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Cold Can't Stop Night Regulars
By Bu zz Baty
GARDENA , CAL., April .12 , 19 7 2 Everybody was trembling t onight, but
not with exc itrnent alt hough there was
plen ty o f that. It was th e co ld , co ld ,
co ld -. It was as cold as a well d iggers
to-t o in the Klo ndike, and wi nd y t o
boot.
But nieLher co ld, no r wind , nor ra in,
stay the dedicated from their racing, or
the even mo re dedicated fans, who
huddled in the stands, suffering in the
cold and wind to watch their h ero s.
T he fa ns d idn 't watch t heir heros
wanting. J eff Wright to o k the measure
of the 125 Ex perts , Da n Hack ie d id th e
25 0 Experts, and T im Hart an nexed th e
500 class. Tim d idn't have m ech an ical
problems like last w eek's fuel p ro blems
and rode all th ree 5 0 0 mote s.
T he o nly class o f t h e nig h t th at
wasn' t decided in t he last mota was th e
500 Intermediate. Mike H igashi was th e
o nly o ne in t he clas s, so he wa s a su re
winner. That 's not to imply th at Mike
wouldn't have won over a full field, in
fact, h e was running right in t here with
the Experts.
Jeff Wright, in win ning t he 125 class,
h ad all h e co uld handle in b eating Bruce
Baron. J eff won the firs t mo ta with his
Puch , Bruce was seco nd on h is Penton.
Bruce reall y b lew h is sta rt in th e first
ro und , and h adto co me fr om las t place
t o get second, an d that after just
ni pping Chuck Bo w er in th e last lap
almost at the flag.
The second mo ta was a real Pier 6
brawl between Wright and Baron. At the
flag drop, they got off together with Jeff taking the lead for nine-tenths o f
the first lap. Baron p ulled up alongside
Wright just as the y made the 180 at the
bottom of the hill. Entering the fro nt
straight, Baron got too close, hit J eff,
and the two b ikes Rot hooked together.
Baron thought his peg got caught in
J eff's scooter. Before thay co u ld get free
o f eac h o th er, they were in last pl ace.
John Volkman Wabbed the lead, and
said later he was so nervous that he
made every mistake in the book, but he
held the lead to the checker. Meanwhile,
Baron and Wright were slicing through
the field to finish with Baron second
and Wrigh t th ird .
During t he in termission, it see ms like
every body at As cot wants to b e on th e
start ing lin e where th e 25 0 Experts are
lin ed up fo r th eir seco nd ro und. Las t
nigh t a couple of w o unded warriors we re
there, Bruce :\IcD o ugal and Dave
Rod ger s. Bruce with his neck brace and
Dave w ith his shoulder/collarbone
st raps . As spectators, th ey weren't too
happy, both itching to take off their
body riggi ng an d get back in action.
The las t round fo r th e 125 Experts
was set -up t o b e a real go , Wrigh t with a
firs t a nd a third for 625 points, Baron
w it h two seconds and 600 p oints.
Whoever finis h ed in fron t of the other
w o uld w in o verall. Bu t, as somet imes
happ ens, the rac e n ever d eveloped.
Bar on go t a nothe r b ad start , wh ile J eff
was fast d isappearing in the lead. Bruce
played catc h -u p for five laps. Though h e
d id get up irit o second spot, and eve n
got close to Wright, he didn 't h ave the
combination to get by. The final order
was Wright, Baron and Volkman; Pu ch,
Pe nton, Bultaco .
(Resul ts on Page 40)
WHITE H-D VEEP/CONT.
Gerald A . Wh it e has been pro mo t ed
from the posi tio n of Co ntroller for
Harley -David son Motor Co ., Inc. to that
of Vice Pr esid en t /C o ntro ller. In his new
cap ac it y , he will be repo rt in g directly to
the Co mpany's President, John H.
O'Brien .
Mr . White is well qualified and
experienced for his new position. Before
joining Harley -Davidson in May, 1971,
he held the position of Secretary,
Ass istant Treasurer and Controller o f
Ben H ogan Co. He held that p os ition in
th e Fort Worth, Texas firm for eight
year s. Ben Hogan Co. is an A:\IF
subsidi ar y.
:\Ir. White 's appointmen t is part of
organizational changes being made in
recogniti on of the need for a broader
realignment of functional management
responsibilities.
John ID
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