Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

100 N OV : 1. J on H ewit t . 11:'0 JR : 1. Jeff H eigl. 2. Do na ld Mc i ve r . 3 . Mike Jo h n so n . 100 tNT : 1. M i k e La ske r. 2. Jo e l G r an t. 3 . Jeff Wa rd . 1 25 BEG DIV I : 1. Ba rry A r mgard . 2 . B ill K endal l. 3 . Steve B o p p. 1 2 5 BE G D IV II : 1. Jeff Lysdale . 2. K en Fe u l ne r . 3 . G r eg Gannon. 1 25 N OV : 1 . Jo n Le w ey . 2 . Kipp Kommersta d . 3- Mik e Ra in es. 125 JR : 1. J o h n I rw i n . 2 . N ick Morita. 3. M a r k T r u m a n. 1 25 lNT : 1. Oll ie Sen ech al. 2 . Bob Welch . 3 . J oh n Dicke nson . O PEN BEG : 1. A lan W illi ams. 2 . Hal Hannemann . 3 . Jesse Ort ega. 125 EX : 1. Mark Tyer 2 . Dave Car lson. 3 . Bob B rooks. 2 5 0 BEG : 1 . Je ff T suno . 2. J ay Par e n t. 3 . Jack Urich . 25 0 NOV: 1. J im Sh o w alt e r . 2 . Ja ck Stone . 3 . Lan ce W arner. 250 JR : 1. Gle nn Tana ka . 2 . Bruce McLeod . 3. G len K ing. O PEN NOV : 1. R ic k San f ord . 2 . Russe ll Long. 3 . Bill Baxter. 250 S R : 1. George An d er son . 2 5 0 INT : 1. Oll ie Senecna r. 2. Mark Lauzon . J . Brad Morrison . 250 E X : 1. Morris Malone. 2 . Mark Rod man. 3 . Dave Pe ssy . 4 . Joh n DeSoto. S . D r ew N elso n . OPEN tNT : 1. G r eg SOk Ol. 2. Pau l Kna bb. 3. Alan Rn o rab ac n er , O PEN JR . 1 . Steve C or onado . 2 . Tom Hud so n . 3 . Mike Maric le . O PEN E X : ~ l. Fran k St e iner. 2 . Steve Sull i van . 3 . T om C la i re . 4 . L ee Evans. 5 . C h uck Mi nert. RA.C.E. MX By Tom Blattler CORO NA, CA L., JAN . 3 1 Sco tt T ipton pulled orr a clean sweep in the I OOccJun io r class, as he cap tu red a ll three of the fivelap motos runs on the ligh ted 1.1 m ile course. Ern ie Townsend , aboard a Hond a as was T ip to n , took second overall with fi nis h es of second, th ird, and seco nd in the three motos. Ka wasa ki-m o un ted Chris Marks ro de to th ird ove rall. The 125cc Junior d ivisio n proved to be a con te st b e tw ee n Bill Noble (Pe n ), and Jim Wrigh t (Yam ). Wright took the firs t m ota over No ble and Su zukimounted Ke n Doe ge, while Noble came back in the second m o ta to take t he top spot over Wrigh t and Doege. The third a nd final m o ta was to be the tic breaker. Wright took a co m m an d ing early lead in th e race and lo oked lik e a su re winner. but on the last lap he c ras hed into a fa lle n rider an d Noble came across as the winner of the third m ota and th e class title. Wrigh t fi ish ed second a nd d isappoin ted wi th n Doege taking th ird ove ra ll. In th e 125 cc Seniors, Mark T yer rode h is Penton to t he win in the first two m o tos an d held on to win th e overall div ision honors with a fourth p lac e fini sh in th e fin al mota . Dave Williams, also o n a Pen t on, took second overall with two secon ds a nd a third , while Husqvarna-mounted Bob Haag was th ird . Nick Simmons ro de his Maico to all three m ota victories in th e 250cc J u n io r class. Dan Bry son a board a Yamaha, pl aced second overa ll and Gary Black • (Han) wa s third. Results ' 1 0 0 J r: 1. Sc ott Tl plon ( HOn). 2 . E rn ie Tow nse n d ( H an); 3 . C hri S Marks (Kaw). 125 Jr : 1. a l II N o b l e (Pen): 2 . Jim Wright (Y a m ) ; 3. K e n D oege (S UZ) . 1 25 s« 1. Mark Tyer (Pen) ; 2 . D ave W Ill iams ( Pen) ; 3 . B OD H aag (Hu s). 250 J r : 1. N i c k Simmons (M ai) ; 2 . Dan B r y so n ( Vam); 3 . Gary B lac k ( Han). Perris TT & Short Track By Rex William Reese PERRIS, CA I.., F E B. 3 " I love Pe rri s in th e Win ter dum d e dum d ah, dah ..... To day was an other ve ry plea s ant Cali fo rni a Winte r's d ay . Sunny. Blue. Warm. Su ch weath er b rough t out a bunch o f TT fre aks set on doing so me real slidi ng an ' rid ing o n Perris' TT an d Short Track . The raceway is a family o pe ra tion run b y th e Bur tons, No ne of th o se nasty, rast y slick promo ter s here ! This is a fu n thi ng . Mrs. Bu rton