Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

.... 50-~O-1 " MOTHER'S MILK FOR YOUR PET 2 STROKE " • Schultz (Bul) got a slow start in the first mota and had to p lay catch-up. He moved within striking distance of Kipp Classen (~TM) who was holding onto second, and, began to put on the pressure. Classen managed to hold him off until the last lap, crashed. Schultz rode to a solid second in mota two for a second overall for the day. Gary Murphy, riding for the first time on his new KTM, came from way behind in the second moto to chaUenge Dennis Brand (Suz) for third but Brand was able to hold Murphy off. Danny Chandler (KTM ) held on to a good second .in mota one of the Open Expert clash where . Richter again do m ina ted. Dan ny was unable to make the second mota and Darrell Shultz (Bul) took second with a good solid ride. Charlie Halcomb (H us) charged though the pack to eventually ·get by Tad Olsen (Mai) for third. Paul Turner (Suz) dominated both mo to s of the 125 ~xpert eve nt. Danny Ch an dle r (KTM) put on a great ride in th e first mota, co ming up from last p lace o ut of t he first t urn to take seco nd by the second lap. In mo t a two Chandler again got a bad start but while catching up he got into trouble on the big downhill by the eucalyptus tree, going down hard and suffering a broken leg. ' Turner again dominated the second mota with Jeff Watts (Hus) second. Phil Oveland (CZ) had to work hard to win the Open Amateur race. In the first mota he was passed by hard charging Curt Wilcox (Yam ) about half-way through the mota and had to settle for second. In the se cond mota he fought all the way with Charlie " The Goose" Heastings (Hus) who had crashed in the first mota and worked his way ba ck up to sixth . Heastings took the early lead in mota two but Oveland got by on the third lap when Heastings bobbled. Charlie wasn't going to give up though and quickly mo ved up to challenge, getting by Oveland on the seventh lap an d hanging o n for the win. The tw o second place finis hes gave Ovelan d the overall. Division t wo a f the Open Novices saw a good second mota b et ween Dave Nance and Buddy Latham. Lath am (S uz) go t th e hole sho t wit h Nance (Yam) righ t behind him . The two stretche d it out over th e o ther r iders, and by th e fifth lap were twen ty seconds ah ead of th ird pl ace. Nan ce made his move by Latham on th e .an n ou ncin g stand st rai ght but was p assed ri gh t back o n t he ne xt tum. Nan ce hung in there and got La tham again as the two went ove r the jump an d into t he back section, but Lath am again got by a co uple of tu rns later. Nance was trying o n e m ore time by the old oak tree b ut lost his fro n t end and went down. Latham had the easy win and Nance still ha d time to get go ing again and hold second. Here are the S1200 series standings to date: I. Pat Richter; 2. Jim Lesniewski; 3. Danny Chandler; 4 . Darrel Shultz; 5. Dennis Brand; 6. Jeff Watts; 7. Mike Marquez; 8. Paul Turner; 9. Mike Preston; 10. Charlie Halcomb. One more race to go! • Results in Results Section. CMC Night MX By Steve Castillo FREMONT, CAL., AUG . 5 More th an 350 ride rs turned out tonight to battle on beautifully prepared Fremont track. .Many riders talked about how m uch fun it was hitting the giant berms at full speed an d several of the jumps were m ore elevated than before allowing _riders to soar higher and farther than ever. Mike Preston (Suz) and Kent Classen (lion) were doing some really high acrobatic stuff themselves. In moto one of the 125 Pro race Preston jumped in front of Classen with Don Cantaloupi third. Cantaloupi was able to work his way past Classen and really put a charge on Preston. By the las t lap Cantaloupi had closed righ t up, but at the flag where it counts Preston kept his lead. Mota two Preston was again the winner of the start and moved away from the field with only Classen and Cantaloupi right up with him. Cantaloupi soon had to retire with a collapsed rear tire. Classen was now driving hard on Preston and dove under on the Suzuki rider in one of the tight turns. Kent took off to win the mota, but overall Preston got the win with Classen second and Dave" Wood (Ho n) third. Wes Elrod was unbeatable aboard his Mote-Villa in the first 500 Pro mota. Bob Geffert took second on his new Suzuki. Steve Scoffone on a CZ was also up battling with Geffert but had to settle for third in that mota. Round two Elrod blew his chances for the overall when he left the starting ga te' almost looping h is bike. Elrod barely saved it, but was dead last and" had to work up . Geffert was enjoying a Bob comfortab le le ad after briefly dueling with Steve Scoffone. Wes Elrod was making a valiant effort trying to work up thr ough the pack but when the flag came out fourth was the best he could do. Overall it was Bob Geffert taking his first Pro win in abou t a year. Rich Voss (Bul) won the 250 Intermediate race tonight but it didn't come easy. In mota one Rich went all the way followed by Randy Kerslake (Suz) and Rich Tiago (S uz ). Moto two was the test for Rich, as Art Leonardi who got 14th in the first mota got inspired and walked awa y with the race. Voss meanwhile had to work his tail off to hold second with pressure co m ing from Rich Tiago and Stuart Bussert (Hus ). Secon d gave him the o verall win . Results in Results Section. . Delacy tops SK Match series By W. H. Spencer FREM ONT, CAL.,J UL. 28 Mike Delacy came out a big mon ey win ne r, ta king t he fina l ro u nd of the Sonn y Ken yon ma tch race series and th e $500 p rize p resented by old SK h imself. Ric k Hock ing won th e 3 6 0 Ex p ert Main , whil e Dave Faria su rprised Don Bailey in the 250 Expe r t Main. Delacy and Errol Longbo y a were the fi alists in the 15-race series started n back in April. The fin ale was a 10-lapp er with the younger Delacy lea ding all the wayan big bro th e r Ric k 's Can c i l ta -p repared 360 Yamaha. Longboya had given up his n orm al 350 XL ride to jump o n the Steve Carrillo Yamaha but the change from a four stroke might have hurt him, as he just couldn't match up in the overall. Brother Rick provided some hastily bought champagne fo r the money presentation, which turned into a National look alike with spraying and yelling and screaming while the ru nnerup got at nice S100 from Bill Keys' Gran Prix Cycle shop in Fremont. All that an d a special party at Team GB Pizza afterward. In regular action racing Hocking easily dominated the 360 Expert class, leg brace and all. Dave Faria was the surprise of the night coming out of semi-retirement to win the 250 and take second in the 360 behind the "Hock". Rock Miller won his last Junior event in the 360 I\lain with John McBroom sneaking into the second while Mickey Kru sem an n did the same in the 250 Jun ior takin g the big trophy and an Expert card from steward Ed Deatherage. The Jeffcoat brothers Kurt and Ken made in one-two in the 100 Novice Main, after AI Emmons eliminated himself. Kirk Brewer surprised Lightn ing Larry Kruseman for the 125 Novice win.. • Results in Results Section. FIRST non SmO k ,ng pe lrO le u ;;· rnmrJ]L UB£1 ~ I F IR S T n on fou ling pet ro leum " F I RS T ad ver t rsert '?:Y _ 50·1 pe t r o l eum Use DuraLube $50.00 contingency 1st overall in 0-37, M.R.A.N. & ORA desert races & enduros. Case of oil for 1st in class with proof of purchase. Don Watkins D i st ributor Box 8171, Hualapai Bran ch Kingman. Arizona 86412 602-757-8303 Crown Produ cts 153 14 111 Pr oct o r CIty Of In d ustry, CA 91745 Sammy T.anner D IU . 17213 Roset o" Ave . A r teS ia. 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