Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

LOTSA VEGAS By R . l\liller Ph ot os by J im & Robbin LAS VEGAS, :-': EV ., April 16,1 972 Las Vegas mi ght be known fo r ga mb ling bv o u t-o f-sta te rs but th e locals thin k of nothing ex cept racing. On th is d a y. all within 3 few miles wer e five d ifferent rac es. At Craig Ro ad Speed wa y was t he op en ing of :-':ASCAR stock ca r rac in g. It claimed at lea st o ne moto rc y cl e racer. Pas t bike ace Jay Wiley star ted racing . cars last vear and was vo ted rook ie of the year . . Todav h e nat wen t o ut an d sho wed th os e guys w hat mo torcycle raci ng e xperience ca n do for yo u. First he won th e best -ap pearing car awa rd. T hen h e se t fast time a nd afte r th at p ro ceed ed to w in th e t rop h y d as h, get a seco nd in hi s h eal and co m e b ac k a nd w on th e Main. N ot t o b ad for a kid sp o n sored by a go -ca r t sh op (D ay to n's) a nd a motore y cl e p arts house. By th e w a y. it 's Nevad a C y cl e Part s wh o cares en o ug h to bring parts o ut to th e ra ces occas io nally . a t no extra charge. 1'. 1RAN h ad tw o ba ck-to-ha ck Europ ean Scr ambles. That k ind of ra cing is super-h ard for a bike ra ce r t o sta y away from . We d on 't know a n y result s but y ou will p robab ly ge t a sto ry on it so on . I'll b et J ack J ohnson wa s th e re scaring th e o ther 12 5's o n hi s Honda that h e ju st go t togeth er aft er the Mint 400 h ad su p er demolished it. Out at t he Las Vegas Speed Drom e we h ad ea r and b ik e drags. A gain, w e don't hav e results. I will tell you th ey we rc impressiv e a n d n ois y . \Ve were about a th ousand yard s away at th e Las Vegas Moto cr o ss Club. That's where the action really was. There was good ra ci ng in t he Open Class . Big Jim Keeton o n a 400 H usk y showed the troops around in th e first hea t. A nd a newcomer to LV l'.I CC.l'.latl H erd t , rid ing a very fast Y ama h a , stayed in there for se cond . l\latl h ad problems in th e se cond heat and left the lead to be hotly co n test ed by K ee t o n and Miller (CZ). Miller got b y when Jim went wide in t h e corner just before th e uphill . Goi ng in to t he third race it was between Mil ler and Keeto n. After th e FRELAN INC. Motorcycle Parts & Ac cessories open 7 days Mon/F ri. 9 -9 Sat. 7- 5 S un. 7-2 14813 Oxnard St. Van Nuys, Ca. 91401 (21 3 ) 997-7301 WARDS RIVERSIDE MOJAVE IBV Bo"ol;; / PARILlA CAPRIOlO MV AGUSTA 250 BIANCHI CAPRI SCOOTERS PARTS WDrld'l larveslinn nlllry IDr lIalian mDIDrqdol Rebailt Engine Excbanges ~U_T-'IE. Hatboro. Pa. '904ll first lap Jim w as leading with He rdt a nd Mill er fo llo wing. Abou t th e th ird lap, .K eero n slowed d own due to a n a t ti re. Herd t a nd Mill er b oth p assed him in the co rner afte r the straight. Fort u na tely for Miller, !I erd t go t o ut o f shape in th e sa me pl ace Keet o n had in th e p revious race. Miller passed an d w en t on t o win for the day in h is class . T he fas i guys, 2 5 0 A m / Ex .. had their p roblems today. In the firs t ra c e Bob Walli nI': shoved h is Bultaeo out fro n t t o wi n . Mea nwhile, usual winne r T. M iller had c ras he d try ing t o p ass Kimmel (AJ S) . li e was only ab le t o ge t back up to third place before the ch eckered. The really funky race was the second . First Miller loses his spark and can ' t fi nish th e race: Then , Bob runs out of gas whil e c h asin g Kimm el fo r fir st . That's really d umb. Bob. Bu t h e m ade u p fo r it ' in the last race. Aft er following 1'.Iiller fo r fou r and a ha lf laps h e ma d e one final drive t o over ta k e him an d w in overall . To m K yl e and R ick Burto n were the h ea vies in th e 250 Xo vice class . K y le won t h e last two rac es Roing a wa y . He' ll so o n b e ra ci ng as an A m at e ur . Ri ck won th e first ra ce but ha d t rouble so me w he re d uring th e seco nd one on h is Greeves , There is one other class at t he m oto cro sses that hardly ever ge ts recogn it io n. In fact, they don't even ge t trophies fo r their hard work. If you noticed o ve r b y th e finish lin e th ere are usually three o r four girls . Good look ing. t o o . They ar e o u t th er e every race a nd wo rk ing fro m ea rly morning with sign- in until la t e afte rnoo n finish ing the results . A t t h e n e x t ra ce give these girls a sm ile o r wa ve . Some o f th ei r names are " Shorty " Williams , "T o oker" Walli n g. and "fast Pat " Mill er. IYIII I.w. Central .T om M iller get s th at old turkey (actually it's a Bul if you haven' t already notic ed) off th e jump like a p ro. FO R HODAKA-BILITY se e yo ur local HODAKA d ealer D istrib u ted by T igc r D ist rib u t in g 653 W. 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