Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Heavy (?) Open GP traffic at Seattle - Mike Casling, Greg McRae, Ken Botham, early in t he race. Northwest road rashers clash, Lind scores triple Knee-high specials sail at Sad By Mike Slaught er ORA:\'GE, CAL.,jULY 7 SEATTLE, WASH .. juxz 3 0 Not co n t en t with his double victory la st month, Bruce Lind scored three victories in today's race. In the GP classes Bruce took honors in both the 125 and 250 classes. His victory in the 350 Production was the hardest fought battle of the day as in each of the two heats Kawasaki -mounted Rick Curiston battled from the bump start to . challenge. Rick was often within inches at the las t tum but in accelera ting out his bike's slower speed was evident. Rick's second in 350 was added to his first in 500 Production. To win the 250 GP Lind had to battle and slipstream down to the last tum of the last lap with Don :\luir. Dorr's efforts fell inches short at the flag and he settled for second while Mike Whittlesey, winner of the first heat, but a troubled sixth in the second, filled the third spot. 1n Open P roduction George Ro ubice k, aboard his super quick Honda, won both his heats eas ily while four stroke freaks were given an ad ditional treat as the first two places in the Cafe class were the beau tifull y m odi fied No rton of Mike Casling and one of t he rare Ducati Super Sports ridden by Bob Budschat. Mike and his Norton also figured in the Open GP, as he took second behind Greg :\IcRae's Yammie water pu mper. • Results in the Results Section. T·t·that's all, folks! John Smith (Hon ·3 121 and Dave Doss battledit out for Overall Expert at Carlsbad's ben efit MX. By Tom Corl ey The class that is really starting to get it on in the S.A.1\1. program at Sad Park is the 1\I in i-'Crosscrs race. This Saturday afternoon Bryan :\Iyers cough c a me to snuff the co m pet it ion on his super Honda XR ·75. This only seemed natural considering that he won the :\'1\IA Xationals he ld here last summer. Bryan blew the first moto and placed back in third while :\lark Shader captured the win . For the most part of the day :\lyerscough's major threat for the Overall was Brad Roberts. These two were dicing together just for fun 'cause Brad was actuallv entered in the 100 Juniors where he soloed the class. Roberts would explode to the front of the pack but would eventually get za pped by the rapid Honda. It wen t on • like that straight to the third moto. Results in Results Section. High School MX? Carlsbad's fast shoe benefit By Dale Brown CARLSBAD, CAL., jULY 4 • Billed as a H igh School Motoc ross, it was really a " mo t ocross lim ited to high schoo l age riders." In any event, it was held to h elp the Carlsbad Raceway Team go to the Houston l\Iin i Grand Prix. And the members or the team were the stars of the show, especial ly the Experts. John Smith (Hon), a C:\lC In te rmed ia te , and Dave Doss (Hus) were going at it tooth -and-nail for the combined Expert win. Doss, riding a 250 Husky, took the early lead, followed by Smith on a 125. Riding hard. Smith tried every trick in the book to get past. He went inside , he ro cketed off berms. When the white flag cam e out, Doss was still in the lead. Going up the hig hill, Smith out-dragged the 250 and edged into first and held it. Round one to Smith. The second moto was a little less climatic, with Smith taking the lead after a couple of laps. lie left Doss to battle an inspired Terry Turner, on another 125 Elsinore. Turner got past Doss but there was no wav he co uld catch Smith: round two to S~ ith. During t he third moto, Smith see med to be eas ing back, taking fou rth at the start 'a nd leisu rely wo rki ng his way up. His task was mad e easier wh en Turner los t his chai n. Doss stayed o ut in front th is time, b ut it was too la te . Smi th had the best two ou t of th ree. As th e afte rnoo n wore on, the t rack started get ti ng slick an d du st y . Despi te the sprinkler syste m, it was not watered once racing go t underway and there were a few slide-outs. But the only thing hurt was a little pride and a few positions. • "California dream ing , .. .. Knievel, AMA to stage world's richest motocross WESTERVILLE, OHIO T he worl d's greatest showman a nd th e world 's larges t race sanctioning body have joined forces to p resent the world's riches t m ot ocross, Kn ievel will host a week-long Lab or Day ce lebrat ion at T win Falls, beginning on Lab or Day, Septem ber 2, and co nclu di ng Sunday, Septem be r 8, with his long-awaited Sky Cycle ju m p of th e ha lf-mile wi de Snake River Canyo n. , Sanctions have been gran ted by t he AMA for both amateur and professional motocross races during the week. with total prize money to exceed 5125,000. ' The highl igh t wi ll be Friday, September 6, when top AMA·licensed pros and Fli\I-licensed international stars will battle for a purse of 5100,000 in t he richest motocross race ever run! • Riders interested in the Snake River Spectacular should wr ite fo r entries to Eve! Knievel Motocross, American Mo torcycle Association, P.O. Box 141, Westerville. Ohio 43081. Entry for all classes including ama teur an d mini-bike will be by mail, wit h entries to be received by the AMA on o r be fo re August 19, 1974. Monday (9/2n4) Min i-bike and begin ne rs' races Tuesday Amateur practice and qualifying Wed nesda y Amateur finals for 525 ,000 in prizes an d awards Thu rsday Pract ice and q ua lify ing for AMA professio nal and international riders Friday Fina ls of S nake Rive r Spec tac ular In te rn a tio nal Mot o cr oss wi th S 10 0 00 0 in cash prize money Sat urd ay Co untdow n canyon jump hegins for Sunday's Sunday (9/8/74) International inviuuionul motocross and 22 the Eve! Knievcl Snake River Canyon .J ump televised on dosed circuit television through the United Slates and live via satellite around the worl d. •

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