Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

engine s and has an intima te knowle dge of his machin e. This year Ed Adkins will assist Singlet on with his Taylor White Constru ction entry. Gene Romero has racked up a record of consiste ncy at Da ytona few can match . Sponso r Don Vesco will concen tra te solely on "Burrit to" this yea r and will be look ing [ 0 put him into the winner's circle. Ocean Pacific Sportswear will aga in add additio nal , nsorship . Last yea r where ever Kenny Roberts went on a road race course, Skip Aksland was sure to follow . Most of th e trips were to the winner 's ci rcle . ' Aksland ha s been termed Roberts' protege until he is sick of it . Regard less, Akslan d has learned how to be very fast and very good by follow ing King Kenny. This yea r Aksland wa nt s the glo ry a ll to himself. T erry Sage will apply th e wre nc hes to his D.A .R.T. Dev, entry. Perhaps th is will be the yea r that ary SCOtt breaks out of his road raci ng slump. Da ytona would be th e right pla ce to do it. Scott will ha ve KK Mot or cycle 's money behind him and will ride a machin e built and tu ned by Stuart T oomey. Evel Kni evel's mon ey beh in d him and will ride a ma ch ine b ui lt and tuned by Others to keep an eye on are Dave Alda na, who returns to Dayton a after a thr ee yea r absence a nd Randy Mam ola , touted to be from the same mold as Robert s, making his 200 ebu t. J ohn Long, Mike Ba ldw in a nd Rich Schl acht er a lso look to be fast. for the trivia b uffs, David Emd e will be riding for the man (M el Dinese n) who put his b rot her Don into the win ner's ci rcle in 1972 . Ted Henter and reve Mcl.au ghlin a re loo king for Alway s a threat is Maryla nd's Gary Nixon. ' some act ion . Ha rry Con e, last yea r's II th pla ce finis her will be back for mo re action as will Ron Pierce, and an unretir ed Hurley Wilvert . Two nam es in the Yama ha con tingent of foreign 'r iders stand .ou t fro m last year's res ults . Ch ristian Sa rron and Boet Van Du lmen finished seventh and ninth respectively and went on to do well in the other F750 World Champ ionship ro u nds . Patrick Pons has had little lu ck at Da ytona , Gene Romer o will be right in there with the front runners. but is been a top contend er on the Europe an circuits . A numbe r of other rid ers with in ternatio na l experie nce , but who a re not kn own at Dayton a and bear wat ching are Gerhar d VOKht , Rob Bron. T om Herron , Sadao Asami and Izumi Sugimo to. Kawas aki G regg Hansfo rd and his Nevi lle Do yle sponso red and p re p a r ed machin e will be at Da ytona to uphold the honor of Kawasa ki. Hansfo rd is the unknown factor , as mentio ned . previously, and should be closely wat· ched as he may just turn Yama ha Beach into Kawasa ki Heaven . Intern ationa l Lightw eight The most surprisi ng' inform a tion about the lightwe ight event is th at ne it her Kenn y Robert s nor Steve Baker have ent er ed . Robert s' machin ery is already in Venezu ela for the followi ng week's GP a nd Baker was unable to come up with a ride due to 00 tn 115 ~~, ~1 2

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