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-• • ? • III ~ t L{) r--C'l L{) ..... ->. ,J ~ Don't know what to do? Subscribe to Cycle News. It can help. - DEPT. SUB. P.O. BOX 498 LONG BEACH. CALIfORNIA 90801 CYCL E NEWS WEST (1 yr.) CYC LE NEWS WEST (2 ;,n.) . CYCL E NEWS WEST (3 yrs.) . $12.50 22.00 30 .00 Vi. lst class mail for one year 40.00 Via air mail for one year 50 .00 This is a Renewal Please bill me .. • •• • •• •••• • • ••••• •• •• •• I enclose check or rnonll'( ord.. .. Na me C Ptease print Itg ib lv l 28 0 0 0 0 0 went to the school with the most ride r po ints. although individual school points were not mentioned an ywhere in Yamaha's adv ertising. Medford High Schools in Southern Ore gon took th at trophy home, only li tt in g co nside ring all th e work and th e great d istance. T' h e , sc h o la rs h i ps? . . . we ll . acco rd ing to a co up le of d ealers, Yam ah a Internat ional qu oted to the m thousand dollar sch ol ar sh ip s, leading them to believe and to st ate to th e kids, that t op fini sh er s would receive th ousan d doll ar sc holars h ip s. It " -.I S a th ousan d dolla rs . . . . o ne, two hundred and fifty dollar scho la rsh ip to each to p winner in the Expert class only , four classes, four times $25 0 ... $1,000. We searched through all the advertising on hand and absolu tel y no mention wa s m ade as to the am o u n t 0 f th e scholarships, so the dealers were the ones who got che wed for that. On e thing in th at wh o le two-day event that is to be commended and pra is ed . .. the ride rs themselves, whether Ore gon or Washington . No matter wh at th e co nd itio ns, these kids go and take the knocks and ride be cause they love the sport. And those t hat we re there put on quite a show on the weU kept tr ack at Portland In ternat io nal Raceway. Eugene rid er Sam Becker whipped aro und th at tight track like it was a freeway and went home with a sec o n d pl ace trophy in th e Exp ert class. Yoncalla rider Jim Thorpe re all y straigh te ned 'e m out . . . he took first pl ac e. Medford 's Larr y 1I00per learned th e hard way that yo u shouldn't hot-dog o ver a j u m p but he still co p pe d th e top 25 0 Expert slo t. Glendal e rider " e ndell Diltz to ok h ome a th ird pl ace in t he 250 Junio rs de spite ridi ng a moto an d a hal f wi th a bro ken bone in his foo t. There was one o ther injury, an un identifi e d rider was hurt whe n during th e start o f th e 125 Jun iors , a front pla ce rider in th e class o f 18 bobbled over the jump sending riders down, riders over t he edg e a nd o thers down on top of th em. We were unable to learn the extent of the boy 's injury. Brad Turnadg fr om The Dalles couldn 't be sh aken loose of first place in th e 250 Novice and he went all the wa y. 125 rider Ken Ringer from Gaston was holding a rippin' lead in his fi rst moto and guess what he did? He ra n out of gas ! Couldn 't get a co m me n t from h im but his Mo m h a d p le nty t o say . .. words l i k e "justifi able ho micide! ,. Medford dominated the Open classes with five of seven riders in the co m b ined Junior and Expert classes. Gary Wilks gave Mark Mattheisen a tussle but Mark go t a one/one and then tangled in the Preston Petty starting cables. Mark wa s badly shaken when the cabl es c a u g h t the pipe in the bounce-back and the starter grabbed the red flag. Before the riders cam e bac k around, it was decided to let the race go o n and Mark could just putsey arou nd the 15 min utes because he had first place all sewed up. No one was ' very happy abo ut that decision least of all Mark, who doesn't like to putsey, period! It was announced in Medford that all profits from the l\IRA two-day qualifier would be taken to Portland and divided am o ng those riders signing in at Portland who had qu alified on the Medford track, to help defray expenses. And M RA were as good as their word. 17 winners at San Jose By W. H, Spencer Add res s City 0 0 0 Cycle News North SAN J OSE, CA L.,JUNE 22 S~ t. Zip Spo rtsman racers on the smooth San J ose half-mile barely missed the 400 mark in numbers with 17 classes