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Pr ice 9360 HU V- 3 4mm to replace 36 mm . .,. , 65.95 D 10360 HU!iky - 32mm to replace 36mm .. .• • . 65 .95 11 400 Husk v - 34mm to replace 32mm .. ..• . . 65.95 12400 Husky - 34mm to replace 36 mm . • • .... 65.95 13250 Husky MJ - 32mm • . . . . . . .• . . .•. . . . 63 .95 14250 Husky MJ - 34mm .... . •..•••.....• 66 .95 IS 400 Husky MJ - 34mm . . . . . . . • . . . . • • • . • 65 .95 16 450 Husky MJ - 34mm 65.95 17 125 Penton - J2 mm . . ..••• . . • ... .. .. ..• 54 .95 In Memory Of LLOYD HOUCHINS lik ed so mu ch h e even had it put on his license plates for his personal car . by Ro xy R ockwood How od d it seems to rec all all the Th e smil e was alw ays th ere. The greeting was usuall y , " Hi, G uy. " He had , times he walked away fr om sp ills th at never won a national race , but at one Iwo uJd have injured many o the r riders. tim e o r an oth er he fini she d ah ead o f How o d d it see ms th at th e sp ill that every to p Expert wh o has raced in ended it all cam e aft er the race was recent years. over. He rode th em all; the hal f mil e, the But this may best describe Lloyd, a 'IT, th e mil e, the sh ort track and eve n ' rider who gave it his all wh ether the on one o cc asio n, road racing. He was purse was. big o r small , if there were a one h eck o f an all ar ound rider. few hundred or many th ousands . Lik e many riders each year he did watching in the stands. The type of not hit th e circuit and race many of the rider that gave all of us 100% n o matter big on es , b ecause he was married to a how many dollar signs . beautiful girl who liked racing and he He was proud of the fact he was an had a small son who was too young to "Ascot Racer." He knew he was one of take from track to track. the many that any new hotshot h ad to He wan ted to be . a part of the beat in order to win , because you have motorcycle industry, more than just a to beat Lloyd Houchins if you expected racer. So he left a good job and became to win at the most famous track of a motorcycle and mini-bike salesman, I them all. and like his racing, a good one. But he I He carried his desire right down to wan ted to be even closer and had the last tum of the wheel and he gained applied to go to work full time for the la position right at the checkered - flag that not only finished the race but AMA in the new Youth Division. M any of us kidded him and ended the career of a guy many of us nicknamed him " Wo b b ly," a name he .will miss greatly. ASCOT: •Ha'eley, while Gennai plays wi,h 'he big boys ' All prices pl us shippIng and hand l;" g Califo rnia resld pn ts add 5% sales tax Plea se ship C O 0 0 Cha rge 10 NAME 8ankAmencard 0 Masle rCharge D ADDRES S M V acco un t num ber IS C ITY _ _ STATE ZiP _ _ ,:~tt~wo ~;;;~cii;, Ltd. tf\\ . VU~I(tW.-_ MAI,L 10673 West Pieo Bou levard - at Overland LosAngeles. California 90064 - Telephone : (213) 475-4541 sa les - Service - Acc essories - Parts - Rivetts cnarnp tcn leath ers HUSQVARNA · JAWAl C2 · SUZUKI' PENTON' MZ, MONTESA • ZUNDA?P · MINI-TRAILS open mond ay through saturday THE WEIGHT SPECIALIST CZ and Husky Bend Light and trong l:::::::::;;~~~:::!A pprox. weight 1V, lb. Aluminum Handlebars Aluminum Skid Plates CZ and Suzuki Available for most Dirt Bikes Approx. weight 3V, lb . Aluminum Telescopic Loading Ramps GARDENA, CAL. , May 25 - Junior John Gennai came within four laps of scoring a major upset in the we ekly Ascot professional cy cle races last Friday. It was the first time th is season that the Juniors got to run with the Ex per ts. T he track was sup er-quick ~th five riders , three Experts and two Juniors in the sele ct twenty-two second bracke t with Gennai and R ick Ho ckin g, of cours e , th e two Juniors. Ho cking, wh o returned to Ascot fresh from his San Jose Junior win , extended his winning streak to ten wh en he upset . John Hateley in the' Heat race. Hateley was closing at the finish but th e Junior turned in a near perfect ride. DeWavne Keeter, riding a Triumph borrowed at the last minute, turned back Larry Gino and Brian LaPlante in the second heat