Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

I Local hotline, cont'd. ~ t frame. Th ey were ab le to finish but were o ut o f con tention. At th e end of the first mota it was Palfreyman /G arden er way o u t in front fo llowed by the 750 Yamaha Wasp of Monohan /Arsdale. Comin g in for a fine th ird pl ace overall an d firs t lightweigh t was the 50 0 Ya mah a of Immken /Nelson. On Sa tu rday the seco nd mota was run and it was another battle to the firs t com er. Th is time at the sharp left hander it was Bell /O 'Conner taking th e lead on their 750 Honda Wasp . Battling right in there were Ridyard/Vermeesch and Bertus/Aston. Before the first lap was over the 750 Kawasaki h ad taken over the lead and Ward /DeParris h ad moved into third. Palfreyman /G ardener had started to move up and were running in fourth . On ce again machines started to drop out due to mechanical difficulties. Holland/Harris broke the frame on their 360 Yamaha an d the 360 Bultaco of Brown/Barada had broken a sh ock on the hack. They were ab le to repair the damage and were bac k in there racing. By the end of the second mota Palfreyman/Gardener had once again' taken over the lead. Monahan /Orsdal e were holding down a d istan t second and Bell /O'Conner were hanging in third. Immken /Nelson had pushed their 500 Yamaha up to fini sh fourth overall against a to ugh field of competitors. • Resul ts in Results Sec tion . Amate ur/E xpert IT with a nag to n ag lea d. Eddy has al ways been a strong co mp et it o r, b u t has be en plagu ed late ly with me chanica l problems. His p roblems transferred themselves to Alb ert Ren z who was holding do wn second until he broke. TIm Bower t oo k over second and Dick Lewis rounded ou t the field with third. Don Frau en berger made o ne of his not too frequen t trips to Co ro na and wo wed the Op en Expert 750cc half-mile b oys with his to tal com m an d from st art to fin ish . Tom Worfolk an d j ack Lampton were di cing it up wi th so me handlebar knoc kin g and ben d ing o n t he straights. It must have been t o o mu ch for J ack as he fell back and let Tom have second and Gary Whit e th ird . Dee Toth got h is graduation papers as he literally blew the doors off the boys in th e Op en Novice IT. Larry McCaul h ad th e problems as he had some co m motio n goin g on beh ind him from Dave Destl er and Ray Lovell. Ray won the battle in th at one but d id n 't hav e time to catch Larry. In the Open Novi ce IT, the Koogle Family m ade a sandwich of Ray Lovell with Dan (Han) ta ki ng the win an d Martin (Han) taking third. It was a lm ost a o ne- t wo fin ish fo r them, but Ray pulled off one o f h is co me fr om beh ind numbers and broke it up. Mike Stewart an d Ro ger Du fu r were f- >C( :I: Z o ... Action at Southb;ry Speedw;ry is alw;ry s hot and heavy. Min ning an d Dave Johnson were second and third. Mike t op ped off the evening with an easy win over Dave johnson and Don Waffle in the 250cc Expert half-mil e Twin. Th e Ch ampionship Sh ort T rac k and Half-Mile Benefit fo r juvenile Hall August 6 th , is starti ng to really shape up with the donations co m ing in. Don 't m iss ou t on all the fu n and go o d ies. • Results in Results Sectio n. Bike problems plague riders By Elaine Jones z o f- CORONA, CAL., j ULY 10 There is a new Amateur to be rec koned with and it was not abi lity that stru ck him down but mec hanical p roblem s. The rider is Edd y San Ro man and th e class was the 250cc Amate ur/E xpert h al f-mile, In th e Semi he cop p ed off second, san d wic he d be twee n Mike Minnin g an d Doro th y Ro we which is pretty fast co mp any. In the Main Eddy was o ut on top , b ut th en disaster st ruc k : Ed dy went from first to last. Do rothy Ro we t ook o ver the lead an d Mike Min n ing came fr om fourth to take over secon d p lace. Fro m seco nd , Mike started to put th e pressure on and it fina lly p aid o ff as he m ade his pass on lap four of the five lap Main and went on to win . Do rothy Row e was second and a newl y gradua ted Novice , J o hn De Bruyn was th ird . Th er e was some ne w faces , altho ugh not un fam iliar ones, in the winner's ci rcle. Eddie Lawson cap