Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

steen. Springsteen was up to third in a lap as Kidd ana Hocking fought heavily, vis a vis who was going to I~ad the parad~. Sprin~r soon was in th~ middl~ of th~ battl~ afta ~ning around Hocking, and on th~ fifth lap, past it and on his way out front. Hocking put Kidd back to third a lap lata and positions w~r~ ~t to th~ flag. Mick~ Fay finish~ fourth ov~r Ricky Graham (Yam), who had cl~ in on the I~ad~rs in th~ second half of th~ rac~. It was th~ fast~t h~at of th~ night. Scott P~arson (H-D W~t H·D) took the hol~hot in th~ fmal h~at, with Honda-mount~ John Hatel~ and Gary Scon in pursuit, but a rida f~1l on th~ infield's right·hand swee~r and b~cam~ ~ntangl~d with his bik~, bringing out th~ r~d flag. (Th~ rid~r was OK and ma~ the r~tart.) The r~tart did not go as plann~d for P~arson. H~ and John Winc~wicz wer~ caught jumping th~ gun and w~re fac~ with starting from th~ , third-row ~nalty Iin~, It was all Gary Scott wh~n th~ green light lit, and h~ I~ Lars Trulson (Tri), Hat~l~y and P~arson at th~ ~nd of a lap. Trulson f~1I back out of th~ top fiv~ on th~ fourth lap as P~arson bull~ his way into ~ond ov~r Hatel~ and Skip Aksland. Aksland mad~ his way into third on th~ following lap and th~ ord~r ~ ~ ~t until P~arson crash~d in th~ sam~ right hand swee~r that had claim~ a rid~r ~arlia. "I m~ a shift, got into th~ lOOK stuff, th~n caught tractiot:! and high-sid~," said P~arson lat~r.." ... 1 was just starting to feel comfortabl~l" Gary Scon w~nt on to win with a big l~ad, whil~ Aksland and Hatel~ took th~ final dir~ct transf~rs to th~ National. Tom B~rry (Tri) held off John Winc~icz on th~ final lap for fourth. Semis AI~x Jorg~nRn, who had been sidelin~d on th~ ~ond h~at du~ to m~hanical probl~ms, was on th~ alt~rnat~ lin~ for the first semi, and was al1ow~d to rac~. Howev~r, his E • e lAbove) Mld-peck action early in the National: Mickey Fay (59) and Randy Gosa 113) lead John Gennai (20) and Hank Scotti14).IBelow) Early leader Rick Hocking is chased by Eklund and Gary Scott. machin~ d~v~lo~d mor~ m~chanical w~ on th~ warm up lap and h~ dtop~d out of th~ field. Asked what the problems were, Jorgy shrugg~, "We don't know. Corky K~~n~r and Randy Goss shar~d th~ hol~hot in the first ~mi, but Goss held the l~ad at the end of one ov~r Keener, Rod S~ncer and T~rry Poov~, Goss soon had a healthy I~ad whil~ Keen~r took himself out of th~ action by crashing' on th~ third lap. That o~~d th~ ~ond transf~r spat up to S~nca and h~ held on to it. Goss won ~asily, follow~ by S~nc~r, Mik~ Sullivan and Poov~. The ~ond semi saw th~ r~ flag come out three tim~ - two due to crash~ and on~ du~ to B~rni~ It lBelow left) Winner Steve Eklund.lBelow right) Checkin' out. the action behind him, Gary Scott finished fourth. La~n's a-bit-too-t~rrific hol~shot. th~ hol~hot on th~ fourth try, follow~ by Scott P~arson (who had mad~ it into the semi as an alternate) and John Wincewiz (MessI~r Performanc~ Hon). Fay k~pt his Am~rican Honda/Rog~r Stanl~ machine in the l~ad from lap on~ to lap 10, pulling away from th~ pack as h~ went. Pearson saw his ~cond plac~ go down the drain, when part of th~ engine's sid~ase cracked in the crash - Fay got gave way and Idt his rear brake lever and master cylinder c\angling. That left the last transfer in the final o~n to Wincewicz, who was sporting Hond;l leath~rs, and h~ took it. Third went to Honda-mounted Don Brown, with veteran Eddi~ Wirth (winner of the 1969 Santa F~ National TT), out of r~tir~~nt for this on~ race, in fourth. Trophyrace After th~ first start was r~d-f1a~d, th~ Trophy race was underway with 13

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