Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
Issue link: https://magazine.cyclenews.com/i/125872
0.37 TT: Fast dicing, slow starting, and geriatric reactions By Rex William Reese ELSINOR E, CAL.,j ULY 20 Th e seemingly perpetual T' I' b attle bet ween Mar k Reich ert and Rick Marquis t o ok o ne more ste p tonight as Mar k (Yam) aced o u t Rick (Hon) in a very heavy ba ltic for the lead. Each rider claimed a win in o ne mo t o, leaving o nly the last o ne molo to decide wh o was go ing to co me o ut on top Overa ll. Trai l Books: A Trail Rider's Guide to the Environment California Trailbike Guide "0. Se nd wi th c heck o r m oney o rd e r to : CYCLE NEWS I I I I P.O . Bo x 498 L on g Beac h, CA 90801 0 0 0 0 0 2 .75 Ho t Hat 1.00 Escape by Trail B ike 3 .50 A Trai l Ride r' s Gu ide to the Environment 1.25 Cal iforn ia T r ai lbike G uide 6.45 sruppe d postage p a id name address city 42 Sp eedway Po ster ~ate I I I I ... -z ip T onigh t. th e club in st ituted the sem i .zo o t sy ste m o f le tt ing a ll the lighweigh ts race fir st th en get down to busine ss wi th the hea vies. It may wor k if the re 's a lo t o f time o n p e ople 's hands. but wh e n th ose bab y br owns wan t to p ac k u p a t one in the m o rn in g. th e syste m becomes tedi ous . no matter h ow goo d it 's sup p osed to be. Not o n ly th at, but th e cl ub ha d a re al "lig h twe igh t " starter wh o co u ld hav e made things sm o o ther b ut fungoed up en ou gh t o di sc ourage an y t h ing like that. _ Some o f the h ottest raci ng a t Elsin ore was in tbe 12 5 Expert cl ass. Mik e Tidwell had n't h ad a win lately, and ton ight wa s th e night to c ha nge th ings a ro u nd . lI e an d Ricky Nayrnola (bot h on Y Zs) re a lly duked it o u t on the track a ll night with so m e reall y cl ose , fine, ne c k and neck slid ing th at had ever ybody s ta ndi ng a ll to ol bo xe s to sec wh o would c o m e o u t o n t op . In the first mota, Ric ky won it w ith Mike right behi n d him . In the second Ricky ' W'dS le ad ing until the last lap. With Mi ke le ad ing on th e way t o the c h ec kere d , Ricky wan ted t o win th e sec o nd mota so had, he p ulled a Gerrit Wo lsink at the finish li ne (he cras he d }, but was still be aten out b y Tidwell. In the final m o t o , Mi ke le d the w ay wi th teammate Eddie Lawson b e h in d h im and Naymola third. In the end it was Mike, Ric ky . and Eddie. Dan McWhorter (Ma n) pull ed it off in the 250 Experts over B. Reynolds (Bu!) who to ok seco nd and R. Bird (Ya m ) wh o n e w in for third . And , n o girls , it was not th at B. Reynolds in secon d. T he Jackrabbits ha d their own race of so rts -- to keep fo l ks entertained. J. lIey n em a n put Bee zer power to the gr ound a ll the wa y to win with G . Garland ( lI u s) se c ond an d R. O'Neal whose Honda had a taillights o bright, he co u ld have been arr es ted for so liciting, bu t he to ok third in stea d . And he 's no t t hat O'Neal , either. In th e 50 0 Experts. th e st age wa s se t fo r th e sh.otudo um. Wh o was go ing to wi n ? T h e sec on d muto win made Rick feel go od. 'c au se he-r nceded it. Wit h Mark, it was skill . T he nag dr opped an d Mark bcrser ked it to the lea d with Ri ck right on him. Up the ba ck stretch a n d through th e turns. The do or was sh u t, however, as Rick just co ul d n' t put it through for the lead. an d had 10 se ll le fo r sec o nd as Mar k ca m e in for first a nd first Ov erall. One pu zzli ng t h ing is that t h e same cl ub s th a t co m p la in a bout n ot e no ugh co ve rage for th eir e ven ts o fte n are the most un c ooper ative b un ch o f geriatric reacti on ari es eve r see n . Alas . _ Re su l ts in the Res ults Se ct ion . , Lutz, a longer track, and a strung-out pack By Tim M ickey SUNNYMEAD , CA L.,j ULY 27 DeAn za made their tra ck longer and more cha lleng ng, but not i very man y ride rs showed up to appreciate it Saturda y. St eve Lut z (lIon) d id, a n d maybe he lea rn e d the new sec t io n more quickly than a ny o ne else , b ec ause he led the 125 Junior s wi re to wire in t he first m o ta. T he secon d mo to made him r un a b it harder. since he he ld a ten uous lead, b ut af te r Gary Cain ( Han) got o ff a t speed on the downhill a nd bro ther Ron (Su z ) went off the steep edge of the track sideways, Lutz was breat hing easy aga in . Even tho ugh Steve Ro sa les (lIo n) and Gary Cain se t t he pace in th e fin al mota. Lu tz al re ady h ad the points an d the win, and Ro sales co ul d do no be tter than a secon d . In th e 25 0 j u n ior s, Tom G rab ava ch (H us) had h is work c ut out for him after he st alled o n the lin e, but h e worked his way up thro ugh the pack an d would have w on had he not go ne down in th e fin al cou p le laps. In the sec o n d mot o , he was on c e again down a few pl aces. b