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from The Industry I SD T Event Seventh Qualifying Schedule Two -Day Added to A seve n th tw o -d a y qua lifyin g event fo r th e Inte rnational Six-Day s T rial has b ee n confirmed fo r the 19 73 se ason. T he additional event will be held J une 30 and July 1 in Southern O h io and will be co-sponsored by the Hocking Valley Motorcycle Club and th e Salt Creek Mo torcycle Club . Interested riders should con tac t the Salt C reek Motorcycle Club at the following address fo r entry blanks : Salt Creek Motorcycle Clu b R ou te 1 La u relville, Ohio 43135 B ikoni Contingency Award Program Announced for AMA Road Races Pennzoil Post s MX Bucks Pe n n zo i! Company announced their p ar tic ip a ti on in the AM A Na tional Cham pionship Mo tocro ss S eri es -- by p osting 3 ,3 0 0 in conting ency awards . Beginning Ma rch 10, at Daytona Beach , Florida, and co n tin uing through the 1 1 event schedule , Pennzoil will post S 150 per win in th e 25 0cc and 500cc classes. T he Penn zoil awards arc contingen t on the e xclusive u se o f Pennzo il 2·S tro ke o r 4-Stroke Mororcvcle Oil as an engine lu b ric an t and the 'di sp la y o f Pennzoi! decals on both sides o f the fu el tan k. Pennzoil representatives will be on hand to meet the riders throughout the series. C o n siste nt w ith th eir efforts to suppo rt th e sp o rt o f m otorcy cl in g in th e Uni ted Sta te s, Bik oni Ltd., im p o r ters ~f Ko n i sh o c k absorbe rs, annou nces their su p port of th e n in e race 19 73 A:'I A Ro ad R ace Series of Na tional eve nts with a con tingency awards schedule to t ali n g $2,035. Bikoni Ltd . will also award 100 to the fastest qualifie r at the 1973 D aytona event. (This aw a rd is not contingent on the use of Koni shocks or the display of the K on i decal.) All the winners of th e n a tionally scheduled events a t a ll th e AMA sanctioned ro ad races will share the announced purse. Bikoni cash awards will be paid to winners contingent on the use of the product, prominent d isp la y of the K o n i decal on b oth sides of the motorc ycle an d the signing of a standard advertising/publicity release . N win .rBI New est member o f th e MIC D istrict Man ager s 100% C'ub. Mr. Ray Wese r o f the Har lev -Dav tdson Motor Co . whose area is Northern Cal ifornia. M r . Weser , al ong with Mr.- Malco lm Woods of Harle y -D avidson Motor Co . and M r . Bob Wolfe of Y amaha I nter nati o na l Co rp . han dl ing th e Souther n Cal if o rn ia areas are th e only three d istr ict manage rs in th e U .S. wh o can bo ast t hat all th e ir d ea le rs a re members of e M IC, a n o rgan iza tio n o f dealers of th e St at e of Cal iforn ia. The research team headed by Doctor Gordon Bla ir of the Queen's Universi ty , Belfast , Ir eland ar e known as an authority on two-stroke eng ine develo p men t . They have conducted a very extensive research programme wi th the Greeves 380cc Motocross engine. and th is, combined w ith Greeves practical know-how, makes it possible to offer a machine capable of givin g a performance wh ich is usually reserved for work s ri ders. Much of the vastly improved engine performance is due to t he exhaust system an d cylinder porting. Now that transisrorlsed mo t op lat ignition is fitted, it has b een possible to provide a stiffer crankshaft. The rugged gearbox dutch of Gr eeves design and manufacture is 9 tbs . li gh1er than those fitted 10 earlier 'Challenger' models. I ntensive tests have p ro ved these com p onents to have a light and posi tive action. coupled w ith a high deg ree of reliab ili t y . Fo ld i ng footrests for rider safety and prop stands are standard equipment . Pow er output is up t o 44 H P. We are con fi dent that th is 380ce Greeves a .U .B. " Gr iff on " wi ll show i ts heel s to com petito rs of greater capactltv . 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Motorcycle Speed Wee k at t he " Big 0 " traditionally kicks off t h e moto rcycle season , and this y ear an in ternational fie ld o f riders will be ch as in g a to tal of $ 131 ,965 for th e week of ra cing. Action at the tr ack opens o n Monday with th e fi rst prac tice sessi on a ro u n d th e four mile p aved cou rs e . Combinin g t he 1 7 5 MPH banking o f th e s u pe r -s p e e d w ay tri-oval w ith th e d emanding turns o f the in fi e ld ro ad cou rse . D aytona o ffe rs a stern test of m an a nd ma chin e . and a spec ta tors deligh t. Wh ile th e sp o tlight ce nters on th e ro ad racing durin g the week , the d irt events will also p lay to p ack ed h ouses. Q uarte r mil e shor t tr ack racing is set for Wednes d a y, Friday and S at urday ni ghts, and Class A speed way ra cin g with an in te rnatio na l field wil l m ak e its East Coas t debu t on Tuesday, Thu rsd ay. an d S un d ay. The " ru n in th e m ud " set w ill h ave their m oment on Wednesday w ith th e run n in g of th e a n nual 100 mil e All igator En d u ro. A trip to the w inner's ci rcle durin g the '7 3 running of Daytona Speed Wee k will be w o r th mo re than ever before , with a total of 131 ,965 on the lin e for the week. Highlighting the fest ivities will be the running of the ric hes t motorcycle race in history, the $77,250 Da ytona 200 mile classic on March 11. M ~ w ~50 C omb i ned E x p er t / J u ni Or Wi n ne r ... . •5 0 J u nior W i nne r . . . . . . . . . • • . . . . . . . . . . . .40 N o v ice W in ne r . . . • • . . • . . . • . . . . • .. . . •25 R ichest Week in Motorcycle Racing Set for Daytona COl .... 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