Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Raceway . He appeared no worse for wear and was determined in his way around Rich Par ks for thc win . T im Holder tripped over fr om the Bay Are a to win the "B" portion o f the 250 Novi ce ab oa rd his tri ck Rickman, wi th Howard Moss taking second o ver racing mech an ic, Ben Voytilla. Raiv o T rubo k' changed his ways in the " A" portion winning ove r a falt ering Bob Hain es wh o was almost caug h t by Terry Oobell . Mike Bowli ng took a Cooper to the win in t he 25 0 Junior main pu rely by outriding the competition in a race tha t was supe r spec tac ula r. Bill Rose took the jump with newcomer Nick McBride, Mik e Montgomery and a host o f regu lar s righ t beh ind . Bowling ca me fr o m abou t sixth o r seventh o n th e first lap to take the lead on th e third lap fro m Rose . The other co mpeti tion star ted to drop o ff th e pace despite Bowlin g m issin g gears and being low o n horsepower. He co uld simply out drive th em into th e co m er and co me out in a bett er line. Bowling took the w in over Rose with Nick M cBride third. St eve Parker to ok home the win in the Open Junior main wh en his toughes t co m petito r, Barry Lawerence pitched a muffl e r a fte r ge tting h it by Scotty Booth. Lawerence was doi ng his super sliding operation wh en he caugh t tr action a little too ear ly and cu t in front o f the 500 Triumph and go t wh acked. Scotty held second for a portion but th en fell. St eve Wallac e _ even tua lly took the se cond tro p hy . Gregg Weisbach , who was mounted on a Montesa VR. almost - 1/8 Mile S.T. By Shirley Campbell CORVALLIS , OR E., :'>IAR. 30 This was th e last points race o f th e season fo r the Corvalli s Ind oo r sho rt trac k. It wa s quit e an evening wi th lots o f ac t io n. Some rid ers ca m e o ut smelling lik e roses while many were left feeling like something else. T here we re top riders th at ende d up a ny w he re fro m th e B Main s th rough the D Mains, T he cro wd also see med d ifferen t tonight. Guess th e riders' b ad breaks also w orked on th e sp ecta to rs. Loren Eric kso n. first time o ut o n the indoor track, cle ane d hou se. Erick son rode hi s Honda fo r a win in th e T ro ph y Dash and wen t on to wi n the A Main in th e Minibike class. Second-pl ace win ner was St eve Copley (Yam) . This wa s also a first try for Scoll Toy (Ya m) from Drain. This young gen tle ma n took a t hird and rode ver y well . R.A.C.E. MX By T om Blattler CORONA, CAL., MARCH 30 Th e Quarterly Point Championsh ip was o n th e line last Saturday. after 90 days o f rac ing. Going into the fin al race Eddie Clark and .Sco t t Tipton were th e runaw ay leaders. Eddie rid es a 125cc Honda Elsinore and Scott a Hond a Mini . Clark started out in the 12 5 Juniors and now rides in the Int erm ed iate division. Scott possib ly saw hi s titl e cha nces go d own th e drain wh en , after a sec on d pla ce finish in the first 100 Ju nio r moto, he fell hard in th e second and had to se t t le for fifth overall. In Clark 's first race, h e dominated the 12 5 Intermediat es and ca p tu red th e o verall win with three firsts . Th e second class for Tipton was th e 125 Beginners, an d Scott grabbed the first two moto wins, but after crashing co uld not co mpe te in the fin al. Scott took ho me second overall. A.M.C. Night MX By Thew Asp IRVINE , CAL., MAR. 22 Wha t's dark, very cold , and freezes you to d ea th ever y t ime you go t o one? A nighttime moto cros s race. Yes friends , I went t o cov er the all new A.M.C. night races at Orange County Inte rn ati on al Ra ceway. The stacked o w ne r o f A.M .C., beautiful Bette Lasker a nd her skilled crew decided to drop the ir Sun d ay races at Oran ge Coun ty International Ra ceway to dabble in Friday night race s instead. 