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Central Pipeline
The course was dustless and in
Bruce Sass came out to Pueblo w ith a 500cc Thumper and put on a fi ne
RRshow.
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Sass thumps M RA
road race
By George Chester
PUEBLO, CO ,JULY 9
Ra ce day at Pueblo broke with
the su n shining t hrough hund reds of sm all round clouds,
which ga ve just en oug h cover to
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b rin g the tempera tu re do wn to a
comfortab le 80 . P r a ct ice we nt
ge nerally withou t inci dent, although
we m ay ha ve lost ou r favorite lady
racer , Terry Wischoffer , to a broken
shou ld er in a high-speed crash .
The class of the day was on ce aga in
Bruce Sass. Bruce decided to park his
TZ for Sears Point, yet provided a
great deal of exci tement a ll day lon g ,
stuffi ng his 500cc thumper up wit h
TZs, KZ-IOOOs, Ducatis and anyone
else, as he put together a series of
seconds and th irds in Fo rmulas on e ,
two a nd th ree , along with a close
seco nd in th e 655cc Cafe class.
On th e last two races of th e d ay, th e
nice little round clouds became one
b ig b lack " m u t h a ." R a in started
sprinkling in the second to last
Formula One GP , pumpin g everyone 's
adrenal in e more than was wanted as
that race finish ed on a rat her greasy
track . Bill Vickery (Vic kery Ya m)
went on to tak e th e win on his
Bonneville record -holding TZ-750 .
T he following 655cc Ca fe race was
ru n in the ra in wit h Charly Mc Donald
disp laying superb ridi ng , and some
c o nt~~lIed. sli d i n g
u nd er poo r
condi tions In a hard-fought race with
Bruce Sass, second by less than a
wheel. Charly (Big AI's, Vega T ool,
Tea m 351 ) was rid ing his street 400
Honda , and left no doubt th a t it was
riding and not horsepower that made
the d iffe rence.
The Formula Two ra ce was a
su rp rise, as a rider who has shown a
great deal of potential in the past put
things together and rode a resurrect ed
T R ·3 into first place. Br ian O 'Neill
(Cycles of Boulder, O'Neill 's Wheels)
'was the win ne r , follo wed closely by
Bru ce Sass (Vic kery Ya m) a nd Bill
Vickery.
. Fo~ula Three once agai n sa w a
B.II VIckery, Bru ce Sass duel , with Bill
taking the win . Keith Kiot a rode an
excellent race in th e Formula Four
after a series of bad lu ck and crashes
on previous race dates, to take the win .
Bruce Gibson (Vega Tool) showed
both style a nd smoothness in winnin g
both the 250c c Cafe and Production
.cl a sses. Joel T ucker and Ri ck y
Orlando- swapped first and second
places throughout th e day, pu tt ing on
some gr eat ra cing in th e process.
These two spent most of the day with in
just a bikelength of each other.
The number one spot in Open Cafe
was taken by the one and on ly Bruce ,
or as he is more aptly kn own , "Dr.
Beaver" Enderly . Bea ver rides a bike
which is prepared ou t of his own Z-I
Ka wasaki tuning shop.
Dave Korth ran awa y with th e 750cc
Cafe class. Dan Schuste r a ne w
com petitor th is year , finished t he day
with firsts in both 750cc a nd O pen
Produc tion .
Results
FORMULA I GP: 1. Bill VICkery; 2. Bruce End er1y; 3.
Bruce Sass.
FORMULA II; 1. Brian O'Neill; 2. Bruce Sass; 3. Bill
VICkery.
FORMULA III; . 1. Bill Vocke