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M '" - '" co e, '" M ..... ~ N '"> ::; '" ;: '" w All IT TAKES to beg in YOL'R advertising ampaign IS APHONE CALL z to t he ildvertising d epartme nt at cycle news -' (213) 427-7433 w o >o and ou r courteo us staf f w ill hel p you pu t it together DO IT TODAYII " SATURDAY MOTOCROSS RACES at ~~~[¥)~ ~@(w~11001( • Starting Satur~ay May 19 . All Classes (see calenc:Jar section for d~ails) ~~~[¥)~ b y Tomie G. Lafon NU RBU RG RIN G, GER1vIANY. Apr. 29 , 19 73 - As is normal in th e Eife l Moun tains, it was rain in g wi th patches of fo g around the track . T he track is ove r 22 km p er la p. Big mo n ey ma ker was England 's Ch arles Mo rtimer with a secon d in the 125 class o n Saturday.. an d first in bo th the 250 an d 500 classes on Sunday . Mort im er's secon d place ' ti me b ehind Ken t Andersson o f Sw eden in the 125 class was 125.2 km /h as co m p are d to his winning time of on ly 119. 6 on Sunday in th e 500 cla ss. Mortimer's winning time of 123.I km /h in th e 25 0 class was eve n ' faster than th e 5 0 0 with 123. 1 km/h, both o f which were five lap s. T h e so lo ra ces were no t very e xci ting as Agostini was licking hi s wound's af te r cras h in g last week in th e 5 0 0 race in France where his MV co uld not match th e sp eed of J amo S aarinen ' s 5 0 0 Yamaha in the first ro und of the wo rld ' ch am p io nsh ip s. Both wen: testi ng new hikes for the next ro un d in Salzb urg nex t week. The sidecar race h ad a ll th e bi g guns includ ing th e big th ree fro m last year's ch am pionship. Klaus Ende rs, Heinz Luth rings hause r, and Sch au zu. Old man L uth rin gsh auser, 42 years young , blew th em all in th e weeds in practice to take th e pole on the s tart. The Kon ig two stro ke o f S teinhausen took 'the lead on the star t with Ender' s second and Luthringsh aus er fif th. T he ring-ding's . lead was short lived as Luthrin gshauser new by on th e second tum to take a 2 0 0 y ard lead over Enders by th e end o f lap on e. Enders took Heinz o n th e lon g straigh t on th e sec on d lap wh en the in take seat on th e right he ad shi fted slightly, dropping the RPM down to 9000 in 5 t h gear. Kurth Charl es Mortimer was the strong man in the solo cla sses . crashed hi s Monark in th e n orth tum, breaking the le g o f his very pretty girl passenger, Dana R ow e. Th e Monark is powered b y a Cr esem motor boat engin e . . Schauzu got b y S teinhausen to give II of the first 12 pl aces to BMW. T he Konig was the on ly tw o-s troke in the t op 12 in fo urt h pla ce. T he o ther Konig and Kawasaki ail ra n out of rin g-dings before the four laps an d 91. 34 0 kilome ters en ded. En de r's ti me was 46.28 minutes fo r 117.9 krn jh, ~@(w~11001( Il::l . 11rn3£rn3(w~ @ ~~W@~ 714-586-7964 The world's fastest two-wheeled motor boat is th is b izarre Monark. It 's powered by a three cylinder Crescent two-stro ke wa ter cooled speed boat eng ine . The b ike is very low and has a rear sus pension like the Yamaha works motv-crcssee s. SALES· PAlTS·SERVICE Serving The Enti,. South Bay Area ~onttifa -- Sta rt o f the sidecar race . Wegene r 135 1. who finished fift h . leads Luthringshauser 1211. and Schauzu (2 71. R ESU LT S : . SID ECAR 500cc: 1. Enders/Engelhardt (BMW, 1 1 7 . 9 km /h l ; 2. Lutheringshauser/Hahn (BMW. 116.4 1; 3 . Schauzu/Dalauch ( B MW . 115 .8) ; 4 . Steinhausen/Scheurer (Kon ig, 11 4BI. 500 SO LO: 1. Charles Mortime r (Yam . 119..6 km/h) ; 2 . Bo Granath (Hus. 119.5); 3. Billie NellOn (Yam. 119.41. 250 SO LO : .1. Charles Mort imer (Yam, 12 3 .1 km/h) ; 2 . John, Dodds (Yam. 122.6) ; 3 . T . Lans iwori (Yam. 121 .3 1. As can be seen by th e times the 250 class only ran on a we t tr ack but th e 500 and sidecars ran in a down pour. IHICArl MOYO-OUDI MAICO MONARK ~ ~ ~== 12•• NO. . ... ,IT st. IAN PlDlICl,CAUP.tom • (harbor fwyat channel ) Heinz Luthringshauser warms up h is 500 . DO HC BMW.