Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

O'l ~ IU ..0 8 IU U IU o A loose pipe in the first moto and stiff competition all day kept Gary Semics on the gas and off t he pegs. Alan Hahn (93) and Great Brita in's Dave Bickers (136) compare motocross gloves during a qu iet moment on Saddleback's International course. SADDLEBACK mANS-AMA (Continued from page 9) ho vered in t he wi sps of dust left by his RN370 Suzuki. Tony and Semics pulled away from Lackey , Wolsink, and Stackable (who suffered a broken expansion ch amb er ) dropped back from a sure sec ond overall. Tony D ne ver flawed an d at the finish he succeeded in doing what no American had ever do ne be fo re by cap tur ing two consecutive Trans-AMAs . Th e Pennsylvania m ote -st ar 's 1-1 score was six places ' LI . • , • '" . .. . . , • , , • Results 500 INTERN A T i O NAL C LASS , 1. To n y . D iStefan o (S uz) . 2. G ar y Sem ics l Ka W) . 3 . B rad La cke y (Hu s). 4 . Gerrltt wots nk ($ u z). 5. Steve St ac k abl e ( Mal) . 6 . Jimmy W ei n ert ( V a m) . 7 . Marty Sm i th (Ha n). 8 . R i ch T horwal d so n (M al ). 9 . Ke nt Howerton (Hu s). 10 . M art y T r ipes (B ul). 1 1. Ron Pome roy B U I) . 12. St ewart N u nn (CZ). 1 3 . ChUCk Sun H us) , 14. Peter La m p p u (C Z ). 1 5. Rex t aten (Su z ). 16 . Emilio Osto rero (Su z) . 17 . Ji m Turner , (H us ). 1 8. Cl audi o Merc an delll SUZ). 1 9 . D av e B i c k er s (CZ ) . 20. Roger Jone s K TMO . 2 5 0 SUPPO R T , 1. Rich E lr st ad t (H an) . 2. Tom my Croft (H on) . 3. Wa y ne B o y er (CZ ). 4. B uck M urphy (C-A ). 5. M ik e Runy ar d (C-A) . 6 . Don K u d alskl (H o n) . 7 . RICk B urget t (Ya m) . 8 . Mike St ears (Suz) . 9. c nuee Lam pe (Ma l ) . 10. John D all ai r e (Yam) . ~ I . , , ;; , " < - an d Smith are heirs to the t hrone. The King is dead , lo ng live the King. • < ~ .. ~ I) • better than Semics (6-2), Lackey (5-3), Wolsink (4-4) an d Stackable (3 -5) who finished under a blanket of California blue with eight points each. Fo r Tony and Tuner of th e Year Keith McCarty it was perh aps the b iggest victory in a tri umphant season. The 19 75 Trans-AMA series that started with a depleted field of Europeans o ffe red the American motocross fan more than he has received in fo ur p revio us AMA seasons - spirited an d heat co mpe tition . The n um ber o ne and three ri ders in th e world came to do battle with the American kid s who had only one time in history defeated them. DeCoster and Wolsink will leave t he USA bloodied and beat. But with fo ur wins to DeCoster's .credit and the top two spots overall, they have no reason to be ash amed , for t hey were the kings . The Americans have proved through the efforts of Lackey and Pomeroy that they are world class , and n ow o n the ho me court tw o new international contenders have surfaced , bot h 18 years old, both National Champions, both fast eno ugh to put more than a scare in the older European super stars. DiStefano . Rokon Don Kudalsk i finally got his shifts together on t he stock CR Honda. ~ ' . ~ " 2SOccSUPER PIONEER now '76 performance at '74 prices OSSA motorcycles are distributed nationally by : If you're a serious trai l rider, you owe it to yourself to check out the lightest and the best 250 enduro bike on the market at your OSSA dealer. Qui- winter Super Pioneer Sale will make it easier for you to trade up to an enduro bike with true ISDT heritage and performance. Where the trail ends, OSSA beings. NORTHEAST REGION NEH Corporation 780 MainSt. Holden, Ma. 01520 (617) 829-6556 SOUTHEAST REGION Vin ce Thigpen Dist . Box 888 , Rebel Road Tifton, Ga . 31794 (912) 382-1396 NORTH CENT RAL REGION Ossa Central Corp. 810 - 31st Ave. S.W. Cedar Rapids, Ia, 52404 (319) 36 3-9642 MID-ATLA NTIC REGION Ossa Eas t, Inc. RD 2, Box 266 Gle nm oore, Pa. 19343 (215) 942-393 5 MIDWEST REGIO N ACE Dist., Inc. 203 Earlywood Dr. Fr an klin, In . 46131 (317) 73 8-3535 WEST ERN REG ION Ossa West 4631 E. Sunn y Du nes Rd. Palm Springs, Ca. 92 262 (714) 323-474 1

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