Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

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Gunn Hus Bob Groulelf Yam Armono Caprio C-Z Mono Fox Tri Joe Stemmer C-Z *Mike Harper Hus *Bob Grant John Stansbeary Hus Scott King Mon Kaw *Joe Vaine *Chuck Vesco Sac Oss *John Burrell Yam Charles Nyman Sac *Ken Craw Pen *Doug Nelson Merle Clements Gre Bill Silverthorn Hus Frank Carrasco Yam Gary McElrath Sac Yam Norm Moss Peter Rohfleisch Hus Hus Robert White Mon George Favst Charles Schmidt Yam John McBride Sac Budd Willis Jr. A -E Rom D' Agosta Yam Yam Ray Lopeman Dane Wagner Mon *Charles Bennett Hon DaVid Locke Kaw Bill Newgent Gre Bul Ron Taylor Ric *Bob Recker Pen Mark Stevens Scott Nallboff Pen *Jack Hettinger Hod Bul Adam Padilla Yam *Bob Mulkins Hod *Carol Gooding Tom Hettinger Hod Yam Bob Niles Hus BUdd Willis Hus Gene Fetty Hus Kim Gifford Rick Hormer Kaw Gary Askins I Sac Gerry Breid Hus Gregory Cash Mickey Quade Hus Thorn Luke Kaw Tom Brown Pen Donald Chard Hod Jerry Br ittain Jerry Jones Tri Yam John Kenyon Yam T. Hildebrand James Sartain Claud Henderson Mal J;lrl Jerry Jones Harry Hayes H-D H . Nottingham Pen Pen Jerry Hull Yam Albert Oritz Hus Richard Como Hus L .E. Slaughter Sach Gil Nioay Yam Don Anderson Frank Carson Bul ' Bul Bill Ford Yam D. Blackburn Yam James Matthes Bill Russo . Hus Randall Roberts Yam Bul Bert Green Gre DaVid Clark Roger Johnson Kaw Harry Brown Hus T. S. Hornidge Kaw Yam Kenny Gora Bul Jack Sweeney Mike Murphy Yam Yam Gary Ackelson Jim Birdsong A-E Hus Robert Weir Robt, Bacastow DaVid Elsperman Gre Mike Konshak Gre Pen Eddie Foland Randy Klnnings C-Z John Peterson Jr. Yam Hus Arthur Rask . 1st 125 Ex 1st Open Ex 1st 250 Ex 2nd 250 Ex 3rd 250 Ex 4th 250 Ex. 2nd Open Ex 5th 250 Ex 3rd Open Ex 4th Open Ex 1st 250 Nov 2nd 250 Nov 5th Open Ex 6th Open Ex 3rd 250 Nov 1st 125 Nov 4th 250 Nov 5th 250 Nov 2nd 125 Nov 3rd 125 Nov 6th 250 Nov 7th open Ex 7th 250 Nov 2nd 125 Ex 4th 125 Nov 8th 250 Nov 9th 250 Nov 10th 250 Nov 11th 250 Nov 5th 125 Nov 6th 125 Nov 12th 250 Nov 7th 125 Nov 13th 250 Nov 1st 100 Nov 14th 250 Nov 6th 250 Ex 2nd 100 Nov 1st Open Nov 8th 125 Nov 9th 125 Nov 1st 100 Ex 2nd Open Nov 1st 175 Nov 1st Pow Putt I 3rd 199 Nov 15th 250 Nov 7th 250 Ex 8th Open Ex , 8th 250 Ex 2nd 100 Ex 9th 250 Ex 10tj 125 Nov 16th 250 Nov 10th 250 Ex 17th 250 Nov 11th 250 Ex 11th\125 Nov 4th 100 Nov 9th Open Ex 12th 250 Ex 12th 125 Nov 3rd Open Nov 3rd 125 Ex 5th 100 Nov 3rd 100 Ex 13th 125 Nov 14th 125 Nov 18th 250 Nov 13th 250 Ex 14th 250 Ex 15th 125 Nov 19th 250 Nov 16th 125 Nov 2nd 175 Nov 20th 250 Nov 3rd 175 Nov 4th Open Nov 4th 175 Nov 5th 175 Nov 15th 250 Ex 17th 125 Nov 5th Open Nov 21st 250 Nov 22nd 250 Nov 23rd 250 Nov 24th 250 Nov 18th 125 Nov 19th 125 Nov 25th 250 Nov 26th 250 Nov 27th 250 Nov 16th 250 Ex 4th 100 Ex 6th Open Nov 20th 125 Nov 7th' Open Nov HILL TOPPERS BA YMARE fEB. 15'. SCRAMBLES Trophy Presentation will be at HILLTO PPERS CLUB HOU SE 5109 D airy Street Long Beach, California "9:PM APRIL 4'. Q-125cc Casey Folks Pat Friel Dan Stadtlander Barney Burkin Craig Paulson 250 OPEN Tom Scales BU! HU! Kim Wolfe Max Switzer Leroy Dor! Pat Friel John Damico Dennis Foster Tony Cook Grant Thornton Ii: 6' DAYTONA '10 NOTEBOOI SCRAMBLES Las Vegas, Nevada March 15, 1970 by Kibby W. Scales SOD BUSTERS M.C. DESERT SCRAMBLES March 15, 1970 By Dewitt Thuett Ex Nov Ex Nov Nov Sac H-D Yam Pen Bul Ex Ex Nov Ex Nov Nov Nov Nov Nov Am Hus Gre Hus Hus Yam Mal Cz... Yam Hus Hus , IRE MOTOCROSS Palmdale, Ca March 29, 1970 100 JR Bul Bob Haag Sac Scott Pelkey Hod Randy Scott Sac Tom DeLucs 125 JR Yam Ted Nowak Steve Armstrong Yam Rich Foshay Sac Ron RaJdsits Yam 125 SR Dave Rodgers Bul Bryar Holcumb Sac Bul Bob Kuler Yam Jim Dawson 250 JR DIViSION I Hus Bill Clements Hus Raul Escamilla