Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

; .. iii!: DlI DlI witho ut a bobble but the th ird bird, who shall remai n nam eless, protested to starte r Wes Word, then whi pped a brodie and covered Word with a little track ! That ride r was promptly eee-jec ted from the day's racing. The 12 5 A Main was spee d - it had to be. Rich Word edged out Butch Cochran fo r first , and Californian Cecil Arispe nudged Brian Peterson out o f third. Bob Connors went down o n tum one, go t it underway only to find his friend Randy Haberman d own in th e next right-hander, and stopped to help. The 20 0 class must h ave been jinxed. Out of 10 riders in heat two , only four finished. No injuries but Harold Hurd had his wi nd knock ed out when his scooter lit on top o f him. Frank Word was the undispu ted A Main winner and Russ Salmons, Steve Do lezell and Scotty Me Lane battled h ar d fo r the next th ree slots. Two-fifty heats and mains were fast and easy. a few down . again, no inju ries despi te th e gre a t amount of speed. Tim Allen d id a ne at lookin ' slide in t he TO, belly-down . Jeff Cook led t he A Main for four laps and wa s passed underneath by a pi le o f ride rs named Co ch r an, Peterson and Ru ck er . Pe terson held off Dan Ru cker, wh o 's o n a co me bac k kick, Co chran settled in th ir d and J eff Co ok fin ished fourth . _ Results in Resu lts Section . ..,ill ~ g l.." r- . ~ '-' r::; c ::: -:: z « S.I.R. night MX By Sue Sykes KENT, WASH., MA Y 28 Ga ' Racca (Ho n) ro de wire to wire in moto two to cinch an overa ll 125 Pro win. Bill J oyce (Hon) was pe ckin' at Racca's fender most of th e ra ce and provided great action both motos for second overall. First m o t o winner Ed Davis (Ha n ) go t caugh t in the pack on the start and cou ldn't get clos e to the lea de rs. But the ac tion was n't all up fro nt. Davis an d Steve No len (Ho n) had the ir own race goi ng. The 25 0 Pro -Open Pro race was pac ke d wi th some of the sta te's o u tsta n d ing racers. Doug Rain es (Kaw) ran away with the sec ond m oto an d ro de so fas t all yo u co uld see was a " Gree n Stre ak ." Ran d y Schweizer (Can Am ) clai med first ove rall wi t h b rilliant rid es an d a p air o f twos. First m o t o fast guy Blain e Elle dge (Can Am) too k ho me second m o ney fo r his super rid e. Second ti me ou t Blaine was way back afte r the starting tum but wor ked his way th ro ugh the traffi c on the narro w track to sc o re thi rd in the moto, Earl Wakefield (Yam) zipped into first Open Pro with a three-one total. Ph il Larson (Hon) did his thing again by win ning both motos of the co mbi ned mini p rogram . Larson rode second behind Eri c Eaton (Hon) fo r two laps but in moto two was the leader all the way to clai m the A class trophy. • Resul IS in Results Section . Roosevelt takes HSMX By Jan Newman PORTLAND , ORE .. MAY 24 T he first lo cal All High Sch o ol Mo to cro ss w as pr esented by Ho nd a at Po rtland Internat ional Raceway . Some th ree hun d red rid er s were dra wn fro m all parts of Wash in gto n and Ore go n t o rep rese n t sixty sc hools. were Th e t OP t h ree schools determ ine d by the to p six riders from eac h school. The winning sc hools all had six o r less e n tra n ts but riders who entered in several classes gave them the edge. Roosevelt liS o f Portland won a CT :; ;: UJ Z Z ~ t:J::::."JI~b.\.;.:~!!!i What was that 0 1' Honda song? (Se cond gea r, lea n right .. . ) Boy , hi gh school was neve r lik e t h is in 1964. 