Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

CMC supports .. . lC') C'J M.O.R.E. non pro f it Can you do any}ea?"e ",0. I l-o ClJ ..0 8 ClJ :> o Z M.O.B.E. c&eeI ~ o f California 1129 N. 11 th St . Sacramento , CA 958 14 $10 a year prevents bad laws and gets you all the state news. T ony ro un ded the co rne r almost to gether a nd Wayne 's Mono st arted bo u nci ng from side to si.de. W i~ h throttle wide o pen and feet 10 th e au, Wayne fin ished o n ly inc hes ahead of Tony 's powerful Husky . Paul Sipes (Yam) to o k an early lead in the second moto . \Vavne, who missed a gear, was back in fifth ' while Tony had a diffe rent prob lem w as way back a nd o ut of contention. Fifteen-year-old J im Vigel (Yam) had h is eyes se t on the 125 Novi ce three foot first pl ace trophy , lIe to ok th e lead shortly afte r the race started an d was so on out of reach . The sec o nd m oto was a little tougher fo r him. Russ Daley (Ya m ), wh o fin ished third in th e first mo to, to ok th e lead, J im held o n, fin ishe d second, and received hi s first overal l win. • La Grange Scrambles-rough & tough By Ann Car r LA GRANGE , CAL., NOV. 2 La Gran ge is a small farming town Imme dlJte Deliv.ry. Road Race, D irt T rack, Dese rt le n gt h to 36" MX. A ny We "II sh lg any where in U.S . 164.95 to -I 9 9 .9 S Phone for detail s nJ ~ =~' Distributing ~ o I MOTORCYCLE MECHANICS INSTITUTE OF CALIFORN IA \V ~ ei re m o t o rc v c lc sc~'uul or d i nar v m e c h a n cs Vje .ire the t.es t ' I lU r tr,:I:: men who .van t to \. , ,11' uecome Pr o f essi o n a ls G ET THE WHE ELS O F YOU R FJ T ,''; R E R 0 L L I \; G TOJAY' c..u P ,li l ' ,;"hl"r d l 1 ~. ) 8986609 or »ct to r vet \ls,1 \'1(' CU:l';hJte' Bt:.lCt, 155 32 Jt C,]T:;"5 L,:'~t;, ~,;·'tln~~ton c'li,j . JUIII tile ;;fcdt:SSIUrll:IS "0,·:.1 MOTORCYCLES ~~ PARTS ~ a COMPLETE PISTONS MACHINE SHOP,REPAIR a SERVICE ONALL MAKES (714) 630-5720 rt:'" oaE \..l:::; 11 40·A N Kraemer _ Anaheim Ca e 9 2806 Cvcle En"i neerin"" a SupDhl' WHITtiER HONDA Moto rcycle T rai le rs Bell Helmets Fu ll Bo re Prod ucts 14 324 E. Whitti er Blvd . (2131698-0065 Co mplete stock of pa rt s a nd accesso ries fo r str eet and d irt. 30 DSS~ nes tled in the foo thills o f th e Sierras. On any Sun day in th e late fall, or ea rly spring, mot orcyclists fro m D-36 fil l their pi cn ic bas kets, lo ad the lawn chairs, and truck th ro ug h t he tul e fo g o f the Cen tral Vall ey to th is q uie t , warm place where t he West -side Eagles Motorcycle Clu b presents its ro ugh a nd to ugh scrambles. The t rack is sm all (anothe r rodeo arena) , so metimes ro cky , and always b u m py . Bu t, lots o f lap s, dedica ted trac k prep aration, sp acio us bleachers, picnickin g space and cl u b o fficials wit h an ear to rider problems co m pe nsate fo r track difficu lt ies . Ride rs with ro ugh trackin ' t alen t hav e blosso me d o n this course. Today 's Expert even ts we nt to five d ifferen t racers. Some men tro phied twice , bu t none- wer e able to post tw o wins. Fra nc is Lop es topped th e largest fi eld o f Exp e rt s in th e O pe n divisio n. Lopes jumped to the fro nt at t he flag an d was never seriously chal lenged. Top Pro Novi ce Ted Davidson, hopin g t o repeat his runaw ay hea t win, su ff e re d a poor start and worked through t raffic for seco nd. Roy Win ters stave d o ff T eddy 's cha rge until th e white flag lap and the n held o n fo r th ird . Davidso n earlier m otored away fro m the 125 Ex pe rts in a d es tru ction derby ty pe