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·-------~---~-~-~-------~~-~-~-- Draggin' On Up -:ll t ... ... N • - ! ~ w Z w .... (J > (J Funny looking motorcycle, you say? Well, yes it it. It says "Action Fours" on the side and has a Honda 750 engine. But where is the disc brake? The front forks show a rather extreme rake and feature two front tires (All the rage among the chopper freaks this year we understand), Notice that the machine has both a sissy bar (right behind the rider's head) and a rather bizarre luggage rack. The official likes it, he's whistling. Perhaps you lie awake nights wondering what the editors of big important moty-sikle magazines do in their spare time. Well, Clarence Neilson (known to his friends and-readers as Cook), the editor or "Cyde" magazine whiles away the hours burning up the drag strip. Zoom. Cook is a Buy-American freak when it comes to motorcycles, but his shoes look Italian. How does it handle in the comers? Sunday, September 10, at Fremont Raceway, the nation's top motorcycle dragsters will gather for the Bay Area's first Fuel and Gas Drag Bike Championships. On hand will be the nation's fastest and quickest fuel drag bike owned by Boris Murray. Murray h'as hit 174 plus mph, taking just 8.83 seconds to travel down the quarter mile. Other fuel bikes expected are the big inch Harley Davidson of Dave Campos, Sonny Raslowski and his 108 cubic inch H-D, with Ralph Muldoon debuting his new twin engine fuel Honda 4. The' gas class will feature Bill Hahne and the Action Fours record-holding "2X4" Honda. Ron Teason and Bill Bernard will run their twin motored Honda uBill's Buzz Saw". All AHRA National Bike records will be open and, in fact, most will fall. From AA/FB to the lowest stock class, everybody is welcome. The Fremont bike is legendary and all the bikes will be dialed in to kill. Sluuing the ticket will be the jumping team of Davis and Blackwell. Many jumpers clajrn to have the u1timat~ jump record. However, Davis and Blackwell jump from opposite sides and cross in mid-air! Sunday, September 10, Fremont Raceway presents the Bay Area's first Fuel and Gas Drag Bike Championships. Gates open at 9:00 a.m.; eliminations begin at 1:00 p.m. Tickets are $3 on the spectator side with children under twelve free when accompanied by an adult, $5 on the pit side with children under twelve $2. TWO MAJOR MOTORCYCLE EVENTS TO BE TELEVISED Russell March, Executive Director of the American Motorcycle Association, has announced that television rights have been granted to ABC for two major motorcycle events on the AMA fall calendar. On September 24, 1972, the 20 lap half mile dirt t rae k National Championship to be run at Ascot Park in Gardena, California will be taped by ABC for viewing on Wide World of Sports at a later date. The event, originally scheduled for Saturday night September 23, has been moved to Sunday afternoon, September /' 24, with a purse increased by over 30% as a result of the television sale. AMA championship riders who had planned to race for SlO,OOO in cash plus contingencies now-will be competing for Sl3,600 plus contingencies. Also, ABC has contracted to film the Trans-AMA international motocross to be held at Carlsbad, California on' November 5. The event, authorized by th e Fed eration Internationale Motocycliste as the U.S. 500cc Grand Prix, will be attended by F.rM. delegates and championship riders from more than 10 nations. National motocross champions from England, France, Italy and the United States will be in competition for the more than $16,000 in cash plus contingencies. The race will be viewed at a later date on ABC's Wide World of Sports. ATTE TI DEA E IF YOU'RE NOT SELLING ,CYC"E NEWS GET WITH IT * First with News * First with Fact * First with Profit 'You make ·14¢ on every copy sold. Plus you haye full return privileges. The profit maker that cost you nothing. Minimum order is ten copies, and we pay shipping (via 2nd Class mail). Your customers will come back for every issue of CYCLE NEWS. Each and every issue is filled with News of happenings in the two-wheeled sport. Motorcycles from mini to monster, coverage of competition 'events, all the AMA National Championships, local sportsmen events, local fun runs, tests of fact, new products, legislation,want ads, and a voice for, readers. This is CYCLE NEWS. ~---~-----------------~Okay, what can I lose. S~art my store seiling CYCLE NEWS with the next Issue. I understand you will bill me monthly and I have full ret..n privileges on unsold papers, by returning the price tag with my check for the balance. o o o Cycle News East Cycle News Dixie Cycle News West , (Check one, two, or all three} I wish to receive copies of: Send CYCLE NEWS to: Name of store '~ DIXIE / .......~\ , , Address City _ State _ Zip .J National and Regional Coverage _ Authorized by _ ...:..- _