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Cycle News 1974 04 02

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CRC Night MX D&S By Dale Brown VA LEN CIA, CAL., MAR . 15 MOTORCYCLE CARRIERS Foothill Cycle Aee , 3067 Foot hill 8lvd. La Crescenta , CA Glendale Vamaha 1120 S. Brand Blvd. Glendale, CA Honda of Gardena 15515 S. Western Gardena, CA AI .....bnHond. 1334 W. Valley Blvd. Alhamb Rivera. CA Custom City Sport Ctr. 15721 S. At lantic Compton.CA Cycle House 1201 A E. Ball Rd. Anaheim. CA 0& 0 Mini Cycle 3060 Orange LongBeach, CA Pac if ic Coast Honda 2073 W. Pacific Coast Hwy. Lomita, CA San Fernando Honda 958 N. Maclav Ave, San Fernando, CA Santa Ana Honda 301 W.Warner Santa Ana, CA Scrambles M/C lBOl W. Burbank Blvd. Burbank. CA Ed Kretz & Son 417 E. Garvev Monterey Park. CA Good weather brought the motocros sers out in force for Friday night's CRC event. Sixte en riders left the gate at th e start of the first 250 Novice moto. Ro n Winkel man , aboard a swift YZ Yam aha led them thro ugh the first turn, wit h the Steve's Bultaco 7627 Van Nuvs Blvd. Van Nuvs. CA Steve Hurd M/C 111 E. Whitt ier Blvd. Montebellow. CA Super Cvele 2301 Colorado Blvd. Eagle Rock, CA Suzuki City 728 S. La Brea Inglewood, CA Suzuki Fun Center 515 N. Victory Blvd. Burbank, CA Suzuki of EI Monte 10735 Garvev Blvd. EI Monte, CA T.k.h.shi Motorcycle 221 E. Whittier Blvd. La Habra, CA Tri City Cvcle Center 9041 Katella Anaheim.CA Valeri.ns 2 Cvele City 10673 W. Pica Blvd. Los Angeles. CA V. n Nuvs Cvcle 7630 Van Nuvs Blvd. Van Nuv s, CA Welty's Motorcycle 21116 Devonshire St. Chatsworth, CA Yamaha Buena Park 7872 Orangethorpe Buena Park, CA Yamaha of EI Monte 2B59 N. Durfee Ave. EI Monte, CA 1f Sport Time Sales Ed's CVcle Shop 5650 Vork Blvd. LosAngeles, CA 18440 Ventura Blvd. Tarzana , CA D80S Motorevcle Carriers, 1733 Hiawatha o-; Glendale, CA 91208 213-247 -2850 $9,000.00 April 6 & 7, - 1974 PLYMOUTH, CALIFORNIA Himgtown Motocross Information 1974 Sportsman Day - April 6, 1974 125oe, 250ce. Open. Nov. Jr . Ex. Two Moto Program apply 18 District 36 rul es AMA and District 36 Sanctioned NO NO OVERNIGHT CAMPING AT RACE TRACK. HOWEVER. camping space is awilabl e nearbv. Spectator Fees: $3 .00 per person over 12 yrsol age. Phone In fo : 9 16 -985 -4762 o r 91lHl52-6016 Between 7-10. Professional Day April 7. 1974 125ce, 250cc , Open AMA National ALL RIDERS MUST HAVE AMA PROFESSIONAL LICENSE $9000 Purse - $3000 per class Spectator Fee: $6 .00 (Sundav) Possible QualifV ing Round s Deperd ing on Entries Received bV t he AMA . Fortv Man Ma in Events - Two M o t o Program. Ply m out h is 3 0 m i . E of Sacr ament o on Hwy 16, or 18 m i. S.E . o f Pla cervi ll e on HwV 49 . rest o f th em packed tighter than Ra quel Welch in a 32A bra. As they passed th e scorer's stand, Win kelmen was sti ll lea d ing, fo llowed b y Paul Allum (Pen) and Bob R idgw ay (CZ). T h ree ri ders tangled and went d own near the app roach to the first turn. With th e amb ulance go ing to t he scene, CRC Dire c tor Jer ry Mc Neal d ecided to st o p the race. T he rider s igno red th e red flag, so he held o u t th e red and checkered flags. T his t ime t hey st op p ed. None of the three riders were injured , T o th e amazement o f so me, it wa s d ecided to immediately rerun th e m o t o , desp it e the fact th at th e rider s had co mp leted th ree o ut of fo ur laps. The restart was virtua lly the same as th e firs t, with Winkelmen lead ing , Mik e Webb (YZ) and Ridgway co m prising th e fro n t-ru n ning trio. Fred Math ew s (Suz) mo ved past Rid gway to take th ird . Winkelmen left everyone behind at the start, with All um and Greg Butzer (Bul) headi ng up t he rest of the p ack . Mathews was o n th e m ove as he pick ed off Butzer on th e second lap . Right o n his tail was Webb. On the third lap , they both zapped All um to grab second an d third. Butzer and his new blue Bultaco grabbed the third mo to lea d and held it for three laps, On the fourt h lap , b o th Winkelmen and Mathews passed hi m in the first turn. Webb mo ved u p to third by the checkers. Overall, it was Winke lmen, Mathews and Webb, Art Dart , a consistent wi nner at the Du nes, took his CZ to first O pen Novice. Paul Fisc her (YZ) was the 125 Novice victor by a point over Mark Hughes (Hon), who in tum too k sec ond by a p oin t over Ra ndy Ga uvi n (Hon) . Close! Reporter ' s n o t eb o o k : T here we re five entries in t he Open Ex pert class. Only two showed up for th e third m o t o , J oel She ddo n was t he only o ne to finis h , and he wo n th e class. A nyone o f three other rid er s co uld have showed up , taken four lap s an d received second place m on ey ($15) . Nob ody d id, so it we nt to Lynn Stokey (Mai), w ho didn't show for the last mo t o. • Results M i n i N o v : 1. Steve n Sc hmitz ( VZ) : 2. B ria n McC o nne ll (Hon ) ; 3 . Kevi n K ilpa tr i ck (V am ). Mini B eg : 1. Mike . Pr un ty (Ho n ) : 2. Crai g Va nClee ve (Kaw) ; 3. Jim Cr o wd er (Ho n ) . Min i E x : 1. Bobb y Jones (Hon) ; 2. B r ia n Myer sco ugh (H o n ) ; 3. J i m H olley ( V am) . 10 0 B eg : 1. Ga ry Wass on ( Vam ); 2. T om Smith (Pen ): 3. D ave Ra ich e (Hon) . . Powder Pu ff : 1. Kelly B ar tl et t (Vam): 2. K i m Herbert ( Han). 100 Nov : 1 D ar r en K elsy (D KW); 2 . Joe Tucci (K aw) . 1 0 0 I nt: 1. Bria n Myersc o ugh (Hon); 2. Mike B r ow n (l nd). 125 Be g D lv I : 1. K e ll y D ugan (H o n): 2 . z ;: o a: '" w .J

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