Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

"'20 October 9,1973 Cycle News North ~DealerNOW --'SA H8DAKA MOTOIICVCL.S 8730 Sepulveda. Sepulveda. Ca. (just north of Parthenia) "We have the parts" S . . . . &S.rvlc. 785-4289 WE MADE ~ THE JUMP 'cA Announcing The Addition Of , ® Sales - Service - Parts I NOW The Most Complete Dirt Bike Shop In Northern Calif. With MAILOR.DER Custom Work Trophy Cycles Race Pre.ratton 1•• 5IIn Antonio Way Mountain View, Ca. New Home of 94040 Charley Brown (415) 941-1317 ., ~~~~~HJ,..~«~ § CUTS ~ K~}"~ ~ .. \.:..•.... , u ;< w ;; S Straight cut primary gears to fit SACHS, o DKW. PENTON and MONARK. > ~ Machined and ground from heat treated o ~ '!' steel. More power, greater reliability. w $69.95 ~ ~ !Mii o Deale" ;nqu;,;e. ~ '. ,-. ;; PRODUCTS INC. invited M"-IeO CDI IGNITION Qualtty Com_panents, ~sy Insbllation. Hone Power and Rellaltltlty S 144.00 postpaid SKLBV MOTORS 34& £1 camino, lIoc1wood City (114) 319-4112 Collins & 50n 1265 E. Lincoln Anaheim (714) 535-5000 (714) 630-1821 "- Manulacl~ring 1117 'fOUNT AIN WAY. ANAHEIM, CA. 92806 ••.......•...•..........••••......... We're NOT all ANGELSjust motorcyclists Rick Delacy and Dave Faria (128) in the 250 Expert final at Vallejo. On the gas at Vallejo By James Brammer VALLEJO, CAL., SEPT. 21 In spite of the gas shortage in Northern California with independent stations shut down, Dennis Robin~on, unknowingly was lubing the track with the trick stuff as he led the Expert Main at Vallejo. Only the winner, Mike Faria, completed the 15-lap event without a spill. Robinson ran out of gas on lap 13 because of a loose gas line. His thirteen laps places him in a tie with Randy Booth who completed the race after falling on top of Ron Sarver. Sarver and Booth were in close contention for second behind Robinson when they scooted. down together. After they cleared' the track, Kent Johnson went down in a long slide on the same spot. Meanwhile two riders had fallen off on the opposite end of the track. By the time Robinso.n ran out of gas, the race was confused with riders returnmg to the race after falling. In error, the checkered flag went to Allen Yarrow first, but the lap' checkers conf'u-med .that Mike Faria had won with Yarrowofficially in second. Even though Randy Booth spen t two laps sitting on top of Ron Sarver in the cen ter of the track, he returned to complete the race credited with 13 laps placing him in a tie with Dennis Robinson by the number of laps completed. In the 250 Expert class, Kelly Mcisaac easily won a heat wi th Marlin Stewart moving up to second. Stewart, riding in his second race meeting as an Expert, got off the li~ in front of Kelly McIsaac in the main and stayed there to win while a three-way battle was going on for third with Wade Boyd tmally pulling away from Rick Delacy and Dave Faria for the f'mishing position. In the 250 Junior final, Brad Kotsaris led the first laps, bu t winner Craig Van Dale and Pete Dokini didn't like it that way so Kotsaris finished third. Later, Gary\Pietruskiewicz did the same to Craig Van Dale in the 125 Junior class where Craig Van Dale led most of the race. In the 200 Junior-Expert f'mal won by David Quigley, Rick Delacy had moved from way back in the field up to third place behind John Kresha and was exiting a turn under full throttle when Kresha's mount locked up. Delacy clipped him on the outside, tossing Delacy from his mount in a scaring spill. After much delay, Delacy walked from the ambulance on the infield hack to the pits. • YZ rider Butch Waymire traveled from Portland, Oregon to win the 250 semipro event and the Idaho state title. Idaho State Motocross and Short Track Championships By Marty Gregory BOISE, IDAHO, SEPT. 23 It was a big racing weekend at the Owyhee Motorcycle Club's Peaceful Cove in Boise. The Idaho State Championship was at stake in both motocross and short track and the stage was set in style. Advertising was coordinated, the logistics were taken care of and both the 1/8 mile track and the motocross course were whipped into top shape. What transpired on Saturday and Sunday was racing and fun at a superlative level! A fair turn-out of over 75 riders showed up· on Saturday to contest the short track event with top honors and the lion's share of the semi-pro bucks going to Caldwell's Larry Meredith on' his trick-framed Honda. (That's a four-stroke, folks!) Larry's only competition came in the form of Dave Howard who brought a whole vanload of friends and good times with him from Portland. In the 125 feature, it was Lawrence Harve:y on a Yammie scarfing up the gold. Harvey also rode a stock Yainaha MX in the 125 Beginner class on Sunday and copped a second overall. Versatile dude. The exciting short track had to take a backseat, however, to the knobby-tired freakos who dominated Sunday's semi-pro motocross. Last year's Idaho State Champion, Bob Brown of Salt Lake City, and his ridin' buddy, Bob Plumb, didn't make the scene in '73 and missed out on a really fun course. Brown's title and the Open class were easily dominated by smooth 01' Vic Greenfield on a Kawie who won every moto by at least a half mile and still turned lap times slower than the highly competitive 125 semi-pros. The 711. cubic inch ·event was prevailed over by the very latest in "tlick machinely," the all

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