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Look at it our way, --- ..... -~ ~._.- Charlie Brown : Living legend 'round the Northwest. Sure. you' re used to looking at Inter-Am Super Bars on winning Moto-cross a nd Trial s bikes . But try to look at it our wa y (ano the r wa y of looking a t it) . Like the time we pulled eight bars off th e p rodu ction line a nd sent th em to a n independent lab for X-raying. Wh y X-ra ying? To spot inte r na l flaws or d efects. The re sults: zero defect s! We weren't sur prise d. becau se we ha ve a supe r ior quality co ntrol sys te m. But th a t' s not a ll tha t makes Inter-Am bars unique. they were the first non-st eel ba rs a pp roved by the A.M.A. for co mpetition. We made the m of solid a luminum because it's fou r times st ronge r than steel. a nd it flexes bett er. Th is a llows the bars to a bso r b shoc k or vibration tha t would othe rwise re a ch the ride r . The result s: less rid er fat igue. And mor e wins for Inter-Am. They come in a nodized gold. silver a nd bla ck. In seven differen t bends . . . one just right for you r need s. Whe n you look a t the Inter-Am label on a se t of bars. rememb er how we look a t them. Get a grip on a winner .. . Inte r-Am. By Cra ig Allen CA STLE ROCK, WASH .. J UN E 2 1 If so meone fro m the tiny southwest Wash ingt on town of Castle Rock says " Y llU 're a good man , Charli e Brown," he prob ably doe sn't have his mind on th e com ics. In thi s part of the northwest Charli e Brown is a living, INTER-AM BIKE- SUPPLIES, INC. CN-25 751 Monroe Way Placentia, Ca. 92670 (714) 993-2603 'Ht Husqvarna '!JI International Training Center Custom leather pants and chest protectors designed specifically to fit the contours of women No more wearing men's pants! ~\W BILL WALTERS LEATHERS 44 5 S VICTORY BOULEVARD BURBANK. CAUFORNlA 91502 24 See Usa Howa rd in the Powderpuff Nationals. Ju~,; 4. Carlsbad Racewa _ Summer Schedule Starting our ~... Sum...... Sc:hooI SeaIonI High School Students rwce;w 20% Tui1ion Discount J uly J uly J uly J uly 1 8 22 29 Carl sba d , Callfomll lexingt o n, Oh io . Carlsbad , Callfor nll Towalulp Lak e Fo rsyth , Georgia AU9ult 12 Carl sbad, Califo rn ia A ugu st 19 Edm ont on. Cani da August 26 Carlsba d. Californ l. .- Attention: For reservations to an y of the abo ve CllSseS, It Is imperative to make reservatio ns It least t wo full weeks in .dWlnee of scheduled class, tuition paid in f ull . For fu rther Info plea se eon- tact Ih e center (71 4) 744-2161. breat hi ng cele b ri ty - the fa stest th ing o n 1wo wheels in an area e nam o re d by m otorc ycling. Sa t urday nigh t Brown acco mplishe d wh at the hometown fans ha d co me to sec. as he won t he AMA Pacifi c Regional T'I' p u t o n a t the Cowlitz County Fair grounds track by the Mt , St. Helens Motorcycle Club . Aft er breezin g th rough qualifying hea ts , Brown ea rn ed the pole for the 12-la p Expert Main . Rid ing a Triumph, Brown o pe ne d up an early lead in the race wh ich he would not give up though he was given a stro ng chal len ge by Seattle's Pat Marinacci at the seven-lap m ar k. Ch arlie wound up setting a track re cord of 5: 0 0. 3 7 on the half-mile co urse. In t he Ex pe rt Trophy Dash held ear lie r, Brown built up a similar lead, bu t sudden ly quit the ra ce after a lap on t he s-shaped hack stretch . Charlie sa id he dropped out because o f a faulty kill button. "'We took precautions to m ake sure it d idn 't ha p pe n during the m ain event," co m me n t ed the . Castle Ro ck 19-y car-old, who has been ra cing competitively for six yea rs. "We 've really had trouble all year - a lot of carburetor problems: ' Nonetheless, his rec ord-breaking sho win g at Castle Ro ck was the se cond time in as many nights he had written new marks. The night before at Portland's Sidewinders' cou rse he had set new track records in every event he entered. Marinacci, who won the Trophy Dash , fini shed second behind Brown in the Main . lie start ed well ba ck in the pa ck, hut pulled up and dueled with Portland's Sonny Burres for seve ra l turns before takin g second place for go od on the fifth lap . Burres wound up third with J im J on es of Kirkland, Wash.. pl acing fourth. Eac h o f the top eight finish ers ro d e T riumph s. G ranada l lills, Calif. ride r Terry Dorsch m anaged fift h in th e ra ce . but he wasn't th e on ly nation al numLer holder to t u rn up on all a lso- ran . Ran d y Sk iver of Evere t t , Wash. sett led for eig h th. whil e J o hn Gennai of Los Gatos , Cali f. pl aced 10 th.