Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Local hotline cont'd. Viewfinders Rublytakes 500 Pros 8th Annual AMA District 37 Grand Prix By Andy Hayt CA RLSBAD, CAL., May 31st & June 1st - Indian Dunes Cash purse to Experts 500 - 250 - 125 Classes - $100 1st, $50 2nd, $25 3rd Entries open April 10th thru May 19th. Starting numbers assigned by postmark. Cont ingency pri zes, pins, & decals. Two hour races . . . . 6 mile course .. . . 1 hour sidehacks. Saturday: 0-250. Sunday : 500-0pen, PP, Oldtimers, Sidehacks. Use V iewfinders entry or Dist. 37 blank. $11. 00 Entry, $25 .00 Post Entry, (no refund s). Inclu de two legal size S.A .S.E. 250, PP,Oldtimers, Sidehacks 3048 Mineral Well Rd. Simi, CA 93063 over th e co ur se. But in th e end it was th e co nsiste ncy of Gaylon Mosi er with tw o firsts and a seco nd taking th e ove ral l victo ry. The 125 Expe rt moto s ha d to be th e best overall racing by a group as both m o t o s had pac ks of four an d five rid ers scrambling fo r th e top positions. When it was all over th e to p four; all moun ted o n Ho ndas, wer e D. Tay lor, M. Bell , T. Lunde, an d ] , At wo od. • Res ul ts in Results Section. 805-526-2716 500-0pen 1069th St. Balboa. CA 92661 714-673-5875 1415 Diana Ave. Anaheim. CA 92805 714-635-8139 .--------------------------, I I VIEWFINDERS MOTORCYCLE CLUB. INC. (A NON-PROFITCORPORATION) I Motorcycle race entry I I I I I I Pnone Cl u b . E xp l r es, Ma ke Motor D l st r lc t R id i ng N o, Engine N umber r w ill enter In the Class. Ama teu r R id ing o r Sidecar Partner I _ cu . 10 . E xpert _ N ovi ce -"- _ ASSUMPT ION OF THE R I SK A ND W AI V E R OF PERSONAL INJUR Y C LAI M Under the rules and sanction o f the Amer i can Mo tor cycle Assoc ia t ion, I he reby agree to c on f o r m to and comply wi th the r u les governing th i s c o ntest i n c on n ectio n w i t h the Co m pe titi o n Rules o f the Amer ican M o t orcycle Associa tion and t he D istric t Co mmittee an d I turmer agree to hold b lam el ess t h e Amer ican Motorcycle Assoc iation. t he V i ew f ind ers Motorcycle ClUb . Inc. and any property owner or owners and agree to assum e any and all r isks for any loss or Injury to myself or property In which I may b ecome Invol ved by reas on of p ar tic i p atio n in this contest . I do also agr ee to assume re sponsi bil ity f o r an y proper ty damage w h ich I k nowi ngly I nit iat e. I I I I I I I I DYes nave read t h is en try bl ank. 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Numbe r BCAComboCross for $$ By John Huetter Age Na me 23 soon p assed by Boyer and Clemen ts with Bo y e r t aking the win . Bill Clements followed in second and Mike Yorba (Mon) in t hird. Billy Ru bly o nce again led at the sta rt o f the 500 Pros with Wayn e Boy er follo win g right beh ind . Wayne th en too k the lead and rode to an easy victory. Cle me nts finis hed in seco nd place and Bill Ru bly took third . Rich Graft on (Yam) si mp ly ra n away fr om the pac k in both 25 0 Pro mo tos, He led both races an d opene d up hu ge . leads over th e o t he r riders. I n t h e : f irs t mot a Graft on was challenged briefly for the lead by Jeff Vidic (Mai) who soon drop pe d back into second place. Gr aft on led the sec on d mota fro m start to finish. Bo b Han nah fin ished in second af ter battling hi s way up fr om fourth pl ace . J eff Vidic rode on to take third . Danny LaPorte fle w " the Franks" to an overall win . He started th e first rnoto by passing Marty Moates (Ha n) on the first lap. Mo ates re gained the lead on th e same lap and started to pull away. Marty's ride ca me to an abrupt end when his ch ain bro ke. Billy Urban (WT E) had mo ve d in to second and then took ove r first position. Billy had a good le ad when his engine ble w up . LaPorte then took off, mo ved into first place and held on to it fo r th e win. Mart y Moates was o ut in front in the second mo ta whe n he and his chai n parted co mp an y agai n. Danny LaPorte to ok over th e lea d and rode to an impres sive victo ry and the overall win. Lo ng t ravel suspension come in handy somet ime s. Viewfinders Grand Prix 0·175cc ~ IA R. Bill Rubly (l\lai) led the first 500 Pro moto , while Wayne Boyer (CZ) and Billy Cleme nts (Hus) followed close behind. Rubly was f r. 0 l' r. 0 T EO t'LCJ "( t: so mething calle d co mb o-er oss. Aside fro m the catchy name , t he co urse at Valley Cy cle Par k (in, approp ria tely enough , t he Simi Valley outside Los Ange les) was a co mbination o f extended m o tocross course and shortene d 1T track. Ir on ic all y , t h e m ini b ik e s and s rn a llbore engines ra n in th e early m orning rain an d cl ingy mud while th e 500 class machines lined up under blue sunny skies an d a t rack th at was fast d ryi ng in to clas sic So . California a dobe. Most riders survived th e 45- min ute tours o n the smooth , well-pr ep ared co u rse wi t h lit tle prob lem. Wh ether man y co uld ha ve co me ba c k fo r a second mota , Gran d Prix-styl e , is ope n to q uestio n . Ro n Haase (Mai) was firs t to the flag in the co mb ined 125-250-500 Expert r ra ce to collec t fi st 500 pri ze m oney. Mike Todd, who app are n tly knows the Vallev circuit like th e back o f his hand, put ;{ OSSA Phantom in fro nt of th e n o ther 250s for cas h while Tom Zahnter led a Honda swe ep of th e 125 ca tego ry ah ead of Jim Hal e and Bo b Garra b ran t. Al s o n ot able was a turnout of side h acks sufficient to make it a race an d to run both Lightweigh t (unde r 5 00) a n d H eavyweight (o ver 500 ) classes. The Lucchese /Mo rgan Yamaha finished on top of the fann er while, true to form , a Palfreyman /Gardner Wasp was first he avy three-wheeler o n a circuit that En glishman John kn ows well . The las t race a f th e day was an easy win fo r Bill Hage n. He built up a 35 seco n d lead with a fas t 380 CZ over seco n d 500 Ju nior Chris Alberts o n ano ther not-so-slo w machine : A 360 Husq varna GP replica. Surprisingly, it looked like several of th e 45-minute goes were decided by wh o got th e good starts. Either it was a select gro up of sports me n racers at Valle y or SoCal riders are getting be tter at the longer m o t o s , M o st c l a ss e s were eve nly m atch ed. May be it 's really tha t seven inch es of suspension that every b ody see ms to be b ouncing on th at kee ps their to ngues in their m ou th s. • Res ults in Results Section. Rich Grafton dialin g it t o win in the 250 Pro class. I- > C Z

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