Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

checkered flag in the final laps. Mark Williams picked up the Expert Trophy Dash . Don Smith m ade a clean sweep win ning the junior T rophy Dash and the junior Main o n his T rium ph . It was Portland's Steve Eason on a Bul t aco win ning the Novice Trop hy Dash and Main Even t. • K ONI S HOCK COOLERS Elbows wins marathon By W,H. Spencer F RE~IONT, >, CA L.,jUN E 9 John Hlebo, fancifully dubbed th e "Elbow" due to his six foot five inch thin frame and all elb ows riding' style won the Open porti on of June's Marathon Madness at Fremont Ra cew ay , Despite the Rear 90 degree weather, Hlebo was never headed and decidedly won by a full lap over Gary Vanderpool who teamed wit h jeff Cole after having run a Hare Scramb les ea rlier in the day. Vanderpool, a silver medal winner at the Trask Tria ls. to ok up the fou rth spot until the fifth lap and then worked by Peavler's faltering Maico with Da ve Rosenquist in tow alo ng with Sco tt Aust in. Frank Risner was th e only other rider to make it into t he top five in th e early lap s ridin g an XL35 0 by his lon esome and maki ng time while the others we re trad ing riders an d fuelin g. Vande rpoo l an d Col e had ridde n the Kn o b Hill Hare Scrambles ea rlier in th e mo rni ng an d had hig b ta iled it to Frem o n t to make it a full day of racing. At th e half way point. there were on ly th ree riders on the same lap with Hl e b o . Risner had gotten past Van derpo o l when they changed riders and the intershop rivalry between A ustin{fopolar and Rosenquist was still in full swing with Fred Mozing assisting th e Rosegarden Maico where he could. On the 46th lap. The Elbow p ut it on the Vanderpool/Cole Husky and the race was over despi te the continuation until lap 58. The big casualty from that point ":a5 Risner who had become somewhat ill from too many Cokes before the start of the race. Bob and j im Vickery brother-teamed the 250 class to a closely kn it finish wit h fo u r guys o n the same lap . Wbile th er e were o nly two lead ers during th e class run . it wa s st ill q ui te close with Mike Go nzales fighting it out by h im self agains t the team. • Results in th e Results Secti on. Indoor Short Track By Mi ke Conway R ENO PA RK , NEV., JUNE 9 Ren o Park started off it's last mont h of Sa t urday indoor races with a bang ... or a streak. It must be some kind of first to have an indoor streaker and there he was in living color. The racin g was good, too. Wit h everyone pushing to 'har d there were some spills but on the w hol e mo st eve ryone is ge tting better. A gain it was Manuel C rummet showing everyone just why he h o lds White Pla te 4. lie j umped to the lead at the fla t an d just kep t opening u p ove r newly transferre d Expe rt Cris S mith. Robert Foster held t he n umb er two slot for two laps but the hard chargi ng Sm ith ho rsed his Champio n fra med Yama ha by on tbe t hird lap an d that is th e wa y they fin ished. jerry Koffler co nt in ued his w inning wa ys in the 360 junior Main taking a so lid vict o ry ove r Brandon Carnah an. Som etimes Korner seems to be t oyi ng with t he rest of the pac k at th e half way m ark he just wi cked it o n a n d was gone. St eve Pes to ni from Sacramen to con tinued to dominat e t he 250 Expert class. Afte r th e firs t start wh ich was red flagged wh en fo ur riders we nt do wn in th e first tu r n Pes t o ni too k th e o utside line on th e cushion track an d opene d up a commendi ng lead . • MOVED y O UR SHOCKS FOWARO . Experts Sk iver and Bro w n hit tbe front straight at S idew inde rs' Clac ka mas, O rego n scrambles layout. AND NOW THEy BUBBLE AND OVERHEAT1 ???1 HERE 'S TH E Miller doubles, Brown makes it four By W.H. Spencer Short Track FREl\IONT, CAL.. JUNE t Ch uc k Miller has joined the latest in t he untouchable ranks, once again devouring both the 250 and 360 Expert Main event wins. He now enjoys a 5 point advantage over a fast faltering Manuel Datan and a mending John Proto. Datan still leads the 360 Expert class hut has faltered and missed the last two trophy lines in the 250 class, ~Iillcr's 360 win was no easy romp as the lineup fo r the 10 lap Ma in p itted him against some stiff competition. Coming off t he green he was in li fth bet ween Gary Orlando and Craig l\litchie and at the end of the first lap he was in fou rth beh ind Datan and t he Salin as Marine go-fast Yamaha. T he d icin g was hot and heavy for t he next lap with Miller bein g passed by Orlan do as Bob Scall y and Datan lef t the pack. Mill er then go t aro und O rlando and Dat an t o begin p utting the charge on Scally . Bob's antics of pu lling wheel stands d o wn the back straigh t got Miller right where he was the previous week o n Orlando and when the opportunity arose, Miller ha d t he lead and the win. EASIEST SOLUTION IN TOWN . AT In t he 25 0 Miller came fro m third to win over Ri ck Delac y and Mike Far ia wi th Ro c ky Maly nn going from first to fourth. Miller .method ica lly picked his way through the pack to wi n w hi le revving the Kunsma n o wned Ossa right on past the limi t bu t holding the comers exceptionally well. Results in the Results Section. THE EASIEST PRICE. FITS THIRTEE N AL.L. A ND TH IRTEEN AND A HALF INCH KON I S H OC KS, • ON L Y BI L L JONE S $8 . 95PER PAIR . MOTOSPO R T. BOX 2 4 2. , NORT H HO LLYWOO D, CALIF .. Scrambles FREl\IO:-:T, CAL.. JUNE 8 Pat Brown is without a do ubt, something else. A graduating senior from Monte Vista High School, he is an enthusiast that likes to race and have fun. He went on the Enduro kick for a week, ran Virginia City, returned to Frem ont Raceway's regular Saturday night scrambles and wo n his fourth 250 Expert l\lain in his only four starts. To tojr that off. the four wins are worth enough points to put him in the to p five in Black Plate scrambles point scene. lI is chief competitor a t t he curren t top of the hill is Ph il A nderson wh o shows no signs of le t ting th at kin gly posi tion fa lte r. Rid in g the 650 Expert class and ad vertising for his Dad's Sand 1Iill ranc h. A nde rson won the Mai n ove r tw o of the o ldest and to ughest sporty 40 ride rs arou nd, Tif Mu llenax an d Duane Spence. Lynn George almost had an easy win in the 250 Novice Main but managed a Old Timer Ro y Murray (No. 4) bites the dirt at West Ca pitol Raceway and Scott Gerhard t (188J) tells him, " Look out . . . or I'll kick you again'" RD O DOMETER KEEPS MILEAGE ON ANY DIRT BIKE $89 95 N >..J :J UJ

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