Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

. EverythiIJ9 In SuspensIOn for the serious rider. exh ibi t ing some impressive bo d y En glish and t ank slap pers b ut be st ill wasn ' t ab le to ca tc h Dick Crosby (Ka w) . Steve Dietz ( Bul ) ca p t u red the 3 6 0cc Expert hono rs followed b y Cliff Hy lt o n (Yarn) who turned in o ne o f his usu al o u ts ta nd in g rides. Cliff go t the hole sh ot a t the star t , but wasn' t abl e to hold o ff S teve's dr ives . Die tz go t aro und on th e ou ts id e to ta ke first place . Redding's Mike Start (H- U) took third. • Resu lt s in Results Secti o n . Torco COPS Pioneer Short Track opener By Ann Carr OAK UALE, CAL. , J UNE 7 Pion eer Aren a owner J er ry Griffith greeted 290 flat t rackers wit h a super smooth, hard packed cush ion trac k and the racers Bob Geffe rt does so me st range th ings in m id -air. Secti ons one and three looked like they had been borro wed from the Scottish. On ly Lan e an d J o e Mascul in e got through th re e o n both rides, an d o nly three o ther rid e rs got t hro ugh it at all. Sectio ns fo ur th ro ugh seve n were on ste ep ro ck o utcrops alo ng th e Pac khorse Trai l, and, alth o ug h relative ly easy, gave a rider a go o d vie w o f where he'd likely land if he m ade a serio us m ist a ke. The re st o f th e sections were stru ng o u t in th e hea vily t imbered-boulde r fiel d s ar ou n d Ap ril and Ma y Cree ks. The loo p was held togethe r b y a steep , twi sting, nearly un ride ab le d o wnhill th a t d ro pp ed 80 0 feet in less th an a m ile . Bruce Rhy ti , Don Sweet and Mar lan d Wh aley fin ish ed in a ti ght group behind Lane, with Bru ce j ust edgin g out Do n fo r seco nd p lace o n cleans . Marland, wh o beat them both in t he tr aps, 50 to 52 , lo st points on tim e to drop to fo urth . The lo op wasn 't overly lon g, b ut it was m o stl y fresh -cut tra il, with lots of ti ght stuff combi ned with up hills an d downhills, an d a bso lu te ly n owhere to d rop it in to fifth gear and make up ti me , Bernie Schreiber su rvived th e dubi ous ho nor of being th e firs t ride r out for fifth place and a tie with Bruce and Lan e fo r m o st cleans a t 19, while Mark Eggar and S teve Darrow ha d steady if uninsp ired rides for sixth and seve n th o Results in Resu lts Se ction . • Chico short track By Donna Fowler CHICO , CAL. , J UN E 7 Cyclelan d Speedway is ge t ting it togeth er again fo r the 19 75 season with th e new h ard-pan surface. New ly ad de d this season is t he mini class. In the 8 0cc m in i clas s, T roy Cu m m in gs (Ya m) t urned in ano ther of his ru naways b u t J im Conger (Ya m) a nd J eff Valentin e (Ya m) are pushing harde r each week. The 12 5 Novice race was a crowd pleaser wit h J o h n Sud be rry (Ya m) responded with a fanta st ic d isp lay o f ta lent for th e spectators, many attendin g moto rcycle races for t he fir st time as this opener was a benefit fo r the Mo d est o High School athletic program. "Boo Boo" Bob Scally (Mr . Roberts Rules o f Order h imself) , national co mpeti to r Allen Ken y o n , an d to p Alii A Novi ce Ted "Torco" Davidson were there . " Torc o " quickly let it be kn own that nothing had ch an ged fro m last seaso n as he be gan h is defense of his "King of Pioneer Sh o rt Track " titl e b y co p pin g both the 125 and 360 Expert Mains. Ted suffered a fall in the 125 heat when he tried an ins ide pass of new Ex pe rt Rick Wo ods b ut in t he Mai n Teddy p assed Wo ods clean ly . . The m a rgin of victory in t he 3 6 0 Main wou ld in dicate an eas y win, but n o t re ally so as Ken yon and Scott Pearson c harged for I 0 lap s. Davidson showed su pe rior co nd itio n and pulled away ove r th e last five lap s. Ke ny on re maine d seco nd, Pearso n third, Geoff Lo we fo urth, and S teve Car illo the fift h payo ff sp ot. J u n io r ac tio n was fie rce as Atwat erj s Larr y Han nah survived charge s by Ke n Ben tley an d Ben Zakarian for t he 125 win. Ke n and Ben en d ed up fighti ng off each o th er for second eventuall y and Larry was ab le to ride home free. In th e 25 0 Main Han nah also cap tu re d a tr ophy spo t but no t a win as Lo s Altos' racer J im Blac k (Oss) sho wed lo ca l rid ers Lo pes a nd Hann ah th e way aroun d . Mark Brateng o f Modest o ele cted t o m a intai n h is Jun ior st a t us a t shor t trac k as we ll as sc ram bl es (co n tr ar y to dist rict po licy whi ch allo ws a rider to ea rn adva nce me n t p oints in d ifferent ty pes o f racing an d thus be No vice in o ne a nd Junior at another wh ich lead s to much cherry p icking) an d foll owed his scrambles ' win at Lodi Friday n ight with a short trac k win tonight. Scott Nelson was se cond while Ken Str ait inherited third when Steve Ebright's Bul de cided to burst into flam es in th e pit turn. Steve did a fine job o f rid d ing hi mse lf o f the bike a nd kee pi n g the burn ing m ach in e o ut of line of foll o win g ride rs. Mo st 25 0 No vice pos ru o ns we re captured by Junio r ra nked scra m b les riders. On e excep tio n, h o we ver . was Scott Flesh m an o f Castro Va lle y who to ok t he 25 0 A Main over Junior scram b les rid ers Stan Sla te a nd Ran d y Grenig. The 25 0 B Main we nt to J unio r scrambles racer Ran d y Ho ffm an (who won Lo di th e n ight be fo re . Min i classes no t ed new faces as winne rs this eve n ing . The 8 0 Novice Ma in was taken by Tom Berry o ve r a stro ng fie ld of rid e rs. J eff Mason fo llowed hi s seco nd pl ace at Lo d i wi th a fine first over m ini blue p late No. 10 Don Ho ward. • Results in Results Section . hoIlcwIlIIll~ IIIllf The nrbuiIi:IabIes _ sOge / Mulholland is tot al suspension. Scie ntifu: a nd racing expertise ha". been put to w ork to deve'lo p the most unique system available. BogeI . Mulholla nd is a complete system o f forks, sprinlis . shocks a nd in terchange-- < abl e compon~ts which allow you to a:eate the suspension fo r your ty pe of ride , • • street . off-roed . motocrosS'. e nduro. road raci n g. T.T. o r short . track'. The choice is'yours , :; M u lholla nd has it.. . . , Sen d $2.00 for !X'mplete Interoart Catalog. __ / -Dapt , No . 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