Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

.hcad ' of Ners eth , He crashe d in a straig h t fast section for reason s unknown , as no o ne saw him. His wife (a registered n urse) was no t a t th e race th is time but w as re ported to h ave said afte rward s th at Dick was a borde rline diabetic and had so me o ther problems, so we real ly do n' t know what caused the crash . • Results O pe n : D a le D e m a ri s ( Y am) 1st O ve r a ll : 2 . A rvi d A sk sh au g \Yam J; 3 . B u z F arrell (ROk). 250: L K ie h Nerseth (Pen ) ; 2 . Tom Montgomery (Hon) : 3 . Ken Maahs (HuS) . 2 0 0 : 1 . Bra d Lec k lider (C an -Am) : 2 . Jerry A SQu ith (Yam) : 3 . Ron O'Neal (Pen) . 125 : 1. Da n D i ll o n (Pen) ; 2 . Tom Ma d du x ( H on): 3 . Larry Louder back (SUZ) . Tra il : 1. T er esa Mad dux (HOn) ; 2 . D ar y l N i ch ols Jr . (Hod). O ld Timers : 1. B ob B arton (HuS); 2 . Mike Goodell (H us) : 3 . Jarvis Wagner C BSA) . Po wder Pu f f : 1. Ja n Wils o n ( Y am ) :; 2 . J an Howard (H Od); 3 . R o sema ry Cra btree ( Ka w). Canadian Short Track CLOVE RDA LE, B.C., CANADA , MAR . 2 A small cro wd of 500 spec ta to rs watched in stu nned disbelief befor e bre akin g o ut an d cheering wildl y as Dann y Amor fro m Su rrey, B.C., o n his Amorsponso red Honda final ly ended A merican d omination in t he heavily co n teste d 360cc clas s and take h ome all th e m oney . Amor won every event h e entered: Hea t race, th e Troph y Dash and fin ally , the Main . Nin e of th e 13 indoo r races saw Seattle , Wash . ride rs taking home all the go ld. With A mor' s finally sorted ou t an d so me luck, he will co n tin ue to sh ow them the w ay aro und th e track. . The track condition held up well, in fact in a lot o f cas es , to o well. The surface stayed very hard and slic k causin g many rid ers to chec k out th e tra ck at a close ran ge as they could not find the traction . With the season fas t drawing to a close and only eigh t riders go ing in to the Championship race on April 27, t he riders are t ryi ng to ac cu mu la te as man y • poi n ts as possib le. ' Results M in i : 1. K en t Thom p son ( Y am) : 2. D o n Abbott (Suzl; 3 . J oh n C hr istia n (H on ) ; 4 . Chri s F itZh u gh ( v arn) , Su per Mini: 1. T o ny H op k i n s ( Hon ) : 2 . T ony Coleman ( H o n) : 3. Chr is F itZhugh ; 4 . Da n H a rd an (H o n ). Powde r Puf f: 1. Debbie Sa en z (Y am) ; 2 . Ja mie Ware ( H o n ); 3 . Mau r een M cDona ld (Su z) ; 4 . C h ris Bateman (Hon). Old Ti mers : 1. B ill W i lliam s (8ul) ; 2 . Fe li x GOd ard (M a i); 3 . Bill Fogg (Bul) ; 4. Vic D ic ken son (Mal) . 360 B: 1. J . Paul M ier z ( H o n ) ; 2 . Dick War r en (Hon); 3. Ste....e F lawi t h ( Va m) ; 4 . Don Franc is (Hon) . 125 A : 1. M ike M cClain (Bu l) ; 2. Butch Brown (Hon) ; 3 . B ob F o ste r (S uz) : 4. Jeff H ardan (Kaw ) . 36 0 A : 1. Da n A rn o r (H o n) ; 2. Rand y Sk iver (Hon) ; 3 . Fre d R eq u a ( Vam); 4 . Mike McC""n ( Bul). Cow Palace Sportsman Indoor By William H. Spencer SAN F RAN CISCO, CA L., MA R. 2 It too k a lo t o f t ime, sweat, and money, but it was wort h it to have sportsma n racing in the Cow Palace. That's the attitude of the organizers o f this race, whic h d rew 49 4 sportsman rid ers o f Distri c t 36 . With nearl y 3000 spectators a nd asso rted pit people it was a long a n d in terestin g show . T he hott e st b attl e f or th e night w as in the 25 0 Ex pe r t even ts. The battle fo r p oints w as st ill open even though Steve Eklund was leading. • With 36 rid ers in th e class, anyt h ing cou ld happen. Eklu nd had an eigh t poirit advan tage over sec o nd place man L3rry Drew. Drew elected n o t to ride or defen d his number o ne plat e a t this event, so th e riders to con