Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

CARLSBAD TRANS-AMA LINE--UP-!ell FEATURE MOTO ENTRIES Trans-Ama Series Carlsbad, California Nov. 22, 1970 14 John Banks Bsa Maico -i N Z Ossa 77 Steve Elsworth 81 Bultaco Husky Suzuki 24 Ole Pettersson ~ w ,; 0 Bob Messer Ron Keys 15 Dave Nicoll Bsa 27 16 Keith Hickman Bsa 30 Keith Mashburn Yamaha 84 Walt Axthelm z w ...J u >u 2 Dick Mann Bsa 17 Joel Robert Suzuki 30 Charles Minert BSA 3 Dave Aldana Bsa 18 Jim Wilson CZ 31 Gary Bailey Greeves Un-numbered as of Press Time: Gene Ramsey Wayne Hosaka 19 Sonny DeFoe CZ 33 Maico Duplicate Numbers may be changed. 4 James Shotton Bob Bailey 5 Gunnar Lindstrom Husky 21 Malcolm Davis AJS 34 Dallas Baker Ossa 6 Brian Kenney Husky 21 Ron Ely Husky 40 James Cooke CZ 7 Dick Burleson Husky 22 Bultaco 41 Bob Thompson Husky 10 John Bettencourt Bultaco 22 Bill Clements Husky 46 Wyman Priddy Bultaco II Jeff Smith Bsa 23 Tom Rapp Bultaco 55 Ron Stockman Bultaco ... .. 1'JlANS..UtA POINT STANDINGS Russel Powell n-NicoB~ jGim . . . . JeffSmidl Didr. BurIeseD 5!J165 JOIO Cad Berpa 2515 64 Jim O'Neal CZ 66 Jim Winert CZ Jim Weinert 69 Brad Lackey CZ t:.'Robert V DeFoe Ole Pett_OIl 2555 2555 2485 2395 2320 Bultaco Keith Bjcbnsn 22;95 2270 Montessa Brad Lackey 72 Dave Rodgers 74 Peter Lampju BriaD:Kenay a - LiDdsbOlll Daye AJcIaua 2210 2195 Trans-AMA in a Nutshell Joel Robert has won seven of eight featured motos since joining the series. After being hastily put together during the month of September, the Trans-AMA finally got underway on Oct. 11 at LaRue, Ohio, and the BSA works team began things by dominating the first pair of featured motos. Jeff Smith, the veteran English star, won both lightweight mains and took an early lead in the race for the series' overall championship. A week later, the BSAs made a clean sweep of the first four positions and it was Smith again claiming top honors ahead of his English teammates Keith Hickman, John Banks and Dave Nicoll. But when the Trans-AMA series moved to Delta, Ohio, two new faces entered the scene and BSA had to retire from its previously untarnished showing. Two works Suzukis ridden by World Champion Joel Robert and Ole Pettersson began to steal much of the spotlight, but not without a fight. In the first moto, Nicoll chalked up the win.ahead of Robert to start the Suzuki charge on a sour note. Robert did not lose face, however, and from that point on, he has won each and every feature moto the series has provided, seven in all. To add to the onslaught, Petterson has powered his Suzuki to second place behind Robert in the past two-racing dates. Even though the swift Belgian has dominated the series since his appearance, his late arrival has hurt him in the overall point standings in which Dave Nicoll and John Banks currently share top honors. Dick Burleson has been roIling through the series with a fair bit of consistency which places him atop the honor roll as Top American. His chief competitors are in the persons of Brad Lackey, Brian Kenny, Sonny DeFoe, Carl Berggren, Jim Weinert and Dave Aldana. Berggren and Kenny trail in the Top American race and are now being hard-pressed to c.atch Burleson, who holds more than a 400-point lead on the pair. Brad Lackey, who raced the first date as a support class winner, has shown his possibilities as a star. During the second feature mota at Unadilla, N.Y., he was leading the field until his CZ quit on him. Despite these setbacks, Lackey has been top American twice. As the series goes into its next-to-Iast date, the highlight's focus on Robert vs. the BSA team vs. Malcolm Smith (AJS) vs. Gunnar Lindstrom (Hus). While this is going on, the battle for top U.S. honors should be even more fierce with all the above mentioned and a host of others swarm over the Carlsbad course in the race for the Number One plate. 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