Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

rn ~- . I: Cycle News North i _ . By Jan Newman SANDY, ORE., MAY 26 Many of the entrants today at View Cycle Park were out for third consecutive full day racing. By the third moto, Mt. the of the strain was showing on bikes and bodies al ike. Mini riders Rowdy Blasdell (Yam) and Randy Webber (Hon) each won a moto , then Rowdy led wire-to-wire in the third for the win. Rob Williams, Mike Smith and Billy Parker (all on Hondas) finished in that order via the final moto finish with all three tied at 13 points. Kurt Spack (Suz) wo rked from las t place to finish fifth in th e first moto and we n t on to win the nex t two to t ake top 100 Jr. ho nors. Ald en Swendsen (Yam) took th e 125 Int. wi n while Mark Hambelton (Bul) battled for the 250 Int. win afte r a bad first moto, Lewis Swan won that one. In th e 25 0 J r. class Doug Ringe r (Hon) cam e fro m a mid-pack st art to ta ke the lead in t he fin al lap in m o to on e. He wen t fr o m th ird to first by lap th ree in the seco nd. Kirk Co rn ell (CZ) led both race s un t il Rin ger go t b y . In the final race Steve Witt (Ya m) an d Darren Johnson (Ho n) were one-t wo b u t Rin ger an d Co rn ell p ulled o ut th e top two spots ove rall . Doug Gab bert (CZ) an d Vern No rq uis t (Su z ) ex changed th e lead in the first Op e n Jr. race wi th Gab bert o ut fro nt a t the flag. No rq uis t came back to lead al l the wa y in the second with Gabbert traili n g. Norquist j ust co uldn 't ge t with it in the final race. Gab bert led all th e way this ti me and J im Newman (l\lai) squeeked in to secon d o ve ral l behi nd him . The Pro s were all run to ge ther wi th separa te scoring fo r 125 an d Open classes. Mt. View is th e on ly lo cal tr ack to ru n 30·m in ute moto s fo r the Pro s, and the y a re p aid for ea ch m o ta as we ll as ove rall finishes . Cla y Azar (Yam ) cam e fro m beh in d to win the first two and cap ped it off wit h a wire to wi re win in the th ird fo r to p 125 m on ey. . Ron Dim eo (1Ion) was secon d. Marv Aza r (Bul) to o k th e Op en lead in th e first race whe n Barn ey New man (H us) slid o u t in the t h ird lap . Th ey spe n t th e remaining 15 lap s like Sia mese twins but Aza r kep t the door closed . Azar to o k th e lead in t he seco nd race b u t m ech ani cal pro blem s sidelined h im in th e fo urth line. Newman we n t o n for the win . In the th ird mota Newman led all t he way wh ile ' Les Womack (C-A) nipped at his heels. • Resu lt s in Resul ts Section . It Jorgensen routs Lodi Semi-Pro Scrambles By Ann Carr LO DI , CALI F. , !\lAY 24 Remi niscent o f the old tim es when Gennai and Hocki ng do minated Fre mon t, Davidson topped Oakdale, and Foley had Hayward 42 Rick Ellison wins Dunlap season high point Memorial Day at Mt. View di aled, Kim J o rgen sen seems he ad ed thi s season to a d omination o f th e Lo d i smoo th sc ra m bles much in the fashio n o f o lde r brothe r Alex in 19 72. Riding a J orgy 's Can -Am in 25 0 Exp ert an d a well-aged 4 0 0 Su zuki in th e 50 0 class , Kim wal ke d away wi th th e cash and points in both events tonigh t. J orgy j u m ped in to the lead at the sta rt of both races and p layed cool lin es wh ile Scroggin s, Hlebo , Burton . and An derso n di ced for the extra payo ff spots . llI eb o was m ost successful as he cap t ure d a DUNLAP, CALIF., MAY 25- 26 , , The final motocross of th e season at Dunlap Cycle Park was a two day even t, ove r the Memorial Weekend, with over 300 entries. The sprinkler system aro und the track, and the lake in the middle, seemed to help the 90 degree weather not see m like 90 degrees. The 250 Expert clas s was won bo th days by Tom Rapp (Bul) of Santa Cru z, b ut n o t without a fight th e last day from local Expert Parry Klasse n (Mon), who had a first an d second, b ut Rap p 's second and first took ho me the top m oney . Dennis Brand, trying for the firs t time the 125 Expert class on a ne w Suzuki, won with no problems both day s. . Sunda y night the sn ack bar cre w, headed b y CIa Patte rson , and daughter, Karon Bin gh am, se rve d 400 spaghe tti din n ers to the hungry rac ers an d spect ators wh o spe n t the ni ght. Du ring dinn er, the top te n riders o f th e season re ceived tr ophies : \. Rick Ellison , 2. Ke n Fursman , 3. John Kelli tt, 4 . J e rry Collier, 5 . Darry l Alco rn , 6. Larry Albert , 7. Gordon Bergen, 8 . Mark Wardell , 9. Don Ro ufs , 10. Joey Rodgers an d