Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

-; Have you heard? We're .Sf~ l1li • ~ t ~""-Here!! Jennings went on to win the moto uncontested. Mike Hersman took second and Chris Gr ew er third. Overall, Hersman 's consistency paid off. Dan Geery (Hon) was jumpy on the line for the start of the first 250 Pro race. In fact Dan was so jumpy they had to restart the race twice and it seemed as if Geerv was causing all the commotion. When things got sorted out guess who pulled the start ? Following Dan was Class C rider Bruce Hanlon (Bul), doing a fine job considering his style was rather on the wide open side. !\lark Peters [Suz] was also in the hunt ridi ng in about third. Geery looked fast and it seemed like this would be his race . No way, as Han lon was riding Geery all the way, waiting for the mistake. When it came, he was there to cash in on it. Oeery fought back and took second with Mark Peters not far. behind. repeated his holesho t . Geery performance in the second m o to , Runn ing in tight quarters were Peters in second and Rudy Leo n (Pen) in third. Once again ' it 100 ked like Dan would have an easy win but about the halfway poin t Geery bro ke his brake lever and had to hang o nto it so as not to get it caugh t in his front wheel. This was Geery's continuing saga of little breakdowns that have been plaguing him since he got his new Honda. Mark Peters took over first place and held it. Steve Lawrence, also on a new Suzuki, worked up to second. '. Results in Results Section. d' r ..----\LIlllf1!;.D5~ Bay Area Bultaco hasDioved to a larger location to serve you better. BAY AREA Ample parking ~BULTACO 6blocks West of the ) 5606 W. Manchester Ave. San Diego Freeway . Westchester . CA 90045 213-649 -1700 BRAKE PEDAL REPLACEMENT BUSHINGS FOR HONDA 125 & 250CRIM ~ Replace those worn ou t fi ber bushings w ith PE RMANENT BRASS BUSHINGS 5.00 THOUSANDS OF USED & NEW PARTS AND ACCESSOR IES ON SALE! per pai r Pr ice INCLUDES sales tax and ship ping. send $5.00 ONLY . A llow 3 -4 day s f or delive ry if paid by cash or money order . A llow 10 days if paid by personal check . Portland scratcher finale By Paul Middelhoven, OMRRA PORTLAND, ORE., SEPT. 28 The last road race of the season in Oregon was held under overcast skies at Portland International. A total of a h undred bikes were entered, and 15 new riders were introduced to the sport. A hundred dollar prize was at stake in the Open Cafe class. The race was won by Bill White of Renton, Washington with a super ride aboard a production 903 Kawasaki. A race- long duel in the 250 GP class was finally won by Bruce Lind of Seattle, Washi ngton, while Gary Bade, Olympia, Washington, came in second, only a few feet behind. The 125 GP class was a runaway for Mark Haskins from Seattle, after Larry Truckositz seized. A good race was pu t on by 14-year-oldJohn Wincewicz, who came in second in the second heat, af te r he holed a piston in the firs t heat. Th is was his firs t road race . Gene Brown had a win in the 500 Production class and a fourth in Open Cafe on a borrowed bike. After his 350 Yamaha production bike was stolen in Portland a week before the race. Bruce Lind had a close call in the last race of the day, when his rear tire blew at the end of the straightaway in the LE 1JJ t- III > III ~ t- o J: 0.'-'''-'= = ::...:..:::....:--==.......... '-'_"''' =_---'-'--''''''"'''= =_---''----'

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