Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Local hotline 35MM 7" TRAVEL Garabedian to third. Bu t Kirk wasn't about to b e beat o ut of a trophy and was right on top of it as th e flag was thrown and he darted t o the head of the p ack to take the lead, the checkered and the overall win. Garabedian was second overall and Brown was third. • BErOR FORKS Fishback wins AMC speedway MX Special Sale By John Bet hea EAST IRVI NE , CA L , NO V. 7 Sp eedway racers shared part o f the spotlight toni ght in AMC motocross action as several o f the SRA Division I stars and p rom oter $109.00 prepaid \ 214-722-5696 ~ .. I: ,}." ,III(Kg Harry O xley got into the ac t io n in a 'sp eci al class racing fo r the fu n o f it. J im Fis hback, a n outstanding desert star as well as a former motocrosser, co llec t ed the o verall wi n o n a Yamah a while George Bu tl er was seco nd. Big-name stars like Bru ce Pe n hal l (CZ -4 th) a nd Scott Sivad ge (Yarn-fit h) di d n't far e too wel l. An d Ox ley? Well, he did h is best a nd took las t o n a Yamah a. Harry's so n, Brad , h owever , did much better, taking a th ird in the 12 5 Begin ne r class after starting strong. He lo ok second in the firs t round on a Ya maha, won th e second, and the n had bad luck in the final with a DN F. Kevin Burke (Ya m) took ad va n tag e of that situation and wo n it overall with Jeff Doolin (Han ) ru nnerup , In Pro raci ng , Mark Tyer (Ho n) and Paul Schones ( F:\I F) waged a wicked three-mote battl e which T yer won twice an d took th e first place cash. Mike McGowen (Su z) took the 250 Pro overal l after Mike Stearn s (Suz) , winner in the first two rounds, came up with a dead engine on the first lap o f the final an d had to retire, still th e runnerup o n points. Mike Pelley (KT:\I) won the 500 in a clean sweep. • Resu lts in Resul ts Section. 1 213 RUSK . • t \ 1 ~ ROCKWALL, ... :l T: ~" : Gt Inc ,'f.. i UI' I f1; (214) 722-61. ~ Christmas Special Save SIO.OO For l6 m ile , Scrambles, & Speedway. Boots 14" la ce-up, Sizes "0", 6 t o 13 . Send boot or cardboar d pattern of sole with height of toe. Pri ces do n ot include COD & sh ipping. $75 00 TI,e Ma cly steel shoe & boot • offer good til' J an, 1 '75 ,I / Ot h e r Items availab le : Ba n k e Racin g Pip e s Seats Pillio ns I D i sc Bra kes Hubs Motorc ycl e Shoe St rap s Cove rs & Much M ore Dual money races at AFM finale T-S hirts Plu s t::veryt h ln g for Speedwa y Ken Maely Rt. 2, Box 75 B 530 Bedford Mo t or Way. Corona, CA 9 1 72 0 7 14 -7 35-0 540 By J im Lester ONTA RIO , CA L., NOV. 9 T he A.F.l\l,· cIosed its 19 75 seaso n on Sunday with a pair of $ 100 mon ey races . Kevin St a ffo rd wo n the 250 GP and poc kete d $5 0. Monoshock I ncrease T ravel Improve Handli nq Lo n g t rave l rear and fro n t end ki ts . Ai r forks. 520 c hain kits fo r 125 Mo n o . For inf o call o r u -ri tr: DALLAS YAMAHA Mail Order Pa r t 5 and Acces so ries Dir t Bike Special ist s 12 141 321 ·2444 12083 Garland Rd .• Dallas. T X 75218 r. --HANiiLEBARH'iLL'S--". PRESENTS 75 & 76 I I 18 Indoor Short Track Series All ela..e. 6:00 pra cti ce 8:00 race I I I Amarillo Civic Center Info: Box 77371 .. ----------- .. • Oct. 4, Nov. 8, Nov. 29, J an. 10, Feb, 21•• Mike Baeder a nd Ric h ar d Seifried battled back and forth for seco n d pl ace after a broke n c rank claimed Harry K.1 in zm ann at the e nd of the first lap. Se ifried ca m e off the final co m er three bi ke lengt h s ahead, bu t Baeder closed to within about four inches b y the c heckered flag. Today 's Race Director Keith Code (Yoshimura Z· I) grabbed the lead at the start of the othe r money race, Open Pro d uctio n . Ed Un ini's "Pearce of LA " 75 0cc Hond a was geared so high t ha t it bogged down coming off the line putting him toward the back of the pa ck. But within five laps Ed was on Keith 's rear fe n de r , a nd a lap la t er he shot by in to the overall lead which he held to the finish. Iro nic ally , Unini was entered in i50 Production and the refore n o t eligible fo r the Open class p rize mon ey . Keit h had been slo we d lat e in th e race by a badly worn fro n t tire, so he pro b ab ly needed the S50 m o re any how . In 350 Produc tio n Sco tt Clo ugh got r e v e nge for Dale :\Ic Cr ear y 's co me-fro m-beh ind wi n last m onth at River side . Scott pulled aw ay eas ily to win, wh ile Da le st r ugg le d wi th a wo rn Dunlop rear tire that go t him pract ica lly sideways 100 mph on th e banking. C:\IC ch a mp io n Al an G in ger ell i kept th e pressu re o n Da le to fini sh a close third. Clo ugh scored a double b y also winning the 5 0 0 Production race . o z o ::; >- Z Z

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