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b y Bill Spen cer PORTLAND , ORE ., Feb . 8 , 19 73 Burning up th e hi ghways fro m New York to Portland we re so m e 15 ind o or her o es from t he Madison Square Garden Yamaha Sil ve r Cup to make it to this $3 0 0 0 purse indoor. T a k ing th e m oney hom e were the usu al North ern Califo rn ia co n t ing en t led by John Gen n ai on the Mt, View Auto S te re o Bu lt aco, J ohn had proven fastest throughout the night despite having a st op wat ch for o fficial time. The problems o f this indoor were m et with "you sh ould hav e been at Ma dis on . the y were really bad."; echoed by the ra cers . T he ten heats took the fir st three an d so the action really got ti gh t in th ese eve n ts. If y ou d idn 't make it through this on e. it wa s lo ad up and go h ome. The first three heats were all won b y the fast Ossa troops with one an d two go ing to Gary Tonda and Neil Ma cGregor on Omega frame s fro m E.T. Cycles and th ird to Pat McCaul on the Borch special. Th e fo ur th man to mak e the trophy d ash was J oe Henry o n th e su pe r Kawasaki from Sac ra me n to. T he re st o f th e heats wer e w on b y Ca lifornians with only a few o f th e Oregon troops makin g th e transfe r. Of th ese. R andy Scott was third in the th ird heat whil e Randy S kiver and Son ny Burres we re secon d and thi rd be h ind He nry . J ohn Ge n nai and AI Ken y on m ad e it the fast heat of th e ni gh t in the , fifth wit h J erry Kol e, the Novice who wo n th e first Asco t IT this year , wi nning t he six th ,o ver Ossa team rider S te ve Hernandez. Ge nnai went o n to win th e fas test semi with Mik e O 'B rien co m ing in second on hi s new Sc hwe rma Yam ah a foll owed cl osel y by Kol e a nd Tonda. De l S i lva ro d e th e pr o t o type m on o co q uc Kaw asaki to the sec o nd se mi win over last year's Madiso n win ner Steve Hern an dez. Dave Masse ro de hi s first p ro e ve n t t o third pl ace m on ev h ol ding o il Dana Pe rr i. Nei l M acG ~eg o r gave up h is " C o nso la tion Kid" title with a win in th e third. Pa t McCaul chased h im th e di stance. T he new "Consol ation Kid" was Jim Fo ley. The fir st start o f the 15 lap main wa s all De l Sil va' s, but a mu lti -m an cra sh called for th e re d flag . T he re-st art went to Gennai and he was lon g gone as th e rest of the pack made it s way thro ugh th e first comer. MacGregor ' held off th e ..... N .c " u. . ~ w Z W ..J U >- U Gen nai b ears down. w orld 's fastest bowling ball in th e for m o f Pat McCaul for th e du rat ion . Sil va began to slip back wh en he co uld n ' t ge t th e righ t lin e through th e turns. Kirk Kin g was th e firs t b y with Hernandez h ot on hi s tail but th at d idn't last lo ng. Lee Seidel d ro p pe d it in the fr ont co m er an d th e e ns ui ng m ob scene left a h ole fo r J erry Kol e and a few others t o ge t b y . Kole then pro mptly dropped it in th e ne x t com er an d D ave Masse slip pe d in for th e fo u rt h place SP0 1. Hernandez and G ar v T onda bat tl ed it o ut fo r fifth for th e rest of the event wit h Tonda p assin g at the checkered. T he usual reh ash in g o f fina l positions was d one so me time after midnigh t and the cre w lo aded up for th e trip S outh and th e battle a t th e San Fra n cisco Cow Palace fo r th e last Natio nal and th e Gennai-H o c kin g fi ght to see wh o can win th e mo st mon ey . "-J ~ 1973 Cki~~etW~!.~~~~ .~ See toe ALL NEW ' 73 Ch'icken Lea t her MX Pants. NEW COLORS , NEW STRIPES . at our InftoduCfOty $49 95 Sale WE D - T HU R S - F RI - SAT - SUN - MO N -- -- FEB 20 -26 . .. 9am -9pm Ea th Day Except Sunday 10 a m - 5pm TA K E AVANT ANGE A ndy Whi t ak er i nspect s t he track cond itio n. o-;;H lsO N E="T1 NEW MX Pants. OUT STA NO ING e BCf.lu t N-';;;;-O . O F FER OU ALlT'Y 8< BEAUTY II i f\: } NEW Cc.' l or s : ELack , ? ed , Gol d , Plue,BroWl': . • Bea'l:i:.i ful NEW St r i pe s : Co:.d s t ripe s with sWAller ac cent "t r ipe eo lcr of pant s . Cold pants have bLack s t r ipe wit h gol d accent ::.tripe . • Genuine ~e rica.I: tou gh cowhide leather . • Fully lined ....-i th t .cugh but. cool t....-o-'w-a.;;- st ret c b ny'lon , • Heavy Duty 9" Talo n Zi ppe r s - l e gs and w::..if't . • klnglast1.ng nylon t hr-ead • • St a nda r d Si ze s - 28 , 30 , 32 ,33 ,34 , 35, 36 , ; 8,4C . , . Cust om Sh e s nov a vail . Two vreel:s de liven', add t l C C'C '. • C' st ore 3ol.ici St~'ipcs nov avai l . Colors : B:l2.cl: , :led , Go ~,l, Ye l lc, ,'::hite ,Bl ue , Brco\,m . 'IVo veeks de l i ve r y, w add .;..4 .00. . ' ' • Ins ide ;.1-1A ID po cket; ...lit.h Velc ro f ,-,ste pe r • • Childr en 'sS i7.c s Avai1 ~ 24 [, 26 ... . ~;4~, . o5 • t I , N Dave M asse (5 6yl pr epares t o unload AI Kenyon (48) in a qu alifyi ng heat. ME- O N L ~ • • • •• • • • • • • O'N THESE . ~ § . ~ < 0 OPEN DA ILY 9to 9 CLOSED SUNDAYS