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Cycle News 1969 10 14

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• Q ..... RIIII,JUd ~ a s.clI.s to nde tile I%5 Seafor elMs at tbe A.CA Sedcl1ebec+ ~ ~. It . . . a COCJCI. dQ foE RuIQardl u be b:tli tile score boai:s twice. He abo> won . . Z50 Senior. 0RAliGE. By_oIoIm Sbedd CAL., Oct. 5,. 1969 - ~ far tile Americm Eq:Je . . . &DOd! _ lit SedcBe!wrlj; Pu~ EiJclfsftman IJue, bu .~ JIis; pr «t s at ~ '-d: lD ~ aces. bIIIt tIds time it ~ 8Iat lie 11m tlleemote. Be . . all tkee 500ec . . . . moliDs. wUIIappareot _ RuapnlIlroaPf h1s Z50ce Eagle lD far tile 250ce semar w:Ia, UId . . tile 1Z5ec seaUr c:Jas5 as well OIl a SadIs. Carl Cotton p1d;ed lIP' Jbe fiI1rd Eagle ... tor tile dlQ' by lak1Dg tIie in the 500ce sportsman enat" so it was aprefly caod day far tile Eq:Je. Tbere vera c:Iianges in the course s1nce tile last ACA II106o-crosa and all fCll" IIIe best. The. water trucks dumped. 40.000 pis.. ell tile track Wore tile race, wm bIIIt it was stIllpretl;plDsl;r. VIc WI1soD _ e d at riders meetiIIlt tbattlle puk IiI:s plans to lD&tallaoew ~ spriJlld.iDe system in tile tutare. TIIia sbouJ'dI do a ereat dal in kIEleIiIPtiJg dow:n tbe dIIst, t eftmlpetp tbe saD:l:,..rocIts IIlIt it still and adobe. Tbe number of. entries was down QIIite A CO a lot trom the USla1. number !bat turDs out tor ACA ~ . . . . . . It was tile tbird lmlIIt til tile !at !oaF to be beId at Sadd1etlaclt. aid It seems t!Iat. IIIlUQ' l1dem wanlIed a chance. TIle smaIl eDtry was IIlOlIt RldiIIDf1atlleseotauIasses" and! tiL tbe :t!IDaJ malo at' tile Z50cc elLss aoJ7 four started The 2SOee senior class prO\l:1de(\ tile day;' s best ad:1OIl. M ....... mCllw!ed TIm Hart lioct: tile 1elId 1a Ifle f1J:st malo lUId appeared to be stretcIl1ac it au.t. TIm won all Ibree senJ.ar classes at tile last ACA ewent. but tbfs time t:IliDp were a bit mare cIUfIcult. R on an American Eade .was de8d last onlfle t!rst lap aDd bad to 01'eriake lUIdpass tile l1kes of. Bruce. Baron. M1ke Peraand TomRapp to pull 1nto tile second slot bebiDd Hart.. 011 tile s1xtIllap be passed Hart, wfIo oaJy Ia:sted one mal"E! lap before bis eag1De blew, to take tile Jed aDd go on far tbe, AmeriCUl Eacfe5 madl! tile fedlers fIT til tIlree cJasses_ Here M1lre RuDyard w1D8 tile 2SQ, Seai«. tlaft SmftIl 11011 !be 5DO Seaiar aDdI tbe 5.00 SPQrisman erowm WJeat. to carl CaI:iDD. All tIIree -.re OIl EacIes;. -u win. Tom Rapp won tile second mete after Runyard crasbed, butKutIyvd came.1::8£k tiD tI.D1sh third. In. tile flDal malo Runyard bad t:tI1np bis way lUId lead tromstaritiD ftnisb.., I:lne Smttb made a clean sweep of tile 500ce. sea1ar class. He was III!Yl!r beaded in: aay- at tile tIlree etglltlap matos.SmJtb just breezed! arOWld aad arotmd a"W!l1le Tom Ledbetlll!i. TIm Hart aod Mark BlackweU daeled for tile oenJ!lree pasitlaDs. Tim piclr;ed 1Cl eaauc1I paints for Mart f1D!sbed l1iI:rdi. CResults on PlICe 21} secOIId aod Bultaco was tile ehofce for M1lre (889) pa,yse.He used Jl1.s, to br1D& bim a secODd place trllPliT behind Mike Pr1tcbard. OIl &IIOtber Bu1lllco. The two BoIs were followed by Ruben Benites OIl a Penton 1a tile 125 Sportsman nee. MOTOIlCTCLI StoUS-SIRVICf South ot onion in Sepulvedil. Calif• • ItA ASAKI SPEED lUTS l20cc • 175cc wri .. or all $..00 lIP ~6 . DRACO'S MOTORCYCLES 1m So. sea... ~... Sau AIr.. CaI.~!21O.7 (nc) s.u.9&J& ALL-PUIPOSE PLlEIEIICH $6.95 $1.95 Lions Club SCrambles Hel vetJ.a Park:, 5acram.en to September 21st 100cc. Novice 1stNefl MacDannald XC100 Santa Rosa, Calif. SepL 13 h tOOcc Novice 1st Bob Cummings XC100 BSPORTCYCLES. 111 E. ALEXANDER AV Send $1 for c.1taloi One tClClI dOls lob of many. Fits all USS and m fe:slns.Ralds objeeb anr sllapt or lllat!lrl'.a/ without marrlnc surface. U",· condIt loaaJl:t para See your dealer or write Anion DIs!. Co., lllC:. 323 W.lIa e ~ve., Monr.... ,Call1.91G.16 (ill) 19....591

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