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Speed changes can be dialed in quickly. and the " hold" switch freezes the read-out during planned stops, Standard calibration 6-36 MPH in 1 MPH increments; special calibrations available at no extra charge, The Chro no-Tron computes elapsed time in 1 second intervals trom zero to 59 minutes . 59 seconds .. . with an automatic roll-over to zero and continuing count. Fast rate switch gives rapid (1 minute per second) setting of key time starts which are not on the hour. and " hold" switch treezes read-out at exact key time start, Ouick zero re-set. Big bright minutes and seconds numbers separated for ma ximum clarity. Trudy Beck and Debbie Graziano teamed up for a win in th e wo men's division. look at !he ureal lealures: se • READABU - Supe r-large kQu id crystal readout • feall/nOV 17 "' numbers Exira brighl in sunli ght. 100% sabU -slate eecnencs. l lQUlcl PORTABLE - Completely self-contained No wires. Plugs Dr cords . 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SAVE $50.00 i Please rush me_ (qty) for Chrono-Computer pacerts): __ (qty) Chrono-Tron timer(s) @ only S99 .95 ea . plus $3.50 for postage . insurance and handling (Calif. res . add 6% tax) .. o Credit Card # _ 0 Check or money order E;J BankAmericard 0 Master Charge. Bank # Exp . date -Name _ Signature Address City State Zip ~ .. • • • • . . • • • ._.. . • I " Our people at JACWAL think so high y of LlNK-LOK we are mak ing i t the standard mas ter link on our famous DenseLube Superchain . " JACWAL INC. "This is the first time ever that someone has come ou t wi th a new idea in master links and damn it al/, it 's a good one. n MODERN CYCLE 14 By J. Kinnaman , : • • • • • ~ SOGGY DRY LAKE, CAL. , :VIAY 9 At about 9:20 Sunday morning, Soggy Dry Lake experienced an unusual silence. T he Experts, Am ateurs, and Novi ces were p oised, ready to run to their bikes for the LeMans start o f the Desert Baro ns Team Race. After several painful mom ents, the ba nner drop ped, and o ne anxio us ri der t ripped on his way to thi s bike . As the d ust clea red , h owever, it looked like th e race was off to a good sta rt. Racin g to the bomb, Bren t Wallingsford and A.C. Bakken despera te ly fo ught fo r the lead. Once p ast the bo mb . Bakken surge d ahead to ta ke t he first position . Passing the ban do leer to his partne r Bob Rutten , they were ab le to main tain and stretch out the lead to fin ish the fou r loo ps an easy firs t, way ahead of the pack. Rutt en blaste d in to the finish on th eir Husky with a rear flat, which had happened o n t he last half of the loop. It had given him a fe\ v problems, but not enough to slow hi m do wrn, After an interval that seemed like a dav, Terry Davis was spotted flying to war d th e finish flag, b ut somehow ove rs hot it. There was momen tary pan ic amo ng the spectators. bu t no need to worry, since he was fo llowed by his fello w clubmember Che cker Marty Reider, who took third. The team of Tony Greaves / Roy Fjastad nabbed the fo urth position, fifth was taken by the Brent Wallingsford/Dean Modese tt duo, while th e Brian Wright /Craig Kinn aman team finished sixth . The Novice co n tingen t was wo n by the Busse te am, Robin and Rollin. They wer e followed by J oe Whit lo we, who rode the four-loo p race sol o. T hese 36th, te ams finished 35th and respectively. Six positions later, another clos e finish for the third and fo urth ' Novi ce teams; J ack Mo rin[fed Ove rholt triump hed ove r Fred Nelson /Dennis Reite r . Deb b ie Grazian o flew in to t he finish wi th a goo d lead on the other woman te ams to sha re th e vict or y with her te ammate Tru dy Beck. The Senior team of Wily Vau gh /Raymond Lo we took the honors for their clas s. T he race co nsisted of t wo lo op s, t he first one with 33 fast mil es an d the second with 4 0 ro cky wash board-ty pe miles. T he pi ts we re the sce ne of fre nz ied actio n, riders frantical ly te ar ing off the pink bandoleers to p ass to anxiously wa iti ng part ners. Fini shers of this seco nd Desert Baro n Team Race wiII be anticipating their classy 14 k gold plated bel t buckles. • Resu lts in Resu lt s Section. I P4rr~f~I~-r- AS K - FHE-i:lN K- W K+A'HYOUR DEALER OR WRITE TO: +-t ONG1RUN+I Products' B940-C BENSON AVENUE MONTCLAIR, CA 91763 Rutten digs desert dirt out of his ear while Bakke n co ngrat ulates him on their win.