Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

._-_._._._.•._._._._._._-_._.•. Turner , and an ensuing pursuer, Tim Lunde (Mai) . Bu t Ron just opened up to a super lead which nobody could close on . II went on this way in the next two moros as Turner once again got back-to - back holeshots and proceeded to walk away from everybody else as he boogied his way to the checkered. Jeff Vidic (Suz) was able to give Ron a much harder time in the 250 Experts. In the first mo to , both Vidic and T urner were at a stalemate, since it seemed that both riders were on evenly matched machinery . However , ry as he might, Ron just couldn't find a way around J eff, who was able to pull just out of his reach. Alwa ys in th e corn ers, Ron would catch back up . ut on th e straights Jeff would shu t the ooron him . In the next ro und, Ron re all y laid it on Vid ic a nd everybody else that you co uld only fool h im once . When R on got the holeshot, it was bye-bye time . T his tim e , it was J eff who was ho ldi ng on in a try to get around the FMF flier , but th e chance never came. And in t he fina l mota , Ron did it again with J eff tagging a long in second. As it stood , " Ra d ica l Ron" cleaned up two classes and wound up ta king home a very healthy pay check. • By Elaine Jones _---- his m arvelou s track rec ord . Once agai n , Jeff Vid ic was the o nly rid er to give T aylor a cha llenge a board his 2501' ' mach in e . 1 Howe ve r , Vidic d id come back in th e 250 Pro class to win his first overa ll class ho no rs since his C .M .C . Night N at ional Ch am pionshi p titl e back in O ctob er. In t he firs t m oto , Vidic took the lea d over Tavlor in th e firs t corner with Bill Ru bl y. returning to action after a few w ee ks layoff a t Irw ind a le , rig ht beh in d . Vid ic co n tin ue d to lea d t h ro ug ho u t th e fi ve -Iap pe r wi th T a ylor a nd Rub ly sti ll seco nd and third . O n the fina l la p . Taylor ca me u p with cha in troub le a nd slipped ba ck 10 finish sixth. T he top t h ree were V id ic , Rub ly. and Aaron Basset t. In t he second mot o. it was Ta ylor out fro m a t t he start with Vidi c a nd Rubly chasing . a nd David easi ly t o o k th e win . An d , in th e fin al ro un d . Taylor aga in ra n off a nd took th e win . but Vidi c fin ished second ca ptu red t he overa ll hon or s. Thi rd in th e fin a l rn oto a nd thi rd overa ll we n t to Rubly. In th e 125 Pros. J ohn Atwood 's winn ing streak of four in a row ca me t o a n e n d . as Ni ght N ati on al Cha m pio n Gary Denton returned to action a nd picked up th e vict ory . In th e 500 Pros, Bill R u bly and Tim Lunde , both ridi ng Makos, put on a good bailie in a ll three motos with Bill winning two ra ces a nd th e overall with Lunde taking th e fina l mota a nd seco nd. T hird went to Robert Marino aboard a Su zuk i. • Resul ts in Results Section. , . .' aMI ,: ' " away wit h it. T he ' second a nd third spots had the dicin' as Dwayne J ones (Hon) and T om Karas went at it. T om just couldn't ge t around Dwayne u ntil , the fin a l m ota when h e go t the holeshot. By then it was too la te but he did ha ve the consolation of kn owin g he co u ld do it so thi rd overa ll wasn 't quite so ha rd to ta ke. ~ Da vid Ca llaway ou t ' o f R in con Kawasaki finall y had it all together and did a n outstanding job of winning ihe Open Junior . Da vid started with a sec o n d, but ba cked it with two convincing first s a nd no one was even dose to him point wise . Second place Gary Ba ll had a 3-2 -4 and shut out David's teammat e Ler oy Dozois who blew his first and secon d with a ninth pla ce finish in th e second moto, Bill Jewett , a membe r of th e Norco High School team , st arted with a second in th e first mota of I25cc Pros, ca m e back to take a first and then let second overall Rand y Mclntyre get by him in the third moto to mess up his average a little b it but not enough to take the bucks away . Kinney Jones wh o had won th e firs t mota had some hard times the next two but still had enough for the third. • - 0 Resu lts in Results Section. '1 c , aylor untouchable T CMC Irwindale hI By Tom Blattler ,IR W IN DA LE, CAL.. NOV . 26 Fo r the eighth consecutive week , 'EI Monte's David Taylor came up with the victory in t he two lap " King of the Hi ll" match race . a nd David was a ble to co nt inue Old Timers 'back in the saddle . By 0 , T, Dal IR VI N E, CAL. , NOV. 28 T he masters had a true Saddle back choo-choo going today. Each competitor placed the same in bo th m otos - leading the pack ho m e was Bla ck ie Le wis , followed by Ac tiv ities Ch a irm a n Andy Anderson . ge tting togethe r better and better on his new Maico. N ext came Lin e Steward Norb Brown, running a cool th ird on his spiffy KTM and right behind complet ing the foursom e was VP Ma rvin Olson . Doug Archibald showed the way to th e winner's circle with a clean swee p in th e Expert class today, wit h Dick Fr ampton hustl ing right in th er e for second SP01. George Meyer and Bob Millner traded positions in each moto , wit h George taking the third over all and Bob pulling in for fourth . In a large Amateur class , John Selder , forsaking his Yamaha for a Maico and trading mota wins with Gerry Steiner, took the first overall honors with a sparkling 3- I , followed closely by only two po ints by Boyce Williams , who is getting faster and faster on his KT M . Doyle Brown harnessed a ll that CZ power today for a third ; separa ted by onl y on e po int with Tom Widick , who took a well earned fourth posi tio n . In the Novice class, Do n Edlund and Kid Coffm a n hashed it ou t in grand style , wit h each winning a m o to - Don taking the second moto and . rop no tc h th is d a y, wit h t h e Kid nailing down second overall . Ken ny Watts and Bob Klatt p layed a similar duel, wit h Kenny dicin g in for th ir d spot and Bob hauling h is Honda in for fourth flag. See you all at the Ch ristm as party. Results in Resu lts Section. '. V U.P.S. Mail Order Anywhere Many Christmas.Specials CO RONA , CAL. , NOV. 19 Coat Breker on his Dallas Baker Ka wasaki led the Open P ros a m erry chase th rough the hills using his fla wless style to run :~ ~ ..' ... ' . . , ' '. Ch ild r en 's Boots, , , $39 .9 5 Children's Leathers ... $29. 95 Ad u lt Boots . 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