Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

~ IQ :t: IQ ...:I U :... U O'Neal Takes Lead In CMC Motocross By Jolin Sbedd ORANGE, CAL., Sept. 28, 1969 - At the ead of the lh1rd race in the CMC serles PUr1dt JobD DeBenedett1 and BW Urban __e tied for tile series lead, with each baYIDg 18 points or three wins. Jlm 0' N.-l was two points beblnd tile leaders with two wIDs and a thlrd. DeBeoedett1 and Urban appeared 10 be tmdefeatable, b8t a bot d1IsQ" day at Sadd1etJack turned tile tables. DeBeoedett11eaped into the lead of the I1rst 500cc JUDlor mota and led it untll tbe last lap. He sUd out and dropped back 10 tb1rd, and then, be1ng a bit anDous, lie comple4e1y lost it comtnr oyer a jump. It was a oast¥ spill, but be was lIIIIaIrt and cl! mbed back 011 and f1n1abed m tbe back of tile pack. He faJ1ed to ftDIsb tbe lIIlCODd mota, and was unable to do aD)'tII1.aC in tile 250cc class so be 1hdebecl tbe day without p1n1Dg any poUda. am Urban's problems started tile DIIbt before' the race wilen be dropped Ida par box rett10c in a little last IIWJDIIe practice. He was UDabIe to repair it in time, and the borrowed maddDe be used didn't ban the power 10 do tbe job. Btl1 faJ1ed 10 f1n1sh well eoouch to ptck up any po1n_~..l. so JI1B score re- malned at 18 po1Dts along with De Benedetti. Jlm O'Neal went inlo tile fourth event of the CMC series two points beb1Dd Urban and DeBeoedetti, but h1s 500cc Junior wlo put bim out in froot by four points. 0' Neal and DeBenedetti both compete in the same class 50 the last two events of the serles should produce hard fought battles. The 250cc Junior class raced for money at th1s event. Top riders from the three divislons moved inlo a fourth molo 10 decide who would ge the cash, and Bultaco rider L. Pfutzeoreuter carrled home first place prlze money. The 250Cc Sentor class seemed 10 be up for grabs with Jlm WUson, Tim Hart and BW Silverthorn each taldog a wlo. Wilson came out on top with a pair of seconds 10 go along with his win. Silverthorn and Hart each led their molo all the way with WUson a close second each time. 10 the f1nal leg Hart was leading but Wilson was able 10 get by thts time to win it. The 500cc Sentor class looked like a rerun of the 250 Sentor class with England's Dave Smith swapping places with Silverthorn. Most of the action was in the first three places, and Hart and Wilson were at it every inch of the way. WUson picked off the wlo with a second and two firsts. Hart was second overall followed by Smith, Tom Leadbitler and John De AccesSORies ilCll f . hard-tD-get items I ~ AGY HELMETS 1lle u l t _ 10 comfort Ind uflly. . ~ lin. of epprovod 1llo ..._ 10 _ : II senslbl. prices. 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