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TEN YEARS Eagle HST. Rain or shine, it's our finest performance tire. o - AGO 00 0') Eddie Mulder won the Santa Fee TT to open a doubleheader weekend of AMA Grand National Championship Series racing. Mark Brelsford (H-D) had been leading the race easily, but DNF when the bike's ignition quit firing . Mulder's Triumph took over the lead, and he held on to win a close one over Skip Van Leeuwen (Tri) and Chuck Palmgren (Yam). Ed Hermann (Tri) took the Amateur race. The report was penned by thenCN editor, now the AMA's Government Relations Department Director, Ed Youngblood. Canadian Dave Sehl (H-D) was the easy winner of the second half of the doubleheader, the Charity Newsies half mile. Second went to the BSA of Ronnie RaIl, and he was followed by Larry Palmgren (Tri) and Mark Brelsford (H-D). Rex Beauchamp (H-D) took the win in the crashshortened Amateur feature that saw Sehl's brother Doug taken to the hospital with a broken leg. Gary Fisher was also shaken. Six hundred riders showed to contest the Dirt Diggers All States Championship Scrambles, held in San Clemente, CA. Preston Petty won three Expert classes - the 125, 250 and 500cc with Sachs , Maico and Rickman machinery, and Lan Laraon topped the Open Amateur/Expert class on a prototype 50lcc Maico. The results for the 500-mile Greenhorn Enduro were finally figured out, and the overall winner was Bob Steffan, who dropped just 20 points in two days on his Harley-Davidson 350 Sprint. Steffan, who was interviewed by R on Schneiden in the same issue, admitted that his handlebar mounted clock broke shortly after the start, and he had to rely on his wristwatch. Open A winner Gene Burcham (650 Tri) also dropped 20 , but lost out at the tie-breaker check. Tom Penton (Pen) topped Earl Roaeler (Yam) by four seconds for the Lightweight A win. In the Trailbike A class, Walt Baehr (Sac) was the winner over Dave Ekins (H -D) and Larry Roaeler (HD). Larry, 13, was the event's youngest finisher, and had a score four points better than that of John Penton. Rich Thorwalcbon continued win ning in the desert, taking the Desert Knights hare scrambles on his Rickman Triumph. Bultaco rider Tom Poteet had the lead, but relagated it to Thorwalson due to a flat tire . Tom Sargent, the publisher of Cycle Magazine, announced the appointment of Byron Farnsworth as the magazine's West Coast Editor. Speedway action in and about the southland found Sonny Nutter beating Br u ce Flanden in the Scratch Main in Lancaster (Sammy T anner took the Scratch Consolation there). Sonny then did the same deed to Rick Wooda at Costa Mesa. In a special benefit race at El Cajon, Scott Autrey won the Handicap Main in front of Nutter and Woods. TV star Billy Gray was leading the Second Division Main until he went down. Eagle HST was built for those sunny touring mornings that turn into slippery, rainy afternoons. This third-generation touring tire has the most aggressive tread a street Eagle has ever carried. Tests at Goodyear's San Angelo, Texas, proving grounds show that, even in 78 inch of water, the HST still lays down up to 75% of its footprint. That wet traction can help you control your bike in a sudden rainstorm. Eagle H ST also has four plies of rugged triple-tempered nylon, for what many riders consider to be the optimal balance between touring toughness and riding comfort. And, although it can be used with a tube, the Eagle HST was designed to be used tubeless, for strong performance and easy maintenance. • The rider who buys Eagle HST buys Goodyear's best. Beefed up shoulders and a wide tread also give this motorcycle tire good traction, handling and stability characteristics in the corners. The HST rear comes in sizes MT90-16 (5.10-16), MT90-17 (5.10-17), ML90-18 (3.50-18), MP90-18 (4.25-18) and MS85-18 (4.75-18). Rib fronts come in sizes MJ90-18 (3.25-18), MJ90-19 (3.25-19) and MM90-19 (3,75-19). Ask the expert-your motorcycle dealer. Then put your touring bike on the best motorcycle tire Goodyear has ever built. Eagle HST. GOODli"EAR Pulling ~----0Ut front. awa}( - -----1 TO MORROW'S ·CARBURETOR FOR TODAY'S ENGINES Ted Boody, Lectrori equipped, won Yorktown Regional Mile. * LECTRON T~EL SYSTEMS, INC. Fr. . .pp1ICl1tJon chanund brochureo 1800 Stephenson Highway, Troy, Michigan 48084 available on requ ••t, or call our Cali- fornla Carbur8tor 5ervlc. Cent.r: Phono:~J_74. 21