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Hoooeee! The d ust! Bouncing Bob a nd t he 750's do t heir thi ng before a cap ac ity crowd .
in stock
Open.Sundays
1010 W. Chapman, Orange,
L.
Canadian half mile
on a limestone track
VANCOUVER, B.C.•JUNE 16
With sixty 750cc riders and
Iourty-seven 360cc riders along
with a crowd of 5000 spectators
jamming the Surrey Fairgrounds
the First Annual Championship
Half Mile Flat Track was the
biggest motorcycle event held in
British Columbia. The large crowd
strained the facilities at the fairgrounds
and next year some expansion will be
necessary.
As this event is the first held on this
track and our crew not being used to
handling a limestone surface the racing
lagged a little at times in an attempt at
keeping the dust and surface under
control. Eventually the rutted surface
injured two riders, one with a broken
nose and concussion and J ohn Marinacci
of Seattle with a badly lacerated face
and broken shoulder.
The 75 Occ ride rs were the ones the
cro w d had co me to see and they weren't
disappo in te d as 60 rid ers ba t tl ed it o ut
o n t he ru tted track, With riders coming
thro ugh t he co m ers th ree abreast and
spraying 30 foot rooster tails of dirt. the
crowd was kept on their feet with the
exci te me nt that the big mo tors
generate. Wit h a loose surface and 80
horsepower on tap it makes fo r some
wi ld sliding action in the comers.
Pat Marinacci of Seattle took ' t he
750cc conciliation races with a flag to
flag ride and Jim Hurschback of Salem,
Oregon too k the 750 Trophy Dash in a
fine ride.
With six national number riders sitting on the line for the 15 lap Main
event anything could happen . Randy
Skiver (H-D) of Everett jumped into an
early lead with Mike Elder (Tri) running
on top of Skiver's back wheel for
second. Running at 120 MPH is very
tiring and at the checkered flag Skiver
faded to a third with Mike E lder taking
first and Mark Williams second.
Kim Maier of Ca lgary, Canada's on ly
motorcycle jumper, managed to make
his two jumps, even though he was
suffering a few injuries after missing a
13 car jump in Eugene. Oregon. With his
ramps spread out for his first jump of
12 cars, Kim cleared easily, jarring his
injured back again. The ramps were
pushed out and away he went again
except as his front wheel touched the
take off ramp it broke right through.
Kim . managed to keep control of his
mo torcycle al though it threw him off
How'bout that, Mike Elder, t he pretty
thing has one bonle to wash you r
in nard s, and another to wash your
number plate. MX leg guards were
a w ise precautio n - limest o ne hurts.
his line and he touched down only five
inches from the edge of his lan ding
ramp.
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Resu lts in the Results Section.
TRA Childrens'
Hospital benefit
By Shirley Campbell
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