Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

I The Champion Spark Plug Motorcycle Classics Ontario Oct. 4,5 Grossi struggles while point lead slips away . through th e mech an ics ' area standin)! up, wide open in fifth gear, poin tin g at L ackey, wh o was 10 yards ahead , cr o sse d-u p an d wh eelying down the stra ight. Karsm ak ers would la ter file agains t Lac key. Pi err e ' s se c o n d pr ot est c a me mom en ts later when To ny DiStefano, wh o had cras he d tw ice in th e first m oto, came flying up thro ugh the pack to duel with Pierre. Over a ju mp in th e back section of th e du sty course DiSt efan o took over seco n d from t he Honda an d a mid-air collision knocked both riders down, with To ny D. taking the brun t of impact. Kars makers' fro n t brake lever broke off in th e fray and he pulled in to have th e da nglin g cable snipped. The race at th e midway was Lackey , Stackab le, Sernics, Weinert , Kars m akers withou t a br ake, and Marty Tripes (Bul ). Then, as it has hap pene d to Bad Brad so man y tim es, his aircleane r passed enough of the Louisiana J ust to choke his engin e off. The cro wd we nt wild as St ackable to o k ove r th e lead and started to p ull away fro m the pack. The race was now Wein er t versus St ack and as if to help Sh ort Stack out, Mar ty Tripes blas te d pas t Weinert. With The Following International Stars! Walter Villa (Italy) Michel Rougerie ( Fr a n ce ) Barry Ditchburn ( En g la n d ) Mick Grant ( En g la n d) Barry Sheene (England) 'Tepi ' Lansivuori ( Fi n la n d ) ,Johnny Cecotto (Venezuela ) Masahiro Wada (,Japan ) lakeo Abe ( ,Ja p a n) K ideo Katayama (,Japan ) ,John Boote (New Zealand) Warren Will ing (Australia ) " \Ve are go in g to tear up A First I Saturday 's International 250cc Lightwe ight Race Wo rld Ch.tmp40n J o h nn y C ec crt c 0 11 .I Ya m ah ot to d o h.tttl e d h y llI~wly crow lIN I Jl.>Occ v It w as p o int co u n ti ng ti m e in the pi ts. Wein ert had a seco nd in the first m oto an d was curr en tly in th ird while St ackabJe was seventh an d first, and Pierre h ad a thi rd in t he firs t round an d hel d tenaciously to six th . Wein ert had it in th e b ag as lon g as h e st aye d in the to p fiv e. With two lap s to go it was Stackable 100 yards ah ead o f Tripes, Weinert abou t 15 secon ds back with Semics pushin g him h ard. Und er th e tunnel cam e Stac kable as th e cro wd che ere d his tremendous rid e, marred onl y by bad lu ck. Tripes was seco nd , 'Sem ics p assed Wein ert to move the Na tional Cham p bac k to fourth , but it was enough, as Weine r t crossed th e fmish line with his arm raise d in victory . I tid} (~I ~} Gregg Hansford ( A u s t r a lia) CI ~~;~ .~.~ . ~~ ;~.; ~. ~ t:·~~·~ ~~I:~~·~ ~;N~T2~~'; '~.~.~; ~~.~~ .~ ~~~.~.;~'," ;~~~~ ~.. ~.~; I RV I N E. C A LIFO RN IA 92664 TEL CN . 17 141152 668 6 LT ~ts~ .. ~ .. .!l!'~E~W~ 8~~ I£!-.. ,~II ~ K!.!.R~. ~E ~ .= W~ L~ S=1 1~ _ _ . Mik e Patrick 's YAMAHA af CORONA 1101 E. 6th Street, Coro na, CA .,.;;. (714) 735- 7721 '~ jM fishbACk's YAMAIIA..- ro!rT'j.\!rJ~ ® TI (714) 822-2252 9008 Sierra Ave., Fontana, Ca. o H V Sale YAMAH A S M X 400 B , MX 250 B MX 175 B M X 125 B , . , . •. . . . , MX 100 B . , YZ 125 C TV 250 A (Demo) . , $ 1299 $1135 $ 949 $ 787 $ 697 $ 995 $1000 Out The Door Prices HUSQ V A RN A S . . .' $1574 ... .. . . ... . . . . . .. .$1334 Base Prices. Su bje ct to stoc k o n hand In previo u s .IdS HusQvarna prices appeared to be Ou t t h e doo r du e to • m isprin t. Hand Washab le ~"t{ _ ~. ". . ' ~: ~~ Othman Distr ib ut i ng Co. Box 35 6 San Lu is Obsipo, CA 93406 (80S) 544-6181 • Rid ing • Raci ng • Street GLOVES Dealer Inquiries Invited S~ 213-587-7244 5938 Pacific, Huntinqton Park , CA 90255 • ••••••• 15

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