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Enduro- Trophy Time! Amazing new electronic digital instru ments t~1I you exactly where you should be during every second of the enduro. EASY TO READ. EASY TO OPERATE . Whether you're an absolute be ginner or seasoned enduro veteran, Digitronics' new state-ot-the-artChrono-Computer and Chrono·Tron can help place you among the trophy winners every time! Big bright numbers shine through dust and rain - on any type of road. Controls are designed for " gloveson" operation - no dust covers or thumb wheels to worry about. Bo instruments help you to concentrate on rldlngl th The Chrono-Computer instantly calculates time, speed; and distance factors to give you precise pacing odometer read-outs to compare with your cycle odometer (the photo example shows 12.5B miles). You can always clearly see when to speed up or slowdown. You can alsoclearly' see the exact average speed you 've dialed in (15 MPH in the photo example). 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 calibrationsavailable at no extra charge. The Chrono-Tron computes elapsed time in 1 second intervals from zero to 59 minutes. 59 seconds . . . with an automatic roll-over to zero and continuing count. Fast rate switch gives rapid (1 minute persecond) setting of key time starts Which are not on the hour, and " hold" swttch freezes read-out at exact key time start. Quick zero re-set. Big brightminutes and seconds numbers separated for maximum clarhy., DInlIll:TI- ... _ _ • _ _ 1 ua lt _ lSI •••' 1••lum : , u n tl8lp ma n ndur lll lOfu uecnsful . . . . . . . CIlITOUFREE. , o =-.... • • • READABLE - Supe r-large I quid crystal readout teaturlno \1" numbers. Eltr. brlglli ia sunllgtll. REUABLE - 100% solid-state electromcs. liquid crystal readout. AlJllotutily no mlCU . c. l Plra to miliunctlon. 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SAVE $50.00 (qty) for Chrono-Computer pacer(s); __ (qty) Chrono-Tron nrnerts) @ Please rush me_ only $99.95 ea. plus $3.50 for postage , insurance and handling (Cam. res. add 6% lax) .. o Credit Card /I 0 Check or money order o BankAr,nericard 0 Master Charge, Bank /I Exp. date _ Name _ Signature Address City State Zip ~ _ .. .... . . ........ • • • • • ~ just one of the four-star performers that got Speedway at South Bay Steve Schlanser while trying to catch Joe Spisak bumped him. Spisak went down with all the following riders except winner Schlanser crashing in line behind Spisak. Schlanser wen t on to win, and he won the fmal race of the evening, the Scratch Main event. ..' eyers - Nichols uel on TT By Elaine Jones CORONA, CAL.,JUN E 2 Mike Meyers and Steve Nichols, who have been around for a long ime , showed the . fans they aven 't lost their touch as they ueled for cash on the TI. Eddie Lawson was leading th e troo ps until echanical problems held h im ba ck and eyers was more than happy to take ver and collect the bucks. Nichols was cond, Steve Scott fmished third. Tim McWhorter, on Butch Silvas uper-tuned Yamaha, co llected the coin the half-mile money race but dmitted it was hard fought with Eddie wson putting on the pressure and mishing a close second. McWhorter also dded the Open Expert half-mile to his aurels, out-running Don Driggs and erry Peters in that one. Dylan 'Ne ih ar t was hot and too k . orne first in the 250 Amateur/Exp ert and half-mile. On th e TI, newly ansferred Nov ice Cliff Mathews w as oing some far out riding trying to tch Dylan but nothing worked and he ettled for second. On the half-mile it s another Amateur, Cliff Whetstone, that was right behind him, after he got Cliff out of the way, but he didn ' t have enough to get Dylan. Rob Selvy chalked up a doub le win in the 250 Novice TI and half-mile along with 'a transfer to Amateur. Eddie San Roman had to work for a win in the 250 Expert Twin , nevertheless, he pulled it off topping Doug Davenport and Ken Renner. Ray Lovell and Don Driggs shared the Open Amateur honors with Ray topping Greg Norby on the TI and Don topping Rayon the half-mile. Dave Johnson took the win from Chuck Petty in the Open Expert TI. Bob Bell and Lou Gimenez had to put up with a hard challenge from Ken Griner as they claimed wins in the TI and half-mile . Bob got off 01) top in the TI and started to build his lead while Griner and Gimenez were working their way through traffic. By the time th ey made it his lead was too great and the y settled for second and third. Gimenez didn 't mess around on the half-mile, grabbing a super drive off the line and holding it as Griner settled in for second and Bell got up to third. Jim Beck crept closer t o his Amateur transfer as he won the 250cc Division 11 half-mile . Kirk Johnson parlayed a rmm half-mile win from Darren Hulbert in to a 125 No vice TI win from Mike Paulson. Paulson won the 125 Novice half-mile and is another rider who had better start thinking about graduation into the Am ateur ranks. Terry McCreery and Danny Perkins shared th e 125 Amateur/Expert honors. Terry got the TI win fro m newcomer Brian Burc h and Danny took the half-mile like Grant took Richmond. • Results in Results Section. Keep your feet. Superstar MX Boots Kawasaki Accessories let the good times roll. LUBRI~'ECH ?liq?1?111 Hand Washable ~.~ , ~ . • ; 'o~ Ot hman Distr ib uti ng Co, Box 356 san Luis Obsipo, CA 93406 1 8051 5440181 • Riding • R,eing • Strw! GLO VES Doalar Inq uiries Invited 27.