Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.- I Specially for dirt second overall, right beh in d Doug Archibald, who gave everybody a demonstration on how to win. Dick Frampton and Al Close rounded out the class with third and fourth. A half dozen Novices took one day step to Amateur and some may definitely stay there. Novice J erry Steiner showed his talent by picking off holesho ts and second overall after trading wins wi th James J ones, who took the last moto and first overall. Big Jerry Scott smoothed out some of those chuck holes in fine fashion for third, followed closely by Dan Harris. In the Novice group , Doyle Bro wn and Chuck Hart traded wi ns and second places, with Doyle taking the second win and ending up to p banan a fo r the day. Right behind Chuck came Don Edlund for third and fo urth spo t was J e rry Allen, who we are all glad to see ou t once again . . __ Don 't forget th e Veterans Nationals co m in g u p at the Dunes September 25-26. • Results in Resu lt s Section . ~ If you dig the dirt, rid e w ith Mu lholland MX hydrau lics , built for treacherous terrain . A full line of tunable and rebuildable MX shocks al low you to fi t your b ike to your indi vidual requirements. MK shocks are available to fit all off-road bikes, regardless of size. = 1.0 Fo r G.P. and cantileve r se tu ps , the LTG (long trave l gas-rebuildablel shock give s the u lt imate in shock performance. A new shock featuring Geretron gas bladder, up to 4% inc hes of travel, e xt ra large o il capacity , 1/2" d iameter p iston rod, a luminum cooling fi ns, six'stage progressive valving and se lf·lubricating top and bottom bu sh ings . f"- a') ~ ~~ ~ '" ..c' QJ If y ou rid e motoeross, enduro or t rial s, Mu lholland has a shock for you . a s 0.. QJ \r.J Can-Am MX qualifier By Ken neth Dunn CARLSBAD . CAL., AUG . 22 . Th e second round o f the Can Am Am ateur l\lX series (West coast) , fo llo wing Santa Mari a, final ly happened a t Carlsbad, foll owing several times in 'th e 500 Pro class b efo re Moates won. Cardoza finished firs t in th e series and Moates' win moved him up to second p I ace in the ser ies . With the entry at 190 in t he fin al. schedu led race, promoter Bob Basile decided to p lan t wo more races for September, T here wi ll be races on Wednesday ni gh ts of Septembe r 8 an d 22. • Res ults in Res ults Section. Old timers cavort at Camarillo By O.T. Dal CAMARILLO, CAL., A UG . 29 Early morning fo g gave way to the beautiful sunny, but hot day on the Oxnard plain to accomod at e a full card o f A1\ IE racin g )ncIuding 32 of the Crimson and Gold boys. It wa s " T ry your luc k" day as those who wanted to, moved up to the next higher class - and there we re some su rp ris in g results. A warm welcome to G regg Tro ns, who moto re d around the su p er-t o ugh co u rse in fine sty le and it was great t o see Ch uck Strauss out t o d ay , wavin g his leg at everybody . Lead in g o ff with the Mas ters was Blackie Le wis, who wh ips a ro u nd sm ar tl y whet he r t he course is sm o o th or • ro ug h, an d t od ay he was No . 1 on th e ro ugh est cou rse we ve seen in a while. H ut ch Hu tch in son an d No rm Elle dge • gave it a go at the Master class an d . p roc eed ed ' to show t hei r stuff with a secon d and th ir d. Bob Pawling, who sprained a n onion on the side- hill turn, hung in th er e for fourth. Three Amateurs joined the Experts t oday and Amate ur Fred Maynard gave a great consistent performance fo r 9 cancellations at two other facilities . The race was a last minute effort, and Promoter Butch Lee did the best he could under the circumstances. The Carlsbad GP course was accomodating a Cl\IC event and wasn't available so Butch had to settle fo r a section o f the Viewfinders GP course. The guys who were hired to water the track decided to bug out and go to the beach, the SoCal hard pack turned to dust . Butch extends his 'apologies to all those who raced and swears by t h e AL\IA rule bo ok that it wo n 't happen again. Tyrone Brown (Su z) holeshot t he first 125 Expert moto with Glen Ewing (Hon), Al Hal l (lI on ), and Ron Bo wm an (Hon) breathing down his neck. Tyrone p roceede d to put much dis tance be tw een h im self an d seco nd . an d D-37 number o ne, Bu tch Darling. b litzed from m id-p ack to second in three laps. Brown t ried so hard to m ain t ain his cushion that he burned out b y the halfway point. Darling took advantage an d we nt o n to post the win. Brown hu ng on t o second, AI Hall was third and Joe Santich made a brilliant run from dead last to third. Northern California hotshoe Jim Lesnieski (Hu s) led the lo cals through the first turn in the 250 gig along wi th Phil Taylor (Kn l), and Scott Carl (Mai) . Karl relieved Taylor of second on lap three and began a drive for the lead but Taylor stuck with Karl and zapped him back on lap four. Ka rl regained second on lap six and once again began to close on Lesnieski. Taylor found his possession of third challenged by Da vid Mo rris (Q uinsey Kawasaki) and lost it on lap seven. Karl, Mo rris, and Taylor all stepped up the pace, closing on Lenieski even quicker. Karl inherited the lea d after a two lap battle with Lenieski a nd Mo rris. Meanwhile, Fred Griego (Suz) and J im Ma rt in (Martin Specialties CZ) were charging in fifth and six th o At the flag it was Karl, Mo rris. Le nie ski, Bran d, an d then Mart in filling ou t th e to p five. Santa Maria winn er Steve Bartley m ad e up for m echan icals in th e first 125 ro u nd by snat chi ng th e le ad in the final m oto. Ewing. Hal l, an d J ac k Cla wso n (Yam) we re t he front ru n ners on the first lap . After tha t, m ore p o siti on changes occ urred than anyone coul d keep track of. At th e hal fw a y point, Bartley was still leading with Darling second, Ewing, Bowman, and Chelma Roberts (Hon) in a tight, fluctuating clump that acc~ted fo r third, fou rth , For information 0f'I IntM'J*rt '. eotnP'-~ ti.... of motorqode produces • .-nd 12.00 to 0 _ . CN-fi P.O. Box 390 . Ga rdena, Californ ia 90 247 6 Colors MX Vinyl Tank Cover B lock Blue Used by Pros. Better grip for leathers. Green Easy to installS remove. Resists gas Red detergents. 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