Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

I a va i l. Fort y - y e ar -old Ge or ge Lanyon (Han) m ad e it all the w ay d own f rom Bish op to take first 250 on a Honda an d leave all the kids in th e d ust. T he results were figured o u t on the spo t w ith b ig tro ph ies p rese nted at th e same t im e. Riversid e Racew ay m a y replace th e des ert. • Cas to r I I, R ich ard Smith 10, Bill Man ley 10. Brad Newe ll 10, Jim Ashworth 10. Keith Mashburn 10 and Ma x Koemans 10. • CMCMX By Mi ke Molletta Everybody loves Saturday night IRVI N E , CA L., APR. 7 David Williams just missed getti ng his first CMC Saddleback win in the 125 Pro class today . He took the first m ot o over Mark T yer and Barr y P or t e r, both looking surp rised at this new leader. In th e second moto T yer d ecided tha t it was time to move and in lap two \ By Tom Blattler CORONA, CA L.• A PR IL 6 Going into the final moto , the to p 250 Jun ior position wa s really up for grabs wit h no less than nine riders st ill in con ten t ion. At the start of the thi rd moto, the Mon te sa o f Dane Scott was st ill scream ing and he jumped int o th e lead. Dane had Ro cky James,J .N. Miteo Lady lea ds Puffer he rd. and fi fth Overall was new SRA rider Louise Whit e (u p fro m San Diego) , wi th Glo ria Farvo ur in for first 200 on he r well -prepare d Honda. T he lea ders d id a funn y rig h t in fro nt o f the crowd and lost first place. Seems they couldn' t resist waving at the home crow d! The 25 0 an d O pe n race for No vices and N ovice II was the m ost ho tly can tes ted of th e day , with Fran kie Keepe rs (N ovice II ) and h is Hu sk y finally getting the nod on t he n in th lap wit h Mike Boe hle r t (Bu l) right behind . In th e co m b ined Open an d 250 Beginn er class it was 14-year-old Todd Breker wh o led the pack for the en ti re 10 lap s on a desert CZ. wi th Suzuki m o un ted J . C. Burd o n his t ail t o n o Elledge , " like Mor aw ski . and Steve Rieh le ho t af t er him. But Sco tt he ld t he m all off t o tak e the win . Am on g th e 25 0 cc Begin ners, Honda-mounted Tom Kantzalis rode hi s first victory at Co ro na th is sea son , finishin g second in the fir st mota and wi n ni ng the fi nal tw o. Jim Mak os also pegged his fir st win of the seas o n a t Coro na, as he blitzed all three m o t o s in the Senior 250's , Dav e Williams again won three m o to s, takin g the 12 5 gold for h is sixth w in o f the season. • Coming on the inside Story & Photo by Dennis Greene IRW INDAL E. CAL .• APR . 6 Dan Fishburn was the only rider to -get a perfect score o f 15 poin ts, after a total o f two night s of racing whi ch saw 64 ride rs run in J im Ash worth insi d e Keith Mash burn. 80 even ts. All th is, to pick 20 rid ers tha t will be eligible to co mpe te as division one ride rs in the 19 74 season. T he S. R .A . w o rk ed o u t the two race mee ts in order to give all rid e rs a cha nc e to show wh et her o r n o t they were read y t o rid e in the fi rst di vision. T he ir ho p es we re to take th e to p 20 in total po ints an d ad d th em to th e top 3 0 ride rs fro m the 19 7 3 season fo r a to tal of 5 0 di vision o ne rid ers, but it w orked o ut \ th at t here was a six way ti e at 10 po ints for th e last th ree spo ts. It will h e up t o th e S. R .A. to eit he r ta ke all six for a total o f 23 rid ers, or t o c u t th e poin t s o ff at I I an d give a u t 17 dual licenses. passed Fast Da ve Erop k in for th e lead a nd never lo oked back. Williams moved up into second but j us t co ul d n ' t catc h Tyer. It ended with Tyer taking the win wi th the best last rnoto fini sh. Williams pl aced second and in fo r th ird wi th two co nsisten t fo urth place rid es was Dave Ero p k in, Bo th Ty er and Ero pkin were o n Hondas wh ile William s was riding one o f J ohn Pen ton ' s best. The official Sp eedwa y open ing wi ll be in Bakersfield. Wednesday the 17th o f April ; th e 18 th will see the whol e sho w at Irwindal e. an d roundin g o u t th e first week of Speed way , Friday n ight th e 19 th at Co st a Mesa , T o m my Cro f t, w ho a co u ple of weeks ago b roke hi s jaw in fo ur places , was back in the run ni ng today . ' He was co ncen tra ting on th e 500 Pro class. His jaw w ired shu t , T om m y had to ha ve a liq u id diet. n o t the bes t thi ng fo r m o tocross. T o make ma tters wo rse. he go t a n a t in the first m ota netting hi m an eig h th . In the secon d m o ta h e an d his Fr anks really moved t o come from beh ind for seco nd p lace . Th is gave hi m a th ird overall - a very well d eserved th ird . T he to p 23 riders are Da n Fishb urn 15 points. Bru ce Pen hall 14. Troy McK ee 14 , Bob Sc h wartz 13. Da ve Si m s 13, Wayne Lewis 13. Keit h T en ni s 12 , Phil Moon 12 . Nelson Fo nte 12 . Brian S ho rt 12, George A rm as 12. Do n Stu bbs 12, Ron Stew a rt 12, J an Ballard 12 , Bill Firnhabe r 12, Dave Van Horn 12, Ralph Al May. ridi ng a Maico for Ho lida y Cy cle, sh owed tha t his last pe rfo rm an ce was j ust a slu mp. "'lark Rodman o n a YZ took second overall with two go od r ides. Mark must be the m o st im proved Open class rider thi s y ear. Cro ft took third plac e spo t w ith Gary Ben ge pulli n g • h is CZ in fo r fo urt h. BANG TEN MOTOCROSS, SOCKS REGULAR $2.98 rl NOW ONLY $1.50 DIRECT FROM FACTORY WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTOR Send th is coupon wit h $1.50 + .50 for postage and handling (tota l $2.00 per pair) to l. Bell, P. O. Box 7089, Burbank, Calif. 9 15 10. Name (Print) " , , ' . 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