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Hodaka releases reactionary new 125 MX SPARKS WI S! Ascot Gold Medal Series: tst Ove rall Expert Riders Tom Roc kwood Tr iumph 750 2nd O ve ra ll Expe rt Riders Ed d ie Wirth T r iu mph 7 50 J ust when everybody had final ly s ha ken t he ir h e ads, d ec iding m (I urn fu lly tha t Hodakas j ust were n't co m petitive any more amidst the 125 race r explosion , Pabatco started leaking rumo rs of better things 10 co me ; the successor to th e Combat \\'o m bat was on its way . etc. Now we finally got a real b u nch of p ic t ur es after hear in g abo ut it fo r so long. Seeing is believi ng, afte r all. T he name of t he new all -out l\IX race r was a little disa p point ing. A ft e r "Super R at ," "Dir t Sq uirt" (wi th a cla m o n t he air filter h o x] , "Womb at ," a nd " C omb at Wom h at , " we expected so mething better than "S uper Combat." T ha t's lik e "new, improved Dredge, t he washday won de r. " The bike itself, th ough, does seem pretty nice perusing 46 3-0478 o r (2 Q9 ) 5 45 -0 298 . Box seats are $8 , Re serv ed sea ts a re $7 and general ad m issio n is $5 . • Baja Racing Assn gets Baja 1000 monopoly ~I EX I CA LI , BAJA CALIF ., J UNE 1 1 The office of Governor Mil ton Cas tella nos today designa ted the Asoc iacio n de Carreras d e Baja C al i f o rn i a ( Baja Ra cing Association ) t he sole p romo ter of the Baja 1000 off road race for th e rem ain d e r o f his term of o ffice which end s Xo vember 30. 197 6. BRA will con t in ue to pr o mote th e Lu ccrna 250 . the Baja 3 00, a nd the tw o Laguna Sa lada races, a lso , T he future o f the Baja 5 00 is less clear at the m oment but BRA has recommended th at it be assigned to S.C .O.R.E. Internatio nal. An announ cement of t he Governor's final decision should be made shortly. Ascot Gold Medal Series: l st O ver a ll Ju nio r Rid er s S k ip A ksla nd Ya maha TX7 50 2 nd O ve ra ll J u n io r Rid e rs Alex J o rge nse n Triumph Ascot Gold Medal Series: , 'st Overall No vice Rid e rs Da n McWhorter Yamaha 750 2nd O vera ll Novice Rid ers Elbe rt Turner Yam aha Join our growing list of w inners. Pick the perfo rmance plug. N IPPONDENSO of Los Angeles. Inc. 1815 An derson Ave . Compton Ca liforn ia 90220 (213) 639 ·3630 Tel ex 674082 .,U"-.",, '1 /25 M X ,.~. . . ~,... 1/75 M X 1/25 End uro 1/75 End uro Kolbe's has everything f o r yo ur CAN -AM needs. Parts - Large Parts I nvent ory Service - Ex perienced race mechan ics - MX & Desert specialists KOLBE CYCLE SALES KOLBE CYCLE SALES 22123 Ven tur a Blvd . Wood lan d Hills, CA 213 -348-7865 7514 Resed a BI ~d . Resed a, CA 213 -345-7616 STRONG D&S Motorcycle Carriers 10 1733 Hiawatha Dr _ Glendale. CA 91208 (21312 47 -2850 Dea ler In q u ir ies Invited the pics a nd sp ec shee ts , at least. Mak e up yo ur o wn name for it. It fe a tu res a dry we ight o f 19 2 lb ., a 56m m X 50mm m ot o r wh ich ge ts fu el through a 32 m m l\likun i an d a reed valve and sp its out e xha us t thro ugh a pipe th at will loo k very fa m iliar to a lot of 125 racers. at least aro un d SoCal. Igniti on is by ca pac i tive di scharge. fe nd ers are by pl ast ic, an d rim s are by mudless alloy. But it d o esn't (G asp !) have a ch ro m e tank . The bike is day-glo oran ge, Actually, the m o st inte re sting things on the bike co uld be the sh ocks, Will they work ? It says in th e pr ess release that y ou also ge t a ce n te r sta n d with handle fo r th e Hodak a, two mud n aps an d a com ple te to ol kit. What it do esn' t