Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

· ._._._~_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.- it looked as if Messer would take it. but a set of bad shocks ruined his win . In the second moto Messer again got the holeshot with Steele pushing hard . On the second lap Anderson was t he leader and getti ng a lo t of sp ace between him self and th e nex t rider. Gerig, J eff W ithe re ll (Mai ). Mark Peters (Yam) and Schlegal foll owed Anderson and Steele . Ge r ig moved to third. Schl egal fourth and Allen Ortiz (Mai) was fifth . Anders on sm oked into the sandwash and Steel e ca me out the leader. When Anderson appeared at the top of th e dropaway he h ad his cha in d raped over t he bike. St eele led for fou r laps with Ge rig. Schl eg al , Ortiz and Joel Grant (Yam) following. On the last lap it was Ge rig's tum to come over th e dropaway first. St eele was pushing his machine and coast ing to the fin ish ; he ha d run .out of gas. Even with a second. his po ints totalled less th an anyon e else so he got th e overall and went home with 5320 for two division firsts. • Results in Results Section. Schrader's C8400F is tastest tour-stroke at tragedy- stricken Willow Springs RR ' By J im Lester ROSAMO ND . CA ,JUNE26 Tragedy struck the Manning Racing-sponsored road race a t Willow Springs on Sunday. John Glover (Norto n) and his Mr. Jags teammate-Pat Eagan (Ric kman) wer e easily le ad in g t he 750 and Open Production race by a large margin . Suddenly third placer Pat Bea com's Kawa sak i slid out in one of th e tri cky uphill turns and Lee Fleming (K aw ). only a few feet behind, was unable to avoid the fallen rider. Fortun at el y neither Bea com nor Fleming wa s seriously hurt. The yellow fla gs "ca rne o ut imm ediat el y. Race r / specta tor Bob Endicott pulled Beacom's b ike away from th e middl e o f t he trac k wh ere it had co me to rest , a nd promoter Pat Manning began tryin g to cle a n up t he oil left be hi nd . The " lea d ers ca m e a ro u nd once , su rveyed the d a m age , and bega n racing aga in wh en they were past the ac cident. At t his poi n t. a young .iom a n who was flagging th e tum walked about ha lfwa y out into the track, attempting to po int out to t he racers exactly where the oil was . J ohn Glove r ca me around the tum a little slower th an fu ll normal racing speed and was suddenl y confronted with the motionless woman . Since she wasn 't moving, Glover tried to ride between her and th e sid e of the road just as she decided to run out of the way . There was a collision, Glover fell off. and th e girl was rushed to the hospital with a nearly-severed leg that was feared might requi re amputation . Pat Manning convened a riders' meeting , blamed the ' crash o n disregard for th e ca ut ion flag . an d suspen d ed Glover and Eagan for "continuing to race under the yellow flag ." Addin g to' th e r ath er dep ressi ng atmosph e re were temperatu res that soared over 100 degrees. Most riders rod e th eir ra ces as q uickly as possib le. _ CASTLE ROCK NATIONAL TT CASTLE ROCK FAIRGROUNDS JULY 9, 7:30 ~M. •• 1/(0 . _ Steve Schrader 's Yoshima SOOcc CB400F Honda ruled t he W illow Spring s f our-st rokes. th en ran for th e shade when th ey got ba ck to th e pits . The temperatures didn't see m to l bother Mik e Ba ed er (Ya m) or Dick Full er (Yam) . t hough . They got in heated dices in bo th the 250 and Open Grand Prix r a ces . Ba ed er was unqesti onably trying to save himself for th e upcom ing Sea rs Point Road Ra ce National . but Full er pressed h im every cha nce he got , and even stuffed his TZ250 [e ntered in 500 G P) a he ad o f Ba eder's 750 waterpum per once m id way t h rough the O pen G P race . St eve Sch ra der co u ld n't have bee n borh ered m uch by th e heat . either. First he passed Dick Kilgroe ( I. OOOcc Kaw ) a nd Carry Keoshgeria n (C B750) .wit h his Ams Oil Yoshima R a c in g Service 500 cc C B400 F Hon d a to take first place overall in the Four-Stroke GP ra ce . T he n , to prove t hat the win was no fluk e , Sc hrader overc a me a 10second second -wave start handicap to pass Su per Cafe winner Keoshgerian on th e last lap and win the com bi ned Cafe (690cc)/ Su per Cafe (O pen) race overall . .Dick Fu11er in the 350 . and Mike Flem ing in th e 250 took tu rns keeping speedy John Ch erm ak back in seco nd place in th e m iddleweight Pro ducti on races. Honda -mounted Steve Sh efreI c ha rged to a pa ir of win s in 125 P ro du cti on a n d 200 G ra nd Prix . Rickey R acer -spo nso red Den nis Ber g led a pack o f scream ing Ya ma has across the finish line in th e 125 GP ~~ . Results in Resul ts Section . . Lanky Larry Lassoes OTHG MX By Bang Bang Bobo THE BIG BIKES ARE COMING! And along with the American Motorcycle Associ ation's high speed two wheelers-the circu it's top and toughest riders . The rec ord breakers. The big boys . See 'em eat up the track whi le they com pe te for cycling's heav y pr ize money. You'll want to ca tch all the action from the first flag on. So come on out:-early! TICKET INFORMATION: Tickets ava ilab le at Castle Roc k Fairgrounds on race da y. Phone : (206) 274 -8700. \ Discover one of a kind. camel Filters and Motorcycle Racing. VAL ENCIA . CA .JUNE5 The "H ot -Shoe" O ver the Hill Gang experts showed up in force riders starting on Indian with Dunes' Shadow Glen course . Lanky Larry was first int o th e fir st tum and stayed there, winnin g both motos, Jungle Joe and Ab surd AI d iced for seco nd place with AI taking it at th e checke rs. A new bik e did it for Krazy Kit . who won overall in the amateurs . Retarded Ron was second . Du e to a technicality , th ere was a tie for third pl ace which went to Rathole Rocky and Delicat e . Dennis. W a it ing at the start ing g ate , Chunky Chuck psych ed him self for his race . It apparently worked . Chuck took his new Can-Am to firs t place . Second place was a more relaxed ( l g77 A J Af. Vl\i()105 T08 ACCO C O ~ THE CAMEL PRO SERIES 19 m "tar". t 2 mg nicotine avoper cigarene. g. FTC Report D 76. EC. Warning : The Surgeon General Has Determined That C igarette Smoking Is D angerous toYour Health. 31

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