Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Roberts top match race rider By Gary Van Voorhis OULTON PARK, ENG., A PR. 15 The British team once again won the John Player TransAtlantic Trophy by topping the American team 415 to 401. Kenny Roberts (Yam) took to p individual honors by winning three of the six races. ' Action started at Brands Hatch o n Friday wi th th e first leg going to Britain's Paul Smar t (Suz) after A mer ica n tea m m emb e r . DuHamel (Kaw) dropped o ut wh ile in the lead. DuHamel returned to wi n th e secon d leg. Ro berts took sec o nd in both races. Mallory Park was th e scen e of Sat urday's two race s and Kenny Roberts won both . Eas te r Mo nday 's series finale to ok place at Oulton Par k an d Britisher Barry Sheene (S uz) and Ro ber ts wo n t he final two races. Santa Barbara TT By Bob Sloan' SANTA BARBARA, CAL., APRl L 14 Even though it was a d ay for eggs and chocolate bunnies the Star ters M.C. had a goo d turnout of over 120 riders. Women's Lib erati on was on th e move ea rly in the 125 Division 2 as J ay Bales (Yam) to ok the firs t race hands d own. But local Male Ch au vanists weren't unwary as Sk eet er Marks (Suz) put it to the sto ps to take th e Overall win . The 125 Exp ert ba ttle was prob ably the most hard fough t ra ce of the day , especially in the th ird ra ce as Fr eddy Joenck (BuI) got an early lead follow ed closely by Mark Garn be tta (Bul). A fter one lap Joenck clipped Gambetta 's front wheel and sent him over the ' handlebars. Mark got up , en te red the trac k one lap behind and rode h is cah ones off trying to seek reven ge. J oe nck wen t o n for an Overall win . Terry Ash (Ho n) fo un d the groove in the 250 Diviso n I race and he ld an impressive lea d for the first few lap s but Tony Segale came closer and closer until he got by. Segale h eld the lead whil e h a r d c h argin g Do n Bolduc (CZ) th re atene d . These th ree di ced it ou t all day but Segalie reigned. Competition in the 250 Expert clas s was fast and impressive. Danny Waller (Bu l) spent most of his time in the first race dicing with Ro y Shrad er (KT M) while in the second it was Fr edd y J oenck (Bul) over Wall er . Waller , not to go unno ticed cam e back in th e third race to take the Overall win . In b ig bore competition it looked like Paul (Streaker) Napoleone (Bul) was going to wa lk (Streak?) away with it b u t mechanical difficul ties forced him ba ck as Tom Shumard fought it o ut with Mike Forsy th (Tri) for ho no rs. The Starters M.C. en ded the day in a fun and in teresting way with first a team mi nicycle race then a doubles ra ce . It was a nice day, no dust , warm sunshine an d everyb ody was d iggin ' the races. • some of the guys had to motor around with red and white flags b ound around th eir rear hubs. Sc ott Cav ness flew ar o und as th e victor ' on a AAA Cy cle Bultaco. Cavn ess whip ped the Junior class ove r his main co m petitor Glenn Keyes (Mai) and Mike Halberstadt on a Husqv ama. _ AMCMX By Tom Corley IRV INE, CAL., APRIL 12 With a clean first moto win , Mike Stearn s (Suz) strutted well ah ead o f Coast Moto cycl ist Clay Musolf (CZ) . Clay pushed his