to give the Experts their only win in th e first rounds. . Gennai cam e out for the final Heat and put it on Experts Tom White and Denny Kanegae, giving the Juniors two o f the three Heat wins. The Trophy Dash found Hateley fourth fastest , or last man to make the lin eup. A gain it was Hocking throwing dirt in the face of the polished Hateley. In th e Finale (perh ap s the best one this year for close racing) Gennai got the perfect start and led Ho cking and Hateley on the first lap. But it was obvious that Hateley was tired of being b eaten b y Juniors. J ohn swooped by Hockin g a t th e en d o f th e first lap and u sed his. ex pe rien ce and track know-ho w to clos e lap afte r lap on Gennai. By lap te n he was just a few feet b ac k and waiting fo r Gennai to make a mistake. T he o pening cam e on th e next lap and John shot in to a n arr ow lead. Gennai th en assumed the rol e of ch allenge r, and th e tw o stayed to gether and elsewhere INDY 764-1 808 ( 213)VALLEY 875-0694 L.A. DEALDSIII SEND FOR YOU R GRAH AM' S CATAlOG NOWI!I g,aham~ W HOLESALE ONLYHI For All Dirt Bikes hal w at you want 7325 Greenbush Ave.North Hollywood, Calif. 91605 INDIANAPOLIS, IND. , May 26 - Rex Beauchamp (H-D ) sco red his second No n -n atio nal mile victory of the season as he took the lead from Cal Rayborn (H.D) o n the twelfth lap of the fifteen l ap , S 10,000 Mile Regional Ch ampionship event at the Indy f air gr ounds. Yamaha rider Chuck Palmgren fin ished third. 63 Experts were en tered in the field with many of th e top riders o n the circ uit present. . R oger Sch effler (T ri) raced flag t o fla g fo r an ea sy victory in the Junior even t ove r Hank Scot t. Yamaha riders Chuck Jordan and Ed Daley waged a clo se 10 lap duel of lead swapping with Jordan finally co min g up th e vic tor in th e Novice Main. for three more laps. Hateley held off the nation's two best Juniors to take his first half-mile win of the season. But, it came the hard wa y and Gennai and Hocking showed wh at is in store when they tum Expert next season. I t was a great ra ce for all three. After two weeks of vari ed problems Skip Aksland returned fro m the north to the Novice class with his Kenny Roberts "Special." Roberts, in fa ct, was on hand actin g as pit man for th e two-time winner. Both Aksland and point leadervTorn Berry , won their heat races and everybody was expecting a ren ewal of the battle. It never happened, as Aksland powered his way to the front on the first lap with Berry getting another of his fair to poor starts . . Promising John Allison pushed his Kawasaki in to second be h ind the rapid Yamaha and for atleast th ree laps looked like a possible winner. Berry was fifth at the end of the first lap. Berry got to fourth at the ende o f two and up to third by lap five b ut tat the finish it Was Aksland with his third Main even win. this season, and Allison holding off Berry at the line for second. The third place fo r Berry is the lowest he has finished this season and has four firsts and three seconds to his cre d it to still hold the poin t lead. Cycle News will have the Ascot Monday night T .T . results in th e next issu e. ASC O T H ALF·MILE AMA , G ard e n a. Calif. M.y 25,1973 JR/E X 15 LAP FINA L. J ohn Hatele y John Genna i R i c k Hoc k ing T o m Wh it e Brian LaPlante Larry G i n o Rob Morr i so n John S p er r y Bob Sanders DeWayne K eeter T RO PH V DASH Hock ing Hatel ey G in o Genna! . NOV FINAL Sk ip Aksland J ohn Allison Tom Berry Ma rc Barban! B r uc e Hanlon Lyle Moore Jim Holt J ac k Langston Ga ry Bevans Chuc k Soderst rom Tr i T ri Va m Trl T ri Tr i Nor Su z Nor Trl Yam Kaw Ya m Yam Yam Yam Kaw Yam Bul Yam URBANA URBANA, ILL., May 25 - Granada Hills, Caifornia rider Terry Dorsch (T ri) led flag to flag to cap tu re th e Half-mile Regi onal Championship a t th e Champaign fairgrounds. Charlie Seale (H. D) pressured Dorsch through out the race but failed to get by . Re x Beau champ (H-D) rounded o u t th e top threes. K and N rider Randy Cleek (Yam) led Hank Scott (Yam ) to th e fla g in th e Junior event while T o m Smith (Yam ) won the Novice final .