Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

· i . ei i i · M~itc;~i~asc~nter . a : . I : • Lots o f e ye s we re glue d to Ronal d T rove, a little guy th a t can really m a ke h is MR 50 sc rea m . Dane Cummin gs and Mi ke Laud en dal c were cro wd pl ease rs also, as thev knew whe re the throttle was o n thei; littl e 5 0cc m ach in es. Keep y o ur eyes on th ese kids. raci n g fans. • Resul ts in Resul ts Secti on • • : OAKDALE, CAL., J ULY 5 Three hundred th irty -seven short trackers trekked to this valley arena on a warm Saturday evening to berse rk for 67 trophies and payoff spots. Several pro racers stopped by on their way to the Stockton Mile and found that the sportsmen boys ar e pretty to ugh on familiar tracks. The 360 Expert Main showed why the Northern California boys go well on the p ro c irc u it as two Novice s, one Junior, and one Expert pro cap t ured the top spots. Mitch Davidson (Kaw) attempted a re peat of a strong heat race and jumped to the front from the start ing line, but older brother Ted slipped by abo u t lap fou r and m o ved out. Mit ch held off Ca rl Ye rby and Allen Ke nyon fo r m o st of the eve nt only to pull out wit h a bike malfunc tio n o n t he white n ag la p. Nov ice pro Ro d ge r Sla ck of San Lea ndro tuned up fo r the mile b y taki ng a strong win in th e 25 0 Ex pe rt Main ahead of Steve Adkins, Cr aig Scroggins, and Rick Silva . Heat races in this class provided much e xci te m en t as the • WORKS T Z 250 BUI LDI NG • T R ICK PI PE S • C RAN KS REB UILT : ~ ~ • ~ Distributor for genuine ' Po p s' Yoshimura parts and service • ~ • • : _ • • C.O. D. reta il orde rs accep ted Dealer inquiries invi ted VANCO UVER, B.C., J ULY 6 By Ann Car r .. . . . Specializing In racing • • Westw ood's July Trophy races turned out few surprises. Frankie Juhan, local favorite in the unlimited class won over clu b Berserking at Pioneer Short Track May I help you? • Westwood July Trophy road race president Allen Sed d o n . Frankie's first few races this season wer e po or due to problems with his new 7 50 water-cooled Yamaha, but the bu gs are finally o ut an d the bik e re ally m oves. Alle n p ut up a good battle and m an age d to take the lead m ore th an o nce in the two-h ea t ra ce. I1is 3 5 0 Yam aha couldn 't stand the pace, however, and h e was forced to drop back. Although it was obvio us he was having some d iffi culty with his m ach ine , 250 GP was taken by Ken Botham with a substa ntial le ad . The re al racing in th is class was fo r sec o nd between Ken 's te ammate Steve Souter, and Cal ifornia rider Ken t Ro ckwell . Steve finally bested Ken t in the final lap . Cafe class, new to Westwood this year , was ta ken by John Dixon in hi s fo u rth straight win. I1is bike has been described as a "jet" a nd in tru th, it pulls fast er lap tim es than his 250 ro ad ra cer. Production cl asses were probably the mos t exci tin g o f the race da y . With a field o f alm os t 3 0 well m atch ed bikes, all t he co m p e ti tio n was in the rid er's sk ill. Right up to th e last lap it was close to impossible to predict who was going to take th e first three place s in the tw o Production class divisions. Jeff Sm ith of Superformance Kawasaki picked up the chec kered n ag in th e Un lim ited an d selfsponsored Dick Curiston on a Kawasaki 35 0, won his class, m a kin g him unbeaten this y e a r. Some co m p aratively small classes were d ue to a cl ash a t Po r tlan d In te rn atio nal Ra ceway , a nother track in the Western Contine ntal Circuit. The Western Can ad ian National, the one to de cide who is to wear th e No. One plate in 1976, will take pla ce a t W e s twood September 14. Alr eady $3 00 0 prize m on e y has been provided by our sp onsors. _ +: 13 3 S. Euclid St . Fullerton, CA 92632 714-5 26·3177 : .......................... W CYC LE C ENTER Und er new owne rship .J a: 10% PARTS DISCOUNT et J: to CMC. AMA, CRC, ORA, AM E, AMC riders. Check Billy Bagdragge r is ali ve an d we ll in t he Nort h we st ! Futu re stars Jeff Abbot (left, McCl e ary mini winne r! and Mike Larson . Harl eys of Seroggins and young J oh n ny P itm a n proved quite co m pe titive. Pittman ' v ove r-anxious, howeve r, and ·as bailed before his transfer was sec u red . Mini 8 0 Ex pert s tonight pro vided ex cellent racing as the little gu ys lite ra lly prevailed in the Main . Doug Chan d ler led the Yamaha sw eep ov er Don Howard, J im Cunnin gham , an d Rick Ryan. Three of th e gu ys ca n 't be 70 pounds so aking we t nor m o re th an l Ov years-o ld , The No vice ranks tonigh t were represented b y a 4 4·rid er co n t ing ent wh o co mpet ed fo r three transfers an d six trophies. l\lodesto 's Randy Bradshaw foll owed a troph y a t Lodi with a bi g eigh t point win here. Look for so me new n a me s in th e Junior ranks next week as District offi ci a l Billboard Spence r turned lo n g-overd ue riders Mike Inderbitzcn , Ran dy Grenig, Dennis Kr t ize r , a nd Raivo Trubok to Junior status. • Results in Res u lt s Sectio n . Pomeroy was 17th out at th e e n d of th e first lap but 20 min utes later he took the nag at fifth. The second time ou t Ron real ly soc ke d it to 'em . Raines led for a co up le of laps b u t Pomeroy, running second, took o ver and jus t scoo te d away . Doug too k fi rst overall - that quic k welding job o n the frame between m otos paid off. Pomeroy wasn't finished for the day - he cam e o u t again in th e Open class. In rna to one Ron h ad nothing b u t mechan ica l troubles with the Bultaco fin ally lost a c hain in the ei gh th lap. Th e fro n t runner s did a beautiful job wi th Dave Bunker (Hus) winnin g the m oto fo llo we d by Yamaha m ounted Gen e Smith and Rich Binckley. Rich led fr om the start o f the ne xt m ota - Smith second an d Pomeroy th ird. On the second lap Pomeroy slid o u t and went back to fif th. Smith held his position and it lo o ked like an overall for him un til the last lap when a ch ain gave out. Binckley took the win and th e ove rall while Bu nker finis hed good enough for seco n d mo ney . Pomero y to ok second in the moto but the prob lems in mota one kept h im out of th e ffi

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