Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

• that d i d n "t make it up tbe h ill. R eportedly. this gull y swallowed a Honda th at is st ill lod ged in it. Th e rid er escape d - we think . Dan Swadge (Bul) LOo k the Amate ur Divisio n by h olding o ff Ron Dost er's (Bul) charge in the th ird loop. Ron dr o pp ed but tw o m arks in the third loop. Anth ony Di Labio (Bul) fin ishe d thi rd . Th e Novice Divi si on was the mos t t ig ht ly co ntested as seve ral riders finis he d with in a few mar ks of the u ltima te wi nn er . J am es Ben nefield (Bul) . This was his second narro w win in a row. Results in Results Section . ~ 5ii3 ...:::I g ;... g ~ r--. 0) C'J C'J I- CJ ..0 0 ..... u 0 ~ Bell blasted at Irwindale By G.J. EI 5ii3 was able to o vercome th e p roblems t o finis h second and quali fy fo r the State Ch ampionship "Bu co C lass ic " November 30 th at Saddleback Park . The following ride rs q ualified fo r the Championship, :?50 cc Expert - Dana Nels on (Ca nyon High). Mark Laus on (Villa Park) . I>lini Beginner - Kyle Parh am (An ah ei m) . Ex pe rt - Da ve Ferris (A naheim. IOOcc Beginner - Bob Den nis (Ca nyon High ], I :?5 cc Beginner - Brian Ellis (Anah eim ). Junior - Bill Bond (Villa Park). :?50cc Beginner Shannon Bar gston (Anaheim ), J unior Gr eg Verd i (A naheim) , Ex p er t - Dan a Nelson' (Cany on High ). Open Expert Brian Bau gher (Villa Park ). Rawhide Sue beats Andy U2 By A lan Shepherd ELS I:-.lORE. CAL.. OCT. 6 IR WI NDA LE. CA L.. OCT. 4 The 125 Novi ces had Hon da ho tshoe A ndy Northrup pitted Tonigh t at Irwindale Ra ceway, with a smaller crowd du e to rain against Sue (th e fox ) ' Fish on a Hod aka. Andy an d Sue were tied threatening skies, the ten aciou s Mike Bell was defea ted, and not after two motes with a first and a second a pi ece. The third moto was do-or-di e a nd Sue br oke o n top . After she m ad e th e firs t tu rn , five bi kes went down with Andy in the middle o f it all . holding hi s cl utc h, trying to keep the engin e go ing . By th e tim e Andy go t out of there , Sue ha d a com fo rt able lead . there was no chance of ca tc h ing h er . Better luc k ne xt week . A ndy . T he lar gest class o f th e d a y was th e 250 No vices wi th 25 ride rs chu rni n g up th at dust -fr ee Rawh id e dirt . The win ne r was Larry \\ 'i1kcrson on an O ssa w ith a :?·1 ·3 finis h. Larry is th e kind of guy who can m ake everyon e eat dirt fo r two m ot os, th en wa tch h is th ird race start fro m the little windows o n to p of the port acan wa y up o n the hill. Larr y p o tt y-trai n ed hi msel f thi s Sunday . finis hi ng ahead of Andy Serape and Ron Tebbs. • Results in Resul ts Se cti on . by ju st o ne rider. Dav e T aylor (lIo n ), wh o has been o n the verge of the up set many times in the past de spite hi s o ff y ear inflicted with injuries. tore loose to ni gh t, winning o ne moto a nd ta king second in th e o t her two and sec u red the o veral l win . Fo llo w ing su it. th e fastest o n the tr ac k thi s week, was Dave Ero p kin (Ho n ) wh o won t he first and th ird rounds but had pr oblems in th e seco nd in which he fini sh ed seven th. That left h im in second . st ill three points better th an Bell in the overal l. What happen ed to Mik e ? During practice. th e engine seized so they put in a n ew b arrel and sen t him o ut ag ai n. A ft er tw o la ps it se em ed to seize a gai n an d they wen t to work. What happened, reall y, was tha t he'd run o u t o f gas an d th e new engi n e w as jus t not fast as the o ld. • WOTT ARI DE R! Gr eg Le rsch finesses th e banking o ut of trap 14 in h is f irs t ride as a n Expert s. (Above , ce nte r a nd right) ATA Trial: Marland onthe warpath at Barona Reservation By Di ck Va squez RA RO NA INDI AN RES .. CA .