Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

pack and t he race was on . with wins in tha t order . Susi W ord must h ave been takin g lessons fro m b rother Fr ank, who recently mov ed to . ra nk of AMA expert. She was second rowed for j um p ing (t ha t was a lesson from Fr ank . a lso!) a nd worked her wa y through seven of th e ot he r n ine entries in two laps. Word caught Troy Duncan n apping in the sweeper and cha rged -after leader T om King, ca tc hi ng him up the straightaway a nd getting the inside la ne on the oak tre e com er. Sh e had a ten -b ike length lea d a t the checkered fla g . The 250 A Ma in hosted a group of . goosey riders; after two attempts and fou r to th e second row, ten riders charged the first tum with Rich W ord out fr ont. Word went down with Ken Percy a nd John Sch auble on top . as the ot her seven riders left the tra ck different ways a nd different places, to m iss the pile . Another attemp t saw Wo rd down a nd out and a broken chain for Percy. Schauble and Bill Da vis pu t on a side by eac h duel for first until Schauble's bik e seized . leavin g Da vis to waltz hom e all a lon e . Resul ts in Resu lts Secti on . \ N ORTH W E ST E RN PU Y U I;"LAP By Ann Carr \\ M OX EE CITY 6- 2 5 . 26 ~~~ Ra in sho rten ed p r act ice sessio ns an d a n early start a long with g rea t cooperation a t t he starting lin e ena b led Lo d i Me to corn p lete their event by 10 p.m . and just beat a large sto rm . . Eig hty class racer s sto le th e sho w in the m in i ra nks as several riders turned in good pe rfo rma nces . Ant ioch 's R an d y Fisher followed a wire-t o-wir e heat win wit h a co me-from -behi nd m a in first over Stockton's J oh n W est. Fish e r's win moved h im into co ntent ion for 80 high point honors as severa l j u niors ride rs have adva nce d to expe rt a nd a re working for a separate tro ph y. Ya m a h a m en Bill A rbogast a nd C hris Ca rr sa ndwi ched t he J orgy's Suz uki of Tracy H ays in the 80 Expert main . Tracy m a int a in ed co nsiste ncy from th e heat wh ile Arbogast and Carr advanced from third and fift h p lace heat finis hers. Ca rr ch a llenged Hays whi le Chandl e r c h ase d Carr bu t nei ther could mov e up . Ar bog ast held a co m fort a b le lead throughout the ra ce . Area novices Austin Pugh . H a l Hook . Joh n Arias . and Ken Burton won their respective sportsman mains . Pu gh held off current 100 high point m an S teve Orozco for th e las t two la ps for his first spo rt sm a n win while Hoo k took his third stra igh t 175 Mai n event in a close battl e with former m in i ace Joe N ail. Ari as a lso captu red his firs t 250 Main sin ce ret u rning to the racing wars and beat out " O ld tirner" T ed Ro use . wh o ha s been away from racing for several seaso ns. Bu rt on ' 360 vict ory moved him into th e th ick of th e cla ss' high point race as an y one of fou r riders cou ld win . 250 Jun ior m an R ich a rd Arna iz lit er ally bli zed t h e t roo ps a s h e ret urned to racing followi ng a few weeks off. Sto ckt on's Robert Stock dale and San Jose's J im Feli ce hassled over second with Stockdale crossing firs t. Felice's th ird m oved him to the fron t for high point hon ors. • ~~ , " <0 " t'1: OM AHA 5 - 28 . 2 9 ROCK Y MO UNTAIN , ...... S A O OLE 8 A CK ' - 23 .24 N Nt- ~ \ \ ~ \ 00 ' 0 - ' 0 0 , T~:~TSNEV ~ ~ l IIIII'/V ~~~~~~~~:'A':~I~_'2·, . 22 /IIII. eT D I X I E REG ION ' · ' ,., LITTLE ROC K. AR K. 6'4' NASHV ILLE.· ' !. 12 . I I . ~HAMP IONSH IP . ~ August 19-20-21 Houston Texas R' B ~ Raceway 10 rav Contact You r Regiona l Manager for Infor mati on, Entry Forms, NMA Membersh ip Forms NOW ! !! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ GRAND NATIONAL ! Riders 6-1hru 18~rs ! B ikes 50cc 1hru 250cc ~ ROCKY MOUNTAIN Chuck Boyd (303) 979-8892 WESTERN Ron Henricksen (213) 340·4704 NORTHWESTERN Jim Marker ~ (509) 663.2433 K A N SAS C ITY 6 - 1 1. 12 OKL A H O M A 7 . 16 17 \ LAKE 6-4.5 SAN ANT ON I07 -s . IO I HOUSTON 7-23.24 I ~ ~ ~ ! WICH ITA 6-25.2. QUE '-23 . 2 4 EL P A S O 6 -25 . 26 \ \ \ Nt- NATIONAL CHAMP IONSHIP ~ The NMA will be se t up via reg ions . Each reg ion will begin the ir act ivity no • sooner than 5 / 14/77 , an d comp lete the ~ reg io n~1 activity no late r tha n 7/24 /77 . ~ Each region will have 4 race even ts or ~ as an option , five. ~ The Gra nd National Cha mpions hip ~ final will be in Houston Texas on the da tes Nt- of Aug ust 19, 20 & 21. The 1977 Gra nd ~ Nationa l Champ ionsh ip Regions an d ~ ma nagers ar e as follows: ~ I111II SOUTH CENT RAL REG IO N BRO KE N B O W ' - 2 . 3 SOUT H WEST ERN\ \ . SPR INGF IELD 5 -28 , 2 9 \ \ \ \ A L8 UQUE R ~ \ "'''0»'''''''' \ \ \ \\ \ \ \\ . -' 2. 7' 10 ~ \ '\ill ~~I~~LpU:.~;~"'I~ ~~ ~

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