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Barry Sheene (7) rattled fairings with DuHamel in the first National heat, and
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suffering a lock ing back b rake, held a
co m fo rtable thi rd abou t half-a-mile
ahead of Erickso n. Although the pa ce
fell off to 91 MPH average, the Jro nt
three were usin g up the whole race way ,
cutting close to th e dirt o n the tight
infi eld esses .
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Bob Hartley m oved steadily up to
six th p lace be hi nd Blac km an , as th e
flags came o u t. Han k Sco tt, o n the only
H-D in the race, h eld onto 12th and
Joh n Serra put a Bul taco into the resu lt s
in 14th place . It w as a great appetizer
for th e National.
J ohn "Pee Wee " Gleason had cras he d
in to th e retaining wa ll whi le raci ng for
the lead in a Junio r heat race Saturday
and suffered a fract ured righ t ar m an d
possibl e bro ken hip.
Results
200MILE NAT'L. ROAD R A C E (Two
I OO-MI . segments) : 1. G en e R om ero ( Yam)
1-2. 2 . Ken Rober ts (Y am) 3 -1. 3 . Jim Evans -
(Yam). 2 ~3 . 4 . Barry Sh een e (SU Z) 5-4 . 5 .
Teu vo Lanstv ourt ( Yam) 9 ·5. 6. Warr en
Will ing ( Y am) 7 ·7 . 7 . Mic k G rant ( Ka w ) 1 1 -6.
8. Jim Dun n (H-D ) 8 - 10. 9 . Hu r ley Wilve r t
(Kaw) 12-9. 10. Mi ke C lar k e ( Yam) 14 ·1l.
1 1. Dale Wylie (Yam) 13· 1 3 . 1 2 . Doug Libby
(Yam) 16-1 2 . 13. Vvon DuHamel (Kaw) 6-24.
14 . Phil McDonald (Yam) 4 -28. 15 . Doug Senl
(H-D) 240 -14. 16 . Dennis Purdie (Yam) 17-17.
17 . John Boote (Yam) . 18. Gref.jJ Hansford
(Vam) 10-25. 19 . Mike Devlin (Vam) . 20.
George Miller (Yam).
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Junior/Expert Combined
Privateer Ron Pierce was really up
for th is one. As he admit ted in a
trackside intervi ew, he had spe nt most
of th is sea son's clu b racing get t ing his
new Harley / Aermacchi R R-250 sorted
out, and h e was ready. By co n t rast, the
en ti re Yam aha team was fra ntically so rt ing o ut tires arid suspension righ t up to
the start of the Fin al. Ro mero had
decided to leave hi s 250 p arked to
co ncen trate on the National.
Wh en Bouncing Bob Malley did h is
number , Pier ce holesh ot ever yb ody and
led into turns o ne-two with Pat Hennen
an d Roberts we dged in traffic be hi nd
h im . Roberts cleared away fro m every -bod y in th e infi eld as Do n Castro came
up o ut of tr affic to p lay tag with Pierce
an d even t ually p ass h im down the main
st raig ht.
Pat Evans go t off hard coming off
the back st ra igh t in to turn six, just as he
wen t b y Mike Devlin. Mik e sa id he was
on th e brakes, down shifti ng, and he
heard Evans ups hift as h e wen t by.
By th e fo urth lap , Roberts h ad
pu lled o ut four and a half seconds on
Cast ro a n d Pier ce (w ho w ere
slipstrea ming each o the r ), wh ile six
seco nds ba ck fro m t he m J im Dunn of
Everett, Wash ington took o ver fourth
with Mike Devlin, Pa t Hennen and
Marty Lund e righ t on his heels. These
fo ur stayed grouped toget h er , drafting
eac h othe r b ac k and fo rth fo r several
lap s.
F irst Devlin an d then Henne n
wo rked themselves cl ear of Dunn ,
finally Hen nen appeared to have wo n
the drafting duel. Mike Devli n
co ntinued to press, however, and finall y
dr o ve p ast Hennen o n t he o utside of
turn two, t ucked under thro ugh t urn
th ree, an d began to clear him sel f away
down the bac kfiel d. He led for two laps ,
the n Hennen rep assed . T hey sw app ed
places o nce m ore before Devlin's
Yamaha seized so lid at th e end of the
main straight. He got the clutch in just
in time, went wh istl ing across the grass
apron o utsi de turns o ne-two , and got it
haul ed do wn to a stop out o n the far
banking.
Castro a n d Pie rce h ad been
circu lating with in a second of eac h
othe r until Don's shi ft shaft bro ke . J im
Dun n , after watching th e
Hennen/Devlin excitement at a safe
distan ce m oved up in the clo sing lap s to
ta ke ove r third from Hennen . Mar ty
Lu nde and Gary Blackman had be en
circulat ing consistently a few secon ds
ba ck for fifth an d sixth .
All th is left Ro ber ts alone . an d
un ch all en ged , ban gin g bo th knees in to
the p avement , apparen tly in to ta l
co mmand of both h is mo unt and the
co urse . After Castro dropped out, Pier ce
c i r c u l a t e d a l o n e thr o ug h the
back- ma rkers to his bes t finish . In
N atio nal-calib re light we ig h t
co mp etit ion .
Results
1. K en Rober ts (Yam) . 2 . Ron Pierce
(H· D). 3. Ji m D unn (H-D ). 4 . Pat ric k Hennen
(Ya m ). 5 . Marty L und e ( Y am). 6 . Gary
Blac kman (Yam). 7 . John So limine (Yam). 8 .
Bob H artl ey (Yam ) . 9 . Jody N i ch olas ( Y a m) .
10 . B ru ce Li nd (Ya m ). 11. Richa rd Sl efr led
(Y am ). 12. George M I.ller ( Yam) . 1 3 . Michael
- D evli n (Y a m ) . 14 . Eugen e Brown ( Ya m ) . IS .
Dean
C leeton
(Y am).
16.
John
Long
(Ya m ) .
17 . De Way.ne- Keet er ( Yam) . 18.
K e VI n
St a ffor d
(Yam).
19. Conra d
Urbanowsk l (H -D ). 2 0. Don Castro ( Y a m ).
WI NNER"S T I M E: 35m . 14.4 6 3 sec.
WINNER'S SPEED, 88 .8 9 MPH.
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