Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

se. eompetltlon, cuatomlzed, cl...lea, ehoppers and antique blk.. pi... aU the . Ignillcant 1174 modal. at the EI _ Annua l Cycla World International MotorcYcle Show, tIla largeatln tha world. .- Exhibit hours: April 18, 7:00 pm ·11:00 pm. April 19,7:00 pm - 11:00 pm. Apn l 20, 1:00 pm midn ight. April 21. 1:00 pm -1 0:00 pm. 1-0 0.. ~ Dave Pessy beat the 250 Experts on his new Ossa. CMC night MX By Buzz Baty IRWINDALE, CA L. , APR. 12 Luk e Messer's face just had to be as red as is possible for a face to get. Luk e easily won th e first tw o mo tos for the 500 Exp erts. Third ro und ac tion find s Luke way ou t in fro nt , see m ingly pu tting th e lock- on the wh ole a ffa ir, when passing th e finish lin e, running in the d eep insi de be rm , L uke lost fire in the big Ma ico right in fron t of two thousand asto nis he d fans, not to m enti on an astonished announcer, Bruce fl and er s . Bru c e , in h is exci te me n t , exclaimed, " My god he killed th e son o f a ' - . Luke began pumping up an d down on t he Maico's kic k starter as if he was t rying to get en o ug h turns o n th e sp rin g so he co uld finish . He fin all y got it to re-fire , bu t was d ead las t and anyt hing less than a fifth pl ace finish w ould d en y Luke th e Overall victory . With two lap s t o go , he nosed out Wes Sutton a t th e line for fifth, salv aging first Overall . Mar k Tyer (Hon) led 125 E xp erts moto one wire-to-wire, He su ff er ed a hole sho t in moto tw o a nd had t o se t tl e for second beh ind Bruce Baron. T he n Tyer chased a flying an d s teadi ly improving J eff J e nn in gs for four a nd a half lap s, before finally winnin g the last moto' and first Overall. Seco nd Ove rall , and breaking up t he Honda domination , wen t to Bruce Baron on his Orange County Cycle sponsored Yamah a. • Results M in i D lv I : 1. Frank Souto (Hon) ; 2 . Kell y Car lisle (Hon ); 3 . Buddy Ll ver mant ( V am ) . M in i Dlv II : L Scott Bell (H on): 2 . Vanc e Luevano (Hon) ; 3 . Sue F i sh (Hon) . Min i Ex : 1. BObby Jones (Hon); 2 . B ill Fencner (Hon) ; 3 . Ron Uta skl (Hon) . 100 Jr: 1. BObbY Jones (Hon) ; 2 . Bob Anderson ~Od); 3. Chico Mar tinez (Vam) . 1 25 J r Iv I : 1. Mike McGoniga l (Pen); 2. Mark L awren ce (Varn): 3 . R ich Ra dice (Hon) . 1 25 Jr D lv II : 1. Ton y De La sera (Yam); 2 . Larry Bodell (Pen) ; 3 . M ike Bush (Han) . · 1 2 5 Jr D lv II I : 1. Eugene Gayo (Hon); 2 . Tom Ortiz (Pen) ; 3 . Keith 5 1zoo (Pen ) . 125 Int : 1. Gary Denton (Han) : 2. Rob Roper (Han); 3 . Joe Plante (Hon) . 1 25 EJC: 1. Mar k Tyer (Han); 2 . Bruce Baron (Yam); 3. Jeff Jennings (Hon). 250 Jr O iv t : 1. Steve Mori ta ( H On ) ; 2 . Cra ig De Pa l ma (Hon) : 3 . Duane Crynes (Ho n). 250 Jr Div II : 1. C h ris Napoli tano (CZ): 2 . Natelborg (Bul ) : 3 . George Creezee Jerry (Vam). 2 5 0 Int : 1. Kelly Bau ti sta (Yam) ; 2. Mark Lawrence (CZ): 3. Ray Topham (Han). 2 5 0 EJC : 1. Dave Pessy (aSS) ; 2 . T ed Hamner (Yam) ; 3 . D r ew Nelson (Yam). 500 Jr : 1. Rick Carrlsosa (Ma l); 2. Matt Retherford ( 8ul); 3 . Steve Fry (Hus). 5 0 0 Int: 1. Jon M iller (Mai) ; 2 . Kevin D ic k (Mal); 3. Cliff Hicks (Suz). 5 0 0 EJC : 1. Luke Messer (Ma i); 2 . Ted Ha m ne r ( Yam) . 3. Curley W hol ey (CZ) . Mark Tyer (12) smoked everyone in' th e 125 Expert class. ~ t ~ Sweet Duck Suzuki Desert and MX Sp ecialists 1010 E. A rrow Hwy. Covina, Ca. (213) 966·8541 Suzuk i & Maico Mail Order Sp ecialists r - 'j; the marketfo'Ti P;:;;;;ng? -.., 1 I=I~ I=lNOEAG I 1 mu~ TI=ICO I 1 I .... 11140 G Cypress, Le Habra,Calif. I ~ __ ...!!!. :.!,7.£:!!!£. -! --- YELLOW OR BLUE NON-SL IP OURV -----~ ~ M.~ ~ ~ ' IM-P-A-C-LE-V-E-R-AS-S-EM-B-U-ES' $6.95 per set or $3.50 each Dealer Inquiries Invitee International Cycle House 1708 So . Lyon 12131363-6230 l wa nt _ IL I 714-558·9543 1""" enelosed -.,..,--_,_ I want yo u t o ship C.O.D. _ _-'-_ Deliver t o "my" h ouse : Name _ Address sr., San t a Ana , CA 92705 _ City State _ _ Zip _ _ [Buv a Membership a nd save . Cost $5) ~---- I I ----~ 15

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