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Kawasakiwins 750 class at Ontario 6-hour Endurance Race; (Above) A 750cc Triumph rider blasts up the mountain. (Below) This rigidframe Harley was running chains with pilers for more traction. The Runyard/Vandenbroek/Hagie Kawasaki 650 took the lead after 5 hoursand 15minutes in the 750cc classofthe American Federation of Motorcyclists' On AnySunday IlOntario6-hour EnduranceRace: They never gaveit back. That makesit twoin a row for the flying KZ650. Yup, it'sthe same bike that won last year. If you want tosee what that KZ650 looks like.just drop into your local Kawasaki dealer, becausethe bike they-won on.apart from a modified exhaust systemand somenew jets in the carburetors, isjust the same as the one sittingon his floor. As Roger Hagie said.'Maybe the best 750 is a 650:' Why not try it out,and decide for yourself. I l I, I I I I I , • I Kawasaki Don'tlet the goodtimespass you by. already ridden the bike in the same class . The out-of-bounds prevent ed him from accepting the extra win nings for t he over and a n u pheld protest d isqualified him fro m the climb. All True received for his troubles was knowing he ha d topped th e mountain . O n the 500cc hill the second round ha d already begun . Riders in the 500cc class began thinking they h ad a chance to see the top after they started passing the 700 foot mark . Their lane had been used last yea r and it was cons iderably sm oo t he r than the Exhibition lane. Kerry Peterson (CAl thought he was go ing to be the one; his 400cc Mai co was rea lly singi ng when he passed 900 feet . but he m ust ha ve hit the last puckerbu sh on the hill he crashed at 96~ fee t. Waiting in th e hol e was Bill Landsborough (CAl on a new 400 cc Yamaha . Landsborough said that his plans were to follo w th e pa th as fa r as possibl e and stay in bounds. After he rea lized tha t he ha d gotten ab ove th e beaten p ath he began co nce ntra ting o n .sta ying in bounds eve n more an d not messing up . It too k a while for th e Bees to chec k his path befor e assuri ng that he would be cred ited with a n over th e hill ride . but it was fin all y declared . Bill Landsborough officia lly became the second person to go over the Widow maker . These two men had the riders in th e Exhibition class thinking big. There were over 100 riders trying for a share of the $~ .OOO purse p lus the extra $1.000 that would go to the first Exhibition rider over the top with a clea n run . Big Bill H a rrison (CAl and his 1526cc Ha rley had the best chance of capturing the 'p rize beca use he had the last ride in th at class. Vince Bertol uc ci (CAl. riding a bo u t ha lfway through the class. was hoping . tha t he could maneuver his trick 750cc Triumph to his second win in a row. He threw a chain on his first ride and ha d to get it on th e second . He stopped at 9~2 feet . short of his 1.1~ 7 foot mark in 1978 but high enough to put him in first . Bert olucci was beginning to relax a little when Big Bill Harrison came to the line. Harrison makes his Harley look small but it has enough ponies to carry him up th e mountain . He left the line. hit the hill just right . and went to 1.000 feet with hardly a bobble. At 1.056 feet one of the steps on t he mountain stoppe d him - but he had gone far enough for first. Harrison took home $1 .200 . a new Yamaha . and a n ew. ti t le . Bill Harr ison : 1979 King of th e W idowmaker. Results 200 NOV : 1. Darrick Kaisiles (Vam ). 250 NOV: 1. Kent Argyle IBun; 2. Ro n Merrill (Hon); 3. Larry Daley IYam). 370 NOV: 1. Tom Matt hew s {Yaml; 2. Laerv Green IHus); 3 . Jim Styer (Husl . 500 NOV: 1. Kenny Kim ball (Yam); 2. Jay Lott (Yam); 3. earl Nelson (Yam) . 200 AM : 1. Rick Amann (Yaml : 2. M arvin John son IYarnl. 250 AM : 1. Kevi n Jones IKaw) ; 2. Bob Fo x (Yam ). 370 AM : 1. Bernie Iriart (Suz). 500 AM : 1. Mel Kimball , Jr. (Yaml; 2. Craig Chambers (Vam) ; 3. Kevin J on es (Suli . 200 EX: 1. Erik Goehers ISuzl; 2. J on Foerster (Hanl ; 3 . Tim Kain (SUl ). 250 EX: 1. Clyde Pet erso n (Yaml; 2. Gary Pet erson (Yarn l; 3. Dean Gerdes IS uzl. 370 EX: 1. Mike Polley IBull; 2. Will AlfOfd (Bull; 3. Marty Moreali (Yam) . 500 EX: 1. Bill LandsbOfough (Ya ml; 2. Xerry Peterson (Mai.; 3. Wes evans (Yaml. OPEN: 1. Willard Xinzer (Honl; 2. Tom Elmore IKawI; 3. Bruce Kunzler lTril. EXHIBITION: t . Bill Harrison IH-OI; 2. Vince Bartolucci fTri); 3. Marc Smith ITri). ... And now a word from our competitors Why'" DAMMIT! It's Simple We Got The Bikes ! We Got The Parts! We Got The Service! and when you get them from us - you got them 'f or less 'CA NOGA PARK SUZUKI Ca=~~~~:~~3o& (213) 884-0413 Suzuki - Husqvarna - Maico - Italjet I I' Weekly news, not monthly history r------ eUL.T~C= I 1 O ~'" .Wo SALES OF DALLAS .~...,~':'.O , d . '>••. /' 1 I Sales - Paris - Service _-:.:... Mall Order Service a Specialty Try liS first for the hard 1 to find Bultaco parts 11176 L D Tn. 75207 214/638·2010 45