Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

AMEMX By Chris Hatounian l\IOORI'ARK. CA L.• A PR IL t ' Ho t , rough , dr y, but no t necessarily d ust y. That ph rase co uld best d escr ibe th c co nd it ions o f the track at iod av's Ai\lE Motocross a t Valley Cycle Park. T he weather was almost per fect with a clea r sky and a b reeze in your face. A perfect day 10 wat ch som e ho t act io n. .t- c, .( Side Back Assn. supports M.O.R.E. non profit Can you do any ....? ..e ",0. I I M.O.B.E. ~ ~ of Californ ia 1129 N. 11 th St . Sacramento , CA 95826 HOT HATS! $10 a year prevent s bad laws and gets yo u all t he state news. $1.00!! Money back if not satisfied. _ _ Hot Hats@ 1.00 ea tota l _ F REE ST ICKl ES Which must be accompan ied with 1 Se lf Addressed St am ped Envel ope. Nam e -..,- Address _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ AMA Professional Motorcycle Rac~s _ _ Zip APRIL 20th _ AMA Flat Track Races 18 Even ts Allow two to three weeks for the post office. Send check or mone y order to : SAl NilE 8 PM CYCLE NEWS STUFF . P.O. BOX 498. LONG BEACH. CA 9080 1 Gates Open 6 p.m . T ime T rials 7 p.rn. 1II11111ll1ll111111 1 11llIllIllIll1ll1ll11l1ll1llImlllllllllltllllllllllllllllIIlIlIl1ll1l1ll1. SOUTH BAY PARK ( Goodyear is Carroll Shelby 22 21 3-821-3436 SAVE at S AVE SAVE Cyde Parts For nearest Location Phone: (2 13) 334·5195 SPEEDWAY .....11111.....1111'....""....,·.."' .."..""..""""·"1111"'1 ......""11".."'''' ''" Otay Mesa. Chul a VISta Ph o ne 714 ·420·7414 T ake Int . 5 to Ma in 51. Exit then East on Ma in St . to tr ack T he 250 Expe rts looked like th ey we re trying to se t a di stance record off th e sk i-jump hil l. T o say they were off the gro und w ould be a n und er st atemen t. High flying Von Peterson (CZ) shot out in th e lead in th e first m ot o with Brad Lynch (Mai ) and Hal Strau ss (CZ) right o n his t ail w aiting for a mistake . Peterson went wide in a turn letting Strau ss slip by, but Pe terson got b ack around him in the fin al m o m en ts of the mo to to take t he win . In the second mota Peterso n agai n took the lead wit h Ly nch glue d to his rear. Both riders had a fier ce battle for the lead wit h Peterson winning it by a little bit a t th e fin ish . In th e th ird moto, Lynch was probably tired of chasing everybody else, so he pu lled a hole shot and led fro m sta rt to finish . Peterson won Overall by virtue of his two first pl ace finishes. The Open E xp ert race was a two-man show with Mike Puckl es (Mai) and Tom Claire (C Z ) co nstan tly at battle with each othe r. Pu ckles power proved to be faster b y winn ing first Overall for himsel f and Claire to ok second. The b est race o f t he d a y was definitel y th e 125 Expert. Tony Dela Torre (Mnk ] an d his best ri vals, Gary Hubet (Pe n) a nd Tobi Taki (Can -Am ) put o n a fast race, al ways bunch ed up figh ting fo r t he lead. Tobi Taki was lea di ng every m ot o, but crashed a nd a b ro ken throttle ca ble kept him from th e win he w as so d e t ermined to ge t. Dela T o rre was the O veral l winner. 1t was a cle an sweep day for 250 Junio r w inner Don Hans en (Mai) . He disappeared from e very rider ex cep t Mik e Morrison. In th e first mota, Morrison shot o u t in the lead making it look like ano the r Overall win to bring his t otal to five a t Valley Cycle Park. But Hansen 's Maico see m ed to have much more power t ha n Morrison's Honda and Hansen left them al l in th e weeds af ter he passed Morrison. In the second a nd third m ota, Hans en just to ok off from ever yo ne. . In th e 250 Interm edi ate race, Wayne Carlton (Mai) won the drag to the first co rne r. Mike H uddlston (Mai) and Brian Summe rs (CZ) were ver y close in second and thi rd. About halfway through th e m oto, Huddlston made a move on Carlton a nd to ok th e lead only to lo se it a t th e fi nis h lin e. Se cond and th ird m o to s were domin ated by Carlton , so he was t he Overall wi nne r for th e d av. Nan cy Daggs ( YZ ) had n o problem co nq ue ring the Pow d er Puff clas s, wh ile Tod Hurbert (Ho n) clean sweeped th e Min is. • Desert racing at Riverside By Bob Bow RIVERSIDE, CAL ., AI'R IL 7 T hc SRA Europea n scram b les today ran o n a ncw 2.8 m ilc co urse at Riverside Raceway, most ly on grass and ro lling hills. T he n t he wa ter crossing " alc" 100 man v bi kcs and ridcrs wer e givcn a choicc 10 ei ther go through or aro und th c water. Du st was at a minimum . th ank s to th e gia n t w at er truc k. Race o ne wa s for Beginners Unde r 16 a nd th e Powd er Pu ffers. After n ine hack-and-forth lo ops. T om Ruvu lo and h is 125 Honda seem ed to be solidly in for th e ch ec ke re d foll ow ed by Mark All en and Erne st Oliv er. Fir st 25 0 1'1'

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