Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

and red tires (whe n did yo u last sec those?) reall y put on a sho w for t he delighted crowd. Chri stopher may h ave fin ished last, but he was th e only rider to ~ t a sta n di ng ovation on ei the r da y . Four out of five ain't bad By Elaine Jones COR ON A, CAL., MAY 7 Mik e Tidwell, the 14-year-old ace riding o ut of Montclair has to be pa rt mach in e to pull off wh at he did Wednesday night. Mik e en- tered five events, won fo ur and placed sec o n d in the fifth . Mike 's o nly defea t came at th e hands of Mik e Minnig in the l 25cc Expert hal f-mile . These tw o lo ng t ime rivals are so me th ing else to watch an d they did n't dis appoint an yone. Mike TIdwell go t off on top and it was well in t o th e race before Minning was able to ge t by him . When he did t hat was all that was ne eded. The 12Scc Expert short tr ack was a breeze for Mike b ut on th e short tr ac k 25 0cc Exp ert, it was alpin Mike Minnig that applied the p ressure but Ti d we ll figured o nce a night was eno ugh an d held him to seco nd with Gary Staddan t hird. The 25 0cc Ex pert Sing le hal f-m ile ha d Dennis Briggs on his facto ry Suzuki play ing chase b ut he d id n 't run fas t eno ugh an d nu m ber fo ur wen t on the hoo ks. Mike 's biggest challenge was t he "'SOcc Expert Twin hal f-mil e which was oaded with talen t, It was Eddie wso n , Go rd on Kid d and TIdwell in hat order ru nning very close and very ast off the line, All of a .su dden lap hree saw a change in th in gs as Mike oun d h is hol e , t oo k it and ended u p in ront, About the same t im e Lawson's orld started fal lin g apart along with his ac hine, and eve n th ough he nu rsed it hrough th e rest of t he race, he was o ut f the money . Gordie Kidd kep t his econd spot an d TIm McWhorter tepped into the th ird pl ace slot, Carl Whitt, a y o ung Amat eur put it 11 together in th e l2 5cc short track an d ut rode Terry McCrury an d Fred onover for the win. Freddy cam e ba ck n the half-mile with his new flat rac ker, m in us last week's bugs, and had o trouble takin g th e half-mile go with erry McCrury agai n seco n d and Mark cro ggins third. Chris Smith and Rod Sexton both iding under number 75 and like Siam ese wins bro ugh t th e pits alive as they ucked it out in th e 75 0cc Exp ert alf-mile. It was Se x to n out on top and oking to repea t last wee k 's st un ning ictory wh en lap five saw Chris ge t by d hold off for th e five remai ni ng laps. nnis Aguirre runnin g bac k to bac k ces and his first tim e as an Exper t held n until t he fin al lap be fore fatigue set ' an d put him do wn t o fo ur t h giving ave Racine third. Ray Lovell o ne of Corona 's regul ar s ho has co m e u p fro m the m in i ra nks d fo und his home in the 250cc Novice lass, especially on the ha lf-mil e . Ray oes it th e hard way c o mi ng fro m way ff t he pace but when he m akes his a ve loo k out becau se he sure p uts a t of day ligh t between him self an d t he st of the pack, Wiley Miller was co nd bu t p icked up his firs t on th e ort track go sq ueaking o ne o u t from ff Allison. Results pen d ing . 95 mud cross ackward y Phil Carpenter DELANTO, CAL., MAY I I uzukis fough t it o ut lo r the liv e op hics, in the 100 Begin ner tion pack ed even t. T ied for first hen the gree n flag fell on the ird m oto was Lancaster Lad Ric k (Conlin ul d on page -/2 ) ., " H NG TeN MOTO-OOSS UNITeD sr~Tes l~ GR~NDPRIX' F R E E PAR KIN G NO CAMP ING ORDER BY MAIL AND SA V E S1 .00 - -- ----naKETS-------Please send me.. , J E22.. al.llill., alllFa I _ _ I'J " " '" _ _ t ' h ' '' ' '' 'd I UIl Iu r ( ,"'0 " t·., So 7 .()() (".Ieh , l Ilihl rl'll ue PII( I" 101'. 0 0 1 id,," I(' ) (.u SS.OOeach . t. ' ., 11, 1 t ' , ." " , 1 .. " ", V ' " ,' \1 •. 0 0 ,,"' II" I tree . l. IHII. ,,',1 i.. 111\ l l'l lit it' d , lll"1.. til moucv urd l'r IU I 'i. the J r t"d . :'\i,ln,,' _ ·' ,hh,'" _ ( 11\ Mail to : , ... I I " " " " '''''''11 ~l' I H l ll 1\" 1Il l Uf 111 io n 0 11 1 ,lInp in Jr,: tn .11 t o : Cdth Od O C I1,J ,Ubf" "I C ' "l1 . lI t" l t' p.o . B o. 'J 'J / C,U I'>Od O . C A ,\ d u l l l ill..." I(..) l .. F" r , nto,m~lo o " o n VACATIONS '" ~"" """ '" o Callf orn l. , S an D I P~ (). n, ..n~Vlolll(J . 5 ",) w . oro . M " . n:... W t lt~ " ., .A./i p ~IJll· _ T flp ~.C o .. A U O CI.lrl. Inc . 20 6 1 BU $,"~n C~nt rr Dnve SUite 206 Irvon, CA 92664 Phon, 1714) 752 -668 6 . ~--------~-------------------------- <);' 110 " TICKETS AV AILA BLE A T " In 0 In In l> ~ l> ~ l> cio "ll ''0" " TERRYCABLE > .. .. Buy one and find out why it 0 was the cable chosen by the Penton 150T Tea m & winners ~ Next ti me try t he smoot hest cable made l 01 the Baja 1000 & 500 . A lso Factory r iders lor CZ, BULTACO , PE NTON , CAN ·AM . TERRY INDUSTRIES ~ . P.O . Bo x 1321 Hesperia , CA 92345 -e 714- 244-3139 l> J: C In ;0: -e " •• ~eale~.~ Oirect In. . H, ••o'.... II: .: 0 N u ~

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