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lires, the onlything between you and the cold· hard ground! . K MoTOCROSS ROADWlNNER t&200 THEGill "ERS AYlHlbll Sizes 1', 5.10H17A, 4.10H 1', 4.IIOH 5.10H1', 3.IIOH1 9, 4.10H19 AYilaMeSizn 3.110-14, 4.10-1', 4.110·1', 3.110-21 IRC .. , TIRES FOR ALL KINDS OF RIDING AND ALL KINDS OF BIKES . IF YOUR LOCAL DEALER DO ESN'T CARRY IRC TELL HIM TO GET WITH IT AND CON TACT ONE OF TH ESE DISTRIBUTORS ... Ed Tu r, ckl D istribulor Dalln, TL Top-lInl Will, Inc. Slnllnl, CI. Top-L1nl Soulh, Inc. HOlston, Tx. Cycll Plrts . D triballng, Inc i, WjchUI, KI. Hlhl Crdl Sipply . Co., Inc. SICrlllllnto, CI . SouthweltImported Aulo & Motorcycle Plrtl D , Inc lsl . Houslon, TL INOUE RUBBER INTERNAllONAL CO~ By J .D . Ulrich ONTA RIO, CAL. , AUG . 8 Be sure you're riding on IRC. Suzuki. Honda and Yamaha know, they choose IRC as original equipm ent! • Gill and Emde win withAFM ~ en Gill and David Emde b o t h wo n two classes a t On tario Motor Spe ed- \ way Su nday. Gill rode his Leland- Nak agawa-prep are d Kawasaki Z-l to easy wins in Open Production an d Open Superstreet clases, Emde won both 25 0 and 750cc GP after surprising early-lap challenges in each race . Gill led Op en Pro duction from the firs t lap to th e finis h, never seriously challenged by seco nd-place Mike Vel asco (Kaw) . Fo r awhile Velasco was busy h olding o ff t hird ov era ll, first 750cc, Pau l Ritter (Duc). but in the end, it was Gill , Velasco, and Ritter cruising alo ne, a few seconds apart ," Gill wo n Op en Superstreet an d the Cam ber Comp an y 520 con tingency by beating J im Haberlin (T ri 970). " I wasn't trying to b e a smart ass," said Gill after the race, whe n asked wh y his lap times suddenly dropped and Hab erlin caugh t up to him during th e Superstreet race. "I ju st thought that would be a better show for the spe ctators." Sh ow or not, Gill always had con tr o l of the race, and at th e finish was first. Wally Karp ynec had the ho leshot o ff th e 250 GP line, followed by Harry Klin zmann and David Emde. By th e halfway mark of the first lap Emde had control, but Karp ynec held off Klin zmann . to the finish. Karp ynec credited his new-found speed to his Ma ck-equipped m o n o sh ock, Klin zm ann n was rec overing fro m a flu bo ut. Emde wo n with a giant lead T he talk in the pits before Open GP - was t hat Klinz mann migh t not ride the class, st ill feeling sick fro m t he 250 GP race . But Harry n ot on ly di d rid e, he led - th e first three lap s on h is bas ica lly st oc k TZ750 . David Emde, on his Don Vesco prepared TZ750, (Gene Romero 's spare b ike) dov e under Klinzm ann in th e tenth t um of t h e th ird lap to tak e the lead an d, eve n tually, th e win . ' A sta rt ing.lin e wheelie an d m ist ak e in p ick ing a line on th e ba nk early in the race h indered Emde and kept him fro m leading earlie r. Once in fro nt, Em de stretche d it out o n his fas ter Yamaha. The Texas World Speedway starting grid was the center of attenti o n during 750 cafe acti Th e combine d 125 /200 Production and 50/100 GP race was unexpecte dly filled with action. John Chermak, 200 Production class champ io n, led the first lap, chased by Bill McGrill (Yamaha 200 Prod), Bob Rroo ks (Kaw 100 GP), l\like McAvoy (Kaw 100 GP), Tim Ro be rt s (Suz 200 Prod), Jill Keenan (200 Ho n Prod), an d Flem Juliussen, (Kaw 100 GP) all in tight clu mp . One lap la ter in Tu m 18, it was McAvoy , McGrill, Brooks, Robert s, Che rmak , j uli ussen, and Keen an . McAvoy hel d and stretched out his lea d, but behind him chaos reigned. Another lap and McGrill was second, wi th Chermak trailing in third, and Juliussen , Keen an , Brooks, and Roberts fighting back and forth amo ng themselves. Then Kee nan crashed, end ing her back an d forth d ice with Ro be rt s and J uliu ssen. The procession stretched o ut. A t the finish , it was McAvoy, McGrill, Ch erma k, Roberts, J uliu ssen, and Brooks. Ch erm ak led the first lap of t h e 4 10 Pro du ction race, chased by Larry Cochran , Rob ert Lebo, Mike Ran ey, Alan Gingerelli, and To m Hayn er. Gingerelli blasted by for t he lead on t he seco nd lap, but ran off at the track cut-off for the short c ou rse. In stead of Rocky Rockwell (292) le ads J im Vialovos (188) in earl y scrap. Repeal the lavv o' gravity Terry Kit The front end kit . that works! I Wit h air o r spri ngs - better da mpe nin g - smoot he r actio n - m o re co ntrol lon ger trave l - desi gned fo r raci ng o ver ro ug h te rrai n . Bo lts rig ht in ." 9 0 da y mon ey ba ck !(u ara n tee K its availab le Kawasaki. Mo ntesa . CZ , tor Betor , Su zuki, Cer ian i , Yama ha, Dea ler or d irec t o ut of sta te call loll free 8 00 -85 4 -469 1 TERRYCABLE 30 rl, s.» 132 1 Hes pen a,C A9 234 5 14 44 31 3 - ~-