1 just want to go on record as saying t hat for a club's first attempt at p r omoting a n igh t race Miss Lasker and her staff d id on e hell of a job an d you can be sure tha t she is goi ng to make Friday ni ghts something that people are going to look fo rward to . (B ear in mind that Th ew is related to Ms. Lask er. . .Ed.} The first scheduled race for the eveni ng was the co mb ined Open Experts an d 250 Experts. Leaping into firs t place in all three of the m o to s was the Su zuki of Mik e Steams, who was eventually to become the first place " green grabber" for th e 250 Experts. At first it appeared as though Stearns was going to hav e his hands full trying to hold off th e co nstan t ch arg e of the only rider to pressure him for the lead. This was David Pessy (Ho n) . At the drop of th e gate in the first rno to both Stearns and Pessy sh o t out in front of the rest o f th e pack n ever to be seen agai n until th ey sta rted lapping the field . For the en tire race Pessy, was nev er further away than three feet from Stearns' rear tire un til. o n the seven t h lap, Pessy decid ed to m ak e hi s mo ve. He tried to make a wild pass on the outside of th e track while both he and Stearns were go ing up and over one o f the larger jumps found on th e co urse . He didn 't do it . St earns saw thi s co m ing and was pr epared for it. A s Pessy cam e alongside Stearns a t th e pe ak of the jump the Su zuki ace took h is ha ndlebars and gently tapped th e flyi ng Ho nda's hars, which tu rned Dave into t he J u nio r birdman. Both he and his bike event ually made a : re -ent ry in to our p lanet's mu rky a t mosphere and landed with all t he grace and style of a pel ican doing a no se dive into co nc rete pavement. Neither he nor his Honda we re badly dam aged in the spe ctacu lar crash, howev er, but after t his litt le incid ent he decid ed to cool it as far as the 250 races go for th e rest of the evening. This left Don Hort on , o n a Mo ntesa VR, to take the second p lace finishing sp ot j us t ah ead of th ird place, Fast fun among the Joshua trees AD ELA NTO , CAL., A PR . 7 Cycl ists from So ut hern Cal ifornia areas and Nevada converged on the 395 Cycle Par k for TT and Y,-m ile fast riding. Sp ec t ato rs 300 stron g watched eighty riders fro m Las Veg as, San Diego, Pa lmd ale, Cuca monga, An aheim, R ive rside, No rth ridge, La ncaster, Buena Pa rk. zGarden Gro ve show t he spi rit of fun and e xci tement in t he twe nty-five races. In th e 100 class Nick Nelson (Pu c) won t he Trophy Dash. A Main action brough t all the rid ers except one off th e line befo re th e flagman was read y. Back to the second lin e they went. Chet Davis (Yam) came up with the win with a second place to Ken Cc:lorie (Yam) . Gary Pier ce (Ya m) claim ed th ird. Wayne Loesch (Su z] rode very smoothly and didn't let the pressure of Ik e Reed (Kaw) and Dick Wooten (Ya m) ge t to him. Reed came up beh ind Loesch and tried to p ass him o n th e outside several tim es b ut d id not succ eed. Loesch won th e 125 A -M ain and also ca me up wi th the to p spo t in the Tro p hy Dash. In th e 20 0 T roph y Dash A lan Busb y (Bul ) to ok firs t. Busby was really moving fast in th e A Main wh en hc too k a sp ill. Randy Melton (Bul) too k o ver th e lead and won th e race . Gar