Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

:;:;::::::;:::;:::::;:::::::::;:;:;:::;::;:::::::::::::;:::::::::;:;:;:::;:;:;:;::::;:;:::::;:;:::::;:::::::::::::;:::::;:;:::;:::::::;:::::;:;:::;:::;:::;:::::::::;:::::;:;:;:::;:::;:::::::::;:;:;:::;:::::::;:::;:::::::::: fr ay in 125 Interm ed iat e , wh ere D avid J one s had to haul his CR 125 p ast secon d m oto leader Randy !\Iars hall (Suz) an d T ommy Land (H on ) to b ack up hi s first-round win and ta ke th e overall fro m Kev in l\Ic!\lillan (S uz, 3-4) , Todd Vandermolen (lion, 2-7 ), Lan d (8-2), an d Marshall (9.3) . Sen ior Mini cam e do wn to the wire, as Alex 1I00ver (Yam) rode the race o f his you ng life until the very last comer. Firs t heat winne r Ton y Nielse n (Hon ) fell o n lap on e, cau gh t up , bu t was a length be h ind in the fin ishin g tu m wh en a m en tal mi st ake jerked ou t Hoover' s fron t wh eel leav ing A lex an upset se con d • Wise wins GNC Qualifier By Greg Labbe SAN ANTONIO , TEX., AUG . 8 Today was the in augural event for a new series to be called the Grand National Championship. Yes, that's right, an oth erseries b ut this one is different. For the first time we hav e a series that will allow yo u to qualify on a national basis without leaving your favorite local track. In Texas, seven lo cal tracks will be participating, co vering just about all geographical sections of the state so ' there will be a qualifying series in yo ur area. The first of these tracks to get their program underway is San An to ni o 's Cyclerarna. This series, in larg e part from the imagination of Jerry Surber, is de ceptively simple and will culminate in a fmal race in the Astrodome on March 20, 1977. The 'Dome has already been rented, all the plans have been laid , so now it is just up to the riders to participate in one of the most exciting motocross happenings to co me down the .road ye t. In November all those who have qualified at the various tracks in Texas will converge on Houston 's Rio Brav o for a statewide boiling down process. Cyclerarna's regu lar se co nd S unday program is the fir st step on 'the road to the Astrodome, and that means that the C.N.C . got off on the right foot today. The day began with Bob Bowden, on a recently purchased 360 Husky, taking , b oth motos of the Open Intermediate class . In th e 125 Intermediat e class Jeff Fr azier holeshot the pack on a Honda, followed clo sely b y Neill Cooper on a Jim Weinert knows a bargain '. •• Suzuki as they moved away from the . p ack. Cooper got by at about th e ' halfway p oint but then went down allow ing Fraz ier b ack by for the first moto win. In what was p robably th e clo sest race all d ay , th e first six 125 In termediate riders stayed within a few feet of each other until the halfway mark, but still the first three of Scott Zettner, Butch Maiden an d Ne ill Cooper were wi th in inch es of each other all t he way to the' checkers. Butch Maiden took th e o verall vict ory with a 3-2 compar ed to Neill Cooper's second place 2· 3. Steve Wise is p resentl y in second pl ace in 12 5 Nation al Championship standings and he and Don Kudalski have each wo n Natio n al m oto's th is y ear. No t bad t alen t for a regular Sunday motocro ss.' Steve came today to try and get in so me goo d p ractice on the track whi ch will b e ho sting th e six th race of th e 125 Na tional Champ ionship series this ne xt w eekend. He will be looking to improve his st andin g on a tr ack which he likes to ride and did very well on last year, finishin g second behind Marty Smith at the NationaL As , exp ecte d , the start o f the 125 Expert first moto saw Wise in the lead an d T eam Poland's Don Kudalski glued to Stevie 's rear fender. They flew around th e hilly Cyclerama circuit fo r tw o lap s but on th e third lap Don ran into the back of Wise, twisting his knee as h e w ent down. He was out for the da y bu t said he wo uld be ready for ne xt week's Na tio nal. Steve went on to an easy victory, slacking off the pace near moto's end to keep h is FMF Honda from seizing. David Daniels, closing fast a t the end finished second. Wise again shot into the lead at th e start of th e second mota , but not feeling well, he was unable to hold the pace. David Dan iels on a Honda got by with abo ut four laps to go and

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