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Irwindale cut short by rain IRWINDALE, CA L., MAR. 7 Mike Bell returned t o th e Irwindal e winner's circl e after several weeks absence. Th e only Pro class to run a full sche dule was th e 12 5 Pros. After th eir last race it was decided to be t oo da nge ro us because of the rain and eve ry thing else was call ed off. Bell had started t he night wi th a fan ta sti c race wit h Don Bongio rno. He spen t th e entire race playing catch u p and finally su cceeded in the fin al tum of the last lap, taking the outside line through th e comer. Drag racing to the checkered, it appe ared to be a de ad he at. After several. sec onds of co nsternation the victory was given to Bell. That was the only win in a mo t o for Bell, he st ill clung to the points lead with a sec ond and third in the nex t pair of rounds t o eam o nly his secon d win of the yea r. A c o up le of week ago he h ad a bo u t with penuemoni a and decided to hang up nigh racing until summertime. Bongio rno grabbed seco nd place hono rs adding anothe r seco n d and a fourth t o his totals. Third sp ot went t o secon d moto winner Gary Denton while fourth was pegged by final rou nd vic to r David T ayl or. All rode Ho ndas. On ly five ride rs co mp rised the 250 Pros an d Val Tami etti (Mai) too k b oth roun ds for th e triu m ph . Dave Pessy (Mon), still tryin g to close in on Tim Ha rt 's career record o f 84 wins, ca me up short again with a pair o f seco nds for sec on d overall. Jeff Vi di c (Mai) led th e , first m oto up to th e las t lap flag wh en his gearbox seized and h e re tired for th e night. Bill Ru bly (Mai) also put o n a great sh ow in th e 500cc Pros. He jumped to the lead in t he fir st rno to , crashe d an d eventually worked his war back up to chal le nge Joe Johnst on (Mai ) fo r th e lead . Off the Bert's J u m p , Ru bl y and no t J ohnston m ade th e h uge leap and took o ver th e fro n t positi on on the final lap . , Johnston, afte r his sec ond, dis covered his fra me was bre aking so he loaded up and left earl y. Rubly then went out an d won the second moto for th e o verall win. Curits Lessel (CZ) bes ted J eff Jennings (CZ) fo r secon d by viture of th e best fini sh in th e fin al moto t o break th eir ti e on poi nts. _ Invaders H & H is Kevin's fourth 0-37 win for y o ur high perf o rmance machine, w e've prepar ed a full detailed photo repo rt o f o ur ow n " Klotz vs. leading petro leum oi l" demonstration test. W e've also rep rinted a n art icle from a DIRT BIKE® We're ta lking about the kind of pollution you seldom see. The worst kind. The power-robb ing pollut ion insid e your combustion chamber. W e' ve used our ro lling labo rato ry, the Klotz test bike, to pro ve a poi nt. Klotz smokes less . . . burns clea ner . . . and Klotz T echniplote STOPS plug fouling . O ur test bike is a 2_cycle,S ynthetiCoil here, M aga zine test that showed Yamaha RD-350 that's been specially modified to perf o rm carefully contro lled, field co mpar ison tests. A specia l, dua l-compartm ent fuel tank has replaced the stoc ker . . . and a few Piston o fter 1,027 miles w ith Klo tz cafe racer go odies. we re thro wn in, just fo r the sport Bikeexh at idlespeed aust of it. Fo r this demonstration w e ran tw o , different, 20:1 rati o, gas-o il mixtures, one through each cy linder. We ran a leading bra nd o f petroleu m ba se, 2-cycle oil in one side . . . and Klo tz Techniplate synthetic in the other. Then we just rod e . .. fo r about 1,000 miles. The photos give a hint of w hat develo ped . In a ll fa irness, w e should ad vise that Klotz sells for ab out tw ice the price o f petroleu m o ils. If yo u think o f yo ur bike as just a chea p means o f transpo rtati o n, then Klo tz may not be worth the extra ' cost. To help you decide if Klo tz is w orth the co st miles w ith petrole um oil Klo tz actuall y del ivers more horsepower tha n o ver 30 ot her brands tested. See y our Klotz deale r fo r free co pies. Or w rite us direct. Please include 25¢ to cove r co st o f postage and handling and w e' ll also send a long our informative J 6 pag e brochur e on the w hole Klotz fa mily o f prod ucts. But, be fo rew arned, yo u may never w ant to run a "cheopie" o il agai n. Dea ler inquiries are we lco me. /J{/j@EPOJYEBTOGO Klotz Specia l Fo rmula Pro ducts, Inc. P.O. Bo x 1343, Dept. CN35 Ft. W ay ne, Indiana 46 80 1 By Jim Stewart RED MT N., CAL., MA R. 9 If Kevin Haste n finishes, it is almost a sure bet that he will be the first one to the chec kered. Since the first race of the '7 5 seaso n , Kevin an d hi s CZ have fin ish ed t hree di stric t races an d won all three. This wee k's Invade", Hare and Hound makes it fo ur. Aft er an hour del ay in the start, as the amb ulance h ad to ru sh a pit racer to the h ospital, the Am ateur/ Exp erts flew past the bomb . Thebomb ru n was su pe r fast and since it rained the two day s be fo re, the dust was lim it ed, and th e trac tion was gre at. Runnin g parallel p ast the bo mb were Ron Wrigh t and Kevin with Benny Padilla, Hasten, Sm okebomb, Conroy an d Bill Becker in h o t p ursui t. Trying t o catch th e dust of Has te n's CZ t hrough the pits was the fast est fo ur st ro ke rider in the desert , Dwayne Carter on hi s 350 Honda, with DRA hot sh oe Co nroy in thi rd. Ben ny Padi lla and Lar ry Roesele r were abo ut de ad even We manufacture club jerseys! B IL L WA LTERS LEATH ERS Whafs happening? BW 445 So . Vict o ry Blvd. B urbank, California 91502 21