Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

a -b ck r This Barbie-Hayner race in 380 Production was one of the day 's best. t his, with a little d evel op m en t. " (It seized) . There was Ro b Stetson with Gary Nixon 's old backup Triumph 500 , and locally-notorious drag engine bu ild er Ro ger Swim e ntered a slightly re-en gin ee red Sportster for hi s seco nd go at straightening cu rves. Alan Barbie brough t a " h om e-b re wed" T Z25 0 set u p wi th a YZ400 Mo noshock by sponsor Ya maha 0 f San J os e fo r m ore track time and d evelo p m en t after its O n ta rio debut, plus h is 350 R D a nd h is TZ700. Va nce Breese showed u p wi th his 50 0 BS A GP bi ke plus a No rton Co mmando to ride production. Vance had a b it of a "domino prob lem " Saturday when so mebody kn o cked over a row of bikes (his included) , breaking the float bowl o n one of his carbs, Quic kie so lu tion : swap one carb between the Nor to n and the BSA in th e lu ll between races. . La rge st class was the first t o run Sunday 380 Production . T om Ha yner (Yam) an d Malcolm Hill (Ya m) hit the ban king together as Q ue n tin Ho gan (Kaw) came off the second row and Bar b ie off the th ird. Barb ie stayed Iowan t he banki ng and got bottled u p in early traffic while Hogan moved t o second within two laps, then ro lle d to a stop at the e nd of the pi t hot lane with d ead moto rcy cle. Barbie , meanwhile, had finally uncorked himself fro m traffic and took out after Hay ner in ea rnest. This turned into one of the best races of the day as Barbie would set Ha yner u p in t he in fiel d, slingsho t by up th e fro nt st raigh t, then ge t repassed as he stayed lo w and Hayne r we n t high o n th e ba nking of turn o ne . They 'd dis appear nose-t ail into t he back sectio n and co me bac k nex t la p to do it agai n. Last lap , Alan led ou t o f th e back section. The tw o d ragged u p th e in fiel d st raight befo re Barbie closed th e door go ing o n to th e ova l a nd held Hay ner by less th an a b ike len gth . Third, back a di stance , was George Chester (Ya m) who also hu ng less t han a bike len gth off Hay ner's t ail t he e n tire dis tance o f the 38 0 Cafe race ; then Malc olm Hill . Don T ointsen (Ya m) , Steve Gilbert (Ya m) a n d Ch uck Stroe h me nger (Ya m ) finished in a fairly ti ght group. Van ce Breese (No r) led th e Open Production class aw ay wi th Miles Rossteusch er ( BMW) and Leif Gustafson (Kaw) for close com pany. Surprisin g Quentin Ho gan st arted out in th e t o p four o n a 400 Kaw asaki triple until a mo men t's indiscretio n at the dogleg return put hi m into th e infield dirt an d down severa l places. He eventually w orked back to fo urth , ma kin g his way th rough a sc ram blin g pa ck of Do c WilC9X (Kaw) , Steve Graham (Due], Do n Basinski (Duc), Ala n Co lli ns (Kaw) and Bill Gol d sb y (Kaw) . Co llins, o n a Z-l and Basinski waged co nst an t swi tc hy-swappy duri ng the closin g lap s as Gol dsby o n an H· 2 hu ng b ack a nd watched. Basin sk i m ade one gian t effo rt in the in fiel d , next to the last lap , shutting Collins off at th e en try t o the oval, then see m in gl y out of adre nalin , fo llowed t he Z-l to th e c hec ker. Go ldsby , who 'd been saving something for la st, slings ho t th em bo th r • I Hi, George . Got second, huh? by su rprise the last time d own the b ackside straigh t. Open Cafe was unreal, as Paul Stephenson on a muscu lar Ho nd a four pulled an im mediate lead, fo llowed by Don Stallings' 8 12 Hond a. Stallings fai led to complete t he first lap , as he got o ff outside th e far turn in th e back sect io n , tried to hang onto th e bike t oo lo ng, and wo und up in a shallo w ravine, cracking some ribs. More bi zarre st uff as th e am b ulance ca me o ut at fu ll cha t, p ractical ly ro lli ng off it s tr eads through th e co rn ers. David Ne al (Nor) swooped around Roge r Swim (H. D) and Bill G o ldsby be hin d t he am b ul an ce , th en passed the arnb ulan ce l Wit h the return o f rel ative no rmalcy , Swi m on t h at humongous p avement-wrinkling Ho g go t b ack u p into fourt h p lace, while Ro sst euscher an d Hogan (o n the 400 Kaw agai n) foll owed Stephenson home. We leave our heroes to boog ie off int o the sunset . .. Jeff Steele outlasted and /or o u tran Mike Tidwell a nd J ohn Wincewicz to win 12 5 GP (says he'll be ba ck with h is Honda next time) ; while Dave Emde led J im Vialvos in 250 GP after Mike Baeder an d Harry KIinz man n bo th se ized. . Pat Evans' and Phil McDonald's expecte d place-swa ppin g show in Open GP went awa y with Pat's rear tire; but S tephenson on th at nas ty Honda and Barbie o n his TZ hel ped m ake u p fo r it wh ile Brian O ' Ne ill o n a shoe-stri ng Ho nda fo u r held Breese and the BS A by less th an a b ike len gth every lap but t he last o ne. Gen eral co nsensus was this was the m o st easy go in g, rel axing y et fu n ro ad ra ce sin ce (maybe) Aspen . If this is wh at o ] ' time · cl ub racing is all ab ou t , let's have m ore of t hem. • Resu lts in Results Secti on. .- .J .J W ~

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