CMC scrambleS
By Rex Backman
CH ICO , CAL., MAR. 24
With last wee k 's good weather t he
t rac k was dry and qu ick . Usua l
O pe n Ex pert w in ne r Greg
Ferguso n was abse n t giving Dan
Peterson an easy t ime wi th th e
Op en Ex pe rt /J u n iur ride rs.
Pet erson mo unted o n a new
Hus ky instead or a Bul. j umped to
the lead at the st an and stre tc h ed it out
to the fini sh . Les Lollar w inner o f past
Open Novice cl as ses won today in the
Junior cl as s, finishing in sec o nd place
be h ind Peterson o n hi s Maico . Del
Becker (AJ S) was second Junior rider in
t hird place.
.lim Souza had to battle it out with
Rodger Lo llar to take the win in th e
Open Novice class. Souz a lead the whole
race but w as constant ly- p ressured b y
Lo llar's Mai co, The 2 50 Novice cl ass
was w on by last wee k 's win ner Vince
Bat ha . (Ya m) . Ma rt y Jackson (H o n )
j um p ed to the lead and af te r several
a tt em p ts Butha finall y was able to pass
him for the win. Jackson finish ed
second followed by Gary Castillo (H o n) ,
in fourth was Mit ch Gomes (H us) .
The 125 Novi ce class was won by
Jon Zi mme rman (H o n) . Zimmerman led
the entire ra ce de sp ite pressure fro m the
Suz uki of Mike Gran ger w ho finished
second . D ick Crosby wh o was fift h o n
the w h ite flag sq ueezed h is w ay in for
third place. Pat Leonard ro unded o ut
th e trophy w inners in fo urt h,
Tony Kin g j um pe d to the lea d on h is
Yam ah a a t th e star t of th e 10 0 Novi ce
T he day 's first class, Minibike
Expert , gu t orr to a roaring start
with Loren Sh o ckey, Tim
Gall egos, and Jerry Wright lighting
for the first pla ce trophy. Shockey
a re going to have 10 look a t th e format
used in Cali forni a and re structure our
program in ord er to accommodate a ll
the rid ers wh o wan t to p articipate .
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kept well out in front and Jed the p ack
to a first m oto w in. Gallegos bested
S hockey 's efforts by tyi ng the score in
the se cond m o to . The third rn o r o sa w
Ga l legos' Honda nudge Shockey's
Yam ah a a nd slip in for the w in .
It w as Yamah a firs t and Honda
second in th e l\lini Beginner class where
Roger A ndree locked up first p lace and
Joe Wr igh t righ t behind.
Dan Mueller ca p t ure d the
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Beg inner honors along with Tim Wright
125 .E xpert winner.
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OPEN E X : 1. Pr est on Gerber. 2 . K im
Morgan. 3 . Laddy King.
25 0 EX: 1. Waddy Lawhon . 2 . Randy
F err e. 3 . Gary Neff.
200 E X : 1. Robert Rae cet . 2 . John
H a rr el so n . 3 . Dw ig ht Perso n .
1 2 5 E X : 1. St e ve Burge ss. 2 . R i ch Pl umb .·
3 . CO dy LeWI S.
100 EX: 1. Tod d H arr i son . 2 . D av id
Cran da l l. 3 . Terry B o rde n .
O PEN A M : Don Hyatt .
25 0 A M : Ra ndy Sargent
200 AM : C ra ig Ba r d sa ley
1 25 A M : John Wah ley
100 AM : Val Argyl e.
OPE N NOV : John V et er e .
2 5 0 NO V : Danny Maxwe ll.
20 0 NO V : Ste ve B at c he l o r .
125 NO V : p . And er so n .
100 NO V : Cory F o ssett
Results
Benton indoor
M ar ch 1 7 . 19 7 4
M in i B eg : 1. Dann y Atk lOson ; 2 . R o ger
Andr ee ; 3 . Dan Davi s.
M in i E x : 1. J oe T urn er ; 2 . J o h n D .:Jvis.
12 5 Beg : 1. T erry Ander son : 2 . Jo h n
Mull er: 3. Dan Moore .
125 E x : 1. Bud Sp a rks; 2 . B Ill C oo k : 3 .
Dan T ay lo r .
2 5 0 Beg : 1. David N ewei i; 2 . R ick D a ve y;
3 . Ant hony Mi ller .
2 5 0 E x : 1. Vic G re e nfie ld : 2 . Bu st er
Ag uirlar; 3. Larry BuffIngton.
Open E x : 1. B ruce Ha r r is; 2. J oe ccce r 3 .
Da n R enk .
O pe n Beg : 1. R ob H orn ; 2 . Jo h n Lar~n ; 3 .
