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Cycle News 1976 Issue 24 Jun 22

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Cec cuta·bail ofbroken records Beauchampand Goodyear! O'l ,....., ; Rex Beauchamp (#31) and Jay Springsteen (#25), Ist- and 2nd-place winners, 1976 San Jose Mile National. . On March7, 1976,Goodyear record average speed of lOS.no mph on the asphalt tri-oval. Gary Nixon and Pat Hennen, the 2nd- and 3rd-place winners, also flew home on Goodyear slicks. Earlier, Kenny Roberts earned the -Day- tona 200 pole position on our slicks, setting a new track record speed of 111.546 mph. racing slicks outraced the pack on Johnny Cecotto's Yamaha at the Daytona 200. The talented Venezuelan pushed them to a new . . On May 16, 1976"a special Goodyear dirt track racing tire made its debut in San Jose, Cal- ifornia. Again, a new track record was set on our racing tires, as Rex Beauchamp won his second straight San Jose Mile National by one bike length. And again, the runners-up (Jay Springsteen and Gary Scott) also finished in the money on Goodyear rubber. In a- very real way, every Goodyear motorcycle tire made is a winner. Because each is built .WINNERS GO~~. with thesame emphasis on quality, dependability and performance. Besides special racing products, there's an exciting,comprehensive GoodyearEagle line with the right tire for every biker. The Good- year Eagle HIP for high perfor- mance, D(T for dirt track, A(T for touring, MX for motocross, DIS for sandy desert, DIS II for hard-pack desert, and R(T for on or off road. They're available now at your nearby Goodyear Motor- cycle Dealer. . . ..GOOD,YEAR 11

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