Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

I I NorCal I Speedway ! 'By Sneaky Pete I Corder gets hot, Denny wins North/ South preview match SACRAMENTO. CAL.• AUG. 9 Randy Mamola won in his f irst Expe rt ride at Fremont , J u ly 31 . Don't t he set of his f ace a nd body look' familiar ? all the way with Randy valiantly ho lding do w n t he thi rd spot. T he 500 Novice Main was a classi c in Key sto ne Ko ps st uff. John Marti ne z (w ho had won here las t wee k) led out the first three lap s over Mark Burt o n but fe ll in a little bit of a mud slick going onto the fro nt st raight. dropping back 'to fifth. Burton held the lead over old man Maynard Id lem an . another motocross ca t. until two laps fro m t he end when Mar tinez got his act together and took the lead back as the first two guys slid thro ugh that same slick spot whi le Mar tinez used a lo wer . safer line. Big John won it easy. with Idle man getting back by Burton and the res t of the pack still slipp ing and sliding. :\Iu ch app re cia tio n m ust go to the con tribu tors of the event with lots of stuff coming from Penton West . Gene's Automotive. the Polka Dots M.C .• Ez Ehr ha rdt and his mail service and just to ns more fro m the likes of Ka te Swadley and a dozen o the rs . from the lSDT riders thanks. • Resul ts in the Results Section . After three co nsec utive wee ks of H andi c ap M ain win s a t Sacramento and Napa. Butch Corder won his first Scr atch Main of the season he re to nig ht. Carl Cranke moved up fro m his seco nd pl ac e finish a wee k ago to win th e Han dic ap Main . Thi s was Carl's second wee k in th e first divis io n . Mike Roo n ey and Marty Benck make up the B. R. L. (Benck Ra cing Ltd.) team. Mike is having a very good year in the first divis ion and ton ight was Marty's first 0 ·2 w in of the year at Cal Expo. Po in t leader Jo hn Cu nningha m went to the h osp ita l fo r a few stitches after a Hea t race tangle. Wit h less than fourteen po ints separating the to p fo ur rid ers. the ne xt poin t release will show a rea l close rac e for the nu mber one spot. Butch Corder won his second st raight 'Dash for Dollars' match race in a real close one with Frank Cook. Huff . J ohn Hlebo a n d Danny Castelhano, Huff and J o rgensen battled it out for the first ha lf with Hlebo trying his be st to st ay up. Then about Lap Five. J ohn did the elbow trick and went fro m fifth to ' second in o ne fell swoop ar ound the tre e . Just to wrap it up . he thought he would p ass Kim on the outside on t h e ne xt go-round. Well fo lks. the first pass was nigh onto unbelieveable but to try young Jorgy on the outside is sheer so mething other than smart. Sill. John gave it a sho t. He dove the tree turn wide and fast and ac tually got a wheel p as t the Su zu ki, but trying to get the front wheel to make the sharp left hander and th e rear wheel to stop was too m uch and of co urse he highsided witho ut ge tti ng hurt. It was a gr andstand play that was something to wat ch and while Kim . loc al he ro. go t a ll the just acc o lades. John the Elbow di d so me kind of racin g. Bill Hen son surprise d t he kids wi th his 5iOcc BSA riding t he 65 0 Ju niors to the win . Stric tly legal. 'IIth o ugh where BSArr ri ump h go t the ide a is o f so m e questio n and th e results are o ne real fast single. Fred Merkel be sted the 80 Ex per t Minis o ver Brian Thom pson wi th Jo hn Haan winning th e 60 Expe rt after Rick Ryan had his p roblems. Ran d y Rose too k the 80 Novice win o ver ' Larry Win fiel d an d Mario Perez, ' • Resul ts in the Resu lts ecrion . YOU HAD TO DRIVE ALL OVER TOWN « z l- e: « z z ..J "' o ,By W.H. Spencer Top show o f the night hadt o be t he 500 Expert Main with a t remendous battle raging at the front between Kim J orgensen. Ray OUT OF CYCLE NEWS, a z lodi Cycle Bowl battles LOD!. CAl. .. AUG. 2 DEALER IS SOLD TO GET YOUR COPY, FILL OUT THIS BLANK AND SEND IT TO US. Butch Corder got a f irst a nd a second in Scratch co m pet it io n last wee k. NAPA. CAL.• AUG. \0 In wha t co uld well be a preveiw of next wee k' s North vs. South race meet at Bakersfield, Norm Denny and Butc h Corder lined up wit h Southern Ca lifo rnia riders Steve Bast and Steve G resham in tonight 's Scratch Main. Denny go t the j u mp at t he sta rt and a t th e end o f four very fast laps. it wa s Denny. followed by Co rder. Gresham and Bast. Steve Bast had engine pr o ble ms earlier an d was ab oard Rich :llac~lurray's bike for this event. Jerr y Bowers won his second Handicap Main here ah ead o f But ch Corde r and Jerry Baugh . Alan Christian wasted no time in tur ning a very q uic k 12. \ second lap record ride ab oard the John Fisher limed Eso , Alo ng with the one hundred dollar pr ize for t h e new reco rd . Alan also won bo th Consolation events. Frank Cook has gone one ste p beyon d the 'wal king wo unded. '. A pair of crutc hes were in use to nigh t to get aro und between races. With a rider like Steve Bast on ton ight's progra m. the attenda nce was noth ing to ra ve abo ut. Th e off night las t week for a fa ir had so me effec t. Th ree wee ks ago bro t her ;\li ke's appearance sold every seat a vai lab le. A poss ible so lut io n fo r better crowds could be more help from th e var ious types o f new s media in No rthern Califo rnia. Some pro mptin g fro m the fan s would • be a step in the right dire ction . Results in the Results Secti on . Please send my dealer more copies of Cycle News each week. Dealer's name ..................................... Address . . City . 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