tured t he Op en a: :J CD .J OJ :J Z C( ""--""-- Mike Min ning on his w;ry t o victo ry in the 25 0 Amateur/ Ex pe rt half-mile , t he 25 0c c hal f-mile and 1'1' win ners. Bobbi Hu nter gra b bed seco nd o n the half-mi le an d loo ked like she was goi ng to do it o n th e T' I' until her pipe ca me off. Brian Th eu nisses was m ore than happy t o ste p into t he sp ot. Th e 25 0c c Expert 1'1' win fe ll to Mike Ti d well , wh o is havin g t o wo r k a little bit harder. lie took a bad fall in this one wh ich warr an ted a re-start bu t he was back o n the lin e with bra kes operat ive an d went on fo r the win. Mik e The big Kawa saki was fast but it was not able t o hold the consistent ridi ng of Palf rey ma n /G ardene r. 22 -' ~ Jimmy Martin wins Pro class at South Bay By Jon Hayt CHUL A V ISTA, CAL., J UL Y 9 Another night of ho t racin g at Sou th Bay Speedway started ou t with J ohn Tessitore taking the win in the first 125 Pro m oto on a Yamaha. Ro n T urn er (C-A) pu t up a good b attle with Tessito re but co uld n ' t get by fo r the win. T he 25 0 In termed iates came on and pu t on a good sho w wi th Car lo s Con treras (Yam ) ta king an early lead an d stre tc hi ng it o u t so t ha t eve n tho ugh he too k a sp ill , he st ill ha d time to rem oun t and tak e th e win . Next on th e lin e were t he 25 0 Pro s with J im my Martin (CZ) getting the holesho t and Randy Bums (Yam) no t t oo far beh ind. Burns fin all y caugh t Martin and won the first 25 0 Pro race wit h Mike Steams (Ma n) taking th ird. The 50 0 Pro class had a surprise entry . Lars Lar sson (C·A), former world class rider, ca me o ut an d put on a good sh ow with a third overall for t he night. Supe r-shoe Ken Frost (Pen) took th e win in the first mo ta and Gary St an d rid ge (Mo n ) grabbed a very healthy second. In termission came o n an d th e track was still moist and 100 king goo d for th e sec o nd ro und of th e evening. The 12 5 Pros too k o ff with Ken Frost (Suz ) ~tting the hol esh o t and Ron T u rne r (C-A ) findi n g himself toward s the back o f t he p ack. Turner pu t o n a goo d show, by making hi s way to second place by the fo u rt h lap and th en staying on Fros t 's ta il un til th e end o f the race. Turner too k two sec o nd s for th e o verall win in t he 12 5 Pro class for the night . An other n o tabl e fo r th e nigh t was Dan Mo relan d on a bran d new Maico ou t for h is fo urth t im e on th e bi ke and taking the overa ll for th e night in th e 25 0 J unior d ivision with so me very im pressive ridi ng. TI,e last ra ce of the night saw Ken Frost ta king t he win in th e 500 Pro race w ith Gary Sta ndridge ta king a close sec o nd . Fro st to ok the overall fo r th e night in the 5 0 0 Pro class. j immy Mar ti n also came out smiling with t he 25 0 Pro win fo r th e night. • Results in Results Section . Ogden sweeps Pros in AMC's second night By Hidden Images EAST IRVINE, CAL. ,j ULY 9 As Al\IC roll s on to its second Wednesd ay night at OCIR, the racing is really beginning to pick up . Th e Mini /IOO Experts were t he first to go off t onigh t with little Kurt Sofka, jr. getting off the line fa stest on his min i Yam ah a mon o shoc k. Kurt held his lead fo r a lap , as the bigger an d faster 10 0s got by. Pete Hille brech t (Ha n) and In t e rm ediat e TIm Murp hey (Han) fough t it o ut th ro ugho ut th e three motos, no farther th an a few bikes' lengths apart a t all times. Murphe y was ab le to hol d o ff Hilleb re cht in the lead -off mota and th e final, wi th Pet e takin g th e second. Hillebrec ht st ill took t he Expert win, fo llo wed by J ami e Oliver (Han ). Murph ey to p ped the In term ed iate class, with By ro n Barr not fa r beh ind. J ohn Pe tt y (Mai) grabbed th e ho lesho t in th e firs t mo ta o f th e co m bined Pros , but Gary Ogden, o f Esco ndido Yamaha, go t by before the first lap an d was never touch ed aga in. Fifteen-year-old Mark Mari nez moved up from ninth spot on th e fi s t tour to r fini sh second o n th e final lap , getting by john Petty fo r the spot. J onn y Clopton blasts along in the 125 Junio r cl ass.

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