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(Con tinuedfTom page 5) Tad Gumbann I do believe that t he "T o d Cornbann " in the sportsman part of the H ang to wn story in reality is one Tad Gumbann . from the Redding area. Co me on . Steve Castillo! After three years of H angt o wn reporting you can do bet ter than this. A fter a ll. "hen a person win s the m ost im po rt ant race of th e District 36 yea r . that person deserves to at least get his name sp ell ed right. REX BACKMAN Santa Barbara . CA TheLatestNtwsAnd,DevebpmentsFmnfultaco.lliCanpanyThatBuiklsMxorcycles.AIXiNothingFlle. TEAM BULTACO TAKES "CALCITY" QUALIFIER Disappointing Daytona Speedway . Your coverage of th e Dayton a Spee d way acti on was a bit d isappoint ing for t he fans of o ne of Ca lifo rn ia 's, a nd t herefore th e co untry's. to p speed way r iders , Mike Faria . Mike a nd h is lu ning wizard . Fra nk Dia z, d rove t he 6. 000 mi le ro u nd tr ip to Florida to co me hom e with top hon or s riding ag ai nst some 60 com pe titors over t he wee k-long series of races. You r a rti cle left us so mew he re in mid- week with Mike so u nding like an a lso- ran . T he " Mig hty Mike" fa n club ho pes fina l a nd more co mp lete cove rage of t he Dayton a sideways action will be forthcomi ng . JOHN C LA R K. D.D .S . W aln ut C reek. CA Daytona Speedway You r coverage of t he recent Daytona Speedway races was disconcert ing to an av id speedwa y fa n an d Cycle N ews rea der. With havin g received first hand in fo rma t ion of the results of the eve nt. and reading your a rticle o n th e sa me. I tho ug h tI was reading some ot her race results. This lea ves o ne to qu est ion th e va lid ity o f rh e res t o f the a rt icles in Cv cle News . - Hopefull y. you can publ ish more com p lete a nd accu ra te co ve ra ge of the Da ytona in a fu t u re editi on . March 26-27.19n California City. CA. Bultaco International Team riders Cordis Brooks. Mike Hannon and Ben Bower have taken the Manufacturers Award for the "Cal City" two d ay qualifier and posted winning rides in two of ~he three classes ent ered . . . Cordis Brooks led the team wah the 250 and Overall victory followed by MIke Hannon's third overall and 350 cl ass win . The Gold Medal ride of Ben Bower was enough to insure the Manufacturers Award for " Eq u ipo Bu ltaco" The new Bultacos are here and they are setting the pace for 19 77 . . March 20. 19n West Germany Bernie Schreiber has scored his highest placing of the season and finished second in the German round of the \World \Trials Championship. The eighteen year old Schreiber has competed in only four of the six rounds run to date but has moved in to a solid fifth place in World Cham pionship st andi ngs. Bernie has now retu rn ed to the St a tes to prep a re for com petition in his first Scottish Six Da ys Trial and the U .S. National Championsh ips. Look for some great wins to come fro m the brightest star in the Trials world. Honest man fo und Howard Hooper SUZUK I: The 2 new modets of RM 250". are the ' finest Suzuk.i$ ever made and .e probablv the best 2 stroke t his ~~t~ We have a complete :~~t ~t~~ line