Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

---------------------------------------------- Western hotline captured the opening two five-lap motos and coasted to second behind Vidic in the final race to claim the top honors . Vidic. the two -time Night National winner. settled for second overall followed bv t he Maico mounted Gary Bartlett. • T-shirts sizes S, M, L , and XL $3 .95 Posters 22" x 28" full col or World Champion Roger DeCoster, $2.00, Gerrit Wolsink, $2 .00 AME Night full of small bores Decals Tr~ck By Lee Taylor Blldng JetWJS The 100's, all three classes of them, were a three ring circus . In the expert division the race between john Whelchel and J ohn decals, two for $3 .00, bike decals, t wo for SO¢. sew-on patches, $2.00 s. M, L, and VALENCIA, CAL. , NOV. 5 WHt~rn Dealers and Distributors contact : X L. $1 4.95 Ask your dealer or order direct from Bel-Ray. Bel-Rav ce., I nc. Motorcyc le & Automot ive Lubr ican ts Division 14670 Firman. BI. Suit. 410 La Mi reda, CA 90638 (71 41 522-{)581 (21 31 9 21-1 0 55 POSEY BAGS Get It All Together Posey Bags are designed for the off-road rider wh o wa nts to ta ke mor e tha n he can ca rry ; ca ntee n. spa re par ts. too ls. jacket, etc . Fils behind Ihe seal of virtually any motorcycle. All Velcro closure; on or off in minutes. Made of nylon reinforced vinyl to withstand the ro ugh est terrain at any speed. Available in gree n, blue . red . and yellow. Posey Bag 11x7 Posey Bag 11x9 $23.95 $26.95 SEND FOR FREE BROCHURE DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED J. T. POSEY COMPANY 39 So. Altadena Drive Pasadena, California 91107 1976250cc World ChampionThe Vikings Are Coming! O'Mara was un rea l. These two were buzzing each other through both motos like flying aces out of "Ba Ba Bla cksheep" . They must of thought they had a whole squadron of enemy planes on their tail. And they did . The Jrs. and Ints. swarmed in , out and around them till it was impossible to tell who was in what class . Finally. John Whelchel and John O'Mara set up a nice lead for themselves away from the pack and left the maneuvering to James Dugan , Jeff Kirby and Kirk Sturgeon . Th e madness ' cont in ued throughout both motos with firsts over -all going to Tim Schreiner-Beginners, Kirk SturgeonJrs . . . Jeff Kirby-Ints .. and John Whelchel for the Experts. The rest of the places are in the Results. Bob "RoadRunner" Kline took off in the 125 Pro. race with Mike Pillar and Willy Simmons out to catch him . Our favorite " Roa drun ner" however. neatly set up a beautiful lead for himself that could not be taken . Resu lts in Resu lts Section. • Lawson Wires Half Mile By Elaine Jones CORONA. CAL. , NOV. 3 Eddie Lawson again totally dominated the Half Mile Wednesday night on the Corona oval and proved why he is ranked one of the finest in the Nation . Eddie rode both the Open Expert and Money Half Mile and was never seen anywhere but in front. After going wire to wire in the Expert with Dylan Neihart and Dave Peters following him home . he stopped long enough to take on fuel before returning to the line for the Money go . Again he was off on top for a commanding lead for all fifteen laps. Mike Minnig had tucked into the second spot but on lap six Dylan Neihart, who is really warming to his new 750cc, went on by and Mike had to start watchining out. for Dee Toth. Dee was very much in it until unlucky la p 13 when attrition problems forced him out. When the checkered fell it was Lawson. Neihart and Minnig ending a very exciting night of racing; _ Great Pumpkin WI:O.~$89_95 ~ Dealer Inquiries wa nted PAIR !",- - !!'JI• • •~ Grand Prix Elaine Jones CORONA, CAL., OCT . 31 Three h undred and eleven were on hand to take part in the AMC Saddle back had perfect conditions for Og Ogleby. Great Pumpkin Grand Prix at Corona Raceway, and the weather was anything but Fallish as the temperature was well into the nineties. Although there was suppose to be a prize for the best costume worn by a rider no one took the race promoters up on it so the prize will never be known. Unless you were riding up fornt you were eating dust and when the riders came in it looked liked the agony and the ectasy. The agony of the last fortyfive minutes and the ectasy, The agony of the last forty-five minutes and the ectasy of having fin ished. The finishe r pi ns...ere earned, believe me . No resu lts are official yet b ut Bob by Hart looked like a sure winner in th e Mini Ex pert Class and Goat Breker turned in his usua l ou tsta nd ing performance ' in the O pen Expert Class . They at least looked cleaner than everybody else. . Dale "The Tube" Teubner, racing director for the Grand Prix , jumped into the vets class and showed the guys he 's more than just a director and knows-what he 's doing as he put more than a three minute. lead between himself and the second place rider. He admitted when it was over he was out of shape and his hands were full of blisters attesting to the fact that he was not jiving anybody. - 0.37 VS. 0.38 at Carlsbad By M. Thunderpussy CA RLSBAD, CAL.. OCT. 31 The Viewfindes M . e . had sched uled a m ot ocross for this 'weekend , but due to a shortage of race tracks, they couldn't find a p lace to run their event. Fortuna tely, Bu tch Lee of Dirt Bike Promotions was ho ldi ng a D-38 race at Carlsbad on the same day, so when asked by the Viewfinders if he co uld include the D-37 folks , he agreed to do so. With the end of the year rapidly approaching, this gave the D·37 riders the added advantage of one more race at which they could earn more points. The D·37 turnout was relatively small, but there were plenty enough to fill each rnoto . In the Open Amateur-Expert race, Chuck Pettigrew (Mai), from D-37] 1 had a I -I sweep for the day. and managed to put on a show for the folk3 while doing it. Pettigrew' unspectacular but fast inside lines"! flowing cross ups, and his ability tiP leap bunches of whoopers in a single bound, were a joy to watch . Ken n;' Frost (Suz) of D-38, in his classy Halloween Bozo suit. got the first moto holeshot, but dropped it on the first lap and never could make up the ground. Robbie Norgaard (CZ), : also from D-38, ended up with a third , with Andy Bolander on his new KT M in for a solid 4t h p lace. • In the seco nd moto Pett igrew got the holeshot and spent half the ra ce duking it out with Frost for the lead. but Pettigrew again willed out and pulled out a large lead for the eventual win . Frost was second, and Norgaard again was third. AI Steinbaugh (Suz) had a very consistant ride for a fourth overall and second D -37. and Bolander, who wen t from dead last in this moto to a fifth , ended up the day with a fifth overall . _ High School MX at Corona By Elaine Jones CORONA , CAL.. OCT. 29 Pacific High School fiel ded the sm a llest te am which coul d better be called a quartet sin~~ L uke Terry, Billy Rayno r , Mike Ma rschke and Chris McNeil. Chris led th e team as he posted the only Pacific victory in th e 250cc Class. Dean .Flocken of San Berna rdino H .S. took th e first moto but Chris was just checking ou t the course and came in second . Fro m then on it was the Pacific riders' night as he came back to take the next two. Dea n did have a tie going into the third moto but a DNF in the final go gave him enough for third with teammate Danny Williams getting the second. Luke Terry was the only other Pacific rider to make the top three as

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