Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• E • Western hotline '~ E "' .J "' Z "' "' cr :l et :;: ' - - - "_ _A - " ' -_ ~ _ ::;.;.;...L...;-'-::.....::= - ' - _- ' -_ _ ~ Don Grigsby (1 ) casually slides into an Elsinore corner as Rex Hailey (86) and Steve Mille r (31 set up to follow su it. CRC Treesweet $1500 Bicentennial such a large lead felt assured that it wo uld be impossible to catch up. But he did, trying desperately to pass Turner in the second to last comer. He ne arly succeeded but Turn er was able to hold the gas on just a little longer, crossing the finish line by a wheel. • By Ted Titmas Elsinore! Riders TT VALENCIA, CAL., APRIL 11 A $ 1500 CRC purse understandably attracted Pros fro m all over California. The first race of inte rest, the Open Pro class, Wf"strrn Dealers and Distributors contact : BeI·Ray Co m JMny . l nc . Motorcycle and Automati.,. Lubf'icanu Divisio n 14670 Fit'"10ne Blvd.. Suit. 410 u Mi,Mia. CA 90638 (7 141 522·058 1 (2 131 92 1·1055 Distr ibu to r l nqulrtes welcomed. Sold O NLY at Mo to rcycle DEALERS. ~ o I MO TORCY CLE M ECHAN IC S I N ST I T U T E O F CAL IFOR N IA no ordinary are .r: U t o r eye I '. . ' 11' e C~'~! f11 C~ scvcol . . \'\h~ . . :re \'1(' ;1cst I \ \'e 1r~l\r flie r; vvho \\ Jrl t t o 20 becom e Pro lessona': GET T HE WH EE LS O F YO U R F UT U RE R OL L I N G TODAY I C.,ll Pil i l ~.:Ish le r at 714898·6609 or :H:tte r ye t, visi t the carr ous at i 55 32 Co m p u ter Lane. Hunt ing ton Beac h , Calif. Jo in t he pr of essonals now' turned into a benefit for Will Harper on his Col e Bros. Maico, Harper's b iggest challenge was CMC's number one hotshoe Bill Rubly (Mai) . After a fir st 250 Pro moto win by J eff Vidic (Mai), Will Harp er (Mai) and Eddie Cole (Bu l) we re determined to demo te · him in the second. Both riders" tasks were made a little easier when Vidic's engine lunched a rod. Cole ll'"abbed the lead , followed by Turn er [Hon] and Rubly (Mai) and he stretched it out hoping Harper would do no better th an third. Harper was on the move after a poor start but when he got to second his progress stopped. Cole and Harper were tied with five points each, although Cole received the overall win based on se cond moto results. Over 40 125 Pros were divided up into two divisions with a final consisting of the top 10 overall riders from both motos co mb ined. As th e fin al 20 riders rolled to the line, spectators pushed to th e fence. Mar k Gambetta (Hon ), with th e inspiratio n of a $250 win, grabbed the holesho t followed by Turner (Hon), Williams ' (Hon), McDougal (Ho n ), and Glover . Gambetta held o u t unt il th e sixt h lap , th en he was passed by Turner an d three laps late r he was again p assed o n th e back flat-out san dwash by Glover. Generat in g some re al exciteme n t Broc Glover came out of the first co rner in sixth place, really flyi ng , and mo ved up wi th amazing speed. Turner wi th By Maureen Lee ELS INORE, CAL., APRIL II A lot of District riders opted for a crack at the Stockton Mile leaving the Riders M.C. with a low tum-out, but rac ing was good, as always. Mini rider Steve Karsten (Kaw) was always running up front, but the engine soured on each mo to , and q u i t altogether on the second. Chris Cannon (Yam ) won with three straight, David Dove (Yam) was second wi th Dan Wendt (Ya m) t hird. Only n ine 125s sh owed up , an d the Hondas of Jim Strain an d Danny Per kins emerged first and sec on d ove r the rest of the Yamaha field. First moto, Per kin s worked his way up th ro ugh th e pack to lead until Strain too k over. Seco nd mo to , Perkins was again in traffic while Strain was sm o kin ' 'em way out fro nt. Last ro und again Strain led off, and it was Perkin. The eRe pack poses for an action portrait at the Dunes Bicentennial MX.

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