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Cycle News 1973 06 19

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CARLSBAD GRAND' Hang Ten United Stales' Motocross GRAND " s a> PRIX ," M .... .~ a> " ..., " e til :: w Z PRIX~VIEW W ..J U > U It will · be the stock and sta nda rd Carlsbad Internat ional cou rse for the stock and sta ndard int e rnati onals. Spectato rs w ho have an y interest in a sec ond U.S. Gra nd Prix will o nly cr oss t he course at t he po int s des ignated by officials . In add ition t o th e b rid ge, there ar e seve ral cr ossing gat es. Un less Ake get"s h is scoote r spot o n it isn' t likely that he wi ll b e sq ueezi ng the t ro phv -too t sie this . yea r. Anywa y. DeCo ste r's fa vorit e lady lives in Californ ia. As yo u are probably already awa re, th e Carlsb ad Grand Pri x is th e biggest , hairies t , nea test un-p aved eve n t eve r to hit America n.m otorcycling. (f you aren ' t consci o us of it, you should be. Here's why . For the first tim e , the United States and th e AMA h ave finall y go tte n th e FIM to grant them a sanc tion to run a fo r-real World Championship even t. Last year it was a Grand Prix in name and money on ly. This year the re will be wo rld ch ampionship p oin Is given on Am eri can soil. Admitting the AMA to their ran ks t he h a s n ' t been easy fo r in flue nce-co nscio us FIM. T he n ew kid m ay tum out to be th e lea der o f the gang and th e Europeans are gu arding th eir power j eal ou sly. They will be watching what ha ppen s very ca refully . If the ir are repeats o f last year's Yo-Yo's with the ice ches t wh o sauntered o ut in fro nt o f one of th e rid er s (D id you see th e in stan t replay o n TV?) th ey may rec onsider granting a sanction fo r ne xt year. T h e U.S . Grand Prix will be a littl e d i f feren t than the other world champ io nship rounds. Most riders don 't make their m o ney from the world cham pio nship roun ds, they ma ke it in start mo n ey fro m. th e Nation al ro un ds. I • NogUChi Special Racing Products Now Available lor the lest . SQUARE - BARREL CHROME CYLINDER CONVERSION NOW AVAILABLE FOR YAMAHA GT80 - HT /LT 90/100 AT125 - CT175. THE ULTIMATE IN HIGH PERFORMANCE AS FEATURED IN " CYCLE WORLD" , " MINI ---C YCL E" AND " CYCL E NEWS" . KITS, PIPES, MAGS, SEATS, AND OTHER ITEMS IN STOCK - FOR IMMED IATE DELI VER Y ! ealers: , CALL NOW FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MOST EXCITING CYCLE ACCESSORY LINE IN THE INDUSTRY. CONSISTENT TOP QUALITY IT EMS UNEQUALED IN PERFORMANCE BY ANYTHING , HIGH PROFITS , AND PROTECTED AREAS. IMPORTED ANDDISTRIBU1ED EXCLUSIVELY,BY "DIRTY DISTRIBUTING COMPANY" 3125 MARJAN 'DR . ATLANTA, GEORGIA 404/458-9866

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