te n d with w ere Kelly Mcisaac, Kirk King , Chuc k Miller and Gr eg Ferguso n. Mcisaa c ha d 21 poin ts go ing in whil e th e other th ree all had 19. A sizeab le m argin for Eklund, but not b ig enough. In the firs t o f three hea ts Mci saa c grabbed the lead on the second lap when Nick Naz zisi dropped his Bultaco. Finishing second was Greg Ferguson (Tri) with Rangy Gibbs making the last . direct transfer sp o t. Bru ce Brown too k the seco nd hea t after grab bing t he lead fro m Mik e Faria on the fo urth lap of a restart. Faria held o nto second o ver Mike Ka lamar as with Duane Yarro w, Terry Gra ham and Byr o n Robe ck off to the Semi. Bo b Stuscavage led the final heat wire to wire with Chuck Miller blasting his way th rough the p ack for sec o nd over Wad e Boyd. Ricky Graham took Pa t Rose an d J oey Klein to th e Sem i with h im a nd set th e sta ge for what co uld be an up set as Eklun d was elim ina ted in t he seco nd hea t w he n he ran in to the back of John Gu glielm e tti. The w in in the Main would b e worth 16 po in ts an d that w as eno ug h for anyone of t he three to take th e overall win. The Se m i was pretty anti-climatic w ith all the close guys making it d ire ctl y to th e Main . Randy Gibbs to o k the decided w in over Duane Yarrow. one 0 f th e few ride rs a ro und capable of racin g b oth short track an d mo to cross an d making it on the top 20 list s of both . Third and fina l transfer went to Andy Whit aker ; he was the last man to make th e Semi. He p assed Mike Kunsman o n th e last lap to make it to the main, and th e new Expert is on h is way. T he 250 Expert Main was bill ed as a 15 lap per as th e nigh t wore on. On th e pole w as Mci saa c w ith Ferguson and Miller sharing the fron t row . At t he start it w as Ferguson an d his Triumph to the lead w it h Mike Fari a and Mci saa c follow ing. Bruce Brown go t o ff real hard and the race was called a t 12 lap s wit h Ferguson w inning handily ove r Mike Kalamaras (w ho w ork ed up fro m sixth ) wit h Faria still holdin g off Mclssac. Gib bs be at o ut Yarrow an d Stuscavage outlasted Mik e Miller for t he other tro phy. In th e point co u nt, Ferguson won th e ov erall high point fo r t hat class with 3 7 p o in ts w hile Mci saac m oved ah ead of Eklu nd by one point. T he 25 0 Novice affair started off close but d idn't stay t hat way. Bob Gomez and Fran k Borb a wer e tie d co ming in to t he nig ht's last mee t wi th 27 poin ts eac h . Both made hea t race errors an d had to ride t he Semi. T ha t is wha t mad e the d iff erence. Bo rb a wo n th e event wh ile Gomez missed th e tra ns fer sp o t by o ne pl ace. T his set the stage for Borba and he didn ' t even have to t rophy to w in t he overall. He had gained more first pl aces than Gomez an d w as in lin e for t he b ig win no m atter wh at, b ut he still took a fo urt h in th e Main to take th e win b y four points. Another close b attle was in th e 125 • Novice w ith Jim Mertens only two poin ts in th e lead . While he didn 't im prove o n his sco re, neith er d id an ybody els e and he won that trophy . Lonnie Ker ly added insult to injury by winning his Main eve nt to ta ke the 125 Junior Main and Overall with a 14 point ad van tage. Only J erry Kol e had a bigger o ne than th at, Ed Heen ey m ad e a valian t co me ba ck in t he 360 Novice class to no t only win the Main b ut also to co me up wi th a three p oint m argin ov er Dave Goodwin. T he last even t of t he d ay w as t he 360 Expert and it w as a thriller. Den ni s Ro b inso n w o n his b iggest win eve r. His hard lu ck has evidently changed : he is back o n t he rig ht streak. (What? They're rid ing nake d ? . . 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