Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

; ROAD, SPI:I:D'VAY AND ROADRACING 1. Gary Sco tt 2 . J ay S pr ingsteen 3 . Ha nk Sco tt 4. Rex Beaucham p 5 . Greg Sassaman 6 . Kenny Rob erts 7 . Dave Seh l 8 . D ou g Se_hl 9. Chuck Palmgren 10 . Jay Ridgeway CASTL E ROCK TT STEEPLECHASE NATI ONAL July 17, 1976 Harl ey -Davidson Harl ev -D avid son Yamaha Harley -D avidson Harl ev -D avidson Y am aha Harley -David son Harl ey -Davidson Harl ev -Devid son Tri\lmph PONTIAC STADIUM TT NATIONAL .June 4,1976 1. St eve Ek lund 2. Randy Cleek 3. J ay Spr ingsteen 4 . Ga ry Sco tt 5 ... Billy Oliver 6. Skip Aksland 7. J oe Pow ell 8 . Ma rk Smith 9 . Ted Boody 10 . Sun Morehead 1. TedBoody 3 . St... Droste 4 . Steve Elo 5. Jim Rawls 6. M ik e Gerald 7 . Steve Ek lun d 8 . Billy Labrie 9 . Ha nk Sco tt 10. J oe Pow el l Yama ha Yamaha Harley -D avidson Yam ah a Yam ah a Yamaha Y amaha Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha Bultaco Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha Kawasaki Ya maha Yam aha Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha FULL HOUSE CYCLE CLASSIC HALF·MILE NATIONAL Harrington, DE June 12, 1976 1. Co rky Keener 2. Jay Springsteen 3. Gary Scott 4 . Dave Seh l 5. Scan Drake G. Han k Scott 7. Kenny Rober ts 8. Bill Eves 1 ~: ~mt~=rfer Harlev -D evidson Har tev-Devidson Ha rte v-Dev idso n Harlev -D evidson Harley-Oavidson Yamah a Ya maha Harley-Davidson Harley-Davidson Ya maha DUCKWORTH LACONIA MOTORCYCLE CLASSIC Bryar Motorsport Park, London, NH June 20,1976 1. S teve Baker 2. Randy Cleek 3 . Gene Ro mer o 4 . Ron Pierce 5. Ron Haslam 6. Yvon DuH amel 7. Gary Sco tt 8. Sk ip Aksland 9 . Dave Ald ana 10. John Long Yama ha Yamaha Ya ma ha Kawasaki Yam aha Kawasa ki Yamah a Ya maha Yam ah a 'Yamaha CHAR ITY NEWSIES HALF·MILE NATIONAL Columbus,OH June 27, 1976 t . J ay S prings tee n 2. Ken ny R oberts 3. Steve Morehead 4 . Cor ky Keener 5. Ted Boody 6. Bill Eves 7. Gar y Sc ott 8. Randy Cleek 9 . Dave Sehl 10 . J im Zeigler Harl ey-Davidso n Ya ma ha Harley-Davidson Har ley-Davidson Harley·Davidson Har ley -Davidson Har lev-Devidso n Harley-Dav!dson Harlev-Devid so n Harley-Davidso n ALBUQUERQUE MILE NATIONAL July 4, 1976. Harley-Davidso n t . Jay Sp ringsteen 2. Co rky Kee ne r 3 . Kenny Ro ber ts 4 . Gar y Scott 5. Doug Sehl 6 . Ch uck Palmgren 7. Gene Rome ro 8 . Mike Co llin s 9 . Mike Kidd 10. Tom Ber ry Harley -Davidso n Yamaha Harley -D avidson Harley-David son Harle y -D avid son Harlev -David son Hartev-D avi dson .Harley· David so n Harl ev-David so n SANJOSE HALF MIL E NATIONAL July 11; 1976 t . Kenny Ro berts 2. Ga ry Scott 3. Mike Kidd 4 . Paul Bostrum 5. Ski p Ak slancJ 6 . Co rk v Kee ne r SYRACUSE MILE NATIONAL September 12, 1976 Triumph Harley-Davidson BSA. Harl ev -David son SI. Peters, MO October 24, 1976 . Harley-David son Harl ey -David so n Yam ah a