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.• F es -in the lin Local riders dominat e Daytona IIQ IIQ .... g S hort Track -e- By Jack M angus g c- Ol .-< Ol ,....., .c o DAYTONA BEACH, FL A., MAR. 6-7-8-9 crowd Dayto na's Memorial Stadium is the site o f wha t man y people feel is the best racing held during Speed Week . Each year the stands are packed, with Friday and Saturday nights' races sold out by November. For ' 74 an additional night of Short Track racing was 1-0 :1$ ~ Yeaaa , motocross! America's favorite outdoor sport. J im Po meroy rod e his Bultaco back from Belgium, t hen Bim bo got real moody when t he Pu rsang wouldn't run at Daytona. t available along with the traditiona l Wednesday night Novic e onl y program and t he Friday and Sat urday . junior/ Novice proKTam. Yamah a mounted Stuart Smith topped Wednesday and Thursday ni ghts' No vice final. T he Florida resid en t ed ged out Te nnessee's Dave Pickett for th e w in. T hursday nigh t action was provided by juniors and the Novice s who ha d qualified for the previous n ight's p rogra m . Bultaco mounted Guy McClure sta rted a three night Bul streak as he topped Kawasaki m oun ted Norm WesL Frid ay n ight th e juniors had to con tend with th e " Big Boy s" as the Exp erts were on hand. Rookie Expert and fast est qualifier at th e Houston National Short T rac k, Ro ger Crump took th e fea tu re even t win over j unior rider, j ay Springste en, to give Bultaco its second straigh t win. Crump, a former Cycle News rid er o f the year , had to work to mak e the main as he was sent to th e pen alt y line b y starter Dick Pearson in his semi. He end ed up second in th e semi afte r tu rn ing in one of the wildest co me-fro m-be hind rid es in Daytona Short Track history. Behind Crump and Springsteen at the end o f the final was ano ther .Roo kie Expert, Hank Scott. Fin ishing be h in d Sco tt 's Drew Pate sponso red Yamaha was the man who many fel t would walk away with both nigh ts' ra ces, Mik e Ger ald. Gerald was the only Honda Team mem b er to make th e main as Dave Han sen, j ohn Gennai •and Rick Ho cking failed to advance to the " Big Buck ." McClu re mad e it a double win week as he took Saturday night's main over K and N Ya ma ha m ou nted Ran dy Cleek. Ho cking got his Honda working to finish third over Gera ld, who on ce again • had to settle for a fourth place. Results WEDNESDAV 1. St uart Sm ith (Yam) . 2 . Dave Pickett (Bul) . 3 . Steve Elo (Yam) . 4 . Kevin Lam bert (Yam) . S . M ik e Rawls ( Bul) . 6 . Dan Kirkland UZ ) . 7 . Mark Sm ith (Han). 8 . Terry Li k e ns Bu l ). 9 . Ken Brown (Yam). 10. Gene meron (Yam). ~ THU RS DAV 1. Guy McClure ( Bul . 2. Norm West (Ka w) . 3. Mark Sm ith (Hon) . 4. B. Taylor (Kaw} . S. 7 6 G . 5 . Greg Sassmans( H · O). 6. Bubba .....R ush ( Bul) . 7 . Pee Wee Gleason ( Vam). 8 . Jay Livingston (Vam) . F RIDAV 1. Rog er Crump (Bul). 2. Jay Spr ingsteen (Vam) . 3 . Hank Scott (Vam) . 4. M ike Ge ra ld (Hon ). 5. Corky K eener (Vam) . 6 . Jim Raw ls (Bul) . 7 . Danny Hock ", lYam). 8 . Ed C a le y (Vam). 9 . Guy McClure aun. 1 0. R. E. Lee ( Yarn) . SATUR DAV Upper left: Lookin g for the U.S. road racin g ch a mp ionsh ip again. Gary Nixo n. Above: Jim Weinert d id not reveal a ny p lans to sw itc h special t ies. Yvon let him sit on his b ike, t hough. Upper right: Roger DeCoster checks ou t t he loca l competi t ion . It's spelled S-T-A·T·E·N . Right: Th ese tw o yo u ng fellers happen to be a co uple of the better road racers in Ame rica: Don Castro and Ken Rob erts. 32 Left: Ga ry Chaplin has a funny-look ing mo ust ache. Guy McClu re (Bu l) . 2. Randy Cleek (Vam). 3 . R ick Hock ing ( H on ). 4 . Mike Cerald (H an). 5 . Pat Mccaul (Va m) . 6. Ha nk SCott (Vam). 7 . Shane Jon es (Vam) . 8 . Jim Ra wls (Bul). 9 . John Ge nna l (H on ). 10. John Hateley (Vam) .