70 fo r first wit h six rid ers in eigh t classes . Leonard Trujillo (Suz) took a win and Bill Ken t (Yam) a fift h in th e 10 0 Beg. Kent was back on a Su zuki t o add a second in 12 5 Beg "A " wh ile Mike Johnson (Ya m) m at ched it in th e 125 Beg. ·'B " . Ti m Pedersen (Ya m) finished th ird in 12 5 Jr. "C". Randy Crouch le y (lion) was top 250 Beg. to cinch their win. Wilson liS o f Po rt lan d took the second spot M R 50 with o n ly three rid er s. Pa t Demari nis (Su z) and David J u ba (Su z) to ok three and four in the 10 0 Beg. Steve Phillip s (Suz ) took a 100 J r. firs t a nd on a Zookie again wo n the 125 Int . Gresham liS lo o k th e QA 5 0 wit h fo u r e ntran ts . Ken Bates broke h is Suzuki in practice and Mark lI arris (lio n) had first mota prob lem s to put him o u t o f it. J ohn Salgad o ( Bu l) go t things rolling wit h a 250 Jr. win. Barne y Newman lo ok th e ~ 50 Pro w in o n a Can-Am and th e Open Pro o n a Hu sk y to put them ah ead of Colum bia River liS o f Van co uver. Wash .. wh o ha d t he bi ggest turnout with 16 en tri es. TI,e best racing cam e in th e 125 Pro class between Bill Williams (Ya m ) and Kevin J an sen [Ho n}, Williams go t th e ho le sh ot in th e fir st race a nd J ans en lo oked for an o pe ni ng all th e wa y to th e chec kere d. In th e secon d race J an sen go t t he lead and William s sought passing ro om until the lat e laps wh en Ric Burkinshaw turned the ta b les o n him and m oved his Powroll Honda into second. It was a supe r day. (de sp ite the for ecast of rai n ). smoothly ru n and it was ca p pe d o ff by a drawing fo r t h re e ad d it io nal minibikes provided by Honda. The onl y winner p resent was J ack Ripp o f Wo od lawn. Wash .. who was obvio usly up pas t hi s bedtime . lIe was ba rel y taller th an th e scat of h is new CT 70. • Results 1 0 0 BE G : L L eon ard T r u j il l O (Roose velt S UZ) . 2 . Dav id Sd ze r d a (Be ns o n Suz }, 3 . Pa t D e m ar i n i s (wu son Su zl . 100 JR A : 1. Steve Phillips (W ilson Su z) . 2 . R ober t Hurle ss (Evergreen Ka w) . 3. Keith Barnhart (W oodla n d Y am ). 100 JR B : 1. Bren t L esn (Tiga r d SUz). 2 . G regg Leitz ( M ttwauk le S Uz ) . 3 . K urt Spack ( B ar l ow SUZ I . 12 5 BEG A : L Harry King (Covington J r Hi H on). 2 . Bill Kent (Rooseve lt SUZ). 3. R on L u tman (Mad i son Yam) . 1 2 5 BEG B : 1. K en SOISO (Sand y Hon) . 2 . Mi ke Johnso n ( R oosevelt Y am ). 3 . J o h n D u n sm o o r ( Be nso n Y a m ) . 12 5 J R A : 1. Da le M a u ld ing (R e x Pu t na m Ya m ). 2 . D ave T i mmons ( Park ro se H on). 3. Ron H u n te r (WaSh o uga l H o n ) . 1 25 J R B : 1. C a lv in Ellet (Adam S Hon) . 2 . K ri s Ovau (Ri dg ef iel d H o n}, 3. Greg Ne l son (Sn erwo o c}. 125 J R C : 1. Jami De nt on (D av i d D ou gla s H o n) . 2 . Ric hard Gwi n. 3 . Tim Peder sen ( Roosevelt Y am ). 125 I N T A : 1. Steve Ph i lli ps rwuson S UZ) . 2. Dav id Pec k (C o v in gton H an) . 3. Tom I r w i n (R aini er Y am). 12 5 INT 1. A lden S wen d sen (AlO ha Y am ) . 2. T i m M i c hlitsch [N ewnur q H an) . 3 . Todd Stewart ( H on I . 12 5 PR O : 1. K evi n Jan se n (Beavert on Hon I , 2 . Bil l Williams (Mark M o r r is Y am ). 3 . Ri c Burkinshaw (Par k ro se Pow ) . 25 0 BE G: 1. Ran dy Crouch ley (Roosevel t H a n ) . 2 . Dick Smi th ( H ill S o r o Y a m ). 3. b B ru ce Wes t (Rainier Yam ) . 