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CYCLE NEWS CENT ilL SlowPokes Me su pports . . M.O.R.E. non prof it Can you do any ....?e ",0. I M.O.R.E. ~I ~ of California 1129 N. 11th St. Sacramento, CA 95814 $10 a year prevents bad laws and gets you all the state news. Now "'s A . ~ . ~.-lI!J TWO WHEELARE TWO OF US WORLD NO WTHER E 775 Fawn Rldce Dallas , Tlxa. 75224 (aero.. from Handa Soulh) 214-371 -0013 1922 P laneer Pkwy. Arllnetan, Texa.76013 817-261-0012 PARTS AND ACC ESSO RIES , Sales-Service-Parts Complete frame repair & mods M ." ( .... .... .. .... ..•.. ..... KIMBRELL I . ... " ..... MAICO 1911 Pefers Rd. Bui lding 1 Irving, Tx 15601 214·438-1919 CALIFORNIA MOTORCYCLE INSURANCE If you are interested in saving m o n e y on your Motorcycle Insurance we suggest you phone (213) 295 -2054 or write to C A LI FO R N I A M OT ORCY CLE INSURANCE AGENCY, P.O. BOX 92867, LO S AN GE LE S, CA 9 0009. We will be pleased to give you a quote on the phone or m ail curren t applications and rates to you. Dianne Fogarty, Underwri ting, See our ad in "Want Ads" Already on the way to glory, Cycl e's Technical Editor J ess Thomas (that innocent-looking kid in the center) tro phies in a 195 1 field meet for " minibikes" (it says here ) held at Rive rside Speedway, Ft. Worth, Texas, Running true to r. --HANDLEBARH'iLU--". PRESENTS 75 & 76 • I Our boy Jess Indoor Short Track Series • All classes 6: 00 practice 8:00 race • • Amarillo Civic Center Info: Box 77371 L.~.~~:.!:~v~~a':;'l.2.:.~~:J second run in the 150 0 class by goi ng ove r in 6.91 seconds on his 750 Triu m ph. • Resul ts in Resu lts Section. Cove's first of the year By Walter Johnson FORT HO OD, TEX., OCT. 12 22 With man y riders on new iron, this race had been lo oked forw ard to . In the first 100-125 combined rri ot o, Honda-m ounted Jim Bloom form, J ess had ported , milled, and recarb ureted his Mustang, the n borrowed a cam fro m Walt Fulton for the meet . Che ck out the leather caps, tractor-eleat tires and long-travel for ks, Have we or have we not co me a lon g wa y? im mediat ely hid fro m the res t of the pack. Fo llow in g hi m out of the chute we re J e ff l\laccan (Kaw) , De n nis Ham p ton (Suz) , and Ric ky Price (Suz). Third p lace ru n ne r Hamp t o n soon ran o ut of gas and lost one p lace wh ile in the pi ts. No soo ner had he re tu rned to th e fray whe n h e regain ed his po sit io n , as lead er Blo om destro yed a rear shock. About half way t hrough the moto Maccan, wh o n ow led , flatten ed a tir e and w as soon passed by Price. Eve n with a flat tire. i\laccan wou ld n 't let Ricky go that easily. Even the finest WFO riding, however, can 't do justice to a flat tire. The m o t o ended wi th Ricky ahead of J eff, with Hampton following them across in third. Th e lineup' for th e sec o nd moto sh owed that th e he avy dust had t aken its to ll in th e first 4 0 m inute race . The second moto proved to be rather laid back, as all pos it ions re mai ned un chan ged fro m nag to flag. Leadi ng the wh ol e race was Eug ean Mayo (Ya m), who DNF'cd th e first moto. Crossing the line in sec o nd was Den nis Ha mpto n, fo llowed by Ricky Price. Overall , th e day w as enj oyed by almost eve ryone . An ad ded and unex pec ted treat was a halft ime race he t ween several s p e c t a to rs . Unfortunately, one ri d er's parents d ropped his new bike off the tra ile r while going 50 mph d own th e road. • Results in Results Section.