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Neal Mack el w ind s up hi s Tri umph and goes over th e t op.
By Rich H o ffman
ORANG E , CALIF ., :>I ay 28, 19 72 What can you say ab ou t a gu y like Neal
Mackel ? Each month at Saddleback
Park's Matterh orn Hillclimb , Mackel
jumps o n hi s " stretch ed o ut" 75 0cc
T riu m p h, tak es a qu ick look u p th e 65 0
foot Ma tte rh orn a nd turns it o n. A few
seco nds lat e r he' s sitting at th e top . lI e
jus t m a kes it lo ok easy. .
Ne al Mack el wasn' t th e o n ly one t o
make it over today but while o thers
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A Mako tries the Matterhorn
made it , it was w ith obvious effort.
Near s closest competi tio n came from
Bill C orrell, also Triump h m ou nted .
Both Mack el an d Correll to p ped th e
Matterh orn four time s today wi th
Mackel takin g th e o verall win in hi s fif th
and final run .
Mack el 's o nly d efeat to d ay came
wh en
he an d Sad dl eb ack Park' s
m an ag er,
Bruce
. Feaver
tried
un su cce ssfull y to to p th e h ill riding
tand em o n Mack els 75 0. T hey didn't
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m ake it - m ay be nex t time.
It was a p erfect hill to day, with
enoug h of the bi g bikes maki ng it o ver
for a good show fo r the spectators, and
yet it was a very h ard h ill wi th o n lv
about a d o zen bi kes out of nearl y
hund re d e n tr ies makin g it ove r.
(lIus) , an d
F rank 0 Bre ckenridge
George Murai (l\lai) , b o th m ade it over
th e
to p
today ,
with
th e
best
of
runs
goi ng
to
co mbinatio n
Brecke nrid ge' for fi rst pl ace in th e 4 0 0cc
d ivision.
There were 18 en tries in the 25 Oc c
clas s with Do ug Hall (Bu l) taking firs t
a
with a 640 foo t ru n. Second wen t t o
Ka wasaki m o u n ted Ed Sh aver wh o
mad e it to the 605 mark .
J eff War d on a Bo nanza Mini bike
was b ac k to day to try to top th e
Matterh orn, J e ff has the h on or o f th e
o nly Min i bike to ever go ove r th e 65 0
foot hill , b ut today J e ff h ad to se ttle for
first in his d ivisio n wi th a 42 0 foot run.
J un e will be the last hill climb u ntil
Oct. 29, at Saddleback Par k, so if yo u
missed to d ay 's event be sure to be at th e
J une cli mb.
(Results on p age 4 0)
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Sometimes, yo u can onl y step off , gracefu lly .
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But do es he drin k the beer?
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He shouldn 't be going sideways at th is point.