Harley·Dnidson Harley·Oavidson Har ley-David son Harley-Davidso n 2. Rex Beaucham p 3. Ken Robert s 5. Bill Eves 6. Gary Sco tt 7. Greg Sassaman 8. Gen e Rom ero 9. Randy Cleek 10. Ke ith Ulick i Yamaha Harley·Davidson Harley ·D avidso n Yama ha Harl ev -Davidson LAGUNASECA ROAD RACE NATIONAL TOLEDO HALF·MILE NATIONAL September 18, 1976 August I , 1976 Yama ha 1. St eve Baker t . Ja y S prin gst een Har ley-Davidson 2. Ken ny R c be rre 3. Randy Cleek 4. Gar y Scott 5. Gene Romero 6. Steve Mclaughlin 7. Yvon Du Hamel 8. Skip A ksland 9. Walt Foster 10. Hap Eat on Yamaha Yamaha Yama ha Yama ha Yamaha Kawa sak i Yamaha Yam aha Yam aha Harl ey-Davidson 2. Gar y Scott 3. Hank Sc ott 4. Terry Poovey 5. Rex Beauch am p 6. Rickey Campbell 7. TedBoody 8. Bill Eves 9 . Ken Rob ert s 10. Dave S eh l SANTA FE PARK SHORT TRACK NATIONAL ,lL August 13, 1976 Hinsdale SANJOSE Harlev-D avid son . Harley-Davidson Harl ev-D evid son Harley·Davidson Harley·Dawidson Harley·Oawidson Yamaha Har ley-Davidson MILE NATIONAL e Sept mber 26, 1976 t . J ay Spr in gste en t , Steve Eklund 2. J ay Spri ngst een 3. Randy Cleek 4 . Ken Roberts 5. Dave l eo na rd 6 . St eve Elo 7. Terry Poovey 8. Gary Scott 9. Ted Boody 10. J.R. Rawls Yamaha Har ley-David so n Yamaha Yam aha Ya maha Yamaha Su ltaco Yamaha Bultaco Kawasaki TERRE HAUTE HALF·MILE NATIONAL Terre Haute, IN Augus115. 1976 1. Ken Roberts Ya maha 2. J ay Spr ingst een 3. Han k Scott 4 . Ga ry Sc o tt 5. Rex Beau ch am p 6 . Gene Romero 7. O1uck Joyner 8. Randy Cleek 9_ Paul Bostrom 10 . Rickey Campbell Harl ev-D avidscn Yamaha Harlev -Davidso n Harlev -D evidson Harl ey -Davidson Triumph Harley-Davidson Harley·Davidson Her lev -Davidson PEORIA TT NATIONAL AU9ust 22,1976 1. St eve Ekl und 2. Gary Scott 3. Chuck Joyner 4. J ay Springstee n 5. Mike Caves 6 . Ken ny Rober ts 7. Paul Bostrom 8. Rick Hock ing 9 . Rex Beau cham p 10 . Dick Wascher Yamah a T riumph Triumph . Hartev -Devl dson Harl ev -D evidsc n Yamaha Triumph Yamaha Harlev-Devidson Tri um ph INDIANAPOLIS MILE NATIONAL August 28, 1976 1. Mike Kidd 2. Jay S pringsteen 3. Rex Beauc h amp 4 . Gary Scott 5. Gene Rom ero 6 . Alex Jorgense n 7. Kenny Roberts 8. Skip Aksland 9. Bill Ewes 10. Randy Cleek HarleY·Davidson Herl ev -Devid son Har ley -David so n Harley-Dav id so n Har ley-Davidso n Norton Yamaha Yamaha Hartey ·Dawidson Harfey-DavKJson INDIANAPOLIS .MI LE NATIONAL Augu st 29, 1976 1. J ay Spri ncst een Har tev -Devid son 2. Mike Kidd Harley-Davidson Yamah a Harley-Davidso n 3. Kenny Robert s 4. Rex Beau champ 5. Gar y Sc o tt 6 . Steve Morehead 7. T.d Boody 8 . Jay Ridg eway 9 . Bill Eves 10. S teve Ek lund Har tev -Devid son Harley·Davidson Harley·Davidson Tr iu m ph Harlev -Davidscn Harley-David son TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK NATIONAL September 5, 1976 't , Terry Poov ey 2 . Guy McClure 3 . Hank Sco tt 4 . J ay Spri ngsteen 5 . St eve Elo 6 . Jay Ridgeway 7. Gary Sco tt 8 . Steve Eklund 9 . Kenny McDonald 10 . Skip Akstand Bultaco Bultaco Yam ah a Hart ev-David sc n Ya maha Kawasaki Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha Hartev-Devid so n Har ley-David son Har ley-Davidson Harley-Davidson Ya ma ha Harley-Davidson Yamaha Harl ey -Davidson Harley-Dilvidson Harley-Oavidson 2. Gary Scott 3. Steve Eklund 4 . Rex Beaucha m p 5. Ken Robe rt s 6. Ted Boody 7. Skip Aksland 8 . Paul Bostrom 9. Stev e Morehead 10 . Rick Hocking RIVERSIDE ROAD RACE NATION AL October 3, 1976 t . Ken ny Roberts 2. Takazu mi Kat aya ma 3. Pat Evans 4 . Randy Cleek 5. Ron Pierce 6 . Sk ip Akslan d 7. J im m y Mor ales 8. Gar y Nixon 9 . Yvon Du Hamel 10. Mike Clarke Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha Kawasak i Ya ma ha Ya maha Kawasaki Yamaha Yama ha CAMEL PRO SERIES·OVERALL 1. J ay Sp ringsteen 2. Gar y Sco tt 3. Ken Ro berts 4. 'Stewe Eklund 5. Randy Cleek 6. Ted Boody . 7. Rex Beaucham p 8. Hank Sco tt 9. Rick Hocking 10. Gene Rom er o U.S. ROAD RACE CHAMPION Randy Cleek Yamaha TRANS-AMA MOTOCROSS SERIES Lexinqton. OH September 26, 1976 1. Kent Howerton 2. Akir. Wltanabe 3. Brad Lack ev 4. Gary Semlcs S. Jim Wein.rt 6. Martv Smith 7. Pat Richt er 8. Jim Pomeroy 9. Billy Gross i 10. Steve $taekable October 17, 1976 1. Roger Decoster 2. Tony Distefano 3. Tommy Croft 4 . Jimmr Weinert 5. Brad ackey 6. Gerrit Wolsink 7. Pier re Kanmakers 8. Billy Grossi 9. Gary -Sem ics 10 . R ic k Bur gett Harley·Davidson Har tev-Devid son t . J ay Springst ee n 4 . Steve Morehead Triumph Yamaha T rium ph T r iump h Yam aha Tr ium p h Ya mah a Buchanan, MI 1. Roger Decoster PONTIAC STADIUM SHQRT TRACK NATIONAL June 5,1976 2. Randy Cleek 1, Chuck Joyner . 2. Ted Boody 3. Rand y Sk wer 4 . Sonny Burres 5. Rick Ho:cking 6. Billy O liver 7. Gary Scott 8 . S teve Eklund 9. Ch ar lie Brown 10. Hank Sc ott • D OUT.i AY LOUISVILLE DOWNS HALF·MILE NATIONAL May 29, 1976 IIllI 2. Akira Watanabe 3. Sylvain Geboers 4 . Jimmy Weinert 5. Ken t Howert on 6 . Gary Semics 7. Bob Han nah 8. R ick Burgen 9. Gerrit Wolsink 10 . Billy Grossi ' Team Suzuki Team Suzuki Team Honda Team Kawasaki F earn Huso vama Team Suzuki Team Honda Team Suzuki Team Kawasaki Team Yamah a Team Suzuki Team Suzuki Team Maico Team Kawasaki Team Husqvam a Team Kawasaki Team Yamaha T earn Ya m aha T.am Suzuki Team Suzuki Dallas, TX September 31,1976 1. Sylvain Geboen 2. Tommy Croft 3. Roger Decoster 4 . Gaylon Mosier 5. Brad Lackey 6. Marty Smith 1. Billy Grossi 8. Gerrit Wolsink 9. Gary Semics 10 . Akira Watanabe Team Maico .Team Honda Team Suzuki Team Maico Team Ha sqvem a l'earn Honda Team Suzuki Team Suzuki Team Kawasak i Team Suzuki Sears Point , CA November21,19 76 1. Roger DeCoster 2. Graham Noyce 3. Bob Hannah 4. Gerrit Wolsink 5. Brad Lack ey 6. Billy Grossi 7. Marty Sm ith