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October 2, 1973
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By Art Friedman
Seems to me Yamaha is going
to win Ontario. The man I pick to
do it is Kel Carruthers. Here's
why. Kel has an outstanding
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record in long races. At the first Ontario
National in 1971, Kd lost the race by
about six inches to John Cooper. Last
year he won the .first heat and was
holding on to the second when his
engine broke. Kel's engines don't break
very often. This year he finished a
strong second at the end of Daytona's
200 miles, and, measured the pace
perfectly at Talladega where he finished
1D'St after 150 miles. If you make the
race long enough, give him a TZ-350 to
tune, and tum him loose, Kd is hard to
beat. He knows Ontario and is overdue
to win it.
Two other riders who are overdue to
win the Champion Spark Plug
Motorcycle Classic are Gary Nixon and
Yvon DuHamel. The 1971 250 miler
was highlighted by their first heat
battle, a battle that ended in the second
heat when they both crashed in the
famous turn nine oil slick that so
dramatically changed that race. Then in
1972 they again both led the race. Yvon
had one of those weekends, crashing in
his qualifying heat on the first lap after
he had already pulled an enormous lead.
He crashed again in the first heat while
in front. Nixon led for a while but
dOp~" when his bike busted a gut. The
reason that Gary and Yvon don't have
the chance that Carruthers has to win
the race is that it's too long. They have
Carruthers will finally win Ontario:
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