Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

him a DN F a nd Hone ycu tt too k the p osi ti on. First A mateur rid er , Leon Ellis ca me in th ird. Ma kin g a cle an swee p in the 90-1 00 class was J im Carpen te r with J eff Lane in second fo r 1st Novice an d James Fis k . righ t be hi nd him . T he O pe n class was d omin a ted b y Yamah as with T ony Sa ue r co ming out on top . Phillip Colwell rod e hard and edged out Kenn y Hert zog for th e second pl ac e finish. The next and fin al ra ce o f the seri es will be held on Mar ch 2 4 under th e " E" Stre et Bridge in Marysvill e, Cal if. • Results 5 0 ·6 0 cc : L Tom Lyndall (Hon): 2 . Mar k Be an (Yam ) ; 3. Craig Sm ith (Vam ) . 10-80 Nov Div I : 1. B r ad Bastia n (H On ) ; 2. M i ke Amato (Hon) : 3 . Bob Sti n nett. 10·80 Nov D iy II : 1 . St eve D i ll ingnam ( V am): 2 . T od d D e Vaug h n ( Vam) ; 3 . Dea k e L y n d ell ( H o n). 7Q..80 Am/Ex : 1. Jim C art wr igh t (Hon) ; 2 . Mar vi n Honeycutt (H o n) . 90- 100: 1. Jim C a r penter (Ste); 2 . Je ff La n e (StU) . Open : 1. Tony Sau e r (Vam ) ; 2 . Ph illip C olw ell (Ya m): 3 . Ken ny H ertzog (Vam) . Argyll MX By Reese Ultz DIXON, CA L. , MARCH 10 Clear ski es, a semi-d ry track, and stiff competition team ed up to make a truly fine day for motocross at Argyll M.C. Park, t oday. The track here has been rained o ut for m ost o f th e winter, bu t it now appea rs that normal racing will be on tap for the rest o f this y ear. T od a y had to be something sp ecial with the line-up for 'hot-shoes' that answered th e starts. In the 125 Expert class , alone, such Northern California notables as Kevin Henry, Charlie Marshall, Don Dav is, Bill Carnes, James Watson, and Dennis Pye att found themsel ves doing battle for three twent y-m inute m otos . Ch arl ie Marshall, last ye ar's Blue Plate No. I, ca m e out the vic t o r but not without a hard-fought struggle from t he en ti re field o f rid ers. 25 0 E xpert honors went t o Eric Watson o f South Lake T ah o e, but not wi thout a sec saw figh t fro m Danny Mancino o f Ch icago Par k. In the Open Expert dic e , Ch arlie V ollenw eider o f Lagunitas truly outclassed the field. but runner-up J im Santone also turned in three fin e performances. As in the past , Argyll M.C. Park is the pl ace to be , each an d every Sunday , if yo u wan t t o see yo ur motocross packe d wi th ac tion . T he line-up for th e remai nde r of the sea so n will p it No r the rn California' s top riders against each o the r for brass and cas h. • Pioneer Roughie By Billy Spencer OA KDA L E, CAL., MAR. 10 Lo ts o f lightweights a nd rmrn bikers have been m ak ing t he sce ne at th e Pioneer arena a real bi ggie in wint er scrambles. Loo king at the overall racing picture of the last few years, it shows that the bu siness is getti ng bi gger. Mo re riders and m ore spectators are m a kin g m o t orcy cl in g m o re fun. an d Danny Mill s kept close ta bs on him . T ed eventually got the lea d o nly to rel inquish it when he fell while Mills and Fo rd had a d uel and Scroggin s got right b y the two dueler s. He backed up the win with a third in the 125 Main behind Ted Davidson and Alex Jorgen s e n. T he David son /J orge nse n bat tle rages on an d makes fo r the best in m o t orcycl e racing wi t h t he two doin g o u ts tanding jobs. Ted a nd hi s Suz u ki see m t o h ave j us t a bit o f an edge ove r t he Moto-Vill a rid er but they st ill trad e off win s with reg ula r sty le. ~ Debbie Land is the latest in good lookin g yo u ng lad ies to m ake th e ra cing scene . Sh e di d it righ t in th e 10 0 Novice Main with her fi rst ever firs t p lace beatin g out th e Oro zco b o y s, (Lo u ie and Robe rt ). Al an Wood got h is Ho daka working just rig h t for the 12 5 Junior M ain and passed about hal f the pack to take the win ove r Ken Jackso n and Al McGehee. T he real race was be tween the " Hey Ala n Kid " an d Mickey Wissne r after M i k e Bowling left the track in not-so-good st ra igh ts. Bowling had been working th rough th e pack in his usu al hard and fast mann er when he ca me up on McGehee. O ver th e jump th ey tangled. T hey t angled again in th e turn with Bow ling pulling o ff the tr ack . Wissner then to ok up th e chase b ut to no avail as McG eh ee kept up a