Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

following. Hast en (4 00 CZ ) and Ric k Shire y (36 0 Yam ) we re on the move . p assing Malo cco to occupy secon d and third. By th e end o f the loo p Balen tine ha d moved in to fif t h . Bowman an d Hasten swapped the lead back and forth o n th e firs t half o f the secon d loop until Bo wm an flatten ed his rear tire. A seizure sent Malocco o ver th e bars. Balen tin e then mo ved p ast Shirey and Bowman an d sta rted cl os ing the gap on Hast en. Hasten cras hed in the m otocr oss fini shing area and while Ron Burpo st rai ghtened his bars. Balen tine came in to sigh t. While Hasten was st ill in th e lead. his luck struck agai n. Th e frame broke be hin d the rear shock mounts. dropping his seat onto th e rear tire. Balentine flashed past in to th e lead . winning handily and lapp in g all but a co up le of the Beginners. Has ten carried on for second and firs t Open Expert though Shirey near ly ca ught h im. Go rdon Schmid (400 Yam) rode a steady race to fini sh fo urth. just ahead of Mike Johnston (250 Pen). A crash while le adi ng two weeks ago didn 't seem to b other Dean Miller (2 50 Yam) who st ayed upright to fin ish sixth and first Am ateur in the process . Jamie Avels (400 Yam ) was in for seventh, followed by first Novice Prosperous Shepard (400 Yam) who h as a h ot stre ak of his own go in g. Phil Stumbo (250 CZ) recovered from a bad start to finish n inth an d keep his class points lea d. 25 0 Novice Mike Col e (Hus) rounded o u t th e top ten. Fini sh ing at l Sth, Tom Kelly (Yam) topped th e smal l-bores. three places ahead of t he firs t Exper t. Eric Sp ae th (Hon). Tod Whitney gra d ua ted fro m th e mini-bik e sectio n and moved to th e hea d of his class o n a RM 12 5 Su zuki, swoo pi n g th e rest o f th e Beginners for an overall win. En duro rid er James Thomson (250 Pen ) go t a second in hi s • first de sert race. Results in Results Sec tio n Ed Denbow in front of Gu s Pau ll, both riders on their wa y to Senior class wins. Jim Martin takes South Bay 250 Pros By Jon Hayt CHULA VISTA. CAL.• J ULY 16 away from the p ac k and put on a race th at h ad th e fa ns go ing wild. Th ey d ice d it out with Turner p ushin g Frost. alm ost passing him over th e IT jump, an d finally ge tting by him o n the second to the las t lap fo r the o verall win. The 250 Pro 's an d co mbined 500 Pro's to o k off with Mik e St earns (Pen) getting the hole shot foll owe d by Ran dy Burns (Yam) in sec on d . This was Stearn's first time out o n th e 400 Penton and he laid it o ver on th e th ird lap, giving Burn s th e lead. Jim ~Iartin (CZ). las t week s Pro winner. led Ro b Norchard (CZ) to ta ke th e 250 Pro win with Ran dy Burns winnin g th e first m o to. Curt J ohnson (KT M) had a goo d ride in th e Div, On e 25 0 Junior races . by ta kin g two firsts. Th e second 25 0 Pro ra ce saw Jim Martin take home the money again with hot Randy Burns right behind. Burns fell on th e third lap. but got up and kept second p lace for the race. That m ak es two weeks in a row for Jim Martin in th e 250 Pro class. • Results in Results Section describe Chuck Lun de (PCH). Lunde placed second to Ed Clark [Ho n] in m o to o ne of the 12 5 Pros, bu t in m o t o two , Clar k n ever m ade it off th e line and J eff J ennin gs (Bul) dropped out with engine trouble. Lunde went on to win rnotos two an d th ree an d took the overall easi ly . Second overall went to J oe Plan te (lion) wi th a fine second p lace ride in mo t o t wo . Steve Potts (lion) was third in th e standings. Two regular "shoes". J eff J ennin gs (Bul) and Bill Ru bly (C-A) . were th e ride rs to watch all nigh t. J ennin gs pic ke d off t wo fas t wins in m otos o ne an d