machine to the yellow starting gate with a pump in his hand becaus e his Barum kn ob had the leaks. The thumbs up peopl e or Buls tonigh t were AAA cyclist Lar ry McCarty an d Dave Carlson . Both wh ip p ed aroun d in third and fou rth. T he big buc ks p osi tions wer e in different hands in th e second moto . This ti me the flash of Mission Honda, Dave Car lson, streaked to t he fro nt. Th e sole Kawasak i racer Mike McG o wen was on his kn obs but co uld n' t make a pass whil e Stearns was snu ffed back into t hird . Meanwhile, Ac e McCarty was seen sidelined at the cor kscrew corn er with ha ssles while Muso lf did a big ea t at th e j acknife c orn er. an T hi s was c o m p le t el y unp red ictab le b at tle of 250 Expert fast guys. The third mo to was swept by Musolf on t he red framed , alloy piped CZ. Stearns gassed it through with th e second wave of th e checkered wh ile Dave Carls on, who is slappin ' the bucks into his Bul for lack of a sppnsor , took third. McCarty an d McGowen slid ou t wh ich blew their third mo to scores . All of the 500 sp ortsman machines roared down t~ starting straight in the first moto and imm edi at ely m ost of 'e m b it the dust in a crash act. Fro m th en on Girl racer Jay Bales smoked the boy s in the fast 125 Div. II race at Santa Barbara. . 1--. 'l ' r \.J - . .. ........... ~- 3 . . .. ~ tI ~ «,,~.. , Results > 'a: " .J a u ::; a ~ Pat Hubbs with both feet off the pegs at AMC OCIR. CRC at Valley CP By Gee Jay Barbacovi MOORPARK, CAL ., A PR. 14 Th e California Racin g Club held Ea s te r Sunday Moto cro ss a t Valley Cycle Park today. The Easter Bunny remembe red all o f those kids wh o had toleave thei r homes early that m orning by holding an egg hunt o n th e park gro unds. It was a fine gesture. Competition w as" sti ff in all clas ses , even in th e Min is where Vin ce Van Hook (Ho n) outlast ed e igh t o ther 8 0cc Ad van ced riders with two firsts and a fifth. Kent Bernstein had two sec o nds and a third to take seco nd place while jerry Little fin ished third Overall. In the Ex pe rt class, " Wild" Bill Barl ow on an Elsinore rode h alf of his first m oto with only one shoc k, ye t he wo n firs t Overall in t he 25 0s with a gran d slam. Jeff Black (Hon), led all three motos fro m start to finis h to take home th e firs t pl ace 125 Expert trop hy. The 250 Novi ces we re dominated by Steve Pinnerl (Yam) ,' wh o took care of his d ivision with th ree first p lace finis hes , Rand y Porter (CZ) looked good as he rode to a second Over all wh ile his brother, Mike (Puc ) placed third. Mike Sh eppard proved th at the new Pen to ns can really move by leading the 250 Beginners in to th e sunset. Kurt Sofka (Yam ) had three super sta r ts but had to settle for second Overall. _ _ Results M in i 80 A dv: 1. V i n ce V anHook ; 2 . K en t B ernste in; 3 . J erry Li ttle. M in i 80 Nov: 1. Todd H Ub ert ; 2 . V in ce Rags dale; 3 . Mark Le os. M in i 80 Beg : L Danny Cherr ie r; 2 . Russ Geiger. M i n i 6 0 : 1. R ick Hoglund. 12 5 E x : L Jeff B lack . 250 E x : 1. Bill Ba r l o w . 125 I n t : 1. Bob Garrabrant. 