Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Texas Trans-AMA (Continued from page 11) Racing Association whom had come a day early for heavy sessions of spittin', whittlin', chewin', and guzzlin' were ecstatic as the two I8-year-old Americans pulled way to win by vast margins ove r the European super stars, DeC os t er and Wolsink. Lackey was fifth followed by Karsmakers, Weinert, Gaylon Mosier (on th e quietes t b ike on th e trac k at 102 Db) , and Jim West . .proudly presents the l!') N Second 500 I-< Bad Brad w as back and to prove it he grabbed the holeshot with Stackable's Maico an d Tony D,'s Suzook snarling over second and third in the horsepower display. DeCoster hit the starting gate a second too soon and was sent flying into the air in a position one spectator called 'caddywampus' to leave the Belgian back in mid-p ac k. Wolsink 's pist o n st uck again in the first co mer and he was away dead last . It took DeCost er half o f the mot o to work up t o third place , which is wh er e h e st ayed . Because up at t he point Tony DiS t efano an d Steve Stackable had the crowd jammed in to t he picket fence u p to th eir armpits. Stackable had DNFed the first moto, bu t he was p umped to wi n in his ho me state Texas. 20 MULE TEAM PARKWAY "200 II) ..0 8 II) ;> o Z 11 Californ ia's Finest Off-Road Race. At California City , Rain or Snow o r Sh ine SUNDAY, JANUARY 4th $12,000 cash purse Pro Class/ (Amateur Expert ) Money and Awards up to 70 %rider payback Semipro Class / (Novice) No Amateurs or Expe rts here Money and Awards 50% cash pay bac k - 20 % t ro ph ies to each teammate - en trant Tee Shirts - finisher medals 60 % cash pay back plus 10% o f semipro gross 10 % trophies to each te ammate - ent rant Tee Shirts finisher meda ls. 1 pay position for every 5 entries overall 10 positio ns ma xi m um . Plus cash bonus to 1st : 0-200 fin isher - 250 finisher Open finishe r - Solo finisher Just before t he battl e, Gaylon Mosier. Results (M a l) . 25 0 S U P PO RT, 1. J immy Ellis (C-A) . 2 . Ri ch Eirstad t (H on) . 3 . Terry Clark ( Hus). 4 . T im Ha rt (Ya m) . 5 . Mike Kes sler (Hus). 6. Dan T urner (V am ) . 7. Wyman Pr i ddy (Bul). 8. Tommy Croft (Han) . 9. Steve W ise (Kaw) . 10. Buck Murphy (e-A). 11. M ike Runyard (C -A) . 12. Mark Harrington (Vam) . 13. T ra cy Knighton (Suz) . 14 . DeWitt Kno x ( Y am ) . 15 . John K elley (Su z) . 16. Barr y Duncan (Vam). 17. Steve G autreau (Suz) . 1 8. John D all air e (Yam). 19. Ro b Reynolds (Pen). 20. John Ca m p bell (MalJ. ." Plus cash bonus to 1st : 0 ·200 finisher - 250 finisher - Ope n $200.00 entry - Team or Solo. All Amateur teams mu st send photocopy of classi fication, only Amateurs teamed w ith A m at eu rs will q u ali f y for Amateur b o n us. M ixed teams will ra ce Expert. 500Cc TR AN5-AMA: 1. Tony DIStefano (Suz). 2. Roger DeCoster (S UZ) . J . Ge rr lt Wols lnk (SUZ) . 4 . Kent Howerton (Hus). 5 . Pierre Karsmakers (H o n ). 6. Marty Sm ith (Hon) . 7. Gary Sem lcs (K.1w) . 8 . Jim We st (Mal). 9 . J im Turn er (Hus) . 10. Bob H ar r is (eZ). 11. Masuru Ikeda (Suz) . 12 . Gayl on Mosier (Mai) . 1 3. A r l o Englund (Kaw). 14. Jimmy We i nert (Vam). 15. Brad Lackey (H u s) . 1 6. Ch arle s Co oper (Pen ) . 17. Stewart A n d e rso n ( Vam ). 18. Stephen F loyd (B u l) . 19. Pe t er L am p p u (CZ). 20 . Ste ve St ac ka b le receipt of entry. Any changes in classification acqu ired after entry has been made w ill have no effect on el igibil ity t o ride Semipro. 1 pay position for every 5 entries - 15 po sit io n s maximum. Ent ry Informat ion Marty Smith found a flat fro nt tire on the first lap to end his shot at the victory. St ac kabl e drove the big Maico under Tony D. with fo ur laps to go, and yo u could hear the crowd roar all the way to the Ft. Worth stockyards. Stackable 's sec o nd moto win was a morale booster, but DiStefan o kep t the overall in the bag as master me chanic Keith McCarty kept flashing the p it board. DeCoster took second overall with his three-three score. Fo r t he Americans it was an upper, but fo r Su zuki it was even better as they we n t one-two-three for the second week in a ro w with DiS tefan o, DeCoster, and Wolsink. In the Continental Mark IV 's go ing back to Big D , th e p ick-up trucks heading for Beaumont and the sp lit-win do w coupes aimed at San Antonio the Trans-Alvl.A talk was , for the first time, all ab out th e Am erican s DiStefano, Smith an d Stackabl e. • Must be class ified currently with C.R.A. or A.M.A. and have held NO HIGH ER CLASSIFICATION THAN NOVICE upon finisher - So lo finisher . Ent ry Information $ 100.00 en t ry - Te am o r So lo . Nov ice entries must send ph otoco py of classif ica t io n also. 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