Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

DESERT RACERS' Ken Robich eau x and AI J o nes in front . Ti m Wes t came off t he pace to win th e 3 6 0 Novi ce af ter Jim Pe ter and Cory Paz led earl y. Bo b b y Carrasco was out to ta ke it al l j us t past th e halfway m ark bu t go t way wide in t he back tu m t wo laps fro m the en d and was luc ky to ca tch th ir d over Paz and Paul Pearson. Bill Herman ( Bul) appeared to have wrapped up th e 3 60 J u ni or s, taki ng an early lap lead b ut near ly lost it down the fra n t st rai gh t , Savi ng horrendo us looking mi sta kes is beco m ing his fash ion and he di d save second pl ace as Guy Miller came fro m d eep in the pack to ~n. • Results in Result s Section . Women's hi-point . series By Nancy Thomas BEN D, ORE., SE PT . 14 Deschute s Cycle Park w ill b e h o stin g a women's h i p o int se ries in t he ne ar futu re . Trac k o w n e r Lyle Wurtz says h e would like t o see more wo m en co m ing o u t t o partici pate. Th e women will race in th eir own class an d trophi es will be awarded at each ra ce . Hi po in t wi nne r will rece ive the numbe r one pl at e, p lu s a sp ecial hi point tro ph y and prize mone y . Second an d t hi r d o ve r all w inne rs ....rill re ceive trop h i es . St art in g da te w i ll be announce d . To d a y's races were p acked fu ll of excitem ent with all t he 'riders reall y ga s sin ' it. The 125 J un iors had a tre mendous turnout. Lane Culbertson (Yam) was the man to be at. He ro de t errific. winning two o f hi s m otos. No t far beh ind ca m e Kevin Harer (Ho n) an d a hard chargin g Chris Lu ke sh (lion). It was a close call for t op sp ot as all three riders were e x tr e m el y cl os e in points. The Op en Experts also had a great turno ut and ro d e two killer 30 min u te m ot e s. First m oto , su per fast Barney Ne w m an ( lI u s) led wi re to wTIe, dazzlin g th e spectato rs. Newman was chal le n ged by Randy Limbeck (Hon) who was WFO all the wa y un t il his Po wr oll H on d a w e n t sour. Brad Lec klider (C-A) then m ove d in beh ind the lead er b u t Newman co uld not be ca ug h t. S e c ond m ot o wa s a re p ea l p e rf o rm an c e wi t h N e wman aga in char ging to th e fro n t o f t he pac k. Lecklide r began to clo se the gap until he m ad e a couple o f small mis takes wh ich al lowed Newm an t o ru n away wi t h t he overall win . Fly in g Randy Win g (Bul) was ba ck today but could only m an age a p air of thirds d esp it e so me terrific ridi n g. • Result s in Re sults Section. Pioneer short track By Ann Carr O AKD AL E, CAL., SE PT. 13 Pi oneer Aren a staged its fin al sh ort track of th e 19 75 season before a chi II e d sp ec tator con tinge n t. Co ol wea the r all o wed a return to the cus hion trac k of ol d . Racers put o n a stormy show as o n ly 12 of the high point p ositions had been settled. Th e ou tstan di n g m in i race was the 100 Expert Main where fo ur rid ers co mpe ted fo r three troph y p o sitions. Mo d esto 's Kurt Strait jumped to the fron t but was hotl y challenged fo r 10 l a p s b y R an d y H a n er an d Tony Holdsclaw. Meanwhile, Lodi 's Sh awn Call ahan m oved from a distan t st a rtin g position to a ch alle n ge sp ot ah o u t halfway through . Strait hun g o n fo r his fi r s t w in this s eason. Han er and Hold scl aw also finished in p o in t spo ts . Callahan h ad d o ne well en o ugh befor e tonigh t to take top ho no rs in th e 100 Exp er t class. Other high poin t winners in the mini ranks included Mike Bir d o f Sonora wh o JJENVIRONMENTAL" STICKlES won every J un ior-Ex per t co mbined eve n t d uring the seas on. Jerry Marshall o f Sacramento who ca me stron g th e last few