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,, - .. '" ~ '" lL ;::: .. i '" gas. He was coming through the infield corners on the fairing and even if he had heen on the track by himself, not one spectator would have moved. After 120 miles, .the average was still over 100 mph and Mann, in second place, was averaging better than the fastest qualifying time. A rider normally pushes himself during qualifying as far as he dares in order to insure a good starting position and yet here were riders who, after 120 miles. were averaging better than they normally push for one lap. Yvon's second pit stop was anti-climatic and slow...six seconds. His whole endeavor on the second stop from time to slow down, stop, get fuel, and resume his position on the track at full speed took a mere 15 seconds. He was still 'over a minute ahead of Mann. Ralph White was also riding one of the team Kawasakis. He went almost unnoticed the entire afternoon. After the traffic sorted out, Ralph slowly increased his speed lap after lap. Coming from ninth on lap 10, Ralph worked up to fourth by the end of the 200 miles. '" ~ w Z W ..J U >- U DuHamel and well-nourished Kawasaki get on the banked oval. -,.-""'!"'!--........ • Aldana Gentlemen, pick your line. He had a beautiful ride that was very exfiting for the many spectators that watched him; he just got going a little late. On the 38th lap, Gene Romero, who is locked in a tight duel for the Championship points lead with Mann, pulled into the infield and parked his broken Triumph and wearily walked to the pits. The strain of the race showed in his face and disappointment must have been in his heart as he had worked to stay with the leaders all afternoon. He was in futh when his bike gave up. To DuHamel, it must have seemed like forever waiting for the checkers to come out. It only took an hour and forty-nine minutes for Yvon to make 14,100 dollars, including SlOO from Cycle News. It took Kawasaki a couple of years more than that to get everything together, but now they can't be counted out just because they use more gas. Molloy Takes Jr/Ex Combo By Don Woods Dixie Cycle News ESTABOGA, ALA., Sept.3, 1971 Kel Carruthers just about has a monopoly on the 250cc combined Junior and Expert road races that take place in conjunction with most of the National. Championship road races. Carruthers has his race strategy down so pat that he can cool it at times and uhave a go" with some of h.is competitiorr during these events. Kel is probably about the best road racer in 250cc racing that anyone has ever seen. His string of victories so far this season have been awesome. The second annual Talladega 250 event didn't look to be any different. Kel qualified almost two miles-per-hour faster than the other Yamah as. Oh yes, if you don't ride a Yamaha, you can't possibly make it into the top ten in one of these events. Just check the results of previous races. As the riders take on the first lap of this year's even t, the sparse crowd gives a small yawn and settles down to watch Kel give an exhibition in the art of road racing. He opens a nice lead right away and the only one that's around is Ginger Malloy, who has spent several years on the European circuit just as Kel has. Both of these guys have more hours on road racers than most of us have on bikes. The race is no strung-out affair. There is a great battle going on for third, fourth and ruth. 10 fact, Yvon DuHamel even has his 350 Kawasaki single up (Please turn to page 20) Don Emde is fast becoming a road race threat with a very strong third today. He also finished sixth at Pocono two weeks ago and third at Kent. This photo suggests Dan's smooth agressiveness.