. zoso PARK, CALIF. !\lay 10,1970- The.
U Ker n County Trailblazers M.C. once
again put on a " Big League" Motocross,
with many s uper stars, s tars, and rookies
making the llne- ups .
143 riders appeared to try their various skills on the demanding Poso Park
course, changed somewhat from the last
event. The ess turns have been replaced
with a tricky high speed jump added,
and the off camber turn has been lengthened.
Don Kepley s ta rted things off by winning the 100 Jr. class, r iding his Harley Davids on for two seconds and a first In
the final mot o. Don Eide a nd his Hodaka
pi cked up enough points for an ove r all
second.
The 125 Jr. I divis ion had Richard
Fo shay toolin g his Sachs across fi r s t in
all three motos, with Tom Garrett,
Yamaha making up for lost ti me In the
last two times out for second.
The 125 Jr. II was a real battle with
Henry F ull er out pointing' Jerry Johnson
One man whoadded a little International flavor to the day's events had everything going his way In the 125 Sr. class.
Lars Larson took all that Poso had to
offer In stride, riding a pote nt Penton In
for three fir s t places. The battle here
was for the other places, with Mike
David Sachs, duellng with Ran dy Ptepkorn on a Yamaha.
The 250 Jr. I had Don Wa tkin s J r.
outc lassing the balance of the field, on
his Montesa. The real race was for second, third and four th spots . Doug Wheeler (C- Z) had his hands full with Jack
KIng , also C-Z mounted, and Jeff Johnson riding Cus tom Engineering's Suzuki .
David Williams and his Yamaha had a
three for three day also s weeping the
250 J r . II division, followed by Joe
Cushaway C-Z, with one third, and two
seconds .
J ohn Gr osslni (C- Z) by virtue of three
solid seconds , pr oduced poin ts enough for
firs t overal l in the Senior 250, with Mike
Runyard af ter a tough luck, first moto ,
se ve nth place, coming back strong to
pick up firs t places the last two ti mes
out. John and Mike put on a r ace tha t
many will be talking about for s ome
ti me to come .
A large field of Open Juniors was' led
across the finish by Joel C. Kyne, Mateo,
The Open Sr. class provided the desert ,
for a menu of excellent racing today.
The " Hot- shoes'" of motocrosslng were
here in full force. Bob Grossi r ides his
Husky as If he will not settle for anything
but fi r s t, and this is what he did; three
for three. Lars Larson, after two seconds on his Maico, had a large margin
in the final, when his machine " jus t
s topPed" , in his own words. Mark Blackwell and his Husky, ,foll owed by Mike
Runyard and his Montesa, with Steve
Benedict and Way ne Garrett making up
this group of fantastic riders.
(Res ults appeared In last week's issue)
Mark B lackwell t ries the outside around L ars Larsson at Poso Park in the
500 Expert fray. When the dust sett led Bob Gross i . (i nt ervi ewed in last week ' s
i ssue) had won aboard hi s Husk y.
PORTERVILLE 'SPINNERS BUILD A FAST ONE
By Jack Light
P ORTERVILLE, CALIF . May 8,1970Many riders and spectators arrived here
tonight, not knowing just what to expect
from this new "Rocky-Hill Speedway"
T .T. Scrambles course. The Porterville
Spinners M.C. haveputtogetheramotorcycle race track designed to one of the
quickest scrambles track to . be found
anywhere. The newly laid course Is apprJdmately 4110ths of a mile around,
with no actual slow places at all. The
two huge sweepers, with the long straight
provide the flyers an opportunity to really
turn it on, one sl1ght dip coming Into the
Infield is the only " half- fast" portion o!
the entire layout.
The s mall bikes seem well suttee to
this ne w track, it does not seem possible
that they can scoot so fast, Tom Jones
proved this point with his super quick
Suzuki In winning the l00cc Novi ce . The
three front runners In the 100 Amate ur
go around put on one of the fin est race of
the night, tight and close. Curt Lang e
Kawasaki, Neil McDonal d Moto- Beta,
with Kyle Lessley making np the threesome . Homer Taylor and his Yamaha
bested Maurice Pritchett with his hard
charging Sachs to win the 125 Novice
class. " Easy- Rider Ron" Tobey made it
look real easy In outclassing the combined 125, Amateur/Expert aboard his
ultra fast" Shafter :Ya maha" • Rod Pires
and Steve Baker made this a real race to
watch. Second spot was never In the bag
for either one, until the final few yards,
with Rod tooling his Yamaha In ahead of
Steve, also r iding a Yamaha. Randy Matthews (21) and his Bridgestone diced back and forth with the Bultaco of B1l1y Loflin for the clos est race
of the night: The 200 NovJAm. These
two were never more than a few feet
apart, so close either one could have
steered the other's bike, and that is close.
Rod Lessley looked real smooth In ridIng his M ont esa to vic tory In the 250
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Novice divis ion, being followed by Wayne
Howard and his Yamaha.
In the 250 Amateur Main~ Jim Keener
put on a little more throttle to finish
ahead of Jack Dodd Bultaco, followed by
brother Mike Keener on their Yamahas
of Keener Cycle Center.
Powder Puff winner EJalneSmlth(182)
who only rides the fast tracks around,
proved why, she likes to turn it on and go
•••this she did.
The likes of George Holland and Ken
Hale made Steve Snider work hard tonight for his 250 Expert win.
The big bikes were next brought out,
starting with the 500 Novices , which Joe
Chel1lno showed the way around" with
Tim Conklin following on his BSA. Tim's
brother Hank, won the 500Amateur riding
his BSA.
The Open Novices put on a real crowd
pleaser with hometowner, Ed Williams
bringing his BSA In for the checkers.
In the final event Carr oll Jackson
really flew to take the Main. Rick Newby
r iding the Custom Engineering Triumph
kept Jackson twisting all the harder,
R,ick won the semi, a nd was out for a
repeat, just could not close the gaP. Alan
Haydon BSA finished ,third.
(Results on page 26)
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CHECK FROM RRC
By H.J. Eble
At its May meeting the Road Riders
Committ ee presented a check for over
$3,980 to Mel Heininger a representative
of the City of Hope Medical Center In
Duarte, Cal. The donated money was
raised by the RRC In the recent City of
Hope tour held In Ridgecrest where many
road riding clubs participated.
Heininger praised the RRC and the
mem ber clubs for their efforts and work
on behalf of the faciliti es In Duarte. He
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