Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

~ '" ~ w Z W ..J () > () - ~ Ted Henter visited victory circle for the second time this National season. This time, however, he kept his win. The Novice race at the finish. It was close. Henter just leads Long. stopped in the infield with mechanical problems and lost rwo positions as Mann (BSAl and a consistent Ron Pierce (Yam got by him. Gary Scott, was forced out on the ruth lap when his Triumph suffered plug problems. DuHamel lapped third place Art Baumann on the 48th lap and took the checkered flag over a minu te and a half ahead of teammate Gary Nixon. A tired Yvon DuHamel was refreshed in victory lane with S10,000 of Green Streak green from Kawasaki which when added to his share of the purse gave him a total of$l8,305. JERRY GREENE GREEN STREAKS TO JUNIOR VICTORY EASTABOGA, ALA., Sept. I, 1972 Jerry Greene led every lap of the 76-mile Junior road race at Alabama International Motor Speedway to add another Junior win to his total. The Kawasaki Junior flash covered the distance at an average speed of 105.734 mph and was never challenged. Greene led the slim field of 26 riders off the grid and at the end of the first lap held a commanding lead that he increased throughout the race. At the end of five laps Greene was averaging 110.851 mph. That speed becomes even more impressive when one notes that the second fastest qualifier for the Expert 200, Jody Nicholas, qualified at 110.381. Greene backed off after the first five laps, but still averaged over 107 mph after 10 laps. In second place fighting a losing battle for the win was Jim Evans aboard a 350 Yamaha. Just as Greene held first on every lap Ev~s was in an unchallenged second place throughout the race. The third spot was another story as Harley-Davidson moun ted Scott Brelsford (riding his ruth road race), Yamaha rider Howard Lynggard, and Steve Baker diced for the show position. Brelsford, who earlier in the season appeared uncomfortab Ie on a road racer, got by Lynggard and opened up a several second lead by the finish. Baker dropped back an equal distance from Lynggard at the checkered. Jerry Greene, sans his familiar moustache, took home $4,250 for.his impressive victory that started the Kawasaki domination of the weekend. The start of the Juni~r final. The top four finishers are on the front row. Jerry Greene (57) won, Jim Evans (47) was second on his Mell Dinesen Yamaha, Scott Bretsford (84) was third on his factory Harley-Dec, and Howard LVnggard (7) brought his factory Yamaha home fourth. CAR RUT HER S T A K E S ANOTHER 250 COMBINED ESTABOGA, ALA., Sept. 2, 1972 Kel Carruthers made up for last year's Talladega Combined loss to Ginger Malloy by easily winning today's 76 mile 250 race. The A us tralian ace took the checkered flag with an 18 sC'Cond lead over Gary Fisher. Carruthers set a blistering pace that saw his average speed after three laps topping the 110 mark. The first lap saw Conrad Urbanowski, Fred Guttner, and Jeff EVERY DAY A SALE DAY ~~. / lot MOTORCYCLE ':f. ACCESSORIES UNLIMITED OPEN 7 DAYS M-F 12-8, Sat 9-6, Sun. 10-2 (213) 429-5961 4136 Woodruff at Carson - Lakewood March unload spectacularly going into the first tum off the oval. No serious injuries were suffered by the three. While Carro thers was running away with first place, Gary Fisher, Ken Roberts, and Jerry Greene were having a tremendous battle over the second spot. Greene dropped off the pace shortly after the halfway point and finished the race in sLxth as Don Emde and Ray Hemstead worked their way around the previous day's Junior race winner. Roberts and Fisher dueled throughout the 76 miles with Fisher pulling away on the last lap to take second with a 50 foot lead over Roberts. Carru thers, who won seven of the eight 250 Combined races last year, now haS won three of this year's ligh rweigh t races. Carruthers share of the purse was S 1,800. HENTER EDGES LONG NOVICE WIN FOR ESTABOGA, ALA., Sept. 1, 1972 Ted Henter edged by fellow Floridian John. Long coming onto the front straigh t to win the Talladega Novice race by inches. Long had led the majority of the race but Henter had hung on to Lonj{'s draft throughout the race and drafted by him to take the checkered in on one of the closest rmishes within memory . Henter, who had been disqualified after "winning" the Laguna Seca Novice road race, pushed Long through the rIrst five laps of the 19 lap race and took the lead away on laps six through eigh t. Long got back by Henter on the ninth lap and held the lead up to the last turn of the tri-oval on the final lap. Long had been given the option of riding either Team Hansen's single cylinder 350 Kawasaki' or his own Yamaha and opted for the Yamaha that had taken him to four straight Novice . road race w~s during the early part of the season. Henter, also Yamaha mounted, admitted in victory lane that he thought he had a "little more engine" than Long bu t Long gave credit w here credit was due and stated that he though t they were about equal on horsepower throughout most of the race: Tommy Byars, Larry Yarbrough. and Mike Devlin took home third, fourth, and fifth place money with California's Wes Cooley taking sixth. Henter's average speed for the 76 miles was 100.102 mph with his elapsed time being 44 min. and- 45 seconds. MORE TALLADEGA GOpDIES ON PAGE 36. EVEN THE RESULTS. , I I J '

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