Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

·_._._._._~._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . - Western hotline IAbove) Cooley leads Ne ilson and Pridmore. Pridmore pulled in on the next lap. traded bikes . and rode from last to s ixth. Emde wins GP; Cooley beats Neilson, Pridmore in Superstreet atAFMRR By Johl) Ulrich ONTARI O . CA . FEB . 13 David Emde won his hardest 250 GP victory ever , the n came back to ru n a way wit h O pen G P at th e American Federat ion of Mo- (Above) Harry Klinzmann is chased in 250 GP by Da'vid Emde. Mike Baeder . Eddie Lawson. Rudy Galindo. and Dick Fuller.IBelowl Bill Henry rode his RD350 to fourth overall in Superstreet. 16 torcyclists' (AFM) first road rac e of.th e yea r at Ont ari o Motor Speedway, In Open Superstreer , Wes Coo ley used his so rted-o ut Yo shimur a R&D o f Am erica 1.000cc Kaw asak i to beat Cook Neilson 's 883cc Du cat i a nd Reg Pr idmore's Butl er a nd Sm it h I ,OOOcc BMW in a pr e-Dayton a "S u perbike Produ ct ion " showdown , The Mack Kambayash i TZ250 th a t Emde rode in 250 GP wasn 't his usual mount . In stead , the bike spo rted a new Ma ck-design ed fra me and a stock set of barrels, Before the 250 G P ra ce , Ma ck ass ured Em d e th at th e moto rcycle was faste r tha n it had been at last week's CMC race a t W illow Springs , and th at th e engi ne specs had been brought up par with th e superfast bike Emde rode last year. But when the n ag dropped for th e start of 250 GP . Harry Klin zmann lepr into th e lead in front of Emdc , Eddi e Lawson , Mike Baed er , Dick Full er , Rudy Galindo , and th e pa ck . T he orde r stayed th e same. aft er Lawson crash ed . for seve r a l laps . until Ba eder's bik e's front end sto pped fun cti oning, ' dropping Baed er back behind Gal indo a nd fina lly send ing him into th e pit s, On th e sixth lap . with a fou r-second ' kad . Kl inzm a nn 's m a ch ine's shift shaft broke .off a t the ca se , a nd th e lead was Emde's. But even though Emde was never headed , th e race was very different from most in recent history. Usually, it's been Emde in front by a mile or two at the finish , with th e tussl e for second . Here. Ernd e had to ride hard to st ay seco nd . then ride ju st as hard to keep first aft er inheritin g it. . " I didn't haw an y power at all : ' sai d Emde after th e race. " I don 't think he ha s ·had to rid that hard in a long time ," said an a p provi ng Mack Ka rnbayashi, "Look a t th e swea t on him {Em d e U 'tl dripping . . . Ed.} . He ca m e up to m a nd sai d 'M ack , some t hing is vel] wron g , not fast enough ;' But this way, we find out if the ti res and frame an working good . T his wa y, he pushed t the limit. instead of just easily winning: In Open GP, Emde ran away on hi Don Vesco TZ7 50 . Gary Scott enter e th e race to so rt out his TZ7 50 for 1977 , but a pinched gas tank vent rub e sto p ped rhe gas now and caused h i bi ke's moto r to seize nn t he first la p . Rob Murra y, whose father sponsor: Scott on road ra cers, finished second wit h Wes Cool ey a nd the Yoshimur Kawasa ki third . Cool ev then took o ut the Ka wasak to m t,;·t hi s AMA Su perbikr Product ion foes, a nd won , Coo l.. passed holesh or -a rt ist and e x-dra racer Coo k Ne ilson 's Du car i a f.. hundred f....t off th e line , and I..d uriti th e finish. With a giant r..d BiMot swinga nn , specia! fork , a nd amplt fram e gusset ing, Cool ey's Yoshimur .ma ch ine fin all y handles to match it 125 hor sepower. It used to be t ha Cool ey would Iead the first lap an th en get passed in th e cu rves. Thi day, he led , period , a nd must be con sid er ed th e fav orite for th Daytona Superbike Production race Cool ey's bike had 15 m iles per hou r 0 anything else in th e class. Neilson ra second from start to finish. Pridmore who is again riding for Butler an Smith, the U .S . BMW distributor, wa th ird until discov ering a tiny oil coole leak on th e first lap , Pridmore pitted ju mped on his spare machi ne, an worked h is way up from last to sixth b the end of the race. Bill Henry pi loted his Spec ia list. T wo RD350 to first in the 600c Superstreet Class, finishi ng fourt overa ll beh ind Cooley, Nei lson , an S teve Ma llo nee (M r. Jags 95 Tr iumph ) ; and a h e a d of 75 Production winner John Glover (Mr J a g s 750 Norton) , and Ope Produ ction winner Terry Waug (Yoshim u ra 84 5c c GS750 Suzuki ). Fresh from winning several 3501' races in th e New Zeal and Marlbor series , Randv Mamol a used his TZ35 to win 500 ' GP , On th e first lap Mamola ra n o ff th e Ont ari o co urse int o the d irt in fa st Turn Fin " bu quickl y got back on th e pavemen with out cras hi ng a nd gassed it up « eas ily bea t Ed d ie Lawson (Ya m) . .. . Result s in Results Sect ion . Mosier goes for two, Wanket Brothers battle to finish at CMC's Carlsbad ' ~ By Patti Trotter' CARLSBA D, CA, FEB. 13 Local rider Dale Anderson (Mai grabbed t he 500 Pro holeshot a CMC's Carlsbad Ra ceway Mo to cross , lead ing newly-wed Re Staten (H . D) and C assin ' Ga ylo Mosier (Ma i). Anderson led for severa laps until Mosi er and his Mail'

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