Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

.,......._.. .. ...... '·'_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. . .a.Jl'-._......._. ...-...._.._ ~ . .. . .~~ A , • • • • • • • • • ~t • • wrr••• Western hotline Vin ce Hank Hoo k (Ya m ) also looking fo r a top spo t . In th e o pen ing five-l ap m o ta , Taylor and Den ton battled in t o the first comer, but by th e second t u m , David was gone, n ever to be challenged again. Mota two agai n found Taylor wi th a super start and he sim ply coasted to an easy win. The last five -lapper was again all Da vid Taylo r a nd it's really hard to say ho w long the kid can go without being beaten o vera ll. Dent o n pl aced second overall with Cliff Lett (Bul) taking th ird overall. T he 500 Pro class was very similar to the l 25 s wi t h Bill Ru bl y dominating all t h ree m oto s an d ta kin g t he ove ra ll win . • Chuck Lunde (Mai) fin ished second overa ll an d Bo b Elliott (Mai) rounded out th e top three . David Taylor ca ptured his fi ft h co nsecutive " King o f the Hill" win wi th second go ing to Pess y an d t hird to Ch uck Lunde. • Results in Results Sectio n . 00 ,.....; .Tidwell triples By And i Gan gewe r ELSIN O RE , CAL., AP R IL 24 A van club from L. A. County brought their own class ou t to Elsin ore and there were 14 o f 'em scattered all around th e tr ack for t he " Van Cub Spe cial " race . Frank Barj as of Bellflo we r t ook the go ld in this unusu al class wi th a clean sweep in ev ery moto. Meanwhile , Mike Tidwell proved th at he can still whip the big gu ys even after an extended absence. The little time bomb blew off the 250 Ex pe rt, 125 Amateur /Expert and Special Expert fo r th ree trop hi es. Mike sh ot by J oe Steffe n in th e 25 0 Expert go and went on t o fmish firs t in mota one. No way was J oe go in g to let Tidwell take the win as he shot off the line in the sec o nd race and held on with a vice grip . The bomber was re ally ti cking moto three and Mike w as the easy victor. Duane Gall ager, an up and coming Expert to be, challen ged Ti d well to a duel in the 125 Amate u r /E xpert class. Duane held the advantage o f starting in front of Mike in moto one and the win was Gallager's. The next two races were just bare ly won by TIdwell. Mik e had t o work his way through the pack and jus t in ti me for th e finish , Mike slipped in to fir st . Mota th ree was Mike 's on ly afte r a re al work o u t wi th Gall ager. TIdwell and Steffen b attled it ou t in the Special Expert class. Joe h ad the win in moto one leaving Mik e to se cond. Stephen go t caug h t in traffic next ti m e and was h eld t o fourth which cost h im the trophy. J oe again bull-dogged h is way to th e head o f the p ack an d picked off the w in. Mik e was second but won the tr ophy b y one point over J oe . Billy Hicks hung in there fo r th ird on , the • final moto an d third ove rall . Results in Results Se ction. Foland, Smith, ~right at A~C By Mike Yada CA R LSBAD; CAL. , MA Y 2 Afte r mon th s of _ " retirem ent " from knee su rgery , J oh n Smith is back on Su zuki winning th e 250 Pro scramble at AMC withou t the sligh test hassle. Jeff Fol and was on th e gas, t aking the 50 0 Pr o, while Jimmy Wright went home th e 125 winner. J eff Fo lan d is o n e o f t he few peop le aro u nd who can truly handl e the powe rfu l KTMs. His ex pertise on the fl y in g m achines paid o ff we ll. He built up a 3 0 sec o n d lead wi th in tw o laps in th e lead-off 500 Pr o m ota an d yo u ca n imagine how bi g a lead he had at the fin ish! Fol and co n tined his rel en tle ss pace in Starter Russ makes sure things get off the grou nd righ t at A MC Carlsbad. th e fin al m oto, leaving Gary Standridge (Mai ) and Chuck .Maurath (MCE) to duel back with the res t o f th e p ack. The 250 Pros st ayed close to co nsiste nt, while Sm it h held on t o his steady pace up front. J e rry Troj ne r (Mai) , Ch uck Rouse (Hus) and Kevin Rodgers (Mai) played fo llo w the lea der, b u t no one actually trade d po sitions. Smith kept on sailin' in th e fin al , but Kevin Crawford (Suz) e n tered the game, swap pi ng with Rouse for th ird. J immy Wrigh t (Hon) and Nelson Whi t e h ill (Yam) displayed their true racing talents , keeping within one seco n d of each other throughout t he enti re 1 25 Pr o m o to. Whit e hill put h is flying ta ctics to work on th e fin al lap , soaring past Wright on th e seco nd jump , nearl y overs hooting the next co rne r, but came o ut o n top. The second rna to unco rked the downfall of Whi tehill. Leading the m o t o , he r an into various problems. allo win g Wrigh t to ge t by for the win . Gerald Stewart (Yam) m ov ed in t o secon d an d e nde d t he d ay wit h seco nd o verall. • Results in Results Se ction . Tessitore tops Carlsbad 125 Pros By Mike Yada CARLSBAD, CAL., AP RIL 25 Riding at a rela xed and co nsiste nt pace , J oh n Tessi tore ou tsco red th e rest of the 12 5 Pro s with out winning a single mot o. Val T amietti rode an equally sm o o th ra ce an d to o k home bo th mo to wins in the 25 0 Pro class _ while Don a ~ Mart in s ' nette d the top 50 0 Pro win n ings. Cool an d co llected, Tony Wan ke t ( FM F) calcu late d the ga te perfectly t o lead the 12 5 Pros aro u nd the fir st m ota m aze , wi th Dave Carlson ( F RAM ) and Tessitore (Han) close behind. Marty Mo at es (Han) ran in to troub le on t he firs t lap , ge tt ing in to the ra ce in last ,but m ad e a m ad push t o even tually finish a de cent fift h. Dave Carlson soon got aro und Wanket and literally walked away from th e pa ck on Kevin Fran k 's chrome wo nder b ike and T essit o re foll owed suit tr ailing Wan ket by a few bi ke le ngths. Carlso n co ntin ued his p ace in th e final mo ta , b ut wa s be ing close d in by Marty Moa tes; who incide ntally , is off o f Suz uki and back on Honda aboard Gl ov er's San Diego based Racing Rese ar ch sh op scr eamer. Mo ates an d Carl son soon bu mped, both went do wn o n th e firs t lap and got back up in dead last posi tio ns . Alan Smi t h (F~IF) took over top spot b ut Moates be gan a fu rious a tte mp t at the new leader, catchin g and passing Smit h wi th half the mo t a lef t. Te ssito re grab be d t he overa ll d ue to h is 2·3 score af te r Carlso n fell and was on ly ab le to t ake fo u rt h in the fina l m ota. T a mi etti and his Track an d Travel Maico appear to be an u nbeatable co mbo as the team took the over all on ce again. Ta mietti's on ly p ro blem ' ca me in th e second , moto. But J im Martin (CZ) pu lled th e holesh o t only to heco me jus t another target t o get aroun~ • 25

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