Hus Carter O'Brien Al Egiz1 Bul 250 JR DMSION II John Maroney Jr CZ CZ Al Wurtzel Bul Mike Todd CZ Mike Beanway 250SR Gre Jim Wilson Yam Terry Clark C-Z Bruce Baron Bul Dave Rodgers 500 JR • Mal Terry Bilton Hus Mark Shook Larry Watkins Mal Robert Hershey Mal 500 SR. Gre Jim Wilson Mal Mike Bast Mal Bob Steffan Hus Whitey Martino SAWMlLL ENDURO Upperlake, Cal. Mar. 8, 1970 PLACE OVERALL Bul Marvin Hurlburt Hus Bob Keys John Nelson Hus Yam Richard Sawell Yam Kim Proctor Mon Chuck Tranltam Hus Cloyse Holland ' Hus Geo. Neilsen Hus Tom Whipple James Rappini Mal Yam Dean Croney Corley Anderson .Yam Del Rappini Mal Hus Wayne Mathews Yam Jim Wade Bul John Krause Hus Bill Schneider Bul Dean Lawson Gre Jerry Debely Bul F . Kennebrew BSA Vick Repstad Yam Richard Deeg 250 B Open A Open A 250 B 250 B Open A Open A Open B Open B Open B 250 B 250A Open B OpenB 125 B 250 B Open A 250B Open A 250 B Open B 250 B 33 - n - n -33 -n -33-n -n -3. 33 33 33 33 33 400cc 1910 33 n n 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 PLUS COMPLETE MAlCO 33 33 33 33 PARTS! 33 33 33 33 33 Bob Bailey's Service Center 33 33 Sp ecial tuning for Sachs & Penton 33 33 33 17124 ,5. ~6 33 Gardena , Cal. Western A.e.327-8538 -33 90247 (213) 33 33 n-33-33 -n -n-33 - n - n -n M a . co S I "•• o. Disp'" of three turned in last year - and the year before•••The new three group start proved to be one of the best safety rae tors ever introduced at Daytona••.Had it not been in use there would have been a tremendous pile-up on the second lap when Jim Rice, Art Baumann and Ralph White all collided•••The new start actually allowed DuHamel to get up with the front runners quicker than if he would have had heavy traffic all the way ••• , Mert Lawwill received "The Rider of the Year" award from CYCLE magazine ...His prize was a new Datsun Pickup truck•••Walt Fulton rode one of the older Harley sidevalve 750' s and was running ahead of all H-D's except Rayborn. By winning at Daytona novice Jerry Christopher automatically becomes an amateur next year and Rusty Bradley moves to expert, whether they win again or not in ' 70•• .A new rule and a good one ••.A group of educated winners this year with Christopher in college at Mt. San Antonio, Bradley attending Univ. of Texas and third place novice, Doug Teague a graduate of the Univ• .of Michigan••.A couple of months before Daytona Du Hamel went Snowmobile racing in Wisconsin and won the world oval track title ••.A few weeks before Daytona Bart Markel rode a Yamaha snowmobile at Lake Tahoe and turned in two very impressive rides ••• For the second straight year all track records fell at Daytona...The 250 Yamaha's are now nudging the 100 mph average mark in both the novice and the combined classes •••Carruthers and his 250 was less than four mph off,the average turned in by Mann on the 750 Honda ••• Jim Rice nearly totally destroyed his BSA "3" in practice•••New fairing, seat and tank were needed before the actual race •••With added international flavor Daytona is now looking for a least 50,000 people next year •••15 riders still running at the finish is a new all time low f or the Daytona 200...Perhaps it should be scaled down to a 100•••Jimmy Odom blew his clutch coming off the starting line in the 200•• .A brand new one to boot •••Tom Rockwood running 6th at the 100 mile mark and moVing up only to have his engine conk at the gas stop and refuse to start again••.Ron Pierce getting a shot of gas right in the eye not only in one race" but both on Saturday and Sunday. Never has Daytona been so important and never has the annual speed week found so many people from the press on hand •••The BSA people had the editor of the London Times as a guest•••BSA/ Triumph also had a 45 foot house trailer for the press •••what a pleasure