2 5 0 JR A : 1. Joh n Sal gad o (G resham a o n . Ke n Bo lton 2 . Ma r k Eitel (Ad ams CZ ) . (Columb ia R iv . Ka w) . 25 0 JR B : 1. Tim Bre deme yer (N ewburg H an ). 2 . Martin Wol f (Fo rt V ancouv er Su z) . 3 . Darren Johnson (Ba rl o w Hon) . 25 0 INT : 1. K i m Willi am s (Sun set Y am ). 2. Mi k e Wal ke r ( L a Cen ter H u s) . 3 . M i k e S u t he rl an d eF t. V anco uve r H an) . 25 0 P RO: 1. B arne y Ne wm an (G r esham C·A) . 2 . R ic k Wy ld er ( C le ve l an d Ya m ) . 3 . Jeff M or r ow ( Tigar d Bul ) . O PE N BEG : 1. K e n Ri ng er (G aston H on) . O PE N JR : 1. Da n Wort h i ng to n (Columbia Ri ve r SUZ) . O PE N I N T : 1. B u d Hu dso n (S u nset Yam ) . O PE N PR O : 1. Ba r n ey N ewman (G r esh am Hus) . 2. B y r on Bates ( B att legroun d Bul). 3 . Ri c k W e idma n (Cu r ti s Han ). a: a, Washoe County Fairgrounds .. mini race of Randy IIippton , David Heney and Steve Zubietta, all waiting for Kerry to make a mistake and take over the lead. The largest class o f the evening was th e 80 cc Novices. They were divi ded in to two heats with the first four from each heat transferring to th e Main an d two riders fro m the semi to make a total of 10 bikes fo r t he Scratch Main . The No vices ran a fas t and exciting race wi th only one rest art. On th e restart Frank Zubie tta was into t he tum first an d held o ff th e charging pac k to take the win. In the 80cc Amate ur Main th e hard ch arging Junio rs put on a go o d race with Tom my Had lo c k t akin g th e checkere d nag witb so me pro st yl e ridi n g a nd Bo Hipp t o n finishing sec o nd . It was bad lu ck nigh t fo r J u nior ride r Mike Darby who n o t o nl y du mped hi s bike in th e heat race but was black nagged in the Scratch Main fo r a rid in g infraction. 'The 100cc class was ron as a co m bin ed class co nsistin g of Novice, J un io r an d one Expert rider. It was a close race with Novice Scott Hoagland taking the win. • • Lesniewski takes over at Helvetia By Sallee Hilton BRYTE, CAL.• MAY 18 By Lee Darby RENO, NEV. • MAY 21 Neither snow, rain or hail seems to be ab le to dampen th e sp irits o r rid ing ab ility of the local mini riders an d the ir program held every Wednesd ay n ight at the local fairgro unds. With sn ow o n Monday and rai n an d h ail on Tuesday n igh t it 100 ked lik e a c ancella ti o n for sure. However, on Wednesday the weath e r cleared somewhat an d the race was held as scheduled. In the 60cc Novice Ma in it was a ho tly con tested race from start to finish with Kerry Darby o n his Ho nda MR 50 jumping out in to the lead off t he line an d nev er relin q uish in g it fo r the 10 laps. In hot pursuit were the Yamahas As the 125 Experts revved fo r th e start of their first moto, murmurs amo ng the spectators hinted an ticipation of a super race between No . On e Blue Pla te Eddie Bro wn an d little 87 pound Danny (Magoo) Chandle r, both Honda m o u nted. Magoo to o k t he immedia te lead and fo r the fir st half of the first lap every thi ng we n t acco rd in g to ex pe ctatio n wit h Mago o and Brown p utting o n a great race. In the nex t h alf of th e lap Magoo crashed tw ice an d fo und hi mse lf try ing to cat ch the p ack wh ile Bro wn, now all alone, was stretching h is lead. Magoo wo rked his way backup to third by the end of th e sixth la p, gaining m omentu m , and had Brown in sight when everything su ccumbed to a massive changeover. 39

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