a Pierre Kanmakers 9. Gaylon Mosier 10. Akira Watanabe Team Suzuk i Team Maicc Tearn Yamaha Team Suzuk~ Team Husqvam a Team Suzuki Team Honda Team Honda Team Maico Team Suzuki Phoenix, AZ November 28, 1976 1. Bo b Hannah 2. Gaylon Mosier 3. Tommy Croft 4. Gerrit Wolsink 5. Roger DeCoster 6. Jim Weinert 7. Tony Distefano 8. Billy Grossi 9. Kent Howerton l O. Pat Richter Team Yamaha Team Maico Team Honda Te\am Suzuki Team Suzuki Team Kawasaki Team Suzuki Team Suzuki T eam Husqvarna KTM TRANS :AMA SERIES-OVERALL 1. Roger DeCoster 2. Brad Lackey Team Suzuki Te am Husqvwna Team Kawasak i Team Kawasaki Team Suzuki Team Yamaha Team Honda Team Suzuki Team Honda Team Suzuki 3. J im Weinert 4. Gary $.emics 5. Gerrit Wolsink 6. Bob Han na h Saddlebac Park November 7, 1976 k 7. Marty Sm ith 1. Roger Decoster Team Suzuki 8. Akil'll Watanabe 2. Brad l ackey Team Husqvarna 9. Tommy Croft Team Kawasaki 10. BilIv Grossi 3. J immy Weinert T.am Maico 4 . Gaylon Mosier 5. Gerr it Wob ink Team Suzuki SUPPORT CLASS ·OVERALL 6. Gary Semics Team Kawasaki 1. Rich Eientedt Team Honda 7. Tony Distefano Team Suzuki 2. Danny .... Porte Team Suzuki 8. Tommy Croft Team Honda Suzuki 9 . Kent Hower to n Team Husqvarna 3. John $awinki 10 . Grah am Noyce Team Maico Puyallup, WA November 14, 1976 1. Roge r DeCo ster 2. Gerrit Wolsink 3. Bo b Hannah 4 . Gary Semics 5. Brad L ack ev 6. Gay lon Mosier 7. Tony Distefano 8. Ak ira Watanabe 9. Graham' Noyce 10 . Pierre Karsmakers Team Suzuki Team Suzuki Tea m Yamah a Telm Kawasak i Team Husqv arna Team Maico Team Suzuki Team Suzuki Team Maico Team Honda All riders shown in blue have their machines race-prepared with Bel·Ray Total Performance Lubricants proving that Bel·Ray wins races because of superior performance and reliability. Championship racing is the ultimate test of any lubricant .. ..if it works for these racers it will work for you! Whether you ride competition, trail or street, insist on Bel·Ray. Team Husqvem a Team Suzuki Team Husqver na Team Kawasaki Team Kawasaki Team Honda KTM Team Bultaco Team Suzuki Team Suzuki Axton, Va. OCl ober 3, 1976 1. Roger DeCoster 2. Marty Sm ith 3. Bilty Grossi 4. Rick Burgett 5. Bo b Han nah 6. Ste .... Stackable 1. Jim Weinert a Brad l ac key 9. Tommy Croft 1O. Tony Sunney Team Suzuki Team Honda Team Suzuki Team Yam aha Team Yamah a Team Suzuki Team ' Kawasaki Team Hu sqvam a Team Honda Suzuki Unadilla, NY October 10, 1976 1.ROger DeCoster 2. Gary Semics 3. Brad Lack ey 4 . Adolf Weil 5. Pierr e Karsmakers 6. Rick Bu roett 1. Gerrit Wolsink 8. Tony Distefano 9 . Ak ira Watanabe 10. Bo b Hann ah Team Suzuki Team Kawasaki Team Husqvam a Team Maico Team Honda Team Yam ah a Team Suzuki Team Suzuki Team Suzuk i Team Yama ha Be'·Rav Company, InC. Mo to rcv cle and Aut omotive L ub ricant s Division Western Office p. O. 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