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Solid -state sw lt cning un it all ow in g rear turn -signal lig hts to oper ate both as tu rn - si gnals and brake lig hts. 5 si mple connectio ns with complete instr uct ion s. Size 1V )(2)(2 'h . . INTRODUCT ORY OF FER 516.95 PPO Check or m oney ord er D .W _ RUB E ENTERPR ISES Dept. C. Box 608 , Winchester , Ur. Y7495 Peter Wanket (Ha n ), y o unge r brother of Tony Wanket, swept the 125 Ju nior division of th e qualifiers. The newest ad di ti on to the Car lsbad Ra ceway Team was cl osely pursued by Dan Schramm (Ha n) of the San Diego Coin Exchange Team, wh o gave Peter a lot o f hot racing. Val Deil gat (Han) took third in the 12 5 Junior Qual ifier, Val is on e of the high p oint riders in the qualifiers thus far. Corki Moore (Suz) and Pat ' Nash (Ha n ) h ad a few p ro blems, Ii ke blown gaskets, a broken shock, and a seized motor, on their way t o first and second. respectively, in th e 100 Junior Qu alifiers, Taking third behind th e two Carlsbad Raceway Team members was Dan n y Dilkey of DSI on a Suzuki. Vin ce Kreizinger grabbed first in the 250 J u nio r Qualifier on his Honda Elsinore, while Lee .Dyer took second on his Bultaco, followed by Bud Anderson on another Elsinore. • Result s pending. Lizardo nipped on last lap ADELANTO , CAL., MAY 5 In minib ike action, it w as " litt le" Bittle, thc mini-bomb , tak ing two handsful of trop hies, with Lomita's "Lizard" driving hard for sec o nd. Doubling their pleasure a nd their first pl ace trophies were Richie Sweaney wrapping up the 100 Novices and the Roloff Brothers wiping out the Open Exp ert and 25 0 No vice classes. Professo r Cu ster ca lculate d precisely his sp eed and co m p etit io n t o obtain a fin ish po siti on of third , as usual, in the 250 Novice hal f-mile. In Open No vice IT Main, Baldwin Park 's Vic Mandella had the lead until his Yamaha lost its fi re, then Tim McCoy in heri ted th e lead in lap four for the win, Hesperia hotshoe, Larry Orr, nailed down second place honors. Action was hot and heavy in the 250 Expert as Rich Liza rdo's Bul and Bill Cains' T win diced it out on the half-mile with Cain t aking his lead in lap four. Gr abbin g second place honors was Ray Lovell taking Lizardo on the last lap. • Results in Results Section. Valley Cycle Park MOORPARK, CAL., MAY 4 Jon Miller, wh o was attcmpti ng to cling o nto th e an tle rs of a YZ Yamaha, fought a back-and-forth • battle in the 125 class wit h Andy J an nin gs (Han) and Dave Kolbe (Han) to win both of the lengthy motos for the clas s. After Ton y Dc Latorie was forced from the first round with engine problems. Miller slid right on pas t J an nings on the sixth lap of the full-bore donnybrook, and from there to the finish lin e, all he had to do was stretch the ca ble out of shape. During the second round, it was Miller on the YZ from starting gate to final fla g. Pretty much by himself. Runners-up behind the overall victor were Jannin gs, with a pair of second place talli es. and Kolbe, who was staging a return to the racing wars, with a couple of thirds. Zahrt, riding for Bay Area Bul taco, acc o un ted for dual victories against a co m bined field of 250cc and Open racers. Zahrt at first app eare d unable to build a fire in his running gear at the starting ga te in the first round. With the lar ge field already charging up the ini tial hil l and out of view aro un d th e first bend, Zahrt, with the help of " Wild " Allan Cooke, wer e t ryi ng to change a whiskered plug. Finally, foll owin g a push start fro m AI, Zah rt go t o ff th e line apparatus working, but ap pal lingly be hind th e big parade whic h had by this time reach ed the Devil's slide. By th e fo urth lap. Zah rt was right in the m id d le , pushin g Mark White (250 Hus), Don Ch eney (Open Mai), J ohn Stasiefski (Open Mai] and J im O'Neal (250 Can -Am}. And by the sixth lap, Zahrt was holding the overall lead fo r both classes.