good pace. Ken Bentley won h is round of th e 125 Novice Main s an d is very close to the Junior tu rning po int. The two Mains show j ust h ow bi g th is clas s is bec om ing and the same is holding t ru e for the 250 and so the sport is truly growing. , Butch David son , t he form er Num be r One Black Plate won the Open Ex pe r t on a new 360 Bultaco. The win was very impressive and Davidson seems to be b ac k in good shape. Mike Eisenhut won the 80cc Novice Main , beating out newcomer Larry Winfield and David Cave . It wo n' t be too much lo nge r and Eisen h ut will have to move up a class and the tal en ted Winfield m ay have a class o f his own. The minib ike class is growing in th e 8 0 class and holding it s ow n in th e 60, but is su ffe rin g in the 100 or Open because of a ru le in th e Dis tri c t requiring only st oc k frames to be run . In this day of specialty items, a lot o f riders and th eir fa th ers ar e r id in g o ther programs al lowi ng th is type of thing. T he rules co m mi ttee re asoning was just th at, make it st oc k fo r al l. • There are places to ride•. . ...and places not to. 'A TRAIL RIDER'S GUIDE TO .THE ENVIRONMENT' shows you how to tell the diHerence Lotsa neat cartoons r- - CLIP AND SEND ., I I I I I I I I I I Allo w two to three w eek s f or our sometimes post of fice. Send check or money order to : CYCLE NEWS STUFF, P.O. BOX 498, LONG BEACH, CA 90801 .. . P lea se print clearly . copies of 'A Trail Ride r's Guide To The Environn;lent' @ $1.00 plus 25 cents ta x & hand ling. ($1.25 total) . . . total I I I I I I I I _ ~~ ~~ Zip I • I Results Pee Wee Mini : 1. Brandon Burg ess C lnd) ; 2. L a r r y Dunn ig an (H on ) . 60 M in i: 1. Mike Fruzen (Y am) . 2 . Mike B ird (Ya m ) ; 3. Rick SOrenson (Yam ). 80 Nov : 1. Mike E i senhut ( Hon) : 2. Larr y W i n fie ld (V am) ; 3 . Dayld Cave ( Y am) . 80 J r : 1. ~a t Bu rr o la (Ho n) : 2. D w ayn e E llis ( H o n) . 8 0 E x : 1. John La nd (Y am) . Open N o v Mini : 1. Ken R o r ab a ug h (H Od): 2. Da rry l Sweet (HOd) . Ope n Jr M in i : 1. Chuck Ha lba k k e n ( HOd): 2 . Chr is F isc h e r {S UZ }. Open E x : 1. B r ian Thom pso n (Y am ) . O pen Ex : 1. B utcn David son ( Bu l) . 2 . A llen Ya rro w ( Yam) : 3 . D ua ne Y ar row ( Ya m) . Ope n J r : 1. Steve Pa r k e r (Ma i) : 2 . K eit h Jo h n son (BSAl . Ope n Nov: 1. R a nd y F r o st (Ma l) : 2 . T e rr y Miller (S UZl : 3. L onn ie Bagley (Ma i) . 100 Nov: 1. Deb bie L and ( Yam) ; 2 . L o u ie Orozco (Ya m) : 3 . R obert Orozco ( Y am} . 2 5 0 t::x : 1. Craig SCrogg in s ( COP) : 2 . Ray Ford (Hon): 3 . K en Caves (Ha n). 25 0 Jr : 1. Denn i s T y n u rs t (Yam): 2 . St ev e Grie r (Bul) ; 3 . St ev e Rodr igs (Yam ) . 2 5 0 Nov B : 1. Ra lvo T r u bok (Han) ; 2 . L indley Be eves ( COp ) ; 3. H owa rd Mo ss (SU Z) . 2 5 0 Nov A : 1. N o r m Sanche z (Hon) ; 2 . F r ank Lopez I Ho n) ; 3 . F ran k G ill (CZ) . 2 0 0 Nov : . Larr y H annah ( Suz) ; 2 . B o b by Watts ( B u l ) . 175 N ov r 1. Rick Woods (Ka w) ; 2. Don T ay l o r ( Yam); 3 . Rick Pa r k ( SUZ) . 1 2 5 E x : 1. T ed David so n (SUZ) ; 2. Alex Jorgensen ( M .V) ; 3 . Craig SCrogg ins (B u I ) . 125 Jr : 1. A li n WO Od (HocJ); 2 . K e n Jackson (SUZ ) ; 3 . AI McG eh ee (S uzl . 12 5 Nov 9 : 1. Ken B en tley (Ho n) ; 2 . Mike Dange lo (SUZ); 3 . G len Metca lf ( Su z ). 125 N ov A : 1. Red Need ham (S UZ); 2 . C lin t M ap le s (Y am ) ; 3 . B ill Ra ilsb ac k (SUZ) . Craig Scroggins took hom e a win in the 250 Exper t class a nd a th ird in the 125 class to bo th Karner val uable bl ac k p la te points and gift certificates. So mething n ew has been added to the This is rough scram bles? What's smooth District goodie list in the fo rm o f gift scrambles? Crazy slidin '. cert ificates for tho se trop hy w inne rs wh o do n't need a ny m or e tro p h ies. T he idea is to pu t m on e y back in t o the sho ps a nd no t so much into th e trop h ies. NOI a wh ol e lo t o f takers fo r this first eve nt , b u t e nough so that it will be tried in successive events. Scroggins' win ca m e as tride a Cooper afte r T ed Davidson cra shed in the b ack turn with a heal th y lea d . Ray Ford had taken the ea rly j ump w ith a III large con t in ge n t right on his heels. 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