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M . " '" Q. M .... '" .... N . ::; ~ W Z w ~ U >- U It's hard to be humblewhen you run circles around your competition. And that's just what Yamaha did for the second straight year at the 32nd Annual Daytona Motorcycle Classic. . It was Yam aha, one, two, three in the 2 00 Mile Exp e rt National Ch ampi onship Road Ra ce . Yamaha Racing Team Members Jarno Saarinen a nd KelCarruthers finished first and second, whi le privateer Jim Evans placed third. The 350cc, wa te r-co o le d, Yamaha machines literally blew the 750cc "S uperbikes" off the track in the most important motorcycle event in the western hemisphere. Gary Fisher and Don Castro of ' the Yamaha Ra ce Team placed first and second in the 250cc Expert/ J unior 100 Mile Road Ra ce , whi le six ot her Yamaha mach ines placedin the top ten. Ya maha Tea m Membe r, Pierre Karsma kers outcl assed all competition to win the Open Class National Championship Motocross Race. And earned the Florida Winter-AMA Series Championship. Look at these Daytona results. And then go out and look at a Yamaha. 200 Mile Expert National Championship Road Race-Sunday, March n,19n 1st 2nd 3rd Jarno Saarinen Kel Carruthers Jim Evans Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha 250cc Expert/Junior 100Mile RoadRace -Saturday, March 10 ,1973. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Gaiy Fisher . Yamaha Don Castro Yamaha J ohn Long Yamaha Ron Pierce Ya maha David Smith Ya maha Steve Baker Yama ha Jim Evans Ya maha Art Baumann Kawasaki Yvon Duhamel Kawasaki Howard Lynggard Yamaha Open Class National Championship Motocross Race-Saturday,March10,19n 1st Pierre Karsmakers Ya maha Amateur Road Races-Wednesday, March 7, 1973. Oass 11,101«-125« 1st 2nd 3rd 4th ~th 6th Henry Olynger, Jr. Yamaha James Martin Yamaha John Hubbard Yamaha Dennis Martin Yamaha Yamaha Jerry Horner Douglas Wilson Yamaha classV,201cc·25Occ 1st 2nd • 3rd William Hoevel Dennis Kirk Sam Blanton Yamaha Ossa Yamaha Oass VI, 201cc-250cc, Multi Cylinder, two-stroM. . 251cc-36Occ, other engines. . 100Mile Junior RoadRace-Friday, . March 9,19n 1st 2nd 3rd Phil McDor.ald Dennis Varnes Bob Deiss 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th l ath Gary McGoron Mike Caves John Green Jessie Byars Larrance Bleil Brian Abbott Bruce Lind Yama ha Yama ha .HarleyDavidson Yamaha Yamaha Kawasaki Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha Kawasaki 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th John Gleason Rand y Cleek William Weigle Clifford Guild. Jr. Murray Hoffman Edward Eaton, Jr. J . Ridgeway, Jr. Sh ane Jones Phil Sanders Frank Dellinger Yamaha ' Yamaha Yama ha Yama ha Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha 76 Mile NowIcc Road Race-Saturday, March 10,1973. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th LOth Gary Blackman John Solimine Murray Hoffman Edward Daley Tommy Hall Clifford Guild. Jr. Steve Morehead Kevin Stafford William Peters, Jr. Chuck Killen Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha 1973 AlligatorEnduro- 251cc-OpcnB Class 1st Robert D. Harris Yamaha PowderPuff 1st Lynn Kahler Yamaha Someday, youlll own a Yamaha