Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Mid-summer Silver Cup By Tom Blattler GARD ENA, CA L., AU G. 15 Point-leader Alex Jorgensen held off all challenge of the Junior/ Expert riders to capture his third half-mile main event of the year in th e Ascot Park Mid-Summer Silver Cup Ch am pionship Friday night. J orgen se n, riding the Ron Wood Nort on, to ok th e lead fro m roo kie Ex pert Mike My er s (H .D) on th e eigh th lap o f the 15-lap Co mbi ned Expert /J uni or fe atu re. That m ain event win looked easy , bu t Alex h ad to ugh co mpe titio n all ni ght lo n g fr o m the top Jun iors. Alex kn ows wh at it feels like to challenge th e Ex perts. Th e St ockto n ride r was th e top Ascot h alf-mile Junior last year, and Alex gave the Experts fi ts in th e Combine d races alo ng wi th Skip Aksland. _ Juni or Dan McWh orter was running easil y in third u n t il t he ninth lap wh en hi s Yamah a started to go so u r. Dan , last y ear's to p Novice o n the West Co as t , continued third fo r one additional lap be fo re he fell o ff th e pace for good. The battle was then fo r third with Jim Wright , Ro b Morrison , an d Tom Berry going at it wheel-to-whe el sin ce the ei ghth lap. Be rry, rid in g o ne o f h is best ra ces as an Expe rt, m ove d by Morrison for fourth o n th e 12th round and Tom se t his sigh ts for Wright. On t he white flag lap, afte r dicing for t wo lap s, Berry passed Wrigh t in the last turn for th ird. At t he chec ke red flag o f starter AI Mintz, it was J orge n sen b y 10 bi ke le ngths ov er Myers followe d by Berry , Wrigh t , the top J u nior aft er McWh orte r fe ll o ut, an d Morrison. Rob 's ride was q uite impress ive sin ce it m ar ked the fir st time he had ever rid d e n the Dic k Kel m Yamaha at Asc o t . { In the . N o vice fe a tu re , it wa s ano t he r Vince Mead lead , as the t op half-mile Novi ce o n the Wes t Co ast easily helped himself to his sixth straight Asco t win . . S teve Fortune (Ya m ) an d Ricky Gr aha m (Bul ) put on a wild ra ce for sec o nd through o ut th e eigh t-la p event. In the special motorcy cle chari ot race, Charlie Bur kes o f Redondo Beach rode h is Honda to vict ory. J u n iors do minate d the he at ac t ion with McWhorie r defeat ing Berry a nd Morrison in t he fastest five-lapper , Wright beat o ut Jorgensen and Garcia in th e ope n ing heat with Ad amo collec ti ng th e ot he r he at o ver Myers an d J unio r Rod Sexton. Gar ci a defeated Morrison and Briggs in th e five-lap se m i fo r th e Experts and J uniors . . Ho weve r, t he Ex pe rts save d face in the trophy dash wit h J orgy beati ng o ut :>IcWhor ter, Myers, an d Wright. The bi g bikes will be re turnin g to Ascot o n Septe mber 2 6 and 27 wit h th e Go lden West In vitational o n Frid a y and the 17t h annual Hal f-Mile Na tional o n Saturda y. _ /111/!MIII Thc ....1dabIa Mulholland is a total suspension system of shocks, springs and forks with interdlangeable components designed for the serious competitor. A system of rugged, Competition1Jfoven sUspension products that allow the rider to get the most out of his equipment. A system that lats you match the shock and fork damping to fit you, your bike and the punishment you give it. The choice is yOU" , , • Mulholland has it. Results EX/JR M A IN ( 15 la ps) : 1. A le x Jorgense n (Nor). 2. M ike Myers ( H·O ). 3 . T o m Be rry (H · D ). 4 . - Jim Wri gh t (Yam). 5. Ro b Morrison ( Y am ) . 6 . Br i an G arcia (Yam ) .- 1. De nn i s B r ig 9s (Vam) . 8 . F ra nk Adam o (Vam) . 9. D an M cWhor ter ( Y am ) . 10. Dou g Ga rris on (Vam ). NOV M AI N ( 8 la ps ): 1. V i n ce Mead ( Yam) . 2 . Steve F o r tune (Yam) . 3 . R i c ky Graham (Bul ) . 4 . R ic h Warre n (Yam ) . 5 . R ob M u rray ( Y am). 6 . Ve rn Maxwell ( Y am ) . 7. Craig Armstro ng ( Yam) . 8 ; Don Roberts (Yam) . 9 . Go rd y K i dd ( Y am). 10 . T i m McWh o rte r ( Yam) . .. S8nd $2 .00 fo r complete I nt..-pert Catalog. Dept. CN-l. 100 Oregon Stree t , EI Segundo, California 90245 high performance Street . trail or racing - loday's motorcycl es demand many diff erent kinds 01 high perf ormance lubr icants . Petrochem has them all. Chain Ule .. .A spray foam lubricant formulated lor moto rcycl e chains to . withstand exposed cond itions. high speeds. severe shock loads. high torque requ irements and punishing tempe rature s l or exten ded periods 0 1 time. Chain runs silent and clean. repels di rt. sand, mud and grass. Cable Llle ... Aids in preventing thr ottl e cab le Irom seizing in the ope n posit ion. Displaces moisture. lubricates and rust prool s all moving parts. aids in preventing corrosion and deter ioration 01 cable housing . Used with the Petrochem Luber. it's a last: "Look what I caught in the duck pond!" Jorgensen (62z) battled with Mike Myers (84r). and Dan (79 r) McWhorter i n the Dash, then just Myers in the Main . . effective and prac tical way to lubr icate and c lean your cables witho ut re movi ng them from the motorcycle. Spark Plug, Contact and Chain Klean ... Cleans l ouled plugs in seco nds . Che mically removes oi l. sol t car bon and residue . Saves you ti me and mone y. Also clean s ignitio n con tact s. breaker po ints and chains. Non-c onductive. it evaporates rapidly leaving no residue. and is no n-corrosiv e. You'lI l ind the com pl ete family 01 Petrochem prod ucts in the Petrochem High Perfo rmance Motorcycle care Center at yo ur mot orcycle dea ler or supp ly store. PETROEHE m KEEPS YOU GOING ~ ASMlOOCHlWClli. alYP"IO 0-.. 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