Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

; _._._._._._._._._.~_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.- . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . - 1:1 Western hotline first m oto, was challenging Vidic for the le ad in the second go b efo re he dropped his Suz uki. Mark settled for second overall with third going to current CMC p ro p oin t leader Val Tamietti. Luke Messer easily too k top honors in the 500 Pro class. Second went to the four-stroke Honda of j im Lo we and third to Trent l\IcGee. • Results in Results Section. Simons dazzles CRC/NMA crowd By Laszlo VALENCI A, CA L., J ULY 28 FMF , rid er Willy Sim on s notched another win in his kidney belt Wednesday night after grandslam ming the 125 Expert class. the second lap and after the positon swapping of lap one there weren't any more changes in positon. Fred Parker was king of the class and Greg White picked up the second place trophy. • Resu lts in Re su lts Sectio n. Wheelsmi th 's J e ff Vidic repeat ed last wee k's Sup erbowl vict ory by easily taking to p hon ors in to day 's 250 Pro division. Afte r Ossa from an unheard of hotshoe by the name of Tomomasu Toshiuara, on a bike closely resembling a 250 factory Yam ah a. The race of the day was during the second Open Pro race. D urin g the first moto By rar Holcomb took an easy win while Luke Messe r followed in second, an d Rich ee Co Uins babied his KT M in to third after losi ng one shock. At the start of the second moto, Holcomb held the lead until Messer came fro m nowhere to suddenly put some distance betwen himself and Holcomb. Bryar soon caught up and got down to business. Maico against Maico, th eir d ice lasted for nearly h alf the m o to. Holcomb n fi ally out-gassed Luke in to a tu m and went o n to a p er fe ct I· I score fo r top d ollar paybac k. mounted Greg R obertson stuck his foo t in to his rear wheel and was forced to slow, Vid ic's on ly com petition came Meanwhile, in th e 125 Pro war, the weekly Lance Mo orewood -Bru ce McDougal battle w as the high ligh t o f Saddleback Saturday MX By Danny Raymond ORANGE, CAL .,j ULY 31 Bob Ramsey jumped to a quick lead a t th e be ginnin g of the first moto, bu t Simons didn'rtake long to ove rp owe r th e Honda rid er, CT Honda rider Evan Marcus came o ff th e line in fourth position and fi ishe d in second. n The second mo to became a showdown be tw een Simons and Marcu s . since whoever won this one would take the overall win. Evan got off to a quick start, ju mping to a big lead a t the ou tset of the race, while Sim ons got off to a rather slow beginning. Then, Willy's "Charge of the Light Brigade" began. It took him half of the ten lap race to push in to the runner-up spot, but from then on, it was sheer excitement. Once they caugh t sigh t of each other, they both went for it, busting berms and screaming down the straigh ts, these two set a WFO pace for the next three laps. Then, over the big drop-off, Willy held onto the gas for a fraction of a second longer than Marcus , sending him in to the hai rpin tum at a radical angle. Evan neatly tucked himse lf into the inside of the tum, but Sim on s just had too m uch m om entum going. Willy to ok the moto an d th e overall, Evan pl aced second an d Mike Moss man finis hed th ird overall. • Cannon Brothers clean up at Elsinore By Andi Gangewer ELS INO RE , CAL., JULY 24 Cu rtis Cann on, perform ing in ti p-top shape, walked away with his first m ini trophy . Beginn ers and Novices were classed toge ther - 24 and jim Snow took the first Novice trophy, along with a new Amateur ranking. Curtis was the first Beginner, leaving Chris White and jeff Olive to second and third. Older brother Chris Can n o n was also a winner in the Mini Expert race. Benjie Meyer rode a terrific race the second go arou nd, and came close to winning, bu t the checkere d was out before Benj ie cou ld make his m ove. The 125 Begin ner race started ou t ra ther ragge d. Scott Sh erw o od had a huge le ad, bu t unfortunately th e race was stopped du e to a clas hi ng of bikes on th e sweeper. The race was restarted and Sh erw ood again shot out fro n t to ta ke an easy win ._ The only close com peti tio n in th e sec on d m o to was between Sc o t t Sh erwood and j eff Neeley. Racing nose to nose at th e finish, Sh erwo od shu t the door on Neeley and le ft him ou t in th e cold. Scott went o n to lead every lap of th e th ird mo to and along with the vic tory trophy, he was handed gradua tion papers to th e N ov ice class . The 250 No vice Main wa sn't too muc h of a chal lenge fo r S&S Yam ah a rid er Fre d Parker. Don nie Longnecker was the numbe r o ne m an off the line bu t Par ker pushed past Donnie and, once out front, there was no stopp ing Fre d. G reg White go t by Longnecker on . the first m o to. Moorewood won by only inch es ovcr McDougal. even though Lan ce 's RM had a radical po wer advantage over Bruce's stone stock RM mounL Soon after the start of the second moto Mo or ew oo d suffered bike problems dropping him back to a distant sixth . Q&E's Kur t Sofka took ove r second spot while FMF's Pete an d Tony Wanket fo llowed in the three-four SPO L • Resul ts in Resu lts Section. Texans end up at South Bay' By James Brammer SAN DI EGO , CAL., J ULY 3 t T wo T exans co mp lete d a Californi a speedway to ur at South. Bay wo more / our est I 2 Technical advances. We tr y to incorporate them into our producti on models as soon as possible , and that's what the 76Y:! 250CR is all about. It's an all-new "Sn ake" pipe , very similar to the ones you've seen this year on our works' bike s ridden by Heikki Mikkola and Kent Howerton, The ne w pipe is a full two'pound s lighter than the old stock pipe - and that's weight off the top where every pound is critical. And it tucks com- . pletely away be neath the gas tank an d seat for a narrower profile and no more hot spots inside your left thigh . Lower price. T hat's right, lower price. You'r local Husky dealer can now give you a much better deal than ever before on this amazing motorcycle. Maybe you're like a lot of guys who thought you couldn't afford a top quality machine. Wrong. Today you can get the best for less. See your local Husk y deal er soon, and you' ll find yourself on a winner! '. Husq varn a Motorcycle Co., In

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