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Dark ho rse Roger Hagie and his partner,
Martin Carney won the big o ne .
by a fla t tire.
The Keith Code/L ance Weil Laverda 1000 went well , bu t was delayed
in a t ight f ormatio n.
Bob E-;'d ico tt (31x). Ron Pierce (97 ) and Harry Klinzma nn (73)
Dave Alda na ey es t he compet ition.
honors.
The Dale McCrearlWillie Hard in team won t he six ho ur lightwe ight
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Jeff Steele and Ed Unini put their 750 Honda in a Kaw 900 sandwic
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product ion race and bizarre field meets
on Saturda y. Th e class was 250 GP, the
showdo wn b etw een Bob Endicot t and
Ron Pierce, with Harry K1inzmann
st ic king a wheel in just to keep it
interest ing. Pierce 's Har ley -Davidson
suffered from the usual non-fac tory
Harley 250 problem , ex cessive chain
stretch and resultant sproc ket j umping .
Switchi ng from break-p rone 4 28 chain
to stronger (b ut not strong enough ) 520
chain in volved cutting and wel ding two
differen t size sprocke ts togethe r. The
guesswo rk gave Pierce a bike geared so
high it would only pull fifth , yet which
was still a match for End icott 's G. R.I.P .
Yamaha down the front straight . The
lead changed constan tly acc ording to
the part of the course, and Klinzma nn,
in his best-eve r GP ride, kept the
pressure on first and second. Pierce had
the race under control aft er Endicot t
missed a shift on th e seventh lap. Ron
wo n by a len gth , with Harry right
behin d Endicot t and Whitney Blakesle e
a distant fourth, all alon e and in front
of the pack.
Pat Evans, who reall y scratche d to get
around and st ay ah ead 0 f Harry
K1in zmann to win 250 GP last week,
fin ished fifth today after a race- long
battle wi th Larry Koop and Mike
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Baeder,
Rudy Galindo didn't get to the grid
from his warm-up lap in time to get the
flag, and so started well behind. He
passed seven riders on th e first lap,
pitted, ca me back out and mo ved
around in the top seven , ma king up for
his Yamaha 's bogging out comers with
blaz ing speed on the straights. It's
amazing what he d oes with junk
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motorcy cles.
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