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••• Ed Shaver (No . 77) and Tom LaRue (No. 25) get t o the t o p of the hill in a dead heat. Both rid e 750 Triumphs, and both a re good! Hillclimb peak By Ann A Powell SU NN YMEAD , CAL., A PR . 2 1 'Hillclimb ing in Southern 125 entries peak season J I.'" is a year-around sport California, but with in today's race, th e is upon us. Today's race brought o ut mo re entries, mo re child ren and more w om en rid ers than have been seen a t anv oth er hillclimb in months. . FISHBACK Perh ap s o ne of th e reas ons the fiel d w as so large was that tod a y 's ra ce was a drag clim b , The hill is n ot so long n o r so steep as in a regular cl imb. It 's a good cha nc e for those new to th e sport to ge t up in th e world . And m an y new riders d id ju st that. Som e o f th e new en tries h ad tr o uble ge t ting off t he line fast eno ugh to really be co m p e ti tive, but m o s t m ade a fairly good sh owing. So me even m an aged to tak e h om e a tro p hy after t he ir first cl im b . Ot hers see med de term ined to com e ba ck fo r ano t he r try , an d de te rmi n a t io n is oft en th e edge th a t m akes a winne r. Th e bi g h an gup tod ay ca me righ t a t t he st a rting line. The tw o rid e rs face the hill and the starter snaps a r u bb e r b an d acro ss in fron t of th em . T h e n ew ru bber tub in g b eing used j us t wasn't good eno ug h , If it w as n 't he ld ligh tl y enough , it was so slo w th at it ofte n ca ug h t t he rid er as he head ed fo r t he hi ll. If it was held to o tight ly, it b ro k e. •\ fre r an h o u o r so o f m isst arts, th e ruhb er b and w as ab o nd o n ed in favor of. a p ai r of b urly arms be lo nging t o s tarte r : J im 5 1. George . Th er e w ere so m e fals e star ts a s the ride rs tried to an ticipate . t, George and get th a t fra ct io n o f a second j um p o n their o pp on ent, but the cr o wd lov ed it . x-tre Edge Qua lit y P,O , Bo x 5268 1 Hous to n, Tex as 77002 The ' Ho rn wasn 't handing o ut ea sy " o ve rs" today , and when you get off and push, that doesn 't co u n t! ~"t.~tJ~~\)~ ~ ~~fO ~ Learn how to tune bikes from the B,URAK TUNING SCHOOL for a profitable career or hobby. 1.~~ BURAK BYE-PRODUCTS 24 15170 Rayme r SI. • Van Nuys . CA (213) 780·1 768 SPECIAL OFFER I JIM DAVIS MOTOCROSS EQUIPMENT C ENTURION MOUTH ~UA ~O ... . . . ~ .'l S HOULDER P AD s .. .. .. S HIN "' NO KN EE ::;UA RO... . .. 1 ~. iiO DE LUXE CH ES T PR OTECT OR . ... IG. ': 5 CH ILDR EN 'S SH OULDER PADS ... CHILDREN 'S MOUTH :::.U ARO ... .. CH ILDRE N 'S S H I N AND KNEE .. .. YOU TH ELBOW ':OUAR OS .. .. 11,9 5 .1.35 19,25 11.S'j 1 ,9"; BILL JONES MO TOSPORT BO X 14l. NOR TH ...O LLYWOOO CALIF" Qlf.o l Girl s who en te r hilJclimbs truly fit the term " Po w d er Pu ffs " in o ne sense o f the w ord . All. fro m lit tl e Becky Mat hison who is o n ly sev en years ol d , to A lice lIudnall, wh o is safely over 21, look like th e y w ould be m ore a t hom e with a powder puff than with a motorcycle. But looks ca n be decieving! These Rirls are all good com pe ti to rs, an d they ride as well as an y of th eir m ale co u n te rpa r ts , One new nam e that see m s to be cro p p ing up regu la rly at the tro p hy p resentation s at De A nza is William Nue sse, Bill rides a 400cc S uz u ki and he is walki ng aw ay wi th an arm fu l o f b rass afte r ea ch cli m b. He took a seco nd in bot h th e 400 st oc k and m odified classes, j umped to the 450 m od ifie d class an d too k h om e th e firs t p lace troph y th e re. May 12, the climbers wi ll return t o o ne o f th e regu lar hi lls a t DeAn za, an d then in J u ne, it w ill he ba ck to the drag h illcl imb. • Cracking the mountain spirit By Ann A Powell ORA NGE, CAL., A PR. 28 The hill pu t on a stem race to day. It wasn't until Clyde Peterson on a 500ee Yamaha ca me to th e line tha t the m ou n tain was fina lly co n q ue red . Hy th e end of the firs t ro und of co m pe titio n , 95 riders had m ad e the try b ut on ly five co u ld top the ' Hom. As th ough the m ou ntain's sp iri t had been crac ked , th e se con d ro u nd o f cli mbs b ecame a bit easier. This ti me DOUR lI all, o n a highl y m odi fied , fue l burning Bulta co 2 50, m ad e it over th e top . Hal l' s w as th e sm allest bike t o go o ver a ll d ay , a n d his vic tory w as sh ort , lived . As he to pped the H orn h is b ik e flipped away , and Hall to ok a nasty fa ll. A bad ly bruised shoulde r p u t an end to his co m p et ition , b ut he had cl in ched a fir st in 25 0 Modified as we ll as a sec o n d in 36 0 Modi fied. An in teresting sid e lillh t in today's clim b w as t, e fa c t th at m an y of th e b igger b ik es had co n ve r ted from n itro bac k to gaso line, T he co nversio n s origi na lly ca me w ith th e fuel shortage w h ich put th e c o s t o f ni t ro a t 3.0 all ti me high and m ad e i t e ven m or e d ifficu lt to.oht ain th an litasoline . , •