Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

' O oh n J'' . ~ '\o AlI... . .(y:am) .. . . t. ,rett '"''Pit the. Ison go on .. line in the second heat but t ook off a fte r the gan g who were well a way aro u nd the fir st - tu rns. Rick Hocking (5 00TI Yam) was up front but as ex p ec t ed on a perfect n ight-tim e Ascot surface th e bi gger bikes go t to him do wn the straight. First Steve Ekl u nd was by as th ey ex it ed tum four an d n ex t lap it was Paul Bostrum's tum. Eklund put some space between himself and Bostrum , Ho cking hun~ on to third while Randy Skiver (T ri) fo ug ht over fourth with Brad Hurst. Allis on had all stops out. go ing for t he Semi. at tim es getting a bit out of shape. esp ec ially on e time over the jump. Transfer h e d id an d the heat was two seconds faster than t he first . John Gennai took o ff through tum one first in th e Semi with Mike Myers (Tri) and Bill Oliver behind. At the left hander leading to th e half-mile tum Gennai, we think. missed a shift. and Myers. Skiver and Oliver went trooping by. Skiver went fo r the inside on turn two . taking the lead away from Myers and there went Gennai heading for his pit to park it. Allison was now up to fourth . As they ca me around th e half-mile again Bill Oliver really got it on and took the lead from Myers. . For the Dash lineup it was Alex J o rgense n on the Beezer heading out for the lead and th en . he overdid it . nearly scattering some ha y and St eve Eklund took over followed by Bostrum and Hatdey . For th e first time ever someone got mixed up and th e . Dash went three laps in stead o f the usual t w o . so it w as Steve Eklund ta king ho me one of th e beautiful pieces of silverplate th at were the troph ies. Randy Sco tt di d n't co me out fo r t he Main so Vern J o hnso n rep laced h im in the lin eup. T he 'race devel op ed into a real d ogfight. In th e early stage it was J orgen sen . Ekl und . Hockin g. Bostrum and Hatel ey . Eklund went into the lead an d started moving out. Hatdey go t by Ho c kin g at th e end of the straight and went after Jorgensen who had lost second to Bostrum . Up front Eklund was hap p ily ch ar gin g along but Bostrurn , J o rgensen and Hateley we re wh ere the action wast Fo r a while it 'wa s J o rgy who was the m ea t in t he sandwich as at time the .th reeso rne were side by side. J orgy misse d a sh ift in t h e ess tu rns a nd " Lit tle John" got h im . Now Ha teley was in t h e mi ddle of th e w heel to w heel . elbow t o elbow race. Hutel ey tried Bos tru m on the o utside a nd go t h im go in g into t he esses o nly to have Pau l ta ke it bac k aga in . then it was J o rgens en up front for a b it . Hooo-boy l Behind t hat threesome it was Ho cking ho lding down fifth and A llison on a ratt y sounding bike try in g to stay in six th . Il ateleys en gine we nt pop as he lan ded a fte r the jump. and as th e threesome tore aro u nd t he half-mile he moved over and w aved t h e o thers by , Momen ts lat er he go t the ignitio n problems sorted out again and W .I S off in the hunt so me mo re . skiddin g as on ly J o h n ca n . • Up fro nt Ek lund was starting t o slow down on the straights but st ill very fa st in the busier sections. Finally the flag fe ll wit h Jorgy second. Bostrum third and Hatele y fo urth . The Novice and J uni or w inn ers ca me forward to join Eklund and the three Go lden West Champions re ce ived their and exceptionally co ngratu lations impressive silver trophies. It was ti me fo r everyone to catch a few b reaths before t he great National to be ru n the ne x t eve ni ng . • Resu lts NOVICE M A I N : 1. J im M ertens (Ya m) . 2. Edd ie Lawso n (Bu l ). 3. D on Ba il ey ( Y a m) . 4. Dan Hogue (Yam) . 5 . Dave Lujan ( Ya m) . 6. Randy M amola (Yam ). 7 . Ed Sa n Roman . (Yam). 8. Tony A lves (varn) . 9. St e ve Carr il l O (Vam) - .10. J oe W ilson ( V am) . 8 laps tim e: 3 : 11.85. JUNIOR MAIN : 1 . Ted Davidson (Vam ). 