Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Cycle ews North G IVES YOU THE SwiffefSl1iffeE t .. ,-..-::.....,c.;....;. .-:-~ . ~ ~_ , EJti~ =:re , :)!aa : i ' ~ , '>" - -- -. BG EXTREME PRESSURE CON CEN· TRATE is a h ighly ·c onc en trated add i- (~ Jodry jams to another win t ive designed t o reduce f ricti o n an d give sm oo t he r, fast er sh ift ing . A to uch o f the t oe an d away you go. Use as d irected o n t he can to p rotect seals , bearings and gea rs. By Rex Backman BG BIKE GUARDS MA RYSV ILLE, CAL. ,MAR. 16 Brian J odry mounted on his swift movi ng Montesa to ok a cornpe titive field of 250 Experts on the r ou gh Ma rysville tr ack. J odry BG PRODUCTS, INC. 80 " 11 164 , Wi chit a, K ansas 6 72 11 D istrib u t or In q ui r ies .n\f lted "Benef I{u.fdi.ns IDf MDtDf M.intenence I I Straddle that 'sickle. Fre m ont Race way Season Open er Ap ril 9 Every Wednesday Night Sp ortsman Short T rack Fremon t Raceway 41 5-3 2 7-446 1 ... .,U••'U.... ,.§n_~ Ce nt ra l Ca lifo rn ia 's larg est dealer Ser v icing : Fresno. Merced. & Modesto Yosem it e Sport Cycles sr., Merced, CA 209-723-3802 21 1 W. 17t h 95340 Sales, Service & A cc essor ies SUZu k i - J awa CZ - M ot o GUZZ i Santa Maria Cycle Sport, Inc. 805-925-8997 529 So . B l o sser Rd . Santa M a r la. CA 93454 f,?r , n f o~ i4';Va.Y: J?ark ,Aecl n g Pat (97) Wilson, Arnold (10 3 ) Plan t a nd Beatie (66) Murphy are al ready in the leading wedge of 125 Experts at Marysville. jumped to th e lead at the st art o f the fir st m oto followed by Mark Gibson a nd Kevin Henry . Gibso n an d J odry fou gh t fo r th e lead like th ey 've been d oing fo r th e last t wo m o n th s a t t ra cks all over No rt hern Califo rn ia . Dave Lo n gcor was h av ing hi s o wn battle for third with Don Sa n dretto a nd Hen ry . Lo ngco r finally go t by a nd starte d to close in o n the two fr o n t runn ers. Coming up th e swe e pe r c o m er by the sta rt. J o dry slo we d to almost a st op le t ti ng Gibs on and Longcor je t ah ea d of him whi le he fixe d his h and gri p which was slip p ing o ff th e bars. Longcor go t by Gibson o n th e las t lap t o w in th e m o to fo llo wed by a handicapped J odry. The sec ond m oto was eas ily wo n by J o dry as hi s m ain c om pe t itio n . Mark Gi bson an d Dave Lo ngc or . had bad st arts. Kevin Henry hel d o n t o seco nd the en t ire mo to while Do n Sandre tto held o ff Longcor for th ird. Overall, J o d ry t o ok th e undispu ted wi n with Kevin Hen ry getting seco n d wi th tw o co nsisten t rides foll owed by Don Sand retto who tied with Lo ngcor. hut won with a b etter secon d m oto fin ish . Pat Wilso n had a n easy tim e o f win ning t he 125 Exp e rt clas s. Beat le Murphy and new Ex pe rt r ider Arnold Plant tried hard in the fi rst m o t o t o take th e lead awa y from Wilso n but couldn 't . Pa t wo n the second rno to wi th j ust as m uc h ease as the firs t. Dann y Tu rner, down in the first mo to with hike ills , held a stro ng seco nd on his Husky in this Ho nda do minated class. The real battle in this moto was fo r third as three rid e rs, Do n Davis. Beatie 1\lurphy and Gary Mo rris fought for the position . Davis was at a disadvantage. though , as hi s expansion chamber had come off. The th ree riders con tinued their duel the last half of the mo to never le tting off. Gary Morris wo n, passing Bea tie Murphy on the last la p a t the flag. • Results in Res ul ts Sect io n . Oakdale Mudder o oJ oJ .... VI UJ .... . ..a.::=~£!.::::~ VlI>....: ::....-:;:2.>: =;z:::~"'-"lIt:::~:..u Ne il (14 ) McDonald ha d a ra ce f rom Tom (7 ) Rapp before Ra pp crash ed in th e second m o t o . ove rp o wer the 125s of Du a ne Yarrow and m otocrosser Mike Preston. After a restart in the Open Expe rt divis ion, But ch D av ids on t ook advan tage o f a creepin g start t o chalk up th e win . but bi g mo ney winner in the semi-p ro ra nks was Du an e Yarrow wh o follo we d his 250 second (aboard a 125) wi th a sec ond in th e O p en class as w ell. O u ts tand ing Junior rid es today featured Bill Ro se in the 250 class and Ken Ben ley in th e 125 . Rose skidded his l\fo n tesa t o win s in t he I1ea t and Ma in while Bentley. in one of his ra re appearances thi s winter. also counted two first s. At water's Larry Ha n nah posted seconds in both classes. Promising riders no ted in the No vice ra nks wer e fo rmer ~1in i Expert Dan Cantalo upi wh o lap pe d sever al rid ers in the 12 5 A Xlain and Ho nd a riders Ran dy Mart in a nd Roger Harrill who m ast ered the chop py co urse in the 125 Band 250 !\Iains respectivel y. • Results in R esults Sec t ion . but go t off hard in th e sec o nd m o to co m ing d o wn one o f th e d ownhills. Tom was sha ke n and didn't start the race agai n. There was q uite a c o n t est going o n furt he r back in the p ack between J. P. Mor gan (Pen) a nd Ro ck y Po co ck (Oss) for second place. In th e first mo to Morgan had t o d ea l with Pococ k a nd Duane J oice (Bul) b u t a ft er so m e close banging of bars !\Iorgan b roke a way a nd was in third with time to sp are. Gary 1\lurp hy (1\ lo n) w ho o n ly co uld m anage a seventh in th e firs t ra ce m ade up fo r it in th e seco nd ra ce wh en he pu lled t he hole sh o t to e nd all h ole shots. Sa nd Hill 500 Pr o winner Ron (44) Kna rr under pressure. CMC MX at Sandhill By Steve Castillo BRENTWOOD, CAL.. ~I A R. 16 Practice at Sandhill Ran ch was indeed gooey today . After a nigh t of steady rain the re was n o need to worry abo ut dust. By the time the ra ce got un d erway ideal traction was the 0 rd e r 0 f the day . Nei l McDo nald (No.g) was the mas ter of the 250 Pro ra ce as he swept both mo tos wi th t ime to spare. Tom Rapp t Byi) fin is ed. e.e.c!pp In' the ""it mota o oJ oJ i= VI UJ .... VI

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