2 5 0 Nov: 1. Steve Pi n n e r l ; 2 . R a nd y Po r t er ; 3 . Mike Po r te r . Open N o v : 1. R o n Hornaday. 2 5 0 Be g : 1. M ike Sh ep p a r d; 2 . K urt So1ka ; 3 . R ob Ha igh t . Open B eg : 1. William Withers; 2 . Edd ie M c Bride. 125 Nov: 1. Geo rge V ien s; 2 . D on C h ene Yi 3 . G ene Mapl e . 100 Nov: L Al an M il1ord. 1 25 Nov - 16 : 1. Willy Si mon s; 2 . Rusty Biggs. 100 Beg : 1. J im Bur ke; 2 . B r uce Br idgh am . 125 Beg : 1. St eve Mar tin ; 2. B r ion Landsberg ; 3 . Jam es Kumu r a. 125 Beg . · 16 : 1. Ri chard Bland; 2 . John Cove ; 3 . Chri stian Vaughn . Saddleback MX By Tom Corley IR VI NE. CAL.• AP RIL 13 14 Expert shoes will still get th e two 40 minute m o to challenge. The 100 Beginner and Novice class es put o n so me heavy d icin g for a switch, with t he 500 Expert st ar Curt Bishop's kid b ro ther Troy being the h o tshoe in each m oto. Ar t Foreman on a fam iliar Rickman -Hoda ka definitel y had th e most sano machine of th e pack and flar ed in to first. Fo re ma n circle d th e track for ab o ut two lap s and t hen Bish op 's Yamaha streaked on by and buil t up a super lead. A bogus lookin' Hodaka was b a t tlin' in th ird but as it turned out he was j ust a dude j ust out to have so me thrills ' cause he wasn ' t • even en tered . .. JIj < . W.. ...e ,. . Results M I N I S: 1. Bob Perry (H on) . 2. A . Martin ( Y a m) . 3 . B . Ca rter (Yam) . MINI EX : 1. Darren Penrod (Yam). 2. Mike Lopez (Honl- 3 . J . C . Lopez cHo n) . 100 CLASS: • Larry Moriarty (Vam) . 2. J . C. Lopez (Hon) . 3. George Ga lindo. 125 DIV 1 : 1. M i ke C arter (Pen) . 2 . Lion e l l sa CHon ) . 3 . Ala.n Oe large (Yam ) . 125 orv 2 : 1. Skeeter M ar k s (SUZ ). 2 . D ave F ee (Yam) . 3 . Neil MacOonnel (SU l). 125 EX: L Freddy Joench CBul). 2. Burt Soloman (SU l). 3 . Darren Pen rod ( Ya m ) . 250 DIV 1 : L Ton y Sega lle (H on ) . 2. Don Bolduc CCZ) . 3 . Ter r y Ash (Han) . 250 CIV 2: 1. G. Meyer (CZ). 2. R . Holton ( C Z) . 3. Andy Segall (Hus) 2 5 0 EX : L Danny W aller (Bul) . 2 . John Herr in (Yam). 3 . Roy Shrader (KTMO OPEN : 1. Tom Shuma rd (CZ) . 2 . M ike F o rs y t h (Trl) . 3. Simon Sm ith (Hu s) . it o ut in, for the two 40 European mo to syste m was terminated for the Sp ortsman people. Now th ey'll be thrashing it out in 20 minu te mo tos again. However , the The S.A .M. mu st o f figured th a t the super lon g motos are too much for the average guy to bash M IN I : 1. Larry oesere (Ho n ). 2. Je 1f Schones (Han). 3. M i ke R ina ld i (H o n) . 10 0 E!EG : 1 . J im Odie ( Yam) . 2. Perry Jenkin s (v a rn ), 3 . Ter r y Fetthrus ( Y a m ) . 100 NOV : 1. T r o y Bishop (Vam) . 2_ Chr is W h i te (Vam) . 3. A r t Foreman (R IC) 125 BEG : 1. David Gamel (Hon) . 2. Carl Gieselman (Han) . 3 . Er ic Brav l n (HOn ) . 125 NOV : 1. Ron St ro ner (Bul) . 2. M ar c Crosby (Pen) . 3 . PaUl scnon es (Han). 125 JR : I. Carney Briggs (Hon) . 2. Norman G o m ez (Han) . 3 . Marvin Scott ( Hon) . 1 25 t N T : 1 . Ma r k Harrington (Hon) . 2 . Jeff Henneke (Ha n ). 3 . Ma rk Brown (Pen). 125 E X : 1 . Ken W a t k ins (SU Z) . 2 . Jonas Gaaf (Hus) . 3. Jon S p eig ht (Man) . 2 5 b B E G : 1. F r ed Knapp (Kaw) . 2. Lu c D eley (CZ) . 3 . Ph ilip So le nberger (Vam ) . 