Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

; ~ . • ~ t l1li - firs t mo to with J od ry finis hing ninth after a crash. Jodry won th e seco nd r o un d with Richter crashing and finishi ng eighth . Do n Sandre t to (Bul) go t first over all by fin ishing second and third . His hole sh ot in the fir st moto put hi m up front till Richter got by . • A h ands-down victory in the Open Expert cla ss by Pat Richter on his big CZ was threatened only bri efl y in t he second moto when he stopped to drink a. coke in the final lap. Second place nder ~en Sisle r (CZ) ca me in to sigh t, but Rich ter do wne d the d rink and rode off before Sisler knew he had gai ned s o me yardage. Dan Shook (Hus ) finish ed secon d in the firs t moto , an d came up 12 positions in the sec ond ro und to a t hird pl ace fin ish for second place m oney . • Stinnett takes T-Car minis By Lee Darby CARSON CITY , NEV.,JULY 13 Bob Stinnett had it all together in the Mini Division at T-Car . With .his usual hard riding and racc savvy hc has dominat ed the 80 cc class. The ra ce was a co m bined class of 60, 80 and 100cc riders with Stinne tt ta king a first in th e 80 class an d second overall for the co mbined clas s. He cam e bac k in the second and deciding moto in h ot pursuit o f 100 Expert rider C.B . Hodges. It looked like C.B. had it in the bag, when o n the whi te flag Hodges lost it in th e straigh t before the waterhole an d wen t down. Stinnet went by him and too k the fin ish jump for the Mini over all win. The 80cc Junior riders were really putting o n a race with Frankie Zubeita and Mike Darby battling it out and tr ading lead s back an d fo r th , both riders trying to pu t th e pressu re on each other. On the last lap Frankie tangled with a slo we r rid er and went down, so Dar by won the firs t moto, Fran kie was going to try an d sw it ch it around fo r th e las t moto, On th e start it was Zu be ita in the lead and Dar by chewing at his rear fender. Again th ey traded the lead back and forth lap afte r lap. On th e third to last lap Darby started to tum it on in the hopes he could los e Frankie. But Frankie wasn 't letting him out of his sight. On th e wh it e flag lap co ming up to the finish jump it was Darby in the lead w ith Zubeita makin g th at last hard charge to try and ou t-jump h im at th e finish. But Darby h eld hi m o ff. • Paul Johnson returns but Hlebo wins Kenyon cools Eklund By w. H. Spencer 10 FREMONT , CAL.,J ULY 9 l' AI Ken yon (Bul) kept top rated J un ior Steve Eklund at bay for the 10 lap 360c c Expert Main in round fo ur of the semi-pro sho rt O'l ~ N .... track pilo t program. Keny o n and Ekl.und linked up on th e second lap and while Ekl und go t by th e big kid las t wee k, it was n't to be even a wheel on the fo rmer Madison Squ are Garden winner th is wee k. Frank Cran e brough t o ut a tr icko 350 XL Honda fo r third over Steve Carrillo. J im Mertens out po wered No . One Rick Delacy and Don Bailey in th e 250 E;

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