C u r t T h u r m an .
Mar ch 10, 191 4
Min i Beg: 1. Roge r And ree : 2 . Joe W rig ht :
3. Da n Davis..
M i n i Ex : 1. T i m m y Gallegos ; 2 . L o r e n
Sh OCk e y: 3 . Jer ry Wr igh t .
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Beg :
1. Dan Muller: 2. Terry
Anderson : 3 . John Stone .
1 25 Ex: 1. T im Wrigh t; 2 . B u d Sp 0 Nov : 1 . V i nc e Ba thol ( Y am); 2 . Ma rt y
- Ja c k so n (Han ) : 3 . Gary Cas t illo (Han ) .
Open Nov : 1 ~ J im So uz a (H u s) : 2 . ROdger
L o ll a r (Ma l) .
Open Jr : 1. t.es L o lla r (Ma l) ; 2 . D el B eck er
(A JS ) .
Open E x :
1.
Dan Pe terso n (Hu s) .
The OWyhee MC MX'
By Lenore Richardson
BOISE . IDA.,
~ IAR .
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A good turno ut or both riders and
spec ta to rs helped mak e to duy 's
eve nt a t reme ndo us success.
an d holdi ng his lead ahead o f Ik e Re ed
( Ka w). However, Williams was in great
fo rm and led the A Main fro m start 10
finish. Heeter took a very cl ose second
w ith Ike Reed a third. Willia ms also won
the 360 Trophy Dash.
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Vallejo scrambles
By James Brammer
VAL LEJO , CAL., MA R . 22
Duan e Yarro w is the man to b ea t
in the Frid ay night scramb les at
Vallej o Speedway. Phil Anderson
did just that in the 250 Expert
fin al. Riding a 1974 V R Montesa,
Ander s on held the lead
throughou t the final with second
pla ce Yarrow (Ya m) , Dave Faria
(Oss) , J erry Blan d (Bu l) , a nd Bill Bisel
(Suz ) follo w ing closely .
Ya rr ow (Ya m) won the 360·500
Exper t class in cludi ng his qualifyi ng
he at wh ere hi s brother A lle n Yarrow
(Ya m) fe ll, and Jerry Kole ran off the
tr ack. T hey returned to the r ace
finis h ing last a n d still tran sfered to th e
fin al . In the fin al . Duan e held the lead
wit h Ron Kesler (S uz) doing the chasin g
and All en Y arrow m ovin g up for thi rd .
S te ve Young (T ri) a n d Phil Ande rson
(T ri) fini shed one-two in the 650 Expert
class, but they didn't have to compete
aga in st the snortin ' Norton rid d en by
Cliff Servetti to firs t in the 650 Junior
fin al.
Ro ss Putnam (Tri) repeat ed h is
openi ng n igh t wi n in th e 650 Novice
class w ith Bill Morgan (T ri) second .
Brian Ko ga (Suz) ran o ff with th e
lead in the 25 0 Junior class in hi s
q ua lifying h eat, w ith Rick Del acy
finj shing third. Once Ric k Del acy b roke
into the lead in th e 25 0 Junior fin al, it
became a w ild race. D onnie St ommell
(Suz) m oved up fro m third to seco n d
and closed o n the highl y ra ted short
track E xp ert at th e finish . Sacramento
rider, Pe t e Finne y (Ya m) to o k th ird.
Forty-ni ne entries in t he m in icycle
races swelled th e total program t o more
than 270 riders, an increase o f 70 riders
in one week.
A gir l w o n o ne of the minicy cl e
races. Bryan McDow e ll (Ya m) w o n th e
70-8 0 J u n io r final. Doug Pab er w as first
in th e 70·80 Novice class.
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Results
Ike Reed (90) on outside was eventual w inner as 360
hea t start uncoils like an overwound mainspring.
0-26 Hot Springs MX
By Jack Archibald
BOUNTIFUL , UT AH , MAR. 17
T he first D-26 motocross point
event or the year was held today.
One h und red Expert and 220 .
Ama te u r a nd Novi ce riders signed
up fo r the eve n t. Because or the
large entry the race was cu t to two
motos.
The Open Expert class was
hotly co n teste d by Presto n Ge rbe r and
Kim Morgan ; each rider wo n a first an d
a second .place w i th Gerber gett ing first
by vir t ue of h is firs t place in the last
m oto.
The 250 Ex pe rt class w as w on b y
Wo ody Lawh o n w ith tw o second p lace
fin ishe s. T h e tw o f irst pl ace w in ner s,
Robert Plumb (wi nne r o f th e S up po rt
class at Los Angeles Coliseu m) a nd
Ken ny Archi ba ld [Nu m be r One 1)·2 6
Plat e Holder) each had m ec han ical
tro uble in th ei r ot her mota an d finished
out of conten tion .
