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ACA Carlsbad Roadie By Art Friedman CARLSBAD, CAL., TERMS: 50% deposit with order. All orders shipped F.O.B. LonK Belich. frel.ht and baJance collect. $37.50 ocr. 7 Mostly because of exp.ense GP racing IS declining in Southern California road racing. But the fall of GP bikes has meant the rise of production racing, and today's race looked like it was going to be a humdinger. George Roche had spent the previous week calling every fast rider with an Open Production class ride in an effort to build a bigiield for today's ACA race at Carlsbad. He was successful in the best way. The super riders like Steve McLaughlin and Reg Pridmore didn't come, bu t abou t half a dozen riders who were capable of winning turned up wi th their hot street iron, anyone of them could win - although Roche would have to be picked as the favorite. Carlsbad scares a lot of riders away because it is bumpy, dirty, narrow, slippery. dangerous, and not at all glamo1:ous. But in spite of all its faults, Carlsbad is fun. It's particularly fun if you're into big heavy production bikes which are a unique sort of experience to wiggle, slide, wobble, and bounce through the back section of the course. The back section of the coUrse is capped by wheelie hill and a hairpin. Today the exit of hairpin was lined with drifted sand, an excuse to do some flashy fishtails as you got onto the straight. There were seven guys who could win the Open Production race when practice started. At the end of practice there were still seven guys but only four of their motorcycles still worked. Two of the remaining quartet came to grief during the heavyweight GP race which was a runaway win for Whitney Blakeslee (Kaw) on his trailbike turned road racer from Anza Cycles. He was harried for a little while by Lee Fleming who retired with muscle cramps left over from a recent crash at Riverside. Lee parked his Honda 750 after the GP tace and passed on the Production race. The GP race also saw Mike Parriot come up short of brakes on his Honda 750 and stack himself up in the comer of the guard rail in the first turn. He eventually walked away after the race was black.flagged. That left two riders and the big show was reduced to nothing. George Roche had an easy win from Blakeslee in the .Production race. It was Blakeslee's first ride on a big production bike, a 903 Kawasaki. "It reminds me of IT," said Whitney. Behind them Dick Kilgroe motored through the pack for the 500 win on a bike he put together just before practice (while he wasn't helping several other guys sort theirs out) to work up to third. Dale McCreary just missed the third spot but took the 350 victory. Wally Karpynec did better than anybody today. He took the win in the 250 and 350 junior GP classes, and I though t that he won the 2.50 Production class as well. But he must have had problems at the end because he's scored as fourth with Ronald White winning. Second in the 250 junior class was noted motocrosser Ray Topham, riding Whitney Blakeslee's Anza Cycle's Big Hom. Ray made only a fair start and had to work his way up to second in front of Harry Klinzmann. Mike Baeder managed his usual pair of wins in the 125 classes Uunior and Production) aboard his Yarnaha. john Holland was 100 . junior winner, holding down second place Ken Ruminer. Dennis Ruminer fjnish~d fourth but won the 100 Production class on the same Honda. The ACA's next race is at Carlsbad. It's going to be a bucks event with $300 available to winners. • HOT HATS HOT DOG $1.00 MONEY BACK IF NOT SATISFIED r------------P1ease print c1early------------.., ___Hot Hats @ $1.00 ea total_ _ --.FREE STICKlES which must be accompanied with I S.A.S.E. total Name _ _ Addres."-s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Zip, _ 1110w two to three weeks for our sometimes post office. Send check or money order to: L CYCLE NEWS STUFF P.O. 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