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Daytona Beach. Fla..
March 13-15. A productio n model 2-1 Kawasaki
903cc motorcycle.
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mount ed on Goodyear
rubber, covered more
than 2.600 miles in 24
hours at an average
speed in excess of 109
mph on the Daytona
In te rnational Speedway.
The World 24-hour
speed and endurance
records. 23 American
hourly speed records. and 11 American
d istance records were shattered during the
run. The team of Masahiro Wada. Cook Neilson.
Hurley Wilvert and Cliff Carr (L. to R. above)
shared the 24-hour ride.
In addition. Yvon
DuHameLKawasaki
road racing team s tar.
ridi ng a s lightly modified Z-l Ka wasaki. se t a
new American closedcircuit. one-lap record
of oveLlQQmRh.
DuHamel also se t
new World absolute
speed records for 10
kilometers and 100
kilometers, as well as anew American distance
records - all on
Goodyear rubber.
.Goodyear is proud to have been able to
supply tires with the roadability to withstand
the sustained punishment of such high-speed'
endurance runs.
*(All World records unofficia l un til ra tified by the F.I.M. Cong ress. All American records unofficial until confi rmed by the AM.A.)