The 12 5 Expert cl ass had the lar gest
entry of the day with 3 0 rid ers a t the
sta r t. Steve Burgess [Number Two 1)·2 6
Plate Ho ld er ) look first in both heat s.
D ir t raci ng in th e Sta te of Utah is a t
the ex plosio n stage and before long we
al l their o wn fo r second p lace wi th Rice
w inning o ut. T ro p hy Dash w inner w a s
Randy Ri ce fro m Corval lis.
N ic k Ne lso n
( R ic) w as ver y
c o ns is te n t a n d ca me up w ith a w in in
t he 100 -class Trophy Dash and the A
Mai n. Fred Ha rr iman (Ka w) was second
wi t h a third go ing to Ch et Davis (Ya m) .
In th e 125 class, Keith Ne rset h
con trolle d th e ac t io n a ll th e w ay in th e
T roph y Dash to tak e fir st . T h e A Mai n
thriller was fas t. Ne rse th , fast o ff the
lin e, w as in th e lead w ith Ike Reed
(Kaw) an d J eff Celorie (Ya m) trying to ca tc h hi m . Reed go t b y Nerse th a ft e r
th e whi te flag . After t ha t it was a w ild
c ha se all th e way to the finish. Ike Reed
won, but it wasn't easy. Nerse th w a s
right on him for a second. Jeff Celorie
was thi rd.
Trophy Dash win ner in the 200 class
was A lan Busby (Bu l). Busby wen t o n
10 claim first p lace in the A Main. Steve
Sw eet (Bu l) ca m e in second with a cl o se
third to Ed d y Dunca n (P uc).
A grea t p er fo rm an ce by R ick Ol iver
(Bu l) in t he 25 0 T ro p hy Dash, gave him
t he wi n . In th e A Main, Oliver start ed in
the lead with Mar k William s ( Ka w ) an d
Charles Standeford (Su z) pressing close
behind. Williams
being the smooth
rider he is, stre a ke d past Oliver an d won
the race. Oliver and Standeford were
right behind,
A nother sp ectator thriller was the
360 " Main . We saw Jack Hee t er (CZl
trying to ca tc h Ma rk Willia ms (Kaw
" 0 No v : 1. Sc ott Whitaker (B ul): 2 . G ar y
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Pedro ( Ka w ) : 3. T om Robertso n (Yam) .
125 N o v : 1 . G r eg H u ll ( H o n ) : 2 . D ave
E lki ns (Bul) ; 3 . M ike Delacy (Y am ) .
125 Jr / Ex: 1. G ary Pie t ru sk iew icz (S UZ) ; 2.
Allen W o od (Hod ) .
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2 00 Nov: 1. Tom Page (Bu l ) ; 2 . Joh n
G er h ar dt (BU'l: 3 . D av id A llen ( B u l ) .
2 5 0 Nov : . R i clia rd Garzoll (SU Z) ; 2. Pat
L aw ler (Bul ) ; 3 . G reg H o w ell ( B ul ) .
250 J r : 1 . R ic k DeL1 cy (Yam ) ; 2. Donn ie
St omme l ( SU Z) ; 3 . Pete Fi n n e y (Ya m ) .
2 5 0 Ex : 1. Ph il A nderso n ( M a n) : 2. D uane
Ya rr o w ( Ya m) . 3. Da ve F aria ( O ss) .
3,60 Nov: 1. Joe G onza lle ( V a m) ; 2 . D ~ lIas
D aVIS ( Ya m); 3 . Gr eg Kefer ( Ka w).
5 0 0 Nov: 1. Michae l Av illa (Ma l) : 2. J im
Murd o ck ( Y a m); 3 . Don Hanan ( Y am ) .
2 6 0-5 0 0 Jr : 1. Pe te Dolcin l (Yam ) ; 2 . 3 50
( B ul) : 3. R ick Hatler (Yam) .
360- 5 0 0 E x : 1. Duane Yarrow ( Y a m ); 2.
Ron Kesler (Suz) : 3 . Allen Yarrow (Ya m) .
6 5 0 Nov: 1. R o ss. Pu t n a m (Tr l): 2 . B il l
Morgan (Tr l).
650 Jr : 1 . Clif t Se r ve t t ! ( N or ) ; 2. R a ndy
Hall (BSA) .
6 5 0 E x : 1. St ev e Young
Anderson (T r l ) .
(Trl); 2 .
Ph il
Novice riders scramble hard for
transfer points.
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