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Ripping up the strip with a 10:53 E.T. and a 153.84 speed, Mel Disharoon won the Fu.l.r's
trophy free and cl.ar. Joe Smith was put out by mechanical probl.ms so Mel may meet more
competition nut w.. k.
By Betty Nichols
WILMINGTON, CAL. oct. 26, 1969- With
so many spec1al events golng on at the
other drag strips. we were glad to see
twenty bikes out at Lions Sunday.
Along with a few of the faithful regulars. a lot of new faces were on hand
to do a little trophy winning.
Jack Lynn Ilad nothIng but problems
from the minute he hit the strip untillt
was tIme to load up and head for home.
II wasn't bad enough that he wasn't gettIng the speeds he felt he Should, but
one of the holdIng springs for his battery
slipped up over the top, causlng a dead
short and burulng a hole In the battery
case. Jack snatched that batlery out In
a hurry. you can be sure of that. After
the Inltlal shock of sparks and confusion Jack was quite a s1ght runnlng back
and forth to the rest room with cups of
water to wash off his machIne. He made
a quick trip to Redondo Beach to
scrounge another battery. but to no
avaIl. Steve Fielding took the win with
his modIfied 3 cyllnder Triumph.
Triumph c11d It again In C Gas. llmars
Strazd1ns took the honors In thIs class,
but Charlie Cash came along on his Suzuki gasser to take E Gas at better than
107 mph.
Tony Nicosia was In there riding as
well as ever or perhaps better, because
he walked off with the trophy -ror D
Street with a speed of 111.00 mph.
Joe Smith made on run and broke a
vital part of his machine that put him out
for the day. Therefore Mel Disharoon
had the trophy free and clear for the
Feul class. He decided to go out there
and reallY earn It. And he did. His E.T.
was 10:53 \)'Ith a speed of 153.84 mph.
200 pound Jack Simpson has plck.d up trophies with his Hodaka dragster and he is a
rea I crowd pleas...
Tor,.. "'s· GYT .ils • S,••~ Wort
Later In the day. Mel's partner. Steve
Brackett thought he would take the fueler
on a run to see what he could do with It.
The fire went out at the starling line.
so there was no contest. They didn't
mind too much since the trophy was already won. It was sort of a let down for
Steve though, because he had walted all
day long just to make that one run.
One of the newer riders at Lion'S Is
Jack Simpson who has turned Into a real
crowd pleaser. Although be weights In at
arouod 200 Ibs. he has commandeered a
little Hodal