Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

flagged. That d idn ' t d eter h im a bit an d th ird time again it was Richmond. With th ese little bikes it re all y d eve lops in to a proce ssion al though Bob Crisp d id his bes t t o m ove up . Mike Paul so n was second, b u t Cri sp m o ved u p by Tom Hedley an d th en go t as far as third m an Tod d Brown before the race en d ed . In th e 125 m ain , T om Do ty (Hon ) w as g i v ing th e fan s so me a nxio us moments every t im e he wen t ove r th e ju m p, nearl y lo op ing it as the front en d o f his Elsi e just wanted to rear up on him. Asco t obse rvers kno w t hat if you want to st ay healthy , d on 't fall over the ju m p ! Mi ke Minnig (Yam ) took th e lead away from Do ty wh o t hen wen t bac k to third as Wayne Rainey (Ho n) laid o n him all th e way aro u nd the no rt h tu rns an d t oo k ov er . Steve Woskos k i (Yam ) had fourth sp ot firm ly in hand - so firmly th at wh en he fell o ff appro ac h ing the ju m p he sti ll had time to get h im self bac k o n his bik e and no t lose a pl ace. Wh en t he r e g ul ar pr o f e s si onal half-mil e season opens Fri day , Ap ril 4th , the Pilo t Prog ra m will mo ve to Tuesday n igh ts . If rumors have reach ed you th at y ou need special equipment to ride it , th ey a re no t true . Just b ring y o urself, your b ike and eq uip m en t a n d sign in . It 's a ch ance to find o u t if y o u really like racing. • Results in ResultsSection, D-37MX, courtesy CRC By John Huetter MOORPARK, CAL., MAR. 2 3 What if there were a motocross at Valley Cycle Park and everybody came? To make it even stra nger, it was a CRC-organized AI\IA competition with no cash outlay but a rider turnout that was well into th e multiple hundreds. Some time ago , th is paper commented on t he re surgence o f MIA sportsman ra cing and th e num ber o f riders (and families) today co nfi rm ed the trend. T wo longish 25-min u te m oto s on Vall ey 's exte nded double uphill track took thei r toll of m achinery an d unconditioned m oto cros sers . Do minating th e day in sheer winnin g performance was 25 0 Ex pe rt All en Cooke (Bu l) wh o set fast time (less th a n two minutes o n th e m ile a n d a h alf cour se ) en rout e to am assing an eve n grea t e r points le ad in h is quest for a No . One plate in 1976. Larry Bird injected his r apid Mo ntesa in the Spanish san d wic h ahead of St eve Ro ark o n another Pursan g. Chu ck L an z a r one f airl y easily controlled th e front positions in th e 500 Expert m o t o s to lead a Maico sw eep in the experienced bi g b o re class . Chuck Pettigrew an d Ro bin Carzsu olo followed in overall positions. Lanzarone seem ed to h ave m ore m achine wi th p ossibl y a litt l e h elp f rom Maico im porters, Cooper Motors. The German-built ye llo w and silve r motocross mo nste rs started out t o p ull a repea t domination in th e 500 Novice class under th e leathers o f Rick Sieman and To d Ra ff erty . In probabl y th e smallest class o f th e day , with ab o ut 15 e n t rie s, first Sieman crash ed , th en Rafferty thre w a c hain to le t Fred Wachter cru ise hom e fo r th e win. In th e second leg, both Maico pil ots again ran into minor mechanical s while lead ing with Wach t er (Mai) inheri t in g the ove rall. In the Women 's Division, Cherry Sto ckton took an almost-new 125 Pursang to a comfortable first moto win but then painfully tweak ed her " ra ce r's knee " in th e second round to put her in the van with an ice pack an d Ro berta Vasilis (Su z) in the first overall slot. 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