Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

. l III M ..... Jim Pomeroy was the first American in the 250 Summer Series on his Pursang. Once again proving the overall performance and dependability of .Bultaco. '" ~ <{ '" ;: w 2 w ..J U > U Rex Barris leads the Expert rush into the first turn. Friday nights in By Marty Gregory The folks at the Owyhee Motorcycle Club in Boise, Idaho have it all figured out. Have the weekly ,motocross on FTiday evening and give everyone the entire weekend to do their camping, boating, trailriding thing! Beginning at 7: 00 p.m. every Friday during the summer, the Boise motocross events' get the needed (Ya Gotta Do It!) racing out of one's blood early and leaving the balance of the weekend free for more leisurely pursuits. The racing itself, however, is hardly leisurely! By running only six laps per moto, the action is kept fast and furious, and the starts are something that has to be seen to be believed! While those Expert class tigers can ride full throttle for six laps, the shorter races also allow the semi-serious weekend warrior to do his racing thing against. his buddies without having to be in top shape. This works out very well for those of us who ride a desk all week and really don't have the time to get into the kind ef shape needed for serious rae:ing. The 125 and 250 Expert classes are really the ones to watch for action. Guys like Randy Lee, Tim Gaskell, ~oise Leon Sackman and Dan Gearing are usually out front and charging hard with the rest of the pack not far behind. The Open class is normally donrinated by Boise's number one plate, Vic Greenfield, on his B.rad Lac k e y-A u tograph-Model-Kawie wi th UTI" Tommy Sawyer and Bruce Harris providing the necessary wheel pushing into the comers. The Beginners keep the spectators amused with the usual display of eagerness and such famous stunts as Flying W's, Dogpile On The Leader, and the very-popular Snowfence Surprise! Injuries of a serious nature are few and far between at Boise and the course is modified to eliminate danger spots as they become well known. The basic theme of the Friday evening races is fun with a capital "F!" Some of the racers come over a hundred miles every week just to race for 12 laps and' maybe a trophy. The 1:leer wagon does a booming business and the grits stand sells mucho burgers. The 100 to 150 riders who show up every Friday sometimes win, sometimes just get frustrated but nearly always go home feeling on top of the world and ready for a fun-filled weekend. Racing on Friday evening gets one's head together nicely after five days of work and all·in-all provides a genuine service to those who ride for fun as well as those who ride to win. AVAILABLE AT ALL FINE BULTACO SHOPS ~o~ono~on,)nonono~o~ ~ .~T~O t • • VENTED (l 1" . • iIlI! 'f; Hot dog! Nine whole experts! By The Shadow DEVORE, CAL., JULY ,22. Two highlights during the California Racing Club's weekend mo'tocross doubleheader at Canyon Cycle Park were the turnout of nine Expert; and 15' Intermediate competitors, who put on qui te a show for the large crowd of spectators, and the appearance of the Vanilla Guerrillas Racing Team. We'll get around to the Expert and Intermediate finishes just a bit later, but first a word about the Vanilla Guerrillas Racing Team. The squad took home two first places, two seconds and two third pla,ces, wi th 11 members of the organization actually hi tting the track. Briefly, the top Guerrillas were Bill Stubbs (eZ), third place, 250-0pen Expert; Cliff Lett.(Penton), second 125 Int; Ned Joy (CZ), third Open Beginner; Dan Keough (Yamaha), first 175 Beginners; Mark Olson (Yamaha), second- 175 Beginner; and Mike McGonigal (Penton), first 125 Beginner. Canyon 'Cycle Park seems to attract very large turnouts in the' Minibike class. Five trophies went to the 80cc Minibike class, with Kurt Sofka, Jr. (Yam), the winner; John Silva (Hon), second; Vince Ragsdale (Hon), third; Keith Bake,r (Honl, fourth; and Vincent'Van Hawk (Hon), fifth. Top rider at 60cc Minibike, and the only trophy winner in the class, was Dallas Rebello (Yam). First in the 250·0pen Veteran class went to Robert Jones, while AI Perez (Bul), grand slammed the 0-175 Veteran class. Solid Intermediate victories went to Jack Boles (Mon), 125cc; while Randy Hoff (Hon), picked off a victory at 250cc. In the 250-0pen Expert event, Mike Tucker (Mai), was a solid victory. while a grand slam win went to Tony Duni (Suz), at Q..175 Expert. Another grand slam victory went to J. C. Ray (Kaw), who ruled the 250 Novice class; while Doug Stegg (Hus)., , came close to grand slamming the Open 'Novice turnout, but missed by 100 points. Midway through the card, it was John Gibbs (CZ), a winner at Open ,Beginner and, as we already men tioned, Keough (Yam), grand slammed the 175 Beginners. Recapping Saturday, nine classes produced the following winners; Bret Lockian (Hon), Minibike; Dan~y Fleming (Yam), 100 Beginner; Tim Hoove, 125 Novice; Bobby Harber . (Hus), 250 Novice; Kenny Green (Suz), Open Novice; Jeff Morris .(Suz), 125 Beginners, under 16; Craig Hughes (Suz), 125 Beginner; Craig Nash (Mon), 250 Beginner; and Gary Phillips (Hus), Open Beginner. " ~ YAMAKA t; MOTO-X JERSEYS "SPECIAL OF THE WEEK"! I ADULTS SIZES LIMITED QUANTITIES REG. PRICE .. $'10.95 ..SALE PRICE .. $6.95 KIDS SIZES REG. PRICE .. $ 8.95 .. SALE PRICE .. $5.95 24020 NARBONNE AVE'., LOMITA, CA. 90717 Phone (213) 534-2311 ~O 't't;""t~"'t~') 'tc." te.C) t"~" Ti;"'tc!C) "tt:.(.) t ~ Washington Blvd. (213) 390-3406 Send $3.00 for 256 co I 0 rful page catalog with more / than 5500 items. 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