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Cross-Country Motorcycle Race .May 26, 1974 I\. fol' old Rusqval'nas AMBUSB300 By Jim Gianatsis $10,050:00 Guaranteed Purse 3 classes: 125cc-250cc-O pen (M ass start by cl ass) ~ 6x40-5 0 mile loops Course open for pra ct ice Saturd ay May 4th . Maps will be available at that time . A draw ing for starting pos itions will be held on Friday, May 3rd at 8 p.m. at Pop 's Oasis, Jean, Nevada. Je an is locat ed 22 mi. sout h of Las Vegas on 1-15. All ent ries received by the d rawing will partic ipate in the dr aw ing. Entries received af te r AMBU SH 300 - - - - - - OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM RIDER ' _ _ CITY , _ ZIP CO- RID ER I ONLY TW ( 2) RI DERS PER BIKE: O ENTRANT , 'ODRESS , STAn: the dr awing will be assigned the next available star t ing number. Ent ry fee : $125 .00 plus $10.00 insurance fee. Ent ries received after Friday , May 24th will b e charged a post entry fee of $150.00 . Sign-up & motorcycle inspect ion : Satu rday, May 25th , 11 a.m ., t ill 10 p.rn . (All riders must sign in & presen t thei r machines for inspection at thi s t ime.) CITY ZIP STATE m ean much in the Ligh t Brigade char ge s to th e fir st turn at every ra ce I wen t to and foun d m y sel f in the b ack of the p ac k . By th e en d o f the moto I had usuall y w orked m y way up to th e middle of th e pack, but th en I began to think th at it su re would be a whole lot ea sie r t o sta r t th e rac e o u t in fro nt and the n le t all the h ot sh oe s pass me until I was back in t he p a ck w here I be lo nged . I t wa s ti me t o m ak e so m e c h an ges t o the engine . T he firs t thi ng th a t had to go was the co uld be m otocr ossed regu larly, r u n I nan occassio na I har e scra mble , and serve d ual purpose as a pract ice and play bike with m in im al m aint en ance. The H usk y was t he o n ly European b uil t b ik e wh ich I fel t would fit th os e req uir ements and w as ava ilab le at th e time. It w asn ' t e xac tly th e fastest bike in its class fo r m ot ocross. but I felt its ha nd lin g would m ake up fo r any defi cien cie s there. - A s it turned out. handli ng didn't _ 'ODRESS, _ CI'lY, _ STATE , ZIP. SPONSDRS:, ADDRESS It's hard to find a 250 Husky owner that doesn't love his bike. When I bought my 250 CR last summer, I wanted a 250 that _ _ sho~ TOP SUR FACE OF CYLI NDER Mo torcycle Information : A biography on the riders for publici ty use will be a ppreciated . AAK£ Send c:ompleted ent:ry blank a long wi th the MOOEL S12S .00 entry fee to : OISPLACEMENT I e . , l;:;wav here QA.SIS RACING ASSOCIA TIa-: J EAN, NEVADA 890 19 m'ake port J\. eXh~~: UNI OJ E VE!iIct.E INFORMATION: For f urt he r lnfonnation c a ll : Walt Le tt (702) 8 76- 129<1 385-2313 TOP VIEW CARNEGIE CYCLE PARK may 5 250cc AND OPEN CL ASS. FIRST RA CE-1 :00 P.M. Carnegie Cycle Park Livermore, California TWO 30-MINUTE MOT OS FOR EAC H CLA$S c- TRANS-AMA aad INTER - 4M4 c QUALIFIER 11800 · U S P R E. c 0 1,nge, po rt - - ---- inta ke port d et ail ... H odaka Motorcycles Monte SI ""~I 1J1~ .. ~...... ... f1 f:Ji':na ' " ~ ~ M e' ~~;~: Sp o rt 16 GUY R . LO UIS Cycle (714) 893·7 057 7219 Westm inster Ave.• Westminster . Ca. CMC SANCTION WITH THE BEST P.O . BO X 140 2 COSTA MESA . CA . 92626 DD O exhaust port transfer por t StDE VIEW