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©©©©©©©©© ©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©© "MOLLY BLUE" HR L Lub r I c a nt s , In c • • manufa c turer of t he Mo ll y Blue l i ne o r moto rc ycl e l u br Icant s , an nou n c es a na t 1o n w1de con t e s t t o na me the1r new sy nthet1 c 2 - s t r o k e 0 11 . Th e co n t e s t a n t 5 u bm lt tl n~ t he w ln n i n~ na me wi ll r e c e iv e a ne w 1 975 CZ 250 M t o cro ss b I ke , r ead y t o ra ce and win wi t h the o Th 1s c o n t est Is v oi d whe re ~ ro h l b 1t e d en tries , en try with ea rli e st da t e ~ 1 1] b y l a w. ~ o ll y 0 11 . Bl u e I n ca s e o r d upl ic a t e d etermI n e the w1n ner. S e n d yo ur e n t ry t o t h e HRL Name Th e 0 1 1 Co n t e s t . 1559 E. St . Ce rt r ud e Pl . , Joe (22 ) Johnston and Bill (48 1 Rub ly lead ou t t he 500 Pros at Irwindale . ------------------------1 NAME THE OIL CONTEST S a n t a Ana , CA 92 7 0 5. Entr y d e a d li n e 1s M arc h 15 . 1 975 . H.R.L. Staten buries Croft By John Bethea CARLSBAD, CAL., FEB. 9 Tempers flared in th e 50 0cc Pro class tod ay at Carlsbad Racew ay under steady dri zzlin g skies and d ouble winner Rex Staten (Mai] visibly go t the sho rt end o f the tussle, sporting a sw ollen bl ack eye. The two involved were Staten and Mike Yorba. who was o ut today on a CZ since his Maico was stolen fro m the Wheelsmith Engineering shop earlier in th e wee k. In the first 500 m o to , S taten was attem p ting t o lap Yo rba, wh o is goi n g after CMC Nu mber One this year, and co ul dn ' t ge t by . That st arted th in gs. Before they sta rt ed th e secon d ro u nd, Re x pulled o ff th e grid for a practice start and sp rayed Mike with mud, "Acclden tal lv ," he stated . Whe n he returned to the grid , a heated Yorb a h ad a few m or e words with Rex. The race sta rted an d into it, Re x again cam e up on Yorba for ano ther lapping job. It was Mike's first time on th e borrowed las t -m in u te CZ an d he wo uldn 't give a n in ch . Rex finall y go t by b u t wh ile d o in g so , h it a pothole an d alm os t banged in to Yo rba. T hat was the snap pi ng p o int for Mike . T o him it ap pe are d eve ry bo dy was af te r him with all t hat had go ne on in the re cen t wee k. He pulled o ver t o th e side of the tra ck a n d waited for State n a t the finishline. Off came Rex wi th th e cle an sw eep win and Yo rb a wal ked ove r an d swung. They fo ught for a brief tim e , th en were b ro ke n apart. Later , Yo rba went o ver t o the Staten pit area and m ade an attem p t t o b u ry th e in ciden t. In a re m at ch fro m last Sunday, Rex Staten, ou t o f Holl ad ay Cycle . m ade things even with Tom my Croft on the factory Honda. This time State n won bo th m oto s for a clean swee p in the day 's eve nts and showe re d Cr o f t with ea rt h once again . Tom my cr ashed o n a bou t t he th ird lap o f the first m oto wh ile up fron t an d had to figh t his way ba ck to a fif th. In the sec ond he was hol d in g back Staten as long as possible, b u t once passed just co uldn ' t ca tc h him. C ayl on Mos ier (Mai) was ye t agai n in co n te n ti o n , fi n ishing se co n d in t he firs t race . an d en ded th ir d o ve ra ll w ith a six t h in the final. T hen we ge t to Cro ft 's stom ping gro u nds - th e I 25cc Pr os - an d fo r the fou rth week in a row he h as co me o u t on to p. agai n by a sw eep . He now is j us t o n e S unday o ve rall vic t o ry awa y fr o m tieing Ma rt y Sm ith 's recor d se t a t th is lim e las t year of five , It was Croft's works Fra nks replacemen t , Danny LaP o rt e , wh o p rovided t he closes t co m pe ti ti on . Danny to ok a secon d an d third for the runnerup sp o t fo r h is best showi ng o n the machine . " He's st ill learnin g how to ride it. " sai d h is boss , Kelvi n Franks, a fo rmer Internat ional rider and Vice-President o f the C:'IC. " He rid es it like a Penton." • CMC Irwindale By John Bethea I RWIN DALE, CAL. , FEB . 7 The nor mally competitive l25cc Pro class was red uced by o ne contender tonigh t - Mike Bell when he and nearl y the entire fam ily ca m e down with pneumo n ia af te r atte n d ing th e Parker 400 last wee ke n d. In Bell's abse nce, as if it would have mad e much di ff er ence, Ti m Lu nde (Hon) ra llied fo r h is third vict o ry o f th e yea r and o nly hi s fi rst in ni gh t racing afte r ta king a th ird in th e firs t moto. The ro u nd was won by Dave Ta y lo r (Ho n), who crashed ye t ano the r time in th e seco nd m o to and even t ually fini she d ei ghth overall . Lu nde th en won the next two m oto s fo r the victo ry wi th Ray Lopez (Ho n ) takin g solid second . MY No·;~~;7;;;~;;;;NAMr~;;~;~EW i~VlRTH' i IIMOLL YBLUE" SYNTHETIC OlLIS "REWARD" A 1975 250 (1 MJ STATE: CONTEST CLOSES MARCH 15. 1975 : : :i ! DA_T_"IIP,_ _ • • INCASI OF DUPLICATE INTRY. DATI Will D£TI RMI NITNI WINNIR YDI DWNIRI PRONIBITE DBYlAW lSS91.ST. GIRTRU DIPI. RETURN TD , HRINAMI THI 01 CONTEST SANTA ANA , CA. 92705 1 • ------------------------ Grant accosts Corona By Tom Blatt ler CORONA, CA L., FE B. 5 Peter Gran t of Ontario , won for the first time at Racew av in the 250 half-mil~ feature. Gran t, Canada Coro na Expert who is spending the win ter m o nt hs he re, has been o u t 10 Co ro na Raceway on eve ry flat tr ac k of the season , and co nsisten tly p laced high in t he overall st an dings, Nick Voge returned to his winnin g way s as t he t rac k record ho lder mice again ca p tu red th e Open Ex pert half-m ile feat u re . Voge, aboard a 750 Yamah a. uses one of t he finest lines on the half-m ile, as he ca n diamo nd-off the co mers ve ry well an d use full p ower co m in g o ff the turns a nd d own the stra igh ta ways. On th e TT steep lechase co u rse fo r the 125 Ex pe rts, Mike l\linn ig grabbed th e lead in th e fea ture with Ti d well and Gord o n Kidd in hot pursuit. At th e ha lfw ay m ark, Min nig ha d opened up a big lead o ve r the rest o f the field , a nd looked like a su re winner. Ho wev er. Mike dropped his Yam aha in th e ti gh t hai rpi n turns, an d Ti d well an d Kid d sc o o ted by in th e to p spo ts. T id we ll the n to ok t he ch ec kered flag for the win. • Fil tron F il te rs ...I. L. metric hardvvare ~ 3038, Fullert on. CA~ §ales P.O. Box 92634 714 -870 -5244 213-697 -9674 11