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Road & Track.
Rochester hotat Perris MX
By David Procida
PERRIS. CA. SEPT. 9
\Vith temperat u res nearing IOO·degrees, th e
ra ce rs were fighting more than just their
rorn pe ririo n a t Perris Ra cewa y. Acti on in th e
California Racing Club's Vet Intermediate
cla ss .....as J U~( as hOI as th e- weather as th e
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top five ri ers were wi thin a few bike lengths
of ea ch other in both mutus.
In mow one. Ra nd y Anderson rocketed OUl
o f the ga te on ly to tan!il"" with anoth er rider.
ca u sing a cha in reacuon that o n ly Robert
Hedland and Mik e Roc hester avoid ed . Hedland had pulled th e hol eshct and. Rochester
had. sta lled his bike coming off the line.
This ga ve Hedland a good. silt' lead a s
Rochester pi cked his wa y th ro ug h the fir>!
turn ca rnage. Roc.. hest er was Oil th e gas,
th reading h is way thro ug h tra ffic. and he
bega n to close th e J;3P on Hedl un d .
Steve C lark was runni ng a stro ng th ird bu t
Kei th Fe-dring re m in ded him tha t he was no t
alone. An derso n .h ad recovered from his firs t
tu rn fiasco a nd 0 11 la p eig h t he made h is bid
for foun h a success ful o ne a n d d ro p pe d
Fearin g back to fifth , as Roc he ter no w had
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Hed la nd in hi s sil:h ls.
La pped traf fic wa!'i becom in g a facto r in
the lead position as Roch ester was ca m p ed
o n Hedl un d 's rear fen der b u t was h avin g
d ifficu lty findin g the room to make a p ass.
Hedland h eld o n for th e first mo to wi n whil e
Roc h ester was the bridesmaid.
Roc h ester a nd Hedland p icked up where
,h ey had Jell o ff in m or o o ne a n d bega n wha t
was to be a fu ll IO. lap baili e. La te in the moto ,
the du o bega n to p ick differ ent lines as th ey
encou n tered tra ffic a nd Roc hes re r added fuel
to the fire by pi ckin g up 'h e pace a no tch .
Roc hester fina ll y too k the lead as he h eld on
' he th ro tt le ju.. lo ng e nough to edge H ed land
o u t as th ey wont int o a tight right -hander.
Once In the lead . Roc hester was determi ned
to 1 noth in g come between him a nd the
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c h ec ker ed fl a g a n d that 's just what h e
accomplis hed as he took the win a nd t he
overa ll victory o ver Hed la nd. Clark tu rned in
a not her fine performa nce fi nis hing th ird .
while right on h is heels wer e Anderson and
Fearing.
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3. Chri:o S C'illl'l ( KoJ wr, 1. R..b (; UlIl f 'f (S tll).
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( Kd w).
250 NOV: I. Tim McAdams (K.1w ): 2. Dave Min n ick (KT M );
j. Neil SUIT1"IC"'~ (Ya m ).
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JR \, f:T 1ST : 1. john Pete-r...,,, (KT M).
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(H u n): 3. SIf"W" ( Ja'l. ('1:';11 ); 1. Rilnd,· Amk ·' ...11I ( Ya lll ): 5.
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SR B[G : I. Joltn Kiu K (Y.. m ).
SR :"'0\': I. G nlrM;f" 01110 (H O II)..
Fun and frolic at Davenport
Vintage Field Meet
By Lee Cowie
DA\'~PORT. IA. EPT I
.
Tho annual Antiquo Mo to rc ycl e Club
National mee t held a t the Da ven port . Iowa ,
lair!l"0unds had a number o f events included
in ll . Wh ile th o n ea ma rket goos o n. jP
Pr od uct ions runs a vi nta~e ha lf~mi led irl lrack
race. MOIorcycles are dISp layed and judged
a n d the C hid Blackh a wk Chapter AMC runs
3 field meeL
Th e field meet was held o n Saturday
aftom oo n a nd was organized by Tom Ma isch
a nd his band of volu nteers from the Chid
Blac khawk Cha p 'er AMC a nd sponsored by
C lass ic Bike a n d T he C lass ic Mo'or cycle
maga zin es. T he first even l was p lan ned lo be
a pla nk ride wil h th ree wi de p lanks pl aced
end to ~n d . lUll as a ll Ihe co m p<:tilOrs co u ld
ea sil y rid e lro m end to ond ' he of ficials decided
lo rethi nk thi s o ne a nd progressed to a slow
rac e.
All o f ' he com p<:li tors lined up o n ' he
starting lin e o n motor cycles rangi ng fro m a
1915 Harloy· Davidson to a 1968 BSA. O n the
sta rler 's signa l lhey Slarted forwrd. bu t one
by o ne th ey ki llt-d thei r en g in es or to uc hed
tho ground. (ca use for immediate di"lua lifi .
c ll io n ), o r crossed th e finish line until on ly
Ro bin Man ley remained ridi ng his 1939
Indian a nd was declared th e winner.
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Alan Kent topped the Vet In term ediate
class at Perris Raceway's Su nday MX.
T he fi n ish lin e n ow beca me th e sta rti ng lin e
and, w it h the rid er s sta nd ing o n fron t o f th ei r
machi nes, co mpetitors were as ked. 10 push
'heir mot orcycl es back '0 th o li n e th ey had
j u st ridde n from. O n th e sta rter's o rder
mot orcycles seemed to fly in every direction
but j ohn Chester , a n d h is 1948 H arl eyDavidson, who we ren't as fast as man y. went
in a straight li ne a nd crossed the finish lin e
first to win the eve nt .
The third eve nt was a hot dog-biting contest
a nd for the first rou nd the wei ners wert' h u ng
wi thou t adornments, th ey wo u ld be cove red
wit h musta rd if there was a tie. O n ly o ne rid er
ma naged to gel a bite a nd th is was 1938
Indian-mounted Elmer Lo wer.
The o fficia ls 'hen decided to rerun the plank
rid e- with th e planks arranged in a zig-zag.
or "5" shape, to see if anyone co u ld ride th em .
No o ne co u ld . bUI Pete Sink ma naged 10 rid e
hi s 1949 Ind ia n fan her than a nyo ne else to
win the co n test.
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Reagor takes Paris ST win
PARIS, TN. SEPT. 8
Eddie Reagor captu red the 250