2 5 0 NOV : 1. Greg G r itters (Kaw) . 2. Er ic H eide man ( HuS) . 3 . Steve Roberts (Han ) . 25 0 JR : 1 . K i r k D unnin g (Han ). 2 . Frank Bua ( Vam) . 3. Ma rk McH en ry (B UI ). 25 0 tN T : L Ke n G abri els o n (H us) . 2 . Steve Pf lu g (CZ). 3. George W egner (eZ). 250 EX : 1. Bob Messer (M a n). 2. Scot . M iller (Hus) . 3. Val Tarnlett l ( Mon) . 500 B E G.: 1. D av id Sh erron (Yam) . 2 . Russ Kaa tz (Vam) . 500 NOV : 1. Gilbert Gonzales (Ma l). 2 . D ave Sh ill ing (B u l ) . 3. Fran k S h illing (B u l ). 500 J R : L Don Pine (Due) 2 . S co tt . "r nomp son (CZ). 3 . M ark Casey (Mal). 500 EX : L M ike Vorba (Ma l ). 2 . R i ck Blum (Hus) . 3. Curt B IShOP (Ma i) OLD T I M ERS : 1. M ic hae l Cosenza . RRAMX By Tom Corley ELSINO RE. CAL ., APRIL 14 Just afte r a win in AMC at O.C.I.R., the Safety Engineering supported je t Dave Boydstun stunned the flock of combi ned 500 class ' crossers. Boyd stun wen t to money city after easily roosting on the Ex perts Sunday in th e Rawh ide Raci ng Assoc iation show , of Motocross. The Flying' 'Taco did do the trick. No breakos except for the fact ' t hat he had a h ole in his downpipe but he h ose clamped some wood over it. Blurring by wi th a Coast Moto Cycle jersey, CZ m o un ted Lee Evans had no ) hassles winnin g th e 500 Inter-maniac class ' ca use h e soloed i t. The o nly t h u nderi ng to be heard from a fo ur-st ro ker w as by the Beezer of Novice winner Tom Cian ci tto, while another Bul ma de it to the top as Bob Highsmith reigned as the Beginnerwinner. From th e sp lit second that he slipped the clutch, Jeff Sanc h ez of Whittier ha d the l 25 No vice gian t troph y p ractically stashe d in h istruc k, J eff gasse d it on his Elsinore for three bi g moto wins. Full coverag e helme t racer Charles Starr sho we d th e sec o nd most co mp et itive st yle and to ok second. Gordon Tamn on a screamin' Noguc h i flew in thi rd bu t got to do so me heavy second place scrambling when he wh ipped Starr in' _ the final mot o go: Results M I NI: 1 . Ga ry R e ns haw (Han) . 2 . Georg e Re n shaw (H en }, 3 . C lnd l Wat son (H a n ) . 100 BEG : 1 . ze e (B&O ) . 2 . S t eve Fost e r (H ·D ) • 1 25 B E G : 1. Bob To liver (Mnk) . 2 . T im Ma ssenzo (Hon) . 3. Stev e Gi lden (Han) . 12 5 NOV : 1. Jeff Sanchez (Han ) . 2. Charles Starr (Hon} , 3. Gordon Tamn (Nag). 125 INT: 1. Bob H enry (Hon) . :L Waymond W ill iams ( VZ) . 3 . Eddie Clark (Hon) . 1 2 5 E X : 1. Paul Minn is (Han ) . 2. Brya n Re ns haw ( Han) . 3 . Da n a N el son (SUZ) . 25 0 BEG : 1. R i c k Murray (Han) . 2 . Ri c k H a r r en (Han ) . 3 . Mar k Clay ton (CZ ) . 2 5 0 NOV : 1. Gordon N ewman (Bu l) . 2 . Sta n Flander s (Man). 3. Marti n Ba ker (Han). 25>0 tN T : 1. D ar r ell B row n (Man ) . 2 . Perry Black ( B ul ). 3 . D e n n i s K lnda ( O ss) . 25 0 EX: 1. C lay Musolf (C Z) . 2. Bob H arber ( H us) . 500 B E G , 1. Bob H igh sm ith (Bul) . 5 0 0 NOV : 1. T om Ciancitto (B SA ). 500 INT: 1. Lee E vans (CZ ). 500 E X : 1. D av e B o yd stun (B u l) . 2 . R alph D o m in g uez (Mal ). OLD TIMERS: L James Townsen d (M ai ) •

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