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AMA Indoor Short Track - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - by Bill Spencer
Two professional motorcycle even Is
will highlight the first weekend of fall
activities in Northern California when
the first American Indoor
Championship series starts its lengthy
season at the Oakland Coliseum across
the bay from San Francisco, Saturday
night"October 7th.
This first of .8-to-l0 indoor
"Nationals" will be run for a purse of
$6000. The sizeable amount of purse
should. attract not only the best indoor
riders in the nation bu t all the pros that
are on the West Coast for the last
outdoor Nationals. Interestingly
enough, most of the pro indoor beros
live in the San Francisco Bay area and
already signed to ride this biggy are
Madison Sq. Garden winners AI Kenyon
and Steve Hernandez. Along this same
line, the likes of Joe Henry, John
Gennai and Rick Hocking, all big money
indoor winners, will line up in the early'
afternoon to do battle in qualifying
heats that will take the fastest 80 men
to the heats where the big bucks lay.
Over 200 en tries are expected and
the likes of Jim Rice on his Bultaco
Astro, Mark Brelsford on an H-D Sprint
and Ken Roberts on a Yamaha are
expected to be in the big line-up.
Just to keep all the pros working
right up the end of the season, Sunday,
Oc tober 8, Capitol Speedway in
Sacramen to has inked in a pro Half-mile
for a $1200 purse that will attract the
likes of the National poin t leader Mark
Brelsford and brother Scott. Scott will
most likely be nominated as Junior
National rider of the year as Mark was
ih 1968 and the two team Harley riders
are favorites for this very fast clay track
that is looking forward to a National
championship. for 1973.
Capitol Speedway is located two
miles West of Sacramento on 1-80 at the
West Capitol Ave. exit off the Freeway
coming north from San Francisco and,
if you're like Ken Roberts who will be
coming up from Modesto on 1-5, take
1-80 West from Sacramento to the West
Capitol off ramp. Roberts is pumped for
these two even ts aild has vowed not to
have any mechanical failures this time.
One of the feature attractions for
this Sunday activi ty will be the N ovke
battles that have been going on all year
between John Gennai's A & A Yamaha,
the team of Mike Renslow and Rick
Hocking on Cbampion Yamahas and the
Steve Ooi Mt. View Auto Stero Bultaco
Astros that are now legaL These bikes
may well se t a fan tastic duel in th at
class.
"Will you quit your complainin' - I'll be out of here in a minute."
