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Who Knows What Evil Lurles... Wha' FaLLaw FOLLOW THE SIMPLE CIAECTIONS DIAECTlaNS Buy a six speed Puch. Follow the break-in instructions. Practice as often as possible. Enter as many motocross and cross country events as you can. Exercise regularly. Watch your diet. Get enough sleep. Study the style of top riders. Push your Puch to the limits of your riding ability - and don't worry about it standing up. don 't Vary the races to your taste. Enjoy a gratifying number of trophies. By Buzz Baty Bu zz Ba ty E L TO RO. CA L ., Nov. EL TORO, CAL.,Nov. 19, 1971 - What 197 1 Wh a t lu rks evil lurks in the heat of man? Only the m an ? Shadow knows. Even the Shadow could Ev en not have known the diabolical m in d of h ave kn own th e d iabo lical mind Bob Maynard and the eveil scheme he an d th e sc heme h e h ad in m ind, wh en h e had in mind, when he laid out the new the motocross m o to cr oss course for fo r EI El Toro T oro Speed way . Speedway. Many of the El Toro regulars h ad the re gula rs had cou rse wired, finishing high up or course fi nis hing h igh u p winning week after wee k. w innin g week. With his de vilish mind in h igh gear, h is devilish m ind high Bo b , w it h L ew Stoltz driving th e Bob, with Lew Stol tz drivin g the trac to r, provided the ''crossers with a tractor, th e cr ossers w.ith n ew course. new cou rse . And what a course! course! Firs t th ey brought more th e actio n First they b ro u gh t m ore the action in t o in field tu rns into the infield with more turns and loops, and then the first surprise. Go lo ops, a n d su rprise. over the infteld ju m p 90 degrees to what ove r th e in fiel d jump 9 0 had b een n orm a l, n ow instead of a h ad been normal, now gen tle slo p ing gentle sloping rise, and la n d in g a rea, a n d landing area, h er e' s a jump that has a near vertica l th at has near vertical here's front incline, a flat across th e top of fiat acro ss the to p about eight to ten feet, and a near abou t eigh t t o a nd n ear vertical drop on the other side, when vertic al on wh en bike and rid er descended, th ere were a a nd rider whole lot of th um p in ' goin'' on. lo t thump~' goi n Away from the jump , a short straight, fr o m jump, sh ort stra igh t, li ttle jump, fe w more a little ju mp , a few m o re turns, and then a n d th en up the big ramp onto the hill, and the th e b ig o n to th e h ill, a n d th e righ t h an d curve, on th e 45 degree side right hand cu rve , o n the d egr ee of the hill, and down into the gully at of h ill, an d d own in to th e at the edge the edge of the wooded area. Know w h y the Kn o w why th a t w oo d ed area is there, why it's so th er e, w hy it 's so that wooded ar ea green and lush, don't ask, let me tell ya. d on' t m e te ll Ther e is a natural river bottom down There n at u ral river d own there. Ma ynard ran the course across the th ere. Maynard co u rse th e natural p ath of th e river.. What jo y na tura l path o f the rive r Wh at joy what delight - what sheer ecstasy he wha t d elight he displayed as he watc h ed the result of his h e watched th e h is h andiwork. handiwork. By the end of the ftrst t he first round of motos, 29 scooters, 114 b o ots, ro u nd m o to s, sco o te rs, 11 4 boots, and all tempers h ad been lost forever.. I al l te m pers had b een los t fo re ver spent a bit of time in the Navy but 1 b it I le arned some b ra n d new words. reamed brand w o rd s. Tore Jonsson was li ke a kid with a J on sson wa s like new toy, and wants the Devil's Pit left new th e D evil 's Pit ju st like it is. Said it w as ju st like just Sai d it was just Europe. Eu rope. Bruce Baron pulled off a d ouble wi n , o ff double win, ridin g his Rickmans 250 and 500 riding R ic kma ns 1n t /Exp ., a to tal of ftve ftrsts and one five firs ts a n d one int/Exp., total secon d. He h ad p robl em s w ith t he m ud second. H e had problems with the mud hole in practic e, so after getting through h ole practice, so ge tti ng the p it in the first 250 moto,, he found pit m o t o h e f o und high and dry gro u n d up along th e h igh a n d d ry ground al ong the outsid e of the crasb wall. His only loss outside o f crash wa ll. o n ly was to Tore Jonsson in the third 500 w as T ore J on sso n th e th ir d moto. mota. Th e mu d h ol e t o tal disaster for The mud hole was a total d isast e r fo r Ch uck Bowers, h e ju st couldn't seem t o Chuck he just c ou ld n ' t see m to fin d thro u gh wit h out ge tting find a way through without getting stuck. First time in w eeks he didn't even Fi rst weeks h e d id n 't eve n p lace place in the 125 Int/Exp.. cl ass. 12 5 In t/ E xp class. all planning o n ri d ing EI F or a ll you p lanning on riding El T oro next Frid ay night, b e sure and seal Toro n ext Friday be su re a n d sea l up those engines and wa terpro of that th ose engi nes an d waterproof th at ignition system. ign iti on sy st e m . (Results on page 32) on Six speed tr ansmission transmission Ceriani forks Ceri ani Choice o f Choi ce of 17 hp 125cc or 21.5 hp 175cc engine Massive cylinder, f ins, greater cooling cy linder , fins, and sunburst head for greater coo lin g elect roni c Factory-tuned expansion chambe r Bosch electronic Factor y -t uned exp ansion chamber ignition Lightweight Lightwe ight duplex downtube frame fram e Gi rl Girling shocks shock s 21 inch fr ont wheel , 18 in ch rear w heel, 21 front wheel, inch wheel, Met zeler kn obbies Metzeler knobbies PUCH DISTRIBUTING 9825 MASON AVE . 9825 AVE. CA CHATSWORTH, CA.. 91311 DEALER INQUIRIES IN QUI RI ES INVI TED INVITED WHAT IS THE FASTEST WAY FROM CALIFORNIA TO ARIZONA111 Good old fashioned mud. Chuck Bower wasn't j um ping for j oy because of it, however. fa shioned Ch u ck jumping f or joy b ecause it , h ow ever. ,: lIii!iitOt:..iC"#''''¥I'ii'''' " . f; "'""'~: ••• .r- '" ~ ~ Bultaco Expert a Bi"'aco Pursang with 250 Exper' wi';' Pfutzenreu.ter rirlingl! Larry Pfu'zenreu.'er riding" The Checkers M.C. 21st Annual Check Chase was a tough , 145-mile Hare & Hound. Some tough, \-fare & of the roughest country that the Southern California desert has to offer was challenged ch allenged by all of the top competition riders that fight to win over sand and rocks and water hazards. ove r a nd wat er "Pfutz" took on all comers,, including the co mers inclu d ing terrain, and won 1st Overall with a good lead, wit h in spite of a spill in one of the worst spots in sp ill t he the tough course. dealer. write See your local dealer, or write:: Bultaco .Services Services Box P.O. Box 433 Silverado, California 92676 Silverado. Tore Jonsson said it reminded him of home. T ore M '" '" '" 0.. :;; ~ ""'" g ~ z ~ w Z W .J ...J u· (J. >(J o