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Two of t he tri ckest dudes around th e place will be Cal Rayborn and Yvo n DuHa me l. Calv in usu ally w ins wh at he finishes _ but then so does Yvon Yvon has t he horsepower . Dan Ma hon v took th e
photogra ph of Ray born at the 19 66 Ca rlsbad light we ight race. Cal rarely dabs.
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DAYTONA:
·WHO WILL IT ·BE?
Mark Bre lsford has sho w n h irl1tel f to be fast o n the paveme nt as we ll as every whe re else. He w ill
sco re , b ut we d on ' t ex pect h im to win o utr ight . He w ill be ey e ing a re pea t o n the Natio nal
Champ ionsh ip. Her e he ch ases t eamma te Bart Mar ke l a t a non-Nat ion a l in Ch a rio n e, N.C. Pho to
by Le ighton Smith .
BSA w ill have a star-st udded cast to rid e their 750 tri ples. Probab ly th e ir fas test rider in a lo ng
race such as th is is Romero, but he will be ha rd-pressed to sta y ahead of John Coope r (28) or
Dick Mann (4 ). Man n has tw o Daytona victories under his bel t an d Cooper grabbed t he fir st
Ontario. Both w ill h ave their BSA 's pa inted blue a nd white to mak e th em Tr iumphs. What ever
t he co lor, th e Br it ish tri p les w ill be so mewha t down o n t he horsep ower that Daytona requi res.
Cooper photo by Gary Brow n.
Th e S uzuki tea m w ill be in th e hu nt . Pau l Sma rt an d Geo ff Per ry have offe red t he presen t team's
best sh owi ngs in recent years . Howeve r, Ro n Gra nt (6 1) has spe nt the w int er in A ust ra lia d o ing in
the down und er fo lk and w ill be o n for m . Th e two stro ngest team members from las t year, Art
Ba uman n (3 0) an d Jodv Nicholas, w on' t be w it h t he tea m t his yea r. Art is w ith Kaw asak i a nd
now ma y be see n running close to or at the front. Wat ch h im. Nichol as has retired afte r a
d isappointing 1973 seas o n. 1972 w inn er Don Emde w ill also be S uzuki mou nted.
