Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

can..aHl Grand Opening Sale ~ o ...... Saturday, June 7 9am-5pm Door prize drawing every hour Grand prize drawing for Torsten Hallman Pomeroy leathers at 4:30 pm Special discounts on all accessories We feature cylinder boring while you wait & Service after Sale can-am • H!!2~L~A J-Mac Motorcycles 159 E. Imperial Hwy., La Habra, CA 90631 714- 525-7 606 Cruising with Triumph's latest Trident • Bouncing with Montesa's cantilevered V-75 Local hotline, cont'd. (Contin ued from page 15) Ascot hope iliat more riders will turn out. • Smith and Wright By Elaine Jones CORONA, CAL., MAY 14 Chris Smith and Jim Wright went at it tooth and to enail in th e 750 Expert on a fast half-mile Wednesday night and had every one holding their breath as it went down to the wire. Jim Wright go t the hole shot off the line and t he usual way of things when this happens is a win. Chris do gged Jim th e whole way and on lap seven sq ueezed by an d held J im o ff to ta ke the win . Th ird pl ace Denny Aguirr e, riding more for e xperie nce again st th e big machines on his 35 0cc Kaw asaki was a n ot t oo distant th ird. Tim Bowers and Dan Ree s winners of the Ope n Novice 11 and half-mile respec tively had m ore than their wins in com mo n as they each earned their tr an sfer to Am at eur. Nee dless to say Geo rge Erickson and V. A. Mandella who pl ayed the bri desmaid ro le s to these two are ove rjo yed. Fred dy Con over wh o h as been wowi ng t he spectators with hi s super quick, bad to th e bone I OOcc Kawasaki mini-cycle earned an Amateur rating with it an d also his new 125cc half-railer. Dylan Neihart who was second to him o n t he half-mile also gave a fo n d farewell to the word No vice. The 125cc Novice clas s is so packed wi th talen t that it's hard to say who will be to p dog, b u t among th e riders to wa tc h sho ul d be David J en kin s, J eff Wright, J im Sp iegle and David Calla way . Rick Blankenship who t ravels all the way from Palmdale looks to be Numero Un o in the 100cc Division and Rob Selvy shouldn't be discoun te d for a sec on d. Well, Mike Tid well was his usual ou tstanding self ri ding fo ur and winning four. He's got to be a machine wrapped up in a kid 's skin or h ave the stamin a of a l\1isso uri mule. Mike Minning ran seco nd to Ti d well on th e 125 cc Expert half-mile, and 25 0cc Expe rt 11. Tun McWhorter and Carl Whitt go t to run sec on d to Mike on th e 25 0c c Expert Twin hal f-mil e and 125cc Expert 11. If to add insult to injury, Eddie Lawson finally quit breaking bikes lo ng enougb to win the 250cc Expert half-mile Singl e with Minning in second . Jim Roach who was third place finisher on the half-mile goes, deserves co mme n t for transferring himself from the Novice ranks. Th e mini cycle boys are really becoming co mpetitive with no one domin atin g th e classes. Chris Cannon came o ff a second in th e semi to tum the tables on Mik e Paulson for th e 11 win. It didn 't go th e sam e way on the hal f-mile as sp ecialist Todd Brown though t the we alth neede d to be shared so he proceeded to ta ke the b iggest sh are and let Chris h ave second. Chuck Bittle an d J im Privett each claimed a third . • McWhorter Brothers thrive on winning By Elaine J ones CORONA, CAL. , MAY 2 1 ceJ.Husqvarna ,..~o 1AMAlorA 24020 Narbonne Ave., Lom ita, CA. 90717 . Phone (213) 534-2311 38 Waffle and Doug Davenport in the 250cc class and Denny Aguirre and Dave Lujan in the Open Expert. Tim had to settle for second place as Doug Davenport won the 250cc Expert Short Track. It looks like the McWhorters will soon have two sons co mpe tin g in th e Pro ran ks since Tim just got his license and is on his way. Pat Richmond, the only triple winner of the night, got two of his wins in the Mini Division Short Track and half-mile with little eight-year-old Gene Jenkins pi cking up the Short Track Division II and running second to Pat on the half-mile. He was really looking up town and co uld become quite a threat during the summer months. Eddie Drake took the IOOcc Novice Short Tra ck ov er Cliff Whetstone, then turned around and added icing to the cak e by winning th e 125cc Novice over David Jenkins an d Rex Bonh am. Jenkins spurred on by little brother's win or sibling rivalry, smoked them bad on th e I 25cc half-mile with second time out and much imp ro ved Qiff Mathews collecting th e sec o nd pl ace gold. Cliff it was obvious, did some jetting and gearing to his KX 125 and it definitely showe d . Eddi e San Ro m an all gro wn up from the m ini cycle ranks found out the third time is the charm as he came fro m o ff Dan McWhorter still riding his high after ea rn ing his number one Junior titIe at Ascot Friday nigh t gave th e Corona specta tors a good examp le of th e style th at go t him t he re . Th e 750cc Expe rt hal f-mil e was th e stage and Dan gave an Aca de my Awar d per forman ce st re tc h ing th e lead with every lap over second and th ird place Dave Raci ne and Denny Agui rre . li t tle bro ther Tim Meanwhile, mas tered h is Twin and set abo u t socking it to the 250cc Expert 50 0c c half-mile. There was no comparison between his semis and mains as he boiled by Do n z o f- a: :l al .J W :l Z

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