Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

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I'f"m, ~ ' ''as",,''h, II 1 Sa'''; Equ;pm,", Co. "la'O' 9" City I I I ~~ ,.~ Stat ' Zip_ _ - _ __ 'I ~ ..'"_ . liiiiii i~ I DftDEIlS SHima FRT/tDl. ClWlGEIT ?~ M odel: Ye ar: Useyour BankAmllrlcardor Master Charge Sendname 01 card expiratIondate account , 41 I' ~~ Pleas eShi p Mak eolmy vehicleis:_ .. '0-"'" ,"l~ orr T"os h'O h. Giv escontem porarylook. CompleteW ithall hardware, loam and Naugahydeupho lsterycover IndIcateyear andmodel when ordllflOO 12900 II " W ,"4;l I~ "C numberand 4 dlgtl bank num ller _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ =--~C)~.~~~~~'~~ .... ...-::_ .... ...... " ' _ ~ ; o SAM I • high . [M1f1j~ ·~· Ul '. ~ o l . 1975 Openers .... ~ ~ Assoc. l" 8tiC Mo\.O ~ High School MX 213·321-88 59 213·321-8863 18300 S. Vermont Ave. Gardena. CA 90247 .Ascot - Every Saturday Gates open 10 a.m . First race 12 :30 p.m. 30 % t rophi es fo llowi ng week . For information eall 213·321.s 859 Corona Raceway - Every Saturday Pit gates 8 :30 a.m. Practi ce 9 a .m . First race 10 a.m . 30 % tr op hies followi ng week . For informat ion eall 714 ·735 ·1705 OCIR - Every Thursday - Ope n qu alificat ions . OCIR - Every Saturday High Schools by reservation , Carlsbad Raceway - Sat. & Sun., Feb. 15-16 Pit gate 8 a.m. Practi ce 8 :30 a .m . First race 9 :30 a .m . 30% Tro ph ies foll ow ing wee k , For informat ion call (714) 744 ·216 1. OCIR - Sat., Feb. 22 Garden Grove All City MX Contest . Gates open 1 p.m. First raee 2:30 p.m. Special " Goodi e" High Sehool MX club assembly available Free. Call 7 14·540 ·7223 for reservat ion for you r high school. Cycle N ews - something to look forwa rd to each week ! COMPETITION SHOCK ABSORBE~ DISTRIBUTED BY S ammy Tanner Dis tributing 17213 Roseton Avenue Artesia. CA 90701 213/924-2111 12 Rocket Rex had t ime to play showboat in the 250 Pro q ual ify ing mo tos. Bet~r Forks and Sho ck s Make the Difference the end. They banged to gether a n d Wein e r t , o n t h e in side. d idn 't h ave t h e needed ro o m to man euver and we nt down. La ter, t h er e was re ported to be h eated words between both racing ea m p s. Wein ert got hi s rev en ge, however, in the last m o t a . Staten wh acked th e brush m idway thro ug h and had t o retire for a b o u t five laps a nd in th e m ean time Weinert was c ruisin g w ith Jim West (Mai) ridin g a d ist a nt cl eanup. It ea rned J im my hi s fir st firs t-p la ce p ay ch ec k on the Yamaha and it also gave West sec o n d b ill ing at the finish. Gary Semics, riding with the Kawasaki colors for th e first t ime, drew third ove ral l based upon a fin al m ota third. With Marty Smith absen t, the 12 5cc Pro w as Croft 's uncontested. • Results Croft devastating CMC; wins two more ,FA Upholstered In heavygaugeNaugahyde. Swivel mount. Pin lockSW optional , 1119-00 II. ivel 'Dk,"mln~~T::::;~;;:A~~~~~ENT co. I I EncIOSedis: $ II ,FA TRUCl IIIIIIII·TRUClTARPS Taylor tarps aremade ofCUslomslitehed Naugahyde -comple tewith snaps. Gi es your trucka sharp. custom look. v CUl-outs lorroll barsavailable. Spec yearand ify _iAs 10 ,, 1" .00"" M . 'o'·T",ct , . 