Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

(Continued/rom page 11) the pit stra ight . inju ring his pride. obtaining a little pavement ra sh a nd doing a lot of dam age to his bik e. He went one more la p before call ing it quits. Nixon th en too k th e lea d and held it where it co u nted . but Mike Ba ld win set h imself on Nix on's rear wheel and th e pair pla yed swap the lead in t he back parts of the course t hro ugh la p eig ht. Ba ld win m ade his tu rn two pass of N ixon for the lead stick on lap nine a nd set out to open some brea th ing room. Chargi ng int o th e sam e co rner on lap II . Baldwin crashed a ft er losing tracti on when his fro nt wh eel slip ped awa y. " I was already off th e brake and on the gas and t hen I was down. It happened so quick tha t th er e was no tim e to save it. Damn . I th ink I could have won ." Nix on went back into th e lea d with a nine-second lead over Jimmy Allen and Schla cter -wit h Springer and Coleman a distant fourth a nd fifth . Tuner Kevin Cameron had been forced to cha nge th e top end and barrels of Schlacter 's engine when it developed detonation in his hea t and Rich was feeling the problems of being down on pow er . Nixon began to slow around the halfwa y fla gs dropping a lmost a second off his lap times on su ccessive laps as All en and Schlacter edged closer. Allen took over th e lead ha lfwa y through lap 22 wh en Nixon's clutch ca b le expired completely. " I spent two laps seeing if it would shift alright without the clutch and th en turned th e gas back on." sai d Ga ry lat er. On lap 26 N ixon regained the lead and never rel inquished it. On th e fina l lap N ixon held a threesecond lead wh ile th e Allen/Schlacter duel had the crowd cheering. Schlacrer pulled Allen up th e h ill to take second as the pair disappeared into bow l sha ped turn eight. Schlacter held to turn n ine where Allen took back second . Side. ~ y side d own the pit straight . the pair set up for the fina l turn with Allen getting the drive a nd a safe margin at the flag . • Results 1. Gary Nixon (Yaml. 2. Jimmy Allen (Yaml. 3. Rich Schtactee (Yam). 4. Jay Spr ingsteen IH·O). 5. Hal Coleman (Yam). 6. Rob Murry (Yam). 7. David Emde (Yam). 8. Ovid Garoune (Yam). 9., Rich Chambers (Yam). 10. Conrad U, banows ki (Yam ). Mark'Jones winsNovice race By Gary Va n Voorhis • One name says it all LAe.c:::£... ~ ""T:: ~ C. AUGr mtoarrs .~H£.IMHtUILG:JiIIMlWCJ AMAL. I Parts 11III AccessoIiIs r. ~ IJ!!'I Slm!.... ~lli@ I: ~ DOHE R T Y ao-IRT IIOSCH n:::D.!..J__ ~ ~ II A .....-......... ~ry ..~--- E LLI (B!I!In[YD "~.... ~ [J[}D JIT&'.&~~g =-....,. - em!LlD • • LJ

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