Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

500 E X : 1. Mi ke Y o r ba (M a l ) . 2 . Co le Ha sting s ( HuS ) . OLD TI MER S : 1. W arren Wrigh t (M ai). 2 . R udy Senczyszyn (Mai). 3. John Sai d ( Han) . SAMMX flo» II IiIlI • By Tom Corley ORANGE, CAL., MARCH 16 After two weeks of havin ' a swampy track and cancelled races the Saturday Saddleback Association of Motorcyclists' program wicked up again at Saddleback Park. Thick fog engulfed the track. So did the combined 25 0 and 500 class ' crossers who were the first guys t o bash it o ut in th e new two-40 minut e m oto sy ste m! Being the first associati o n to try th is ou t , ev er yone i n cl u d i n g th e Mini ·'Crosser s will be m otocrossln ' as long as th e European s. This will hopefully help develop the Expert superstars to have the demanding sta mina needed in the Trans-AMA circuit. There were three long races run tw ice during th e day, 250-500s and Old Ti mers toget her, a co mbined 125 scre ame r and a long bou t for all the 100 and Mini nip pers. Speakin ' of streakin ' , (it has hap pe ned at school campuses, rad io stations, Ho llywood Boulevard , Takahashi Yamaha's gra nd opening, etc.) and today th e racer s a nd ch icks were com pletely wigged o u t when they saw the first st reake rs at Sa d Park. A co uple of dudes with full c overage hel mets bipped o n by and let it all ha ng o ut on Honda X R-75s! With so m any classes being meshed togeth er, things were hairy an d it was co nfusing to try and figu re out how someone was doin in his class. One reality was that Mike .Yo rba (Mai) pulled a fast one on the 500 Expert competitor Cole Hastings. Yorba high -tailed for first place both m o tos an d took the overall over Hasting's Hast evarna . The c ha r gi n ' 500 In ter-m ani ac troop lead ers were J im Oxford, Dick Smallwood and co nsisten t _ Saturday 'c ro sser Alan Rohrbacher. 9 Results MINI : 1. R ick Hughes (H on). 2. B i ll y D av i s (Ho n) . 10 0 B EG : 1. Gary Co rn (Yam). 2. T ony Gom ez ( Yam). 3 . Joh n K er r igan ( Yam). 100 JR: 1. M ike Johnson (Ya m). 2 . Jeff Jones (S uZl . 1 25 BEG : 1. Bret Ca tc ott (H on). 2. B ur t W al d (SUZ) . 3. J im G ibso n ( M V) 125 NOV : 1. Robert Gerb lasi (Ya m ). 2 . Ron St ron er ( B ul). 3 . Norm an Gom ez ( H On} . 1 2 5 JR : 1. Gordon Ta m n (N og) . 2. Je f San ch ez {Han}. 3 . D a ve Hi ll (Pen ) . 1 2 5 I NT : 1. G ary F au lks (Han ). 2. Pa ul Needles (Sui ) . • 125 E X : 1. Ji m D omann (Han) . 25 0 BEG : 1. H enry H anna ( H a n) . 2. J ohn W l ntemut e (AJS) . 3 . Jim Cotton (Hus) . 2 5 0 NO V: 1. Joe Potuiancewlcz ( Y am) . 2 . G r eg Ve r d i (SUi) . 3 . Dan Shannon ( Han ) . 2 5 0 JR : 1. St eve Da y (Yam). 2. R ichard M ata (CZ ). 3. K ir k D unn ing (Han). 2 50 I N T : 1. R on Thompson { H u s} , 2 . W ad e Qu ic k (C Z). 3 . Ski P Porter (Bu l ) . 25 0 E X: 1. Joh n Pett y (Ki M) . 2 . Pat Fly n n (Yam). 5 0 0 BEG : 1. B i ll Pe te r son rczi , 2 . De nn i s Kea ton (M a l ) . 3 . J im Drak e ( Ya m ). 5 0 0 JR : 1. Char les En sc oe (CZ ) . 2. Scott Thompson (C Z ) . 3. Mark Cas ey (Ma i) . 5 00 IN T : 1. Jim O x f o rd ( H uS) . 2 . D i c k Smallwood (Mal ). 3. A l an R oh rb ach e r ( Mai). AMC OCIR MX IiIlI ~ By Tom Corley g ;... IRVI N E, CAL. , MARCH 15 g The Ai\-1C got their act ba ck toget her Friday night at O.C.I.R. a ft er po stponing last week's race du e to heavy rains . -e- rC"l .