Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Pe r k ins, wi th Per kins t a king the event ual win . The nex t race mat ched more Begin ners in the 25 0-0 pen classes . Th ere was so me co n fusio n as the lead ers ca me do wn out of the ro c ks where th e co nvo luted course passed cl ose to an ea rlier porti on of itself. Some of th e less-experi en ced riders fo llowed the dust instead of th e cours e an d found th emselves go ing bac kwards, These few were straightened out q uickly and the leaders only had lapping traffic to co ntend with . Tom Harmon was the leader all the way with E. Sm ith h o t in his tracks. Sewing u p th ird was J . Pfaf f fo llo wed by K. Fauth in fourth and D, Well er, fifth . 'The first three finis hers in the nex t race rode O pen class b ike s. Perhaps the ex tra h o rs ep o wer was demanded b y th e ex tra loop th at this all -No vice grou p had to rid e. Whate ver th e reason, Ed Mundy fo und the extra that was needed, an d took a well -ridden fir st an d $25. In the last race, all o f th e Amateurs and Expe r ts rode together, but Kevin Hasten an d Mark Adent remembered th e co urse from yesterday and were well on their wa y to a repeat performance until the third lap. Shortly before the end of th at lap, a playrider calling it self "Little Din gha t " o r something like th at, go t between Hasten and Ad ent 'and fo rced Mark into th e ro cks, whe re hi s wheel was destro yed . Fortun ately, Mar k was no t hurt ; unfo rtun atel y, neith er wa s th e play rider. Rick Shi rey took o ver sec o nd but didn't have eno ugh ti me left to clos e up Hast en's gian t lead. So Hasten to o k the win and th e S I 0 0 and Shirey , riding what appeared to be a sto c k Yamah a Endur o co mple te wi th ligh ts and tu rnsign als, took second and 50. • Saturday racin' .with the Rolf Tibblin Gang By The Scene CA RLSBAD , CAL. D EC. 14 Th ere are several things you can do o n a Satu rday. You ca n go to yo ur Gran d ma 's hou se with the ~ha nce o f getting eaten up by a Big Bad Wolf, or go o n a picni c with yo ur little sist er, wh o is o nly eigh t, what ca n she possibly do ? Spill ket chup o n yo u. Or go to the Rick Sh irey , run ne rup $ 5 0 worth on a Sundav-qo-to-m eet in' Yamaha. ORA "rare" desert scrambles By Terry Rezek SOGGY DRY LAK E, CAL. , DEC. 15 Outrageously blue skies an d air crisp as a froz en cra cker mad e the desert a line place to be thi s weekend and racin g was the thing to be doing. Saturd ay ORA invit ed its to p 50 rid ers to battle for a massive silver eup and Kevin. Hasten beat out I\lar k Ad en t for the hono rs . Sundav all o f the o ther riders h ad th eir sho t at th e same course used b y the Silver Cup racers, a type of co urse that D R A calls a "Rar e Desert Scrambles ." It was a two -loop course with loop one b eing 14 mi les lo ng and loop two o nly 9 mi les. Every body did th e first lo op once and th e seco nd two, three, or fo ur t im es d ep en d ing o n class. The st ar t headed no rth th rough th e mountains . Th e first five: mil es wer e mostly flat drainage basin and very fa st riding. However , n o ma tt er wh ich wa y you cross a drain age basin . you will always find an inter sec ti ng d itch. Cross one o f these unseen in th e dust and y o u o a curio us little d an ce o n your front he el. It 's ca lled the "Omigawd , this is ronna hurt," o ne-s tep. 'Things slowed d own a little t o allo w ou t o h o p rid ges beh ind th e ountains, Th en, there was th is littl e .. nd was h - ac tually it was m ore lik e a ean dering stre am bed , full of crooks d bends. It w as st rictly one bi ke wide d th e waI ls wer e stu dded with lurking o cks th at wo uld eat anyone wh o crowd ed o r tri ed t o p ass. Damp sand a few inc h es down ga ve p erfec t tr acti on for fast turns but th er e was enough dust on top to b oggle th e rid er behind yo u . This st retch ed o ut th e pac k and gave the leade rs a big edg e. Lo op tw o was o n the o ther side o f the road and was quit e di ffer ent. The first three mil es were flat-out fast , hut cho ppy eno ugh to kee p yo u o n th e pegs all th e way. Then a very bro ad u ph ill turn led up in to the roc k ridge for six miles o f mo t o cr ossin g through tig h t b e r m ed t urns. whoop -dee-dos and fallaway jumps led back to th e finish lin e. Now yo u tu m around and d o th a t one, two. o r three m ore times - a ve ry tiring loop for most rid ers, First off o n Sund ay mo rning, th e 0-200 Beginners h ad a good race develop in g be tween S. Met calf an d B. motocro ss races and ride th e Carlsbad tr ack with th e Rolf Tibblin gang. The 250 Juniors and In term ed ia tes saw Craig Bontly an d his So sna Mo t ors CZ run away with th e o vera ll win. Bu t hehind Bontly was a lo t of racin g, di cin g. and battling. Mike Sol e (H us) was tryi ng very hard to keep Lou Duplessis behind h im , but the Honda rid er jus t couldn't help but stay close t o Mike. J im Hanley (CZ) and Ken Mar ti n (Ho n) t ook o ver second and th ird spo ts when Mi ke fell o ver an d Lou bro ke another pa ir of shocks; since Lou sells Bud weiser he ca n affo rd th em , Mike J enn ings and h is Elsinore gassed it fo r an Intermed iat e win in th e 125 class, Dave Maas (Ilon) an d Dave Urq uhart (DG Eng) d ic ed it o u t fo r second an d third. Wh ile all this was going on , the Juniors we re changing po sitions all over th e place, m ainly d ue to the fact that th ere are so many of th em. Sh ane Smi th (Kaw) an d George Sp eck (Hon) had a h ead-to-h ead battle for firs t. Bo th won a mo t o , but Sp eck got the nod beca use he won the last We tho ught you'd like t o see a p ictu re of George Harvey II I, th e first Ama te ur. We know Geo rge Harv ey would! o ne . " UJ N' UJ a: > a: a: UJ ~ > al VI o ~ o 11..:-....o.