Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

--ore Does the Hat Trick at ACA Riverside by Art Friedman . Photos by John Vas. RIVERSiDE, CAL., Sept. 17. 1972 The ACA and Riverside Race" ~y drew over 200 entries today for 11 separate classes. The highlight of the day's activities were the 250 and Open Senior CP races. In the 250 fast class Pat Evans and Jim Evans (no relation) battled for the win. Jim led off the line but then Pat came bac);. up on him and the lead swapped again and again as the two Evanses pushed each other to set a new 250 lap record in the ten lap race. At the flag it was Evans, J1m Evans, on his Mel Dinesen tuned Yamaha. The day's big winner was Reg Pridmore who won three events: the Open GP, the Open production, and the sidecar. S trang<;ly while Pridmore's solo rides are BMW's his sidecar is powered by a Norton instead of the traditional BM.) The GP race was a near thing for Reg, though, as Steve McLaughlin aboard the Action Fours Honda 750 was closing on him after a bad start. When the nag rell Pridmore on his BMW 750 rocketed away, but McLaughlin was caugh t in traffic. He was further slowed when a rider fell in fron t of him in tum six on the first lap and by the oil in tum seven which required a single file formation through that tum. Event'ually Steve broke free of traffic and began to close on Pridmore, but then something came loose in the Hond.a's transmission and he lost fifth gear. His problems were heightened when his front brake stopped working properly. Even ·so, he was still closing when the nag dropped. The first 350 in was piloted by Jim Evans and super-tuned by Mel Dinesen. This correspondent was blessed with ride on the very fast, production base.d Action Fours Honda 500 and was first 500. The heavyweigh t production race saw Pridmore on another BMW follow Dennis Pegeiow off the starting grid but Reg very soon changed things and took the lead. The Bob Endicott, back in action after breaking his back at the last Riverside race, also passed Dennis. Endicott, who appeared a bit cautious in first outing, was not able to catch (Please turn to pg. 34) Cycle News bone jarring Motocross action in the Big 's infield on Saturday afternoon. See it all if you can. But don't mis the g one ... the one and only second annual hampion Spark Plug Motorcycle Clas ic. Where to buy tickets. Tickets for all preminary race day (Wedne day, September 7, thru Saturday, September 30) may be rchased at the Speedway Box Office on e day of the race or weekdays from 9 am 5 pm, Saturdays, 10 am to 4 pm. Tickets for Saturday, September 30, and day, October 1, may be purchased at: all Sears and Montgomery Ward stores all May Company and Broadway Ticketron cations 0 all other Southern California icketron outlets 0 Ontario Motor Speedway. Race Week Schedule and Prices Day Wed.Sept. 27 Thur.Sept. 2 Time 9-12 am 1·5 pm 9·11 am 1·5 pm Fri.Sept. 29 9·12 am 1pm 3pm Sat.Sept. 30 9-10 am Activity Tickets Practice (all three $1 General classes) Admission Practice (a1l three $2 General classes) Admission· Eight 16·mile (5 lap) . Novice,Junior. Expert. and Junior-Expert Combined Qualifying races Practice $2 General Admission" 80-mile (25·lap) Novice race 125·mile (39 lap) Junior race $4 General Practice Admission" Day Sat.Sept. 30 Jl am Sun.- Ipm 2:30 pm 8:309:30 am 10 am 12 noon Oct. 1 Time Activity 125-mile (39 lap) Expert· Junior Combined Light· weight (350cc) race Motocross practice. Motocross races Practice (heavyweight machines only) Final Tech Inspection 250-mile (78 lap) Expert National Championship race for heavyweight (75Occ) machines Tickets $35 Victory Circle $8 Reserved" $6 General Admission" (East or West Concourse) $4 Infield General . Admission" "Juniors 15 years and under half price. 1972 CHAMPIOII SPARK PLUG MOTORCftLE CLASSICS SEPT. 27-OCI. 1 ONTARIO MOTOR SPEEDWAY M M 8- " l1. • .U 0'.

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