer Complete Parts & Accessories 5663 No Rosemead Blvd., Temple Ci ty (,213) 216·7504 Torsten Hallman Racing, Inc. West Coast DlsL for PENTON Motorcycles Tonlen Hallman special deslp leathers & racine equlp...nt U.s. Dlsl. for Trellebore Moto-Cross tires For dealer Info. write or call 5345 Tlmken SI., La Mesa, Cal. 92041 (714) 460-\402