Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.r ~~ the dirt. The net result was a bit of dirt riding fo r both and the checkered flag for Murphy. The 250 GP Main was a Murphy benefit all the way with John Glover holding off the rest of the pack for second place. The open GP race saw Whitney Blakslee (GRIP Kawasaki) blast through the pack to lead Kaming Ko (Mr. Jags Triumph) and Joseph Tamas and Jim Haverlin to the finish. In the process Whit set a new un-official lap record for Willow Springs. At the Trophy and cash presentation, Lance Weil awarded Whit the Checkered flag for th e event as well • as the first place cash. " Windham blows them off By Andi Gangewer ELSINORE, CAL., OCT. 2 When 'the Onen Nov ice Main event final ly rolled around, Joel Windham was ready to take on the best of them. Windham got the ju mp off t he line but he had quite a ti me ho lding off Bob Ke llam, and Orlando Lamboy. Orlando was third behind Po llack and on the final lap, coming out of the esses, Lamboy bit the dirt and Bob Kellam used it to ' his best advantage. Kellam grabbed second awayfrom Wayne and Windham and picked up the two Open Novice trophies. The 100-125 Amateurs and Experts were run together with the Amateurs starting out front of the Experts. Mark Ledbetter and Steve Griffith fought it out all three races, but Griffith took the three wins. Ledbetter was second and speedway riders Spike Shelton followed in for third. , Randy Bird, at one time a winning regular at Elsinore, was back to try his hand in the 250 Expert class and he ended up with a royal flush. Amateurs rode with the Experts and got a handicapped start, but Randy, Joe Steffen and Gary Smith quickly moved , to the head of the pack and finished 1-2-3 . Brad Oxley led the 250s around for the beginning of the race until Randy Bird flew by and stole t h e show. Oxley and Gary Smit h were wheel to wheel when Gary ja m med by t o follow Bird to second. Brad's best showing of the evening was , in m o t a th ree. Oxley held on tight to his lead bu t Randy slo wly and surely picked off one rider af ter an other until he mo ved in for the kill. The white flag warning carne- out and Randy zapped Oxley and that was that for Brad. ' • Results in Results Section. CRC MX at Corona By Elaine Jo nes . CORONA, CAL., SEPT. 31 Goat Breker upheld the family honor this week with Bryan's absence but Goat gave himself a ' rough way to go by riding his brother's KX400 instead of his own 250 . It didn't seem to slow him down any as he collected the bucks in the Open Expert class over Tom McMichael. Tom broke up Goat's possible grand-slam when he got h is Maico out in fran t in the third mota and Goat had all kinds of problems. Whatever was ailing t he Dallas Baker Kaw was remedi ed by t he Team Race but again the t radition was almost shattered when Steve Castle and his partner won the race b ut lost it because they didn't make the p art n er change when they were suppose to, so again it was the Breker brothers team. Jim Latendresse 'seems to have gotten his bike legs back as he won the dough in the 250cc Expert with a 1-1-1 over J oe Reed. Clifford Mathews, riding out of C.H . Motorcycles in Rive rside, proved that his transfer to Novice was no fluke as he swept the 250cc class on his smooth running Can -Am. Not only did he beat Greg Guinn and Charlie Guinn, the two, three riders, but he also beat Rick Tolson, the Buddha Bultaco rider and winner of the Intermediate Division over John Friesen (and they started ahead of him). Intermediate class, here he comes! . Doug Payne started out good i~ the 250cc Novice class, with a win in the first mota over T.D. Walker and 'Lo y Beach. Unfortunately for Doug, T.D. and Loy came back to take the next tw o m o t o s one, two, with the same .or der for the overall dropping Doug to third. Steve Feld started t he evening with a fourth in the 125cc In t ermed iat e b ut stru ng together two firsts to tie with Steve Castle wh o had three