Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

learned that John H. was riding minus a shift lever. He pl aced second in the first moto . - A fast repair on the mi ghty Maico and mota number two saw John shoot so far ahead that he bested any and all previous lap times, and to ok the checkered flag far and aw ay from second pl ace Estes. The ex citement was really building with Hrynkiewicz and Estes tied going . into the last mota . The third mota saw John Hrynkiewicz get a fantastic st art and it was all over. John coasted to the win for the mota and first ov erall. John Hrynkiewicz did hold the previous lap record at Escape Country some time ago , but when he was out of the saddle with a broken shoulder, others like John DeSoto, Gary Jones and Estes each held the record for a short ti me. Hrynciewicz took his rightful place again today as the fastest du de ever to ride Escape Country. • Resul ts in Results Section. High doin's down at DeAnza By Tim Mickey SUNN YMEAD, CAL. , OCT. 19 Six hig h schools started off this week at De Anza in what will be a continuing battle, and Moreno Valley took the first win almost purely by virtue of its sizable rider turnout. Keith Patten (Kaw) gave his school a goodly number of points when he raced in the 250 Intermediate as well as the Open class and managed to pick up all the points they had to offer with an uncontested clean sweep of both . But 125 Beginner Steve Moore (Ha n), was able to more than make up that amount for Hemet by ta king the lead over the largest class o f the day, putting on a first class exhibition of riding and then stretching it out into the easy overall. Randy Throne (Yam) did much the same for He met High to the 100 Beginners. Although he was passed early in the first two rno tos by Joe Chavera (Kaw) the first time and Mike Price (Suz) the next (both of Moreno Valley) , he p ut the pressure back o n, regained the lead , and scored three-for-three by a narrow margin. Price was able to get , around Chavera d uring the first mota to fo llow Throne across, and in the succeedi ng two he maintained a modera tel y comfortab le lead to slip into the second overall. Chavera took third. So even though Hemet had seve ral good finishes , riders like Price and Chavera gave Moreno Valley High School an overwhelming number of seconds and thirds, givin g them the overall for the day . • Results in the Results Secti on . Ramona wins High School MX By Laurie Ellis CORONA, CAL., OCT. 17 The second season of high school motocross got away at Corona Raceway, with Ramona topping the other schools to the tunc of 267 points. Palm Springs followed with 106, Montclair took third with 77, Garey fourth with 33, and Norco with only two riders, each raci ng two classes, scored fifth wit h a total of on ly five points. Gordy Collins (Ramona) was almost certain of a win over Steve Bauer , also from Ramona, in the second mota of the 125 Senior class, after holding him back for two laps . But Bauer passed Collins on the hills in the last lap, and on the last jump Coll ins' bike died, to strengthen Bauer's lead. Collins came ba ck at Bauer in the third mota, getting the jump in the start and leading throughout. In the 250 Senior class Brad Lynch, who is unbelievably fast, set out to chalk up a series of wins until his transmission blew in the second lap of the second mota. Lynch met his goal in the 500 Expert class, though , with firsts in all three motes , taking the overall in th at class • fo r Montclair. Results in Results Section. rIJ ill Dl:II Ii!: ' -" ,." ... • Dl:II g ;... g Winds add excitement -e- O "'l By Ann A. Powell I.!') .... SUNNYMEAD, CAL., OCT. 13 ~ .c Strong winds blew down the mountain and sent the bikes flying up the opposite hill with just a bit of extra speed at the drag climb at De Anza Cycle Park, accounting for some pretty speedy climbing. T he field at today's event took on a national outlook wit h several new riders fro m as far away as Detro it, Michigan. Several riders, new to California and new to drag h illcl imbing, made q uite a mark fo r themselves and are going ho me with some special trophies to show for the trip. Drag hill climbing is one of the most competitive of races. ' Two men (or women) have to get away fr om the line with as much sp eed and power as possible, build up to top performance in less than 5 0 feet an d then