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. . ; ... ., Beck/Arnley Introduces • ~ The Imperial Brake Shoe Line E III batt le going fo r fo urth and fifth, b ut Ro bin wo n out at the finish . Nov ice Dic k Bur ley took another first in the Senior Division . Dick see ms to be making q uite a habit of winning lately . Bill Osen and Alle n J ohnson came in for second and third overall Senior ho no rs. The Amateur/Expe rts were spread out mo re than the Novice riders. Larry Roeseler agai n wo n the Divisio n I class. Rich ard Savarese was second and Mark Zolle r third. Mike Matlock was running three p laces behind Mark to finish 20th overall and first 175. Top riders in the 1 75 Amateur class were Chuck Green, Steve Chambers an d J im Harper, in t hat order. All th ree ran a close race with each other. It was quite some time before the trail bikes st ar te d co ming thro ugh the fmis h . J eff Ben nin gton was first Amateur, second place was ea rned by Ste ve Webb. Th e finish was co n fusing fo r both rider and spectator. So m e of t he Ama te ur /E xpe rts were flagged ou t onto t he co urse again , ins tead of on to t he finish. By th e t ime th ey co uld get t urned aro und and back to the fmish lin e, other riders had been cou n te d an d had their tank ca rd s removed. • Resu lts pending. Dimond 'T 150 to Thornberg as Rolfs Husky says "no" By James Brammer PLA STER CITY, CAL. , FEB . 15 On the third lap of the Dimond T 150 desert race, Ro lf Tiblin tried to pass winner Bill Thornberg (360 WR Hus) but "the bi ke says no" and seized. Billy said , "that was my fastest lap and I knew I was winning fro m then on, fo r I co u ld see t he lea de r." He had started the race in row nineteen, Tiblin was fro m row 23. The starting order was one minu te between ro ws of six or eigh t riders. The p ack leaders on the first of five 30 mil es lo op s were Rick Finger, racing with Arnie Gruner , th en Rice Secor, Boy d Taylor , an d Lynn Brown wi t h Mark Braudaway (125 Yam ) 10th and Har ley rider Mike Hensel in 13 t h. ay lor (RM-2 50 Suz) lost seven m inu tes in the pits fo r a brake rep air , but at 60 miles ou t he was in third with Finger and Gruner still leadin g. Mike Hensel moved up to fourth and Braudaway was fifth . Finger (Hus) broke a rod on the third lap, Riblin seized, and Gruner (Hus) then led, th ough in clasped time, it was Thornburg's faste st . Fourth lap, Ta y lor was leading with Hensel (H-D 250) and Braudawa y next. Gruner ran out of gas, but fo un d a bottle to borrow some more and was back in the race in fifth. Unofficial: At the finish, ·Bo yd Ta ylor was the first man in, b ut Thornburg ar rived with an elasped ti me of four hours, 36 m inu tes an d 7 seconds to clearly win. Taylor was later disqualified for m issin g the t hird check o n the first lap . A lo t of riders missed t he same check, but most of t hem returned to it befo re co ntinuing th e race. Following at t he fini sh was Mar k Brau da wa y , winning the 125 Ex pe rt class and th en Mike Hensel taking the 250 Exper t class . Fift h man to arrive was Dennis Stevens, followed by Arnie Gruner, and th en t he 125 Junior class win ner, Dal e Dre utzer , Jr. on a Honda. Brau dawav's tim e was 4:48. 10 and Hensel 's was 4: 5 1.1 5. Last p lace finisher was Botlo Gruner, Arn ie 's da d, who refused to ride th e o ld timers class. He 's o nly 55 . J ohn More no lost his le ft shock in th e second lap , but finis hed th e race wit h t he wheel leanin g, tire tread worn off and rubbing the fender, an d the swin ging arm bro ken. Official results are pending. • Brake Shoes so tough we gave them a king size warranty Who knows more a bo ut motorcycle bro ke s~ tho n BE CK/ARNLEY? Af1er all, we've been in the moto rcycle business for 62 years and he v e manuf actured bra kes for the past JO years an d now, we are intra dv<:ing the finest: The Imperio l Bra ke Shoe line. Precisio n-lined an d ground. they o re custom desig ned for most current motorcycles. . If the broke shoes wear out. Beck/Arnley Corporati on will, ~or a $1.00 han d ling cha rge. replace a ny Imperia l Bro ke Shoe des igned for a nd used on a rood ma chine . so long a s the motorcycle for which it was purchased contines to be ow ned by the orig inal reta il p urchase r. Naturally. the wa rranty does not a p ply to bro ke shoes da maged by on occident or which he v e been misused. ~EOCAr RIDERS: See you, Beck /Arnley Deoler, I ) '" [MYel ~~"ORc~ "~I'U."" ",~e;,SOI1I~~ ( E PARTS & ~~ BECK/ARNLEY CORP. Hillcli mbers get high all the ti me. Space age swingarm Bushings , Guaranteed On e fu II ye ar no t to we ar . se iz e or poun d o ut . Will out perf o r m any br o nze b u s h in g. 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