Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Cycle orth ews Old man Griffith wins TRAVELER 51 I:iQ Motorcycle Suspension Units A "itt.r.ftt ,i_ on .,...,".iftCi.. l. *- • ... _h i,... ~ I:iQ g ,.._ ;... g __ "tton. hyd,..,Uc F "II S" t ' . ... 1 . i t h In t .,....1 to.. .n""'...... y," In ...... th. By W. H. Spencer O A K D A LE. CA L. . :,\0\·. ~ r- ~4 aMy. ".I"... in,,",. Return ing to the vic to ry c ircle fo r th e first tim e in som e e igh t years. J CITy Gri ffith, o w ner of th e Pion eer Ar en a, to ok o n all hand s and w on the Open Expert Ma in with only a to ken fight from newly cro w n ed Bla ck Plate Ch amp Allen Yarrow. It wasn't a very go od sho w fo r Yarrow a s h e wa s p ut hack tw o positions for cu tt ing in sid e a ti re. T ed Davidsou proved the most consis te nt o f th e day winning both the 250 a nd 125 expert sh o ws . N e il Mac l.Iauu uld Have a go o d c ha se in th e 250 Expert only losing ou t go ing in to th e fir st co rn er 0 11 the rest art aft er Craig Scr o ggin s got o ff hard. Passing " To rc o '" Davidson ra n ks up in t h e hi g t im e o cc urre nces . not th at it's impossible hu t at this tr ack o n ly broth er Butch see ms to h e able t o hand le him . In th e 125 hallie it was Kim Jorgensen wh o gave ch ase a lo ng with Mark Mu sci o hut the n ew YZ Yamah a proved to o much and the Blendzall speci al o f Ra y Hooks also triu mphed. Brian Th ompson ic ed up the top SPOl in the minibike plate ra ce with a w in in th e 8 0 Expert class and then t ook a second to big Dan Cantal oupi in th e Open mini show. Jo hn ny Pillman kept good cont ro l of the ~ 5 0 J u n io r ra ce d espite ridi ng a lillie o u t o f con tro l o n o ne lap when he new over the jurnpIn a style that even hi g Joel Rob ert wouldn 't wan t to try. A spec ia l b en efit e ve n t will b e h e ld on De c em ber 15 a nd 29 for the Freeman Do bbs family a n d a ll Central Valley ra cers are invited to a t te n d a n d help a dow ned ri der. The show w ill be a semi-pro race for all cl a sses and mi nis wi t h p ro ceeds to h el p the fam ily wh ile fa ther is recovering from a street accide nt. R esul t s in Re su lt s Se c tion . . r- Faria edges closer By W. H. Spencer SA N .l OS E, CAI.., !'\OV. 23 l\like Fari a came o ut of to n ight's ind o o r riots sme lling like a rose, a lilli e richer a nd lied for second place ill Wh ite Plate p o ints w ith bu t o uc race 10 d ecid e th e to p 20 pos it io ns in D-3 f> short tra ck co m pet ition. It w as the ha lfway ma rk of th e winter se ries and Faria was eig h t p a in ts beh ind Greg Fer gu so n who once again fa iled to tra nsfer out of the h ea l. In the eigh t lap ~ bin fo r 250 Experts Faria diced with ea rly lc ud cr Dan You ng, fcll ba ck to third he hin d J ohn Bru mo nd and th e n carn e bac k to h eat Young o n th e la st ..... t.an_ c .. , •.,"'-'" _,..,.I i... - . . . . . .,.el.al _ l ,. I.. ' Ii. q . ft u W 1ft _ A TF h unit. _,ttl • to . y. i. 1 '"II .·"" W••ht ..... u n i' IJIrin. k 2 % lb • . ...MId.... Ie,."' .,.- Fu ll 10_ " ,...... ....1 ,.. ~ ..:J E u u U CoMnat IM ...... .. e.ottI .. I.-.c,ion, . i"" E •.-,I_I., '"tH ....'--c,-. 5010 or .. H to 40CI I In 1""1• ..... c1e ..". ' r . ll. .'rMf. ' .......Ion.' TT an" ".1r l" htl. f., y _ itht Ipri,. 30D oeh i_. L'th ' - i th' lfI', ifMJ fo r 200 t . 300 lb . ... nhi_, F., o" lm " m ,.rlo rm . nc., lu,po n, ion "nih . h. ul d bo In tho m id... . "". 0 ' th. S" tr 1 _ It h r id... on m.ch i_ . nd .... t1onl Thonfor. 