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ASKF R PENNZOIL' SHOT Rain shortens Bonneville Speedweek Intermittent rain and high winds tightened the running sche dule o f the Bonneville Speedweek, Au gust 23-27. Th e sal t was described as very wet and more than a littl e slippery. Fas test t im e of the week was recorded by Don Vesco, sliding his KENT HOWERTON AMA SOOcc NATIONAL CHAMPION Yamaha streamliner through the tr aps on its 'side at just under 2 73 mph ! Henry .Brigham IV of Housto n, Texas practically rewrote the 17 5cc record b oo ks on a brace of Can -Arns ; and Warner Riley, af ter taking "Fastest Cafe " on a fu el Harley with a sh orty fairing at 2 06 mph, and gett ing sideways at 190 mph on a return run , announ ced his retirement from the salt. The Bob Ge orge streamliner feU over Thursda y and scraped off the car b; retu rned fresh Friday af te r an all-night repair, worked up to 17 5 mph "an d fell over again in th e last run of the week Friday. Salt veterans, including Vesco, say this is "the bike " once its handling is sorted out. Driv er Dave Campos is able to motor away from a dead stop with it carrying 335 mph-top gearing. They figure one engine al one of the dual-Harley streamliner will push it near 240. 0 Kent Howerton smoked the field on the country's toughest courses to win the Number 1 plate in AMA's 500cc National MX Series. Time after time, Kent demonstrated his talent through thousands of tight-turns , jumps and mud holes to finish Number twith Pennzoil 2· Stroke Motorcycle Oil (mixed 32 to 1). If yOU wanta championsh ip caliber oil that burns coffers instantthrottle response at an afforda ask for Pennzoil 2-Stro ke Motorcycle Oil. '1 ·Stroke; 4'St roke and Injector oil are availab e oca motorcvcle dealer. Whaever au rfde, w erever you go, Pennzoil is worth ask- Emde dominates GG Challenge Dave Emde was the big winner during the two day Golden Gate Challenge road race hosted by AFM at Sears Point August 28-29. Emde won th e Challenge . match race itself on his T Z2 50 , won 250 GP, and was leading Op en GP oon his TZ350 until his clutch went away. Another multi-winner w as Paul Ritter (Duc) who took Open Production, then inherited the Open GP lead, as well, Emde broke the track record twice on his 250 - once on Saturday, timing at 1:56.1, then again during the match race at 1:56 flat. Full story and pi x to come. o Maico Trans-AMA team set; more Yurpeens coming Adolph Weil, Graham No yce, Alberto Angelini headline t he Maico factory en try for the 1976 Trans-Alvl A series. Gerrit " Wolsink and defending series champion Roger DeCoster are fairly certain on ' Suzukis as weU. Other possibilities are Gunnady Moisseev and Vladimir Kavinov . on KTMs, though confirmation of their entry is still pending. BlM meetings in Arizona BLM has called a series of public meetings to explain new proposed ORV rules on some 12 ~ million acres of public land in that state. These are the same new rules mentioned earlier in CN as coming out of a Washington, D.C. lawsuit pressed by environmentalists against the bureau 's existing rules. Sept. I Graham Cnty. Courthouse Safford, Az. - 7:30 p .rn , .Sept, 2 Yuma Civic & Convention Ctr. Yuma, Az, - 8 p.m, Sept. 2 Lake Havasu City High School Lake Havasu City, Az.-.8 p.m, Sept. 8 Pima Cnty. Board Rm. Courts Bldg., III W. Congress Tucson, Az. - 7:30 p.rn, . Sept. 9 Maricopa Cnty . Supervisors Auditorium, 205 W. Jefferson Phoenix, Az. - 7:30 p.m. Bikers are urged to at tend, learn wh at the rules mean, and send written comment to the bureau . Deadline for commen t is October 7. •, BAY AREA BULTACO ,Cyc le Center ~ ,- 0 OJ ~ Hodaka .. Bu ltac o • KTM We 1300 East Ed inger Ave. Santa Ana, CA 92705 7 14 ·8 3 5· 78 2 1 I -g ~ . Motoguzzi Try us lor Triumph parts UPS same day Sa les - Se rvice Accessc r res (t) Po r t in g - Weld i n g also 5606W. M a nches t er B lvd . ma il order 213-649·1700 I Ca n-Am Westchester. CA 90045 7 5 ~ for catalog Hc da ka Sacramento. CA 95818 916-452 -5491 I (S) 9 827 M aso n A ve . 0 ~334 C h a ts wor t h . Ca lif . 9 i 3 1 I Hand Qal<.da\e . Sw ing Arms 209-847-2572 Wheels Frame Mods, ~ porting @ Welding Soft Othman Distributing Co . Washable St ay Newport Blvd .. Costa Mesa, CA • • . SACHS Ph on e : ( 213 ) x82 ·8272 A ~e. Race Preparation (714) 645-8008 I (SJ WE CARRY THE COMPLETE LINE H ER CU L ES OIST. LTD . SACHS Shocks ~ - - - - - - -T rium ph - - - - - PARTS NATIONWIDE nee r Fr ames ,.~~ ~Iaic o :JOE. ~a'l.kE.H Motorcycles ~ 2509 8 roadway :E 0 9~£!N~:!ft.LJ~~~~1 . ~ :~~. Box 356 San Luis Obsipo , CA !!3406 (805) 544-6181 • RKJing • Rac ing • Street GLOVES Dealer Inquiries Invited 3