Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

I I 000001111000000101110110011000001000001111110000000011I t • Ce.I...1 Pipeli.e ..._--'=-.....-......,'----__ ...__--J ~ Randy Kre iter (251and Don Harding battled all da y at Pablo. but Kreiter go t off too hard to be any threat. Hardlnq takes MSM RA points By Larry Hamilton PABLO . MT , APR , 9 MSMRA's firs t po ints mo tocross race was held Sunda y in Pablo. The sho rt , d ry , sa ndy track had been d isced be fore the race , whic h turned the en ti re co urse into kn ee -d ee p whoop- de -d ocs. The resu lt was p redi ctable whe n twice as m any ri d e r s assa u lted t he tr a ck t ha n co rn pa t ib le -c r a sh es . M ost of the trou b le was attributed to the sh ort stari ng straight , which d own ed fro m two to 10 ride rs at t he first turn of {"very m o t o . , T he re were rn-ve ra n y d o ubts in the 125cc Expert s as Do n H a rding won bo t h m ot os with wire-to -wire lea ds o n his Mike T ing k-y-spo nsored Suzu ki . J o('y McMullen was t he c losest rider to H ard ing . taki ng second , wit h Lynn Mintyal a fo llow ing in thi rd , Access ive amou nts of 250cc Ex pe rts fo rced part icipa tion in qua lifiers . T he first hea t was won by Ran d y Kreiter , fo llowed Iry Mik e Fox. Ed Bezunso n a nd Tom Pearso n . In th e seco nd hea r. Don T a urm an com p letel y d emo lished th e field. T he Missou la rider held o n to his H o nd a throug h eve ry rut to bu ild a 45·secon d lead over second pl ace . T he co m bined mote set u p a ba ttle between T aurman a n d K re it e r. T a u rm a n to ok t he hol csho t wi t h Kr ei ter fo llowi ng, but lost the lead on the first lap. Kreiter tri ed lO st retc h some kin d of a lead " bUI cou ld n't sha ke Taurman . T his led to a n undoin g as Kr eit er got off at th e end of a stra ig ht. Ta u rma n barely mi ssed Ra nd y. killing his engi ne in the p rocess. He q uic kly restarted a nd was off. sti ll in the lea d . Kreit er al so got go ing aga in a nd rode wa y ove r his head to ca tc h Ta urrna n , H e cu t Ta u rrna n 's m argin to o n ly nine seconds before a wild cras h t hat lef t Kr eit er finishi ng th e m ot o in t he rear of th e .am bu la nce. nursin g a slight co nc ussio n. Tim Huls took ove r second a t t he end of th e m oto, with Mike Fo x tak ing t hird . T he growl of Kr eit er's 60 0 CCM bro ught th e 500 cc Experts a lot of a nticipat io n . Wi t h ev e r yo n e won d eri ng how the thum per woul d d o , Kr ei ter ro u nded th e first co rn er way o ut fro nt . T he t h urn p..r d ug t hrough t he sa nd to fin d t ra ction th e tw ~).stro kes co u ld n 't . bu t H ard in g q ui ckly closed the gap and t he duo put on t he bes t ra cin g of t he da y. M id wa y t hroug h th e m oro , H a rd ing slip ped by whe n t he b ig CC M blew bot h for k sea ls. Kreiter im med iate ly we nt d o wn o n h is h e ad , h u t rem ounted a nd closed some time on H a rdin g. Seco nd rnot o a c tio n was m in us Kreit er . d ue to his getoffs in bo th 250 a nd 500cc Ex pe rt rn o t os . Don McGuire , who worked to t hird th e fir st moto . too k co n t ro l of t he second rnot o wit h H ard ing rig ht behind. H ard ing slipped by 15 mi nu tes into t he moro but co u ld n't sha ke McG uire . who fin ished seconds beh in d . T he H u lls - b ro t hc rs t icd for t h ird o n points . with J eff nos ing ou t Da n wit h th e seco nd rnoio advantage. Result s in Results Secti on, 4- ,, 1 : , .,. , a;;.........- - - - -_ _ 'RwrIt_ BEu Al"RIl n . Go first class. every tiftle ~ith Cycle Ne~s r---------~ I I SUBSCRIBE NOW! I I I I Thi::::s~:~;~:;~.~~~.~.~~.~~.~r.~ ~~~~~.~i~i.~~. 0 I I I I lJlL l I . . ..: 1 .1 I L; MAIL TO: CYCLE NEWS, 2201 Cherry Ave. Long Beach, CA 90801 or call (213) 427-7433 CYCLE NEWS (1 year) $15. 0 50 ISSUES CYCLE NEWS (2 years). 27. 0 100 ISSUES CYCLE NEWS (3 years). . 37.50 0 150 ISSUES Please bill me' I enclose check or money order -, . . 0 : . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 0 Nam e (Please print legibly) Address City , . Please f,U In J State tl •....::!!==""~ ZIP " your com plete accoun t number and card expnanon date below: Card expires I I I I I I I i ~ Date of this order sutnect to and In ' .. accordance -------- i9 nature " The Issu e' of the card «tenn lie d on ttus It em l!j aut horl red to pay tn e arnounr shown as TO T AL u po n p ro p er c resen ra non. I prom ise 10 pay such TOTAL u oq etn er IIll'Ith an... e t he r Cha f g es due tnereonr I I I I I I I I I I I With (he a q reeme ot gOv nlng l , ;. the use ct su c h cal c! 35

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