Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Ro be rts ana Ga ry Scott and the n re t ired to take over a fam ily operation. Paul is j ust getting back in to the scene and apparently none for the worse . To top it off he brought his brother Cam m along, who won the 100 Novice main witb ease. Another dynamic duo in the making. Johnson dazzled the fans with a runaway win in the 125 Expert main after Kim Jorgensen (MV) dropped out. J im Ferroni won the Open Junior on a new 350 Honda with great ease. / Scotty Booth outlasted t he old timers for second. Seeing Chuck Storm an d Don Brumbelow riding wi th Booth makes it look like it wa s stri ctl y an ol d ti mers race. Nobody is older than Don "Cigar " Bru mbelow. Ricky Clement took h is m o to cr oss Hus ky to the win over Ray Fords' scrambling Ho nda. It wo uld be nice to • see m o re of the MX guys ride t hese ro ugh type scrambles just to see who can han dl e the tough stuff. Dennis Krit zer won t he 175 Novice main ove r Rich Pa rk , it's hard to figu re if Park is j ust laying back for fear of making the J un ior ra nks o r is b idi ng his t ime to make a big splash on so me • tr ack. Results •. .eight and eight equals one and o ne , . .Ron Self, No .8 Penton 250 Expert, lines up w ith Mike Hamel , No .8 Maico first Open Expert. 100 NOV : 1. Camm J o hn son ( Yam ) . 2 . Davi s W inter s ( V am) . 125 N O V: 1 . Erick H odei I Suz ). 2. Robe rt M y ers (Vam) . 3. M ark Womble ( SuZ I . 125 JR : 1. K en t on Kudrn a (Suz). 2 . W . Car n es (vam l' 1 25 EX : • Paul acn n so n (Vam) . 2. Mitch D av idson (S u z) . • 127 5 N O V: 1. D enn i s K r it ze r ( HOn). 2. R icn Pa rk (Suz). 2 0 0 N O V : L Gary Perick (But ). 2 . M ark Stee nhoud t (B u l ) . 2 5 0 NO V: 1. Mike V 'gn a (S u zl. 2 . G eorge body that had anything to do with Northern Califo rn ia Motocross was at Altamont Raceway today . Da n Turner, riding a Husky for Coleman's of Stock ton , picked up _another win in the 125 Expert class. Danny had some tough r1 BAYMARE MOTOCROSS SCHEDULE '" APRIL7 REGULAR MOTOCROSS 3 MOTOS. APRIL 14 GRAN PRIX so MIN. RACE APRIL21 REGULAR MOTOCROSS 3 MOTOS. APRIL28 REGULAR MOTOCROSS 3 MOTOS. ~*******************~ GATES OPEN 8:00 A.M. POST ENTRY $7.00 EXPERTS $10.00 RIDERS GATE $1.00 100% Payback-40% Brass ALL CLASSES 2 No membership requir ed For information call (213) 434-1816 opposition from his Coleman's teammate Clau ss Holland, who picked up second o verall on his Husky. Steve Lawrence (Hon) got Altamont wired and picked up third overall. Ron Self, riding a Penton for Penton West, made a cool $150 in the 250 Expert class for his first place ride. Self had his hands full in the second race kee ping Dan T urner at Bay . Turner fou ght to pick up second overall with Pat Rich ter 'I- CZ rider coming in for t hird . Mike Hammel (Mai) put a second and a first together to take the win in the Op en Expert di vision . Jim Turner riding a Bultaco for A and A Motors almost got Mike in the second mo to , but when Mike saw J im coming up he just dialed on mo re gas and seooted away for the win. Turner had to settle for second overall. Chris Carter rode a consistent race to take t hird overall. Paul Johnson, riding his fast and reliable Yamaha, notched another win in the 125 Intermediate column. Dan Geery (Hon) and Bill Roush (YZ) had a real race going for second place but Dan got the edge on Bill and went on to take second place. ' It looked as though Husky pilot Charley Holcomb had the 250 Intermediate win wrapped up as he took second in the first moto and was working his way up from a bad start in the sec ond race, but there were too many riders ahead of Chuck and he had to be satisfied with second Overall. Ken Martin was the main man as he pu t -together twa fine rides to net him first Overall. Jeff Leever riding a Maico we nt o n to take third Overall. With suc h a b ig turn ou t of riders and spectators the cash purse was up to $800. Many -riders went away happy indeed! • John Francis ( Ma i ) ; 3. Tom Gree n (H an). 