Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

·_._._._._._._._._. and Petton, which remained the finishin g order as the red fla g came:' o u L It too k a lon g tim e to ge t Petton up on his fee t and his wa s the most serious of quite a few cras he s for the evening. In the Trophy Dash, Ted Davidson bl ew th e whole field away. Coming down for th e chec kered he pulled up the front end for a long wheelie down the front ch u te ... (d on ' t think even Evel would d o one at that speed, Ted!) Start of th e Novice Main was a three way scu ffl e for the lead between Charlie Summers, Jim Mertens, and Eddie Lawson , with Lawson emerging the leader. Behind it was Summers, Mertens and Don Baile y, who had pulled all the stops au t un til he fell. He thrashed around a bit after bailin g off bu t the race wasn't stopped and he walked ba ck to th e pits. Ted Davidson was again away and gone in th e Combined Main , shooting out into th e lead, followed by Gennai, Mead, Wrigli 1. Fortune and McWhorter. Rod Sexon slowed down a bit after he hit th at infamous south turn hole, which had p lagued riders all evening long, and looked like a motocrosser up on the pe gs for a few moments. Fortune and Mead were forced in to the pits w ith mechanical ills within two laps of each o th er and McWhorter and Wright wer e havin g at it . Suddenly Davidson wa s down, com ing ou t of turn four, getting up · on the bik e and go ing "Slide McGinty slide" down the fro n t chu te. The m ob charging up b ehind all managed t o evad e him and he w as so on up and on his way again . Gennai h ad e ff o r tle ssly taken th e lead an d th en it w as Jim Wright down in th e sam e pl ace as David son.. Wright's chain had co me adrift, wrapp ing itself all arou nd the rear wheel, . brin ging an abrup t end to his ra cin g. Again the pack wa s be aring down, an d Wrigh t was ha ving tr oubles ge tting out fr om under. bu t everyone cleared him. The pit crew h ad more troubles draggin g the now locked up Yamaha across to the infield side. They had go tten th e bike and themselves clear as the pack came around th e n orth turn again. but this tim e th e red fl ag came ou t and the race _was stopp ed o n th e 12th lap , an action that was not co ns idered necessary by many people. It was a disappointin g evening, from the standpoint . of promoter J. , C. Agajanian, He had hoped riders would take advantage of the ha lf-miles before th e National to get those needed transfer poin ts bu t the Novice s obviously weren 't all up to the opportuni ty. Man y of them were missin g, including some o f th e high point boys. Again , Agajanian was u nhappy with having to ru n Juniors and Experts togeth er. T he sa nc tio n ca lled for three separate m ains w ith th e ap p ro p ria te fe es being paid a nd no n-refundable. He feels the practice of com bining rid ers is un fa ir to th e Ju niors as it often does the yellow-platers ou t of transfer points and first place m o ney. He also expressed unh app iness over the race bei ng sto pp ed when the trac k was clear. It di d in dee d seem to be an unnecessary decision on th e starter's part. • Results in Results Section, Saddleback MX By Danny Raymo nd TheLatestN:.wsAnd DevebpnentsFran fuJtaco.TheOxnpanyThat Buikls Mtorcycles.ArxI NothingEEe. ~ VESTERINEN WINS WORLD TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP ~ GARTH BROW ..0 O. .... u TAKES SANTA FE o CROWN BULTACO CONTINUES TRIALS DOMINATION aborted ear lier this year when, after Se p t em be r 12 , 1976 SWIitz er Iand winning the f!rs t round in Ireland, h e Finnish trials ac e Yrj o Ves ter inen has become the new and firs t non-English World Ch ampion in the sport of Ob s erved Trials . V est e rin en 's performance in the Swiss round was s u ffi ci e n t to clinch th e World Championship yet second place is sti ll undecided between ' Bultaco te ammate Martin L ampkin, the 1975 World Observed Trials Champion and former Bultaco rider Malcolm R athmell . For the fourth y ear in a row Bultaco has ca p tured the highest honors in Observed Trials. Prior to the F.I .M. . san ctioning of World Championship st atus in 1975 ' the European Championship was the highest aw ard possible. No matter what the title, three differ ent riders in four years have b ecom e th e undisputed champ io ns while riding Bul ta co Sherpa T''s, V este r in en' s su c cess was almost s ou gh t t o ·drastical ly ch an ge th e characteristics of his proven winner. The very next ro u nd saw Vesterin en with a 165 lb. Sherpa T and a finishing position out of the top twenty. A quick change back to his standard "T" put the serious y o ung Finn back on the winning track. Bultaco's list of accomplishments is impressive and continues to grow beyond the rea ch of all other manufacturers. In 1976 alone Bultaco , to date , has wo n the Scottish Six Days Triats . . the SSDT Man ufacturers Cup, the World Man ufacturers Cup , an d the Observed Trials Championship of the World. Santa Fe Park (Hinsdale, Illin ois), the scene of some of the most exciting sh ort track rac ing in the country, has awarded double championship crowns to Garth Brow for the 1976 season. The stylish ride r from Flint. Mich igan not only won the Junior title, but defeated so me of t he best short track artists in the co untry for the overall track t itle on hi$ Bultaco 360 Astra. If you are looking for a young rider who can compete with the National stars th e n look no further than Garth Bro w. Bul taco's SOce GP Champio n Road _ Racer -w ill be made availa ble to Bult aco International for d isplay in t he 1977 Mot o rcycle Trad e Shows. Piloted by A ngel Nie to, th is t iny ( 160 lb.) Bu/t aco won t he Wor ld Cham p io nsh ip in its first year of compet it io n. T his ultra small displace ment class is uncontested in th e States but in Europe competition is fierce and racing speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour average are common. Tim e is Mothe r Nature s way of making sure everything d o esn 't happen at once. All it takes To begin your advertising campaign is a phone call To the advertising department a! Cyel e News IR VINE, CAL., SEPT. 25 Suzuki R ' & D's Bob Elliott showed his 125 talents as he to ok top 125 Pro position on what is to be next year's super trick 125 RM' s. Bob 's strongest com pe tit io n came from T ony Wanket ( FM F) and Arden Hadl ey (Han) . During th e Open Pro racin g th er e was always a cl ose race s o ing o n for the front spot, Ro n Turner (T&M Suz) and Rich Thorwaldson [Suz] tr aded mota win s. Ron c ame au t ahe ad on the overall by a second moto win, after Mart y Moates (KTI\-\), Steve Russell (Mai) and Luke Messer all l!') 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