it is for a worn out photographer or word man to have a comforting word and a cold beer offered to him in his home away from home. This year there were riders from Ireland, England, Australia, New Zealand and Canada to pit their machines against the Americans••.aussie Kel Carruthers became the first European to ever win a Daytona AMA event•••he set a record to boot•••Carruthers also made history by becoming the first privately hacked r i der to win a major race ••.He was backed by El Cajon, Ca. dealer Don Vesco who was originally planning on riding the Yamaha 250 himself...Bob Carruthers and sec ond place Rod Gould rode on Dunlop tires in the 250 race to break the string long held by Goodyear ••• However, Goodyear came back in the 200 mUer and had all three riders in the winner'S circle •••Belland Bucco matched winners at Daytona as the battle of the helmets gets hotter and hotter ••.During practice sessions when Scotland's Ralph Bryans crashed one of the team Hondas and burned it, Roger Reiman later came up to team manager Bob Hansen with the remark of the week ; "Next time you have a Honda-Fry, how about inviting em ?" (I) All of the pre- week talk of super speed actually fell shor t of expectations••• Before Daytona opened there was much talk of speeds well over 160 and 170••• It never happened ••.50me that were talking the loudest in February ran the slowest in March•••Once again it was a Yamaha runaway all day Saturday with the great little 250cc two strokers of Yamaha taking 17 of 20 in the combined expert! amateur 100 miler and 18 of 20 i n the NoVice chase•••Yamaha added insult in the 100 mUer by running away from the five or six 359' s tha t were entered under the new rule. All in all the Triumph " Threes" appeared to be the fastest machines at Daytona•••The Dick Mann Honda four was not in the hunt as long as Nixon and his Triumph, Grant and his Suzuki and Hallwood and his .BSA were running at 100% maximum •••Triumph came UP with the best finish average f or a team •••They started three and finished v.1th two in the winner'S circle ••.Honda started four and finished with one•••BSA started three and finished with one•••Suzuki started five and finished with one•••Overlooked by many Was Canadian Yvon DuHamel's ride on the Yamaha 350•• .He started 80th due to having no time trials and was in and out of third many times before taking fourth place•••DuHamel was the only rider to set 'i n the winner's circle both Saturday and Sunday to again prove just how great a rider he really is ••• This was the third year in a row that a California rider has won the 200 ...The ' Gol den West riders took up all three spots in the winner;s cirle this year for a complete shutout and topped the two out til ~ ~ Col ..:l ~ U TT TO. OPEN ASCOT SEASON Promoters of the 1970 Ascot professional racing season have announced that the first Thursday night meet will be a TT Steeplechase on April second. Many of the regular Ascot TT stars will be on hand including TT speciallst Skip Van Leeuwen. Mert Laww1ll, Eddie Mulder and Yamaha team members Dusty' Coppage and Keith Mashburn will also ride. They will all be shooting for apiece of the $1200 purse. The TT is a one shot affair and the program will revert back to the regular Half-Mile flat track racing that will be on Thursday nights this year. New admission . price is $2.95 for adults. Ascot Park is in Gardena near the junction of the Harbor and San Diego freeways on Vermont Avenue. u.s. DEALERS I !------------•• iY UCAN'T LOSE WITH: O : CYCLE NEWS ! - - . -. ---- - - - - - --- - - - - ~ • : ' • • YOU MAKE 10 cents on every copy bought and you have full return privilege, so Why not give it a try? Minimum order is 10 copies and we pay shipping. 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