Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

month's winner, Dave Taylor, nabbed t h ird while moto-buddie Gary Denton bu ng on for fourth . DG owned the next moto too with Mark T yer leading the wa y only to be pestered by a power robbing loose pipe the last lap allowi ng a pressurmg Turner by. Taylor was lo oking dialed in for ond u n t il a sour bike put him away two laps from the end. Denton was out, after ge tting cen terpunched, while teammate Glover go t off hard in the fir st tum, spoiling his very good shot at top placing. T&M ace Scot Clifton led the third to exactly one lap before Dent on put a s lic k inside mo ve on hi m and roosted away. Tyer, Bruce McDougal, Glo ver, 'turner and Taylor were all bonded in a su per fight fo r third, w hich we nt o n t he entire race . T urner proved to be th e man to wa tc h all day. His insane rid in g style brought his T &M bikes in fo r Number one small bore alo ng with a strong co nd 250 Pro pl acin g. Ron eve n ran t he 100 Pro s be fore b reaking ' and leaving stylish FM F shoe J im Gallagher 10 gobble up th e green. Watch o u t fo r Radical Ron, he 'll be doing a lo t of crazy r acing. • Resu lt s in Results Section. Crawford and· Blose on top at Canyon By Larry Owen PHOENIX, AZ, APRIL 4 Canyon Raceway's first race of a w three-week series began with e addition of an Expert payback y mo ta , plus the overall and the ~ ffiic k s totaled $6 3 0. Dave Crawford and ~ two Blose brothers reaped the spoils 1 t he 250 an d 125 Expert classes. ~ The track was run backward and the start st ra igh t WlI;s sh ort ened . In o rder to get the holeshot y o u had to read the !@.te p erfectl y and th at's exactly what Jeff Hedberg (Suz) did at the start of the first 250 Expert ra ce . It didn 't last long, however, as Bob Blose (Suz) took vo ve r the lead befor e the end of the first lap. Dav e Crawford (Suz) also passed Hedber g an d that 's how they finished, making it a Su zuki sweep. )l'T he second moto go t underway, after a re-start, with Cr awford taking the lead , an d th e overall win, Blose second and Robert Brazil (Suz), with a pair of co ns isten t fourths, th ird. "' 125 Experts have been dominated recently by Dave Crawford (Ho n ) and Ch appy Blose (lIon) . Today was no exceptio n as Crawford's Honda pulled the hol esho t , fo llo wed clo sely by Ch appy. Crawford fell down and Chappy took over the lead. Pat Imbriale (Yam) hel d down third as Bob Blose (Hon) breathed down his neck. Craw ford and Blose fough t it out with Crawford emergin g the eventual winner. Bob Blose fin ished third with Imbriale and Gary Understiller (Hon ) in fourth and fifth . In the second moto , Chappy charged into th e lead and pulled away from an obviously tiring Crawford. Elder brother Bob Blose took third and third o verall • wi th Understiller in fourth. Results in Results Section. Over The Hill Gang swamped on ~ Soggy Dry Lake r By Lucious LeRoy SO G GY DR Y LAKE, CA L., APRIL 1 1 The O ver The Hill Gang mad e an attempt at a District desert race, hosted by the Rovers, and decided th at m otocross was definitely easier. QrrI.h_. "'f .. , 6- 12 , ' ), ' 76 Ln V. Qat . NV S- IS. 16, ' 76 \ BIKE SIZES \ .IR.CYCLE \ o to 83cc STOCK & MODIFIED Oto105cc 100cc& 125cc CLASSES FOR ALL BIKES & RIDERS, WRITE NOWl TR S FOR. E.N " Y r ' RM OTORCYCLE NOV INT 9to11yrs ':'NMA m embership required ro 12 & Over EXP f or mernnersmn mtormauon contact MOTORCYCLE THRU 18 • N••lon.' Mln lc vcle A noel . tlon 23301 Ostrornc DrIVe W ocdland Hills, Calif 91364 ------~-~-~------------------~--------r---------The NMA Champions hip Serles Will DIXIE REGION No. of ride rs to . tra nsfe r to th l,; soW €' ST [ '~ ll:(Cl a " . ~ " be se t up via fou r regions. with five events to he held in each reg ion. each reg ion w ill begin their race ser ies no • so~er than. ~/15n6 and comple te the regIonal actiVity no later than 818n6. The- Grand National Olampionship f i~aJs . w ill be held in Springfield . Missoun on August 20th. 2 1st, and 22nd. ' " RegJons an d Reglona 1M anagers are : SOUTH CENTRAL EI Paso. Tx .; San Antonio, Tx .; Dallas . T x.; HoustQn. Tx.; Regional Mgr.;John Kelley 8 700 Richm ond H t T 77QC • , ous on x. 3. (713) 789-4390. CENTR AL REGI ON Omaha Ne b ' W ' h i K . . ' .• rc I t~ . an . . Sp fln gfield . Mo.; Ced ar Rap ids, Iowa : Byro n III. Regional Mgr ' Mel Gere " . (41 7) '86 5-0611 . yr I I I I l itt le Roc k, Ark .; Jackson , Miss.: Nat iona l Fina ls at Sp l'Ingtield . Mo.: Jr . Tuscaloosa. Ala .; Mobile, Ala.; Cairo, Cvcle - 5 pe r class tall). Minievc le - 10 Ga. Region al Mgr. : Bobby Miller , (20 5 ) p er ctass (expert only ). Motorcvcle 758 -6909. ._ .. Only e xpe rt , In t e r. and all jumor cycl e classes will Qual ify for the final championsh ip e vent in Spr ingf ield . Mo. , N ov ice riden w ill terminate at ' ht: reqional championship Ieve I. Eah n'der must compete In a t c least three' reg ional races . Once entered in on e region. he or she cannot transfer to another region . ' " POINTS POints Will be awarded as follows: ' 25 student - lO.per class Iexce rt onlyl. A l l e n tn es must have an NMA comprt ition membersh ip - lu,nual fee $8 .00 . Appl icat ions may be obtained fro m y o u r Reg ion .al Mg r . o r c nticipating t rac k". UoC E K.lNICEIIS ro. EM F O~ S AND I ltFO. U' I I I r - - - - - - - - - - - .J ' poin ts " t st 21 pOints 2nd 15 points 3rd 10 . POints .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . •, 4 th 5th 9 pcmts 8 . . pomts 6th WESTER N REGI ON _ 7 pcmts 7th Las Vegas, Nev.: Phoenix. An z.: Mission 6 po ints . . . . . .. •.. . .. . . . . Bth Viejo , C~. ; San Diego , Los ~geles, 5pOi n ts . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th C4. Regional Mgr.; Ron Hendr icksen . .. 1 p oint _ 10 th 'o r less. A 5 . t C:U3l340.~704 . . porn " bo nu s IS given for each race co mpleted . ce.: ;1 ~ ST;1.Jl . [ C~ ;1oI "ho;r·;j~6j~zOb , l ot "'ngele" C.... (2 1]) 887-JoS_1 8u r o rttl Ito" l4e,.., l c. , e n SOUTI4 CENU,t l 1t[(; ION 1'" 2 [I '.'0 TJ _.1'1,,- Jo ne ' 11 (915) ' 817. 2]- 7 140utt O" . n : J ot\ " K l l ev e ( 13) 189"~19Q S.(S~; jo;~6~ 2~;j ~. I t S n d i 'e , .. l . ". ~h l tn.y . tx , H.,ye ., h.n l (817) 6910.2 901 (205) " i.8727 C ·~;:i ) ';h~;;~· " Li ttl . "ock, "". ,.. 10.. 1 Ward (s ol) 22 7- 0)91 .J"(:~O ·';::9: :; Cl bb, tENTll.A . • ECIOM . 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