16900 lor Ma..i· Trucks ,,~ o Local hotline By John Bethea O RANGE, CAL. , FE B. 2 Five times in the past tw o wee ks Cham ps Mart y Sm ith (125). Gary J on es (250) and J imm y 'Weinert (500) have tested To mmy Croft and in eac h cas e they ca m e u p on the short e nd. Fo ur classes, fo u r ove ra ll wins , eight m oto vict ories, incl u ding the 12 5 and 2 50cc Pro today as 3 ,500 fa ns cam e o ut t o witness Cl\IC 's fin al in a $3 ,3 0 0 series. There we re classic match u ps t hroughout the day, highligh te d by two outstandi ng ones: Weine rt an d Re x Staten in th e first 500 cc an d Cro ft , Staten and Gay lon Mos ier in t h e " w in n er ta ke all" 250cc Final. That's rig ht, Final. A t o t al of 4 7 pro s h ad sign ed up for this class forcing two ro u nds of q u alification s. The Fin al w as the last race of t he day, ligh te d by a muffled su n h id in g behin d dark gray clouds n ear sunse t . Nearly 2500 fa ns h ad braved t h e bi tter co ld an d had st u c k it out t o watc h the first co nfron tatio n be tween Croft an d S taten th is year. At the top of Banzai Hill it w as Cr o ft hugging t he le ad but a t th e botto m St aten h ad drifted wide an d ze roed in . Back and fo rth it we nt with Croft fin ally emerg ing as the thi n leader. For eight laps they st ay ed tw o to f o u r bike len gths ap ar t in every co rn er. And closi n g all th e while wa s Mos ie r o n the Whee1smith Maico. · In three different lap s the gap betwee n Croft in first and Mos ier in t h ir d w as no m ore t h an two seco n ds. Suddenl y , with only two la ps le ft , Sta ten ga nged in to the bush es fo r the second t im e in th e d ay an d dropped to th ird , we ll off t he p ace. Then ca m e Mo sier , m aki ng the fi nal d ash w hi ch left h im only 10 yards be hind Cr oft at th e ch ec kered . Meanwhi le, Ken n y Zahrt (Bul), Grafto n an d Wei n ert h ad been st aging thei r o wn fight for fo ur t h. T ha t was spoiled on th e final to u r when Wei nert ca m e u p with problem s an d lo st all his har d- earned p o sitioni ng. Zahrt took fo urt h and Grafton fifth . Tha t 50 0cc sh o wd own in m o ta one w ith St ate n and We in ert ? It be gan to look like a rout wh en Staten b uilt a five secon d lead m id wa y ' in t h e ra ce. Sudden ly, Weine r t 's d rivi ng thr ough t h e pack b ega n to p ay off, a nd he began to close in . .. half a second o ne lap, h alf a secon d ano th er. Wh en h e co u ld smell Staten '5 exha us t , he rea lly tu rned on the w ick, but Staten knew he was co min g. Fin ally . wi th less th an 30 y ar d s se pa ra ti n g them. and o n th e up hill head in g fo r Banzai, Sta te n led t o hi s left , b u rn ed aro u n d and w ith h is lef t h an d began to gest u re for Weiner t to " Co m e o n, co m e o n ." This may h ave an ge red Weinert beca use he did and in t he fin al tu rn, w it h t he chec ke red wav ing in the a ir , Weinert cut und ernea th an d pull ed alo n gside State n . less t ha n five feet fro m MIN I EX : 1. Ron U t ask l (HG). 2. La nce Sl oan (Yam). 3 . M ar k Ri ch ardso n (Gem). M INI JRS : 1 . JOh n n y Duenas (Hon ) . 2 . Gary Tomlin ( H o n) . 3. Wil lie Zamora (Hon). 100 JRS : 1. Cork l Moore (S uz). 2 . M i k e M usson (Ho n ). 3. Tony Gomez (Yam) . 125 J RS DI V I : 1. Joe G regor io (H on). 2 . Je ffr ey Voss (Hon). 3. Mike Loper (Hon). 12 5 JRS D I V II : 1. G reg G an n on (H o n) . 2 . Jo n Lewey ( H o n) . 3. John Grise (Hon ). 12S JRS DIV III: 1. Je ff Lewey (Hon). 2. Da vid G eri g (C RT) . 3. M i ke Raines (H an) . 250 J RS D I V I : 1. Ri cha rd An derson (ass). 2 . M i k e H arm s (Hon) . 3 . Bob W i n ters (Yam). 2S0 JRS DIV II, 1. Lue De Loy (C Z ) . 2. Den n is Br own (Yam) . 3. Jerr y Wolf inbarger (Ya m ). 