seconds to his credit. The' no d we nt to Mr. Feld because he had th e higher p lace finish in the final m ota. David J on es, riding for Dese rt Mo t o rcycle Supp ly, ro unded o ut the field wi t h th ir d . Randy Shoaf and Mark G uteblier we re a ll tied up with four points each when the third mota of 125cc Beginners rolled around. Randy had everything together and bro ught it home first overall. Mark with his, fourth place finish could do no better than third , while Tony Feldhaus came up with the second. The Mini Division saw Donny Berry sans the problems that have plagued him his last few outings sock it to the rest of the class. The tough co m p et ito r in the soft package, Jill McIlrath, held off Gordon Ward to take the second -spot by one point. • Results in Results Section. [qLUBE], GRAND PRIX PRESENTED BY ESERTRACIIG ASSOCIATION _ LO: . .. 0-2~ KO\; - la t O,'A $25 . l:pa All Senior & All Powder Puff 11 : .- 250 Nov - la t O/ A $2 5 . l.st Sr E}I: $50. ht Sr Am $25. 12 : pno Ope n ~oy - :' st a /A. US . 1st Sr NY $25. ht P. Puff $25. 2: pn All Am - h t a / A ...... $50 . - ht D-200 .250. Dp.n ,.,. u s. 3 : pm Al l Ex - ht O/ A Ex $1 50. - 2nd a/ A. EJC u s. - J rd O/A EJC $1 5. - lat. o-200.2)Q .Dpen b $25 . 0 / A exempt s clan rroney . •~ 8:am 0·200 !eg 4. Hln1 9:aTll 2S0 & Open Be g " T- Sh i r t s to all entrants - 20S tl"'ODhles SCAT Cornn - B,ooo. - dua l po ln.,., - "led . \.0 C'l I ns . New 7ml . 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I SIGNED I • Date (I have read & agree to all the above) ~~ENT~~R~AL I I (req~~ entr~ ~"!2B~ VALENCIA, CAL., OCT. 10 'In the 125 Intermediate race, Paul Lane ~nd Lance Sloan e gave the spectators the ir money's worth, chasing and pushing each other throughout th e whole ra ce , side by side on their app roach to the d rop-o ff, neit h er willing to give an inch. They had so me to ugh competition in the first mota from Jamie Einbund and James Dugan wh a held on to third and fourth . Dugan did a fantastic job of holding Sloane off at the start of the se cond mota, but finally had to relinquish his lead. As they left the rabbit jumps, Ken Willis got by him and took off in pursuit a f Sloane. Lane, \\1lp was coming up from the back of the field, go t by and moved into third. Just before the checkered flag ; Willis went down but managed a fourth overall with th ird going to Dugan, second to Lane and first to Sloane. _ The 250 Intermediates got off to a wild start as the first three riders slammed into a dead stop right after the drop-off. Cory Sawyer, who led the pack off the line, fell back to last pl ace and Butch Wade took over as the new leader. The competition was stiff between Mike Hamic ker , Murray Lantz and Angelo Cofino. Sawyer worked his way back up through the pack to sixth before the checkered flag. After being cleared for take-off in the second m o t a , Cory once again took the holeshot an d le d a very -t ig ht pack up the hill. MikcHamicker took over the lead o n the first ' lap and he ld it thro ughout the mota, relegating Cory to second. Butch Wade third, and Murray Lantz fo urth. It was a t ou gh break for , Wade who went flying off his bike and lost a valuable position; Lantz bogged down in the sandwash and barely m anaged to bring his bike around. an d Wade. who had ridden a beautiful race, pulled off the track with bike trou ble. DIRT DIGGERS MC7rORCYCLE CLUB, INC. P. O. BOX 155 9 SANTA MONICA," CALIFCRNIA 90401 OCTOBER 14, 1976 TIlE DIRT DIGGERS GRANIl 'PRIX Kr HOPETC>IN IS POSTPONED UNrIL DECEMBER UUI and GOOD FCR Ira. YOUR TICKETS, PIT PASS, ETC., ARE THOSE DAYS . THIS POSTPONEMENr I S DUE TO PERMIT PROBLEMS IIITH THE ENVIRONMENrAL RESO URCE AGENCY. WE URGE YOU TO STICK. WITH US. ON THIS . WITHOUI' YOUR HELP AND M ONEY lIE IIILL LOSE ANorHER CLASSIC RACE IN SotIrHERN CALIFlIlN IA. PLEASE DO Nor GO TO HOPETOWN AT ANY TIME PRIM TO RACE DAY. THIS llOUIJl JEOPARDIZE TIlE EVENr. 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