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Prevlewlnl some of til. top f11l ht IIIOlOCTOSS raclnlln store as til. Inter-Am serl.s starts Its sw.op westward, this seen. plctu..d at Carlsbad, Call. last yur shows the world's bllt In actlOll. Bend· Inl around the tires 011 lb. Inside Is Joel Robert, number 1. Number 32 Is Russ Darn.1I on. of the American molocros_s who will be challenllnl the Europlans In the s..les. PEPPERELL, MASS., Oct. 19, 1969 Ten tIlousand, five hundred screaming tans paid $4 each to watch tile European motocroSS champions take tile first four decisive places In tile 500cc inter-Am QPener at Pepperell, Mass. Husqvarna mounted Arne Kring won tile first Heat and took first overall. The new 405cc Huskies plowed tile rocky track and nearly shattered tile eardrums r1 tile shirt-sleeved SPectators. NewJerseynativeBarryH1gg1nsleaped and bounded his C- Z to a fiftll overall, as close as any of tile Americans could get to tile high-flying foreigners. H1ggins collected $370 for his feat. He was tile first American In tile second and tbird motos. England'S Dave Bickers on a C-Z was second and Greeves rider Vic Allen was tbird. Household name Torsten Hallman came in fourtll. Husqvarna inventor Rubin Helmln was tIlere watching his machines come In first and fourth. Wide World of Sports was tIlere, gett1ng it all down on video tape for a showing later this year and tile three-onehalf hour motos made for a great show. B.llian mast.. of the sport, Joel Robert demonstrat.s the sty I. us.d at popper.1I In the first Int..-Am rac,s. NEW HIGH FENDERS Dlliined for Uncovered Fork L'ls. $14.00 SII... II.tal1lak. Colors$l5•• #c.1143 Application too num..ous to II st. Send for comp Ill. dtlall. plu s application list. Fender 1•. 5 Inch.s wide and 33 Inches lonl. Seats Tanks Olltanks Air Cluners F.nders Flberllass Splclalltles Clark IIf.. Co. Rt.1 Bn 576 Mull.n, 0 ... 97042 (503) 829-2156 CATALOGSAV~LABLE NEW Comp.tltlon Tanks and Seats for Yamaha DT.1 mounts as stock u.s all stock flltlnls. Tanks -$30.00 Seats -$24.00 Silver llltalliak. Low F.nder for Co....d Fork Ltls $12.50 511... IIItalllake $13.50 Colors. #c-1S41 Ribbed FlIldtr for 100 to 175cc models, will fit up to 300119 to 21 tlrll. #c.1141 Plain F..dtr for BSA, Triumph, lIatchless, Norton, Harle,. will fit up to 3OOx19 to 21 Ures. All tenders are made of permanently flexible isophalic resins that will out last rigid fiberglass, aluminum, most steel fenders. Colors avai lable Red, Blue, Green, Yellow or Orange. A member of the Swedish Husq.arna motocross team, Arnl. Krlnl took a 405 Huksy to .lctOry at P.pper.lI, IIass. a. the 1969 Int..-Am .erl.s lot underway. Krlnl won the first moto and tolal.d .nolCh points In the re.t to put him on top after the tally. Barry HI"lns, a New J....y natl ••, was the first Am.. lcan finisher and took a fifth plac. on his CZ. Enlland's Dav. Bickers was s.cond on anolher CZ. ~: FUN :~~~!~n~Y With an AROS CYCLETRAILER For Information and brochure writ. or call AROS ••ldlnl&lIanllfactadnl, 379 No.JolIoIOllAv.., EI CaIOll, Calif. 92020. CALL 114 442-4&00