• OCT . 6 Marland Whaley (Mon) made it two trial victories in a row by taking the ATA/S DTR Trials at Four Corners Motorcycle Park . Bernie Schreibe r (Bul) and Mike C riIfi u s (Man) both dr opped 24 points for the meet. but Bernie finish ed second by virtue of cleaning th e mo st ;.-sec tio ns 19 to 14. 36 Marland, ch eered on by pretty ~l a ry Siobig a t every sect io n , ci nc hed th e victory with a sizzling tw o point ride in the sec o nd lo op. However, he was for ced to ride ju st as aggr essive ly in the third loop to hold off Schreiber a nd a charging Mike Griffitts . Mark Eggar (Mo n ) finished fourth followed by none other than Rich Bledsoe (Bul). Rich, a top trials rider n o t l on g ago, h a dn ' t ridd en co m pe ti tively in mor e t ha n a yea r an d entered th is me et "just fo r th c fun of it'" The rid ers m et their first big test at sec ti o ns two a nd th ree, lo cated in a de ep tree -lined gu lly. These con tinu o us sec tio ns co nsis t ed o f a steep downhill. a tight left tu rn . up two ro ck y stai rcases and th en fi nished wi th a righ t hand tu m uph ill. Another secti on th at padded man y an E xpert 's sco re was section 14 which re quired an exit via a sandy. o ff -ca m be r hi llcli mb to the left. On the right was a deep gully that punished many a rider 11 qualify for High School Championship O .C.I.R ., OCT. 5 Mo tocross riders from An aheim, Villa Park, and Canyon High Schoo ls co mpeted . in the High School "IX Fall Series at Orange County. Second pla ce :?50 Expert Mark Lauson suffered ma ch ine problems suc h as a ben t shift leve r an d the t hrottle ca ble pulling out of the carb uretor , b u t Resul ts Mini Ex: 1. Lan ce M oorewood (Yam): 2 . Bill Fa n c he r (MSC) : 3 . Ri Cky Simmons (Han) . Mi ni Jr Dtv I : 1. J ohn Koog le (Hon) ; 2 . steve Hensen (Han): 3 . Kenny A planalp (Hon) . Mi ni J r Div II : 1. John Burrows (Ho n ): 2. Mark Bra unwatder (Hon) ; 3 . Jeff Dye (Han) . 100 J r D iv I: 1. T erry Clanto n (Hon ); 2 . D.Jv id B.Ju (Suz): 3 . Scott St r inger rsu z) . 10 0 Jr D iv I I: 1. Steve Nestle (Hod); 2. J im A le xa nder ( V am ) ; 3 . Greg K a nd ell ( Vam) . 1 25 Jr Dtv I : 1 . Greg Newma n (Ho n); 2. Mike M cCormaCk (Ha n ): 3. G reg ROdriquez (Hon) . 1 2 5 Jr orv II: 1. Scott Be ll (Han ); 2. B ruce As hmore (Han) . 3 . D o n IngelS (Hon ). 125 Jr Div III: 1. Tod Decker (H o n) : 2. Steve H aase ( C-A): 3 . Je f f Wiedeman (Kaw). 250 Jr Div I : 1. George Snyde r (S UZ) : 2 . Gary B artl ett (Han ); 3 . Ke vi n Co rson { M ai } . 25 0 Jr Div II : 1. Rick Tram mell (Mai) ; 2. John Wood (Hon); 3 . Dea n Jcctc (CZ) . 500 J r : 1. Mike H e nd r i x (Mai): 2. Bi ll Man dersnied { Ma i } ; 3 . Ri c h ar d W i n f rey (Han ) . 125 I nt: 1. Mike A r senault ( H an); 2 . R ob Z amora (Ha n ): 3 . V ince Van Hook ( V am) . 25 0 Int : 1. Danny We lsh (Vam ) : 2 . C onrad

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