Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

ELocal hotline, cont'd. ~ t Benny Pad illa shows that ExperU aren't any smoother than Nov ices - just more relaxed. Wayne Garrett (40 0 Yam) led il to the srno kebornb and past, only to sei ze in the sandwash a few miles later. T im Bowman, te aming with his brother Dave on a 400 Mono, picked up the lead and held it into the pits, Then came Amateur Chris Kallen (4 00 Yam) who handed off 10 partner Ruben Garcia, then Benny Padilla (250 CZ) who was riding with Am ateur Jody Belknap (250 Hus ). Schmid handed off to Malocco early and Mo rgan charg ed off on the second loop running fourth. The Bowman brothers kept the lead for the next two loops. Malocco moved up to second, but Schmid dropped back to fourth when he crashed in a giant N N :> III powder hole and co u ldn ' t find the bike (His goggles were filled with the stuff). Kallen regained second, Padilla held third.On the fourth loop, Dave Bowman had the throttle Sl ick wide open while in the lead an d crashed. Dave apparen tly unhurt, arri ved in th e pits minus the bike. He went ba ck, made repairs, gave it to lim, who wen t out and had the seal come off. Some days ... Belknap moved into the lead and Padilla and Schmid spent much of the fifth loo p arguing over it . Schmid would power past in the fast stuff and Padilla would berserk it in the rough stuff to get ahead again. Belknap and Malocco took off for the CMC poinu leade r fo r the num be r one plate. Bill Ru bly , flings hi s Maico into th e air. Racing with the RTMC Irwindale MX By Hidden Images It was Graduation Night more than Friday the 13th for many of the Irwindale motocross regu lars, yet there were still 175 riders on CARLSBAD , CALI F.,J UN E 15 The Pro class today was a combi ned affair, mixing all cc's into one big group . Mike Tripes (CZ) grab bed the start in the first moto, followed closely by Mark Blackwell (Hus) and Jeff Foland (Pen). Blackwell shot down Tripes' lead after just half-a-lap, but Mark was passed by Foland on the next lap. John Smith of the CRT, the only 125 rider in the class, worked his way from seventh on the first lap to take over third spot on the fourth lap. He then moved up to Blackwell and challenged him for second spot. Then, on the seventh lap, Foland threw a chain on the uphill, allowing Blackwell to break into the lead . Sm ith and Blackwell shot it out for about three laps, with John coming into many passing opportunities. The big bo re Husky pulled enough on the little Elsie to make Smith back off and let Blackwell have the lead. 18 Mike Tripes once again grabbed the lead out of the gate, and once again Blackwell took the lead away from hin in half of a lap . John Smith was rid ing in third spot, followed by Chuck Rouse (Hus). Smith passed Tripes on the downhill after the first go 'round. With the absence of the quick Foland, it was a battle between Smith and Blackwell for top spot. John then worked up to Mark.pressuring him for five laps . Sm ith finally got him on the. bottom tum of the downhill. Two laps later, Blackwell 's Husky apparently seized, but he go t up and repassed Dale Luedtke (C A) and Chuck Rouse for second. Mark later co m men ted th at the reed-valve might have lost one of its petals. • Results in Results Section. By John Bethea IRWINDALE, CALIF., JUNE 13 hand, providing a wild night of racing. In thai 125cc bash, Don Bongiorno (Hon) took advantage of David Taylor's absence and rocketed to a clean sweep. Dave Eropkin (Hon) had three seconds for the obvious runnerup spot. Third, however, was more questioned. Rob Zamora, who has apparently adjus ted quite well to the CMC Pro ranks, improved his first moto fifth by taking third in each of the final two rounds to tie Jim Domann on points and ease him back into fourth based upon the tie -breaking order of fin ish in the final. Jeff Vidic failed to sweep the 250cc Pros, but he still won overall after he took the final moto with Jeff Jennings (Bul ) second. Those two went into that last event tied with four points each. Val Tamietti (Mai ) broke his tie with Bill Rubly (CA) and took third. Rubly held fourth over Dave Foltz (Mai) . Rubly made up for it, however, with his 20th triumph of the year in the 500cc Pros. This week was another sweep over good friend and traveling companion, Luke Messer, who also rides for Precision Cycle on a Maico. • Results in Results Section. Much of the course was very fast. Mike Bell lea ns it way over on his way to a third ove rall . ORA team race By Dale Brown ADELANTO, CALIF. , JUNE 15 a: Gordon Schmid and 1\ Iorgan Malocco teamed up to win DRA's first team race , a wild and woolly 132-mileaffair in which th e race o Z J for first ·go l tighter as the finish got closer. ::;: UJ ~ t::.:<~'IiI.';' UJ ~ ~=~="=:"":~~ !:::........:.1: =::...2:'::"::"":: ~:"'-~_~

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