2 . Sc ott Pearson ( H ·D) . 3 . Rand y Gi b b s (Yam). 4 . Steve F ort un e (Ya m). 5 . Rod Sex t on (Yam) . 6. Vince Mead (H·D). 7. Lowe ll M o u r al (T r l) . 8. Ji m H al k o la (H -D ). 9 . J ohn ' M ath e rson ( Va m) . 10. Bra d Nick s (Yam) . 10 lap s t i me : 3 :51.52. EX PERT TT DASH ; 1. Steve Ek l u nd Y a m ) . 2 . PaUl Bostrum (T ri). 3. Joh n Hate ley T rl) . 4 . Ale x J or ge n sen (BSA) . laps time: 2: 19 .8 5.. E XPE RT TT M A I N: 1. St ev e E klun d (Yam) . 2 . Al ex J orge n sen (BSA) . 3. Paul Bostrum (Tr i) . 4 . John H ate le y (Tr l) . 5 . R ic k Hocking ( Y am ) . 6 . John A ll iso n ( Y am) . 7 . B i ll Olive r (Yam ). 8. B r ad Hurst (Tr i) . 9 . Mike M yers (T r l). 10. D an M cW hor t er (T r i ) . 15 lap s time : 11:34 .69. ~ . ....... .. . . . ~;;;;;=KEZY 'F:~~~ rr;;;~ PRESENTS'· ;;11 CYCLE WORLD TRANS-AMA INTERNATIONA~~ ~ ' MOTOCROSS ..--:::;~ ." EUROPEAN AMERICAN CHALLENGE ._-. INTERNAnONAl GRAND PRIX STARS FROM AROUND THE WORlD. INCLUDING THE FIRST FIVE FINISHE IN THE RS 500c c WORLDCHAMPIONSHIP, SAmE AME RICA'SBEST FOR THE S200,OOO TRANS AMA CROWN K(NT H()WE~TQN THE UNITED STATES 50Qc e NAJIQNAI. CHAMPION MAANSMtIH J fd tzsc c WOQI..O CHAMPIONSHI P T ONY DISTE fANO 2SOCc NAT ION Al CHAtv"l'lOl"ll AM WEIN(!n zeocc SlJPfRCROSSCHAMPION 80B HANNAH 12xc NAl ION A,l CHAMPION HONDA BAAl) lACICfY ~rtI sooee w OQl O C HAMPK)NSH IP P1( Jmf I(A!?SMAI« 1lS FORMER ~C NATIONALCHAWPION STEVE ST ACKABU w rNf[ Q S(Qr S 500cc CHAM PION l THE WORLD ' ROGeR OfC OSn ~ , 8E l GIUM At< IAAA IfolAT B{ , JAPAN • MORSEUl BQUNO AN ./TALY _ KlUMPER ,NETH6<\ANOS 2na sooee WO"L O CHAMP ION SHIP Sv\'VAIN G( 8OE ~S, BUGlUM • ~c WORLDCHAMPlON GERRI WQt SINK, N[l HERlANOS T ADOL FWE ll , WE STGEQMANY J fd sooc e wORl D CHA.MPICf\lSHIP GRAHAMNOyCE,(NGlANO am eooee WOI?tOCHAMPIONSHIP HARRY EVERTS, BElGIUM • MASAR UAKWA, JAPAN ' .os @§~) FERNANDO MACIA, VE: N( ZU ELA • AL BERTO ANGlQl INI. ITAlY GUST AVO HEQQl:RA. V( NEZU ELA • NAN I DARIO AlY ,IT NICK(Y K(NOS... TA,JAPAN • P1E1RO MICCHElI, n.,y , SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH ADVANCE DISCOUNTTICKETS'ON SAL£ NOW ATPARTICIPA TINGHONDA DfAlERS. nCKElllON STATEWIDE &.MAliBU GRAND PIIIX BYMA IL:STAOIUMMOTORSPORrSCORPORATION . 333 3IID STREET. LAGUNA BEACH. CA ,9 265 1 GATEOPEN 7 AM PIIACTICE 9 AM • RACING S TA~T S NO ON • 1ST INTERNATIONAL MOTO 1:00PM """ '(" ~ ADVANCE DISCOUNT ONLY $7.50 ADULTS $3.75 CHILDREN UNDER12 Uphill, we always climb with caution; downhill, we crash carefree. - FREE 1978~2 MX CATALOG Why pay li st pr ice fo r hard-to-f i. name brand MX items ? T r y us. Cycle ProduetsWEST RKS Performance ono/Run hase 2 saw SUN GRAHAM .T. Alloy BASSETT BankAmericard TERRYCABL THOR Enterprises Mar k Charle J T Raei no Universal HI- POINT Wiseeo Pro-Tee Moto-X Fox master charge T F Racin g Enterprises P.O.Box 215 AverY1.Co.95224 209 7 95-2 ~ 81 '~ ,. 12lc7lEysa'e ~i tzACf2 Vamaha TZ 350 RR - Water cooled, p ocket rocket (used) .. .. $1600.0 0 19 7 5 VZ B 250 Vamaha Mono har dchreme cy lin der, air forks, 38 Mikuni, etc .• etc., ete.fused) $900.0 0 OS 7 Yamah a 2 50cc Pro d uct io n Racer - disc b rake, 6 speed, all legal AMA, WER A, CMC , A FM M ·o d s , man y 5 par e 5 (usedl . . . .. $ 550.0 0 TZ 700 Vamaha - Water coo led . RR 160 +mph lusedl.$41 oo.0 0 Dea lers ' o r : Lav e-da, MV Augusta. M o t o M ori ni. M o t o G UZZI. H ICKm a n 714· 622·0533 POOL 0WNIItS ~! ,!~t~~~ .' ~j~.;:::'" '.: -:;p)[ ~;-: ;.<: ..:::." ; :, Jo in the humlJeds";'.of ~famlhes wh o :. ' ha ve fourld that o;;" :~~11 rri~i.a l . _ d- . : an glaz.B,d>:Solar Sw:~m System r1iW; {or.::';'· itself :~ e wili?".eonduct a free '~~::' • .: of yo~.~ · pool :~~qu ir8 men ts to t~:i":: your ~.im~inq_~as0!,1 : .....~ ~ , ,~?=.::.p F l n. ln ci n q on a p p rovedcre d i t ::;;. Ser.~ ici ng .. II o f ow ~'i t Co.ilSI area .•• I :.:~ call or write ; . ' " Sun Energies of ~iYerside PO Bcx 732 Sunnym ead . CA 92388 714·653-4176 »: '.; 9

• Cover