sa y is how much th is will co st. CMC's first mile coming soon The St ock ton, California, Fairgrounds all-new o ne-m ile track will be th e site o f th e Fir st Annual Na tional Miler Mot or cycl e Race o n Sunday,June 30 , 19 74. T he p ro fessional Cl\IC eve n t will be pr esent ed for th e first time by t h c St o ck Ion S cramblers Motorcycle Club with a n $8 ,0 00 purse fo r Pro Expert, Juni or and No vice ra cer s. T he large St o ckton oval is expec te d to t u rn o u t to be o ne o f t he fast e st mile ci rc ui ts in th c na t io n when p ractic e sta rts at 9 a.m . on Jun e :30 . T ime tr ials beg in at II a .m. Following the Expe rt and Junior time trials the 'N ov ice ra cer s wil l vie in qualifying h eat race s. The regular hea t ra ce s a rc slated to b egin a t 1: 3 0 p.rn , Topping off the exciting progra m of heat races a nd se m i-ma ins will be the bi g 25 -mil c Pr o In vi ta ti on race, piu ing' t he day's mos t accom p lis he d r id ers o ver th e !(rue ling 25-lap di st an ce fo r th e major shar e of the posted $8 ,0 00. 1\ d van ee sa le tic kets a rc a vaila b le f r 0 In th e St o c k to n S c r ambl er s l\l o tor cy cl e Cl ub, 843 E. Web e r, St o ckton, CA 95 202. T elep ho ne (209) BR A has m ad e a r ra nge m en ts to post a guaran teed pu rse o f $5 0 ,0 0 0 fo r the 1974 B aj a 1000 s chedu led for No vembe r 6. 7 an d 8. T h is will mark the fir st ti m e - th at a guran t ee d purse has been posted fo r t h is hi stori c race. It will be d ivided into th e vario us vehicle cla sses o n th e basis o f the perce n tage o f each class in th e race. It will be paid on the ni ght of Nov ember 8 . • 150T Qualifier points With five o f th e six ISOT Qualifiers co m ple te d, t he top six riders ar e Go ld medal winners from the Ameri can ISOT last fall. Carl Cranke and J ack Penton are tied for first wi th on ly 9 0 0 pen alty points and Bill Uh l almost makes it a three-way with only 9 0004 p oi nts. Others who aced the Massachussets International Six-D ays a re J a ke Fischer (28 th ) , Ed Schmidt (3 1st) an d Charles Vin cent (39 th). Th ey'lI have to h ustle in the last Qualifier. a t T ras k, Oreg on ( Bad Ro ck ) June 22 an d 23. The c u toff fo r the trip to th is year's IS DT in Camarino , Italy is 27th qual ifying position . Po . N am e 1. Ca r l Cra nke 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Jack Pent on B i ll Uh l Joe Bar ker Pa u l Da n ik M al c ol m S m i t h 7 . T o m Pen t o n M /C Se lect. Pt s. Pen Pen Ca n- A m 900 900 9 0 0 .4 P en Pen Hu s 9 19.43 97 5 . 59 97 8 . 3 7 P en 978. 52 8 . B e n Bower Hu s 9 . Dav e Ea mes 10. Dan You nq Hu s 98 4 .6 0 Pe n Pen Pen Hu s 99 0 .4 1 992 .12 992 . 19 993 .73 11. Dane L e i mba ch 12 . M ark Ad en t 13 . D ick Bu r leson 14 . Er ic J e nse n 9 8 1.88 Pe n 99 3 .9 0 15 . Jim H oll and er Ro k 99 4 .1 0 16. Do n Sto ve r Pe n 1 7 . Lar s L ar sso n KT M l B. R od Bu sh Pe n 99 4 . 3 7 1 00 5 . 67 100 6 .18 19 . Don C u tl e r oss 20 . Rob ert Ismer o t Su z 2 1 . K en M il a h s H us 22 . B ill F ri a n t Pe n 23 . D nug W i lfor d Pu c 2 4 . Jim F o g le Ro k H us 25 . J ohn Si tton 26 . Mike H annon Sui 2 7 . Ji m S i m m o ns Ro k MANU FA CTUR E R' S TE AM 1. Pen t o n Ea st 2. R o k o n 3 . Hu sk y East 4 . Ya n kee 5. Hu sk y West 6 . Pen t o n Wes t 7 . Pent o n So u t hwest 8 . Bultac o " A" 9 . Pen t o n So uth 10 . Pen ton Ce nt ra l 1 0 12 .61 1 01 3 .3 6 1 01 8 .17 1 0 2 5 .6 2 1 0 2 5 .98 102 7.1 5 10 28 .9 8 1030 .68 10 33.84 47 41 37 22 22 20 IS 12 10 6