25 0 I nt e 1. K en Martin (YZ1; 2 . Charles H olcom b j HUS): 3. Jeff Leever (Mat) . O pen r: 1. D ave Mythsn (Mal); 2. B ob Olsen ( B ul). 3. R u ss Stanley (Mal). Open Int : 1. Pete r B ler w lt h (Mal); 2. Jim Boy l e ( Vam); 3. Jack Lew's (BUI). 125 Ex : 1. Dan Turner (HUS~. 2. Clauss Holland (HuS); 3. Steve Lawrence Hon). 250 Ex: 1. R o n Self (Pen). 2. an l"urner (Hus); 3. Pat R ich t er (eZ) . Ope n Ex: 1. Mike Hammel (Mal) : 2. Jim Turner ( Bul): 3 . Chris Carter {Mal\ . Sat. action scrambles By William Spencer LOm, CAL., MA RCH 16 Taylor (SUZ). 250 J R: 1. Mike Preston (Hon) . 2. Mitch Su nd st rom (K,Iw). 250 EX : 1. Ricky Clement (HuSI . 2. Ray F ord ( H on). OPE N NOV : 1. Dan ie l Co le (Husl . 2 . Chuck Lam b ( Vam) . O PE N JR: 1. J i m Ferroni (Han) . 2. Scott y B oot h ( BS AI_ O PEN EX: 1. Allen Yarrow (Vam) . 2. Paul Joh nson (Vam)_ 3 . Duane Varrow (Yam) . Owyhee MC MX By Marty Gregory BOISE, IDA., MAR. 17 ' Back in November whe n it looked like the gas sit uation fo r this month would be really bad, the Central Valley clubs decided to hold Saturday daytime events just in case the gas stations wo uld be closed on Sundays. As it stands now, there are n't any waiting lines This Sunday's mo tocross saw the debut of the new (and blue!) 250 Pursang with fireman Dave Newell at the throttle. Dave took three motos to easily scarf u p the gold in the 250 Beginner class. Newell won convincing ly by nearly half lap each race . in this area, and racing goes on despite a low turnout. Allen Yarrow, the b lue p late motocrosser , took over the black plate scrambles number o ne spot from Neil MacDannald and Ted Davidson by virtue of winning last night's Vallejo opener and then taking the Open Expert win over the ret urn ing Paul Johnson. For those of you who are new to the sport, Paul Johnson was the sensation back in 1970, and I do mean sensation. He was the National Amateur champ for two years and wore the No. I black plate. As a new Novice at Ascot, he beat out two other new Novices, Ken In the other classes at the O.M.C. · m o tocross, the 125 B's were led around I (like t he past two weeks) by Terry Anderson on his n ew Pursang. Around here, to see any machine o ther than a CR-125M in the 7 ~ cubic inch class is a rarity. Anderson has been proving that Spanish handiwork can be a match for the su periority of numbers that the Hondas enjay at present. Oh yes .. .John M. Larsen rode his out-of-the-crate 36 0 to a solid second in t he Open Begin ner. Not too shab by for a grandad! • a, 1 Results Mini Beg : 1. D a n n y A t k i n so n (Hon); 2 . R oger A nd r e (Vam) ; 3. Dan D avi s (Ho n) . The Ya rrow boys p laced o ne and two, whil e Pau l Jo hnson scrambled to t hird. Results Mini: 1. Ra nd y LeWallen (Hon); 2 . J o h n D orsey (Hon ) ; 3. T im Macc hiarella (H o n ). M l n lc y c l e: 1. Neal S na rr eStel : 2 . Ray K o v~c { Ya m); 3. Carlos Guilerez (Cha) . ,. rai B ike : 1. Tony Shipma n (SUZ) : 2. Ton y So uza {S UZl: 3. Keith Rowe (Kaw). O ld Ti mers: • Jac k Lew is (B ul ): 2. Bob R awewer (Bul ) . Powder Puff : 1. Judy Spann (Vam); 2. Mark Kirk (Yam) . 100 Jr: 1. Ron centarucct (Yam) ; 2 . Kam Jo h n so n (Hon): 3. Neal Snarr (Ste) . 125 Jr Diy I : 1. Steve McCalsend (SU Z): 2 . Lyle Sanda (Hon); 3. Ron Carrol (Hon). 125 Jr D iv II: 1. Mike Kirk (Hon): 2 . Bill Johnson {V ZJ; 3. John McCalvley (Hon) . 12~ lot :.!. Pa u l Jo h n so n (Vam) ; 2 . Dan Geery (Hon); 3. B i ll Roush (VZ) . 250 Jr 0 1.., .: 1. Chris Grewer (Yam) ; 2 . Dan Pifero (CZ). 3. B i ll Besser (Vam) . 250 Jr o i.., ,I: ' 1. Jerald Wiley (Yam) ; 2 . c: w u Z W a. on ~ « J J -=:::;.=.a=,""",,~_ _...J ~

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