-_--=:...- '--~ a: Ron T urner was able to st ay in ch es ahead enough to beat Terry T urner of th e Carlsbad Racew ay T ea m . Both of th ese two 125 Pros were go ing at it sid e by side all o ver th e track ; th ey looked like th ey were glued togeth er. Brad' Glo ver was for ced to cruise clo sely in th ird. So rry I h ave to leav e so so o n , hUI I have to ta ke o ne o f m y friends t o th e doctor, I th ink h e's got rabies. Il e go t it ; fro m the Big Bad Wol f, sec wh at can happen t o ya? Wouldn ' t yo u ra ther b e intox ica te d by motocr o ss b y Big Dad Rolf? P.S . RT :\IC is holding Su p er Bo wl of :\lo to cro ss Q ualifiers. • "Whoops, you missed it! Last Chance AMC" By S. B. Sapico ff CA RLSBAD, CAL. DEC. 15 Searching for a piston circli p in the wee hours of the night ma y seem a tad strange, b ut not if you wan t to rac e with Bett v Lasker and her crew at AMC' on th e Carlsbad course, espec ially wh en it's your last chance to befo re th e year ends. Arghhh! It sure was hard to find that little bugger, but I did, under the old knobbies, sitting next to a stack of Cycle News p apers, wh ich was on top of a box of DT-2 stuff. In the first 500 Pro moto, Jeff S z e ub er on a Takahasi Yamaha Monoshocker led th e way fr om the start, Scott Mo ntgo mery o f Alba Bult aco grabbed a second after a poor st ar t . Jeff Browning and Scott Cavness dueled fo r third spot, with Browning st icking his front wheel far ah ead eno ugh for the third pl acing. Th e next m oto saw J eff Browni ng o f Coast Moto Cyel e getting the holesho t, only to be passed by Cavness and Montgomery o n th e d o wnh ill o n th e second lap. Mon tgomer y d id the sa me th ing aga in to th e AAA Bultaco rid er o n the d ownhill on th e very next lap. From th er e Montgom ery built up a big lead and hel d it for th e top p lacin g and a big piece o f th at 500 guaran tee d purse. Szeuber , workin g his way up fro m a bad st art, too k second , with Cavness gra b bing a third . The 25 0 and 125 Pros ra n in th e same mo to wi th a split start . Terry Hugue1ey pull ed the strinz on the rest of th e ga ng at th e sta r t, only to he passed by eventual OA winner Rich Franklin. While Rich was gass ing his Yamah a in first with Terry with h is Bul in second , Dale Luedtke, Ch uc k Ro use and Brian Barrgher wer e pl ayin g t o uch and go with eac h o ther . While this was going on, Terry T urne r of the Carlsbad Raceway Team grabbed the hole posit ion in the 12 5 portion of the moto . With in th e time of tw o .rnin u tes, Ron Turn er too k the le ad aw ay from Terry , but Terry sta yed within in ches of the fast Honda. Scott Clifton and Mik e J ohnson h ad their D&G Hondas running in third and fourth. Bac k now to the 250s. Th e three Yamaha riders were still playing "tug-of-war " for third, but it was Chuck Rouse who happened t o be in third when th e ch eckered fe ll, Lu ed tk e fin ish ed a sane fourth. Rich Fr anklin had already pitted with a first in hi s grasp , T erry Hugu cley t o o k a second . Ro n Turner w as still in firs t, an d st ill just inches ah ead o f T erry . Terry 's gogg les go t too sp lattered with mud. so he h ad to pull th em o ff , losin g precious time and getting off h is fast pa ce o f j ust un der I :50. Ron finis hed first, Terry second , and Clifton third, The second o f th e 25 0- 125 Pro moto s saw Yamaha mo un te d Brian Barrgh er get the jump out of th e ga te with T erry Ilugueley close behind. Rich Fran klin began third , but quickly fo und him sel f in rust, ru nning away with the wh ole affair. Hu guel ey stayed in a so und se cond , wh ile Barrgh er fe ll back to dice out with Rouse and Lued tke. The 125 Pros took o ff from th e ga t e ....ith T im Buck leadin g the way. Terry T urner fell down in the firs t co mer and lost a chanc e a t th e overall . Ron Turner q uickly took the lead away from Buck, wh o fell back behind Scott Clift on and Mik e Johnson. Terry Turner go t back up , pretty far back, he kep t his throttle stuc k wide o p en and st eadily made his way through to th e back fe nde r o f Mike J ohnson. By this t ime, Rich Fran klin . was way ah ead and assured o f a go od piece o f th e first p lac e cash . Terry Hugueley cru ised in se co nd w ith Ch uc k Ro use not too far beh ind. Th e three finished in those pos ilions. _ • Results in Resul ts Sect ion. - 33

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