Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Dale St etler finished second with George Carter and Alan Christian filling the last two p o sitions. From the: 3 0 yard marker, Dale Stetler worked h is wa y p ast a quartet of zero , 10 an d 20-yard ers to win his first Handicap l\lain of th e: season here with second goi ng to a fast-cl o sing Alan Christian and th e sh ow spo t to Sam Vanderh off. A bit o f n os tal gia ? Mike Fari a is the cu rre n t District 3 6 Sportsman short track leader and a newcomer to Speedway racing. Although he fin ished near th e ba ck o f the pack in the Handicap Main, he did the sel dom-seen by putting a J .A .P. in the starti ng lineup. Ten-yarder Jim Neuenberg and zero starter Bill Ojala put on a real battle for first place in the Divisio n Two Main before Neuenbe:rg took it fo r keeps on lap three. Jere Wolfe ca m e from th e 20 t o edge o u t Ojala fo r second at th e chec kered, The first ni ne weeks here had th e J un ior rid e rs' portion of th e show being all Han d icap eve n ts. Tonig ht they went a t it in an a ll Scra tc h program . It was 'Little Gh o st ' Lance Kin g winning the Junio r Scratc h Main ahead of J im Sizemore, Brian Tho mpson and visit ing So uth lander Randy Ben ne tt. H o w fast is Lance King? A stopwatch showed Alan Christian turning lap ti mes in 11.2 and I 1.3 . The same timepiece had Lance King turning in the high li s. Enuff said? MacDannald again (14 ), already lead ing th is p ro mo ta at Sandhill Ranch . day . He won the A Main by half a lap. Brian Peterson laid it down , started to ge t up, then th ought better when h e sa w seven riders zeroi ng in on the gro ove he was cam ped in. Dan a Han sen ble w T o dd Puett o u t o f a second, T odd held :'Iike Bishop to a fourth . J e ff Campbell gave no in dicat ion o f hi s recent inj u ry as he secured a long, safe lead fo r Num ber One, A-:' Iain Op en . J eff was injured a t h is last Pro race when anothe r ri de r wen t down di rec tly in front of him, se n ding J eff en d -o ve r at leas t 50 fee t past th e poin t of im pact. J e ff 's p eel ed han d is doin g be tt er and he 11 soon be bac k to th e Pro ci rc ui t. Resul ts in Resu lts Secti on. • Sandhill Ranch Championship MX By Steve Cast illo BRENTWOOD, CAL. ,J ULY 13 Nei l MacDan n ald (Nog), the man who has been cleanin g up in Northern Californ ia m ot ocro ss, fittingly won the Ch am p ionsh ip of Sandhi ll Ran ch . 30 Mike Preston (wh o rides out o f Mo te - Fast with l\IacDannald) sho t o ut front in the first m o to , l\lacDann ald was ba ck in about fourth . Two laps later Neil had m ove d within striking di stance o f Preston and. when l\lacDannald is cha rgin g fo r first place: little stands in his way. That included Preston, as he swooped by t o take over the Ie:a d and even tually the win . Preston finished . second, not bad but no t what he wanted. Mike Her sm an (Hon) was the: star of the second moto as he b las ted away leaving several startled Pr os sitting . Fr om th en on it was touch an d go wi th Neil MacDannald trying to get in to fir st . Hersman ju st held it open and with MacDannald far behind at the star t he h ad time t o open up a co m fo rtable le ad. MacDannald tried, but the distan ce was just too great to try to m ake up and he settled for se:cond. Alo ng w ith hi s first m o t o win MacDannal d won overall with secon d goi ng to Mike Hersm an . Prest on finish ed third in th e second moto and third overall. MacDannald was the winne:r of the 250 Pro class hand s down. No one eve n got close in the two 20 m inute p lus two lap mo to s. Bill Johnson (YZM) provided Neil with some action early in th e first moto. Bob Myers, no w ridin g a new Maico , was doing well running in third. Back fu rther Chris Gre we r and Bill Roush (Yam ) had so m e ro cks flying as the:y m ixed it up for fourth pl ace. They finished in that o rd e r with l\lacDannald at leas t 10 seconds ahead at the flag. Mac Dannald left eve ry on e o nce: agai n at th e sta rt of th e se:cond 250 m oto, Ch ris Grewer (Hus) was ru nnin g seco nd and lo o ked co n fide nt and secure in his p lace. :'lacDannald finished first an d first overall wit h Chri s Gre wer taking ,~con d and Bob :'Iy ers co p p in g thi rd. Con sid ering th e hot and d ry weathe r 'l o rn from San dhill and th e rest o f his b -lp e rs did a hec k of a go o d j o b kee p in g t ill d ust d o "..n . As a m atter o f fact m mv r i d e r s th o ught the track (h. ' wn ri gh t bi tc hi n '. • Result s in Results Se ctio n. I ugh competition t Lodi -, Ann Carr L il l, CAL. J ULY 4 1'. " 1 -rt rac ing featured a lo cal sweep o f the 250 cla ss and a fine rid,' b y present hi gh point man Ste ve Bran d t in the 12 5 di vision . Kim J o rgensen , ridin g with a hai rline fract u re of h is le ft an kle. d omin ated the 250s in bo t h hea t and Main while Can -Am racer Ke n Jack son o f Stockton aced out Gringo man David Burton and K.I W rider Mitch Sundstrom in a hard fo ugh t ra ce: for second. J orgy 's win cou ple d with a 500 vi ctory as well gives him a little breath ing room in the cu rren t black plate struggle: . Steve Brandt held tenuousl y to his high point hold over Jorgensen with a win in the 125 class, Brandt had won every 125 Main at Lodi during th e: night seas o n except one to maintain a two po int m arg in. Mitc h Davidson took th e Ra y Hock B le n dzal l spec ial to a close: sec o nd bu t co uld never slide by the hard-eharging Brandt. Tony Ad ra gna foll o wed his 125 Novice he a t wi n with a to ugh vic tory in the: Mai n over Ran d y Mart in an d Ran d y Bradshaw. Though Ad ragna led th e e ntire rac e - n ot an easy fe:at for a Mart in an d first- ti me r at Lodi Bradsh aw m ixed it up wi th an ot he r racer for sec ond until th e tree tum took its to ll on lap fo ur and the se: t wo su rvive d the tangle. Min i act io n to ni ght witnessed t he clas s ad vanc em e n t of sever al racers this eveni ng . T racy Hay s an d J ohn " the Ra b bit " Rab id eau fin ished one-t wo in th e 80 No vice Main an d were: p re sented Junior car ds following. An other m oving to Junior st at us was Modesto 's Mar k Silvas who reco vere:d from a broken leg earlie r th is year and n ev e r see med to miss a be at a. he returned to p lace • co ns iste:n tly. Resul ts in Results Section. The Hock at Medford Portrait o f Lance Kin g, ton gue Eng lish an' all .. . By Lynne Diltz :'I ED FORD, OR E.. J LY 9 There's several ways to des cribe th e recent Class C Pro race at Med fo rd Raceway's short tra c k. On e was h o t; a t seven p .m it was sti ll 97 d egre:e:s. Ano ther des cription ; lat e . The 6 :3 0 prac tice was 7:3 0 leaving the jammed sp e ctat or area to ro ast in the h ot sun. "m e o ff icials were wai ting for more rider s. Onl y ab o u t 3 0 showed up. with th e accen t heavy o n locals. There was o ne Nati on al numher flashing arou n d th e tr ack, Rick Ho cking, who put on q uite a show and be came a fast favorite wi th the cro wd. Ho ck ing went o n h is way to Castle Ro ck a bi t richer from a sh are o f t he $9 0 0 purse. Jeff Campbell , a Nov ice from Grants Pass, won th e T r ophy Dash wi th a s uperb ride. T ed Davidson from Modes to was se cond ac ross the lin e fo llowed by Jeff Hurd from Central Point . J eff J oh nsons had a problem in tum th ree and didn 't m ake the flag. Central Point rider Louie Booth kept th e cro wd ro aring in a duel with Steve Dietz , which Louie won by a slim margin. • Results MAIN EVENT : 1. R ick Hocking (Vam). 2. Ted Da vi dson (Vam) . 3 . S lII U ver ( S UI). 4 . Joh n SChau ble ( SuI). S. Su tch Cochran ( Sui). 6. Scott A r c h ibald ( Yam) . By Sneaky Pete MacMurray and Stetler win Expo Mains Sacramento, Californ ia July 4,1975 Three we eks ago Ric k MacMurray fell w hil e le ad in g th e Scr at ch Main . Las t week it was tape troubles th at again h ad him . Th is week he did a turnabout an d led st art to fin ish _to win hi s thi rd Scratch Main in n in e st art s h er e. Puttin g in his be st wee ke n d of the season , Z

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