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o N ~ '" c, N r- '" a; ?l w Z W ..J U ~ U Pikes Peak: Still a Classic By Bill Brokaw Photos b y J o e Sa lvo COLORADO S P RINGS, CO LO ., Jan. I, 1972 - A record entry of 314 were flagged off the line at noon for the 7-mile dash to the summit of Pikes Peak. For the second year th e Snow Run had no snow and the top was swiftly made. A battle to the finis h p ro d uced a win for Scott Harris on h is Triumph Metisse. In Scott's rooster tail ca me Don Pa lmgren on a fr esh RT-2 MX Yamaha. Rumors proved to be just that when Colorado's newest hero, Malcolm Smith, fai led to show in the line up. The line up a t Glen Cove went just fine anyway. with the classes being grouped with the fastest riders in the fron t group. Surprisingly, the whole field got away without a major pile-up. Palmgren moved into the lead but was slowed momentarily by a possible mi ld seizure. 250cc Yam ah a-m o un t ed Bill Osthoff, th e third pl ace finisher, and Harris p assed him. Palm gre n 's under-jetted Ya maha h ealed q uic kly and t h e chase was on. At Bottom less Pit the three were well ahead of the rest. Pa lmgren powered p as t Os thoff but failed to pass th e determined Harris. If the mountain was a thousand feet higher th e leaders wo uld have had reason to worry. Out of th e second starting group came Gale Gieck , an Amateur rider o n a 400 Suzuki. Starting behind all the 250-and·up Expert riders, he charged past them to finish fourth, only six seconds behind Harris, and a full minute ahead of second in his class. That class, the 500cc Amateurs, was a ding-dong battle all the way. Second through 12th finished in an 18-second span. - 1'111 I.w. Central PIKES PEAK SNOW RUN Colora do Sp r in gs. Colo. Jan.l,1972 By Bill Brokaw O V ER ALL WINNER Tri Scott Harris 650 A Richard Jackson ~c:;n~l~tder5on 500cc A Don Palmg ren Rlachrd L. Conger ~~6~~~e~k~ Keith Chisman Jay Vandle Art Holloman 250cc A Bill Osthoff Mark Gauss Nick Miller 175cc A H·D Trl Trl Yam Suz Hus Kaw Han Han Yam Bul Bul Gordon Love Kaw Bul Gary Chase Herb Guck Yam Yam Pen Dennis Korth 125cc A Bruce Sass 650cc B Lenny Williams Tri Richard Conger Tri 500cc B Ga le Gieck Lonnie Houtchens Suz 5uz B5A Michael Tra pp 25 0cc B Charlie Powell Hus Stephen David Ed Roderick Yam 175cc B D avi d Korth Tom Lewis Larry Smith 125cc B David HambY Bul Kaw Bul Yam Kaw Robert Candelaria Yam Do uglas Davis Kaw I NDO O R SHORT TRAC K Ta rrant Co. Convention Center F o r t Wort h , Tex. D ec. 18, 1971 By DOOle Stingley TROPHY DASH Mike Kidd 100 FINAL Jack Avery Benny Garrett Gary Wilson Gary Kl dd 125 FINA L Kelly Johnson Bl a k e Miller E.D. Daley E d die B u rd ett 200 FI NAL Mike Kidd Barry Patrick Steve Green Gary Wilson 250 FINAL Mike Kldd AI Baker James Rawls Jon Minono OPEN FINAL Ronnie Robey Joe Rachel Tommy Cornstub ble Tom my Ba llow CONSOLATION Roger Sterli ng No word on wheth er he made it or not. Kidd takes Tarrant's first indoor S.T. By Dodie Stingley FORT WO RTH, TEX., Dec. 18, 197 1 The beautiful and lu x ur io us Tarrant County Convention Center usually reserved for singing stars, beauty pageants, ice capades and such, took a new twist Saturday night as ~1. 1. Watkins and Don Kidd presented to the public for the first time at the center, indoor short track motorcycle races. Three more big races are scheduled for the center, the next being held Jan. 15, and two in February. In t he 250 class AI Baker from California gave Mike Kidd some good competition as he grabbed the lead and held it for five laps but Kidd got around him and finished first in the first heat. Jon . li n o n n o looked mighty good in one heat as he held the lead over Baker. Mi ke Ki dd (72n) won both the 200 and 250 class. Barry Patrick pushed Kidd hard all the way for the trophy dash and almost got him on the finish, bu t Mike came in first.