Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

· P~nnzoil P~rform~r engine difficulties. Lawson. me anwhile. was still up front . Then starting the final lap. Lawson wheeled into the pits ....~ t h a sour bike. and what once lo oked like another runaw ay turned into a four man battle between Lujan. Nelson. Crai g Scroggins (Ya m) . and Rod Spencer (Yam ). Across the finish bu nched up it was Lujan with the winni ng edge fo llowed by Scroggins. Nelson and Spe ncer. • Results in Resu lts Se ction . KENT HOWERTON After a cliff-hanger four-way duel, Kent Howerton of Team Husqvarna jum ped out f r ont to w in the second mota i n the AMA 500 Nationa l in Mexico, N.Y. The w in placed him over-a ll for the day and a front runner in the grueling eight race contest for the 500cc National Championship. Howerton and his Husqvarna won w ith Pennzoll 2Stroke Motorcycle Oil, mixed 32 to 1. For heat and friction fighting lubrication, Kent and other winning racers ask for Pennzoll . Take a tip from Kent Howerton and other w inners. Whatever you ride, wherever you go, Pennzoil is worth asking for. Asbury night MX By Chuck Iken A LBA NY. OR E.• J UN E 7 Aboard his Yam ah a 100 and his 175 , Dale Bernard fought his way to the fron t of th e p ack in both th e 100 an d Open Junior classes. ' Dale had to figh t har d with To by Olso n of Spring field . Oregon also riding a Yam ah a 100 . bUL in bo th m oto s it looked like st re ngt h won o ut. In th e .Open motos Dale had his 175 Ya mah a revved high and was throwing it th rough th e turns like a cowboy wanting to win the steer thro win g contest ata rodeo. Dale loo ks strong. The hottest race of the nigh t took place in the Ex pe rt Mini class. A familiar Watilo vs Lambert d uel . In the first mo ta Robby Watilo (Yam YZ 80) . te sting his new A J Whiting p ip e . got the holesho t but lost it to Greg Lamberts in the third turn. Greg ro de his Ya maha on in fo r the win . In the second mota Lamberts got the shot and led through the mota with Robb y on his tail . Late in the m o t a Robby fell. The Junior Mini tribe was running with the Experts, and just before the checkered flag Greg got co rnered ' by lapped riders. Watilo got around them and beat Lamberts by a wheel. These two kids were ju st great, Results in Resul ts Sec t io n . Helvetia MX PENNZOIL COMPANY Oil City, Pennsylvania SACRAM E NTO, CA L. , MA Y 30 f nin g number . On t he line wa s a brand new Ya maha Ch app y. As th e last number fil led the air, 125 Amateu r rider Du ane Scott of Sacramento he aded up the stairs t o clai m hi s new b ike. Du ane 's . good lu c k during in te rmissio n contin u ed into his secon d mot a ; he placed th ird. whi le fini shi ng fif t h overall. David Wethe rbee was 1-2 , t o take th e win , with Co ri Ro be rts holdin g down seco nd. In Expert action. Jim Lesnie ws ki had his consecutive 250 mo ta wins sn ap ped at five, in the day 's se cond 25 0 enco unter. In the first mota J im an d Kevin Henry left the p ack to duel it o ut. Kevin led the fir st 10 minu tes, but J im took over at the halfway poin t to win the moto, eve n th ou gh no more than two bike lengt h s ev er separated the two . The second mota started just as the fi rst, Lesniewski and Henry out front. but just as the two neared th e fini sh line on th e fi st lap, they tangled and bo th r went down. Dave Mythe n who finished th ird in the first mo ta slipped by to ta ke th e lead and eventually th e win. Henry 's second place an d Lesniews ki 's third gave My th en the overall win. Lesn iewski di d sweep both 125 Expert motos. Ke vin Henry looks sn ake -b it at Helv et ia. In th e Op en Exp er t class , Kev in's bike bro ke on t he white flag lap . afte r lead in g th e enti re d ist an ce. His mis fo rtu ne gave De lno Becker th e win fo llowe d b y Ernie Sullivan and J oe Duncan . 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