Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Night riders at the reservation UPI Wireservice Report CHAINL LUBE! FE T ING CHAIN VALENCI A, CALIF., l\IARCH 14 Riders sponso red by Revell's Tw oStroke Center see me d to have a co mplete gr ip on 250 Expert nigh t racin g in th is Friday 's A.l\I.E. l\!X Suz . mounted Jay Burgu m first 100 Nov. Ms. Starr Kimpston was on her way to becoming the star of the 100 Beginners class after taking a first and a second when her chain came off while leading the third mota . This gave talented Kevin Garlick the edge he needed to wrap up first with two seconds an d a third on his first day of racing and gave Vi ctorville High another 825 points for their ed ge over Apple Valley. Paul Esq uer III rode lik e a cham p today taking sec o nd in th e 100 Beginners for Or o Grande. I n I 25 Be gin ne r ac t io n , Ch arlie Ma z z e i h ad th e number one sp o t wrapped up on his new Su zuki with a fir st and a th ird wh en his new steed rolled over an d play ed de ad in the third moto. The cl osest ra ce o f the day was th e Op en Novice race between Bul mounted John Gibbs and Su zuki mounted Karl Wilson. At the be ginning of the third mota they were tied, each with a first and a second, when J ack Boone got his new Yamaha fixed in time to grab the top spot from both of them. Joe Miller took second in the third moto leaving Karl third and John fourth giving Karl en ough points to take first place honors. Results in Results Section. No heat(s) atElsinore By Andi Gangewer ELSINORE, CAL., MAR. 15 It was a beautiful but cold, night at Elsinore and though the classes were small and only motos were run, the races were none the less exciting. In the 125 Amateur/Expert class the competition was tough all the way . The Amateurs started in front of the Experts, but this didn't seem to bother the winner Charles Summers who blasted off the back line as if he was riding a rocket. Gordie Kidd took three seconds and Paul McPherson, an Amateur, finished third overall. All three hot-shoes were riding YZs. In the 250 Amateur/Expert race, Gregg Whilhite an Expert fro m San ' Bernardino brought in two wins. The n umber one ranked Expert from San Diego County, AI Glover to ok two seconds and a first . This super fast race was scored separately and Greg Zamora aboard a Maico to ok home the Amateur trophy with Gary Feener getting the second spot. Gregg won the first place honors in the Ex pert class. The Special Expert class was really a m ixture o f bikes an d rid ers . The bikes ra nge d from a 125 to a 5 00 with no tw o cycles with the same ccs, AI Glo ver ended up with th e top honors wit h his two wins ' and a th ird. Cly de Dennen rode fast and hard, changing places with Glover several times but had to se ttle for th e second place with Kerry Standifer taking the third. • Resul ts in Results Section. u n d er th e ligh ts on Indian Dun es' International co ur se. Between the loam an d the san d , the trac k wa s moist ened and groom ed to the point of alm ost making it too easy throughout most o f its length. Billy Payne an d Will Harper (o n Revell 250 CZs) seemed to find it OK as Payne led an d Harper won both 250 Expert motes. Don Hansen ran third in both o n a Revell's Maie o to finish second overall after Payne lost a chain in the first heat and went he avily to eart h trying to cut a co m er line tighter while lead ing the second. National No. 61 Eddie Co le showed up on one of Steve 's Bultaco s to ride the 125 Expert class and put th e littlest Pursang and himsel f into fir st overall with smooth quic k rides. No n -p r o c lasses, riding for 3 0% trophies, were marked by Steve Dalley 's co m ple te runaw ay in the 250 Beginner motos with wire -to-wire wins three times out and AME regular minibiker St eve Schmitz's sim ilar performan ce over a small field o f Mini Exp erts o n a YZ 8 0. Nost algi a rumbled th ro ugh th e air as J ack Hindall en te re d a Hindall-framed 500 BSA vin tage engine in th e 5 0 0 Junior class an d th en proceeded to be au dacio us by winning a moto , M i tch Br o wn came d own fro m Can ada wi th a (What else?) Can -Am an d en te re d as a 250 Junior for his first crac k at ni ght racing but was not a mat ch for the Reno Bros .• Mik e and Doug, on their GP Husqvarnas, • AMCMX By Stewart B. Sapicoff RAWHIDE PARK, CALIF' MARCH 16 Aft er he succed ed in blowing the 250 Pro s into the weeds, John Hrynkiewicz (Mai), next turned his attention toward the Open Pro race with basically the same t hough t in mind. Gree dy ? So me migh t t hink so, but it 's a good way of picking up so me extra money for something that co mes natural, He did, by th e way, blow o ff th e open Pros just as b ad if not worse than th e 25 0 Pros. John's main opposition ca me from Floyd Burke (Bul) who even tually went on to take second o verall for h is day of racing. 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