Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

N " '" '" 0- N .... ell f/J :;: w Z W ...J U >- U C o m i n g off th e C arl sba d h i ll, D o n E m d e p ro f i l es. L. , J an . 16, 19 72 ed to the road racing th e ACA staged the season. Don, who last rider for BSA on a ked up the win today amaha, ncerned as to h ow h e full season on the b ig e worried fo r naugh t, 1 he dropped tw o ra nds , he still came in return as P."t e vans b egan h is seaso n as th e ACA's No .1 . o n anoth er Eva ns/ Vesco 350 Yamaha, d rove b y Endicott 's Hon da fo r second T h e st art of th e 35 0-ope n Sr. G.P, wi th Endico tt in for th ird overall o n h is saw Ernde make a grea t start whil e Pat CB·7 5 0 an d firs t in Open Production, was in a bi t of traffic, D on pulled o ut a Pat Evan s' lu ck wasn ' t a ll b ad b ut fo r fair lead o n th e first lap while Pat was push ing h is Evans/Vesco 350 Yamaha awhile it looked like it was go ing to b e o ne of th ose d ays , p ast Bob End ico tt's 750 H onda, It loo ked as if Pat was going to make a Pat, o n a ll Evans /V esco 25 0 Yamaha drove hard off th e line for a sh ort lead race of it when the Yam ah a seized as he ove r th e West Coast's classy ne w AMA was comi ng up th ro ugh the gears on th e Junior, J im Evans, riding a Mel Dinesen fro nt straigh t, Fro m th at poin t on it was no contest as Ernde had th e Dinese n Yamah a, Pat 's lead was short lived as a Yam ah a on high C just as if he hadn', - c omti ination of Jim's-narltch:rrgeand b een away, Kelly Evans, Pat's broth er , Pat 's Yam ah a dropping a fe w R's p ut J im in to the lead fo r two laps , as J im was st artin g to st re tc h h is lea d , a small wire o n t h e scoote r bro k e, putting Jim o u t and Pat b ack in th e lead for the win . Jim Evans' lu ck wasn 't all bad eit h er , he won the 100 cla ss o n Dineseri 's Hodaka. Don Errid e is h o oked up with Mel Dinesen for the comi ng Al\IA sea son, with Jim Evans running the Junior events, D on Em d e th e Expert even ts, It lo ok s as if the astu te Mr . Din esen h as got himself one h eavy o ne- t wo punch . Story and photos by Buzz Baty RES U LTS S R . GP CLASSE S soce DI V . 1 Pa ul Wil de Ed K ell y . 100ce Jim Eva ns F ran k Neimeyer Dick Pear ce Bru ce Martin D ick Ca rlson Jim H aberll n 125cc C o lln Jon es Mi ch ael Slaughter R ich ard Seifried A lan L eon ard Ph il Tho!!!'pso n 200cc ~ Wes Cooley Jr. Jam es McWorthy 2 5 0 cc Pa t Eva ns Perr y Bennett 3 5 0c c Don E m de Ke lly E vans Ro ger G li ck m an Mike Devalln Pat E vans 500ce Di ck K il gr oe O PE N Bob Endic ott Bruce Haugh PRODUCTI ON CLASSES 50e e Ed K elly L onn y Sin ger R ob ert Full er 100ee Denn is Rum in er Bruce M ar ti n 125cc Bob Y ou ng Bruce K ochm eier Ph il Th ompson Greg Par k 175cc Yam CE Hod K aw Y am Y am K aw Br i Yam Yam Mat T oh Yam Yam Bri Yam ~ Suz Yam Y am Y am Ya m Ya m Ka w Hon Nor Tar Ita It a H on Y am Y am Ya m Y am Ya m Gerhard Klemm 200cc John Hewitt Ya m Fred Wa lt l Tim Rockwood Ya m Ya m Su z 25 0cc Pat Eva ns 35 0cc Mike Dev lin Tom F rn ak li n R.B. Cros sm a n Tom Milligan Rober t B r o o k e r Carl White Jim Haberlin OPEN Bob Endicott J R . GP C LASSES 50cc L on n y Si nger R ober t F ull er 12 5 cc Bru ce x octrsme ter Greg Park 1 75 cc Ge rha rd Kl em m . 200cc Joh n H ew itt T im W h ale n 25 0c c F red Wa lt ! Don o eLa th ou w er D on Gr een 350ce T om F ran k li n Bob Cr ossman Ch ris La nd is Rob ert Br oo ker A le x T ax lor Car l W hite A rt h ur F riedman 500ce T om H erm on T om Arn old O PEN G erhard Kl emm ,.., -- portent half of the new Mel D enisen team . ap h is th,c rest o f h il l. , M ike D evlin and his unbeatable RS scored yet another win in the 3 50 Prod u ct i o n colu mn Sr i Y am Suz Yam Yam Yam Bri Hon Hon I ta Ita Y am Ya m Sri Y am Su z Y am H·D S uz Su z Yam H on Y am Y am S ri Ya m Kaw Suz N or

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