Second corner 01 the Ilrst l ap and Bart Markel (4) sets up for the most sensatio nal maneuver of the day. Wh ile Reger Reiman (55), Chuck Palmgren
(38), Gary Nixon (1) and Mert Lawwlll (18) all take the l ew groove, Markel goes hig h and, believe It or not, was leading the pack when theyhillhe
front straightaway.
Tr i umph teammates and traveling companions Chuck Palmgron(38)
and Gary Nixon (1) were In close contention all the way. Nixon
regained point lead with 2nd place fin ish. Palmgren grabbed 3rd
In 14omller.
'
nI:-.~ .
,
#80y Jim Rice won hi s fi fth Amateur National Champ ionship of the year, and second In a row at
San Jose, mounted on a BSA he owns and tunes himself.
"""'"------..",......
.
"
' \ -: !. t
<>
\.
-p
~#
{
J
(
~
•
••
(
-...
, ..,
,
\
\
\!~
'-
('
1'
,, .
\
\
t •
--
--...J
- ~>~. ~~a\,(.:::
\, .
~
r: . . ~. ~ ~.
,
Honda·mounted Jack W nson (31q) here leads #l1x Dave Smith (Triumph), but S
ilki
mith moved by
la ter In the Amateur fi nal to wind up 3rd; W nson was 5th.
ilki
~
But Markel just m oto r ed on calmly
(he had settled on a smooth , low groove
after the fir st f ew r ounds) , lapping Ralph
White with six circui ts to go and maintaining his fantastic l ead to the finish. It
was Bart's 24th National Championship
win, three short of the alI-time r ecord
set by Joe L eonard, and Joe was there
to see It happen.
Nixon held firm to second ahead of
Palmg r en, and Haaby took fourth ahead
of Lawwlll, Rome ro, Raybor n, Reiman,
Ni X, Coppage, Barda and Whi te. Time fo r
th e 14 miles was 13 minutes, 47.2 1
s econds.
By virtue of his runnerup finish, Ni xon
regained the point l ead f r om Rayborn
(It's now 527 to 505) , and Markel moved
Into third ahead of Nix, 500 to 456.
Haaby remains f ifth overall. All concerned will be back i n action Sunday,
Septem ber 8 for the first running of an
AMA Nallonal Championship race at
Sallnas, Calif., this one 11 miles In
l ength, on the F ai rgr ounds half-mile
dirt oval.
Amateurs I n Uproar
Three starts were required belore Amateur leature fina ll y got underway. Jim Rice (SO Is leacly)
Ing #21y Don Harms (H-D) and slldy Mark Brels lord on the second attempt. Brels ford didn' t unload, but blew on the li ne for 3rd start.
Chaotic i s the only word to desc r i be
Amateur class events at the San Jose
National. F rom qualifying on, a wei r d
A BO VE: Geezer Emi ck (BSA) unloaded In
Amateur event.
BELOW Dave Smith (T ri umph) took 3rd
:
place In yello w-plate tlnal,
National Num
Ni xen, snatc
Nati onal pol
from Cal Ray
using one
when he did
