Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

But yours can be just as fast as ours. Because we'll sell you all the same trick hop-up parts we use . SPEED KITS FOR: XR 75 XL 350 SL 125 CR 125 XL 175 CR 250 XL 250 Write for cetalog and prices. ~i-PE~ORMANCE C~ .•I .~ !t-!I~ R 51 0 5 Arlontic Ave. Long Beach, Co. 90 805 121 31 42 3-1 433 BB -T he proof tI the way . e keep wI"nl ng .•. at Ascot .. . S.ddlebllck ... Indian Dunes . .. 8 al_ . .. Scott Hen d rickso n lea ves the Sled Rider pits, watched by David Aldana and Mike Monroe. Aldana ran in the top ten Experts until he crashed . Tom Brooks wins Virgin Run By Curt Randoll OLANCHA. CAL.• NOV. \ 7 ~~ Coast Mota Cycle ~ Motocross - Desert 2334 Newport BI-.:I.• Costa Mesa. CA 9 2627 714-645-8008 Iif\ TOP QUALITY ~ A TCOMPETITIVE PR ICES • PERFORMANCE • RELIABILITY • HANDLING The Motorsport Co. 18651 Valley Blvd.. Bloomington. CA 92 316 714 -877'()151 Save Save Save at ~~~ :fro for nearest locatlon~one : (213) 334 -5195 CMC S A N C T IO N WITH THE BEST 18 P .O . BOX 140 2 COST A MESA CA . This was the first race in two years to be on totally virgin ground. The first loop was a fairly short, fast one, with plenty of sandwashes. Adding a treat fo r the rid ers and a break from the sandwash was a secti on descriptively called "The Moon." It went for abo ut two o r three miles on rid ges . over 20 foot knolls. down little sandwash es , an d was generally slow going. Sitting on th e side of th e t rail were several 'riders who had gassed it and fo und how challenging this sec t io n re all y was. Leading through t he pits was Bob Bal entin e with a m in u te an d a h alf over To m Brooks. A.C . Bak ken was right be hind Bro oks. and they we re about fo ur minutes in front of the ne xt rider through, Bill Becker. The first 250 th rough was Way ne Cook at fifth overall. Dean Mo desset, wh o was p rett y dormant at th e beginning o f the year. led the Division T wo Expert class th rough the pi ts and wen t on to add an oth er win in his recent dominat io n of his class. Mar k Harri s, an upcomin g Novice from the Four Aces, led the Novices through the pits o n his new 250 Hu sky. Loo ks li ke he got it sorted out. The second loop was a true 40 miles of sand was hes , san d dunes and fire roads. I never di d see the b ig hairy downhill rumored o n th e second loo p. There were a few fun lillie on es incl uding a bitch in ' sand downhill and a nude ch ec k at the bott om , Tom Bro oks mad e up a 101 of time on the second loop passin g Ballenti ne between the last chec k and the fi nish . ' Th is is his third ov er all win in a row . Holding onto third and no t knowi ng of the hot battle jus t in fr onl o f him was A.C. Bakken. Workin g his wa y u p fr om six th o verall through th e pits was Mark Ad ent , Mar k fini shed fourth overall, first 25 0 Expert . Fin ishing fif th overall and fourth heavyw ei gh t was Brian Bennet t o f th e 100 's M.C. Follow ing Brian was Benny Padilla o n h is new monoshock Yamaha. Bill Becker dr opped back from fourth overall through the pits t o seventh overall a t the finish . Bill also has a new monoshock, but o p te d for the 360 and switch ed from th e lightweight class. Bo th gu ys must li ke the b ikes as th ey ar e fi nishi ng consisten tly well. Randy Fleming and Dave Lapre ck were the next tw o rid ers in at eighth a nd ninth overall, n et ting them thi rd and fo urt h 250 Expe rt. Dean Mode se t t and Andy Kirker have really been go ing a t it la tel y with Andy leading th e po int s s ta ndings an d knowi ng Modese t t d oesn 't have the time left in t he year to catc h hi m . Modese tt thinks o therw ise and is piling u p wins like crazy in ques t of t he n umber one plate in the " C" Division . Dean rounded out the to p \0 wi th An dy fin ishi ng right behi nd hi m at I I th overall . Ch ar lie Hamill was firs t T rail Ex pe rt. bea ti ng Bruce Ogi lvie and Do ug Mar t in . Looks li ke Charlie might also have a shot at t he number o ne pla t e as h e has chalked u p quite a fe w wins o n his Penton. Ro bert ~I y ers fi nished firs t T rai l Amateu r agai n o n h is Penton. It pr obab ly won 't be t o o lo ng till he gets his Red Sticker. First Powder Puff Amateur was No . 103A. Sorry . I didn't ge t her name. but I did get Anita Zuber's who was sec o nd . Mark Harris who was lead ing th e Novices through the pits must have be en in a da ze when he finished . since he held on to his lead and first 250 Novi ce. Steve Penn fin ish ed second Novi ce bu t was still first heavyweight. beatin g Tim Edmonson wh o was sec o nd 250 and Dave Kr iebe ll wh o was second heavyweight, Ric k Merril was third heavy weigh t in front of Greg Winters. Co rnell Kernpenaa r, and Fred Swepston . ail on 250s. First Powd er Pu ff No vice was Lo ri Rebe ck with Jean Davis an d Denise Kn uc kles finis hing second and third . It was a good race with d ifferen t scen ery an d new ar ea . 70% of the fini shers li ked it; 20 % were indifferent ; an d \ 0% hated it. which isn 't too bad. The only problem was. 150 of you were disqualified for ta king that first road past th e bomb . in cluding the first Novice up it. He saw th e guy taking numbers and turned around to give him an e xcus e. It was a bad one though; he said . "\ was following dust. " After realizing th e stupidity of his remark he just turned ar o und and motored ba ck to the~ts. • Resu lts OVERALL: 1. T om BrookS ( Bul) 2 . Bale ntine (Hus) 3 . A .C . Bakken (Hus) 4. Mark Ad en t (Pen) 5. Bryan Bennett (H us) 6 . Benn y Padilla (Yam) 7. B illy Be cker (Yam) 8 . Ra ndy F lemi ng (Yam) 9. Dave Laprlck (Yam) 10. Dean Madesett (Pen) OPEN EX : 1. Tom Brooks (Sul) 2. Balentine (Hus) 3. A.C . Bakken (Hus ) OPEN AM : 1. D . Carter 250 EX : 1. Mark A d en t (Pen) 2. Benny Padilla (Va m ) 3 . F le ming ( Vam ) 250 AM : 1. M cCellen 2 . D an Jones 3. Uoy d Sucket 175 EX : 1. Dean Modesett (Pen) 2 . Andy K irker (C ·A ) 3 . Charles Ba rneVJvam) 100 EX: 1. Charlie Hamill Pen) 2. Bruce Ogilvie (H -D) 3. Doug Martin ( 00) 100 A M : 1. R obert Myers (Pen ) 2. Vance SCh mid O PEN NO V : 1. St eve Penn 2. Krlbell 3 . M er rel 2 5 0 NOV : 1. Harris (Hus) 2 . Edmonson 3 . Wint er s 1 7 5 N OV : 1. T o m Kelly 2. Da n Pineau (D ~~~ ov , I. Lori Rebec k 2. Jean Davis 3 . Den ise Kn u c kle s Tom Brooks won aga in , after los ing all h is money in a series of card games the night before.

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