y Davis (Bu l) ca me in for second with t hird going to St eve Sweet (Bu l). Lest er Hu ey (Suz) knew wh at he was after and swe p t in to the lead fro m th e sta rt of th e race. Charles Stande fo rd (Suz ), Rick Oliv er (Bul) and Mark Williams (Ric ) p ut up a great fight but lI uey was n ' t about to se t t le for an y t hing but first . lie had the race in his hands and he knew it. I told you guys last summ er to w at ch out for this kid . He is ('ou rteen ye ars old. Mark William s won the T rophy Dash. ' In th e fina l even t of the evening St eve Toftdahl (Yam ) rode a fantast ic race. l\lark Williams (Kaw) wa s first off th e lin e bu t Toftdahl took co ntro l very fast an d led it all the wa y. Williams took second . In third wa s Brad Hur st (CZ) who won a very fas t B Main and tr ansferred up . This was th e second t ime o ut for Hurst on this bike and he looked 1I 00d. Clark also crashed Saturday at Corona in the 250 Interm ediate. Eddie did not ride a ft er that point. In oth er Sat urday action , little J oh-;} Gless co n tinued to d o minate the Mini Cycle cla ss. J o hn cap tured all three moros, as Rick Hickman and Randy Gr izzle foll owed. In th e 100 Beginners, John Gordon made his first appea ran ce of th e year and ca p t ured th e cla ss with two first s and a second. In t he 1OO.juniors, Mart y Wolford score d an ea sy o vera ll win . After T ipton cra sh ed , l\lart y 's rid e w as a little easier. Clet e Bragman rode h is Yam ah a to the win in th e 125 Beginn ers. as Ti p ton d id not ride th e fina l m ot o, In th e 125 Junior s Jim Cu pp (Ho n) sco red an other vic to ry as he defeated Edd ie Bo yd in a very close race. T he 25 0 Beginn er class saw Norm Elledge (Bul) take t he win with Brian Wolford gra bbi ng seco nd and Bob St agg th ird . Ste ve Sm ith (Kaw) cap tu red th e 250 Junior s, with th e 25 0 Seniors go ing to David Hop kin s after Ke vin Call aw ay crashed ea rly in th e d ay. ' In th e hig bike classes , Doug StallK to o k th e 500 J uniors ov er J im Nelson and Boh Lewi s. In that great "Vets" c la ss. Bob Cra ndall co n t inues to dominate a s he cap t ured all three mo tos. • AMC OCIR MX By Tom Corley EL TORO, CAL. , MAR. 29 Th e 125 Expert sh owd o wn co nsisted of one of the most ex ce llent line-ups of go-fast racers yet see n in Fri day ' n igh t AMC 'crossin at O.C.I.R. Fl ying Mach in e Factory was out to grab the bucks an d wicked up tw o Pen t o ns with extremely radical mills for Mark Tyer and Dave Miller. The Missio n Ho nda Elsinores o f Dave Carlson and Brad Dutoit we re screarnin' at the drop of the gate along with Rick Wiseman, Lennie Garton and YZ mounted Richard Clvmore, Despite the crew of 125 Experts, Kearney Mesa Honda ra cer Jeff Foland of San Diego whipped 'em all and bagged the cash. When I talked to the stunned co mpetition they d idn't fee l that J eff was really fast , just a m an iac ! The first moto [Ired off and the spe ctators witnessed t he Penton aces Tyer and Miller gassin' it one and two. Tyer co n tin ued to haul for the win bu t Miller had his carb come apart at the corkscrew comer where he came to a su dde n stop. Dave Carlson then captured second place while Foland was movin' up and swept his Elsinore th rough t he checkere d flag in third. With his b od h an gin ' to th e side of h is mach ine wh ile , wh ippin' it over th e fir st j ump Dave Miller exploded out to an early secon d moto lead . Vi cto ry was in his path until more carb prob lems b urbled out his rally. Fo lan d and Carlson were scrapin' bikes while d icin ' super close together and finished that w ay while Tyer and Garton were ramblin ' fro m b ehind. Third moto co mba t saw Carlson lose h is cl utc h at th e start while misfortune h it " Cra sh and Burn" Miller who bashe d it o ut rig ht before th e Mob y Dick jump. Lenn ie Garton ro o sted o n th e c rew at the start but th en Foland and Tyer proved too rad ical fo r h im and made a blur as they st rea ked by him for th e win. With a monopol y in the 125 Expe r t m oto wins J eff Foland aced out the rest for a dean m on e y win o ver Mar k T yer and fas t Dave Carl son. 'C 0.. -< The " Fly ing Haw aiian" J ohn DeS oto isn 't th e only shoe to swit ch to the Maico 'c rosser 'cau se tonigh t th e YZ ace Morris Malone was mounted on a Maico for Wheelsmith Motorcycl es. Malone smoked the pack with three straight 250 Exp ert wins as he sprayed everyone with dirt clods on his red tanked Maico that had its biggest competition co mi ng fro m Dave Carlson. The Mission Honda racer stoked everyone when he entered a bl ue ta nked Bu l for a chan ge of pace an d out goosed t he pack for seco nd. Sole Kawasa ki of the 250 Expert class was bei ng t hro tt led by Mike McGow en who took third o ver Marty Gress ham (Yam), Clay Musolf (CZ) and Greg Weisba ck o n a Mo ntesa VR of Vic's Co mpetition Motorcycle Shop in Sa n D iego . Special thanks to Crown Helmets for slap pin ' jerseys on the ba cks of people and for p urring helmets on the heads of top ra cers. T heir jersey wasseen flashin' aro und on the track by Dave Bo ydst un wh o had a match ra ce with Mark Rodman in the 500 Expert sh o wd o wn. Results M in i Beg: 1. K e it h D oege (Hon) ; 2 . Shawn Kanel ( H o n ); 3 . Randy Moos (Hon). M in i Nov : 1. Dean Bradley (Hon): 2. Gr89 Barrett (Hon). M in i Int : 1. Jeff Ward (HOn) . 100 Beg : 1. Tony Gome z (Vam) ; 2 . Ryan A bbat e ( Y am ) ; 3 . A nd y Smitn (SU Z) . 100 N ov : 1. Chr is Gran t. (Yam) ; 2 . Dean Adk ins ( V am); 3 . Ric k RenOing (Hon) . 100 Jr : 1. M ike Johnson (Vam); 2 . .Jonn Ga r dn("r (Vam) ; 3. Huff Hadl ey (Yam). 100 Int : 1. Gary Tam ietti (Pen); 2 . Jeff Hewitt (ena) ; 3 . Mark Marr iott (Hod) . 10 0 Ex : 1. B rad Duto it (J & B l ; 2. Jeff Ward (HOn). 12e. Beg D iv I : 1. Gar y Smith ( H On); 2 . D av e Be rt ( H O~); 3 . Bill Kendall (S UZ) . 1 25 Beg D lv II: 1. Dan BuCkley (Pen ); 2 . Matt O berly (Suz) : 3 . Steve D av is (Hon) . ~ 12e. N ov : 1. Mark Asbury (KTM); 2. Ia n Bow m a n (Hon); 3 . Larry Was son (Hon ). 125 Po wd e r Puff : 1. Sue Brennan rcz 2. Pam N iles ( H o nj , 1 2~ Jr : 1. Rich Reve les (Yam ); 2 . La nce W a rn er (H on) ; 3 . Bob by Quinti n ( H On ). ,1 2 5 In t : 1. Rich K aw ana (H On) : 2 . Warr en Rei d (Ho n); 3 . Dana N e lson (S UZ). 1 2e. Ex : 1. Jeff F oland tH On) ; 2 . Ma rk Tyer ( Pe n ) ; 3 . D av e Carlson (Hon). 2 5 0 Beg : 1. M ar k Mar inez (ezl : 2. Steve Lan dre th (Hon); 3 . K en M ar sh ( SUZ . 25 0 N o v : 1. Robert Green (Kaw). 2 . Michael Po et-nan ( M on ) ; 3 . Guy Olson ( Hon ). 25 0 Jr : 1. Jay Parent (Bul) ; 2 . Je ff Cl ark (CZ ); 3 . D o n tve v (H us) . 2 5 0 rnt : 1. Mark La uzon ( H o n ) ; 2 . Pa ul Bea n ( C Z) ; 3. Bob Decker (Yam) . 250 Ex : 1. Morris Malone (Mal); 2 . D av e Carlson ( Bul); 3 . M ik e McGowen (Kaw ). 250 Sr : 1. F eed o R oc (Hus) . Hl , Open Beg : 1. Gary Cox (Hus): 2 . Greg saar i ( Yam) ; 3 . D ino Sampo (Trl) . Open Nov: 1. Gary Cla nton (CZ). Open Jr : I . Glenn Keyes (Mal). O pe n Ex: 1. Mark R od m an (YZ ) ; 2. D av id Boydstu n ( Bul) . » 31"'

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