T.E.A.I. Efforts Pays Off At Deadman's
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McCarthy.PennY,the winning 251-open team at Apple Valley Motocross Illustrate the drive
needed to win In difficult competition.
The team 01 Horton·Keel e lind the racing muddy In the 126·250 Molo at Apple Valley.
By Ron Sztlagy1
APPLE VALLE Y, CALIF. Feb. 8th, 1970
Yamaha teams, and seWed for a third.
- T.E .A.M. (Team effort for American
The Mlller-Bonefin team riding a Husky
motorcycling) presented its first motoin the second heat staged a comeback
cross of the year, and what a sho w.
for the win and the class tr ophy.
T.E.A .M. is a new organization promoting motocross in a big way.
The racing team of ChamberlalnThe riding team of Matheny- Wlllla ms
Bilton (Malco) in the 500cc race came
(Yamaha) collected first place gold in
from next to last to take second behind
the 125 class. Matheny- Will1ams were
the R and D racing team of Dodd-Steffan
(Malco).
constantly under pressureIrom the hard
In the second 500cc Dodd-Steffan too.
r iding team of Ferris-Robinson (Yamahal in the two forty minute motes,
an early lead . They were about to lap
second place when they crashed and had
The team action was even .mor e Impr es sive in the 250 motes, The team of
to drop out of the race. The checkered
Horton-Keefe (Husky) was off to an early
flag finally fell on Cothran-Catllns
lead only to lose it to the hard riding
(Husky) . McCarty-Penny (Husky) took
team of Matheny- Wllllam s (Yamaha).
second with Keefe-Horton (Husky) on a
The combination ' of Mlller- Binefln Jus t
flat tire third.
could not catch the flying Husky and
(Results on page 19)
La Mesa, Ca lifornia
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Dral lans will line the chalnllnk at irwinda le Raceway March lst to watch Bob Thomas try out
his 100 I nch blown H·D Gasser that he hopes will out run the luelers on the quarter mile. Built
by Thomas Bros. Performance Enterprl SIS SanAntonio, Tex. the 310 lb. bomb pumps out around
250 HP and has the same power to weight ratio as a AA Fueler. A Rootes type Borg Warner
blower Is the secret and that's augmented by a 612 Inch M and H slick on a IS" mal wheel, steel
barrels and lorledtrue pistons.
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