Evan Mah affe y. La ter in th e eve n ing , raci n g m ovies were shown o utside . Eac h d ay was ru n as a separate race, b u t th e third o verall win ne rs for both days co mbi ne d. received hu ge trophies. They we re: \. Den n y Enochs, 2. Mike • Ma rquez an d 3. Bill Case . Kreegah! Bundolo ! Ran dy Shanks lo o ks a bout to pounce on an u nwary Ed Williams off a Mt. V iew ju m p . They destroy berms up North , too. Z Vl ,_ __'=""-"= _ __''__--''__'_~....::._=_ _ seco nd in the 500 ·and a fourth in t he 250. Other Expert Mains we re taken by Mit ch Davidson in th e 125 an d Tiff Mullen ax in the Open . Mit ch ove rc ame an eigh t-month lay o ff from a broken leg durin g the rough scrambles season and so me stiff co m pe tition fro m other ride rs to win both the he at and the Main . Ti ffe n challenge d th e almost unbea table Duan e Spence t onight an d ca me o ut a win ner when " Da d dy Du an e " bai led at the tree t u m. Ne w tro p h y wi nner s we re Bill Calic u ra and Car l Yerb y who both have ex pe rien ced dry spells at Lo di th is season . Mini Novices provided m o st of the exci te me n t thi s bal my evening as AI Haner earned his Junior points in the Op en Mai n a nd Danville 's Bob Agn ess fo llowed hi s win ' at Fremont Fri day n ight with a t o ugh vict o ry over lo cal Yam ah a ride r Mike Botto in the 6 0 event. Al top pe d Rio Vista 's Fred Win ter s (Hon ). In the Mini Expe rt ranks Fre d Mer ke l co n tin ued h is w inni ng ways b u t San J o se's Blair Newe ll and Salin as 's Dou g Chand le r b att led for seco nd w it h Blair e me rging first over the line. Rider s in th e valle y will no w se t th ei r gearing and win d up pre lim in ari es as t he tr adi tio nal Lo di Night Season ope ns o n J une 6 fo r a te n-race ser ies of T'I' scrambles races and co mpe ti t io n fo r h igh po int seaso n trophi es. • Res u lt s in Result s Sec tio n . _ . . . _, Crowd pleasing mini action =__ _=='_'_''::L==~_'___ _ ' = By Lee Darby RENO, NV .. !\I A Y 28 Th e 60cc class was a co m e-fr o m -behin d race for Kerry "The Snake " Darby in his first ride as a Junior. Starting with a to-y ard handi cap , he worked through t he p ack of Novi ces to take first ove ra ll with first Novice go ing t o Randy Hip d on, In the 80cc Novice cl ass it was o nce again Frankie Zu b ietta fro m sta rt to finis h, b ut hot o n his rear wheel we re Micke y Sheeler and Eric Sm alley . An ad de d incent ive fo r th e 80 Novices was a se t of Kan dy Plates to the winner, do na ted b y Bob Carnahan o f Nevad a Cycle Sales , Frankie told him to ma ke su re th at th ey we re red plate s as th is wi n t u rns him Ju ni o r. In the 80cc Am at e ur l\lain it was Bo lIipd o n off the line fir st a nd ho ldin g off t he fas t c ha rging pac k. Expe rt rid er Robert S tin ne tt wi th h is usu al hard riding and ra ce savvy m ade hi s move thro ugh th e pack and o vert oo k Hipd on o n the nex t to last lap to ta ke the overall win . with Bo finis hi ng first A ma teur. Results in Result s Sec t ion . • .... o By W.H. Spencer I a. S A N J O SE, CALI F., l\IAY 15 Dennis Robinson is fast imp roving on th e very much improved San J ose fairgrounds speedway, winn ing his seco nd straigh t Handica p l\lain over Norm Den n y (who won both Mains o n the o pe n ing ni gh t and to o k home tw o seconds for to nigh t's effo rts) . It was seesaw ba ttle fo r the tw o side ways racers as Denny co p ped the win ove r Ro b ins on in th e Heat wh ile Robi nso n held Denny to second in the Semi . The yardage diffe ren ce may well shorten up th ough as Ro bin son p rogresses. In the Scrat ch Main it was a tre m endo us battle be tw ee n Denny and Re no's Rich McMu rray who reall y likes the tr ac k improvements. McJ\lurray to ok the jump in the fo ur-lap feature an d th e t wo fla t left Dale St etler an d Marty Benc k, p u tt ing on a show st op pe r fo r th e ni gh t. Th ey trad ed th e lead five tim es wit h Denny o n ly lead ing o ne lap ac ro ss th e fini sh lin e an d tha t was o n e lap ear ly as Mclvlurray becomes th e m oney leade r in the North. Mike Fari a flat-track ed hi s way to th e Divisio n II Main . 1he No. Two whi te plat e ride r will figure o u t how to ge t it sid e wa ys ye t. J unior race r Steve Lu cero be at out Brian Th o mpson in a fea tu re shorte ne d when th re e o f th e kid s cras hed down t he bac k st ra igh t. • Results in Resu lt s Sectio n .

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