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Jim Weinert - unofficially A m erica's Best Motocrosser.
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Evel Knievel'~ luck didn 't ch an ge
c o lo r when he put on the Promoter's
hat. With rai n and lightning everywhere
on the horizon, the dro ps on ly fell
rarely d uring the two-day races, always
just wh en the track needed a ligh t
Sch pritz-ing to se ttle th e d ust. With
app roximately 4, 000 specta tors at $5
per, and so me $7,000 in rid er en try
fees, Kni evel and his sponsor O lymp ia
Brewery probably abou t broke eve n on
the event.
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Knievel live ne d the in tcnn ission on
Sunday by testing th e ste am-jet en gin e
of his Skycycle Harley-Davidson. Fueled
by alcohol and Tumwater (whic h
happen to be the chief ingredients of
Oly mpia beer), the jet roared steam
so me 200 yards out of its tail.
Ecology-mi nded fans will n ote tha t the
S kycycle is non-polluting, only pu re
H20 an d carbon d ioxid e co me a u t th e
ex haust. After tha t, th e d aredevil
am used h imse lf by firin g sky roc ke ts
fro m t he top o f h is ju mp ramp to thc
north rim of Snake Cany on , 1. I miles
across t he river gorge. His Cadillac
st ation wagon bears the Montana license
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(Result s o n page 44)
Greg R ober tson, foreground, with K nl evet' s uncompleted Snake Can yon jump ramp back there.
Kni evel plans to jump the Snake on 4t h of Julv, 197 3 .
dow n an d rushes ba ck to aid the injured
girl u nti l th e me d ics co me, sacrificin g
riders co m pe ted on Satu rd ay for
troph ies and , self-satisfaction . One o f
hundreds in p rize m oney .
the m remarked to me, " w ha t d o es I t
take to ge t w ritte n abou t in Cy cle
News?" Do some th in g spec ta cu lar, 1
to ld h im, La te he accosted mc aga in ,
"well,
I
did
something
sayi ng,
spectacu lar, like yo u said ." Wha t did
you go? "I broke Stu Peters' leg!" It
was a co incidence, bu t CMC st arter
Pe ters had indeed walked into th is same
man coming off the line,
Halfway th rough th e race, w ith fir st
place
firml y
in
hand,
DeSotos
motorcycle sh udders to a haItI Jones
has on ly to h old his lead to win, And he
doc s.
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WR ITI N' AR OUNDCMC Junior and l rltenned ia te class
CZ racing team, from left , Stan Cern y , G. Ro bertson, E rnie and A ndy D elaTorre.