-< T he F lyi ng M a chine Fact ory sup ers tar Mark Tyer held up the prom oters an d ca me out of the gates as the w ealthiest b y cap t ur ing the 125 Expe rt w in alon g with hooking a second mon ey po sition in the 250 Experts. T yer sta r ted a first place rally in the first moto of the 250 Experts on h is super-rapid red-tanked Penton and streaked out ah ead of the co m bined Intermani ac-Expert crew. Full throttling it fro m behind charged t he q uic k Su zooks of Mike Steams and Mike McGowen. Not sin ce the Trans-AlvlA races can I recall the Su zuki big-bore m ach ines ' d oing so we ll as S teams and McGowen flying in the second 250 Ex pe rt m o to . Then Mark Tyer ace d McGowen WFO. Clay Musolf (CZ) finished fo urt h this final moto, draggin' alo ng ya rds o f course flags aro und his m ach in e. Nobody laughed at Richee Collins, 'cause he wicked it into second in the 10 0 Intermediate first moto behind fast J eff Ward while J unior Mike Johnson was third. In the second bo ut Collins slid out and Johnson co nn ected knobs onto hi s back which tore his jacket to shreds. _ c.o c-r u s-. ro -. :E "... ~UL.T~C= Devastates Daytona! RESULTS : 1974 DAYTONA S HO RT TRACKS THURSDA Y: 1. GU Y M c C l u r e 2. Norm West 3 . Mark Smith 4 . B. T ay l o r Results MINI B E G : 1. John M il le r (Han) . 2 . Keith Doyl (Han) . 3. Steve Manasse (Han). MINI NOV : 1. Gregg Toyama (Suz) . 2 . Joy Ma r lmon (Han) . 3 . Mark Spraggins (Bar) MINI INT : 1. Jeff Wa r d ( Han). 2 . S i ll Taylor (Han ). 3 . Pete H illebrecht (H an) . 100 BEG : 1. Davee Collins ( Pen) . 2 . Tony Gomez (Yam ). 3. Ryan Abbate (Yam) . 100 NOV : 1. C liff Hicks (Hod). 2. Jon Hewitt ( Yaml' 3 . Chris Grant (Yam) . 100 J R : . Mike J o h n so n (Yam) . 2 . Gary Tarn tett! (P en) . 3 . Do n Miller (Yam) . 100 INT: 1. Jeff Ward (Han) . 2 . Jeff H ew i tt (Chap) . 3. Rtcnee C ollins ( Pen ). 125 BEG O I V 1: 1. Steve K end r i ck (Y am) . 2 . North HePley ( BUI). 3. Ra nd y Ken d r ick CSUZ) . ..J:: Bul Kaw Hon Kaw FRIDA Y : Roger Crump Bu l Jay Spr ingstee n Yam Hank Scott Ya m M ike G er ald Hon 1. 2. 3. 4. Bultaco International Ltd. SATURDA Y: 1 . G uy McClure 2 . Randy C l eek 3 . R ic k H o cki ng 4 . Mike G erald Bul Yam Hon Hon P.O.Box 624 52, Virginia Beach , VA 23462 / 125 BEG DI V 2 : 1. M ark A sbu r y ( Pe n ). 2 . Steve Ca pen (Pen) . 3 . Brya n Da n ie l (SUZ). 125 N O V : 1. Fr ed W eber (Hon ) . 2 . Jef f L ew ey (Ya m) . 3. Lorte W atso n ( H o n ) . 125 J R : I : Sc ot Clifto n (H on) . 2. Kevi n Tid b all \pe n) . 3 . Ch uck B row n ( H o n) . 125 NT : 1. M arty Mi ller (Hon) . 2 . R ic k K awa na (Han ) . 3 . D ave Daum (Pen) . 125 E.X : 1 . Ma r k T y er ( Pe n). 2 . Je f f Fola nd (Han ) . 3 . Dave Car lson ( Han ). 25 0 BEG : 1 . Steve L andreth (H on ) . 2 . T o m St r u n k (Hon) . 3. B ill K iseell (Bul) . 2 5 0 NOV: -1 . B ob Carr (Bul) . 2 . R ober t Ell i s (Y am) . 3 . Gu y Olsen (Ho n) , 2 5 0 JR : 1. Jim N as ser (CZ ) . 2 . A ar en B asett ( C Z) . 3 . Tom C ross (SUZ) . 250 IN; : 1. John Ce rv eny ( Y am). 2 . M a r k L au zon ( H a n) . 3 . Pau l B ean (CZ) . 25 0 E.X : 1. Mike S te arn s ( SUZ ). 2 . Mark T y er (Pen) . 3 . Mi ke McGowen (SU Z) . 5 0 0 B E G : 1. Jeff G ill ma n (Y am) . 2 . R ic k Brown (Yam). 3 . D an a Talbert (H us) . 5 0 0 N O V: 1. Tom Hart ts uu. 2 . B ill Pet e rson (CZ). 3 . M a r k Brown (Bu l) . 5 0 0 'I NT : 1. Rich ard M Ulkey ( Hus ) . 5 0 0 E X : 1. D ave Bo yds tun (SU i ). 2 . D ave B r adley (CZ). 3. Lee E van s (C Z). Greg Weisback 500 Expert . . .out of the fog and into the fire. 13347 W. Washington Blvd. (213) 390 ·3406 Send $3 :00 f o r 2 5 6 colo rf ul p ag e catalog wi th m ore t ha n 5500 items . .r . > 1IJ oJ a: o u ::< o I- ~ W \ . COMPETIT ION SHOCK ABSORBERS • • • • • FIVE WAY ADJUSTABLE POLISHED DO UBl.E D,\MPE:'IIING REB UIDABL E STREET OR RACI!'\G CHRO~IED & D IST R IBUTE D BY Sammy Tanner Distributing 17213 Rose to n Aven ue Artesia, CA 90 701 2 13/924-2111 lJ Bet or Fork s and Shu cks Mak e th e Differen ce II 19

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