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TRIUMPH _ Gene Romero _ Don Castro _Tom Rockwood _Gary Nixon _ _ _ H-D Mert Lawill Mark Brelsford Cal Rayborn BSA _Jim Rice _ Dave Aldana _Dick Mann _Don Emde YAMAHA _ Chuck Palmgren _JimOdom _ Keith Mashburn _ Kenny Roberts SUZUKI _ Art Baumann _Ron Grant _ _ Also: Kel Carruthers (Vesco/Yam) Jody Nicholas (Norton) Enclosed, find $ Please send murals as indicated above @ 1.95 each, 3 for 5.00 . Add 50 cents for postage and handling per order. Calif. residents add 5% sales tax. Print Name . Address ......................•.......................................•........................................ City State and Zip ......•...................... COMPETITION GRAPHICS P.O. BOll 2127. Stanford, Calif. 94305 HOCKING SUPERB, ~ By Bill Spencer PORTLAND, ORE., Oct. 21, 1911 Novice Rick Hocking upended local favorite Mark Williams in the 25-lap feature indoor prelude to Evel Knievel's attempt at 14 cars and a new indoor record. He went away from the Coliseum with an extra $1000 while Knievel made the fantastic leap, but suffered a badly fractured wrist, while making the jump. The usual frantic efforts to make the necessary pre-race conditions acceptable were prevalent and with the aid of many San Francisco Bay A.rea riders the $5000 short track ran fairly smoothly. Although he appeared tired, Knievel was at his usual best, and captivated the 6000 fans with his great showmanship ability and then went on to perform his miraculous stunts on the 750 Harley·Davidson. He took many practice runs at the ramp checking out the tach and making sure all was weD. He had expressed some trepidations abou t fouled spark plugs earlier, but aD seemed weD on the throaty XR and with much aplomb and sucking in of breath, he bridged the gambit of 14 Fords plus some and landed on his front wheel. The terrific impact tore his hand off the bars with such force that fingers were broken and a fracture developed in the hand. He swerved to the right as he lost his grip and almost wen t in to a concrete wall but somehow saved it and disappeared outside into the dark parking lot only to reappear in thunderous applause after a lifetime of seconds when disaster seemed immediate. Despite the terrific pain etched in his face, he thanked the crowd for coming. He had been unable to jump the last time he was here because of an injury but he made sure that everbody knew that he was all right and that he had made the record setting jump. Before leaving for the hospital, he said that he would be back and he would jump the Snake Canyon sometime like next Labor Day. Setting up for the night's operations was somewhat hectic and without the assistance of the riders, it seemed doomed. Sonny Burres used his ability as a great National rider to help organize bodies to clear away hay bales and straw with the riders manning the brooms. In little less than an hour, tires were brought in to line the inside of the track and practice got underway near the 6 p.m. scheduled time. It took only a few laps by AI Kenyon, Bob Goodman and Mark Williams (41) was apparent favorite but Rick Hocki AI Ludwigson to put a little rubber on the smooth concrete and from there on, things ran weD. At least until the racing started. With 56 riders in attendance, the program would start with time trials. The 32 riders were qualified to heats and fast time went to the Fremont Novice, Rick Hocking. His time of9:51 was just :01 sees faster than the Triumph Cub of Williams' with Madison Square Garden Champ AI Kenyon in for third with a 9:1L Hocking started the first heat from the rear row after a slipping clutch inched he and a few other riders across the line. Dave Cliff led off with Hocking moving through the pack easily to second. Burres rode a Kawasaki into the hay bales when his compression release broke and he was eliminated for the night. While his qualifying time was not the best, he was looking good with a road racing tire on the rear. Hocking got by Cliff for the win with a good set up that makes the Bay Area riders so much better because of the San Jose and San Francisco indoor series. In the second heat, Williams had no trouble and Mike O'Brien, the Sacramento short track series champ, beat out some more Bay Area riders. AI Kenyon was moved to the back row with a bunch of other riders even though he wasn't cheating, but he was going fast enough that he needed a handicap. With only Pat Marinacci on the front row, there was not much difficulty in his winning although Kenyon did move up by the end of the six laps. The very shortness of the track made passing very difficult and unless you have had a little background in this type of racing it's pretty difficUlt for anyone to get by. In the Semi's, Kenyon beat out Hocking in one and Williams beat out Jim Crenshaw in the other. Williams posted the faster of the two and thereby had the pole. This combined with his trophy dash win over Hocking made him the obvious favorite for the Main. Shortly before the Main got under way. a comment was made considering his exhaust system. He had a megaphone mounted and many of the two stroke riders from California wondering what the deal was. When the referee made the' check, mechanics mowed that there was some sort of were