Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Pile-ern-up Trans-AMA is fantastic ~lSup~rt Class: The ~p~in I~==========~==:-=======~ ==========~' By Jim Gianatsis III Trans·AMA Support class points lea der R ich Eiers ted t cleaned the first moto start with his fa cto ry , RC ,250 Hond a . b ut before th ey fin ished th e first la p w J im m y Ellis had his p appa Geo rge Ell is prepa red Can 11, Am by Rich and in to th e lead for th e last gl impse Rich JI wo uld see of Caparain Co balt a ll day . Husky's Chuc k Su n from nearby O regon hel d third the entire mot o as Mickey Kessler used his fa ctory Mo ntesa to p ick off Suzuki'sJ effJ ennings in th e fin al laps a nd alm ost ca tch Su n . John Savitski began the first of two mot os of bad lu ck by first fouling a plug on the line a nd b rea ki ng a b< rea r shoc k . O th er top class conten der Danny La Porte had his clutch release on th e starting lin e and crashed e into th e gate . Ken ny Zahrt was runnin g wit h the • leaders unti l he was accidentally hit by a held ou t II sign board in the signa ling area an d ha d to visit th e I hospi tal as a resu lt. ., Bob Harris a nd Steve W ise took th e seco nd moto start. but Mickey Kessle r had his Montesa pegged a nd wheel ied by to ta ke co n tro l soon afterwa rd . R ich Eierstedt "did something dumb" a nd crashe d on a 1 b ack sec tion jum p on th e firs t la p a nd John Savi tski " la nded on R ich 's do wned Ho nda ~o put J oh n's own " 1 b ike out of working order. Kessler had passed Ellis whe n he too k over and lead a nd it look ed like th ere I wasn't a cha nce th a t Ji m my cou ld catch him . b ut 'lmha lfway th rou gh the m oto Mickey lost co ntrol on a 1 rj um p a nd inj u red his leg . J imm y rega ined the lead to V" win the m oto and th e overa ll with Kessler out. Su zuki 's .1 1 Da nny LaPorte closed near Ellis towa rds th e finis h for Ii second . with Marty Moat es in thi rd a nd picki ng up o enough poi nt s to score seco nd overa ll with his Ossa h",G P. 11 (Opposite page) A sm iling Jimmy Ellis finally returns to the w inner's circle in the 250 Support class. Don Kudalski (255) puts a lot of body English into this Puya llup corner . (abov e) A crowd of 10,000 stood in the sun in Washington w here you don 't tan you rust. (Bottom) Wolsink (1061, Semics (15), Geboers 1153 , 1 Howerton (3) and Mosier compare sty les on the same turn . • Results 500cc INTERNATIONAL: 1. Roger DeCoster 2-4 (Su zf 2. Gerrit W olsink5-2 ISuzl. 3. Bob Hannha 4-3 (Yam). 4. Gary Semics 11·1 (Kawl, 5. Brad Lackey 75 (Hus). 6. Gaylon Mosier ~7 (Mai). 7. Tony DiStefano 3·10 (SUl ), 8. Akit a Watanabe 15-6 (Suzl. 9. Graham Noyce 14-8 (Mail. 10. Pierre Karsmakers 10-, '" 12 (Hon). 11. Jimmy W einert 8-15 Ikawl, 12. Adolf W eil 12-14 (Mai). 13. Tommy Croft ' -25 tl-ionl. 14. Kent Howerton 16-13 (Hus). 15. Rick Burgett 1318 (Kawl. 16. T erry Clark 19-16 (Kaw l. 17. J im T urner 18-21 ISuzl. 18. M ickey Boone 20·20 ISuzl. 19. Pal Richter 17·24 IKTMI , 20. Marty Smit h 33-9 IHonl. '250cc ?U PPORT: 1. J immy Ellis 1·1 IC-Al. 2. Marty Moates 7-3 10ssl. 3. Arlo Englund 6-4 tHus),4, Chuck Sun 3-BIHusl. 5, Rich Eierstedt 2·10 IHonl. 6, Danny laPorte 11-2 (Suzl. 7. Steve W ise 9-5 ISuzl. 8 . War ren Reid 8-6 [Hcnl . s 9, Frank Stacy 13-7 IPenl.1 0. Mark Gregson 10·11 IKawl . 11. Mik e Bell 16·9 'j IHusl. 12. Pat Moroney 12-13 (Husl. 13. M ike Runyard 14-12 Ie-AI. 14. Greg l Theiss 15-14 ISuzl. 15. Charles Holcomb 18-17 tHus). 16. Dan Brow n 17·21 IBull. 17. Mark Kaestner 24-16 (Bun. 17. M ark Kaestner 24-16 (Mail . 18. Gary rt {( h- K U~2~ ISuzl, (~m ) .19 . Mic~K~ IM 4~ ( Mo n ) .W .J~ fJe Mi~s~n en ~ co ~ b o.. . I ~----------~ 7

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