Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Keener .flies on Red Wings! co u ld t urn t he cha m pio nsh ip an y direction. Nevada 's to p sh ort tracker Ma nuel Cru m m ett skipp ed awa y with fi rst Expe rt honors in bo th th e 2 50 an d 3 60 Mains. Racing was a bi t strung out th is time as super hot we ather mad e for an extremely hard and rutt y course. The 250 Main sa w Red d ing 's Ro be rt Hill return fro m the Labor Day Series a nd place second to Crummett. T h ree -sixty cha rge rs gallo ped to o ha rd in la p one. Davids o n and Gr eg Ferguson co llided in t u m three . Ted was able to recover for a fifth behind Yerby, Hu ff , a nd Steve Ferron i, Dwa yne Ellis to ok hi s seve nth wi n in the 175 Novice division. Ellis has earned mos t o f his points on a Yamaha this season but h as rece n tl y m o ved t o the 25 0 ranks o n th e Harley in a n t ici patio n o f J un ior racing. Heavy ac t io n co n tin ued in th e 80 Expe rt ra n ks wh er e scan t p oints s ep a r at e D o n How a r d and Doug Ch andl er . Ho ward jumped quic kly t o th e fro nt a nd appeare d to run away b u t Chandler kept co m ing and m ad e it close at the e nd. Fred Merkel was third . Ho wa rd and Chandler will be Charging next wee k fo r both class and o ve rall honors . • Resul ts in Results Sec ti on . Oregon AMA Amateur half-mile By Lynne Diltz ROSE BURG, ORE., SEPT. 6 Ore gon's only N\ IA san ctioned hal f-mile at th e Dou g County Fairgro unds in Rosebu rg was to have had ligh ting last l\lay. After man y d elays, th e lights we re finally instal led th e la st tw o d ay s of Augu st . On September 6 , with ver y short no t ice an d lots o f d etermination, th e frustrated C.C. Riders held th eir fi rst nigh t races. There were o nly t wo heat s o f 100s and Medford 's Bru ce Sm yli e left no o ne to guess at wh o was going t o win it all. lie may not ge t off in Num ber On e b ut two full laps at m o st is all it takes fo r h im to get th ere. Susie Wor d ac ed ou t Bill Davis by two b ik e le ngt hs for a " second. The Kid s A go t a co urt esy lap afte r th e dust was wat e red d own a nd Su sie downed it in t u rn o ne. Sh e had insta n t help as five o the r young riders ca me to her aid . Susie then go t m ore help fro m Brian Peterso n and Louie Bo o th wh o did so me ha ndlebar st raighten ing a nd Lo ui e wi ped Susie off with a grease rag! Th at she didn't need! T o d d Puett d id plenty of ri din g o n th is race eve ning; he rode the 12 5 and 20 0 classes and tro phied in bo t h. Tony Spec k, w ho's bac k to racing a fter knee surgery , gave Pue tt a workou t in th e 125A. With Spe ck in the lead Pue tt wor ked har d to get aro u nd, gai ni ng in the turns and falling back as Spec k 's bi ke pulled h is on th e straigh ts. Pu ett worked har d er, go t under Speck going in to number two and hel d the insid e the rest of t he way. Pue tt then had to change bikes a nd ride the nex t rac e, th e 200 A, with Lo nn ie Bentley a nd Larry Hullm an . Puett turned it o n again to chas e Bentle y who go t off in Num ber On e, Pu ett go t Ben tl ey go ing into turn one, hel d fo r a co u ple , th en Bentl ey slid und er h im o n tu rn four. Pue tt 's bi ke began to splutter an d he had to pull off Ro b Nichlason wo n h is 250 h eat af te r ge tti ng off th e lin e sid e b y side with Ra nd y J ordan. Dan Ru c ker gassed it a second before the starter waved th e 25 0 A a way an d go t put back to the s eco n d r o w. Hy in ' Brian Pe ter son p ulled a wa y from th e rest art in hi s usual wheelie and left the rest of the p ack to b a t ti e. Rucker wo rked h is wa y t o seco nd, Reg Aye rs, Ro b Nic h lason and R andy J ord an rode three even for se v era l lap s u n t il Nichlason pulled ahead. Ay ers ke p t d riving , catchin g but no t getting aro und until Nich laso n go t Late race results: another Red Wing win! If there's a secret to a winning b ike, it's tuning. Not just the eng ine, but the suspension too. That's why Red Wing shocks are on so many bikes in the winner's circle. Red Wing shocks make suspension tu ning a snap with their selection of op t ional springs and five spr ing-rate preload pos itions. Just d ial them " in to suit yo ur bike and t rack. Red Wing shocks are rebu ildable too; they can be 100% restored if they ever wear out. And . . . don't forget the other half of the Red Wing total , tuneable suspension system , the Red Wing competition fork . It's got triple-lip seals; high performance damping, hydraulic stops to prevent bottom ing, lightweight alloy sliders, tempered stanch ion tubes and 3 pos ition preload spr ings. When it comes to performance, you ca n't beat The System ! Racing the mile calls for total concentration and machine reliability under the rigors of 25 laps of high speed, all out racing. 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