Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

We ber (Mo n); 3. Steve Po tt s ( Y a m ) . 5 00 Int : 1. Trent McGee (cz 2 . B rian A r m st r o n g (MaO: 3. Dua ne Dier (Mai) . 125 Pr o : 1. David Tay lor (Hon); 2 . Dave E ropk in (Hon) ; 3 . M i ke Bell (H o n ) . 250 Pr o: 1. Jeff Vid i c (Mal); 2 . Bi ll R Ub l y (M on) ; 3. Wi ll Harp er (eZ) . 500 Pro : 1. Luk e Messer {Mai } ; 2 . Bob Z in gg ( M a l) ; 3 . Joe Joh nsto n ( M ai ) . n Moreno Valley MX mudbath By Tim Mickey SUN:-JnI EAD . CAL.• OCT . 5 DeAnza's track was covered wi th mud this Saturday, due in par t to the cloudy skies, and while some riders suffered from it. others used it to an advantage. Ron Cain (Suz) , 125 In term edi ate, couldn't catch his bro th er Gary (Hon) in the first m oto , but i in the seco nd, while holding a slight lead . he plowed thro ugh t he standing waterhole and sent up a tidal wave which dr ench ed his pursu ers, ca using Gary to wash o ut in th e next t um with mud covere d goggles. It wo r ked in th e last moto too, wh en the pair were dicing to break th eir tie. Ron ca ugh t a piece of the p uddle and sent i t ove r onto Gary again. While Gary did n't go do wn, he had to ditch his goggles an d his glasses, and that was all the advan tage Ron needed for th e ove rall. Ro y J oh nso n (Hon), the berserking 125 Junior t hreat, had proble ms with the mud, and though he beat Dale Brown (Hon) in th e first moto , he fo und hims elf picking up his bike a lot in th e nex t two, even getting run over by a trio of bikes in the final m o to , He remo unted, but couldn't ma ke a serious bid for the win after that. 125 Begin ner Mark Ellis (Suz) loop ed his bike in the mi re early in the first mo to, b ut got back on and went on to win his class . In the final two , he defeat ed the glop by st aying hooked up , chased t he Intermediates, and in what was probabl y one o f his last races as a Beginner, ti ed together a cl ean sweep. • Results in Results Section. R.A.C.E. MX By Laurie Ellis CORONA, CAL., OCT. 3 Th e second moto of the 125 Beginner class h ad an exciting battle between Lambert Vandertui g and Rick Van Ryn, both mount ed on Il o ndas. Vander tu ig led co ming out o f th e sta rt with Van Ryn in secon d. Van Ryn made t wo attempts for the lead and to o k it away . His opportunity ca me when Va ndertuig slowed to enter a tu rn . They stu ck close toget h er , dueli ng for the firs t position . an d Van Ryn ~ot wh at he wanted wh en he took over th e lead on the straigh taw ay. S teve Harp er was n't do in g too great in the firs t m oto o f the 125 Junio r cla ss, where he too k eighth , but in th e second and th ird h e really go t hi s Honda go ing and h e clai med t wo firsts and th e ov erall win despite his earl ier problems. Corona began ho sti ng the seco nd season of hi gh school m o tocr oss • Th urs day , October 10 . Results in Results Section. Inflation Insulation ~ C'J C'J .... C,) ..0 o ..... u o Grafton grabs Carlsbad MX , , By Stewart B. Sapicoff CA RL S BAD, CA L.• SEPT . 29 The 2 50 Pro race go t AMC's two week Carlsb ad series 'underway in style. In the first mo to Rich ar d Grafton, on a YZ mon o-sh ock er , rocketed into the first tum ah ead of the pack and attempted to lengthen the gap between himself and second pl ace Mart y Moates (Hon) . Rich ard Pinnick (Yam ) p ressured Moates until the seve nth lap wh en he finally shot past and began trying to catch Grafton . Moates pulled out of the race on the next lap with a b unch of hairline crack s all over his swingarm . Grafton was safely in front o f Pinnic k who in tum was sa fel y ahead of Rich ard Kastner (Bul ). The second moto saw Gr afton leap into th e lead where he st ayed from sta rt to finish. Just like mo to o ne , Pinnick was in seco nd spot , but he co uld n't catch the sp eedy Grafton and wa s for ced to be co n te n t with a second Overall. Back in third place there were lo ts o f ch an ges going on with Kastner being first in this spo t , only to lose it to Kevin Willis (H us) two laps later. Willis stayed there for three-q uarte rs of th e race with o nly an occ asional hassle from . j ack Hazard (Yam ). Lap th irt een was to be Willis' s do wn fall . wh en J im " Smiley " Cain (Mai }, who had j ust p assed Hazard sn uck up o n Willis and fle w past. Cain • wen t o n to take th ird Overall. Subscr ib to & save 50 '1<: or m o re. Plus teet yourself , ro m pr ice ri ses. , Plus Gary Bailey says learn t o ride everywh ere on the course so you can pass guy s wh en ' yo u catch them . T h is Car lsbad MXer heeds the adv ice . Get th e news & features every w eek . -I I I I Write or phon e , Cyc le News Circulat ion Bo x 498. 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