wee ks to ove rtake Craig Kirkland, J u nior Tom Berry who su rvived a late c harge by Eri n l\lcllh atton to remain at op the 80 Novice ran ks . Kevin Brin k wh o ac ed out Ex perts Larry Winfield and Mike Bird fo r the 80 Junior tr oph y , Do ug Chandler wh o o nly had to place to n ight in th e 80 Expe rt Main as his co m p e ti ti o n Don Howard fell in the he at, Marvin Le wis in th e 10 0 Novi ce who won a pr essur e Ma in over chal len ger Ra ndy Camp, and Fremont's Stu art McD ani el w h o s e c lo se s t co m pe ti to r turned Expert an d left t he 100 J un io r honors to hi m . Mike " Indy " Inder bit zen not only cap tu re d ove rall high point spo t b ut to o k top honors in th e 125 J unio r, 2 50 No vice , an d 25 0 Junior classifications. Mike am assed 88 total points d u rin g th is seas o n with his 56 po in ts in the 250 engi ne size giving h im ove ral l honors. Nee d less to say , In dy was give n his Exp ert car d a fter th e races this eveni n g. H e ce l eb r ated t h e f orth c o min g p romo ti on by wi n nin g bo th the 12 5 an d 25 0 Ma ins . T op Expert ride r an d th us e n ti tled to th e " King of Pioneer " title wa s Happy House's Ted Davidson . Although ra cing th e p ro circuit m uch o f the seaso n, Te d 's co nsiste ncy all owed him to build up poin ts when he was hom e. His 3 6 0 Main win tonight gave him top honor s o ver y o unger brother Mit ch wh o has do m inate d th e 125 Expert ran ks a boa rd th e Ray Ho ok BIen dzall Sp ecial a nd Modesto 's Dennis Huff who ac ed o u t a very strong fiel d of 250 Ex pert me n fo r that c lass ' hon ors. Ren o 's Manuel Cru mmett won the 2 50 Mai n a nd p laced second in the 3 60. September m ar ks the end of short tracki n g at Pio neer b ut the be ginning o f rough scr ambles. The firs t scr ambles race will take p lace October 5. 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INC. .0 ~~ By Ann Carr LOD! , CAl.., SEPT. 19 E x p er t r acers in all di visio ns j ammed the reru nnin g o f a rai n date fr o m February o n Lodi Cy cle Bo w l' s extre mely fast scram b les co urse. Uno fficial timer An dy Gariba ldi clocked 50 0 Exp e rt rid er J o hn Ille bo in a 20 second lap , almost t\"..O seconds ' faster t ha n p re vio us lap time s d ur in g th e reg u la r ni ght seaso n . J ohn went o n to win th e r-Iain and ga in ad d it io nal . lead i ll t he Black Plate stan d in gs. Kim J o rge n sen was to pped in the 25 0 race b y racing pa rtner Ke n Jack son abo ard th e J o rg y's Can -Am , Open Ex pe rt honors went to San J o se 's J o h n T avis wh o easily w o n h is Main o ve r " o ld re lia ble Bo b Mast ers. " Min i rid ers were scarce t his eve ni ng b u t co m petit io n was tigh t in most classes. Chris Carr to ok hon ors in the 6 0 class wh ere a littl e lu ck prevail ed to give hi m h is first win ove r Sacram ento 's Mike J o h nso n . l\li ke suffe re d a rare bike p roblem o n the white fla g lap to drop o u t o f t he race a nd th ough l\li ke Var gas had hassled wit h Chris for m o st of th e ra ce a nd m o ved up fron t, he also lo st p ower o n the last tum an d wa s rel egated to second ove r all. Highl igh ti n g Novi ce action wer e th e wins o f 125 rid er Rick v Bu rt o n who survived a c h alle nge by new ra cer Chris Dale to take h is first win. Also t u rnin g in a fine race wa s Kell y Wo o d s of Lod i. Ke lly had b reat hing roo m wh ile seco nd p la ce w in ne r Richard Th urrna n , son of the L o d i r e f er e e . s ho wed w ha t co n t in ue d p re ssu re a t the t ree t u rn will gain as h e c h arge d into se c ond on th e nin th lap by sai lin g hard in to the t ree tu r n . 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