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~ 'owell Takes Three AI Troian Speedway By Eddie SOUTH GATE, CALIF. June 25, 1970Ron Powell rode to Victory on b1B Bultaco in two troPhy dashes and one main event Thursday nigbt at Trojan Speedway. Powell was the winner of the 250 TT trophy dash, then turned around and won the 250 nat track dash and the 250 nat track Main. The Main bad to be restarted after Irwin Moon, rldtng a new speedway bike, hit a downed rtder and then hit the wall. Moon was not hurt in the accident and he f1n1sbed fourth. Stan Rogers f1n1shed second on his Kawasaki in this event. Bultaco rider Gary Anderson placed third. Dan Carlton the winner of the lastf1fty lapper at Trojan won the 250 TT Main Event. Carlton, rtdtng an Ossa, was getting readY tor next week's fUty lapper for the 250 bikes. Irwin Moon was second wbtle Ron Powell settled for third. During the 250 TT race Carlton jump_ ed into the lead at the first turn. He held the lead for a few laps then Moon got by him. Irwin held onto the lead for two laps then gave way to Carlton when hepassed Moon coming out of the dog leg on the last lap. Dale Hopkins beat out Dennis Hanson i Smith !.:l in the 125 TT Main Event. Hanson battled ..:J with Kirk Redding for the second spot ~ with Hanson able to keep ahead of Red- U ding. The 125 nat track Main went to Lloyd Qutntaro rtd1nc a Yamaha. John SPerry placed second wb11e another Yamaha rider Joe WWtams took the third spot. Kirk Redding continued b1B wtnntne streak in the 100 nat track Main Event. Redding f1n1shed ahead of Bob Sanders for the win. Jack Settle, riding a Hodaka, was third. Redding also won the 100 TT Main on his Kawasaki. Tommy Horton gave Kirk a good battle the enttre race. Bob Sanders placed third in the race. The winner of the 125 nat track trophy dash was Redding. Dennis Hanson won the 125 TT dash mounted on his Yamaha. Next week the 250Cc hikes wU1 run a "FIFTY LAPPER" with a three-hundred dollar purse at stake. Dan Carlton, Irwin and Larry Moon and many other 250 riders wU1 be on band for the race. There wU1 also be a full schedule of race for the 100 and 125 bikes at Trojan. Racing starts at 7:30. Twelve bikes wlll start in the big f1fty lap Main Event. (Results on page 22) IUIlbe bike yoa'D ever Deed. Bodaka 100 'B'_ "In the history of motorcy. cling, no single motorcycle has influenced trail riding more than the Hodaka. The 100 'B' is the latest chapter in this exciting history of trailhike champions." Watch West Wail By John Shedd SADDLEBACK PARK, CALIF. June 28, 1970 - Not too long ago, Jim West was just another junlor motocross rider who was giving most of the other junlors a bard way to go. He was soon moved up to the Expert class to give the slower riders a break, and now It's the Experts that need a break. Since the introduction of the new AJS Jim bas been their number one man and bas earned btmsel! a spot in the ranks of America's best motocrossers. • Sunday's Saddleback course bad a couple of neaf changes in the layout but the dust was terrible. However, neither dust, man nor machine stood in the way of young Jim West as he new around the dusty, rutty track to win six out of six motos. West's only real cballenge came in the first 250 moto in the form of CZ rider Chuck Lunde. For a moment It looked like Lunde might make it but West pulled It out of the bag in time and was first to cross the Une. Lunde f1n1shed second behind West in all three 250 motos but in the f1na1 two Jim held a como,·table lead at all times. West's closest competitor in the 500 division was Husky mounted intermediate rider, B111 Clements. BID picked up a third and two seconds, but neither he nor third place f1n1sher MJke Runyard were ever close enough to duellor Jim'S supremacy. After figuring the points on the third event of the present CMC series Kenny Cook's points were incorrect unW after press time. However, at the end of the last CMC meet at Carlsbad, Cook was also tied in points with Ken Bowser and Jeff Jackson. This week Bowser and Cook both falled to f1n1sh high enough to earn any points, so Jackson,. who won the third division of the 250 Junior class passed them by six points, giving him a total of 23. Dave Smith ls now second in the point standings with 22. There are sWI two more meetings in the Golden State Series, so Jackson still has a lot of racing to do If he wins the trip to Euorpe. The f1fth meeting of the series ls just two weeks away and it wlll beat Carlsbad. (Results on page 22) Bod• • 100 '8'. This newest trailbike includes many performance features designed and tested on earlier Ace 90 and Ace 100 models. Hodaka has maihtained it's position as the number I National TraiJbike Champion and intends to widen that position with the 100 'B'. 700/0 of all Hodaka riders previously owned another make. Here are three reaso1Ul why the sophisticated rider chooses Hodaka. 1. We .peeiala-. in ".ilbile.... Since the Hodaka was first designed in 1964, all efforts have been concentrated on building one basic model. Our first, the Ace 90, with its full down·tube frame, revolutionized the industry. Ev"ntuaUy, the Ace 100 was introduced with increased displacement and the first five-speed transmission to be offered as standard equipment on a quantity production trail bike. This, too, met with immediate success. In a single California trail bike event, 54 of the 74 finishers in the contest were Hodaka mounted. The 100 'B is an even more potent and reliable perfonner than these pre"iou!t models. 2. More _ _ria are dai.... lor the Bod.le. r1aaA a ..y other .inlfle mowr· cyde. .. Hodaka engineers have intentionally de· signed pans and accessories9 when possible. to interchange from one model year to the next. Emphasis is on component irnpro\·ement rather than styling changes for slyle alone. Such design stability has not only improved the availability of Hodaka parIS, but has attracted the attention of numerous accessory 9 NPG LUBRICANTS P.O. B.ox 2831 Mission Vie'o Ca. designers. Today, you can practicaJly CUJ;;tomdesign your Hodaka to fit your individual taste and purpose. 3. Relale IlG'ue one 01 ind",friel' hilfheot. Design stability and parts interchangeability has kept the value of previous Hodaka models high. (This very same advantage has made one particular German economy car the single m.ost popular import in Amerir8 l. Hodaka is worth more when you bu~' it . . . and if you sell it. This i. the buie coneept behind the new Hodaka 100 'B'. Why not see your dealer or write today for compl"t" information. Bod.le. rruJce• •en... Irom "(I,d ,h, 'CO'! 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