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'" .... '" ~ w Z w oJ c.J >- c.J Spanish Champion Ignacio Bulto ascends a near-vertical wall in perfect form. MOTORCYCLE RACING It only costs $10 (which is a $6 savings over the combined price of the individual tickets). Included is an $8 seat (the best in the house) to the Classic. THE JO MH' "0" IMM' All ~ If you've never seen Ontario Motor Speedway, you've got quite a surprise coming. Its the newest, most comfortable motor racing plant in the world. Conveniently located on the San Bernardino Freeway just 45 minutes from downtown Los Angeles. Comfortable seating for up to 150,000 spectators. Ample restaurant, bar, and snack service for all. Parking is free. Regular air service available at nearby Ontario Airport. o THE CHAMPION SPARK PLUG ClASSIC. Sunday. Oct. 17. Central Concourse $8.00. East/West Concourse $6.00. General Admission $4.00. MOTOCROSS & COMBINED RACE. Saturdoy. Oct. 16. All seats $4.00. OS-DAY PASSES. Oct. 13 thru 17. $10.00. (Includes $8.00 seat for Classic plus general admission on all other days.) o with the latest bikes and accessories. And, when nothings doing on the track, theres alwcys the rest of Southern California to see. For a clincher, we've even created a special ticket for you III want to see it all" fans. Its a five-day pass to all the races, qualifying, and practice. o JUNIOR TICKETS. All aOOIle tickets are available at holf-price to anyone under fifteen years old. Nome _ Address City Phone (include Area Code) _ Stote Zip, _ _ another 100 yards or so. Not all the sections were outstanding. A couple were downright banal. One section had as its only saving grace the ,fact that there was mud in it. Under the mud was a hard surface, while both entry and exit were easy. There was also a water section which did nothing except demonstrate that the bike was waterproof. But overall, the course was extremely tough and demanding, an estimate more than substantiated by the high scores of the Masters. The competition for first place was extremely tight. One would have expected the Spanish Champion to walk away with the honors quite easily, but it didn't happen. Bulto has been riding motocross for the past nine months and motocross riding is not considered the best possible preparation for trials riding. For awhile it looked as though he migh t finish down the list quite a' ways. But as the day got later and riders tired, Bulto came through. He won by one poin t. Coming in second was the P.l.T.S. rider from the North, Lane Leavitt. Their scores for 48 difficult traps: 52 and 55. Next, 12 points behind the winner, was Rich Bledsloe with 64_ Putting in an outstanding ride was Vic Conaway who finished in 4th place, besting Kevin Walker, Mark Eggars, Jeff Koski and Bob Nichelsen. In case you didn't notice, that's quite a bunch of top trialing talent that finished out of the money. In the Expert class, Femando Belair won with 118 points. Note there is a 65 point spread between the Masters and the Experts. Second was Jim Sheehan and third was Dale Ranta. Ignacio Bulto, only 19 and already close to the top in the trials world, may soon retire from trials to devote full time to motocross. If he does it will represent an incalculable loss to to the triating sport. Senor Bulto has made himself extremely well-liked by the trialers here by being not only very good, but very human as well. He worries about traps, he fails occasionally and when he succeeds, he looks happy about it without looking as though it were his birthright. There are many champions in motorcycling as in all other sports; they are all respected for what they can do. Few of them are liked however. It takes something special to be both a winner and a nice person, which Ignacio apprently has. Today, Senor Bulto is to be welcomed to the City of Los Angeles by Jim Conoroy. an assistant to Mayor Yorty who is on one of his innumerable tax-supported vacations. After that honor of dubious value, he will return home. Here is a more real honor: most of the trials riders I spoke to hope he will come back. With the triumph of Northern Master, Lane Leavitt over Southern Cal riders, the rivalry has heated up somewhat. Rumor is that there will soon be a North-South Match or maybe even a series. Look for it. And you might plan to ride the Ute cup in Colorado on September 5-6. Its supposed to be great. Entries close on Aug. 19th. (Results on page 28)