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SALES SERVICE 'We1dinr Porting Accessoriee; Record-breaking action was the order of the day as 13 National marks feU by the wayside when Atco Dragway hosted the AMDRA/Supercycle Magazine Champs. Most noteworthy were the AA/F record biased by Larry Welch on Routt's Double Triumph to a fantastic 8.81. Also, the B/A Sportster of Libby, Christenson and Hornstein recording a 10.87 blast to enter the books; the Chiaccio Motors-sponsored Honda CIA record by Tony Mazziotto recording a 10.9S and, also from Chiaccio's shop, John Trezona popped the E/A record down to an 1l.92. Ron Wade with his 350 Honda smashed the G/A record to an amazing 12.90 at 102 mph; Steve Parker lowered his CC/SS record to a 12.66 on a Harley and Mike Garmer on the D&A Kawasaki 500 set the B/S mark at 12.50. Supercharged eliminator action in the Top Fuel category found AI Charlier on his big inch Sportster put away Ed Smalley's double BSA in round 1 and Dic.k Prime on his Murray-Framed Sportster in round 2. Prime advanced to the second when Dennis Baldwin's Tri/Beeza broke a primary chain on the starting motors. AMDRA National 10, Ray Price, qualified his stock-appearing Harley 'fuel funny bike' but lost to Mike McLaughlin's 9.66 charge in the first round. Ray's North Carolina street "sleeper" appears to be the advent of a new breed of drag racing motorcycles. Built to look like any other stock or slightly modified street bike,' the machine carries a heart of thunder in it's 90" Johnson High Perfonnance-prepared 'killer' engine. Initial runs with the newly installed two-speed saw times approaching the high.. nine-second bracket with a smoke screen a quarter of a mile long. Larry Welch on Routt's Double Triumph posted a 9.06 solo in round one and devastated McLaughlin with an 8.87 charge in the second to set the stage for the finals. Meanwhile, frantic action in the Top Gas category saw low qualifier Bob Mauriello redlight in the second round to lose to Mark Davis, who had soundly trounced Bob Bozer in -round one competition with a 10.03 - 138.88. Eastern Drag's Chuck Henderson got the best of Chet Stupcenski as Chet's double Triumph experienced problems on the line and Sonny Routt put away Mike Fedy k in round one and an ailing Henderson in the second pairing with a 10.20. Junior Gas Eliminator saw Dick Stone down the tube in the flfSt round and the supercharged BSA of Mike Boros face off against Jim Mullis on the Honda of Raleigh C/O. Mullis posted a winning time of 11.18 - 122 mph to snatch the victory as Boros recorded an 11.93 losing effort. AMDRA National 3 Bill Smith once again showed the way to the winner's circle in the Junior Fuel category as he blasted Tom Rhodes in the semi and paired up with Sonny Routt on his "little" bike for the final go. Smitty's 10.25 - 141.68 was more than enough to coUect the Jr. Fuel gold. The hotly-contested Competition Eliminator bracket found Record Holder, Tony Mazziotto, defeated by teammate John Trezona in the semi·final round,_but Trezona could not hold off the final round charge of Bob Libby as he piloted the Christenson/Hornstein B/A Sportster record holder to a victory of 11.00 seconds. "Mr. Clean" in his white Bates leathers and matching white boots, Mike Gartner, showed the way bome once again in the Street Eliminator categoy on his Kawasaki Mach Ill. The stage was set" for the final iun-offs in Top Gas and Top FueL Sonny Routt once again showed his professionalism when he faced off against Mark Davis in the final. Mark's big inch Sportsler recorded a 10.18 at 139 mph only to lose to Routt's slower 10.21 131, as Routt's Double Triumph put a tremendous hole shot on the Sportster and held it off for 1320 feet. Routt's teammate, Larry Welch, now had to face Al Charlier's big inch rat motor Harley. Charlie was somewhat the underdog as his 9.3 early-round runs were off the eight-second pace set down by Welch. When the green came on, Welch blasted the Double Triumph off the line and Al Charlier went up in smoke. Charlier's 9.67 - 154 pass was not nearly enough to hold off the tremendous record-breaking ch arge of AMDRA National No.2. The winning time, and one of the quickest every run, a fantastic 8.81, carried Welch to the win and one step closer to the National No.1 spot. 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