Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

" fI.J :: Orange MX • .... DQ By Tom Cor ley = g IRVINE, CAL., FEB _8 A pure Honda go -fast group tore up the 125 Experts with Ri ck Wiseman going for three straight first place wins Friday ni ght. Wiseman wicked it wid e o pe n while the b ig t h rea t Dave Carlson (Han) was absen t. Brad Dutoit was also ou t to bag the loot. Wiseman and Dutoit bumped h e lm e ts and locked handlebar s in an a tt em pt t o win t he first mota and forme d ano ther Batman-Boy Wonder o r MeDougal-Pessy "D ynamic Du o." Their lead was T itanium strong un til Du to ir 's Mission Honda ca me to the slings ho t swee per and then scra m bled its 19 .7 H.P . innard s and j ust flat stopped strokin'. As Du toit started push in' th e thing off the tr ack, and Wiseman sailed to vic to ry . Norm Bigelow and Allan Tilford gassed their six speed Hondas a lit tle slower to th e finish . Wiseman at this poi nt was already the undisputed winner but he still decided to rough 'em up and swept the sec ond mota win over Tilford and Bigelow. The final three star sh owdown was far more co m pet itive ' cause all of a sudden Bigelow was o n th e boots o f Wiseman and hee led him to th e wave o f th e chec kered flag over T ilford. Ou t o f this three man di ce the 125 Ex pe rt money was given t o Rick Wisem an, Norm Bigelow and Allan Til ford. Bob Quintin w as on th e warpath in th e 125 Junior class an d loo ked lik e the troph y w inner each m o ta as he led Fred Miller and Rick Wood to th e results. Quin tin go t suc h su per starts th a t he on ce led th e 125 Intermediate win ner John Estes in t his co m b ine d b out. • Crash act at O.C. I.R. Wayne Melanson (Mail took second in 500 Junior at Sadd leback. Corona MX Resu lts Min i Beg : 1. D avid Od e ll ( H o n ) ; 2. L eo nard Bartosz ek ( H o n ); 3 . Da v id G o la (Hon) . Mi n i Nov: 1. M i ke M usson (Hon) ; 2 . Mar k Ragg i n s (Bar) ; 3 . Tra cy Willms (Hon) . M in i I n t : 1. Ja m ie O liver ( H On): 2 . Pate H illebrecht (H on} : 3. Mark Ma r r io tt (Hon ) . 100 Beg : 1. Buddy C rook (HOd ); 2 . Jcnn Engst rom (Yam) : 3 . R iCky Lopez ( Yam) . 100 Jr : 1. Brad Roberts (Bar ): 2 . M i k e Johnson (Yam). 100 Int : 1 . Marty Miller (Ste) . 125 Beg: 1. Marty Morris (SUi): 2 . S t eve Morgan (Bu l) : 3 . Steve Ke ndrick ( Y a m ). 125 No v : 1. Chris Fortier (Hon): 2 . Lar ry Ri pley (Ho n): 3. Greg Pearson (Ho n ) . 1 25 J r : 1. Bob Qu intin ( H o n ) : 2. Fred Mil ler (Hon): 3 . Rick Wood (Ho n). 1 2 5 I n t : 1. J o hn E stes (Hon): 2. Pete Tho mpson (Hon) ; 3. M ike Higgenbotham (H o n) . 125 Ex : 1. R ic k Wise m an (Hon) : 2 . Norm Bigelow (Hon); 3. Allan T ilfor d (Hon) . 250 Beg : 1. G reg G ritter s (Kaw) : 2 . Myron Martln ( H On ) ; 3 . D an Hoffman (CZ). 250 Nov: 1. Jack C rone (CZ); 2 . Kevin Corso n (Mai) : 3 . J im Ba ll (Hus ) . 250 Jr : 1. B o b Brown (CZ ): 2 . Ray Wong (H on) : 3 . Pat Brown (C Z) . 250 I nt : 1. Mart y G re ssham (Y am) ; 2 . Richard Guth r idge (Bul) : 3. R ob San t ry (C Z) . 250 E x : 1. Mar k Rodman (Yam): 2 . Br yan Brecker (Bul) . 500 Beg: 1. R odney Hines (Suz) : 2 . Steve Ryan (Vam ) : 3. Rick Coburn (CZ) . 500 Jr: 1. St ev e Ga llegly (S uz ): 2 . T ed Peters (Ma l) ; 3 . Ti m F os ter ( Bul ). 500 E x : 1. Ga ry O gden (Yam ) . Superfun MX By Tom Corley ORANG E, CA L. , FE B. 9 The fast est motocrossing to ta ke place Saturday at Saddleback Park began with the start of the 250 and 500 Expert combined battle. It was a struggle for Maico-rnau ler Mike Yorb a (who just last week diced with Jim Weinert) 'cause he 34 had to soar up the Saddleback startin g hill along with h ot shots Terry Trach y , Drew Nelson, J ack Phillips and Jerry Trojnar. Yorba, o n a 500 cla ss Maico, hooked a startling lead over his main competitor Drew Nelson, 250 Expert at first and co n tr o lled it fo r about two laps in on e moto, Then wit h jet-propulsion power Nelson's YZ ex p lo ded and moved up fo r the first o ve ra ll standin g. N elson was so co n fiden t th at he was in co m man d o f the money th at he wen t wid e on o ne co mer which is w ell known fo r crashes and th rew a ro ost on tw o o f his buddies. J im Domann of American Motocross (who later became t he d ay 's 12 5 -EJOO JR : 1. Cur t Bi sh Op (M al) . 