500 J RS : 1. Cr aig Ro bertson (Ma i) . 2. St eve St asie fs k l (Ma i) . 3. He n ry Osborne (C Z). 125 INT DI V I : 1. A l an Sm ith (Hon). 2 . To m Settle (H o n ). 3 . D av e B u rgess ( H a n ). 125 INT DI V II : 1. Dave Maas (Han ). 2 . St eve Ba r tley (H a n ). 3 . Rob Zamo ra (Han) . 2 50 INT D I V I : 1. M i ke McClung (Yam). 2. Dan a Sl at er (D M G ). 3 . J oe Bon nello (B u l) . 2 5 0 tNT DI V II: 1. M i ke Wa rd (Hon ). 2. A ar o n Basset t (Mal ). 3 . R ic k A sch (Ma i) . 500 INT: 1. Jo hn D ic k en so n (Mal ). 2 . M ike F tana qan (Y am ). 3. Lvnn V ic k (C Z). 125 P R O S : 1. T omm y Cro ft ( H on ). 2 . Ray L opez (Han). 3 . Warre n Re i d (H a n) . , 250 P R O S F INAL: 1. T om m y Croft (Hon ). 2. Gaylon Mosier (Ma i). 3. Re x Sta ten (Mai) . 500 P ROS : 1. Jim Wei nert (Y am ). 2. Ji m W est (M al ). 3 . Ga ry Sem l cs (Kaw) . Nighttime groove By John Bethea IRWI ND ALE, CA L., J AN. 3 1 Two swee ps and one near-sweep measured up as th e p rogram was threate ne d by rain. Getti ng into old grooves were J "J u m p in ' J o e" J ohnston (who isn'.t ! leapin " like h e used to , or shou ld we say less occ as io nally) an d J eff Vid ic, b o th racin g Maico s, Bo th ri ders too k all th ree roun ds with Vidic collecting his cas h in the 2505 while J o hnst on h is in the 500s. l, Vid ic 's ace w as the eas iest as 250 runnerup Will Harper cl aimed h is h onors with a 4 -2 -3 rou n d u p of points, wh ereas J o e h ad to b attle wi th Bill Rubly , the cu rren t CMC p o in ts lead er , in all three 50 0 motos, Rubly taking second each tim e. T im Lu nde racked u p th e 12 5cc Pros an d did it by taking t h e first two ra ces then , being unp ressured, relaxed to enjoy th e rid e for a th ir d in the final fo r a tw o-p oint ove ra ll m argin aga ins t Ray Lop ez. Dave Taylor, still nursing a few b ru ise s from sp ills two weeken ds earlie r. won th e fin al afte r ye t anot he r crash in th e second m o t a w h ic h left h im ni n th. T aylor woun d u p th ird ove ra ll. • Results M IN I E X : 1. R i cky Simmon s (H o n ). 2 . B i ll Fanche r (Hon) . 3 . Ji m H all (Yam) . MINI JRS DIV " 1. Andy Guth (Ha n). 2. Je ff Dye (H G ). 3. Ke n ny A p lanalp ( H on). MINI JRS D I V II : 1. Edd ie G l o ver (Hon). 2. Ge o f f B ro o k s (H on ). 3 . Mi k e Pal umbo (H on ). 10 0 JRS : 1. Barry Kn igh t (Han). 2. D av id . M el o y (Yam). 3 . Jeff Ber ry (Yam) . 12 5 J RS D I V I : 1. Bo b Bra mmer (Yam). 2. Ed Marshall (H an). 3 . Er n ie R u l z ( Y am). 12 5 JRS D IV I I : 1. G reg Ro driguez (H an ). 2. D o u g Heit (Hon ). 3 . Joe G reg orio (H an) . 125 J RS D IV III : 1. Jim Lowe (Ca r) . 2. B i lly Koemans (Hon). 3. Ste ve Wagner (Hon ) . 25 0 JRS : 1. Morris Mena (Hon ). 2 . Jeff Huleck i (Yam) . 3. Roy Hotshe tmer (M ai) . 50 0 J RS : 1. He nry Os b o rne (CZ ). 2. Cra i g Robertson (Ma l ). 3. E d Miller (H us ). 125 IN T : 1. Mark Lawrence ( Y am ) . 2 . Lance B ryso n (H an). 3. Doug Anderson (Hon). 2 5 0 INT : 1. La rry L u t z (H o n ). 2 . E r n ie Ro berts (Y am) . 3 . Georg e Snyder (Suz ) . s a o INT : 1. Cliff H ic ks (Suz) . 2 . Br ian A rmst r cne ( M ai ). 3. D avid Ta ylor (Hon l, 12S PROS, 1. Tim Lunde (FMF). 2. Ray 2S0 PROS: 1. Jeff Vldie (Mal). 2. W ill H arpe r (C Z ) . 3 . V al Ta m le tt l (M ai) . Sa O PROS, 1. Joe Johnston (Mai). 2. Bil l Rubly (Mai). 3. Jeff Jenn ings (CZ). Lope z (CHI) . 3 . D avid Tay lo r (Han).

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