Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

~u THE WINNERS REe LONG bEACh hONdA ~ h as built an d prep ared these win ners : - 1st Open bike Baja 500 1975 AI/Baker/Gunnar Lindstrom (Honda XL 350) behind Marion Owe ns' dual -engined Harley-Davidson for a smile-for-the-b irdie session. Mike Bruso's pit crew is as functional as they are foxy. Those lad ies wo rk ! 1st overall Baja 100 0 Larry fk r~qu ist /Gal)· Preston 1968 [Ho nda CL 350 ) 1st overall Star dusl 7· ll Larry Bergqu isi/Ga ry Prest on 19 68 (llonda CL 350) 1st O pen bike Park er 40 0 AI Baker/Gene Cannad y 1975 [Ho nda xi, 350) ohn Rice #1 AMA Scram bIes Ch amp J(To o many1967·8 (Honda Cl. 350)ge) vic tories to Ii" on I pa #1 CMC MX P ro ~ Iike Bell 1975 (ll onda CR 125 ) (Too man y victories to list o n 1 page ) # 1 AMA Mini-bike Champ stopped his b ik e the engine died. He had forgo tten to turn on the gas . Owens took a so lo run and t he winner's honors. Terry Vance firs t entered the Van ce & Hines R.C. En gineering at Beech Bend one year ago. During the rest o f '74 and t hrougho ut this year Vance has never been beaten. Today didn 't change that. lie turned in a 9.030{155.97 to top runnerup Jim Bernard, who w as als o aboard a R .C. Engineering double Honda. Ro n Fringer , on th e " Dragon Daddy " from Carl's Speed Shop o f Whittier . California, picked up th e win in th e Super Eliminator clas s. Ron w on th e event with only o ne run, that being against Ron Maginnis, Fr inger 's first round w as with Sonny R outt, bul Sonny fould out at th e lights. On th e fi nal rou nd , Fringer was m at ch ed agai nst K .C . Sp illers j r. , but as the pair left th e line Spillers br oke his drive chain, leaving Ron w ith a no th e r sol o Tun a nd the class w in . T he "~IDR" {N IIR" Nu m ber On e . Mike Brus o , add ed another Pro Co rnp wi n to hi s lo ng list of vict o ries . Mik e a nd hi s Il ill Wir"es En terpri ses s p o n s o rcd 1,\ 28 cc Kaw asaki " Z- I " look a so lo run for th e win afte r q u a l i f'vi n g w ith a f a st t i m r o f 9 . 756 / 14 0.62 . Bruso's r-o mpe t i t ion in the final ro un d. Anso n 1I01ley . fouled o ut. Bob C arp e n t e r , rid in" a 792cc Kawa s ak i -S powered b y a Dcn co Per fo rma n ce Cobra ("n~ine . to o k th e Pro When it c ~m es Dou gr..-icoI1974(Ho ndaXR 75 ) to win ning. Lo ng Beach Honda kno ws how. If you too, want to be a winner, yo u gotta st ar t with a good machine. Try us for a new racer, or we 'll rehash your oldie. We've got something new - A little store with a new twist All the biggies under one roof - Husqvarna - Bultaco - Maico - CZ - Kawasaki - Honda - See them all at 5115 Atlantic, Long Beach Ron Fr inger burns out on his " Drago n Daddy" Super Eliminator winning bike. St o ck class win and se t a new Na tion al record . Both ca me at the expe nse o f Mik e Brus o. Carpenter cut Bruso's LT. reco rd down t o 10 .02 2 from 10 .10. and the n eliminated Bruso on th e fina l run. Bru so was handicapped b y t he fact that he had blown his engine earlier in the m ee t and was using the engine o u t of a Z-I he had prepar ed for on e o f th e 51r("('1 classes . Resu lts Our sincere congratulations to A l Bak er & Gunnar Lindstrom for Baja 500 wm • TO P F UEL: 1. M arion Owens (H · C) . 2 . Joe Sm ith (H -D). TOP GAS : 1. Terry Vance ( Han). 2 . J im Bern ar d (Han). SUPE~ ELIM INAT OR : 1. Ron Fringe r (H · D) . 2 . K.C. Spillers, J r . (Trl). PRO COMP : 1. Mi k e B r u so (Ka w ) . 2 . An son H o lley ( H · D ). CO MP ELI MINAT OR : 1. B ob Carpen t er (Kaw) . 2 . An son H olley ( H· O ). , EL I M INATOR : 1. H orst K ruse (Han). 2 . B ill y R yal s ( Yam) . ST RE ET E LI M INA TOR : 1. Vic Force {Suz }. 2 . Ira RiCkar d . J r . ( H a n). ,Sales Parts or Trick it ENG INE BUILD ING r. HASSIS BUILDING OR MODS St op by an d tak e a look at o ur Baja winning bik e ~I AIN STORE 5 \ 15 Atlantic Ave. 2 13·4 23, 14 33 LAKEWOOD LOCAT ION 11747 E. Carson 21 3-860· 13 54 11

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