Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

cao-am p o in ts lead th is year, sa id hi s di sa ppoin ted age n t lat er, ~larl Y Siegel bro ke hi s Kaw asa ki 's transmission before the i 50 Pr oduction race. so h e b orro w ed o ne fr om a st ree t bi ke someone rode 10 the t rack, and won . Dave G aroutte (Ossa) won 250 Produ c t i o n, b e at in g b oth Dain Gin gerelli (Yam) an d a n o ff-fo rm Wall y Karp yn ec (Suz) . J ohn Cherma k (Yam 200), o flen the 20 0 Production wi n ne r, was surprised to ge t beat en not only by 1975 AFM Production Champion Ed Uni ni (lio n 17 5) , b u t b y Killer Deek (DKW 12 5) as well . In his second appearance at Sc ars Point, Killer bea t Se ars ' ve te ra n Chermak , but JUSl co u ld n ' t ge l aro und A Fl\1 No r th Ex pe rt Un ini on h is home track. Th e DKW 's new-fo und speed is a t tr ibuted to a fresh set of tire s and a new spar k plug. Thal m ak es 2 I stra igh t 125 Production win s. Results 1 25 PROD : 1. John U lrich ( DKW) . 2 . Cra ig O 'Conner (Hon) , 3 . Greg Overman (Ya m). 200 PROD : 1. Ed U n l n l ( H o n ). 2. John Chermak (Vam ). 3. Rich Kochevar (Vam) . 2 5 0 P~OD : 1. Dave Garoutte (ass) . 2. · C a in (SuZ). G in gerelll (Yam) . 3 . Wally Ka rpynec 350 PROD : 1. Steve Si zelove (Vam) . 2. Phil F rank (Vam). 3. Randy Evans (Yam). 500 PROD: 1. Gera ld Elk ins ( H o n ) . 2. J i m L1panov lch (SU Z) . 3 . T h o m as W ilbu rn (Kaw) . 750 PROO : 1. Ma r ty S iege l (Kaw). 2 . F r ed Ko ren (Hon) . 3 . R ich Kochevar ( SUZ). OPEN PROD : 1. Greg Thomson (Kaw) . 2. Randy Mamola (Yam). 3 . Rudy Ga lindo (I ·J) . 100 PROD : 1. Ma rv in Webber (KaW) . 2 . G reg Goodman (Kaw). 3. David E lliot (Kaw) . 125 GP: 1. Jeff Leggi tt (Ya m). 2. Dan Spisa k (Ya m ) . 250 GP: 1. Harry K llnzmann (Yam). 2. Jack Baker (vam] , 3 . G reg McKee (Yam) . 350 GP: 1. Harry K tlnzmann ( Y aml' 2 . RUdy Ga lindO (V am). 3 . Pa u l R i tte r (Due. 500 GP: 1. V ance Breese CBSA). 2 . G uy Ruc uya (Vam) . 3 . Tom Myers ( S UZ). OPEN GP: 1. Gre g Andrus (Hon). 2 . John Ala fo u zos ( Vam) . 3. Musta St agg (T ri ). CA FE : 1. Tom Chew (Hon). 2. Ma r ty S iege l (Kaw). 3. Mike Si mn ing ( Kaw ). 51 DE T H INGS : 1. M cNea l /Ke r ley ( K aw). 2. Lougee /Glpe (Hon) . 3. Coleman/Andrews rsu e ) , Fremont King Carillo By W, H, Spencer FR EMONT, CAL., J U NE II St eve Carrill o dialed his new Fremont Yam ah a 360 into the proper handl ing slo t and promptly took his usual advan tage in the 3 60 Expert Main b y a whooping margin ov er Chuck Miller and District po int leader Mike Fari a. Scott Nelso n o u t horse po we re d Chris Paul so n for a be au t ifu l ride a nd win in the 360 Jun ior . Tho se tw o sh ould have a good go at ea ch o ther fo r awh ile while Kevin Frenc h conti n ues to fini sh in th e tr ophy hu n t ma kin g fo r su pe r rac ing in th al class. While Ran d y :\Iam ol a co n t in ued his win n in g ways in th e 125 Expert p o r t ion lillie Kenny Netto wo n the Junior part ove r Steve ~lerl ens a nd go t t u rned Ex pert , J ohn Case y look so me of Ro nnie Rohr 's steam away in wi nning the 12 5 Novice, Ro hr ca m e back to wi n the 17 5 No vice class and will be readying a different mount for J unior class riding very short ly. St arting n e x t week , t he Wed nesday nigh t shows will tum se mi -pro a nd perhaps the Pilo t Pr o gra m that was used at Asco t will co m e to Fremont. • Re sults in Re sults Se c tio n. fe atu red Plate race tightens at Lodi By Ann C arr 1.001 , CA I.. , JU NE 27 The Black Plat e rac e for No rth ern Cali Iornia's t o p scra m bles positi on tigh tened co nsiderab ly over th e past week as No, On e Kim J o rgen sen hairline fr actured an an kle a t th e San J o se half-mil e, num ber three m an Duane Spe nce suffe red . painfu l kn ee injuries a l Fre mo n l, and lonighl lop co n le nde r J ohn lIleb o spilled har d over the Lo di j u mp a nd was fo rc ed OUl Da III spells Performance of the wee ken d 's com pe ti tion . T hough none of t h ese p lan to be out of ac t io n for very lo ng, Stoc kton 's David Burton has a n ex ce lle nt opportun ity to really close the gap i f he ca n avoid th e en gine problems whi ch hounded h im over the pas t week. Co n co rd Y am a ha 's 15-year ·old Expert Steve Bra ndl moved into th e lop Expert SPOl with wins in the 125 and 250 Expert ~ I ains. Steve faced his s trongest cha rge from J eff Eide wh o su rv ived a pe nalty ro w st art in the heat and a second row adv e n t u re in th e Main for a good second over Ant ioch 's Gary Caves. Caves wa s pressured hard b y Ray Hu ff wh ich allo wed Jeff to worry less abo u l hi s bac ks ide, Returnin g for the second l ime th is sea so n and 100 kin g as if he had never been go ne, Jim Foley won his heal go ing a wa y with no pr actice a nd then calm ly d ialed the sl arl from the o u ts id e first row a nd cap tu red the l\Iain as well. ~ I ini a ctio n fe atured fine rid es b y Experts ~like J ohnson, Fred Merkel, and Shawn Call ah an . J o h nso n took his fourth straight at Lodi and this one wa s even swee ter a s it was h is first Expert ride . ~ler kel, in t he 80 Main, m arked al le ast h is sixth straight a t I.odi. Call ah an, in h is se co nd Expert ride, lo ok th e Mini Open ra ce. . Former Mini Expert Dennis Davis won over a large field of 125 No vices and also gained a third in th e 500 Novice ranks. Dennis re ceived h is strongest challe nge in the 12 5 race fro m local Ho nda racer Steve A1berdi who has been a cons is te nt p la cer since he joined th e Honda ra n ks. Forme r Nati onal Scrambles Ch amp Paul J ohnson has a little brother racing t hese d a ys and Camm did h imself p ro ud to nigh t with a solid 25 0 Novice win. This victory moved J ohnson into a tic fo r 25 0 h igh point honors wit h Jun ior Red Nee d ham , an d l\like Rizzuto who wo n th e 250 Junior ev ent, • Results in Re sul ts Se ction. • • Con tinuous s mooth torque a nd power curves fro m an ult ra- na rrow rota ry val ve e ngine. • Te chnically adva nced c lose-ra tio transmission inc orporating q uick in-ge ar s tarting a nd positive shilli ng . • Lo ng -travel fo rwa rd -mou nted re ar s hocks fo r p recise handling. • Absolu te fra m e rig id ity fro m perfec t tr iangula tion c o m binin g swing-arm p ivo t with rea r eng ine mou nt. • Magnes ium and a lumin um a lloy componen ts g uarantee extreme lig h tness for an o u tsta nding power-to-weight ratio. ~ t 10 e--O"l ........ ~ C\J C\J - >- ::l ~ can-am motorcycles by bombardier Distributed by Bom b ar dier Co r p., P.O. Bo x 6106, Du lut h, Min nesota 55806 Kenyon takes Pioneer short track By An n Carr O<\KOALE, CAL., JUN E 28 Former National number Allen Kenyon ret urned to Pioneer Aren a a fter a tw o week absenc e and this t ime had his act together all the way for a win a nd top semi-pro m oney in th e 360 Ex pe rt Main . Ken yon PUl hi s ex perie nc e to wor k on the slightly ro ugh b u t c ush ion y track and led the l\lain wi re to wire after an earlier h eat win. Honda racers Ge o ff Lowe , Ste ve Fe rro ni , a nd Ca rl Yerby diced fo r the re m ain ing payoff spo ts with Ferroni aci ng Lowe a nd Yer b y for second. T he 250 Expert Main saw l\lo d est o's Dennis Hu ff lead m o st of the race o nl y to be t a ken o ut of the race o n th e las t tu rn by an ove r-aggr essive Jim Mert ens who had bounced tires and wheels indoo r st y le the e ntire race in a n a t te m p t to gel by Hu ff', 11,e last t urn lang le left the wi n lo Craig Scroggins (H. Il ) with :\Ian uel Datan, Duane Ya rr o w , and Larry Burto n tra iling, Th e 125 Ex pe rt events were very exc iting as local riders j u mped in fro nt in b u th heal a nd ~I ai n only lo be go b b led up b y :\lerced 's Du an e Snell (Ya m). Du an e foll owed Mit ch David son on the Blendzall sp ecial fo r seve ra l lap s and then c harged b y abo ut mid-race. T he m in i ra n ks featured fin e wins by ~I i ke \\'il son in the 60 Nov ice, Doug Cha ndler in th e 80 Ex per t, an d Jimmy Fee in th e 100 Ex per t. ~Iik e rid es a very fast :\1 R-50 lI on da a nd has placed in all fou r sh ort track ev ents thus far. Little Cra ig Kirlan d o n a sma ll wh eel Kawasaki bo u nce d h is wav tu seco nd. ~ Iodes lo 's j im my Fee received a s tru n g c h alle nge from Esca lon's Kurt Slrai l fo r lhe e n lire 10 0 ~I ain bUl kepl a l ighl lin e lo p reve nl Kurl fro m gelling by . • Res u lts in Resulls Secl ion. I I. 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