two with Ru bly secon d twice. At the end o f the tw o rou nds. J enn in gs h ad two poin ts and Rubl y fou r. In m o t o th ree of th e 25 0 Pros. Rubly gra bbed th e h ol e sh ot and held on fo r th e win . Dan Barnes (Mai) was second . righ t on Rubly's tail with J ennin gs trying to make a m ove. J ennings fin ally got by Barn es on th e last lap flag which en ab led him to be the overall winner. Second went to Rubly and third overall to Barn es. Dan Dr az (Bul) was the lone 5 0 0 Pro com pet it o r entered. but he proved to be a very stylish rider. With all the 500 riders co m bined in on e class. Draz was way o u t in front of every moto and took the chec kere d all three times. • Results in Results Se ction . Night racing at Ponderosa By Jim Bissner PONDEROSA. CAL., JULY 5-6 Jeff Jennings (19) looks like he 's in the middle of a photo sequence on ho w to go around comers. As dusk app roa ched the Antelope Valle y and the air temperature dropped to a moderate 80 degrees, the Gre yh ounds M.e. dropped th e start ban ner on the early evening Hare Scram bles, About two mil es out from the start whe re the co urse crossed Avenue I it went like th is: Monte Lee ran first o vera ll on a new 125 mono far out fron t of first 12 5 Lee Fabry on another Yamah a followed by Kent Perkins' 125 Honda. finishin g ju st that way to wr ap up the o vera ll standinl(S,- _ In th e Op en class ; Dave Wilso n boog ied a four th overall, first he avy weight o n a Bultaco while pursued by Dean Tay lo r o n a 125 Elsinore third in his class. Rich McQuillen (Bul) and Bob Donahue (Hu s) summed up the Open finishers while 13-year-old Dick Steffan (Hod) to ok first 100 leading Torsten Corum (YZ). II-years. 'These kids are fast and th ey work very hard. Sunday morning's race saw Wes Anderson . Jr. m aking h is 197 5 en core here on a 400 mono to take a ve ry relaxed first q.A. outpowering Rodney Roderi ck who took first Open on a borrowed Bul. Rod is re ally persevering! Se cond Op en was Joe Polu Janlewicz (Yam ) and I know th at co uld n't be spelled c orr ec tly, Ly le Kearns took th ird o n ye t an o ther Bul. Beh ind Wes was local fast gu y Mon te Lee o n h is 125 Mono. Lee Fab ry an d Dean Tay lo r took remaining honors in the 175 class and 18-year ·old Lynn Musgrove go t first girl on a Yamaha. Next month on th e second an d third the Greyh ounds are going to present th e same kind o f race with the Saturday r a c e s ta rti ng at six p.m , an d personalized mugs bein g given to class win ners (h u bba , hubba }, • Resul ts in Resul ts Sec tio n . Lunde again By Mike Klinge r GARDENA. CAL.• JULY 16 Southbay Speedway saw Ron " Tum er do it again. Th e first 125 Pro mota, combined wi th the 125 In termediates saw Ron Turner With the High School Superbowl of Motocross happening last Friday, the professional rider turnout at Ascot was ligh t. Some new (e-A) getting the hole shot with Ken Frost (Suz) right on his tail. The t wo diced it out for the entire race with Turner taking th e win . The se cond 125 Pro -Intermediate race was a switch with Ken Frost getting the hole shot and Ron Turner getting stuck in the pack. Turner wo rked his way through the cro wd and 'caugh t u p t o Frost. The two p ulled names are now beginning to appear in the winning positions. but the regulars still hold onto the f11"St place spots. Mini Expert Rick Atkins (LBH) continued his winning ways with th ree first place rides. Atkins was well into the pack in moto three, but fo u n d the line and eventually took the win . "Consistent" is a pe rfect word to e z J " llJ J: f- Arthur the Great rules 395 MX . Arthur Pollard took home top prize in the 125 Beginner action. the brass from Henry Rivas of Garden Grove. Lancaster's lad James