Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

~ Lou;s,;IIe 8: IIa,'1 (Continued from page 3) hour faster thaD anyone on the track, but he was up h1gh on the outside and taking CI) about 300 yards more distance thaD :t: the rest. ~ Now Louisville is an unusual track, in t.J that it is composed of limestone. There ...J is no dust, but the bikes throw uP a: U rooster taU that can blast a rider running behind to the point of blindness. Aldana was uP on the outside to avoid the spray and was completely covered with dust. On the last lap of the Semi, be left his gas on all the way through the last corner, in an effort to pass everyone ahead of him. He was flat out in a full-lock slide and had one hand on his face shield, using It as a windshield wiper. He caught the third place Darr, who was having his own problems seeing, and bumped his sllghtly. Aldana thought be was bumping the inside rail and turned to the outside. The outside fence was only a few Incbes away when he did this, and only Aldana and his Maker know how be avoided it. Young Dave didn't fall, though, and even though he didn't make the feature, be probably did the best bit of riding of the whole night for about one quarter of a second. The Semi ended with Castro, Mann and. Darr making the program. Amateur final time saw Doug Sehl on the pole, with fellow Canadian, Maurice Fraser, next to'him. It looked like quite an evening for the Canadians. As the flag fell, Doug jumped into the lead, but sheared a clutch key about 30 yards out and was done for the evening. Maurice, G Spee"wa, _ avoid hitting him. Another run to the hospital for the ambulance as Greg was taken in with possible back injuries. In the Handicap Main Event, Sonny Nutter and Larry He1nselman, both members of the Great Bear Racing team, collided and went down in the first corner, and Les Cbankey went down in the second corner, so a restart was called. In the restart, it was ScottAutry taking the lead, but Jimmy Raymond worked his way around him for the lead as Les Chankey spilled against the back wall and went down hard. As the corner man grabbed the macb1ne, Les started to get uP and then fell back down on the track. The red flags were out, and as the riders came around the corner, they came dangerously close to Les, in fact, only a SuPerb bit of handling by Larry Heinselman kept him from, colliding with the fallen rider. As it was apparent that Les was injured, the race was black-flagged and the ambulance was again put into play as Les was taken to the .I}ospital. As the race had completed three laps before it was black-flagged, it was official and Jimmy Raymond was first with Larry Shaw second and Sonny Nutter who had worked uP from a 50-yard handicap was third. The Scratch Main Event looked like a replay of last week except that this time, there were three racing teams involved. Carrying the banner for the Valvoline sponsored USA racing team was •Wild Bill' Cody, the local hero who bad put it on them last week in this same race. Doubling their odds as they did last bY having two men in the Main, the Great Bear Racing team was rePresented bY Sonny Nutter and Larry He1nselman, also a repeat of last week. The fourth entry, who was not in the Scratch Main last week, but made it this week to perpetrate the glories of. a brand new racing team just formed was John Fishburn riding for the Norm Reeves Speedway Racing team. Off the line, it was Fishburn, Cody, Heinselman and Nutter. Bill wasted no time in getting around Fishburn to take the lead and after he got it, he stretched it out to a safe margin. Fishburn retained second place ahead of Heinselman for two laPs, but the pressure bY Larry waS a little too much and Heinselman moved into second as Nutter tried to catcb third but was unable to make it before the checkered who has been r1d!ng a slDek framed TriumPh, was riding the bike that Dave Sehl had been riding last season. Boy, did he give it a ridel Maurice was 200 yards ahead at the pack and stayed th~re the whole race. Second went to Holly and third to Ron Bulter. The Experts came to the line for the National and Cal Rayborn just b~ everylh1ng out and got the lead on the first corner. Larry Palmgren was right behind 1ltm, and Dave Sehl was across the way, almost beside Palmgren. The track is so wide, and the riders were so close that you really couldn't tell who was in what position. Rayborn was def1nitely out front, but the next five posltions were all in the same place. Sehl got a way from the traffic a little, and fell In behind the flying Rayborn. They would go uP the shoots together, neither getting the advantage. Then, into the corner, with Dave trying to get under Cal. Rayborn would just be a little too fast, though, and they would come off the corner glued to each other. Apparently Cal got just a little high on one lap, and Dave got under him for the lead. Palmgren was in third and was being pressured by Rall. Lawwtll Brelsford Rice and Mann were all having prob~ms and Mert was just out riding around the track at about 20 M.P.H., with a disgusted expression on his face. About six laps from the end, Sehl's Harley lost an oil return line, and oU was coming out onto the exhaust piPe and really sending uP smoke signals. His teammates were sweating it, and it didn't look like he would have enough 011 to finish with. Dave was probably thinking a lot about that heat race, when the engine tried to stick uP. He didn't lose his COOl, though, and Rept going until the checkers came out, and he had his first National in the bag. Rayborn got a well earned second, with Larry Palmgren third. (Results on page 22) FILTRON YOUR HODAKA Famous FUtron protection Is now available for your Hodaka Ace 100 & 100 B at just the price of the f1],ter. Continuing their •sock' concept the engineers at FUtron have come uP with an effective alr filter unit that clamps on. Just the ticket for that EXTRA MARGIN OF SAFETY only FUtron Air Filters can give you. Ask for model k-306 priced at $5.50. flag. In a special feature match race, it was Bill Cody against Sonny Nutter which again brought out the team rivalry, and as they took off from the starting gate, they both made a dive for the corner at BULTACO , •., 1970 I,"er ••c.i•• Is Her. 'owl FOOT GRIPS send 25 cents handling cost for 1970 catalogue of the compl"te Sueo Cycle ACcessory Line. BUCO PRODUCTS : • I 2400 FISHER BLDG. DETROIT. Ml. 48202 Mr. Robert Tryon has just been appointed as BSA service manager for the BSA Western Operations Center according to E. W. 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The promoter, Harry Oxley announced PUMFREY MAICO - C·Z - JAWA - PUCH - ESO Sales - Parts - Service - (Continued from Page.9) PACIFIC COAST HONDA 2073 •• Pacific Coalt HwJ., Lomita (nil 32&-3810

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