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.. .... 1 u o ~ w Z W ..J U ~ U RECA' Con" d by doing it on a 350cc machine while the rest of the stars rode the 500s, 650s, and 750s. Mann was again up there, but this time only with a second. RESULTS, 1. Kel Carruthers Yam 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12J. 13. 14. Thomas BSA Dick Mann Ralph White Gary Nixon Don Emde Gene Romero Walt Fulton Jim Rice Robert Winters Cliff Carr Ron Grant Jim Odom Duane McDaniels Jess Kaw Tri BSA Tri Kaw BSA Kaw Kaw Suz Yam Yam Tri Suz . Ron Pierce· 15. Royal Sherbet Yam Yam Yam Yam 16. AI Gaskill 17. Jeff Sperry 18. DeWayne Keeter 19. Eddie Mulder 20. John Issaes * disqualified Trl Yam TOP TEN STANDINGS 1. Dick Mann pts. 91 82 74 67 61 56 52 49 46 43 40 37 34 31 28 25 22 19 16 13 265 226 203 143 137 123 104 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Jim Odom Gene Romero Don Emde Kel Carruthers Dave Aldana Chuck Palmgren 8. Jim Rice 98 89 9. Dallas Baker · 87 10. Jess Thomas Louisville, Ky., June 5 Dave Sehl picked up his first points of the season by winning the Louisville 20-Lap Half-Mile National for the second year in a row. It was a rough one, however, as he managed only to make the Semi after his heat performance and then transferred to the Main by taking second in the Semi. It certainly proved the fastest don't always win. pt,. RESULTS, 1. Dave 5ehl 2. Larry Darr H-D H-D Nor Nor 3. Jack Warren 4. Jody Nicholas 5. Dave Aldana 6. Jim Rice 7. Doug Sehl 8. Ronnie Rail 9. Gene Romero 10. AI Gaskill 11. Dick Mann 12. Dave Smith BSA BSA Trl BSA Tri Nor BSA Trl JUNIOR MAIN 1. 2. 3. 4. 74 67 61 56 52 49 46 43 40 37 34 Trl Randy Scott Carl LeBlanc Keith Ullckl James Zeigler BSA H-D H-D TOP TEN STANDINGS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 82 Dick Mann Gene Romero Jim Odom Dave Aldana Jim Rice Don Emde Kel Carruthers Chuck Palmgren Dallas Baker Jess Thomas · 302 246 226 179 ISO 143 137 104 89 87 • (Cont'd. from page 1) Loudon, N.H., June 13 It was the closest Road Race National finish ever, with no more than six inches between first and second and 10 feet between first and third. Mark Brelsford was the surprise winner after Kel Carruthers (second) and Dick Mann (third) had battled it out all the.way. RESULTS, 1. Mark Brelsford 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. pt,. Kel Carruthers Dick Mann Yvon DuHamel Gene Romero Robert Winters Cal Rayborn Don Emde Jim Rice Walt Fulton Dave Aldana Don Castro Frank Camillieri Duane McDaniels Dave Smith Dave Damron Mert Lawwill Larry Schafer Chuck Palmgren John Hateley JUNIOR SO-MILER 1. 2. 3. 4. Loyal Penn Mike Lane James Allen James Chen TOP TEN STANDINGS 1. Dick Mann H-D Vam BSA Kaw Trl Kaw H-D BSA BSA Kaw BSA Tri Yam Yam Yam Kaw H-D H-D Yam Tri 91 82 74 67 61 56 52 49 46 43 40 37 34 31 28 25 22 19 16 13 Yam Kaw Yam Yam 376 307 226 219 219 196 192 165 120 108 2. Gene Romero 3. Jim Odom 4. Kel Carruthers Dave Aldana 6. Jim Rice 7. Don Emde 8. Mark Brelsford 9. Chuck Palmgren 10. Dave Smith · Terre Haute, Ind., June 20A fter winning the first· AMA Half-Mile Championship, Qave Sehl returned to win- the second as well. Unlike the first, however, Sehl had little trouble in holding off Don Castro. Bart Markel made the Main in pursuit of his 28th National win but he could only muster up a third. RESULTS, 1. Dave Sehl 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Don Castro Bart Markel Jim Rice Gene Romero John Hateley Rex Beauchamp Dick Mann Tom Rockwood Eddie Mulder Ronnie Rat! Keith MAshburn The two individual, crossing the finish line on the lower left end of thi, photo had a great deal to do with the final outcome. Had Kel Carruthers (73) been five i further along. he would have been overall winner instead of John Cooper (28). H·D Trl H·D BSA Tri Tri H·D BSA Trl Trl Trl Yam pts. 82 74 67 61 56 S2 49 46 43 40 37 34 (Please t,,", to fHlge 5) lap money throughout the 39-lap first heat. Cal Rayborn was never more than a few seconds lengths back until the 2 Ist lap, where he fouled a plug. DuHamel's thirsty Kawasaki could not wait 125 miles so a pit stop was mandatory. The Triumph crew wasn't sure if they could go the route, however, so had recommended everyone make a stop just in case. Yvon pitted frrst, giving Nixon an lI-second lead, and that was the race. Gary wasn't stopping for gas no-how. The pit crew held their breath during the last lap. Then Nixon' entered the fmal straight, gave them all a casual wave, and cruised home. Cooper and Kel Carruthers fought closely to a preview of the second heat to eventually take fourth and fifth respectively. Carruthers had a bit of difficulty getting around Mann until Bugs experienced some traction difficulties and fell back to eighth. The first heat was Suzuki's best race of the disappointing season. J ody Nicholas never started due to an injury he received at Ascot two night ago but the other three members, Ron Grant, Art Baumann, and Ron Pierce were at one point well into the top ten. Grant finished fifth, and Baumann, seventh. Gene Romero was exceptionally strong until he fell off near the end of lap 10. One observer explained, "The track was unusually slick in spots and Gene hit one of them." The forks locked sideways as he nit, went through the windscreen and landed on his head in the dirt. The throttle linkage was ruined but he joined the race seven laps later. The crash shatt~red any chance that Romero had of regaining the Grand National Championship since he was listed as 42nd in the frrst heat. With two laps to go Tom Rockwood crashed and on the last lap, at Turn 16, Ralph White passed Dick Mann to take fourth, then unloaded. "He got around me and then got on it," recalled Bugs during the intermission. "He just fell off." White recovered to finish 18th, right behind Rockwood. Kel Carruthers - even before the National began. he showed his detenninetion.