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IAbovel Heevy wind. cIoMd the Tuesday .fternoon MSSion. Other then that. the wuther wu gr8lIt.lBeIow left) Jim Ahrens took his 14-hcne pcwnr. &Occ Kreidler to five recorda... around 80 mph.IBeIow rIghtI John H8Ider went 117.m on thIa record-breeldng run In the 1300cc cI8a. 10 , If the LaFollettes had a bike like Jim Hanhardt's, they could stick with their factory brand, at least in part. Jim's is a massive V-8 engined Ford-Honda. A few puurists wer outraged by his runs, for time only, but not appropriately; he was classed with the cars. The car guys didn't seem to mind. Jim, like Ken Davis, found that car tires don't work on bikes over a certain speed him was about 165 - with plenty of torque to spare on his well-engineered motorcycle which has proved itself at Utah Salt Flats Racing ASlIociation meets. HP Books owner George Gjonovich also brought a 1527 Kaw, with Norris cam, DelI' Orto 52 pumper carbs, ARD magneto and Alphabet headen. Rider Tom Sauter set a record in 2000cc class in fourth gear - they didn't bring enough gean. A Norton specialist, this is George's first Kaw. He manufactures nitrous oxide kits and would like to try it on the salt. Bryan Bowns rides for a group of six or eight regulan who've been coming to Speed Week for about seven yean, hall of them citizens and half motorcycle salesmen or mechanics. The all contribute ideas and work to the handmade bike, and this year they set a record, as usual, with their Honda 500. Jim Langer of Chicago, who makes cams and does porting. is one of the traditionalists who still runs a Harley. His bike is primarily a draper, fuel injected and with an air-shifter automatic transmission. He belongs to all three drag bike organizations and goa to all the nationaJs. The bike ruOl on 88% nitro and is reputed to 'be set on Kill and make 250 horsepower. If it lives, at Bonneville, it should go very fast. The H-D double-engined, turbo· charged streamliner. the Jammer, much rebuilt for this year, was around and ran occasionally, and also stayed a week longer on private time. Don Vesco arrived late, on Thursday night, for one last try with the old 'liner, but left after holing the stainles steel exhaust on Tuesday after Speed Week, planning to return in a couple of weeks. Don would like to get Kawasaki's $25,000 contingency money for beating his own record of last year. After that quest is over, he'll turn to building the all-new KZl!1OOpowered liner for next year, full-time. As the week progl CIIes, bikes break or owners get records and leave. The lineup of vehicles in the pits becomes ragged. Others keep trying to qualify until the last bour before dark on Friday, out of enthusiasm or desperation_ Then, except for the anaII group Name CIaa Make Jim Atwww.Arc8dIII.CA Jim Atwww.Arc8dIII.CA Jim Atwww.Arc8dIII.CA Jim Atwww.Arc8dIII.CA Jim Atwww.Arc8dIII.CA Mark LIngua. G... od.... CA Bryan Bowne. Citrus Heights. CA S1Irve AIeuncIer. ConI Mesa. CA Mike LaFoiette. oe.bom. MI Mike LaFoiette. Dearborn. MI Cherlea Toy. ArlIngton. NB RIch8rd Coatm8n, Evans. CO M-AGIO M-AF8J KreIdler KreIdler KreIdler KreIdler KreIdler RIc:h8rd Coatnum. Evans. CO John H81d8r. AustIn. TX G.-Id Wysong. Miami. FL John Held•• AustIn. TX John Helder. AustIn. TX Tom Elrod. Austin. TX Dave Matson. Weatlllnd. MI Tom S8ut1tr. Long Beach. CA Robert Tomroae. Santa ROlI8, CA Tom Elrod. AustIn, TX MPS-Af.&O A-AGIO APS-AGIO A-AB-3IiO APS-Af.800 APS-A8-&OO P·7IiO M-AG-7IiO A·A8-1000 P·1300 M-C-1300 M-AG·1300 M-AF-1300 MPS-AG-1300 A-AG-1300 A·AB-1300 M·AG-2000 ·A·AG·2000 APS-AB-2OOO A·AG-3000 Honda Honda Honda Honda MotoGuzzi K8wlIukl Honda Honda K8wlIukl H·D K8wlIukl K8wlIukl Kawa••kI VIncent K8wea8k1 HoD K8wlIukl who've earned the right to record runs on Saturday, it's all over until next year. Tourists will run their cars and bikes on the salt unattended. Special sanctioned Land Speed Record runs may be held. The salt will be rented out from time to time for advertising photos. The Utah Salt Flats Racing ASlIociation will hold a few weekend meets. But most of the time the salt will be empty, undergoing its yearly cycle of flooding and drying. until the colorful and noisy assemblage that is Speed Week returns in September. Old Record 70.314 • .833 71.- 72.B 7&.314 "0001"*'-1 1&2.311 1&4.301 138.223 141.284 184.&07 1&0.34& 1&0• • 1• .742 188.104 1• .708 183.17& 178.130 183.&82 169.414 171._ 188.812 New Record 7I.3Z7 .,.81.314 78.1. 71.121 101.277 1&3.374 17&.813 1G.813 1...1. 181.889 1&2.130 1&3.417 188.874 172.303 174.&13 167.m 184.701 184.947 181.929 113.888 200.022