Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

. fI.ll iii Da • s and working his way back. The second moto was the killer for Jodry, he was keepi ng up w ith and pressing Longcor when he crashed on th e fourth lap a nd cra sh ed h ard this time, unable to ge t back into the race. Eddie Brown (IIon) h ad been righ t on J odry's tail a t the chec ke re d flag in the first round. laking third place , and in t he second m o to Brown finished third again. but took the second overall money, with third p lace cash go in g to Lon !fcor an d fourth to J eff Shurtz (t-Ia i). An extra long interm ission between the first and second motos was enjoyed by rid e rs and spectato rs alike as th e y were entertained by a ro ck band and had time for a quick d ip in the sw imming pool. • Resul ts in Resu lt s Section. .. t lC) r-, Cl C\.I C\.I >::l ~ . Eklund cops Pilot program By W. H. Spencer FRE MONT, CA L.. JUKE 18 St eve Eklund pulled off a win in the 360 Expert class on the first nigh t of semi-pro Wedn esd ay nigh t short track at Fremont, where the AMA has reinstated the Pilot program to allow Class "C" No vice a nd J u ni or ride rs to take ho me advance me n t poin ts to wa rd thei r next hig her ca rd . The p rogra m is st ric t ly for the 360 Expert class and only fo r th e Wed n esda y night series during th e su mmer. If the progra m works satisfactorily, the I\.\ IA m ay institute it as a regu lar part of th e se mi-pro action with limited sanctions. Eklund was the big winner of the nigh t having won both his heat and the Main hut h is three points won 't make a b ig di ffe rence in his life b ec au se he already has his Expert p oints and so mebod y is reportedly building him a Har ley fo r 19i6. TI,e ra ce was a thriller for all 10 lap s with lo t s of passin g and some crash ing. r.larl in Stewart a n d Scott Pearson had a good battle go in g for first . Scott su ccu mbed to a cra sh whe n he a nd Stewa rt got a ta d close in t he m iddle of the ba ck co rn e r. Ro d Spence r a n d Ek lund were ru n ni ng toget he r but wh e n Pear son b it th e d us t, Ek lund found th e righ t h ole and t o o k th e p o int. Ste w art h ol din g off a fast -charging Spen ce r. Ro d ge r Sla ck co p p ed a win in th e 25 0 Expert wi th Ji m r.lert e n s t ryi ng to c hase him to the fla g while r.lik e Faria held off Rick Del acy and those tw o will have q u ite:: a h a tt ie for th ut num ber o ne p late this y ea r. l\li ck e y Kr u s e m a nn go t qu ite enthused in th e 12 5 Xovice e ven t an d won both th e h eat a n d th e Xlain over John Casey a n d T ony Adragn a. Little brother Larry Krusern ann d id his winning number in th e 100 Expert mini with Wayne Karich taking the Jun ior a nd Scott Alves the Novice . Results in Results Section . Jorgy, Hlebo win scrambles By W. H. Spencer .. a: UJ U Z UJ Q. Ul i ~ Here' s lookin' at you - Harry "Haybale" Kunsman in the 2 50 Ju n io r event at F re m o n t . was o n h is wa y to a 500 Novice tro phy also , when he go t bch ind Te rry Ogers in th ird d o wn the fro nt straigh t. Ogers go t it a bi t sideways a nd th e littl e kid got n erv ous a nd laid it o n th e gro und, lu c k ily suffering n o thing wo rse than di rt rash es. Oger s made it a bi g ni ght by w innin g th e 2 50 Novi c e ov er Carnrn J ohnson and Ron r.loritz a n d th en by holdin g o n to seco nd b eh in d a long go n e Rich Alves and a closely fo llowing Bob St evenson. Fo rmer Sta te 'IT Ch amp Dav e Bo strom is ha ck in ac t io n 011 a re gular hasi s a n d w on toni ght's 65 0 Expert a ft er an earl y r.lain bash with J ohn Tavis. Then Tav is' front b ra ke loc ked sh u t. Rick Otto ca me fro m th e p ack fo r seco nd in fro n t o f Bob Masters, The GB Pizza Parlor crew of Er ro l Longboya , Jim Mahoney and Lynn Geo rge did th e winning thing in the 500 Junior r.lain an d their 35 0 XLs are j ust about unstoppable. TI,e only thing different ab o u t the cl ass ea ch week is who will win it. A game pl an is supposed to be set up but Mah oney neve r fo llows it. • Results in Results Sec tion . FREMONT, CAL., J UK E 2 1 Kim J orgen sen too k h om e a few more poin ts by win ning a ho tly contested 250 Expe rt class aboard one of his dad's super qu iet and Stewart steals it; Mamola wins/loses fast Ca n- Ams . It's too bad that the Bo mba rd ier, Ltd. p eople d idn't exte nd th eir prom o win n ing $2 0.0 to sc ra mb les as th e yo unge r of th e rathe r famo us br oth er s would p ro ba bl y own a pi ece of t he ac t io n b y no w. Taki ng t he wi n a nd h oldin g ba ck J o rgy in t h e 500 Expert l\la in w as J o hn Hleb o . Dyno De n n is Davis took over th e 12 5 Novice class with a wire to wi re win over J im Casey a nd Tony Adragna. li e By W. H. Spe ncer l\li ke Faria. Ro d Sp ence r cop pe d th e second heat over Scott Pearson a nd Al Ken y on . That set th e st age for th e Ma in . Pear son go t h is usu al h ol esh ot w it h Marlin Stewart right on h im a n d S lack tu c ked in ahead of McCaul a nd Faria. Pearson appeared to h ave all under co n t ro l until lap three when Slack m ade a m ove past Stewart an d just about past Pea rson . Slack kep t p ressu rin g, a nd on the fourth go. passed Pearson on the ou tside on th e back straight. Pear son got a li ttle loose go ing into th e co rn er and nearly bough t Slack, but saved it only to low side. Sla ck had it won except for the last la p when he got a bit wide a nd Stewart ate hi m up going for the c he c ke red . In t he smaller Expert runs, Randy Marnola lost his first 12 5 rac e in so me time. In a t remendous battle with Rod Spencer the two young speedsters absolu tely enthralled th e fa ns wi th brilliant displays o f rid in g ability . Ma mota had n o brakes to wo rk wit h a nd lost by two fee t to Spencer at the finish . Ma mola m ust h ave been ri led abo ut th e los s because in the 250 Expert Main he lit erally b le w eve rybody away . J im Mertens hun g on for second w it h Ric k Delacy b ea tin g o u t Faria. The 80 Novice Min i cl ass con ti nues to grow and Mi ke Zim merman was the bes t of th e 10 riders w ith Chris Paulson taking secon d . • Results in Results Section. Expe rt classes eac h h ad dif ferent win ner s. Ken J ackson rod e th e .Iorgy Can -Am t o the 25 0 w in over J eff Eide, wh o would like to pick . up as m any p o in ts as p o ssibl e w h ile Kim J o rgensen is o ut with chip ped leg b one s. Bru ce Hanl o n b o rro w ed a m o t or a n d took th ird wh ile c u rr en t No. T wo Du ane Spen ce twisted his knee agai n and will remain out ano ther week. Benny King motored through traffic to win the 500 Expert over Rod Spencer a nd teammate Matt Car oth ers. Kin g drug Carothers thro ug h th e early race b ut Spencer out-raced hi m in the last half fo r second. J o hn Tavis won his first 650 Expert Main beating o ut Rick Otto in fine style.. :n , e 250 Novice was a great bash with Jin Conway and Ca mm J o hnso n dicing throughout. Conway ke pt the point for the en tire distance but Ca rom Johnson is co m in g along very we ll. Inte restin gly enough , J im Conway, Sr., was a black p la te at the sa me t im e that Paul J o hnso n was No. On e an d their offspring are already taking ov er. No ro o m fo r the aged in this b u siness, or is there? • Re sul t s in Result s Sec t ion. Straddle Line MX By Sue Sykes Mc C L EA R Y, WASH ., JU N E 29 FR EMONT, C AL .. JUNE 25 l\larlin St ewart just abou t sto le th e feature d 36 0 Ex pert l\lain in a wild and woo ly finish th at saw point leader Sco tt Pearson elim i- All new winners nated for t he th ird straigh t race. In the 360 heats Steve Ek lu nd w on h is w ith ease over Pat McCaul w hile Ro dger Sla c k posted a wire to w ire win over FREMO NT , CAL.,J UNE 28 By W. H. Spencer With the top fo ur blac k plate pa in t-getters on th e sideli nes, the Straddle Line Cycle Park was host to Washington State's first da y of qualifiers for the Yamaha High Sch ool Motocross Championship. The Ch amp io nshi p race will be held at Seat tl e International Rac eway in Kent, J uly 20 . Wh ile th es e studen ts, gra de 9-12 , 29

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