Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

L.F.R. T. Dominates Letz Moto tong, producing the most exciting beats. By Tom DUling Gary Thompson survived the first two Carl Crank leads PaullinII' In the 250cc class. Red Bluff Takes Chico By John Noffsinger CHICO, CALIF. May 30, 1970 - Red Bluff riders made a complete sweep 01. the Scratch Mains at Cycleland Speedway here Saturday night. Larry Smith on a Honda won the l00cc Main in fine order, and Ted Bare on a l80cc Yamaha ran away with the 200cc Main. Ted has been riding 125cc Yamaha, however he finally got· his 180cc b1ke T\IIlIling and was never challenged in tb1s event. Dick Turner on a Triumph surviVed a close battle with Carl Crank.• 01. Orangen.le on a Bultaeo to take honors in the 250cc class. It appears the battle every Saturday at Cycleland Speedway is between Turner and Crank, and they really go at U. Rick Hocking, a new lad trom Fremont on a Hodaka, ran away with the l00cc handicap final. He was challenged for a time by Larry Smith on a HOIlda, however the Hodaka simply had too much steam down the stra1gbtsforSmith to overcome. B1ll Brownell, Jr. won his first 200cc handicap final on a Bultaeo. He survived a wheel1e at the start which resulted in a black flag when he was hit bY another rider. The second restart was never 10 POWER-F"~ PsRTlNG: 10'l' IIINIIIJM H.P. GAIN FOR YOUR 4 STROKE TWINS $45 SINGLES $25 GUARANTEED FLOW·BENCH WORK 9056 S.W. 8th Portland, Ore. 97219 (503) 246·7153 doubt as he led the race trom the first lap to the last. • The 250cc Handicap Main was a real shocker from beg1on1ng to end. The race included National 200cc Flattrack champ Dick Turner on his Triumph, Carl Crank on a Bultaeo, Terry Hughes on a Husky, and Lowell Moural on a Yamaha. Dick haS a siZeable hand1~ to overcome starting some 10. yards beh10d Carl C ran k, and some 40 yards beh10d Moura!. The Yamaha of Moural took the lead from the start with Lowell broadsllding each corner. Hughes, Crank, and Turner began to pass the. slower rIders on the outside down the straights and in the corners. After two laps Turner and Crank were side by side with DIck on the outside. Flnally Turner in the north corner really got a good bit and took Crank OIl the outside. One lap later he took Hughes on the 1os1de 01. the north corner as Hughes hit a bump and lost control 01. his bike, slIding to the outside for a moment. He then began to close in on Moural, and closed the distance to 2 yards at the f101sh. All in all this race was very exctting, and left the fans waiting for nex.t week. (Results on page 22) Cow Trai' Yo.r Cl 12 TOOTH' CZ COUNTER$9.25 SPROCKETS Cal. res. add 5" sales tax. C&II SPECIALTIES -P.O. BOX 717 'IIQUNTAIN VIEW, CAUF. 94040 'llEIERt'.lE' from U.S.A. West Coast Distributors '198 Greenback LaDe Orangevale, California 95662 FORD VANSI~~ ~f~7'l\ ~ '£ . -Jf It • Phone: 916-988·4725 .JIM JOHNSON GOODIES 'N' STUFF : IIPlACI YOUI DID fAS.'O.ID CAlliS WITH rill ""1ST .YlO. A.rl-fl'cr,O. U.ITS 2512 Frankfl;, (916) 452·2622, sonny kenyon'S ~ cycles (415) 222-2044 * Sacramento, Calif. 95818.• AlA AlA AAA A&A AlA IlIIbcI .. JAWA-CZ.DEALER, 5 YEARS YOU CALL - WE SHIP MAlL ORDER 1* .. eULT~C:O sales service parts - ... - Call Bill Buckley ~,+-~;,~~ ~ 408-295-0151 ra.' ~ .,) • FLEET PRICES FOR RIDERS. SAN JOSE FORD SALES 2111 No.lst SI. San Jose Calif. San Jose. ...** lOBI SMITI.. _ ....: : MOTORCYCLE PARTS : CAMPUS SUZUKI • RACERS HEADQUARTERS FOR THE NEW FLEXERCABLE

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