Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

I _._._._._._._._._._._._._._. • I: r r t .. f, , . • ,• • ._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. __._._._._._.. t -.. Western hotlin . ~ Can -Am ser ies th is su mmer. Kenny Fro st earned a third overall on his stock RM Suzu ki. ' Mike McG owen, another rider from House of Honda, pulled off second overall on his Husky. T he 125 Exper t class , alw ay s t he hotshoes to wa tc h , saw Billy Urban b ack on the t rac k for the fITSt time in nearl y a year. It didn 't loo k like Billy has forgotten wha t he kne w wh en he was number one, but he j ust co ul dn 't st ay up with J. San tich and Deni s Curtis. Andy Bain es, one of the best Open class riders arou nd was do ing. some fast moving on a n ew Honda, bu t ju st co u ldn' t get it together soo n enoug h an d fin ished fourth over all. Running th e 125 Amateurs with the Pro s mu st have encourage d the guys as Corki Moore , on a Miller Man o Su zuki, bl ast ed th e Ama teur class an d finished th ird overa ll wit h the Experts. Hot on Moore's tail was Honda moun ted J. Holt, wh o is alwa ys in th e top three finishers, Ron Lafran chi, doing a sup er j ob , finished third ove rall on his Lucky Yamaha. Dirt Bike Promotions run' every third and i. flft h Sunday at Carl sbad , giving District points ea ch time. Next race for District 3 8 po ints will be July II. • • Results in Results Section. E Tripes opens South Bay series with a win a: :; '" :; <[ a: III 1Il : '"; .., <[ These high flyers, Joel Moore and James Gocmanosky, were runnerups to H~gh Good in the first heat ~f 125 Jr action at South Bay . 125 Pro, Doug Nichol, does t he FMF boogie at Irwindale. bunched together until Ed Wine wheeled his Yamaha in to th e lea d right off th e lin e. J ack Smith o n a Bul borrowed from Gary Smith bounced by Wine to take over th e le ad . J ack continued to st retc h it out while three rid ers battled behind for second. This was Jack 's first race on a 25 0 , but you couldn't tell it by th e way he rode, Ed Wine, Paul Nicholson 'an d David Callaway were wh eel to wheel, ri ght up to the final flag. Callawa y , on his Kaw, maneuvered his way around Wine and followed in Smith's du st to finis h second. Nicholson too beat Wine out for third, bu t all fou r riders received trop hies for their fine efforts. A big combination class of 100·1 25 Beginner/Novices were run together. Beginner Allan Ronska led th e Novices the whole way and reall y showed them how to handle a 125 Yamaha. Jay Bales started out in second but Robert Bums made short work of his spot. Kirk Johnson got by Jay also and slipped into third. The only Beginner out of the whole bunch, ' Ronska, was the gold holder. The Mini Experts were rea!l y hot, and it was Bobby Garabedian who lit the match and smoked them all. • Results in Results Section. Tripes and Urban 'crossin' at Carlsbad By Dirt Bike Promotions CARLSBAD, CAL. , MAY 30 Marty Tripes, mounted on a 0 & G Yamaha, holeshot both motos and built up a half-a-track lead on his way to an overall win in the 24 Open Expert class. Chip How ell gave chase , doing a super j ob on his Honda House Husky. Chip will be riding the By James Bram mer SA N DI EGO, CAL. ,J UNE 3 Mart y Tripes (DG Yam) captured th e fe atured ' 250 Pro class as South Bay opened its summer series of m ot ocro ss Wednesday nigh t. ' David Metje (Yam), winner o f the 500 Junior class , needed only a fo urt h pl ace finis h in his second race after winning the firs t go. In his second ra ce, he was fifth on the first lap , fourth on th e second. an d th en charge d on to first again in .t he final laps , narrowl y leading Dave Peters at th e fini sh . Win ner (1·1) of th e 125 Junior class . Hugh Good (Ilon ). had close finishes with different runnerups in both of his motos, Go od and Don -Brown were previously the chief sco rers in winning th e High School Championship for · Helix High of La Mesa. They are backed with an organized team with titles - pit boss. manager and others. Marty Tripes' feature win didn't appear easy. Mike Stearns (Suz) led the first race start to finish while Tripes' came up from fifth to ' fass Mike McGowen. Hoffman (Yam at least twice for third, and finally Jim Martin to finish second to Steams. Steams led again from the start in the second race but overcooked a tum on the first lap and was far behind when he recovered. Tripes led from then on to • win (2· 1). Results in Results Section. Old Timers .warm up the Dunes By Dal Calais VALENCIA, CAL., JUNE 6 ' Practice on the ' tricky wellp repared CRC course real ly woke the old guys u p as the Sh adow Glen area was full of many who played 'Laurel and Hardy trying to d ial in the "n ow fast-now tigh t" co urse. Getting right down to it in m oto one, Blackie Lewis and his new Maico made it look stylish and easy on th eir way to first overall in the Master class . Chuck Strauss. Jim Warden and Bob Pawling reall y ' battled it out. trading positions for all th ree ' motos to finish second. third and fourth right at the finish. Now

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