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MA TTERHORN: a bit harder than last time (or, did the editor of a well-known weekly newspaper chicken out at the last minute?) Cl .rn , '" e, '" .... '" Cl ..; ~ w Z W ...J U >- U , .. .. Eld en Peterson learn s th e hard way that stock Suzuki's aren't kosher for hilld imbing . By Rich Hoffman ma chine. IRVlNE,CAL. March 26-lt see s about Even ove rall winner Ne al Mackel (Tri) a month ago Cycle News Editor Dave had his prob lems with th e Matterhorn Swift was cov ering the Matterh orn today as he failed to make it o n h is Hillclimb at Saddleb ack Park and mad e third run, but rallied to make it on his so me rathe r h eavy remarks about the next few runs . For h is consistency , a "Matterhorn" with he adlin es reading third overall in his last three times o u t , ''The Day The Matterhorn Die d". V ic Wilso n an nounced a t the trophy Weee , when Saddleb ack owner Vic presentation that he will h ave a special Wilso n read thi s lin e it was easy to see for N eal for his tro p h y made th at he wa sn't j ump ing fo r j oy, but at outstanding p erforma nce on tb. last week's Pacifi c- A.M.A . series here Matterhorn. Vic caaually mentioned over the P.A. Wes Eva ns wa s th e o n ly d oub le syste m (abo ut a do zen times) th at he winner of the day taking b o th the 125 cha llenged Swift to top the Matterhorn, and 650 Divisions. Wes was in perfect Vic even o ffered Dave a $ 5.0 0 bill a nd form as he look his 50 1 l\laico over th e his choice of starting position if he lo p to ace out Chuck Ke y (T ri) for top co uld .ma ke it. honors in the 650 class . Well, Sw ift d idn 't sh ow up to day' So folks another d ay of Hillclimbing and it 's a good thing to o, b ecause o ut of go es down in the history books . To 85 entrys only n ine rid ers made it o ver Dave Swift, t he offer still s tands. an d n o one made it o n a 250cc or smaller b ik e. I wa.' halfway t o Saddleba ck Sunday O nly o nc rider in the less t ha n 500cc 'm o m ing but su ddenly realized I had to class topped the hill today and that was go home. Silly m e f orgo t t o leave th e Ed Shaver on a 350 Kawasaki th at lo oks radio on fo r m y dog....Ed. to be a highly modified hill climbing _ (Results on page 36) II'! .. . . .. ... . .., .. ' .iI • . • "" T he King of the M atterh o rn, Neal Mackel, hangs on fo r anoth er one. J Distressed Dea ler (6 ••5i michrome :-? Shines SUddenly ~ \~ • ~ / ft NEEDS HELP . Si mi chro m. lS i -hon. y j':~ ~ C I ..ns quick as ( La rge stock , new & used Dirt bikes & road bi kes 200 t o c hoose f rom! S uzu ki's - Norton's - Ducat i's Ya ma ha's - Rickman 's - BSA's DKW'S-Honda 's-Steen 's Min i·b ik esHod aka's - etc . Make offe r No reaso nable offer w ill be refused! At t he comer of 27t h & Pico Blvd . in San t a Mo nica . • bunn y OM PETITION Tube Sl CH EMI CA LS Can Sl.45 713 Este. Street Iowa Fa ll s , Iowa 50126 514 .95 p l u s .50 handling (Calif. residents add 5%) Ch ec k pay abl e: DI CK MANN WA T CH ---... Allan Seym o ur En t. P.O. Bo x 69 4 . Dana Pt. , CA 926~9~ @1' \ . . / . ANOTHER FINE PRODUCT FROM DICK MA NN T·SHIR T Therm al Drin k H older Id eal for ca mp ing or i n t h e p its. Keeps cold d r in k s g~~ agrd ~o~ad~n~S ~~~k~:~fe;: f~fxfO;o~ S4.95 •••••••••••••••••••••••••• C HE CK PA Y A B L E T O : D i c k Mann Sh irt, : : • • P.O . B o x 5 J 9 . Dana P Oi n t, C A 9 2 6 2 9 S I Z ES : Sm Med Lg X ·Lg . Dept . • : $ 1. 5 0. COL ORS ; Blue wtu te Y ell ow T a n eN l . : • • • • • • • : • : • • • • .6..0. IV I N o C .O . D.s A c c e p ted . All ow 3 0 d a y s • Nng ! Just a bit more. Ch uck K ey meets the new, improved Matterhorn. • • • • fo r d eliv er y , Ca l i f. re side nt s add 5 % . • : Name - - -- - - - - - -_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ • : Address- - - - - - - - - - - _ _ "7_____ State - - - - -- - - - -Z ip- _ _ _ __ _ _ _ •• • •• • -___ • • • • • • • • • • • ••• • • • • : • ~ I _... t .