Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

NriliKrrn It's a funny place to practice. but these 125 Experts at Sprocketts sure look like Radio City Rockettes. What an act. (,,,,..P10.. RACING '"" < I , U .fL •• FRAMES " se........ , ..0 < ~ra(kma~ t 2r Qu ality Track Racing Equipment Miller squeezes by at 5procketts Park By Cosmic Cat & CO. BAKE R S FIE LD, CAL., NOV. 3 0 Dew ayn e Miller (Yam) gasse d his way up from back in the pack to take th e 125 Novice win by inch es. Miller, wh o was in fourth as t he riders came ou t o f th e first tum, m ad e hi s m o ve early pick in g o ff second an d third pl ace on the firs t lap. Keith Sin g had stretched his lead to abo ut ei gh t b ik e len gths b u t Mille r picked up th e dis tance and on th e last lap th e y were wheel t o wheel. Drag racin g to th e checkere d, it was Miller wi n ning b y the ski n of his t ee th. Sing had t o se ttle for second and J ohn Bu rne tt (Suz) too k third. In Mini Expert rivalry. Mike Yafchak (Ya m) r ode a flawless race to outru n Nu mber O ne Mike Garrison (Ya m) t o th e fini sh lin e. • Resul ts in Resu lts Section . Last chance at La Grange By Ann Carr LA GRA NG E , CAL.• NOV. 3 0 A beautiful, warm La Grange Sunday racin g p rogr am provided tigh t competiti on and chills galo re today as 210 rou gh scramblers go t their licks in at the last Expert point ra ce of the seaso n. Rick Woods lopped all riders in the 12 5 Expert Main and followed with a second in th e Open Expert event. Rick is becoming a domin ant force in the Exp ert ranks and should be a pl ate cand ida te in ' 76 if he d ecides t o chase o ne. The 50 0 Main was cap tu red by "old rel iable" Roy Winters, who seemed to react well to pressure from the younger troops. Davidson missed an opportunity to wrest BP 20 from Jorgenscn when he bail ed on the corral tum while running second. Ricky Graham's trip to the Valley was crash-strewn after he co llided with Craig Scroggins in the 250 Main while challen ging for first. The win went to Winters, Hannah was again second a nd Kim J::lTgensen third to ti c for "Numero Uno. Mini Expert action featured victories by new Expert Scott Baker in th e Open and hard charger Randy Haner in the 80 ; Second in the 80 Main is under p rotest because Kurt Strait's Honda ap peare d too fast to fell ow Ho n da ra cer Jeff Mason. A teardown this we ek will determine second for th e ra ce and the last bl ac k pl ate spot in the mini ranks, Racing will layoff at La Grange until • Fe b ruary . Resu lts in Results Section. Cantaloupi steals the show at Lodi By Ann Carr LODI, CA L. , NO V. 29 On e Hundred seventy riders braved the nippy Thanksgiving weather at th e Bowl today and racing over th e hard, dry,.one-half mile course was fast and furious. 14-y ear-old Expert Don Cantaloupi borrowed Mark Muscio's Yamaha and proceeded to blitz the troops in th e 125 Main. Don ch arged from fifth up through traffic a nd spent the last several laps doing wheelies up and down the banks and through the spectator's section. The 25 0 Expert Main w as marred by a crash between Pro Novi ce Ricky Graham and CantaJoupi while dicing for first. Craig Scroggins scooted hi s Kaw through the mess for the win while CantaJoupi recovered in time to retain ~ Best Largest Prices Selection ~ Ch assis ~ Cerianl f o rks. S & W sneeks, Kennedy wneels. d isc brake s, sp roc kets and Banke p ipes. Yamaha 750 k its. cams, val ve sPr ings, p ipe s and megs. etc. Special K & N filte rs - aas tanks - sea ts. t- a: ~ w Send for F REE e-talog and deall t- III Z 2415 lI Z o Hi~ f1yin' Alex Jo rge nsen o n the Lodi rough scrambles downhill . second. BP 7 Kim J orge ns en in he ri ted th ird, following a course c ut, an d gai ned a b rief tic with Hlebo fo r BP 1. The ex pected clash be tween Graham , CantaJoup i, an d Alex J o rgensen never developed as J orgy played aro und ab o ut mid-pac k an d never c hal le nged the leaders . Steve Parker cemented BP II today by taking a larg e 500 Ex pert event. New Expert Do n Taylo r was second wh ile Den nis Spence ro de th ird fo r seven laps and co uld have taken BP 1 I himself but shut off his gas o n the second downhill and scoot ed J ohn H1e bo into hi s spo t. Hle bo's third moved h im two up fo r Number One. • Results in Results Section. B.0.5.5. MX By Ron Spe ir DI XO N, CA L., NOV. 30 Under warm but cloudy skies at Argyll Park , 210 riders showed up for a full da y o f racing. In the first mota of the 125 Expert cl ass, Mike H ersm an (Hon) snatch ed th e holeshot from Lon Wardc11. Warde\) th en grabbed second and ran st ro ng, until the fifth lap, losing it to Mike Preston who made a late charge but co uld n't ca tc h Hersman . ~~~~~,~"~,~~, ~~,~~~~ i ~ }-f ~ ~""3Star ~. ~D · ~ iscounter, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Sportcyc1 es New '76 KZ 900 ~ New ' 76 KZ 400 ~ New '76 K.X 125 ~ New '76 KX 250 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ i ~ $2260 $1090 789 $ 106 2 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Similar di scoun ts on th e comp le te lin es o f Kawasa ki & Suzuki w ith ~ th is ad only (limited supply). ~ ~ 1525 S. 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