Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

.- o z ~ o ... a: aJ lU .J d: c > aJ VI o l- o ~'----=------'---------------- "':':'.:.:.l Hal Strauss (69) and Will Harper (2R I spent much of their time in the 25 0 class just like this. Th ey call it dicing . DeWayne Jones smokes CRC moonlight special By Dale Brown VALENCIA, CAL.. AUG. 27 While not too many Pro rid ers showed for CRC's usual Tuesday night m otocross tonight, the ones who t oo k ho me cash earned it. In the I 25 Expert battle, it was strictly be tween DeWayne J on es (C-A) an d Rob Ro llins (Bul ). Jones grabbed th e early lead in t hi s leg in a very bad p lace at t he moment. Thursday night . Bruce returned to Irwindale, the scene of his cras h, j ust to show everyone that he had healed up. He proved it in a big way as he won th e Handicap Main, staying just inc hes ahead of the Bast Brothers for the full five laps. . Ear lier in the night Rick Smit los t co n t ro l in turn one, hitting the cras h wall half way around the trac k 'wit h such impact th at the cem ent holding the 4x4 was crac ked , the 4x4 it self was split. and th 2x6 top bo ard was splintered. Unfortun ately Rick's leg was in between the bike and the wall when he hit. He was hospi tali zed with a broken leg. Mike Bast , denied the win in th e Handicap "lain, made up for it b y winning the Scratch Main Event. .- - - . . .- ~ ~ - '.- ~ , -- Tonigh t was Mike Bast Appreciation Night, w ith Mike givin g all his n ight's cash winnings to the Children 's Hospital of Orange County . Mike battled his way into both Main even ts . taking sec o nd to Larry Shaw in the Handicap I\lain. Bast has been outstanding all year in Scratch ra cing, but had to settle for fourth in the Scratch Main after being pushed to the crash wall on the fron t straigh t by Dan Becker. Dan lost time in the tangle as we ll, letting Rick Woods pull away for the win. Bast also was pu shed down ea rlier in th e night by Woods in the Mat ch ra ce when both riders hit turn o ne together. Mik e had a slight lead an d th e " righ t-o f-way " but Rick tried to get a wheel in. Down went Mike , cu tti ng his knee and twisting his fingers . The event was re s tarted a nd Bast won it . T he Mike Bast Appreciatio n Night was no t designed to honor Mike , bu t to hon or th e fans. "The fans here a t Costa Mesa mean a lo t to me," exp laine d Mike. "The Orange County fans are super and I'm donating m y en t ire purse tonight to th e Children 's Hospit al of Orange County as a 'Thank yo u' to t he people o f Oran ge County. " Than k yo u, "like. • A cla ssic pa ir: Bill Cody outside, Stev e Bast slip pi ng it in underneath. moto one and tried to stretch it out . ridi ng in the best Jaroslav Falta Sc hool of Basic Berserking t raditio n. Jo nes held t he edge in horsep o wer , but ridi ng on t he ragged edge a llowed Rollins to stay close and pass Jones s hort ly before th e white flag. The second m ot o was all DeWayn e 's. He exited co rn ers in a straight line and kept Rollins b eh ind him from flag to flag. With the sco re tied between th e two , mo to three was serious bus iness . Jones was so far ahead by the firs t t um th at, if he wanted to , he could h ave spun a do uble doughnut and kept the lea d at the sa me time. The berserk style wa s replaced by a smooth, co nt rolled . spe edy blur th at pulled away fr om Ro llins th roughout. In the 250 Expert /lntermediate- . Open Expert round, Hal Straus s (Mai) and Will Harper (CZ) were out in fro nt and contesting the 250 class cash . Str au ss held the lead while Harper tried every passing trick in the book, plus t wo more . Nothing' worked and St rau ss was ahead all the way . In th ird was a swift In termediate, Larry Bird [Kaw] . Joe Root (Bul) held off th e ever-chall engi ng Rand y Berk ele y [Mai) for fo urt h and firs t Open Ex pe rt . Mot o t wo was a repeat e xcept for Bird's crashing while in third an d later whi le trying to ca tc h up. On e bene fit of sma ll classes, a poor fini sh in one rnoto doe sn 't hurt too much. At this point the battle for points had been decided. Only fo ur riders sho wed for the third moto. Bird took th e early lead wh ile S tr au ss was se tting up t o zap him . He d id to make it three fo r three. Strauss was the 2 50 Expert winner natch, ahead of Harper. Bird took the 250 Intermediate trophy (the way he's go in g, it won "t be too long before he'll be going for cash). Root wa s the Open Expert winner. Jim Holley won the Mini Advanced class o n a Ho nda XR -75. He the n ca me back in the next event to place T hird Overall among the first divis ion of 125 • Beginners. On the same bike. Results MINI B E G : 1. Sc o tt Grose (Yam). 2. BOb by G a u vin ( Ya m ) . M IN I NOV : 1. Steve Allen swor t h (Ho n) . 2 . Cra i g Ma nchester (Hon) . 3. J immy Crowder ( H o n) . M I N I ADV : 1. J im Holley ( Hon ). 2. J im Cote (H on). POWD ERPU FF : 1. Lorie V iens \Pen) . 100 B E G : 1. Craig Spe ir (Suz . 2 . Lynn Shoup (P en). 3. Spence Grafft. Jr. (Vam). 100 NOV : 1. Bruce Berge r (Ric). 2. Ran dy Schwa len berg (Hon ) . 2. Karl A llen (SUZ) . 125 BEG DIV I : 1. Greg Martinez (Hon}. 2. Robert Hanover (Hon), 3. Ji m Holley (Hon) . 125 BEG DIV II : 1. Cr a ig Street (Hon). 2 . Randy W isegawer (Mnk). 3. Randy Morris (Vam). 125 NOV : 1. Kevin Berger (Hon ). 2. Kelly Dugan (Hon) . 3. Scott Fa Ul kner (Hon) . 125 I NT: 1. Br ian Brown ( H o n ). 2. Mark Hendrix (Pen). 3. Aldan COlby (Hon) . 125 EX : 1. DeWayne J o nes ( C- A). 2. Rob ROll ins (Bu l) . 250 BEG : 1. Va l H iCkey . 2. M ichael Escarceya (CZ) . 3. wes G. Pledger (Oss). 250 NOV : 1. Andy Jannings (Hon) . 2. George Yates (Hon) . 3. Paul Levinson (Bul) . OPEN BEG : 1. Dudley Duncan (Hus). 2. Bob M iller (Yam). OPEN NOV : 1 . BOb Schnook ( M al ) . 250 E X : 1. Ha l Strauss (Mal) . 2 . Will Harper \CZ) . 250 NT: 1. W1rry B ird ( K aw ) . OPEN E X , 1. Joe Root (Bul). .. DeWay ne Jones (19) just plain beat Rob Ro llin s (24) to w in cacs 125 Expert class August Zl . 25

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