Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
Issue link: https://magazine.cyclenews.com/i/141062
'" N e "n a'" M r-. Cl l1l >::; '" ~ w Z W ..J U >- U n Castro IYaml . Beauchamp (H·DI. tt Brelsford (H·DI. . 7. Rand y Scott n [ Y arn} . 9 . Mike ro rr -n. 11. Eddie oberts IYaml. FINAL: 1. Rick ennai (T ri). 3. Dan ell. 5. Bob Saunder. RACE MARReD Lloyd Houchins 1791 and Pat McCaul (481 co llided [ust after the flag. D an Maho ny Photo . - HOUCHINS KILLED After the Expe rt he a ts i t was ti m e r the J un io rs, 12 of whi ch we re here r a sp eci al "Invit ati onal " based on in ts ea rned at the wee k lv A scot races, us th e p o in ts e arned a t a h alf mil e a t an Jose earlie r, Time trial s we re h eld 0 termin e positio ns for the In vi ta t io n a l. he s tage w as se t for last y ear's to p w e s t ast No vices , J oh n Genn ai and Ric k o ekin g, p itted aga inst e ach o ther fo r c special duel. Ho ck in g Came o ut th e cto r an d happily pl a nted a lip lo c k on c lo vel y b lond Tro p hy Q ueen . T h ird cn t to Dan While, T om Whit es twin r o t h e r , and fourth and fifth spectivel y w ere D evon Sowell and Bah und er. For th e Experts who failed to ma ke e Na tional the re was rhe T rop hy Fina l, i th Dave Se h l coming ou t on top llowe d b y Pal Marin ac ci , Frank ill esp ie , Terry Dorsch , S o nny Burres, uc k J o yner , Dave Hansen , DeWayne cetcr, Cal Rayborn , T om Rockwood, die Wirt h, an d roo k ie Larry Gi n o. The National stage was set wit h e-race favorit es such as Ken ny oberts , J im Rice, Gary S cott , a nd h o t n nin g Mike Kidd p us hing out to the arting grid. . T he start was superb with Ke n n y obe rts seemingly off to a strong, b ut t com man ding lead and Don Castro h t w ith him. It lo ok ed like Yamaha the one to beat all day when fate tervened and Robe rt s p u lle d off th e ack, Me ch an ical tro ub le wo uld take its toll as it see ms to in any Professional rac e. Don Ca s tro pulled in to the lead. an d then it seemed to he his day. D on ro de hard and push ed hi s Yamaha t o th e limit , never really runnin g aw ay fro m th e field but ce rta in ly to a c o m fortable di s \ ance from t h~ hard c harging pursue rs. Mov ing in 10 . third wa s Re x Be au ch amp follo wed by J im Ri ce ,l\like Kid d, Rand y S coll an d Gary S cott. On lap five G ar y S c ott re all y s ta rte d to race , p assin g Rand y S cot t to m o ve in to fif th and st artin g to gai n o n R ic e' s Harley . With in tw o laps Gary p assed Rice and w as reall y putt ing the pressure on th e y o ung ste r Fro rrr- T e xas. Th e pressu re go t to th e Texas rider as he s lid out be tw e en the third and fourth t urn , Up fron t Castro w as s tarti ng to open up so me re al estate bet we en h im sel f and Be a uc h anj p, b u t yo ung S cott was clo sing o n Beauchamp an d on lap seven te e n Scot t made hi s m o ve an d w hen Bca u ch arnp ope ne d the d o or Sco tt scooted in to seco nd. With o n ly three laps to go S cott kep t o n m o vin g, but . the dis tan ce and momen tu m Castro had on hi s side w ere to o m u c h fo r Scott to overcome and fa ctory Yamah a kept u p thei r wi n ning ways.. Castro wo rked hard and t he eve r e lusive first National win w as h is. Roun ding out the finis hers w ere , in order, R e x Beauc ham p , J im R ice, S co tt Brelsford, Mert L aw wi ll , Randy Scott, C h uck Palmgre n, a c rash in g Mike K idd, Gen e Romero, Eddie Mu lder an d Kenny R oberts. Men Lawwi ll paced fo urt h heat ahead of Ra ndy Scot t and Larry Gi no. -