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DIAMOND CHAIN "THE NATIONALS' ANTHEM!" IRVINE. CAL.• JUN E 25 ·13·• -24• r:.3f . • • - 1 • -74: -14·.... • .... • • ,. / I', BUBBA RUSH REX BEAUCHAMP "l .~ GARY SCOn HANK s c o n STEVE EKLUND 25 . - ~2·.... 84:• • • TED BOODY CORKY K EENE~ JAY SPRINGSTEEN All of the above numbers add up to 9 win s for Diamond! Ask your dealer fo r Diamond, " The Chain of Prove n Perfo rmance ," on or off the track. LJ.H::'J CLASS B MEMB~R ••. •..•• AJnsted I N C U . T Ilt I • • Ju ly 10 , 1976 . at 10 :00 AM thru 5: 00 PM , Lon g Bea c h H ond a rs ha vi n g a rac e an d d irt b i ke close o ut sale . Motorcycles will In cl ude ne w an d u sed r..ce and trail b i kes of all siz es In the Hus Qvarn a , Bulta ca , Ma ico. CZ , KT M. Kawa sa ki, a nd Ho nda b rand s. A lso I n c l ud e d is t h e 4 st roke r acer an d w i n n er o f t h e 197 5 Par k er 4 0 0 and B aj a 50 0 , M i k e Be ll s C MC N o .1 C R 12 5 M H onda M X 'er an d m an y more. This Is not a gi mm ic k, b u t a genui ne h igh b id b u y s it sale , w i try m ln i m u.m b ids p o s~e d o n sale m ach ines. Seal e d b ids on l y w i ll be accepted , an d w inn er s will be n o tifIed Monday mor ning 7-1 2 -76. T he st ore w ill be c l osed to n o r m al b u si n ess duri ng b id sale. an d limi t e d t erm s are o ffered. . So rry - d u e t o the n at ure o f t his ve ry low c ost sale - n o trade -i ns wi ll be acce pted. You w ill ne ve r agai n b u y a n ew o r use d d irt b i k e so c he ap . 5105 A tlan tic Ave., Lo ng Be ach. C A 9 0 8 0 5 . No de alers pl ea se! YAMAHA TT 500 XT500 KTM Imports U.S.A. 9825 Ma son Ave.)Chatsworth , Ca. 9 13 11 . (2 13 882-8860 Deale r Inq uir ies In vit ed . 41 51591 ·6922 943 B ransten Rd ., San Carlos, C A 9 4 07 0 'lIIiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil _T_~ CyCl" Family 444 N. Barranca Covina, CA 91722 213·331·9651 We Mail Order " Som eday, You 'll Own a Yama ha" Expansion Chamber Cone Sets 20 G a . s t e e l ro lled an d seam s pat we ld e d read y t o des ign your own c ham ber. 3 Pc . sets , $ 1 2.0 0 . 4 Pc . se ts , $ 14 .00 . 5 Pc . se t s , $1 6 .00. Po stpaid . Plus Sa les Tall:. ,Hl Q U.1 ntl t y d lSCOI tS avai la ble . S e n d your enrne nsro ns to AlrCO Shee t Meta l, 15209 Gre vruea Ave . De pt. W, La w n d a le , CA AMC m ade a return ·deb ut at OC1R with its first Friday night opening of what promises to be a lo ng ho t summer o f super racing as Betty Laker's faithful foll owing diced it out o n a super prepped track which had 'so m e ' o f the best get-dow n ra cing arou nd. 250 Pro Morris Malone rode his Husky like Heikki as he blew away the rest of the fie ld with speed a nd smooth ness. Wit h th e firs t mo to in his pocke t. Morris had to fo llow Ji m Cross (Suz ) in the sec o nd u ntil the fif th lap when both riders cam e over t he jump and down the st raigh t. M alo ne held it ope n lo nger and d ived d eep er in t o th e tu m to edge ou t Cross , an d th en b uilt up a sizab le lead fo r th e win . In the third rn oto , Morris stalled his b ike in a hairpin tu m an d wou nd up third ; but his 1-1-3 was good for t he bucks. The 10 0 Expert go was the exclusive property of Randy Sk in ner (Hon}, who pulled off three ho lesh o t s to equal three wins, while Gary Stophez (Ho n) w as right behind Randy fo r a consistent secon d . J ohn Fall on (Ya m) led the ch arge as Beginners, Jun io rs a nd th e 125 Intermediates we re heap ed to gether on a sp lit gate stam pe de . J ohn was 'l.uickly disp laced by Wayne Well s (lio n) who to ok it from t he re t o a perfect I-I-I. Back in the p ac k, I 25 Juniors