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hIS BSA n g at the 200 foot mark. What
a way to start the ?ayl
BSA -mounted J .m Clark set the pace
with a first-round ride of 6.80 seconds.
John Hamilton shaved that ti me to 6.52
in t he second ro und with Clark setting
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' B' ch am p Keith Grooms ride to the top
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In the ' A' class , everyone anticipated
another round of the conti nuing b attle
b e t w e en Terry Kinzer and Doyle
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first Nat ional win Last year at
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Cop the No.1 plate .
An d this year, the two have staged a
see-saw points battle for the plate. Both
were looking for the National win .
But it was Earl Bowlby and Lou
G e rencer who provided the action.
Bowlby set the mark with a5 .91 on his
first ride. Gerencer's first ride was five
one-hundredths slower at 5.96.
On hi s final nm Gerencer blitzed the
hill in 5.79 but 'h e "had little time to
relax as Bowlby still had two more
attempts.
Bowlby 's second ride was only a 6.04.
On his final attempt Bowlby settled in
glanced toward the top and dumped the
clutch. He zoomed upward , riding
smoothly, handling the m ach in e
effortlessly over the top . His ti me was
5 .81, j ust two one-hundredths off
Gerencer
Results .
Class A, 1. Lou G....neer (H-C) S.79; 2. Earl
Bowlby (BSAl 5.81' 3. Jim Thompson (BSAI
5 .9 3 ; 4. Doyle Dis bennet t (Va m ) 6 .08 ; 5 .
Terry Klnz. r (Hon) 6.11 ; 6. Jo hn Varnall
rr -n 6.20 , 7. B.... W.ndt (Vln) 6.25 ; 8.
Je r ry K in zer (T rl ) 6.41 : 9 . Randy Gab r iel
\H.C) 6.47,10 . Conl.y N.wsom e (Vam) 6.50 ,
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14 . To m Sp aur (Kaw) 1 .48; 15 . Ton Ku nkle
(Ind) 7.57.
Class B: 1. K.l th Grooms (BSAI 6.15, 2.
David Mosley (Trll 6.35 ' 3. John Hamilton
(TrI16.52 ,4 . Denn sK. lth(BSA)6 .58 ,5 .J im
Cla r k (BSAl 6.5&; 6. Ga r y Ke m pto n (H·O)
6. 91 ; 7. Joe Nash (Trl) 7.21 ; 8. John
Kempton (H-Cl7 .29; 9. Bill UhOr (H-C) 7.68 ,
10. o are W.nd (BSA) 7.70,11. Gerry Hupp
(H-C) 7.74, 12. John Williams (H-CI 7.80 ; 13.
RiChard Keith ( H· D ) 1.98 i 14. "tom F lora
(H-Cl 8.59,15. Rod Hend.rson (BSA) 200.