manage to get over the hill first. Any sligh t slip at the starting line and it is allover. There just isn't time to make up for even a little mistake . What's more, the winner of a class has to make that near-perfect ride as many as four or five times, be ating out all comers. The. winner of a drag climb has to have a bike in top order, has to be an ex ceptional rider and has to be blessed with his share of luck. For the spectators some of the most interesting co mpet itio n co mes at the very beginning of a climb and a t the very end . .The minibike riders face the twin hills with determination. They know they wo n't go over the top , but they are going to get as close as possible. Some of those four and five-year-olds ride like the ho unds of hell are righ t on thei r tails. The end of t he climb is exciting beca use of the hot competition be tween the b iggest bikes of all. The biggest bike in today's cl imb was a 1200 Harley ridden by Richard Carrico , a first timer. Carrico fell in the first heat to Neal Mackel's 820 Triumph. Mackel is one of the most co nsistent winners. The holiest bike on the hill was Ro n Standeven 's-monster Ho nda. T hat bike really to re up the dirt, and managed to carry its owner to a well -earned first place in the Open class and in the overall. Second open went to Craig Mock who finally got the right combination ' o u t of his new 750 Triumph. Today marked his first trip to " Big John " Bjorkman sho ws win n ing form as he f lies o ver the top of th e De Anza h ill o n his 750 Triumph. E ~ > 0 Z ~ .Hey , come see the babe they go t ta kin ' signu ps! the wi nner's circle on this bike, and it has ta ken a full fo ur months to get there. • Resu lts in the Results Section. Doin' it at DeAnza with CRC By " G. J:' SUNNYMEAD, CAL., OCT. 20 Ya know, following C.R.C. week aft er week, it always seems like the same story; lots or riders, minimum amount of problems, beautiful track and so on. Maybe that's why they're one of the top m otocross clubs in southern California. The mighty rmrus were the first to hit th e track and when the flag fell,Joe Sp an gler was almost always out front. Joe's Honda finished 2-1-1, giving him a first overall in the Intermediate class while first mota winner John Ro gers (lion) finished seco nd. Donald Draskovich finished first overall in the Novice class with Joe Nist (lion) and Ray Gomez 1lI (Yam) second and third. Beginner division was dominated by Randy Shoaff (Han) finishing 1-1-2 . All three Open Expert motos were alike with Morgan Malocco (Yam) leading wire -to-wire . 250 Expert Mark Sullivan . (Bul) slightly ex ceeded Newton's Law of Gravity and ended up on his Jofa. Von Peterson ran his CZ by him for the victory and the overall win. Mark saved second pl ace while Mike Jackson fini shed third on a Husky . J eff Wright beat the 125 Experts on a Pueh with a 1·2 -1 finish. Now, the 2 50 Novice s wer e so m et h ing d ifferent altogether. Greg Stone (Ya m) overcame his usual rotte n sta rts to grand-slam his class en route to the ove rall victory. The 250 Beginners had 16 riders attackin$ the track at once with Geoff Green (CZ) emergins as the overall victor, Larry Minor (CZ) second and Steve Johnson third. Mike Robinson must have found a stray pit tootsie o ut in the back section . . . how else can you explain a 1-16·16 finish? Finally , after winning a Mexican dinner, Dave Turnquist gassed his CZ in all the right places to win the Veteran's class trophy. Bill McGowen was close behind Dave while John (over the hill) Wilson finally lucked out with a third overall o n his "Mickey Mouse special U ~guised as a Honda. • Huntington Beach hi-points HSMX qualifier IRVINE, CAL., OCT. 19 Riders from eight high schools co mpeted in this Fa ll HS Motocro ss series qualifier. Riders from Huntington Beach shut out the defending three-time cha m ps, Walnut lIigh. Fountain Valley was a close second with four first places to HB's five. Best race of the evening was between Dave Eropkin (Walnu t) and Warren Reid (Ba lsa Grande ) in th e 125cc Expert race . Warren and Dave , bo th Juniors, wer e co mi ng off the j u mps six to eight feet high. Running h ard to take the over all win was Dave Ero p kin to give Walnu t their only win o f th e night. Quali fiers list ed in the Re sults Section . • ... 35

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