Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Local hotlir L. A. International RacewaJs PRO Half-Mile RACES weekly-Friday ts MOTORCYCLE th y IRT t nal Nu verywhere Save $1.00- _ Q --on adult ticket with this coupon. You may bring a friend & save $2.00 . UPCOMING: NATIONAL T.T. -- SAT. JUL Y 26 NATIONAL 1hMILE -- SAT. SEPT. 27 18300 V~RMONT, ~ ;$ GARDENA (213) 321-1610 - (213) 323-9710 "WHERE THE HARBOR & SAN DIEGO FREEWAYS MEET" r DKW DEALERS: we have THE MOTORCYCLE you have been waiting for! C OIII act : ROTaRY Cycles of u.s.a. Sole im po rter a nd di strib utor o f I lerculcs mo tortvc lcs , fo rm erly DK\\'-Sach s. Call 216 /6 51 -0469 18 .... 2023 Wcst 28 th sr.. Cleveland, 011 44 113 The ir Moms will love this picture . . . F o rt une, both m ember s of San da k R a c in g Asso c ia t ion, .have devoted c heer ing sectio ns wh en th ey race whi ch ad ds to th e fun o f it all. Wright passed his buddy but Mead h ad als o moved up an d was right aft er Wilb u rn . La p af te r lap it was Wilburn , Mead and Wrigh t like three be ads o n a stri ng . W il bu r n , wh o se d ad Larr y w a s high -p oin t Ascot Ju nior in hi s own pro ca ree r , really kn ew wha t he was abo u t. The two beh in d m ight sh if t their line eit he r go ing fo r a h igher o r lower groove, b ut G reg wo uld alway s be wher e th e o t hers we re t ry ing to go . A co up le of tim es Mead pu lled up a b it a nd Wilburn would gla nc e ove r at h im, and then just lead h im d o wn in to turn o ne. neve r losi ng h is coo l. But fi na lly , co m ing o ut of the turn befo re t he j ump. Gr eg m issed a shift a nd Mead d idn' t m iss the o p po rt u n ity to pass h im with Wrigh t foll owing suit o n the o the r sid e. TId we ll was sti ll happ ily c harging along in fro n t a nd th e 10 la ps e nded with Wrigh t having hi s sights se t on Mead. The min is ran the same t ra ck as their bigger co hort s. This wee k it w a s t im e for th e Ho nda m arque to win. Pete Ham es won th e hea t , se m i and the main. Se e wh at we mean about no co m plain ts abo u t no t enough track tim e? In the m ain it was last week's winner Pat Richm on d (Ya m ) on th e winner 's line. Darren Kerr was the firs t leader bu t along ca m e Hames, foll ow ed by the Yarnahas o f Bob Crisp a nd Richmo nd. Rich m ond m ad e a ne at pass aro u n d t he o th ers o n t he ou tsi d e o f t um o ne fo r the third spo t bu t co uldn ' t overco me the han d ica p o f sta r ti ng in tha t back row. Il was Honda again in th e 125 class . Tom Doty (lion ) won the heat a nd Way ne Rai ney (lion) th e sem i and the main. Rainey , w ho has a great st yl e a nd was layi ng h is bi ke o ver harder in th e

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