even t. Wh ile T ed wa ile d , moto cr o sser Mik e I\lontgo mery a nd b ro th e r Mit ch Davidson dodged the fall-o ffs to take second and th ir d. Kim J orgensen did not win th e 250 m ain . Larry Hannah blit zed th e cla ss, bu t Kim 's th ird pl ac e fin ish be hi nd hard ch arging Ala n McGeh ee, who ba rely nipped J orgy a t th e lin e, m o ved t he cu rrent nu mber two to wi thi n six po ints of Black Plate Nu mber One for 197 5. Current lead er J o h n Hlebo did not place in th e Open race . Fre d Merk el, curren tly Blac k Plate Number T wo , leading th e m ini ranks fo r 19 75 honors, foll owed a h ar d foug ht second in the 80 class wi t h a fin e wi n in divi sion over J am es the O pen Cun ningham a nd new Ex pe rt Scott Baker . The 80 eve nt was cap tu red by J eff Mason, wh o rode o ne of hi s finer races an d held o ff a pressu ri ng Merk el fo r 10 lap s. La Grange will al ternate with Pioneer Aren a in Oak dale for Sund a y eve n ts in Nov em be r and will ho st the final sc ra m b les p o int ra ce No vember 3 0. • Mamola puts the freeze on San Jose By W. H. Spencer SAN JOSE. CA L. , OCT. 19 San J ose 's half m ile di rt oval is pretty well kn own as th e hom e i ~ l:L..:.'::':';;;d~~~1IIIi! Bob Scally , still slingin' the Bul at San Jose. gro un d of Jim Rice, wh o won some 1 1 Pro mai n even ts in a peri od of fou r years . Mighty-m it e Randy Marnola, a kid wh o isn' t quite old enough to m ak e th e p ro grade , is closing in o n Rice 's overall win ti tle. In th e fea tu re d 3 6 0 Expert eve n t , the 15-year-old h igh . sc hool Junior came fro m fourth, halfway through th e ma in , to p u t the stop o n Ric k Delacy, Mike Faria a nd St eve Dietz. All t h ree are class "C " Pr o No vices. When Marnol a mak es his bid here in early Ap ril, as a Pro No vice, he will be th e man to beat. In th e 25 0 Expert main Eric En gcn lo o ked li ke t he win ner af te r five laps o f leadi ng. Marno la dis appear ed o ff th e tr ack with problem s, an d Suzuki rid e r Pat Hennen slid wide to le t Rick Delacy and Man uel Datan b y . Delacy to ok it all very se rio usly , slip pe d b y Enge n o n the sixth la p , an d to ok h ome a big po rtio n of po ints, head ed for his second White Plate championsh ip in a row. Chris Sau er led t he 25 0 J un ior m ain as Steve Nic ho las pressed hard ove r Gary Spinaz ze . Nich o las got th e nod on the fourth lap and the four man pack tigh te ned th in gs up as the scoring crew screa m ed fo r th em to separate . Nicho las dropped o u t with m echanical ills, and on th e last lap Sau er t ied up with Spinazze. A t th e c hec kere d, it was Spin azze b y, a sq ue eze. The 125 Nov ice main was a six way fight from the gre en to the chec kered. Bob Gr ay led th e first two go -ro un ds and J eff Han ey the rest. Scott Ras m usse n held o ff Gr ay wh ile Cr aig Weat he rt o n traded spots with Rich Estrada an d Ric h Day , all very co m p et it ive. Bobby Carrasco ran away wi th the 1975 high point winners at Spillway Park L T O R 2N D ROW : A race fan rep resen t ing Sa m Ho lland - 125 Exp., Fre d Price - 25 0 Int. , Bo b G riswold - Ope n Exp. Mike Kno pf - 25 0 Exp, Doug Lawren ce - 125Jr. (3 rd Place) , Dave Dunham - 25 0 J r .• Da ve Hamilton OpenJ r.• J ay Getchal - Open In t. LTO R FRONT RO W:J im Kringlen 125 Int .• Bobby Perry - ~I ini Exp., Verner Ward - Min i J r., Ed Perry - Mini In t. , Bre ll Cross - 125 Jr. (1st Place). Bob War d - 125Jr. (2 nd Place ).

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