Lan ce Hart ley (Ya m) and J ohn Rub y (lio n) were kn obby to kn o bb y. T hey se t t he fir st tw o m otos 1· 2 resp ectively, the n d iced it o u t some m ore in the third to trade sp ots. with Lan ce the ove rall winner. • Results in Results Section . Glover captures TT record By Phi l Carpenter ' PUBLIC NOTICE THE FINEST COMPLETE LINE OF OFF-ROAD RACING MACHINERY EVER OFFERED AMC MX at OCIR By Rex Reese Aga in, in 1976 Diam ond @Chain is th e ch ain of choice among the ; top riders co mpeting in the AMA Nationals. In 1975 our wins tot aled 15 out of a possible 20. In 1976, th ro ugh the Columbus V2 Mile , Diamond is 9 of 12. Diamond winners to date inclu de: RICK HOCKING Western-iiotiiiie---------- THE FINEST IN COMPETITION DIRT BIKE RIMS FROM YOUR ADELANTO, CA L. .J UN E 2 6 The track record was broken thr ee ti mes on t he nigh ttime IT cou rse at 395 Cycle Park's Satu rday night event in a two -man du el between San Diego 's ace AI Glover an d 3 9 5 's No. One Mik e Lan ey . G lover turned the 5/ 10 mil e co u rse in 3 9.5 seconds in th e 250 Expert hea t , breaking Rip Sweaney 's year -old 4 3.0 track time. Laney to ok the gree n light next . leaving Ron Po well an d Ti m Melancon watching hi m take a nother 3/ 10 of a second off Glover's track record. Anything yo ur 750 can do. m y 250 ca n do better p roved Glover. as he took still a nother 3/1 0 of a second off Laney's t ime in the main, setting t he official ti me at 38.9, aboard a single. He then came back fo r an en co re by win n ing t he Backwards Sweepstakes, setting a new track recor d . Euge ne Brown a nd Ben Me yer s dominated the 125 IT an d llaIf·l\Iil e . but Richie Vol ks ' m ec hanical p ro ble ms followed him like the pl agu e. In haIf-mile action. Lan e y showed G lover why he still holds the track record, an d Dylan Nei hart kept Gl over in seco n d in 250 Expert Main . Newco me r Steve Finan too k th e lead in 250 Novice Half· Mile action bu t Ric k Blan ke nship was on hom e ground an d soon ga ined the lead to fin ish ahead of Rich ar d Bishop. T'I' ac tion saw Blan ken ship leading th e en tire eig h t lap main with Finan waiting in vain for a mi st a ke and MX co n vert Dan Seagondollar ta king a respe ct ab le thi rd his first time o u t wit h the fast boys. The Bales Boys took t he Mini brass a nd Ms. Bobbi II un te r decor ated t he win ne r's circle as t he local Chamber of Commerce Pre sid en t stared in disbelief a t motorcycli n g's new image! • Results in Results Section. - Elsinore TT By And i Gangewer ELSINOR E, CAL. , J UNE 1 9 J ack Smith has been super hot latel y and he kept things steaming by polishing o ff the 125 Amateur! Expert class. The four Amateurs had the ad va n tag e of starting ah ead of the Experts whi ch was a big help to Jack who led the wa y fr o m start t o fin ish . At th e start of the ra ce J ac k . S teve Polson and Ma rk Led be ter lo o ked as if th ey we re tied t oge t her. J ack slowly but su rely co n tin ued t o stretch o u t his lead a nd before t he race was o ver he had a fu ll straigh taway lead ove r t he nearest rider. Mar k Le d b eter h eld o n . fo r se co nd. The secon d m ot o Amate ur Steve Karst an go t t he jump o ff the line but S mi t h p ush ed o n by and trad ed places with hi m. Po lso n moved u p on his rea r wheel to real ly apply the pressu re b ut before Steve co uld make his m ove t he chec kere d fe ll and J ack had chalked u p anot he r wi n. Moto three. Expert Steve Griffi th got tired o f foll owing the Am ateurs around. His throttle hand got t oo touchy and he AI G lo ve r takes his 250 to a new t rack reco rd at 395 Cy cle Pa rk .