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ATTH 0 T leA NA ..... ........ , 10 PR ow T Ma ke a note of th e race an d date right now! It' s th e River side Superb ik Int ern at io nal on Oct ob er 1st an d 2nd....th e final road race in t he Came l Pro Series, cr uc ial eleven t h-ho ur poin ts eve nt co unt ing to wards the American Grand Nati on Cha m pio nship. All of th e star co nte nders for th e Grand Nat ion al ti tl e will be there. Wrestl in t heir tire-shr eddi ng 190mph 'Form ula 750 road racers aro und Riverside 's t wistin ta rmac ribbo n in pu rsu it of th eir share of th e $25,000 plus t hose o h-so-valuabl Ca mel Pro Series poin ts and th e $75, 000 ride r po int fun d tha t t he series carries. The big ba tt le for th e Gra nd Nationa l Cha mpionshi p is a fo ur-way split that see m certai n to go right down to th e wire at t he seaso n's end, wit h Riverside playing more crucial part in that ba ttle t han any ot her race. Harle y Davidson 's young Nationa l Cha m pion, Jay Springsteen fro m Flint Michigan, currently leads this yea r's tit le chase. The hard-rid ing, blond-haire teen ager is bidding for his second consec utive Champ ions hi p an d the River sid Superbike Int ern at io nal is so importan t to him tha t he will fo rsake his normal " dir track - only" rou tine. Desp ite winni ng th e Na tio nal Cha m pio nshi p in 1976 and hold ing t he lead so fa t his year, Jay has never before even raced in a Nat ion al roa d race . Th e point s battl e is so t ight th is yea r, how ever, t hat Harley race ch ief, Dic O 'Br ien an noun ced recently th at he will pull one of the fo ur-st ro ke Harley Davidso vee-tw ins ou t of m othb alls for Springsteen to ride. It's been over three years sinc on e of th e Har ley roarin g four-strokes contested a Na tional. They might not be righ up there with th e 190mph Yam ah as but both O'Brien and Spr in gste en are confiden that th e y can earn so me Th en there ar e th e road rae valua ble points at Riverside and specialists like Skip Aksland probabl y even clinch th e t itl e who shattered the oppositio righ t there lSo all of you Harley in the r e c e n t Wo r I f an s w aiting , to cheer Championship eventatLagun Spring st een to his second Seca in Northern California. If you like his fiery ridin National ti tle, make sure that yo u 're at Riverside and yo u st y le th ere, then you 'll go craz at th e way he c harges aro un cou ld well get your wish ! Of co u rse, for Yam aha's River sid e's over-100mph lap Oth er Am eri can road race t it Ie co n te n der, Kenn y Ro berts, Riverside is even more aces inc lud e vet eran Gar important . He plac ed seco nd in Nixon , Nat ion al Cha m pio n i the o pening road race Nation al 1967 and 196 8 , seco nd in las of th e year a t Day tona and yea r "s W 0 rid F 7 5 since th en has won every other Cha m pionshi ps still as hard roa d race o n t he 'Champ ionsh ip charger as he ever was. sc hedul e , scori ng victo ries at T hen t he re's Gene Rom ero Charlotte, Loud on , Sea rs Point wh o is cu rre nt ly seco nd be hin and Pocon o. Kenny Ro bert s in th e Unit e SCHEDULE A double-wi n ner last year at S tat e s R 0 a d R a c i n OF EVEIITS Riverside, Kenny has to be t he Ch ampi on ships. Th e form e big favo rite fo r th e race. And Dayt o na a nd Ontario winne he 'll be trying even hard er than and 1970 Nat io nal Champio ever as he is more th an aware hasn 't been out of th e top six i th a t Riversid e gives him more' any roa d race t his year, s The Expert c ha nce th an a ny of th e wat ch -our for him at Riverside Lightweight race Dave Aldana is right on for rem aining races o n the sche dule heads the bill t o a d d an oth er Nation al t his seaso n as are guyslike along with the Cham pio nship to th e titles th at Steve McLau ghlin . East Coas Superbike and he held in 1973and1974. c ha r ge r Mik e Baldwin, Novice heat races 1975 Championship winn er, Californian s David Ernde , We plus practice in Gar y Scott is also in with a real Cool ey and Ron Pierce an all classes. chance at another title. He' s a Florida's hope , John Long. tru e all-rounder with terrific Adding an Internationa roadrace ab ility and knows that flavor are top Japanese ace River side points will give his Sadao Asarni plus Australia Championship chances a big Champion, Warren Willing an This is the big one! boost. hard-charging Mexican, [irnrn The F750 National plus Su perbikes, Sidecars and the Novice races.