takes t he tic ke ts a t th e front gate. Mr. Burton wa tc hes over his beloved track to m a ke su re every thi ng is goi ng smoo t h ly. Their ver y lo vely d aughter (he h-heh] takes the en tri es an d scores the rac es. Assorted o th er b ro the rs , siste rs , a unts a n d uncle s, cousins, etc. , hel p out w ith fla gging, refreshments an d o ther things to m ake it all peach y keen o, All o perations are ass ure d o f absolute smoo th ness b y the lo cal police, who are reall y n ice guys, an d also kee p the lid d ow n upon any ra b b le rouse rs an d pit ra cers who m igh t upset the o rder of things . A h , yes. Pleasa n t. Before practice, the track was watered a nd pack ed d ow n. Everybody says t hat no one wor ks as ' hard as Mr. Burto n w he n it co mes to track pre p . T hi s trac k has quite a h ist o ry about it. A lo t of BIG (an d I m ea n BIG) names hav e made their start her e, o ne w ay or a nother. Dave Aldana, Gary Scott, Skip Van Leeu wen , a nd Dick Man n have passed th rough here . After practice, the race day began wi th a salute to T he Flag a nd the National Ant he m , adding a rather folksy a nd classy touch to the whole se t up. Nsat. The racing ca rd wo uld begin wit h the Mini s , th en 10 0· s. Fo llowed by tw o d ivisions of 125 Novices ; the n 250 Nov ices a nd 25 0 Am/Ex pe r ts. T he Ope n Novi ce class wo uld follow th at , w ith the Open Am / Exp erts wrapp in g it all up . T his lineup would th en go through two mo tos (heats ? "No. We don 't like to sec so mebody d rive all the way out he re, the n Ret eli minated 'ca use he co uld n ' t win th e fir st heat.") of TT, th en run a m ota of Sho rt T rack, fo llo we d b y the las t IT m o ta, fo llowed by two last m o tes of ST again. Wo w. During th is rath er pleasant day , I saw a w hol e lo t of good and bad things aro und me. The good things were tha t everybody was really friendly an d willi ng to help ou t a gu y who has never seen a Tf o r Short Track before in hi s entire unnatural life.••1 was astounded a t all the po wer th at the average TT bike p u ts out, and the way all the guys just slide a nd bu zz ' ro un d a nd 'rou nd an d 'round . Fast! Almost everybo dy on the tra ck was in credibly fast . T hese guys really have the guts. to stuff it into a turn on a 200 lb. bike with a 40 H P en gine and no brakes to stop (or one brake, at least ). Arrgh, The re was so me flashy ta len t o ut th ere. Re x Hail ey , a n O pe n class Expe rt at the te nder age of 16, just bl e w eve ryo ne away on the track. This kid is c ham pio n sh ip m ate rial, fo r su re. Wat ch for him if you' re a fan of hi s. Watch o u t fo r h im if yo u're o n t he same tra ck with him. He rides a Yamm ie 25 0 tw in that is reall y a sc reami ng piece o f d ynamite. Don Frauenberger also rides a Yammie tw in, and he's grea t. He's also m ad e out o f rubber, to o . In the second m ota o f t he 175·2 50 Nov/Am /Ex Shor t T rac k, Don did a spec tacu la r little numbe r into a wall of tire s th at lin ed o ne en d o f t he track . His bike flopped ar o u nd on him a co u ple of times, an d bust ed o ff its shift lever. This d idn 't faz e him o ne b it, as he wen t b ac k to th e pits, got a n ew lever, and w ent bac k to th e last ST m o ta to ta ke second. Another go od rider co me s from t he 10 0 ra nks : Stan Kins ey. T his young man is sponsored b y Mar k Cortu m. Marks says a bout Stan : " A scot, watch ou t! " Ye t another fine rider (again helped by Cortum) is Scott A nde rson . He is th e No . 2 Novice rid er at th e trac k, an d o nly s tarte d riding in October! Unfortu n ately for Scott, t oday he fe ll in o ne m o t a of the TT and had h is head ce n rerp u nc hed by a nothe r rider . He had to be hauled o ff to the h ospi tal, a nd hi s condi t ion is un known as of th is wri t ing. 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