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A spy photo howed the new 880,:c,
doubIeoverhead cam, all alloy V-twm
Harley-Davidson in the Latest Poop
section of Cycle News, It featured a
five-speed transmission and dual
36mm Mikuni carbs, The projected
release of the trick Harley was "sometime in 1975,"
At the Last Annual Dirt Diggers
Hopetown GP Scrambles, Larry
Roeseler (H-D) led most of the race,
until Penton-mounted Carl Cranke
took over to win the IOOcc Amateur/
Expert class, Roeseler got another
second place in the 126-200cc race,
this time behind Jeff Wright (Puc).
In the 250cc Expert class, Cordis
Brooks (Bul) took the top spot over
Will Harper and John DeSoto (Oss).
Cranke made it two-for-two by winning the 350cc All division over Tony
Rogers' Maico.
At the CMC road race at Ontario
Motor Speedway, Harry KIinzmann
took two wins - one in the 350cc
Junior GP class over Wally Karpynec,
the other one in the Open Junior GP
division, both on Yamahas. In the
250cc Senior G P, Bruce Hammer was
the victor over Whitney Blakeslee.
Blakeslee (Yam) also finished runnerup in the Open Senior GP class, this
time to Mike Devlin. Tofinish oUhis
third class of the day, Blakeslee won
the 350cc Senior GP race. John Ulrich
rode a DKW enduro bike to the 125cc
Production class win, while Dain
Gingerelli (SUl) finished second to
John Chermak (Yam) in 200cc Production action.
Roeseler & Pfieffer 'Ride to Frontier 500 Victory
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