Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

practiced wi th it . b ut ch ose not to en ter. Harry Klinzman holesh ot everybody in the combined 35 0/5 00/Op en GP class, was passed briefly by Tony Murphy on th e Player No rt o n, then Murphy ab ru p tly slowed and pulled off o n th e fr o nt straigh t. J ohn Matlock (Ya m) to o k up t he sh adow p osit ion . gradually closing and fi na lly passing Harry on abo ut the l Oth lap. Further d own in the order Garry Kersh gerian (Ha n) and Jeff Gerk en (Yam) were havi ng a race-lo ng plac e swap p ing duel , thou gh their resp ective positions "in clas s " were secure. By t he third lap o f the 35 0/25 0 Pro d uc tion race, AI Gingerelli (Ya m) ha d un co rked hi msel f from traffic and proceeded to hide. Wally Karp ynec (Suz ) d id a simi lar n u mber o n the 25 0s, working his way up to third overall and closi ng second p lace man Bill Henry. On his 250 GP ride, Wall y d id a c o m e- from -behind to steal the baco n Harry Klin zm an by abo ut fro m mid-race. Tal k ab out your ol d ti me reviv al Dick Pear ce won t he 125 / 200 GP race o n a Gr eeves Silverstone th at m ay be as • o ld as many of the racers in that class. He had a goo d chase go in g, pressin g Staten squelches CMC MX at Irwindale Raceway IR WINDA LE. CAL. FEB . 28 Rex " Th e Rocket " Staten blistered the co mpetition to n ight . at Irwindale with overall victo ries in th e 250 and 500cc Pro events. In th e 250. he go t a slow start with o nly a third place in th e firs t mota. J eff "The Rabbit" Vidie (Mai) won th at round. but th en Staten went to wo rk. dazzling the cro wd with spirited last-ditch passing eff o rt s tha t paid off. Val Tamietti (Mai) eventually fin ish ed secon d overall after Vidic blew his transmission in the final . Staten's 500cc foes were just as fo rm ida ble. Luke Messer (Mai) and Bill Ru bl y (Mai) tried to hold o ff Rex three tim es an d on ly in th e final event when he all but h ad it sewn up did they actually do it. In th at race it was Messer fo llowed by Rubly and Stat en. The I 25cc Pro was ex ce edingly tigh t with fo ur riders see m ingly in con ten t ion We'll go to the ends of the earth to satisf~ our mail order eustomers. ,..., ,..., Since we opened our doo rs in 1968. we have shipped bikes, parts or acce ssories to all 50 state s and many fore ign countries , incl udi ng England, Germany, Au stra lia, So uth Af rica, Argent ina and Poland. No matter what you'd like shipped-or where ju st give us a call. Or wr ite us a letter. Or send a cable . O r wh atev er you need to do to get in touch with us. OO~ "~!.~~~A~~~:!:.~ ~, Telephone : (2 13) 475-4541 Sa les - Serv ic e - Acces so ries - Parts - Leathers HUSOVARNA • CZ • SUZUKI . PENTON . MIKUNI CAR B URETOR KITS ope n monda y throu gh saturday Tom (22) Hayne r an d Leland (468 ) Nakaga w a enga ge in a bit of head to-head in 350 Production. Dick Pear ce and h is t rusty Greeves get down to it - pu kka, pukka, p uk ka . . . We play dirty. j Tyran 5 125 MX ~ Regular Pr ice- S ~ ~ Invent o ry Reduct ion Price- ~ L....-_~ Pet er Kushdill ian (Yam) until the T A- I25 's engine called it quits. John Chermak (Yam ) entered his p rod uction CS-5. took a close second, then wasted the 20 0 Produc tion class wi th ease. His quickness is really apparent in t he up hill dogl eg, where he manages to flick the lit tle Yarnaha left to right as if it weigh ed n o th in g. Th e Four Stroke GP could have dege nerat ed into a boat race, due to the small field , but didn 't. as March J o hns on and ' Earl Fra nz o n a pair o f Ducati Sports held a race-lo ng drafti ng duel with Breetwor on the Nort on. as Bree twor gradually worked past both o f t he m. They wo uld close h im through the sweeper, as he invariably to o k a tight ap proach, t he n attempt to d raft him do wn th e fro n t stra ight. No wa y. What generally sp lit people u p en teri ng th e final sweeper was a pair of marker co nes designating a bi g hole in th e mid d le. There was a bucket th ere , too, bu t when Jeff Steele q uipped at t he rid er 's mee t ing, " wha tever you do, gu ys, • don't kick the bu cket," I think they re moved it. It was that kind of kick back and have fun day. Results in Results Section. ....... ~ at th e start o f the final mota. Go in g in was th e po in ts lead er, TIm Lunde (H an) who had wo n the second roun d. First · m o t a winner Do n Bongiorno (Ha n) was also close on po in ts as was little David " Bone s" Taylor (Han ). When the ga te fen fo r the start. Lunde drove immediately to the lead an d st ay ed the re t o th e finis h to pick up the first place cas h. Taylo r was sec ond and Bongio rno third. Top Intermediate pe rfo rm ances were tu rned in by Byron Hendric ks (Mai) in th e 5 00 class which had o nly fo ur riders signed in , although the re were more than 240 riders fo r th e night. He won o nly one m o t a - th e final - b ut it was enough. The 250 win went to Tim Wy ant (Mai) and he won th e final two af ter taking a second to Kevin Rodge rs (Ma n) in th e first. Res ult s in Results Sec tion . $650.00 * Sachs 2 1 HP SAE engine * 6-speed close shifting gear box. * It's ready to race at only 190 pounds. * Special pu rcha se allows sale price of less than dealer cost . * New and uncrated. * Limited supply - first come first served. available .for immediate shipment Olsen Cycle Sales 3905 St at e St ., Salem, Oregon 97301 503/399-19 16 Ascot hard knocks CYCLE PA R T S By Mauree n Lee WATCH FOR OUR NEXT BIG SA LE GARDENA, CAL., FEB . 28 For th e third straight week the IN T HIS PAPER ."'" . 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