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Sto ry & Ph oto s b y R andy D . Bail ey
PHOENIX, ARI Z ., April 22 , 197 2 J oe Smith a n d hi s fu ele r Harl ey proved
an un beatab le com b ina tion at th e
AH RA F ue l and Drag Bik e N a ti onals at
Beel ine Dragw ay .
S m ith. from West Covina, C alif., h ad
little com p e ti tio n afte r Boris Murray's
chan ce for victory went up in smok e in
the sem i-final run against Smith.
M u rray did h ave the honor of tu rn in g
fastest E .T. and speed a t the Nati onals
- 9 .04 se conds a t 169.7 8 m p h - d uring
a qu alifi cation run .
In the fuel fin al Smith was match ed
against Hen ry Mo ore (lIarIcy). Smith
turned a 9 .26 E .T. to b eat :-Io ore 's 9 .29 .
Smith w on $7 50 for hi s efforts.
Acti on -Fours twin-Hond a, Sant a Ana,
C alif. easily w on th e t op gas cl ass. The
eigh t-cvlinder machine trip p ed the ligh ts
in the fin al ru n aga in st Ed l\lcDonald's
Harle y w ith a 10 . 10 E .T . :-IcDonald.
Paramount, Calif., co llected runn er up
mo ney w it h a 10.46 LT.
There were 92 entrie s from six states
at the Na tionals. Five AHRA re cords
'.. . ere se t du ring the meet.
(R esults on p age 44)
Action Four s twin Honda heads for a 1 .t
bike took top gas and $500 home.
WHEN THE .DRAG BIKES HIT BEELINE
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A fueler Harley uses the burn-out board .
Hodaka.
II won'I'run oul
of guls before
you do.
The Hodaka is built lor on e
purpose. To out-last and out-
pe rform its competition . How
is this d one ? By relining the
sa me b asi c, su p e ri o r desig n
year a fter y ear. Perfe cting the
little th ings that mu lti-model
manufactu rers don't have time
to notice.
C a refull y examine the new Hedckc. No tice the trip- se t odo m-
e ter . The feath er-light clu tch
ope ration an d spri ng protected
throttle cable. And the rubber
m ou nte d g as tank .
Little th ing s that a dd up to b ig
thing s . W e only buil d one
bi ke . But we build it b e tter
tha n anyone else in the worl d
THE GUTSY ONE LEADS
* Cord is Brooks lea ds Dist rict 3 7 Trail bike
Desert standings with 970 p oints .
* Mike La ney w in s 100 A ma t e u r/ Expe rt class at
0 /37 TT Sc ra m b les, April 2 3 at Adelanto , Ca lif.
* Harry Taylor wins 125 E xp ert class, April 8 ,
Ow yh ee M.C. m oto cross at Bosie, Idaho
Sensationa l weath er and 92 entries from six states resulted in five AHRA record runs at the
Beeline Drag Bik e Nationals.