Baumann took fi rst p lace brass in 250 Beginner ac ti o n while neighbors lim Abernathy and John Lovett drove h ard for second an d third place trophies in 25 0 No vice ran ks. Also totin g trophies to An tel ope Valley were 125 Beginners Ric k Nelson and Vern T rah am . CZ mounted Ge orge Sios s kept th e secon d place trophy in Adelan to by pl acing best in th e third 25 0 Beginner moto over Steve Leonhart of Orange. First time on the tr ack for Manny Teder was no h an di cap as he so cked it to James Kell y of Hesperia with two firsts an d a second aboard a Ho daka. Tyrone Brown held o ff hard-driving Ran dy Weiss in 12 5 Am at eur /E xpert . action wh ile Mi ke Whitman took firs t fro m Gale Ty ler in 25 0 Am at eur/ Exp ert ac tio n as the chec kered flag fell o n th e las t m oto before high noon he re in the hi -desert! • By Phi I Carpenter Sidehack series continues at Carlsbad AD ELA NTO. CAL.• J ULY 13 By Barbara Brown Victorville's Arthur Pollard proved today why he is known as "Arthur the Great !" Your favorite flagman flew to first in th e 125 Beginn ers af te r three m on ths out of th e sad d le in a cast (nope; not a sickle acciden t - th ere are mo re dangerous sports - ju st ask Art h u r' s mom! ) Next MX . Arth ur will be ch allenging the 125 Novice win ner Ch arlie Maz zei who swep t h is class with three fir sts. While Charlie was sailing t o firs t. real ac tio n went on for second an d th ird with Vic torville 's Larry Sup renan t edging o u t Rid gecre st 's Ken Willi s, bot h aboard Hondas on th e shorte r course. Ho m etown h ero Kevin Garl ick "Tap ped u p first in 100 No vice ac tio n with a firs t . second and a th ird over MX team ca p tai n Jay Burgum as Apple Valle y 's Doug Shane pushed hard for third aboard a Fl\! F. In the unusually large 100 Novice class, "Ridgecre st Racer " Eddie Salinas and Kevin were doing battle until Eddie ate it while in first place in the first m oto . Like a real trooper. Eddie got it all togethe r to take two firsts in the second and third motos fo r a fo urt h overall tr oph y . An telope Valley Aces took the bul k of the 4 0% brass today. The family feud of the Hemme brothers from Quartz Hill was settled in the third moto with big brother Rick placing over John breaking the tie for first in Mini Novice actio n. In popular Mini Beginner action, it was Ho n da m ounted Brad lzzo taking CARLSBAD, CAL., J ULY 4- 5 Th e seventh round o f the Sideh ack Series was a tw o day affai r held at Carlsb ad Raceway . On July 4 , eigh t heavyweights an d fo ur lightweights lin ed up to go at it on the rough Carlsbad GP course. When th e gate dropped th e big Kawasaki 75 0 o f Ridyard /Vermeersch grabbe d the lead, Very cl ose be hind goi ng aroun d the ti ght l ef t h a n de r w er e Pal freyman /Gardener rid in g their 6 50 T riu m p h Wasp. an d third th e 75 0 H on d a Wasp of Be ll /O · Conner. lmm ken /Nelson held down six th pl ace overall and were also runn in g firs t Iigh t weigh t , Th ey seemed to h ave no trouble holding their o wn again st th e bigger bikes with their 500 Yamah a. On the fourth lap the Kawasaki see m ed to slow a b it and with that . PalfreymanjGardener made their move to take over the lead. At this point Ward/DeParris 750 Honda Wasp was running th ird ; Milella/Sanner, J r. also on a 750 Honda in fo urth. Immken/Nelson had moved their Yamaha up to fifth p osi tio n . A few people were having problems. Brown/Barada had broken a bolt on the hack shock and were down two laps after repairing the damage. Lewis/Wheeler (36 0 Yamaha) had crashed hard on the big d ownhill and were not ab le to finish. The other 360 Yamaha of Holland/Harris had broken a 21

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