Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

. Am at eu r class fr om secon d p lace Dennis Clin e on his Monoshocker and Bill Hea th who was missin g m o re t han a few spokes a t th e finish. Mik e Matl oc k h ad a seven and a hal f m inute le ad o ver th e second pl ace ride r D. E. Young in the Division Tw o Am ateur race. Andy Klein rounded out th e top three positions in th at ra ce . Trudy Becker topped th e Wom en 's Division o n her 17 5 Penton. T op positi on in the Ama teur race went to Linda Griffin g on her 125 Honda. an d top Novi ce honors were taken by Denise Knuckles. The " Fly ing Finn " came through with a save wh en he pulled Carl "La Fo n g" Smith out of the desert a fte r earl had bro ken his swingarm o n the second • lo o p . Thank goo dness. Resu lts pe nding. CMC pit racers blackballed By John Bethea I RWINDAL E, CA L., MAY 16 With only two weeks left in the CMC Spring Motocross Championship Series at Irwindale Raceway, there is still a two-way tie for first place and the choice of an XR 75 o r an MT 125 (co urt esy of Long Beach Honda). At 160 poin ts each are Dan ' Hendrie ks and Don Miller. Both won agai n tonight. Hendricks, who started the series as a 125 Junior. had made th e adj ustm en t to Intermediat e perfectly. Miller is still a 125 Junior. In Pro ac tio n . Don Bongiorno won his first 125 Pro overall in a long time, coming from behind after early contender David Taylor blew an en gine in the second moto. Taylor won the first. Dave Pessy, seeking his 89 th career win, tied Bongiorno on moto points with six but his th ird in t he fm al race was not eno ugh to o u tdo Don 's first . Third overall went to Rob Zamora . his first showing in the money this year a t Irwindale. - III: s Th ere was no surprise in th e o utco me o f th e 500c c Pros as Bill Ru bl y agai n swept to vic tory . his sixth o veral l win in seve n trie s. That ran ks him in the to p 10. Curt is Lessel wound up second o vera ll even though he stru ggled to a fifth pl ace finish in mo to num ber o ne. Bob Hannah . in o nly his second ni ght rac e of th e year he re , took thi rd on poin ts. this time riding a Yam ah a instead of th e fami liar Husk y. Two riders will be notified this week in th e mail th at th ey are bl ackballed fr om Irwindal e fo r o ne m on th due to p it raci ng. On e o f the rid ers, Ro be rt Gra y , is curren tly ranked fift h in th e Seri e s. • t lr') r-, C'l ......; r--. C'J >- (o;:l ~ Malocco wins ORA benefit By Dale Brown CUDD EBACK. CAL., MAY 18 Morgan Malocco led the race from beginning to end, capturing his first overall win at the DRA Tom Strong Memorial Run . The nice was held to benefit the wid ow of the late racer, (two dollars from every entry wen t to her), and featured the usual $300 It's AllinYourHead Eve r notice how good your bike runs after you 've degreased the en- purse. The Safety Communication Aid Te am donated th eir fee to the fun d and many of th e en tran ts gave m oney. Desert people are a generous lot. Malocco (40 0 Yam ) had th e lea d at the smokebomb an d was in the proce ss o f . stretching it out when , abo ut three -quar ters o f the way ar o und, he clo ute d a ro ck. He skidded a lo ng o n a foo tpeg fo r about 3 0 y ards trying to recover, but a large bush sat him down. He go t up quickl y an d had a mi nute lead go ing onto the second loop. On t hat lo op . he len gth en ed his vic tory m argin to abo ut four minutes. Am at eur Chris Kall en (4 00 Yam ) came through th e pits in second . It looked lik e he 'd st ay th ere, onl y to have his bike ex pire five mile s from th e finish . 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