Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

NorCal Speedway By Sneaky Pete Bast came north! SACRAMENTO, CAL.,J ULY 12 When the field for this evening's Scrat ch Main Event came to the line, it was Mike Bast, Mike Roon ey, Norm Denny, and Dale Stetler. From his starting spot against the wall, Mr. Bast made one of his man y fan tastic moves ente ring Tum On e, was in the lead ose in-fighting in the 125 ovice Final at Vallejo. rrst an d Leon w as off like a jackrab b it . ulli ns wasn 't far b ehind . It looked as h ou gh Rudy had it w ra pp ed u p but h e e ll and Mulli ns cut the dis ta nce d o wn o a lm o st noth ing. After duelin g w it h ..eon fo r sev eral laps Mu llin s got by an d oo k the w in . Mulli ns aga in go t the star t in the eco nd race , Leon tried, bu t co uldn't et by Mullins so Jeff p icked up the erall wi n w ith Leo n taking sec ond veral l, • .5. 150T Teams ESTE RV I LLE, OHI O e u.s. T roph y T eam for the 9th Internation al Six Days Trial t Cam erin o, Italy, Sept. 9 -14, Wd S nnounce d by J im Nidi ffer, AMA mate ur Activites Manage r. The U.S. T rophy T eam will be ou nted on Pentons , managed by .arry Maiers, and try ing to prove on t he fift h pl ace U.S. fi nish a ar ago whe n the IS DT was co n teste d A merica for t he first t im e. Leading ro p hy Team rid er s are Car l Cr anke and ick Pento n wh o were par t of an n p recendented th ree-w ay tie fo r firs t the six U.S. IS DT Q ualify ing Ro unds. T h e thi rd rid er in th a t d e ad lo c k for ati o nal T rial Champion w as Bill Uh l -ho will ride his Can -Am on a club exiting T u m T wo and at the fin ish it was the U.S. cham p ion, foll owed by Da le St etler , No rm De n ny and Mike Roone y . With t h re e s tarte rs o n the ten y ard line , tw o o n th e twenty and Mik e Bast all alone on th e fifty, ten yarder G eorge Carter go t th e jump and led wire-to -wire to win hi s se cond Han d ica p Main in fo u r weeks . After following R on McG ill a n d Sam Vanderho ff fo r two laps and finding the ins id e/outside lines occupied by this pa ir , Mike Bast went between them . Jim Her sh ey and Fre d Nelson to o k turns le ad ing the Div. Two Main un til Nelson slid o u t an d Hershey went o n to w in his secon d D-2 Main ahead of Marty Benck an d Carl Cranke. Mik e Ro oney came b ack from a o ne we e k layoff to w in the 'Das h fo r Dollar s ' event fo r t he fo urth time in five weeks. S o m e th ing ne w was ad ded to escorting the trop hy to ot sie to the winn e rs ci rcle. Fairfield's Honda G ary brough t the young lad y out in side saddl e fash ion aboard hi s immaculate Hond a Four. Wh y did Mike Bas t leave soon afte r th is eve ning's progr a m was o ver? Mike h ad an appoint m e nt to appear on local television and with many thanks to him, NorCal Speedway was given a real b o o s t . Resu lts in Res ults Sec tion. EI Monte Tacos NEW BULTACO SALE ram. The ot he r m em b er s of the ento n -rnou n ted Tro p h y Team ar e J oe arke r, Dan Leimbac h, Pau l Dan ik, an d om Pen ton. T he team includes five Id medal winner s from th e 19 73 DT, hel d in th e Berksh ire H ill s of assach usetts. Husqva m a w ill agai n fiel d the fo ur an Si lve r V ase Team for th e U.S. ea rn se lec t io ns . are p res en t ly co m p le te. 'The team won th e firs t lvc r Vase fo r America in ISDT h isto ry ye ar ago. Malcolm Smith, a 197 3 ISD T go ld eda list , and Dick Burl eson , current ader in t he U.S. National Enduro -ries, will be on th e four man usqvama Sil ve r V ase Tea m, the o t he r o will be se lected from a group cludi ng Ed Sc hmid t , Ro n Bohn , Dave ames, Ben Bo wer an d J ac k Fische r. Don Cu tl er, Davi d La t ha m a n d harlie V inc en t we re named to compete 1 the Yanke e Manufact u rer's Team. th er m an u fac t ur er an d club tea ms, as ell a, th e S ilve Vase " 6 " team , will be n o un ced at a latt e r date. Arrangemen ts a re being m ade for Uhl ) head a potent clu b team eff o r t. iders j oining Billy for a three-man :Iu b " effo rt w ill p robab ly co m e fro m n ong Doug Wilford. Eric Jensen and anny YOW1g, all o f whom have st inguishc d the m sel ve s in pas t IS D T's rd t he 1974 q u alify in g se ries . All A m eri can riders in the [S OT w ill : co m pe t ing for a World T roph y , S ilve r as e. manu facturer or club team . idi ff er explaine d the leng thy proces s mak ing final team selec tio ns as nsura nce that America will fiel d am s in a w ay whi ch gives us I he be s t os s ib lc c h a nc e of suc cess in . rrnenno . . Z

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