Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

..... - I-< 0.. ~ IAbovel Greg Robertson (781 pulled a first 250cc moto holeshot leading Eddie Cole 1691 BobH annah 121. Chuck Sun IS).J im Pomeroy (10). John Atwood (82) . and J immy Ellis I1SI.IBelow. left) Jim Pomeroy finished second in t he 250cc race. IBelow. right) Danny Chandler wound up third overall in the 125cc National. H is Ie [ t foot a nd an k le a ppeared severelv sprained . but Kent went on to finish the race , shifting' at times with his Ieft ha nd , W it h two of the frontrunners going Coming off with terrib le starts wen' down, W eine rt fo und h imself in Suzu ki's Ke nt H ow erton and second plac e , b ut a long ways behind Kawasak i's Jam mi n' J im m y Weinert . the Hurrica ne , T he c hecke red flag After ge ttin~ throug h what seem ed an soon ca me out , giving the win 10 e nd less number of slower rid e rs. Ha nn a h , who built up a full m inu te p lu s lead on W e inert. Po me roy Howert on pa ssed both Robertson a nd Pom eroy in three la ps. Weinert was followed , with Ka rsma kers , Sun a nd run ni ng IWO slots behind Howerton , Rich Eierstedt ro undi ng off th e top and wh e n Ellis got scr ewed u p in placi ngs. Ellis pu lled in at 12t h , and la pped riders j ust p asl th e ha lfway "sore a ll over, " t his bein g his firs t shot back fro m his trip ac ross th e cem ent a t m a rk , J ammin ' J im m y p u lled up a lo ngside Pierre Karsmake rs. T he th e H ou st on Ast ro d ome Su percross battle was for fourth ; Weinert too k it co m pe tition . Howerton finis hed 25 t h . on th e 14th la p . As th e pa ck crested t he sta rt hill th e .second tim e , Hanna h hit th e first turn By thi s lime , Hann ah had pu lled way out in front of H owerton , who was on a wheelie , but Sun 'was th er e to handed second after Ellis' crash. Bu t m ake an earl y cha rge for t he pace· on the 18t h la p , Howert on st ruc k near sett ing position . As th e pack ca me disaster. As he came into a rutted do wn th e do wn hill, Sun took t he lead dow n hi ll a lo ng t he start , h is . left as H a nnah settled into second with foot peg was engu lfe d in a b u m p , Pom er oy and Ellis al ready batt ling for throwing him off t he bike in fro nt of thi rd , By the end of th e firs t la p , the Team Suzuki me chanics and Team H urricane had b lown out t he Su n and Manager Ma rk Blackwell. How erton begu n to stretch an almost pred ict abl e laid on the tra ck, st unned and in what lea d on th e field . Pomeroy a lso put a . he called " the. wors t pai n .I'd ever felL:' . _ . .movc,on Su n and took over second. Robertson on ti ll' front lines -a nd hea ded in to seco nd . Robert son fell to t he Pom ero y pressure and slipped to fou rt h on th e sevent h tim" around. 10 Behind Su n , Ellis was ho lding back th e cha rges of a ba ttle a mong J o hn Sa vitski , Ka rsm akers a nd Steve Bauer , rid in g his Tim Buck -tuned DG Su zuki . Savitski motored around Ellis th e next lap as Ron Pom ero y rod e in on th e fight for fif th . Bau er wasn 't long for th e d uel ing as he cr ash ed him self ou t of the raci ng . Position s of t he to p five held steady unt il the rwo-laps-to -go sign was give n , Basse tt R a c ing's Jim Gibson had Eierstedt bi ting a t his heels for sixt h , Eiersted t took a few more turns befor e -moto ring past Gibs on , Ka rsm a ke rs pull ed u p to Savitski on th e last lap and too k his best shot a t fourth place a nd ca me up with the bett er side of th e m aneuver . Ch eckered n ag tim e was ready a t th e end of a sho rter 30· m inu te ·plus· two-la ps seco nd moto, a nd Hannah n ew across with a 55 seco nd l- ad over Porn e rov. who was a hea d of Sun , Ka rsm a kers and Sav its ki, Drop p in g way back to eighth was J ammin' J im m y, who was nearl y last of f th e lin e. Also in th e acti on but out of contention was Howerto n , who pa infu lly fi nis hed 24t h , one b..u er th a_n li'~ t. t ! ", \, ._ . _ _. _ Overalls went Ha nn ah , Pom eroy, Sun , Karsm ak ers a nd Weinert . • Results 1250c NA TION AL : 1. Broc Glover 1·' (Yam l. 2. Mark Barnen 2·2 ISUll. 3 . Danny Chandl er 3-6 ISUl l . 4. Dannv Turner 7..4 (Yaml . 5. Steve W ise 9-3 (Han). 6 JeH W iJfd 4-9 ISUlI. 7. Gaylon Mosier 6-7 IKaw l . B Brian Mverscough 5-11 ISul l. 9 Dav id Tavto< 11-8 ISUll. 10. Koji Masuda 8·13 ISUlI. 11. MiJfty Moates 12·10 (Suzl. 12. Ron TUfnef 10-15 (S Ul ). 13. Warr en Reid - ·5 IHan l. 14. Pa"ick Jacobson 13-16 ISUl I. 15_ Tad Perkins 18-14 IYam l. 16. Gregg Toyama 15-17 (Sozl. 17. Mik e Guerra - ·12 (Yam). 18. M ark Gregson 14·- (S ull . 19. Glen J ohnso n 16:- .20. Rand y Hess 19 19 . 250cc NA TIONAL : 1. Bob Hannah 1-1 IYaml. 2. Jim Pomef Oy 3-2 (Hon ). 3. Chuck Sun S-3 IHust 4. Pierre Karsmakers 44 (Vaml. 5. Jimmy W einert 2-8IKawl. 6. Rick Eiee stedt &6 fC·Al. 7. Jim Gibson 7·7 (Yaml. 8. John Sav itski 10-5 (Yaml . 9. J immy Ellis 12·10 (Hon), 10. Greg Rob ertson 8-16 IC-AI . 11. Greg Theiss 17-9 (Hont. 12. Dennis Brand 15-11 (M ail . 13. Parry Klassen 14-13 (Mail, 14 . Tony Wa nkel 9-20 (Yam ). 15. Ron Pom eroy 16-15 (Han) . 16. Steve Bauer " . • (Suzl . 17. Mark Rakestraw 21·12 (Ma i), 18. Clark J on es 2Q.14 IAmxl. 19. Steve Rhyan 13 -21 IS Ull. 20 . J ohn Atw oo d la-17 IM ail. ..Den otes a plac ing o utside the top 20 . 125cc A MAfMr. PiBB NAT IONAL CHA M PIONSH IP 71 M X SERIES POINT STA NDINGS : 1. Broc Glover 19 , 2. Mark Barnen (9 1I, 3. St eve Wise Inl, 4. Danny Turn er (66), 5. Danny Chand ler 1 . 6. Gaylo " Mosier 621 1 601,7. MiJfty M oat es 1491 8. Brian M yerscoug h 1 , 9 . , 461 411 David Taylor 1 , 10. Jeff Ward 1 . 421 250cc A MAfMr. PiBB NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHI P · M X SERIES POINT ST AN DINGS: 1. Bob Hannah 1 1001. 2. Ji m Pomeroy 0 6), 3. Chuck Sun (68), 4. Jimmy Weinert {641. 5. John Savitsk i 1 1. 6. Rich Eiers ted t 54 1 1.7 . Pierre Karsmakers (45), 8. Kent Howert on 1 48 441. 9. {Tiel Billy Grossi/Greg Theiss {30l .

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