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Another Ken Roberts Cryptically carrying Ken Roberts' old nu mber 80 , 14-year old Randy Mamola of Santa Clara, California is the newest and youngest member of the official Yamaha fac tory team . T he choice of number is no accident. Randy was d iscovered and signe d by J im Doyle, Ro berts ' par tn er Imanager . T o Distri ct 36 dirt track fans, Randy Mam ola is already a fa miliar name. Si nce he first entered Y-AMA competition at age 12, he has won 14 of 15 races at Fremont and taken the High Point Series at Oakland, as well. Aside from his riding, th e Buckser High freshman is in to unicycles and playing the drums . On top of all that, he 's got a galaxy of fre ckles. • It's in the air. You can feel it. and performance to take on the bigBike season is just around the corne r. gest member of the family . And the In fact, maybe you and your family handling and shifting ease desig ned have already sig hted the first for the smallest t en-year-old to master. Now is the time to set your bikes on the trail. ~::QIsights on a new 1974 If you're lucky, you Chaparral. 'Cause may have sighted a Chaparral. when you're on a ChapIt's the bike that came from arral, you 're onto somenow here la st year a nd thing good. proved it s elf in the' YA.M.A. co m pe ti tion. And we have a limited n umber of street and t!hapa"a/ ~ trail edition s of this M otorcycl es ' Bicycl es You're onto somethi ng good. bike that has the power AMA tobacco series WINS TO N -S A L E~I , N.C. In a joint statement issued May 17, Ralph Seagraves, Manager of Spe cial Events for R.J. Reynold s To ba cco Company and Ed Youngblood, Gen eral Man ager of t he AMA announced plans fo r th e $ 15,000 Camel Pro Series. A Camel Filters point fund of $15,000 will be offered for th e top 10 finishers in the Series , which consists of three mid -summer events on the AMA Grand National Championship trail. Races selected from the 23-event Grand Natio nal circuit include the Kawasa ki Superbike Internatio nal at Laguna Seca Racew ay ne ar Mon ter ey , CA, July 28; t he San ta Fe Speedway Shor t Track Natio nal near Ch icago, IL, Au gus t 9 , and th e Half-Mile Nat io na l Championship at V i go C ounty Fai rgro un ds, Terre Hau te, IN, A ugus t 11. Thus, the Camel Pro Series features different elements of Grand Na ti ona l C hampionship racing, incl udi ng an international r oad race, a n ight short trac k and a half-mil e di rt tr ack , giving all th e AMA's champi ons hip rid ers an oppo rtu nity to collect fr o m the $15 ,000 fund. Distribution of Camel Filters mo ney will be d etermined by the AMA Gr and National Cham pionship poin ts earned by the riders in th e Laguna Seca , San ta Fe and Terre Haute events. A M A P u b Ii ci ty Direct o r Dave Desp ai n co m me nts, "The Cam el Pro eries is a wel come ad dition to the m o st ucrative Grand National Champion shi p ries in AMA histo ry. With $ 15,000 in arnel Filte rs cash o n t he line fo r th e ide rs in th ese three events. we can ticipate so me terrific com pe ti tion for the to p 10 Cam el Pro Series spots. " Lai rd Garin, Team Manager fo r the el Pro Series, explained th at the ree-race Series is "a resu lt of a joint ffo rt between th e AMA and Camel ilt er cigarettes to create a meaningful mpac t o n th e sport of mo tor cy cling. The Seri es also e nab les us to reach th e ction-orien ted fans wh o p ar ticipa te in d foll ow pro fessional m o torcycl e acing - a large group of people who epresent an important mar ket for el Fil ter cigarettes." • .~ WARDS RIVERSIDE MOJAVE IS, Benelll) PARILLA CAPRIOLO MV AGUSTA 250 SIANCHI CAPRI SCOOTERS BOSCO Sp ecialties CJ BARS Cycle PARTS W orld's large invento" sl for lil lianmotorc, cles Rebuill Engine Exchanges 8209 Secura Way Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 (213') 69 8-1680 COSMOroU TAMMaTau. BIC. Hatb or o . Pa . 190 40 can-am Sal~s:~~ice 1244 No . Gaffey Sr., San Pedro CA 90731 21 3-647-2203 ,.. r,''''~ "·:1:1• .••1.": \~"'.j j competit ion service, inc. -?- P O Bo .". .. . CVPf ' . CA 906JO " 171 aU ·1421 41 COMPET ITION MOT ORC YCLE WHEELS DESI GNED . BUlL T 'AN D REPAI R ED . S END SQ¢FOR C ATAL OG ! STRONG D&S Motorcycl. Carrl.,.. 1733 Hiawatha Dr , Glendale, CA 91208 (2 131 247 -2850 Dea ler Inquiries Invit ed ~~TUNER ~~UST 1032 W. BROOKS 51: ONTARK).C A 9176 2 ' 714 98 3-58 7 1 5