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STEVE HERNANDEZ HUSTLES AT COW PALACE
by Bill Spencer
SAi': FRANCISCO. CAL .• De c. 16.
1972 - Steve Hern an dez nearly swept
th e b oards at th e Cow Pala ce tonight.
setting a new low six lap record, \"ith a
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first time at 55:977, breaking ' a long
standing Ken R ob ert s h old.
A very heavy co n tingen t of riders
mad e for an exciting night of racing and
wit h all th e h eavy h ero es back from the
east, the show was never dull. After 15
qu alifying heats, o nly a few of the
regulars d idn 't transfer on.
Hernandez set th e fast qualifying
pace in fro nt of last time' s wi nner
Rob erts and Ric k H o ckin g, wh o had to
wo rk from a n ear-fall at the star t. It wa s
th e first hea t th at set the n ew fast time
with indo or poin t lead er J ohn Genn ai
h elpi ng the Ossa rider along wh ile
runni ng second. Tom Hor ton survived
th is portion b ut cou ldn't get out of the
semi to ma ke it an all North ern
Cal if ornia main .
•J eff Hammond surp rise d a few so uls
by win ning th e second heat over J im
Foley an d Pat Hennen. In th e third
Dave Hansen w on eas ily on th e Cycle
Imports' Suzuki.
Bob Scall y an d Pat McC aul pro vid ed
th e be st acti on o f the ni ght wi th so me
mi gh ty crash ing and bashing. First
Scall y would ge t th e j um p and ge t
ball ed, th en McCaul the same . It finally
ran wi th McC au l winning over Sca lly
and Den nis Robin son ho lding ba ck J oe
Hen ry .
The Se mis ran withou t t oo mu ch
incident sho wing ~lcCaul the fast est t o
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g- rner th e pol e fo r th e 15 lap Main over
Han sen ' s Semi beating Hern an dez.
The Das h was all Hernandez' s.
Han sen didn't ge t a very good start, for
a ch ange. Fol ey followed h im w ith
McCaul third. S teve' s Dash wasn ' t the
fas test ever but h e kne w his luck had
turned good . an d he showed it with a
lot of teeth.
Ben O st arello rode his un iq ue Harley
Sp rin t to th e 10 lap Con sol ation win
aft er much c ras h ing. Paul Warn e tried t o
hold the lead but tir ed and dropped to
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third behind Rand y Miller.
The Main appe ar ed to be Hansen's
whe n he go t th e big jump. He led easily
fo r 12 laps with Bob Scally running
second and Hernandez mo ving to third
th,:ough th e p ack. On the 12 th lap,
go mg d o wn the back ch u t e, Han sen lost
con tro l of the rear wh eel an d , in go ing
down , ne arly took Scally with him. This
left Hern andez a large ho le and th e win .
Scalley recovere d . for second with
Gen nai p ushing h im around after a
terrible start.
T erry S age p ro ved h.is good ex pe rt ise
as an Expe rt and got by a new N o vices
while Tom Tyrrell survive d an o ns la ugh t
o f Foley's and MacGregor's.
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Hernandez 119Y) in the gold,
A.C.E. Cloverdale Indoor
CLOVERDALE, B.C., De c. 16, 1972 Onl y ab o u t 2 0 0 p eople showed up
be cau se
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wea th er
co nd itio ns , but it didn 't hurt the racing
an y . A lo t o f th e u su all y heavy favored
riders were upset by riders that d on't
u su all y fin ish in th e money. This was
du e to th e e xt ra running room bec aus e
o f th e Iigh t turn o ut .
T he Po wde r Pu ff class an d Trop h y
D a s h w as o nce again tak en by
Bernad ette Hendrik o n a Pa ce Moto rs
Yamah a. Bernadette is turning into a
very fin e rider as she an d the rest o f th e
girls ge t more exp erie nce from ra cing
ea ch week.
The 125 cl ass and T rop hy Dash
winner was 13 year o ld Butch Br own on
a Clarke Simpkins H onda. Butch is
starting to ride very fast now and
putting a lot o f th e older and mor,.
experienc e rider s o ut of th e re sults with
hi s speed. ~
T he 25 0 clas s wa s a real up set as
Dann y Amo r j umped in to th e lead in
th e Main Event and held o n to hi s lead
to th e checke red flag. puttin g down all
th e h ot shoe Ex perts th at were
kn ocking at his b ack wh eel trying to ge t
th e lead. Amor rode a very tired O ssa
m o t o cross bi ke th at isn ' t sup posed to
bea t all those fan cy 52000 flat tracke rs.
Wh en you want to win bad ly enough it
d oesn ' t matter what y ou ride. Am or
also fi nis hed fourth in the 125 class.
Steve Baker, on a Deeley Yam aha, to ok
th e 250 Trophy Dash an d was second in
th e 250 Main.
We now s t op for the Ch ristmas
season and will be back hot an d hea vy
on January 13th with a full racing
program in Cl o verdale again .
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