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If you want one of the new Harley-Davidson SX MX Specials, better hurry to your dealer. Only 50 will be sold. • EveryJhil!9 . Quoth Gary Scott, " I tell y ou one th ing, if I don't get h ur t an d I con tin ue to fini sh hi gh , it 's going to be pre t ty h ar d for (Kenny ) Roberts to catch me. He 11 h ave to win at least fou r or flve races and I don 't know if he can do it." Scott led Rober ts in the Gr an d National Champ ionship tally by 23 points when he said that. In SuspensIOn • rlOllS r• Barry Sheene has come back from his 175 mph crash at Daytona and turned into the person to beat on the International GP circuit. Sheene has ju st added the Swedish Two-Day to his string of victories, winning both the 500cc race on Saturday and coming back on Sunday for the 750cc race. Sheene is definitely in the hunt for the World Championsh ip. With their tongues in their collective cheeks, the Maywood MC have prescn ted the Desert Donkeys with the "Order of the Ass. " Th is dubious ho nor was p resen ted to Mr. Sandy Barber. Here it comes, ready or not l Indoor ice racing will be in trod uced to the warmer climates when Media Max hosts the spike -tire set at the Long Beach Arena in the fall. Watch Cycle News West for details. In the aftermath of Rick Hocking's T Z750 dirt tr acker debu t, Ken Roberts say s he'll put a simil ar m achine on the mile only if he 's for ced to by the comp etitio n . "Tm not anxious to see them (t wo stroke multis) come in ; I thin k they couId ruin mile racin g like th ey have ro ad ra cin g. " Mike Hammett, injured in the May 25 Plymouth MX is still in Kaiser Hospital, 2025 Morse Ave. , Sacramento, Calif. 95825. Cards of encouragement would be a big he lp to Mike's morale . Streams near Soledad Campground , a favorite Southern California riding 'area are the habitat of the Stickleback fish, an endangered species. U.S. Foresters are leaving the are a open to off-road bikers, bu t p lease don 't ride down the middle of the streams or we 11 lose the place. You're on your ho nor. In the July 6 French 250cc MX GP Maico me ister Adolf Weil and CZ works rider Zdenek Velky traded mota wins with Velky's two-one score topping Weil's one-three on the overall points table. Bultaco's Jim Pomeroy put together sixth and eighth placings to add eight GP points to his se ason total. With only three rounds remaining, the battle for the championship is shaping up to be one of the best in years. Bultaco swept seven of the top 10 places in th e July 13 World Championship Trials round in Canada. Finnish rider Yrjo Vesterinen led a trio of Martin Lampkin and Charles Coutard to victory with Montesa rider Malcolm Rathmdl in fourth . Norton-Triumph drops '75 race program to trim costs In a move aime d at streamlining ope rations and tri mm ing current cash flow, No rton-Triump h announced August 1 that it wo uld can ed its fac tory effor t fo r th e remainder of th e 1975 seas on. Team riders on the AMA National circ ui t (Mar k William s, John Ha tdey an d Rob Morrison) will be given all th eir present equipment in ho pes that they wil l con tin ue to ra ce the marque as privateers. What plans, if -m y , th e factory has for 1976, wer e not revealed . Goodyear is Carroll Shelby We manufacture club jerseys! 213-538-2914 SPECTRO OILS California & Nevada call 714·887·1490 P.E.P. Distributing Co. PO Box 5455,5an Bernardino, CA 92412 CYCLE PARTS WATCH FOR OUR NEXT BIG SALE IN THIS PAPER BILL WALTERS LEATHERS BW 445 So. Victo ry B l vd . Burban k . Califo rn ia 91502 1"""-"'''' Hand Washabla ~J _ • ~;~ Othman Distribu ting Co. Box 356 San Luis Obslpc , CA 9 34 06 • (80s) 544-6181 • R iding • Racing • Street GLOVES Dealer Inquiries Invited 3