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Don Vaco'. motorcycle land speed
record was barely three weeks old
before it was broken, as Call1ayborn
took the Dennia Manning-built
single-engine Harley-Davidson streamliner to a one-way record of 265.492,
and a two-way average of 255.580.
Vesco's mark was 251.924. Rayborn
said of the experience, "It's scary."
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Scoring at the Linnville, OH, InterAm race was a quagmire, with no
official results given the night after the
race except that Jack Penton had won
the 125cc class. Bengl Aberg (Hus)
appeared to be the winning International class rider with Me JODllOn
(Mai) second. R.11II Darnell (Hus) was
probably the top American rider.
The Trans-AMA series held its second
race the day before the Inter-Am and
it was a BSA sweep as Jeff Smith led
teammates Keith Hickman, John
~anb and Dave Nicholl in the
overall standings. Bob Thompaon
(Oss) was top American at fifth
overall.
Problems of where to ride were
discussed, as San Bernardino County
had issued an ordinance requiring
written permission of the land owner
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ride anywhere except BLMmanaged lands. The BLM office
indicated three areas where the land
was predominantly federally-owned
- with little privately-owned land.
Thus began the herding of off-road
riders into the Lucerne Valley, R.ed
Mountain, and Shadow Mountain
areas.
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Whitey Martino (Hus) moved into the
0-57 Heavyweight desert points lead
by winning the 75-mile Rams hare and
hound while previous points leader
R.ich Thorwalcbon (Ric) was eighth.
Cordia Broob took his Hodaka to the
Trailbike win ahead of Terry Clark'.
Harley-Davidson.
Cycle News tested the 125 Puch motocrosser. We quote from the last paragraph 'of the test: "The bike is priced
at $776.00, which is fairly high."
Scott Autrey won the Scratch Main
Event at Costa Mesa speedway,
defeating New Zealander Dave
Gifford, who was getting a little track
time at the small oval in preparation
for an upcoming international series.
Jim Gresham won the Handicap
Main.
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