Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

:. ; • • 6t"a~;~GrrlMay 8 ~ 9 NORTHERN DATELI E' 1l~. , t II~ , .:'&\\\\"Camplng .Trophies \\~~contingencies s 1.0 l'- \'1\ "'" '111- ~m~~~ ~~_U~; 0"> ~ \;.I .,,-. • C~'~SSR~~~'tS,:;!~~TC~~ED OUT OF DISTRICT RIDERS USE DESERT TYPE OF HIGHEST CLASSIFICATION \I,' ~ .... - second in the 100cc Min i Expert Main when Baker jumped out in the lead and held it all the way . Perhaps the most thrilling rac e of the day was staged by th e 250cc Experts. Once off the line and so rted out, there was no change in position am on g the leaders, with John Pittman (Bul) leading and Matt Carothers (Yam) following at a comfortable distance until th e closing laps, when Carothers made his charge. He got a wheel inside Pittman on the turns several times but was unable to complete ' the pass. The last . lap saw Carothers making a final effort on the inside coming into the fm ish straight and both r iders crossin g the line side by side with Pittman getting the nod by the barest margin., • 1.0 r~!1JD(~.lJ:~~~· ~" r PER DAY LIMITCLASSES · ~~Jj 400 RIDERS Saturday rn -, _ , Start at 11:00 a.m. J. 0.. -e ENTRIES OPEN Earlier Post Marks will be penalized 5 days 12:01 . . ••• . .. .. APRIL 1st Close ...• . . .•. .. .MAY 1st ENTRY FEE $15.00 .• .. .. . . . . . ... . Pre $1 00 ' Post I I • I I I I I I I . I I I Woodson by a pipe at Marysville MX --~----------------------- II m" I'~~~y¥~:~~I~,~t~~· ~6\E:. ~R: ~:~:~:p~yC::~~d." 0 SAT 0 , •••• DETAI LS.• • •.• •. ,. , • •• •.• • • • • •• ••• •• • • :.. Your lid illlJ numb.U will b. 1,_ ,II, lint "" III 15 aco ndl ImOll,," gIDUIIS - Hllrnel Null'btl\ RlIqull ed _ No filling " c. J11 durIng 1"- ,., and . Pll'IlI• . __ Any rroiscondut1 . 1 1111 U.ck 0' it! l OWl!"" II mu ll III ,lilt'll '-tTlI'l.eltd liD," ., - - - -- - - -0_ Eng"", Pit SID - - - - -", DfF ICIAL USE 1. "-'.-by lllu• ••nd lliI 10 hold h" mlnl lh, AINf ,tII1 MOlo fty t l, 4.tlOC,,"an. , p,omol.,t , Ih, _ ,., .nclltlltn ot ,.... pr. mrln . Ih, P"'I't,p.n1l. • 1Id..... '• oll'r;aI1. d"KlOf1 o lliCial'.~.pf. .n..I '... I. • nll and , mptovltl 0' III at l hem, ol and 1r lll all 1..o,hIY. lou , ell;,","" d.llllndl ,h. 1liiy IUflfl lrorn . ny 10_, . 0 ~ Olllltll,., f'n(l lldlll9 dtlflh) 'II my p'f.n Of PIOpl'ltY , "'''fill ,n conlOKhon ""Ill 11111 _ 1, and wtIII:hll ,"Ii"'llwh;~"", III to".."t llln Of ,n p'W11tf or p~ttoon 1"", IOf o. whll' lI&lOn, In' " '", O' dWCll',,,,,lrornuodp,,,,., _ . h OllllllYe- wN I _. I ~ _ 1"' ,1SII 1Ild ""'" . to and prOPt'1l wnolt UlI01l uod p - 0' wIl,1IPflIIC 'Pl1"'I Of _ 111,"1 IIItllll _ I. MI walUlft....rIy and on"".. na.llpotl Illy ownJudI",,"I" tb~".,. andll.... .,Y "UIIII alii"" 1 loa.d--.. or "'1U'" (,nC!.:l"'l d_th) to "",.11 tncl "'Y prop-"y horn any tIll........tlO_ . 01 . to any..., _I,,", from or "'Y'I" 6th Annuli V I RGINI A CI TY GRAND PRI X .•. MAY B & I . 1976 ,,«)lrta Powder Puff - - C.T . CMa.I ON# .,AI( I ~ 'A ' h p. . J r. QI#."', ~ _ CI'f? lliIOGlllrfWI _1:/0'.... ' lO tH"" - ·_.-S IJllG_~''''_ ' ..... IL TO: I .... IXI' DfS ' 1t1CT 1trouw; /II_1t . , It w.*"Su-.R.-:ing~tOon INCLUDE: 3 St11 • rtfFDR .ATIOII CARD. IF liD CARD - IlIORIDE S~ . u,.I S.ftErtWloprfs lQ2/S1:i'" !f3... 3!f1l106 IIII~~ 11 0 1 A . Unfl lf.S by U s . . ... OIllL't l IIiI lOIbarJ ...., b., _ .... Ptnillblll , Ptn1 ...... U Over tw o hundred riders were tr eated to a new tr ack design. Using some creative th ought , promoter Fred Dion chan ged the course into a very tough and competit ive track. I I I I , 01 APRIL hi"" " --~-_ : ~=~---~--- Husky moun led Jim Lesniewski looked 10 be well on th e way to victory in t he 125 Expert class until just a few lap s fro m t he co mpletion of the final moto. Lesniewski had won the intial race over AI Hall (Hon) and Rick Woodson (Suz) , but slid o UI. AI Hall an d Woodson fo ug h t for the lead , bu t th is time Woodson hung on to win as AI's pip e vib ra te d off his m achine wi th just o ne h alf lap remainin g, Hall barely he ld off a desperat e charge by Lesniewski to get sec o nd by a few inch es. All riders , Woodson, Hall and Lesnieski, tied with four points ap iece with th e overall goi ng 10 Woodson. Dave Longcor was long go ne in the 250 Expert opening moto as Dou~ Fuller (Suz) and Mit ch DeVaughn (Suz) trailed . the Bultaco ac e. DeVaughn pass ed Fuller for second as Ernie Sullivan (Ka\)') and Husky mounted Eric McK enna joined the battle for number Iwo .an d three. Longcor, with a large lead, took the win with McKenna second followed by DeVaughn , after an impressive ride. ' Pat Wilson go t t he next holeshot as he led' Longcor , Kevin Hen ry (Bul ) and Sul livan for half a lap until crashing. Lon gcor and Henry p ulle d aw ay from th e field as th e two riders h ad a p rivat e I I I I I. "_. · fA", ~AGI" 1 00_ Boa n .. "-0. ",...... 19509 I ~" 0f()llI1 0IS"1t 'C ' SUrDXEROx CO PYOF LATEST RIOUt CLASSIFICATIO,. , EXPI RING MARYSVILLE , CAL. , MAR. 14 I I s r. ,,_ rr-CODE - "B.:lNovJ - - NOll Am . h . o-f Q.

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