Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

·_._._._._._-----almost an instant replay, starring the same cast of charact ers, with the exception of John Perez whose wire to wire victory sent hi m home with all the marbles. Mike Roach settled in to a solid second lettin g Larry Blum and Greg Koenig play change partn ers for third with Larry getting the nod. Little Danny Perez took a page from his brother's book as he hit fo r two, winning both the half-mile an d the IT ~lini goes. The half-mile was fairly easy with really no challenge fro m Roger Thompson and Matt Moon. The IT was n't q uite so easy a s Rick Blankenship jumped in to do battle. Rick would hold the lead in the tight stuff only to lose it on the front side as the ligh ter riders made the difference. Rick di d manage to hang onto second and Chuck Bittle made his way from last t o t hird as the checkered fell . Keith Brad ford and Ric k Blankens hip shared t he honors in the 125cc Novice class wit h Rick getting th e no d over Keit h and his bro ther Brian on the h alf-m ile , and Ke ith holding o n to th e IT ove r Starr Kimpston and Bo b Sears. R ic k added the 2 50cc IT to his day's work as he got out in front of Mike Hill and Chuck Bittle to stay. J e ff Moo n and Jeff Jo hnson played the share game in the 12 5cc Amateur go with Jeff "M" winning the half-mile and Jeff 'T' winning the IT. Results in Results Section. Tidwell: Corona superstar By Elaine Jones CORONA, CAL. , ocr. 6 Mike T idwell was hot Wednesday nigh t on th e Coron a TT and Half-Mile co urse and when he's hot he's unbeat able . Mike laid claim to the 125 Expert IT an d th e ~ Half-Mile 125cc go. The 250cc Ama teu r/Exp er t IT saw Joe Steffen give Mike a good run for the gold but on ce Mike's out in front he's alm ost impossible to get aro u nd. The half-mi le put Mike up against a large field a f m ore than capable rid ers and again he got t h e holeshot off the line which put hi m out in fro nt. The Money IT was Mike's fifth victory of the evening a nd he won it -in co nvin cing form over Jeff Allison and Artie Nay. J eff came up with se cond on a front side pass on the whi te flag lap. Mike wasn 't feeli ng well when the Half-Mile Money go came up and wasn't eve n going to ride, but his co mpetitive spirit cam e alive when he saw Bob Smallwood from Glendale, Arizona sitting on the line and especially when he saw the number two plate he was sp orting. Mike went looking for his helmet, came to the line, and smoked everyone in sight for a sp ect acu lar wire to wire win . Bob Smallwood did himself p ro ud on the Open Expert Half-Mile . It took him half the race to get around Steve Miller but he did-and was out in front when it counted at the checkered. Jim Red dy , a newcomer, took the Open Amateur/Expert IT with a wire to wire win over Dave Peters and J im Alliso n John Gimen ez came o ut after a long absence and sh owed t he bo ys how it's don e as he wo n th e Open Novice Half-Mile from T racy Bowers and Pat McCan n. Cliff Little all th e w ay fr o m Spokane, Washington , ca m e up wi th .a fo urt h for his effort. Flip Bin kley an d Sh an e Racine sh ared th e 25 0cc Nov ice h on ors with Flip in a wire to wire victory on t he IT. T he half-mil e h ad 1 1 rider s go ing for t he gold an d by the end th ere were only three wit h Shane Rac in e, John Per ez an d Kerry Picken in th e win, p lace and show spots. Greg Bell p icked up a double victory in the 125cc Novice class, winning the IT from Brad Bates.. and then topping J eff and Brad Bates on the half-mile . Resu lts in Results Section. race of champons malcolm smith $10,000 CASH TO TH E BEST MOTORCYCLE RACE R - - - - - - IN T HE WORL D ! ! 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