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THREE WINNERS, OR THE NIGHT THE FLAG WENT OUT, OR GIVE ·EM AN INCH AND THEY'LL CREEP 3.84 MILES o '" 8, . e, M .... Cl O· . - '" ::< ~ w Z W ...J o >o NOVICES by Jack Mangus DA YTONA BEACH, FLA., Mar. 10, 1973 - A two-day two-part race that provided a red nag, a checkered nag, and two winners was the format of the 1973 Daytona 76 mile (p lus 23 mil e) Novice road race. Clift Guild, J r. won th e red flag nigh t race, an d a t first it appeared that J ay Livi ngs to n won the foll o win g d ay 's d aytim e race. Bu t it was Gary Lee Blac kma n fro m Em ma us Pennsyl vani a , wh o took h om e th ~ trophy an d m on ey for first place . Gary Blackma n. And we _have, ah, a w inner! Team Uirty sponsored Le vin gston Whe n rain delayed the start of both was passed several ti mes by Blackm an of Friday's scheduled races, it wa s while So limine stayed righ t wit h the decided to run the J uni o r road ra ce before the Novice race to allo w all the - p air un til th e 14 th lap whe n he slip pe d back o ut of the figh t fo r th e lead. By Juniors t o c o mp ete in th e fo llo wing lap 17 Levin gston h ad pull ed o ut a four d ay 's Co m bine d race . second lead o n Blackman with So lim ine T he delay p lus th e running of th e 15 seco nds heh ind the event ual winner. J uni o r race p ut the Novice o n the J ay Levingston from Tampa, Flo rida starti ng grid after six p .m . A 6:20 p .m. took the chec kere d nag b ut u p on start raised many eyebro ws as the sun pulling o n t o pit row was info rmed that was already setting behind the st ands he h ad b een p enali zed a lap for cree ping and quips as to whether o r no t you were on the starting rid. The los s of a lap allowed t o run wi th headlights were d ro pped him fro m first to 20th place hear d u p and down th e startin g rid. an d his sponso r im me d iately proteste d. The opening laps of Fri day evening's T he protest was disallowed and T eam semi-night race saw John Solimi ne , a Dirty forked over the ad d itional money San Francisco residen t who was we aring to h ave a n appeal hearing . Scott Brelsford 's leathers, h old the lead Meanwhile , in Victory La ne a very for fo ur laps over Cl iff G uild, J r., Gary hap py Gary Lee Blackma n was joined Black man , a nd J ay Levingst on . G uild by second and th ird place winners t ook th e lead on t he fift h lap an d was So limine an d Mu rray Hoffm an of El o u t in front whe n th e re d nag was C ajo n, C a lifo rn ia . F riday night's waved at th e en d of th e fo llo wing lap . 'win ner' Cliff Guild, Jr.'s bike had S aturday's ni ne a.m, restart sa w loaded u p on the line and after a ba d Solimi ne lead the first lap fo llo we d by st art young Guil d worked his way up Sco tt Eric kson an d J ay Levingston. fro m th e ba ck of th e 7 1-man fiel d to Levi ngsto n took th e le ad on th e sec ond tak e si xth p lace be hind fourt h and fifth lap an d fo r. most of the 20 lap ra ce it place finis hers Ed Da ley and Tom Hall . was a th ree way battle between Levingsto n, Solimi ne, and Blackm an. Clifford G uild was the winner of the first race but was called off by darkn ess. Here he leads eventua l second place fin isher Joh n So lim ine (8 4). Th e guy who won the second race the f irst time w as Jay Levingston and like everyo ne dow n to 48 th place, he r ode a Y amah a. . 76·MILE N OVI C E ROA D RAC E Daytona Internationa l S pe e dwa y Dayt ona Be ach , Fla. March 1 0. 1973 G ary L ee B lac kman J ohn So lim i ne Murra y H o ffman Edward Dale y T o m m y H all Clifford G Uil d, J r . Ste ve More hea d K evin Stafford Will iam Pe t ers, Jr . Chu ck Killen Randy C le e k Chu ck Jo rd an Wi lliam we ig le,ll l Sha ne Jon es Ph i ll ip Pasco e Y am Ya m Y am Ya m Y am Yam Yam Y am Yam Yam Y am Yam Yam Yam Y am Da n Nessner Va m Daniel Bales Ph il San ders O tt o F uchs 111 Jay Le ving st on Ro n Mass E dward Eaton , Jr . Richard C hambe rs L a u re nce McCracken , J r. Mike Frysi n ger Joh n T a la ri co James Sisson ~ D o nald Ge or ger R ic ky Nanka Yam Yam Yam Ed Hansen Ga ry Bade Jo seph L ach ni et James Miller Dav id Roper Yam Y am Yam Yam Ya m Y am Y am Y am Y am Y am Yam Yam Yam Yam Yam M ik e Par k er Y am Bob Ea r l Yam Joh n Hubbard Yam R ob ert R ec tenwald Yam T ed Bay Yam Mi k e W h ittlesey Yam Carlos Murguia Yam B ern ard Lavell e Yam Joe Teson e Yam K i mball Br a tte n Y am Blakist on G am b ri ll , III Yam H erb ert M cCu rr y Yam Greg Sassaman Y am Eugen e D avid Kaw Pa t Kl e in Yam Dav id McElyen Suz R aymo nd B ressett e Yam J im Arnol d Y am Yam M ichael Be ll Jame s E ll is Yam Les Jo hnson Yam Pete r LeoGran de Y am Geo rge R icht m eye r Yam N ick voge Ya m Y am Jo h n Guest William D ru mm ond Y am Ron Stefanko Y am Scott E r ick so n Y am Henry Sc ott Y am M . Lewis A nd er son Ya m Y am M ik e Lundberg Jay Ridgew ay , Jr. Yam Robert Robert s Yam A . Lloyd Hadden Yam RalPh Grad y Yam Mike Thomas Yam Arden Jensen, Jr. Due Time of Race : 49 min .• 39.18 sec. Average Speed: 92 .804 M PH