Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

.; Dl:lI .2 s ~ g l{') r-O'l ,......, 00 ,......, Five laps in to the program Guild slipp ed into third an d be gan a run to close the gap on the fr ont runners. Henry Olynger, Bob Barton, Dan McWhot er, Benny Del Moni co, Norm Fraijo an d Gill Mart in made up the next ch allenging pac k of ri ders . By lap seven the lead had cha nged 1 1 ti mes and Danden eau was in charge for good ; Davidson began to slo w and Guild, sensing an opportunity to move up, mo ved into second two lap s later. Dandenea u he ld a six seco n d e dge as the the halfway flags came ou t with Guild in a safe second main ta ining h is bulge ove r third place Ted Davidson. (Continued f rom page 16) ha d backed o ff in the closing laps afte r challenging Blackman because " I got a little tired and th ere were ju st too many chances to ta ke. Blac kman's rid e was superb . It would have been in te res ti ng to have seen the results ha d the final lap been head to. head d uel. • tt Unoffi cial Results : 100 MI J U NI O R RA CE DA Y T O NA BEACH, FLA., MAR . 7 : 1. Gary Bla c k m an {Yam. 2. Da le S i ngl et o n ( Y am ). 3 . Scott E r i ckso n ( V am ). 4 . S k ip A k sland (Yam). 5 . Murra y Hoffma n ( Y am ). 6 . B ill Peters ( Ya m ). 7. Br uce Lin d ( Y am). 8. Cory Ru p pelt (Yam ). 9. W h itney Bl ak esl ee (Yam). 1 0 . Robert Recte n w al d ( V am). 11. Robert Nichols (Yam). Average Speed : 102.1 06 M PH : Time o f Ra ce: 5 8 :48.1 1 76-mi.Novice: Dana's birthday blast By Gary Van Voorhis DA YT ONA BEAC H, FLA., MAR. 7 Dan a Dandeneau celebrated h is 17th b irt hday a wee k lat e wi th a win in the 76 -mile Novice eve nt and an entry in the Daytona reo cord books. The win marks o nly the second-ti me t hat a New York rid er has won a feature event here. Dandeneau , a high school junior from Pleasan t Val ley , New Yo rk , sponsored by Danden eau Automotive, surv ived I I lead changes, numero us ch allenges and an off co u rse ex cu rsion to post an unofficial 10 second bulge over ri der Cliff Gu ild and Mary land Californ ian Dan Mc Whorter. Second pl ace rider Cliff Guild put in a st rong ride , b ut co mme n ted on the fact th a t a poor start probably cost him any chance o f catch ing Dandeneau o nce Dandenea u/Davidso n duel in th e ear ly laps. Happy birthday, Dana, now you can buy some Yamaha leathers, huh? he b egan to ope n a lea d. Gu ild races under t he Gary Nix on banner when h e 's not working in Nixon's Coc key sville, Mary la nd shop . Dan McWho rt er , t he top dirt track Novic e in th e Pacifi c Coast Region last ye ar, tu rn ed his talen ts to a little pave me n t scratch ing this seaso n wi th go od results. McWhorte r was a lit tle su rp rised at this th ird pl ace finish sin ce the week h ad been fined with one mechanical problem after another. " We've practically rebu ilt. th e entire machine: since th e first practice session . on Monday ," sai d McWhorter after his vict ory circle appearance. Dan deneau took ove r the lead as the 80 rider field en tered the infield for t he first o f 19 laps on th e 3.84 mi le course, with pole sitter Ted Davidson close be hind. The pair remai ne d lo cked in co mbat th ro ugh th e first 10 laps as firs t o ne and th en th e other would take th e lead . Danden eau man age d t o mak e his changes through the tigh te r sec tions with la te braking into th e com ers wh ile Davidson used the d ra ft and slingshot tec hniq ue to maximum advan tage on the fast parts of the co u rse . Dandeneau momen tarily los t ground o n th e second lap wh en he ended up with pa rt of a haybale, (a cas ua lty o f a first lap crash in th e chicane) in his lap . 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