receivin g either a beautifu l tr ophy or so me money for the opening of Semi-pro season. The three b ig Expe rt classes were won by Rick Delacy , 250 Expert, Rodger Sla ck, 3 6 0 "A"; and Steve Carrillo taking th e " B" portion by a ton. The entire show went off without 100 m any problems and despite a lat e st ar t , it was co m p le te d just past five p.m, The only b ad par t o f the day came wh en Kim Jorgen sen go t hit in the leg while running th e ~Iain and m ay have bro ke n it. li e is curren t ly leading the Blac k Plat e po in t series for scra m bles and this litt le di versio n may have bee n cost ly. Wit h alm os t 60 e n te re d in the 3 6 0 class th e Xla in s were to be split into six heats with du al paying Mains , The he ats proved co stl y to a lot or riders with the lik es o f Scott Pearson go ing out on th e first lap a lo ng with Nick Nazzisl riding the Erv Kane rno to 3 50 Kawasaki una ble to re start with front spokes broken. In the "A" Main Rodger Slack (Yam) ran a way a nd h id with Fenn Pervier surviving an earlier foot hurt to take seco nd over AI Kenyon. Mike O'Brien managed a fourth after a heat race problem, and Dave Nazzisi was a cre dible fifth on the Pypeline special. The "B" Main was held up fo r a few m inu tes to inspect t he first tum. On the first lap. of the "A " M ain, Ric k Silv a dropped some gearbox oil b ut it wasn't bad enough to bother the riders who ran the 10 lap s. An yw ay, just to be sure, the brooms were brought out and the portion swept. Ro y T abo ad a to ok th e early point, having be en t he o n ly rid er left on the fro n t row, but he was closely chased by Bo b Scally , Ch uc k Kole an d Steve Ca rr illo . Go ing do w n the bac k straigh t Scally suffered an expired sp o ke th at p ushed its way thro ugh th e tu be. In the sh u ffle thro ugh th e co mer Carrillo ro cket-sh ipp ed to the lead. lie stre tc hed it with each lap wh ile ~li k e Fari a tried to ca tc h Tabo ada. Dist rict 3 6 No . On e sh o rt track er Rick Delacy wo n t he 250 Expert Main o n board a Yamaha World ma chine that never missed a be at. J ohn Gu glielmetti led the first lap with J or gensen dis appearing in a sh u ffle th at eventuall y required th e a m b u lance while the Delacy brothers held second and third. Little brother Mike took third behind Pat Hennen who made some fan cy moves to work up to that spot. Enough 3 6 0 Juniors made the scene to make for two separate p rograms with J im Mahoney winning th e " A " afte r a battle wit h Pat La wler tha i left Law le r o ut of th e race . Lawle r an d Mah on ey d iced the first th ree lap s and go t whooshed by Gary Pietrusz kiew icz, (if yo u can't handle tha t lo n g nam e , j ust try Piet], Lawler d ropped out on the sixth lap while Mahoney got righ t with Piet and took the check ered first with Steve Harvey a good distance in front of Bernd Koegler. ' In the "B" Main Scott Nelson got around J o hn Nunnes on the, fo urth lap past the start line and st retched his lead to earn h is Expert card at the end of the race . Best dog fight of the d ay had to be the 125 Novice with no less than fo ur leaders on the first two laps. frank Hannah got the jump with Luie Mazur, David Cascio and Ronnie Rohr all keeping him honest. Cascio took the second lap with Rohr moving by Hannah an d Mazur trying to hold on as Gu y Miller and Mickey Krusemann mo ved through the pa ck to challenge. Miller was about to put it on everyone when his Elsinore gave up the ca use, putting Bill Wainscott in second behind Hannah. Then on the white flag la p Mazur pulled out all the stops and went by Wainsco tt. Ha nnah d ropped to fo urth at the ch ec ke red a nd Ro hr co pped third leaving Kruse m ann w it h an em pty fift h abou t a fo ot short. Ken Netto led the first five rounds of the 125 Expert Main bu t failed to finish leavin g To ny Alves and the Rocky Cycle Yamaha an easy win over Rick Delgado . Bill Wainscott ca me back for another tr y in the 200 Novice Main and had a good battle with Gary Pedrick until Pedrick moved out fo r the win. Ke vin Cadinha chased Wainscott to the flag for th ir d. •