2 . W ay n e M ela n son (Ma i). !>O IN T : 1. C ar los M unoz (Mal) . 2 . Alan O Roh r abac h er (Mai) . !>OO E X : 1. M ike Y or b a (Mal) . 2 . Terry Tra chy (CZ) . OLD TIM E RS : 1. Wa rren W right { Hun}. Rawhide MX By Th e Shadow EL SINO RE , CAL.. FEB. 3 For o nc e everything was perfect for th e Cali forn ia Racin g Club (CRC) o f Riversid e - weath er and trac k alike. Wha t a fantasti c-day the sun was bri ght and wa rm all day , with just a hint of wind. As is always the case , Rawhide Park's fast and challenging m otocross tr ack was in great sha pe - to be gin th e d ay . f or al l U nfo r t u na te ly con cerned ...riders. park management an d CRC sco rekee pers alike.. .a wat erline broke earl y in the day, and by th e fir st mota there was a wat erh ole yo u wouldn't beli eve. Never have I seen su ch perfectl y textured mud on a bri ght, sunny day . Undoubtedly, many a rider sa id the very same th in g as they crawled through th e stu ff o n th eir hands and kn ees a fte r suddenly coming up on th e deep m uck after a pr actice showed them n othin g but cl ear sa iling . CRC scorekeepe rs ha d many a fine morn en 1 tr yin g to figure o ut what happen ed and who was riding wh a t. T he eRC began a new program tod ay , allo w ing o ne selected class to ride free eac h month. Th e month of Feb ru ary was set as ide for Veterans, th o se com pe t ito rs over 35 -years-o ld. AI Per ez (Bu l) turned in a so lid d ay in th e sad d le, winning th e 125 -1 75 Veteran class. T he fin al score was clo se, with David T ho m pson (Ya m) settl in g fo r While th e Sandak Racing Association is operating the flat track and TT program, th e Racin g Association of C ycl e Enthusiasts is r unning the motocross up o n th e hills. R.A.C .E., co nd uc ted by Dal e Teubner, runs a full program with three motos with the rider with th e best overall poin t total taking th e top position . The Junior classes su p p lied much of the acti on wi th Honda-mounted Eddie Clark, one of the t op Juniors at Corona, t ak ing th e 125 cc division. Clark dom in a ted the field as he captured all three motos. T o m Burt rode his Honda Elsin ore t o a second pla ce finish overall with fin ishes of second , third, and four th . Yamaha-mounted George Forte took th e third spot overa ll. In th e 250 Junio r class, Nick Simmons rep eated his last show ing a t Cor ona, as he rode his l\laico to the win in all three motos. Sunny Wilson , aboard a Bultaco, fini shed se cond with two second place finish es and a third . Husqva rn a -moun ted Paul Stenbo ro und ed o u t t he t op three positions. The p rofessional classes were also domin ated by tw o riders with Dav id { Williams ridin g his Penton to the overa ll victory in the 125 Senio rs and Ray Topham taking his Maico to the top spot in th e 25 0 pro division. • Results M INI C YC L ES : 1. K eith Baker (Hon ) . 100c c BE G : 1. G re~ Luk e (Y am ) . 2 . M ike Nicr uaus { v am) . 3 . T y L a r son ( Ya m ). r asee JR : 1. Eddi e C lar k (H On) . 2. T o m Bur1t2(~~n)S~ ; Gf.0 rbea~eo r ~i1 ;raa~r (Pen ) . 2. C har le s Cu r r ie (Hon ) . 1 25 c c IN T : 1. Jim W right ( Y a m ). 2 . M ark c tueuo (H on ) . as oee J R: 1. N ic k S i mmo ns (Mal) . 2 . Sun n y W il son ( B ul ). 3. Pau l Ste n bo (Hu s) 250c c S R : 1. A:ay Topham ( Ma l ) . 2 . C lay Mu solf ( C Z) . s oocc JR : 1. Je ff Moore (Suz) . 2 . G il Smit h (Hus) .

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