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Suzuki St. Louis steamroller TRIO HI I TH BAJA. A liN. ST. PETERS, MO ., NOV. 2 World Champion Roger DeCoster led a Team Suzuki one-two-three sweep of the St. Louis Trans-AlvlA round with teammates Gerri t Wolsink (three, four) and Tony DiStefano (five, three) trailing in the order. Jim Pomeroy 's day was repea ted disappointment. as he tore the throttle off in a first moto crash. then crashed whi le leading the second moto, lapping an o ther rider. getting up to finish behind Roger. Marty Smith led the fir st moto early. but was chasing DeCoster after mi d-race, eventually putting together a two-seven score for fifth overall behind Kent Howerton (four. five). Another sweep was in the ma king in the Sup port class as Can -Am 's Jimmy Ellis led his mates Mike Ru nyard and Buck Murphy in the tally . Full story and p ix next week . l"""1 l"""1 ,.; Q) ..a 8 Q) > o Z Oregon DEQ issues blacklist Class 20 , 125ce class Win ners Erie Jensen, Alta den a , CA Carl Cran ke, Sac rame nto, CA Class 2 1, 25 0ce crass Winners Bruce OgiiVle. Riverside. CA Bob Ru tten , Covina , CA wo n on a 125cc Penton On October 14, 1975, without a substantial amount of noise testing, Oregon's Department of En vironmental Quality issued a list w on on a 250cc Harley ·D avid son Class 2~ Open elass & OVERALL Winners AI Baker , Lon g Beac h, CA Gene Can nady, La Canada, CA wo n on a 450cc Ho nda Race after race G umout comes riding in with t he winners . Wh en you're riding to w in , r ide with a proven w inner. G umout - t he choice of the professiona ls. that shows which motorcycles have been certified with DEQ as in conformance with the 83 dBA noise control rule for the sale of new motorcycles after January 1. 1976. The "other" manufacturers have either not acknowledged the DEQ's letters or apparen tly can 't comply with the 83 dBA limits. According to the DEQ, motorcycles other than those certified cannot even be stocked or warehoused by dealers in Oregon after January I, 1976. Those dealers not complying with be subject to a $500 fine. Exceptions to the certified list are "motorcycles used exclusively for sanctioned racing even ts only," If a consumer wan ts to purchase a "race only" machine. the dealer must order it fro m the manufacturer. The co nsumer and th e dealer must then fill ou t a notarized affidavit allowing the DEQ to approve o r disapprove the sale . Out of 34 motorcycle manufactu rers o nly six co nform to DE Q standards. (Ducati, Hod aka, Ho nda . Moto Guzzi. Vespa and Ya maha.] GET THE CHAIN LUBE THE PROS USE. G umout Cha in Lube penetrates, prot ects and lu bricates your cha in a l l in one step. Cushio ns your cha in aga inst heat, shock an d fricti on. Preve nts gum m ing up even a t hi gh speeds Winners of Class 20 & 21 Used 1t GET THE ADDITIVE THE PROS USE! Just pour: Carb Cleaner int o your tank for hi g her eng in e pe rformance. Not on ly cleans gum and varn ish awa y-but a lso removes moistu re t hat bu ilds up in t he fuel system . Equ a lly effect ive in 2 or 4 st roke engines. All Winners Used It NOTE: Gumout Carb Cleaner does not di lute fuel or reduce power. Golden Gate National Drags • A Pennzoll p roduct. THE ~!!!~! ,.~~ FREMONT. CAL., NOV. 2 Granddaddy J oe Smith beat out a field of top contenders for the number one spot in top fuel by beating Bob Mauriello in the final round of competition. The field consisted of such top names as Russ Collins on his triple-engined, fuel burning 3300cc Hon~a, T .C. Christenson on his double Dunstall Norton and Boris Murray on his big double Triumph. Probabl y the biggest surprise was Boris Murray's other ride. a new triple-engined Kawasaki 750 two stroke ou t of Denco Performance. This bike turned a fantastic 171 miles an hour on Friday. which is almost 10 miles an ho ur over the existing to p gas record held by Terry Vance. On Saturday, when the national began. Boris was co ns isten tly t urn ing in the 168 an d 169 mile-an -hour bracket. setti ng a new world's record. This was ju st the first of two back-to-back races in California. The next leg will be run at Irw ind ale Racewavs in Irwindale. Nov. 7-9. For the complete story on both meets. and all the year-end wrap up. see the next issue of Biker Newsmagazine, on sale November 14 . ,__" ", tb ~® MOTORCYCLES ~ 8 PARTS COMPLETE PISTONS MACHINE SHOP,REPAIR a SERVICEON ALL MAKES CE.../J....J (7 14) 630-5720 oaE CyeJe EnGinee r ing a Supply 1140 ·A N Krae mer _ Anaheim Ca _ 9 2B06 Goodyear is Carroll Shelby 213-538 -291 4 Hand Washabla Sta y Soft .~ : ~~ Othman Distr ibut ing Co . 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