'ho le n, . r ' UlJI'Oflll on ""It .houk! not e N,.. tho holt h' of tho ....r of .,.... r _chi.... A PRODUCT OF DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING 9201 LEMONA STREET SEPULVEDA. CALIFORNIA 91343 . Happy hookin' it at Spinners' IT The front end that works! PORTE RVILLE, CA L. Grant Salyer (56) at point in th e 250 Expert cl ass (above) held off all c o m ers in this District 35 sa nctioned go. The crowd was light, and everyone transferred from the heats to the m a in . (At righ t) Doug G arrison , fee t up and h o okin ' it, ra n off an d h id fro m the 360-500 Ex perts. Resul t s in Result s Section. or your money back . These Fron t End Da mpening Units are designed for RACING over ro ugh terrain . They will give yo u a ride seco nd t o none! No modifications, just bolt in the new units. CZ I '" mor e trave l; YAMAHA 250 /3 60 & YZ S" 'ravel; KAWASAK I 250 o r 450 S'" 'ravel; SUZ UKI 250/400 S" trave l: S ETOR dampe ning rods for S'" travel. TERRY INDUSTRIES 'I Mod eli n g th e " Mu zzl ed Dobe rm a n Look," S ta n Pa u l leads the 125 Novice style parad e at O akda le. Cl P.O . Bo x 1321 , Hesper ia , CA 92345 tu rn of the la st la p whil e R ic k De lacy ic ed up so me m ore p o in t s fo r hi s new Number O n e pl a te . . In th e ba t tle fo r overa ll high po int Ba h Si lva r elinqu ish ed the n u m ber one spo t to Fa ria winding u p sixth in tonigh t 's b ash while Rod Sp en ce r h o ld s down third so me two points b eh ind h im an d J o hn Ta vis h olds fo urth with a fl urry of other r iders close in tow . Roy T aboada su rprised the 360 Experts with a good w in after ge ll in g by Kir k Ta rd iff o n th e se cond la p . li e go t und e r To m Kopriva abo u t ) 0 feet from th e c heckered nag a n d came up with his firs t ever Expe rt Ma in event wi n . Ko p ri va h ung on for se cond with Bob Scally third over Tavis who found him sel f in th e p a y lin e when Larry Silv a 's T ri u mp h expired c ro ssing the fin ish line. Resu lts in Results Se ction. 'I "Earth Trials" breaks in Green Sticky park 2134 DLD MIDDLEFIELD WAY MT. VIEW,CA. 9404 3 (415) 961-2446 Crummett & Miller "UII' UIII, 'I tops at Orland oval By H. R. Campbell - By Art Menn ick ST A ,, )S L\ US CITY. CAL. . l\;OV . I i Th e Eas t Bay Cha pter or 1'.I.T.S. (w hic h h as c lub m ee ti ngs th e Iirst T uesd a y o f every m on th a t 7:30 p.m . a t Nel so n Brothers Hond a in Oakland) pUI on the T hird An nua l " Earth Tria ls" in Sranisl aus County 's D eer Creek Park ( ne x t to Fran k Ra in es Park ). Th is 1200 acre park was set up with O.R .V. funds with th e h el p of Jerry Irons o f the Depa rt m en t of Pu b lic Works w ho is a lso a I' . I.T .S . mc mher . T he co u nt y is 714-244-3139 cu rrcn tly tryi ng to ge t e ve n m ore la nd . Yeah ! for S ta n isla us Count y a nd its Par ks Departme n t. T he tr ial s had 10 se c tio ns a nd like a ll go od trials th er e were many ro cks a nd off ca m b er tu rns. T hree se ctions in a cree k bed we re case crashers and I th ough t th ey could n't be made h a rder. until a n o th er guy sai d that the las t two yea rs the c re e k b ed wa s a c tu ally a c rc c k-oh n o ! Th ere was a lso a h illd im h fo r one se ction . It was abo u t a n eigh th of a mil e long o ff ca m b er lo o se d irt. Approximately ~O o ut of 100 peo ple made it a n d the rest re ceived five points. After the trials was over I got m y Rokon o u t and still cou ld n' t make that hill. Results in Results Se ct ion . 7 TH GENERATION CZ FRAME l ~ p"'ooueT. 'f!oIC "!f1In_!f1I'" Central Ca lifo rn ia 's la rges t deal er Servicing: Fresno. Merced. & Modesto Yosemite S port Cycles 2 11 W. 17t h sr., Merced . CA 95340 2 04-723 -3802 ORI.AND, C.\ I.. . :'\O\'. 23 ~lanud Crummct t ju mp ed t o th e lead o f th e 3 6 0 Ex perts wi t h an unbel ieva b le start followed h v Ph il Co run do (1Ion ) a nd curre n t ~v h i t e pla te nu rnhcr t wo Den n is Ro b inson (Ya m) . Rob inso n h ad a re\\' pro bl e ms ' "e ll inu hi s Ie" stu c k '"'" ~ bel w ee n Corandos back fend e r . .." an d w h eel. After th e o ffic ia ls had ta ken ca re o f Robinson 's leg th e re st art was o f ~I sin gle file nature with Crummett and his Bulun-c in the lead . Roh inson in the rear, a nd ev erybody else between. Crummett kept p ullin g fr om the c ro wd indoor Sho rt Track Every Sat urday Night ~ "'- Sa n Jose F a irg r o unds Tully Ro ad o ff Hwy 101 Fo r info ca ll : 415-327-4461 23

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