Pretty sure I remember Howard, and the Stets, on Grafteks, '75 Red Zinger. Cool Gear-Indy-Exxon team, no? I might have a photo, in the subsequent year's Red Zinger program.
Peter Bridge SDCAUSA
"Second is no better than last" -- Papa Roy Stetina. (Kind of a tough standard when there are two sons in the race.)
In a message dated 7/28/2005 9:17:33 PM Pacific Daylight Time, OROBOYZ@aol.com writes:
<< These frames were supposedly ridden by many of America's top amateurs for a time, including John Howard, Wayne Stetina, and Dale Stetina, racking up an impressive season in '76. I say supposedly because I don't know if those name riders actually rode Grafteks or were paid to say they did. >>
Oh they really rode them, Mark! Saw all three aboard them at various times, including the Stetina boys at my Carolina Cup event. Howard was pretty conservative in his bikes (he was a big guy too so that was prudent) but the Stetina family was always trying wild and crazy super light parts and wheels, etc.