Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

SEE TALL! THEe EL POSE IE ~ Velky (1 I, last year's Inter·AMA winner, flies high on his way to winning the second moto. t." .' ." OOOI I)~ ' l)6&' ( O ( O Bruce McDougal followed Smit h around, alth ough a lap down in the first moto. 25-LAP NATIONAL TT RACE ASCOT PARK GARDENA, CALIFORNIA, JULY 26 ~ THE BIG BIKES ARE COMING ! And along with the American Motorcycle Association's high sp eed two wheelers-the circu it's top ~~ and toughest riders, The reco rd breakers . The big boys, See 'em eat up the trac k while they com~s~e, pete for cyCling 's heavy prize money. You 'll want to catch all the action from the first flag on , So come on out-early! I:J EL ~ ' . ~ Weinert start ed quickly and held a four m an ra ce a t world cham pio nsh ip sp eed. DjSte fano c he wed Kar sm a ker 's b ouncin g Ho nd a up on th e long knife ed ge st raight. About six laps later Velky held it wide open over "the c rusher ", a heaping 25·fo o t mound of dirt, to run side b y sid e with Pierre . Three j umps and two turns la ter the tandam was fin ally sp lit when Velky stu c k a wheel under th e Hond a an d set 'sail after DiS refano, Th irtv seco n ds ba ck from the fron I fo ur of 'DiSlefa no . Ve lk y, Karsmakers, and Wei ne rt cam e Mike Ru n yard (C-A) . Gary Ch apl in (CZl, Peter Lamppu (CZ). and J ohn Savitski. ~, Velky lo o k th e lead fro m T ony at th e end of a set o f m an -m ad e whoo ps . DiStefano im mediatel y tr ied a rep eal p erfo rm an ce o f h is grands t an d jump pass, bUI Velky bl o cked it at th e ne x t co m er. Su zuki mech ani c Keith McCart y utilized th e c halkbo ard to pace Tony " b o u l fifl e en seco nd s ahead of Karsrnakers instead o f en gagin g in a b rea kneck duel with Zdc ne k Velkv, who b y nu w was raci n g be yound th e d an ger p oint fo r normal rac ers. ~ DiSt efun o lo o k th e ove ra ll and th e Inl er-A.\I A se ries lea d 10 add to hi s curre n t list of 19 75 ac h ieveme n ts , w h ic h include the 250 National Championship and a t enth in the world private s t an d ing s. Velky 's 4- 1 edged out Karsm ak ers 2-3 as Pie rr e co mplai ned loud ly abo u t h is shoc ks. Ja mmin' J immy rode un spe c tacul arly but rap idl y 10 fourth , foll owed b y Lamppu a nd Savit sk i. Om aha lo cal Greg T heiss (Ya m ) t urned two top ten pe rformances in to a se venth a head of Gary Hic kerson, J oh n Aye rs , and Gary Ch aplin • Results 1 2 5 N AT ION A L: 1. Marty Sm i t h (Hon) . 2 . B r u ce M c Do ug al ( Vam). 3 . J i m Tu rne r ( Yam) . 4 . Mik e K e ssle r (Hus). 5 . Nil s N ilsson tHu s) 6 . Steve W i se (Kaw) . 7. John Leak (Yam) . 8 . John Dallaire (Yam ) . 9 . Charles Cooper (Pe n ). 10. Richard Y o u n g (Kaw). II. Mark G ambet ta (Hon) 12. Ph il Alderton (Hon) . 1 3 . Tim Riddle (Hon) . 14. R ick O 'Br ien ( H o n ) . 15. Denny Ashworth (Bul) . 16 . Jac k Keese (H on) . 17 . Bill Ke ese (Suz). 18. Tommy Croft (Hon). 19. W arren Rei d (Hon) . 2 0 . Tim Hart (Yam). 250 ,I N T E R · A M A : 1. T ony D iSte fano (SU Z) . 2. Zdene k Vel k y (CZ) . 3 . Pi erre Karsma kers (Hon). 4 . Jimm y W e in e rt ( Yam) . ' 5 . Pet er La mppu (C Z) . 6 . Joh n Savit ski (Bul). 7 . Gre g The iss (Yam) . 8. G a ry H ick erson (Hus) . 9. John Ayers (Mai). 10. G a ry Ch aplin (CZ) . 1 1. M ike Runy ard (C·A) . 1 2 . D av id Ell is (Yam) . 13. Mark Johnson (Hus) . 14 . T o n y I rwin (B ul). 15. Terry F ranco (Hus) . 16. Cu rt Armspiege l (Hus). 1 7 . Pete r Harrison ( M ai ) 18. M ark M ayo (Hu s). 19. Kevin Green (Mal). 20. Dean Brooks (Yam). TICKET INFORMATION: Com bination tickets for both race s may be purchased at statewide Tic ketron outlets and at Ascot Park . For further tic ket information telephone: Area Code (213) 321-1610 or 323-971 O. Also come out to see the Gardena Gold Cup : Fr iday night, July 25, at 8:00p.m. "camel Filters and Motorcycle Racing. One tough combination to beat: Warning : The Surgeon General Has Determined That C igarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your Health. , 9

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