Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Cycle ews North Editor Lane Campbe ll Turkeys gobble it up By Jan Newman BEND, ORE.. ApG. 11 T he track probably defeated as many riders ,L~ the cornpcu uon to day. One small spot at the end of a shoop- de sec tion sent at least a hal f dozen riders on a sky ride they won ' t soon forget. Many others came th ro ugh' with just a serio us t hreat to t he BVDs , T his . For I brochurewrite to: L UBR ICATIO N D YNA M ICS 1109No.Allin AwnUl Pasadlnl. California 911().( . 1 \eS j!i~ 2 SO't ~ eS For eas y tunin g . 'l>c,c, Extended Pilo t-A ir Sc rew (1) and Th rott leStop Sc rew (2). • BURAK BYE-PRODUCTS helped to bring abo u t a de cision to change th e co urse by the next race . They may even reverse it. T here was a brand new clas s today wh ich should be of interest to anyone who 's ever toyed with the idea of raci ng until they see the Junior class arrive at the first turn. The Turkey class was set up for an yon e of any age who wants to get his feet wet in racing. Whe n you st art looking good even for a mi nute you ge t moved rnto the appro p riate class even if you don't win . Five guys signed in this class toda y and had more fun than anyon e. Ray LeR oge (CZ) won it after Jim Wilson (CZ) en countered m echanical problems in the lead in the first two races . For the most part the w inners cam e out with three straight but th e t rac k's toll o n bike s a ltered the o utco me of som e o f the races. The first 250 In te r m ed ia te race was a runaway f or Chuck Hagen (lIus), but he pulled o ff wbile leadi ng the seco nd with a rear wheel in wobbly ruina tion . Steve Steckmyer (Yam) won th e last tw o and the Overall . . Chris Rood sto ol (lIon) took top brass in the Open Jun ior with three ~~ Coast Moto C ycle BOISE , IDAHO, AUG . 18 Do m inati ng three classes on Peaceful Cove 's m o tocross t rack, the Wright family of Meri dian , Idah o took first overall fami lv at th e Idah o State Ch am pion sh ip races. Tim Wrigh t walked away with the trop hy and S75 cash for his win in the 250 Semi-Pro event and brot h- ~ Moto cross - Desert 714-645-8008 Yahoo! Azunga! Must be Rick Burgett o n his ez, Fremont Raceway . Every Friday n ight Sports man Scrambles 18 Every Saturday night Inf o : 4 15/327-446 1 Wright on! The Idaho State Championship MX By Marty Gregory 2334 Newport Blvd.. Costa Mesa. CA 92627 Spor tsman Short Track This is NOT the turkey class! Dave Dick (11, eZI takes his turn leading the 250 Intermed iate s. seco nds. Mike Tomasini (Suz) had two wins before he fell victim to the lost chain malad y tha t hit many ride rs today. Ch et Davis (l1on) was th e most co ns istent cha in loser. In a ll three 125 Expe rt races he lost h is cha in wh ile ru nning second . Rand y Limbeck (l1on) " too k them all. Rick Burgett (CZ) was seco n d in th e firs t ra ce an d a threat bu t was put o u t of co m m ission in th e O pen" Expe rt wi th a wild c rash in th e day's mos t pop ular spo t. Barney Newm an (Mon) too k three in t he Op en Expe rt wh ile th e tra c k took its to ll. Larry Nih ler 's Montesa sho wed signs of the beat ing w he n he pulled off wit h V-shaped shoc ks - a matche d set. Result s in the Resul ts Sect ion . er Lonnie aced the big bikes to collect fifty bu cks in the Open Semi- Pro , Meanwhile, back at the mi nis, Jerry Wright banza ied the field to take to p hono rs in the ~ lini Expert divis ion . The fastest competition ca me in the 250 Pro event as Timmy Wright 's Elsinore fled fro m the rest o f th e pac k on a redesign ed Owyhee Club tr ac k. The straights were lon g, lon g, lon g a nd much of th e co urse was m eant to be trav er sed in fi fth gear. Leon Sackman ma y h ave been tra ver sing in sixt h , h owever. He rode a Pentonj K'I'M to t h ird overal l fo llo wing Rick Holmes (YZ) wh o co mp eted o n th e first mo nosh ock seen o n t his track . Wrigh t served no tice to Ho lm es fro m t he s tart o f the first m ot a a n d bui lt u p a lead th at was uns urmo unta ble. Tim will wear the Owy hee Clu b's number o ne plat e du ring th e 197 5 season. Ab out the only money race the Wrights di d n 't win was the Honda Ben efi t class (r ead o ne -two-five] . Specialist Bud Sp ar ks gassed his Elsinore around faster than anyone else's Elsinore to collect the o vera ll. Lo n ni e Wrigh t was o nly second in tha t race . In t he Expert (non mo ney) events, it was Louis Lan daluce ta king th e win fo r t he 25 0s when early lead er Mark Yan ke's Husky shed so me innards fro m its rear h ub. Arn ie Gonza les (Bu l) ro de hard in h is firs t r ac e as a n Ex pert to fin ish thi rd be hind Lew Alter, Jr. (Bul). Marco Seminich (H us) aced the field in the Open Expert race and Brad Atteberry (Han) took care of th e 125s. T he " B's " are a lways en tertain ing and, now and then. one sees so me real speed. Dean Neal traveled all the way fro m Baker, Oregon to do a num ber on the 250 Begi nners wi t h his Suzie, Idaho's 1974 St at e 250 Motocross Olampion, T im Wright: Hey, Ma, where's the Gatorad e?

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