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inning
is a gas
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350 Production started out like this - Scott Cloug h (Yam 351 leading Bob Tigert (Yam !:!4l.
After a few laps, t hough , the ever-tightening chase turned
into a swap. Now Tigert led, with Clough second.
Bill Henry (Yaml never got close enough to
challenge the 350 leaders, but wasn 't
challenged m uch himself, either . Third
Hanging oll lets b ig bikes go fast where the
isn't bad .
engineers thought they wouldn 't.
Oh my my! It 's Stevie McLaughlin (Kaw 83) out in front on the first tap of Open
Production. right when everyone 's busily tak ing pictures of the closely-bunched
racers , Smile, Stevie . Behind are Mi ke Parriott (Kaw) in second and Ron Pierce
(BMW) in fourth. They'll finish one -through -three just that way.
14 I_..--..::.:."'--'------'----~~------'----'-"----'
The batt le ended t he way it had started ,
though, with T igert chasing Clough as they
head into 't he last t urn of the last lap. But
for at least a little while. it was anyone's
guess who wouk:t win .
What do you do when you run out of ground
clear_3!,ce and you're atreadv hanging off. ma?
AFM Road Race
Ont ario Motor Spdwy.
Ontari o, Calif.
A ugust 11, 1974
by Jim Lester
125 PROD
John Ulrich
Bill Silver
Jim Lester
200 PROD
Ed Unini
Don Unger
Joh n Chermak
250 PROD
Wally Karpynec
Willi Hardin
Paul Vogel
350 PROD
Scott Clough
Bob Tigert
Bill Henry
500 PROD
Jim Lipanovich
Fred Ko ren
Greg Goodman
OPEN PROD
St eve McLaughlin
Mike Parriott
Ron Pierce
50G P
Karen White
Doug St ant on
Steve Zimmerman
100GP
John Kunns
Flemming Juliussen
Mike McAvoy
125 GP
Mike Baeder
Minoru Matsuzawa
Jim Keys
200GP
Ralph Leclerey
Larry Cochran
250GP
Mike Devli n
Bob Endicott
Joh n Volk man
350GP
Richard Seif ried
Bob Endicott
Harry KIinzmann
500 GP
Keith Code
OPEN GP
Harry Core
Phil Frank
Miles Rossteusher
SUPER STR EET/CAFE
Mike Parriott
Mike Siming
Fred Koren
DKW
Hon
Yam
Hon
Bri
Yam
Y am
Suz
Suz
Yam
Yam
Yam
Suz
Hon
Kaw
Kaw
Kaw
BMW
Ita
Ita
Ita
H·D
Kaw
Yam
Yam
Hon
Yam
Duc
Oss
Yam
Yam
Yam
Yam
Yam
Yam
Hon
Y am
Yam
BMW
Kaw
Kaw
Hon
Mike Devlin (Yam 1271 gasses it through turn 18,250 GP. lap one. Hounding are Ron Pierce
(H -D 971.Bob End icott (Yaml ,and John Volkman (Yaml. Pierce will lead from lap three
until lap eight, when he simply disappeared off the lap sheets. Devlin, Endicott, and
Volkman finished 1 -2-3 .
