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o : lL N ..... '" with his bike almost from the start, but somehow be ~ag<:d to cope with every problem, though steadily losing poin.ts. Then, on the fifth day, he coUided with a spectator on a motorscooter and ricbocheted off into a parked car, injuring his leg rather badly. The morning of the sixth day he started off in the cold drenching rain with his leg so sore he could barely stand and his engine intermittendy running on one cylinder. Going up a stee rocky bill at ..... u o ~ w Z W ..J o > o :l . " f Tom Clark and Tom Heininger in a brief pause for refreshment. They're still smiling. the start, he killed the engine and was unable to restart it with his bad leg so he coasted back to the start and managed to get it going at the bottom. Considerably weakened by the effort but determined to finish, he endo.ed the machine not long after and pinned his bad leg under the bike. Unable to move, he had to wait until some spectators came along to release him. This earned him a trip to the hospital where his leg was treated. He was released later in the day. Thus ended the Yankee [SOT saga, probably for all time. Rumor has it that a new single cylinder Yankee is in prospect, which should help somewhat. THE CLUBS From the two club teams the U.S. entered we had only one finisher, Gene Cannady, riding for an invention called the Rough Riders' Club. That Gene was riding on a club team at all is one of the sorriest commen ts possible on the AMA's handling of the selection of riders, but that's another story. Cannady posted a great performance up until the sixth day, running ninth in his class of 76 riders. On the sixth day, ne_ had trouble starting his bike at the road race and dropped a bundle of bonus points but still managed to get a gold. His teammates were Steve Hurd, also on a Penton and Joe Carson on a Man tesa. Both were out the first day, Steve with magneto failure and Joe with gearbox failure. The Razorback Enduro Club consisted of Dave Mungenast, Leroy After being shuttled from team to team and from Jawa to Penton, Gene Cannady managed to cop a Gold meal. On the "motocross" special test. Chledba IMZI from Poland leads Chaligne lOss) of France, But it doesn't matter who gets there first, it's a timed run of who gets there fastest. -, . "".JieIO ~-;.::dry. I:IlI requires a .... 41·~"::=::~iiii • -mnum.....,.....·ooevery I1lll. The '11lermo-Chem Special~ with an engine prepared by Jandebeur's of Tulsa, was able to beat the heat of Bonneville with Thermo-Chem's new, revolutionary engine oil cooler ... CYCLE COOLERS~ Under the most grueling conditions, oil temperatures were gauged at 175 0 - much lower than normal operating temperatures. The CYCLE COOLERS' are based on the same cooler design as those used by the over-all winners of the Baja 500 and Mint 400. Buy a winner ... buy CYCLE COOLERS~ The engine oil of the "Thermo-'Chem Special" was kept cool with the new CYCLE COOLERS* 'T M Apploed For See your nearest dealer or write P.O. THeRMO-CHeM CORP. J¥x 4,5504' I.Tul¥.'Okla/loma /918 663-5151