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TEN YEARS AG Ossa rider Barry Gerald took the resch eduled short track National at Santa Fe Sp eedway, leading home Don Castro (Yam), Darryl Hurst (Oss) and Kenny Roberts (Yam) in the Ex per t fin al. Mike Kidd (Bu l) ha d pressured Gera ld until a coil bracket broke on h is bike with nine laps left' to go. Another Ossa rider, Mike Joh nson , bested Ted Poovey (Bul) to win the Junior race. In different parts of the country, drag race recor ds were being set. Riding a dou ble-engine Triumph a t Atco, NJ, Larry Wel ch lowered th e Top Fuel ET record to 8.81 seconds. In Indiana, a Norton in the hands of T.C. Christenson raised the speed record to 180.13 mph, but ironically lost the race he was in. Riding an MV Augusta, Giacomo Agostin i won the 500cc class in the Swedish round of the World Road Raci ng Championship Seri es. Ago too k about half the race to get around ear ly leader Rod Gou ld, who was ri ding a p unched-o u t Yamaha 350 twi n, but the Italian had little trouble wi nni ng. Agostini also won th e 350cc class, and Gould had his wa y in th e 250s. Derbi-moun ted Angel Nieto won th e 125cc race. Art Knapp (Hus) and T om Smith (Yam) finished 1-2 in the Dusters D37 hare scrambles. It was Knapp 's second overa ll win in the desert. John Hateley (Tri) took his fourth consecu tive Expert main event in weekly Asco t half mile action, leading from wire to wire. Another Triumph ri der, J un ior Dennis Kan egae, also won his main event. Rick H ocking (Yam) wo n the Novice main. In a m otocross at Motosport Park in San Antoni o, TX, Steve Wise wo n the 125cc Senior class over Tom Stoffel and Bill Law. The Open Sen ior class was won by Kent Howerton, wh o beat Steve Foster and Frank Peebles. __RAY Rex Staten used CZs to wi n th e 250 and 500cc Expert classes at a R.A .C.E. motocross at Corona Raceway. R unner-u p in the form er event was Doug Sh erman (CZ); in the latter it was Ken Zahrt (Bul). . Ivan ~auger won the British Speedway Fmal and thus qualified for the 1972 World Final, to be held in Londo n' s Wembley Stadium. Joining hi m from the British Final were N igel Boocock, Barry Bri ggs , John Louis and Eri c Boocock. T he two -strokes suffered defea t at the hands of the four-strokes during the weekly CMC Ascot motocross. First Bob Hosford rode a Bill Bell-tuned XL250 to the 250cc Expert wi n, and th en Bruce Baron rode a special SL 125 prepared by American Honda to win th e 125cc Expert class. Cycle News tested th e newest Hodaka, the I25cc Wombat. A CMC Saddleback mo tocross saw Chuck Bower (Pen ) win the 125cc Expert class, Marty Tripes (Yam) do the same in the 250s, and Bra d Lackey (Kaw) cash in in the 500s. ~ BRIDGESTONE JAWA HI-FLITE ET USA "Exclusive nose pocket, will not shift "Accent PANEL for fit and style . "All seams double stitched for max imum strength -Viny l cover 35% heav ie r than stock seats "Precision molded . to fit snug aga inst gas tank "No cross seams to snag •.separate.ior tear ONE PIECE MOLDED CONSTRUCTION Made of Aircraft Quality. Hi-density Urethane SPECIA L INTRODUCTORY OFFER Lim ited Time Only Aak your d..... or call dlNCt t714) 979-4810 DEALER II DIS T. INQUIRIES INVITED Division of Olee Int em etlon el Manufact urer of Quality Aircraft , and Motorcycle Seat s. 4020 W. Chandler Ave., Santa Ana, CA 92705 (714) 979-4810 NAME _ ADDRESS CITY STATE MAKE i BLACK _ ZIP MODEL i_ BLUE YA. _ _ c.. RED G MONEY ORDER C:C.O.D. . CHECK TELEPHON E C.O.D. ORDERS ACCEPTED 15