Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Junior Scratch Main afte r a restart when all but two riders went down in the first turn. McKinney and his Penton won with a big lead ove r the rest of the pack. Dale Melhloff was second followed closely by Mik e Freeman, bo th o n Bultacos, Bru ce Mc1\lorr ow took th e lead at the start of th e 20 0 Junior Handicap Main. McMorrow an d his Bult aco co ntin ued t o len gthen th e ir lead every lap. But halfway through the ten lap event McMorrow fell in the second tum and Yamaha ri de r Cliff Hylton took th e win. John Al ves (Bul) was secon d followed by Del Becker in thi rd on his Honda. The 25 0 Junior/ Expert Handicap race was tw el ve laps long an d Gr eg McKinney was in th e lead at t he en d fo r his second win of the ni ght. Gr eg Ferguson's ba d lu ck t his n igh t co ntin ued in th is race as he flipped in fron t of the grandst ands when he hit a rider he was attem p tin g t o pass. Ma tt J ackson (Bu l) was second wi th Den nis Fri sbie (Ya m ) in Mark Brels ford's o ld lea t hers in third. Jim Hubbard worked his way up from th e sixty ya rd line to finish fourth. • Results in th e R esults Se cti on. Riders called it rough scrambles rather than motocross. Itwas rougher on some than others. Champion MXopener By Terry Handelin SAN FRANCISCO, CAL ., APRI L 28 T he last th ing 1 remember abo ut Ch ampion Raceway was seeing Brad Lack ey pull a cross -up wheelie on his CZ at th e fin ish line and th en prove he was hum an b y looping it over ba ckwar ds and going end over end down the track . As we all know, Brad Lackey wen t on to bigger and better things, but Champion Ra cew ay went about as far as so meo ne tryin g to kick start a Bultaco after a fal l: no p lace. They've had their problems. Last wi nter t he he av y rai ns and p oor drainage made th e place more flo oded tha n an Amal carb w ith a stuc k tickler b ut ton . Va ndals wrecked an d set fire to so me of the facilities. McG ill-Durb in Promotions has go tt e n in to t he act and .is de term ined to make Champion Raceway a winner. They only. had ab out a hundred ride rs to day , partly be cause there seemed t o be a ra ce going on at almost every ot he r track in northern California , Wha t t he riders that did show up fou nd, one rid er su m med up p retty well by sayin g, " ro ugh scrambles." European m oto cross i t wasn't. T he track is fairly lon g, wide eno ugh fo r safe passing, not t oo physicall y de m an di ng, and safe (the ' am bulance d idn ' t m ove all da y ). Maybe this is wh at the riders . so me of the m an yway, wan t. T ime will tell. Without any big hill s on the tr ack th e 125 Novices had a little easier time keeping it o n th e p ipe , Cori Roberts o n his Su zuk i kept it singi ng goo d eno ugh fo r fir st Ove rall foll ow ed by Pat No land an d Kent Bolla. In the 250 No vice th ey seemed to be. hav ing m or e tr o ubl e getting their power to the gro und . T he re were lots o f easy sp ills o n th e smooth slic k turns. Mau rice Dea rti ck kep t his Honda on two wheels long enough to tak e th e Overa ll ah ead of Ro nal d Mc Nay and Rem T . Regan . Ro nald Hjort see med to dominate t he 5 00 Novice an d even had time to d o some neat cross-up j um ps on his trick Maico . He w as foll owed by Mik e Menesini, who seems m or e at hom e o n his CZ th an he eve r was on hi s ol d Su zuki 4 00. Third was Mar k Rajesk i. A ll th e A mat eurs ran to gether to day . It m ad e for so me go od racing between Open class win ner Charles Lan gmires (Suz) an d 250 winn er Jo n Mo rge n (Pen) , It wa s th e b est race of the d ay between these two and Langm ires p ro ved that o ld sayin g, "when in doubt bore it ou t" by taking t he wins. Second 250 was J on 's bro th er Dave on a 175 Pen to n , which proves so mething too (I'm not sure what ). • VALLEY CYCLE PARK MAY 19 NorCal MX No riding in pits. By Steve Castillo LIV ERM OR E, CAL., APR IL 28 Dan T urner rea lly had to wo rk for his win in the 250 Expert class at Altamon t Racewa y to day. Adding to th e exci te men t there was a motorcycle jumper who didn' t jum p, a special downh ill bicvcle race, and moto cross race s with eggs taped to the rid ers' seats Rider insurance will be in effect. Gates Ope n 6: 30 a.m. Sign-up 6 :30-8: 00 a.m . Prac t ice 7: 30-8 :30 a.m. First Moto 9 :00 a.m. (first ride r to fin ish the rac e w ith ou t b rea king hi s egg wins). Dan T urner (H us) and J im T u rner put o n a good show t he mselves. In 250 Exper t m o ta o ne J im Turner (Bul) ro cke te d int o th e lead. Fo llow ing close be hi nd was Ro n Se lf (Pen ) with Ne il MacOona ld (1\lon) in th ird . Dan Turner was back in the pack due to a bad start. J im Turner worked u p a lea d and was first at the flag fo llow ed by Dan Turner, who w as ab le to work his w ay up to second . Ron Se lf co u ld o nly manage a third o n his Penton. Dan Turner made sure he d idn 't blow the start in the second m ota as he was right on Jim Turners rear fender all the way up th e sta r t hill . For the few laps the tw o T urne rs were very far a u t in fro n t. T hen before he kn ew wh at hap pened Dan stuck his wheel und er Jim's and that wa s t he la st Jim Turner saw o f the blonde-h aired Husk y rider. Overall it wa s Dan Turner, Jim Turner second Ove rall and Nei l Ma c Oonald third. The 125 Expert class again fea t u red Dan T urner as t he man who was first a t th e pay window . Turne r had a good race going wi th Cloyse Ho llan d (H us) . In both motos the t wo Hu sky pilots we re w ay o ut fro nt banging bar s t hrough the t urns. As it was in t he 250 class, Turn er pulled away fro m his team m ate at th e end of the race. 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