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Ken Roberts streaked from the pole of the postponed lightwei ght feature a nd he aded an other WIn, 20-lap, 50-m ile dash to Victory Square. No t th at it would have m attered, bu t Harley-David son 's lon g-prom ised new 250 twins fail ed to m a t eri al i ze in sufficien t numbers to con test the even t an d Kawasaki . wh o co-sponsored th e Nation al. cu t the lightwe igh ts o u t o f their ra cing budge t. So th e st arting grid was like a Georgia swee t p o ta to p atch all Yarns. Following Rob ert s by abou t a second and a h alf was th e first priva teer, Ron Pierce, and some distan ce aft er Pierce cam e th ird place Jim Evans of Califo rn ia o n the Boston Cycles machine. and Washington's St eve Bak er in fourth. Back o f Baker the racing took place . with Gene Romero duelling Gary Fisher for fifth prize. Romero fough t up from a poor start to pl ace his fact ory Yamah a slightly ahead of Fisher's private job a t the finish after a fierce pass ing battle. Gary Nixon had s tarted in last p lace and stormed through half of the fiel d to challenge John Lo ng for eleve nth p lace by the thr ee-q uarter mar k when he sudden ly swerved off course o nto the pi t road . Nixon h ad missed a sh ift an d th e m o tor was m aking warning noises. so he wisely parked i t for the day. Wes Cooley, the first Junior, took te n th place with a skillful ride. Roberts, who says he always races a ll -out , so as not to lose his concen t ration, was yielding so me ground to Pie rce in the late laps. for his motor was overheating. But the troub le was not bad enough to cost him his first road race double. which has not been done in AMA racing since Gary Nixon won the lightweight and the National at Loudon last year. Results 2 5 0 JR/EX : 1. Ken Robert s ( Y a m ) . 2 . Ron Pierce (Yam) . 3 . J im Evans (Yam) . 4. Steve Baker (Yarn} , 5 . Gene Romero ( Y am ) . 6. Ready for a good swift kick in the can? New Klotz 40,1 concentrated oil comes in a 16 oz. zip-top can (we wonted you suds drinkers to feel at home) a nd mixes with five gollons of gas or a lcohol. And to lk o bout a kick! New Klotz 40' 1 helps de liver the some kind of extra powe r over ordinary oils Goodyear supplied sticky slicks. Gary Fisher (Yam). 7. Marty Lunde (Y a m ) . 8 . Mike C lar k e (Yam ), 9. Doug Teague (Yam ). 10. W es Cooley ( Y a m ) . And there's more . l.ors more . We'd like to send you our new new 16 page Klotz brochure . It has the full story on all of the Klotz·"Power To Go" prod ucts. ·We'li a lso send along 0 6" Klotz decal and 0 reprint of the DIRT BIKE" Mogoz ine oil test article . Just that you've come to expect from Klotz. And Klotz-power is a proven fact. (· See the test of 35 popu lar o ils in a recent issue of DIRT BIKE" Magazine.) New Klotz 40 ' 1 hos the other Klotz features too. Like no plug fouling. Minimol exhaust smoke. A clea ner eng ine. Easier starting. And superior film strength protection . send us your nome a nd address o long with 2se to cover postage o nd hond ling. If you include soe we'll send a ll of the a bove plus a Klotz sew-on potch. Deal er inquiries ore always we lcome: Klotz Special Formula Products, Inc. Bo x 1343, Dept. eN 34 Fr. W ayne, Indiana 46801 /J{/j(fJEPfIJfEIITOGO 50-Mile Junior Feature By Jack Mangus FLOWERY BRANCH. GA.,JUN . 2 Floridian Larry Bleil took over the lead after Pat Hennen retired on the twelfth lap of the twenty lap Road Atlanta Junior feature and went on to win with an eight second lead over Randy Cleek . Pat Hennen, winner o f the Daytona Junior race and mounted on a mag wheel equipped -Ro n Grant ~- EW KLOTZ 40:1 ~~oo~ro~~ ~nus @ PICK APAIR OF D~OO~OOOO~~~D CERIANI. . .ONE OF THE 'TRICK' SECRETS OF THE Steve (83 ) McLaughlin and Cliff (26 ) Carr quarrelled. This was the race of the day, Gary (9) Nixon and Gene (3) Romero . WORLD'S FINEST RIOERS. GENE ROMERO, WHO RECENTL Y SET A NEW ONE HOUR WORLO SPEEO RECORO, CREOITS MANY OF HIS RAC ING HONORS TO THE EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE OF CERIAN I FORKS. CERIANI FORKS AND SHOCKS, ALWAYS OF THE HIGHEST STANOAROS, ARE UNSURPASSED ! SMU~LER A com p lete t rav e l tr ail er designed to ca rry 5 bi ke s. JOURNEYMAN TRA ILERS I ()h~-1 M idwa y Aile .. Cer s rt o v. Col '1070 I r."'1319? -.1·23SQ COMPL..ETE MACH IN E R~PA IR SH O P AN D S.ERV IC~ . r-r:' ~,.,.- Deco'~Cycle fng/neerlng & Svpply 1 14 0 _.11. N . KR ..... E ...... ER ... "".......£ 1"-4. ·C A . 928 06 ( 7 14. 630 -5720 - 1 1