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"'B~" It Wins -9 1 73 HOUSTON ASTRODOME Kenny Roberts Short Track Mike Haney TT hPays To Use ' ''Bteett,ctr Cor-pconmon 1433-37 Firs! St. , Escalon, California 95320 (209) 838-7912 b y Bill S p en cer SAN FRA NCIS CO , CAL ., Feb. 18 , 1973 Ke n n y R ob e rt s as t o un de d abs o lu tel y 0 0 onc in th e fin al c ha p te r o f th e A me ric an Indoor Sh ort Trac k with a w in io the 20 lap fin ale. Al Keny on go t his ac t t ogether in a grea t sho w of fo rce th a t ma y h ave p ut him third in th e series afte r a n earl y clean sweep o f the eve n t to a secon d place in th e m ain . The eigh th run ning of the ind o o r proved a great d raw fo r ride rs . Me rt L awwill, Eddie Mulder an d J oh n Hatele yall go t a chance to r un . Lawwill rod e h is firs t p aveme nt ind o o r in five years a n d b arel y missed the se mi despi te h avi n g a m oto r tha t is clearly oo t too fast. T he regul a r runners of th is series we re outclassed for the most part bu t some were m erel y eli mi oa ted hy bad moves on the part of the officials. Mike Gerald, the Louisiana flash , has had nothing but problems in this series -and today was n o d ifferent. Steve Hernandez w as just abo ut the same. 10 their heat, both we re put hack on the thi rd r o w w i t h Hernandez co m m itt in g the sio of haviog h is hand slip off t he clu tc h while he was putting it in gear. He slipped across th e line as starter Ho y Odom mouo ted the stand an d w as p romp tly p ut o u t with Gerald wh o was trying to ge t in th e p ro pe r order o n that lin e . Di strict refe ree Wall Maste rson w as a tte m p t ing to pu t that lin e io o rder when th e n ag dropped w it h Ge ra ld in th e impro p er p o sition, an d the starter b lackflagged hi m. Afte r th a t race Was o ver , th e fan s expressed th eir di spl eas ure bu t th e d amage Was d ooe and G erald 's 22 0 0 mi le trip was at a d isappo in tin g en d. Ric k Ho c kin g h ad a lready sew ed up the champ io nship wh ile the res t of the top ten we re in d o ub t. Jo h n Gen n ai ca me up with h andlin g proble ms th a t e liminated h im from the m aio and put Pat McC au l on the spot. llis third pl ace standing could be turned into a secon d if he w on , b u t the back ro w io the m ain w asn ' t th e p lace t o try for that. R oberts h ad t o w o rk th ro ugh tra ffi c fo r th e firs t se mi w in over C ary Tonda but di d it con vincingly with th e fast est tim e. T h is gave Jim Odom the nod for th e Main as the fastes t se m i too k the fourth man for th e teo man sh o w. Keoy on w o n the secon d se mi b y a ton w ith alm o st n o c h a lle nge. I t was the ne xt fastest ti me an d oct the pace for th e m aio. It w as obvious th a t the on ly wa y t o ge t Roberts o ut of th e way was to m o ve h im and nn one co uld ge t near enough . The six lap co ns o la tion Was a crashe r and b urner wi th ChaJ DeCecco surv ivi ng th e b est for that win o ve r little Bruce Ha nl o n - an d setting th e p ace for th e 2 0 lap b ash o f th e last m ain. T h e o u tc o me was in li tt le do u b t aft er th e s ta rt wi th R ob erts clearly d o minating th e lead for th e e nti re distan ce an d A I Keny on d o in g h is part wi th sec on d . R ober ts lapped a ll the w a y th rough fourth w hil e tearn rna re Ho c ki n g o n th e Schw er rna Ya mah a h ad t o really wo rk for th e thi rd spot . T he cras hing sta r te d im me d ia tely with D av e H an sen th e first one d own . Next w as Tond a. In th e p ack the b est racin g w as arou nd fo u r th and fi ft h w ith !\IacGregor and th e veteran Od om c ha ngi ng sp o ts wit h Hamm ond. Th e mess w as worsened for the scorers as both Rober ts a nd Keny on rolled thro ugh th e pack, lap p in g. F or R i c k Ho c kin g an d D oug Schwerma, it's co ngra tulations. The sa m e goes fo r J ohn Ge n na i an d h is sponsor S teve Do i/l\It . V iew Auto Stereo. Gary T o nd a leads Pat McCa u l (48V) 8 S they d isp ut e se ven th p lace lo o t . Th ey f in ish ed in the order sh own. McCaul's chances for a sec on d p lace in the series van ished w it h his ei ghth in th e main.