ut he methodically motored his way ar ound the leaders in to fir st a n d th e eventual win. The last moto witnessed so m e tired riders, b u t Grabavach was still fre sh en o ug h to move right into the lead and t o h ol d o nto it ti ll th e end for the firs t o ve ra ll , on ly one !,oint ah ea d of • sec ond place D ale Brown (Hon). Results in the Results Section . Corona short track and half-mile: Bad starts, heavy traffic, and fast Novices don't slow Fortune By Rex William Reese CORO NA . CAL., JULY 1 7 Steve Fortune pull ed o ff a doubl e win in' t he Main events o f both the C or on a R a cew a v 2 50 Novi ce /Amateur/Expe(t Short Tra ck and the 250 Am ateur/ Expert Hal f-mile ove r so me real ly fast co mpet itio n. T he Wed nesday nigh t set of h alf-m il es a nd short tra cks here ge ne ra lly give ev ery bo d y wh o is in the busin ess o f se r io us ra cing a ch an ce t o see if both bik e a nd rid e r are in fast and good sha p e fo r th e heavy ra c ing a t hand a t As cot. Elsino r e . Perri s o r w h er e ev er. T h ings get tuned up , th e bugs get sha ke n o ut. An d wh a t a night to go rac e / t u ne the o ld scoo t ! Th e n ight was so fin e (w ea th er wise ) it was a lmost a sham e to we a r clot hes . D ue to ce r ta in legal condi tio n s particu lar to this a rea , everybody had to move fast a n d get o ut by 10 :3 0 p.m . or else (what eve r th at m ay m ea n ). The program st ar t ed off wi th two divisions of Pee Wees , so m e o f the sm a lles t kids I've eve r seen to even ride a bike. le t a lo ne face one. They were just like t he bi g b o ys : little ha nd s on little throttles : a n d ready to drop th e ham mer a t the drop of t he flag. Brad Kelly (Han ) w o n it over mi nie s t puffer Kris ti Kossu th ( Ind ) who gdve hi m a go od run for the money , In th e second di vis ion, Buddy Cri sp (Ya m ) too k the ch ec kered o ver David j en kin (li on) and Lo u is Kos suth (Ind). In the s ho rt tra ck 10 0 /1 2 5 Arn at eur /E xpert , Edd ie Lawson h ad some fast boogying to do as Gordon Kid d { Ya m] st ay ed wit h hi m a ll the way , a lm ost ta king it away, but winding up in seco nd . And in t h e half-mile versio n of this cl ass La wso n (Yam ) d idrr' t h ave to sw ea t it for a seco n d as he cleanly o ut p ull ed th e res t of the field. gain ing up a ha lf lap lead in the Main eve n t. Lawson was sm o o th . fast a n d won easily . In the 25 0 Novice/Ama te ur /Expert Steve Fo r t u ne o verc a me a b ad s ta r t. he avy traffic. an d un u su a lly fast Novi ces t o take it a ll h ome in the Ma in event a ft er a ll this in th e two se mis. Out front Steve led the way an h is Bultaco, but beh ind h im was Novice Greg Zehner (Yam) and an o t her Novice , Dan Rees ( Bu l) . Both o f these guys we re pretty fast to stay on Steve's t ai l a ll th e time. T he y we re so fast, th a t one of the m isn' t go ing to be a Novice anymore . Ge t it , Greg ? In the O pen Novice Sh o r t Track fina l, Terry G riner (Y am) an d Terry Statu m (Y am) both we nt down in th e secon d tum lo c ke d u p together, making for a bad sce ne. Nei ther was h ur t and they were able to make the resta r t. O n the restart, the y ca ugh t john Newquist (Bu l) fla t fo o t ed on the line , a nd blasted aro u n d to take 1-2 respec tively at the c h ec kered . In t h e 2 50 Amateu r/Expe rt half-mile final, it b ec ame a wi ldma n"s race in th e battle for the lea d with Steve Fortune (Ya m ) at constant od ds wit h Troy Fiskter (Ya m ) w h o was searc hing for a n open ing that never c am e. Steve wo uld pull him in the straigh t a nd shu t h im off in the turn s. Steve took it away for first with T r o y sec o n d , and Ruben Ma laguameno ( Ya m) ca me ir fo r thi rd . Rickman CR Honda & Rickman ~R Triumph Here are t he specif icat ions on th e Rickman Honda and T riumph ca fe racers tested last week. Di stribut or: Rickman , Inc. 2640 Merchant Dr. Balt imore, MD 21230 Tel: (301) 655 -8582 (both machines supplied as complete chassis kits, less engine, etectricsls, controls and instrumen ts) R ICKMAN C.R /750 HOND A Sugg . Ret ai l Pr ic e $ 1595. Frame Reynolds 531 all o y t ube Suspen sio n Fro nt Hick rnan-des iqn large dia. t hi nwall t elesco picRear Gir ling 3-pos . pre load Brakes, FI R, Lo ckh eed 10 " dia . hyd raulic d isc. 56%" Whee lsbase Seat Heiq h t 3 1 in . Weigh t 4 39 lb . Fuel cap 4 .2 gal . RI CKM AN CR 1750 T R IUMPH $ 1595. Sugg. Retai l Pr ice Fr ame Reyn old s f; 31 . allo y t ub e Suspe nsion Fro nt Ri ck man .cJesign lar ge d ia . t hi nwa ll te lesco p ic 'Girti ng 3 pos , p r eload Rea r Brakes . FIR L oc k heed 10 " d ia. hydrauli c d isc. Wheelbase 56 in . Seat Height 30 % i n. Weight 364 lb. F uel Cap 4 .2 gal. Note: T riu m ph CR also avail. as f ram e kit only. as above but less fo r ks, w heels. fai r ing .