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VOLUME VIII NUMBER 25
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For the past months, Cycle
News
has been making a
concentrated effort to build up
the coverage of the Southwest
racing scene and it has been
paying off. So, beginning with this
issue, a special by-weekly section,
like the weekly Cycle News North
section, will be devoted to this
area of the country. Appearing on
page 20, Texas correspondent Pete
Szilagyi begins an in-depth,
three-part
series· 01:1
Texas
motocross, its tracks and its stars.
Then, Southwest Cycle News will
regularly appear in the Western
Edition.
Boris Murray of LaVerne, Calif., leaves the
starting I ine at Beech Bend International
Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky. on his
way to a 8.87 clocking for a new NHRA
A-Fuel record. Murray's twin-Triumph now
sports a sleek fairing, adding to the top end
charge
and
enables
him
to
move much
faster ...so fast that h is speed neared 175 mph.
Report on page 3.
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The 'Invasion' began Sunday at Indian Dunes in Valencia, Calif., as the tough
Europeans headed in to take on the best the Americans had to offer in the way·
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of motocross. A surprise was in store as Tom Rap (above) took a second in the ~
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first moto and third in the next to lead overall a~er the first two goes. To find ~.".,
out how he faired in the final and overall, see the report on pages 18-19. Photo
by T'Om Culp.
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