VESCO TWINS UP
AT CARLSBAD
Another rider added his name to the rapidly growing list of big winners
at the monthly AMA sportsman road races at Carlsbad Raceway.
Joining Cal Rayborn as the only other double winner is Don Vesco from
San Diego. Don, last Sunday afternoon, won the 250cc Main Event and then
came back to take the trophy in the 500cc class aboard a different machine.
Vesco on a Yamaha, and Gene ROmero
on a Suzuki, supplied the action in the
2S0 class in the heat. semi. and finaL
Romero took the lead on the first lap
and was out in front until being sidelined with engine problems on the fourth
lap in the eight-lap feature. vesco then
took over to score his first lightweight
win at his "home" road racing track.
Returning for the big bike feature.
Don climbed onto his BSA SOOcr twin
and battled all the way with new pavement ace. Dusty Coppage. Coppage and
the TriulDllh and Vesco and the BSA
made it a torrid foursome all the way in
the ten-lap final. wi th Vesco easing to
a comfortable margin at the finish.
Swede savage made his first appearance 00 the Daytona Honda 450 and
made it a good one by finishing third
with a stlOllg bid the last half of the
race.
Into The Haybales
Early laps had savage and HoD
SportsteMnoUDted Dale Alexander swapping third back and forth until Alexander
missed the tipt number ooe tW'JI and
sailed throup the h~ bales. He reo
tw'ned later to finish sixth with savage
a !lOlid third.
Co_ge was a mild surprise as he
was trying road racing for only the
second lime. His previous outing was at
~tooa last month. Dusty, one of the
top 17 riders in the nation, defeated
Vesco in the semi-main before running
a close second in the final to the veteran road racer from border town.
Romero finished third, fourth, and
IUtb in tllree times oot In the big bikes
but was a cballenger many of tile laps.
Vesco, Romero, Steve Pederson and
Ron Pierce were the tour aces in the
2S0cc class. Pederson showed vast improvement over the race from two months
ago and his tifth place finish at Daytona
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