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Top left - Du Hamel/Scott playing the
eat/mouse game; center.rolling out the
welcome for Stevie B; lower left - Scott
Pearson, "let the good times begin'"
Opposite page - National f"l8ld boils off
the line. Steve Baker (321 already
leading~ flanked by Nixon (91 and
Roberts (21, who would crash, and
trailed by Cleek (291 who would hang
in for second.
o.Cl
Baker home
free after Nixon
crashes and
Roberts gets
trashed
By Jack Mangus
LOUDON, N.H.,JUNE 20
/
Yamaha Motors Canada sponsored
Steve Baker and his Bob Work
prepared QW-31 monoshocker
were home free after Gary Nixon
and then Kenny Roberts crashed
while leading the DuckworthLaconia Classic at Bryar Motor•
·
.
sport .P a r k . Bak er s vIctory,. hIS
first
mAMA
Grand
National
Championship/Camel Pro Series events,
continued to emphasize the competitive
nature of the series as the young
Bellingham, Washington resident was
the eleventh different winner in th e
eleven .rounds.
.
Takmg runnerup honors, behind
Baker was , Shawnee , Oklah?ma s Randy
Clee~. Gene Ro~ero and: hIS Don Vesco
sponsored TZ fin ished third,
Heats
Two ten lap heats wer e run to form
the grid for the National and in the first
heat. it was Lac;onia/Louden. crowd
favorite Gary NIxon and. hIS Erv
Kanemoto prepared Kawasaki across the
finish line first, Nixon diced with Kenny
Roberts for the first five laps, taking the
lead from Roberts for good at the
halfway flags. Randy Cleek, David
Aldana, Gary Scott, Gary Fisher, Dale
Singleton and Walt Foster followed the
two former Grand National Champions
Scott's performance was outst~nding
as he started at the back of the pack
with what appeared to be a clutch
problem that had him circulating in
circles behind the starting grid
The second heat was an all-Steve
Baker show with the exception of a four
