Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

ho rne 10 a _firs t overa ll, McD on ald seco nd wit h a 2·2 , a nd th ird to Rest fur a 3-4. • Results in Resul ts Sect ion . Plymouth gets '" s damp, Becker ~ .... gets double w ~ > o '" .... o :I: 0.. Don't look back - J im Sendelbach (s361 checks out Andy Segale (Sf) during their race for second/third 250 Pro at Sprocketts Park . ., ~ z <{ :E • i= w z z <{ .., > '" o til .~"",::=-----,,---,- -=,_ --,--,-,__ b :I: ~ _ - - , o.. 5051 in the lead; and (inset) a few get left The race 01 the day was the 250 Pro cl ass. Parry Klassen (KTM) and Milan Garrett (Mo n) put on a show the spectators won 't soo n forget. Klassen was lu cky to get the ho leshot in each moto . The first moto he kept a fairly la rge lead on Garrett, and was never really worried , The second moto was a different sto ry . Klassen kept a good lead until half wa y, Garrett sta rted gaining groun d . The la st half of th e la st lap; Garrett passed Klassen on th e downhill , and thought he h a d the win, but a b o u t 200 yards from th e c hecke red nag , he sli p ped , and Klassen got him. The crowd was wild , Parry Klassen had a bigsmile o n his face a nd a larger wallet at the end of the d ay . • Results in Results Sect ion . Gambetta hangs two at $procketts By Lee Ta ylor sti ll in fro nt a fter two laps wh en he sto pped to ~as. So th at's why th ose cra7.Y Dudes spo il th e sym m e t ry of a bik e with th ose funny looking tanks! As gas gurgled into Tracy's sleek Husky tank , Glenn W i,'n S7. went ro aring by o n a KTM with th at bu lbous fuel holder. G lenn stayed out in fro nt wit h a brief pause for three fum es of fuel on th e approa ch 10 th e fourth a nd fin al I'll" He had a time 10 shoo t for ; o ne hour, 29 minutes and 56 second s. A m e re .. ight seco nds se pa ra ted th em (if eve rybo dy figu red right ). • Results in Re sults Section . Klassen tops DunlapMX DUNLAP , CA . JAN . 16 Pa rry Klassen (KTM) hosted a motocross school on the D un la p track Saturday, then showed 'em how again today, zapping a faltering Milan Garret 200 y a rds from the flag for a 250 Pro victory. Newly transferred Min riders Don Li con (Hon) and Mark Rou ff (H on ) took top honors respectively out of a very large Mini Intermed ia te class. In the 125 Junior class D ivisio n I, three riders dominated . T he firs t moto with a close finish, saw Tony Espino (Hon) first, J eff Stallings (Suz) second , and Brett Mose ki an (Sill) third, Mo to two was Jeff Stallings, Brett Mosekia n a nd T ony Espino, with the overall win . goi ng to Stallings. For Jim Ellis (Suz) , getting off the 125cc class to the 250cc Intermediate class proved to be a good decision . Jim got the holeshot , and by the end of the race was so far out in th e lead he could have had a pit sto p and still won . Mark Ginder ( Kaw) held a strong second. BAK ER SFI ELD , C A, J AN . 30 Mark G arnbert a ( KT M) won both of his motos to score first overa ll in th e 250 Pro class with A ,M .E. her e , but not without a fig ht. The race st a rted off with Phil T ay lo r sett ing u p a ni ce lead , leaving Gambetta to d o b attl e with Jim Sendelb a ch on a n RMB for se cond . T aylor went down in the sw""'p,'r turn after th e jump (fall ing back to six t h) , as G arnbc tt a pu shed Serid leb a c h rel entlessly thro ugh the berms a nd fin all y got by. Sendl eb a ch sta yed close, as Ga m be tta appea re d 10 be having trouble . H e's slowing d own a nd g la nci ng d own a t th e side of his bi ke . Se nd lebacb is right o n top of h im ; Ga m b e tt a kn ows Sendleba ch is th e re but co nt in ues to slow, glanci ng d o wn a t th e side .of hi s bike . Sen dl e ba ch is pu shing ha rder and as they turn into th eir a p proach fo r th e j um p t h e y ar e sid e by sid e . Ga m be tt a a lmos t loses it over th e jump bu t hangs o n , right down to th e wir e fo r a first overa ll . Se ndleba ch , in th e se co nd rnor o . ra n into a bit of trouble and had to settle for third , st ill good for second overal l. In the 250 Jun ior class , Gary Ba ker (Ca n -Am) won both his rnotos. Ed Rest (SU7. ) g ra bbe d the holeshot in h is first rnot o . with Mike Bosworth, Mik e Lopez a nd Baker holding in tight. Bak e r was out 10 pass Lopez and kept on his tail o ver the jump a nd through ewry turn . But Rest is Iengthening his lead , Baker finall y got by Lopez a nd th en Bosworth . He 's off to ta ke Rest. ' Fa ns a re going craz y as the two make th a t final turn , sid e-by -side and head for th e jump. Bosworth goes down hard over t he jump and Jay McDonald sta rts m ovin g up . Baker fin all y get s by Rest a nd McDon ald m o ves up o n Baker , but ca n' t quit " ca tc h him . The fin al c heck e-red n a g wa ved Ba ker By Sallee Hilton PLYMOUTH , CA , JAN . 30 Delno Becker (KTM) was the only Expert to get double moto wins for his Open class overall , as Plymout h Ra ceway reopened fo r a winter race a fte r two seas ons of too-dry conditions. With a little morning ground fog ho ld ing moisture in th e ground, Plymouth's b la ck sand go ldmine·tailing surfa ce rem ain ed damp and primo most of Sunday . In the Open first moto Ken Sisl e r (Mai) got th e ho les h o t but onl y made three la ps before vanishing in th e fog , not to be seen again . Becker to ok over, I e ading the rest of th e ra ce . Second was Joe Duncan (KTM) , who had been close beh ind Becker u ntil th e last lap , whe n he fell way back, fin all y com ing ac ross the fini sh line (sti ll in second) with his handleb ars bent o ut of sha p.... Sisler came o ut of th e fog in ti m e 10 make the second m o to , a nd win it. But it had cleared up eno ug h to see he was on th e wrong bike , so it d id n't co un t. Mark Lewall en (KT M) had DN Fed t he first m o to bu t ca me b ack strong in t he second holdin g the officia l front spot for hal f th e race before Beck er lOok over. W ith Sis ler , unoffi cia l leader, way o u t front , ' Becker in offici al firs t, Lewall en in second , Jim Moe ( KTM) go t the third , which . wit h his previou s fo u rt h was good fo r second ove ra ll. J im Lesni ewski and Ron Junk e rt . bo th o n RM Suzukis, fo ug ht it o ut in t he fir st 25 0 Ex pe rt round with Lesn iewski hanging o n to th e lead . Soon a third RM ca rrying Arnold Pl ant was up with th em , a nd t ho ugh the finis h order didn 't cha nge , it was a good ra ce . In th e second 250 moto, Chalm a Rob erts (KT M) crash e d after two laps in third and DNF'd. Lesni ewski made th e sta rt, but e ithe r th e bik e o r th e bod y brok e down before th e firs t lap was done and he was out. Junkert to ok th e m ot o a nd the o vera ll , a ltho ugh Bill Swartz (Ma i) led m ost of th e way, th en su dden ly d ropped back . Plant , Eugene Mckenzie ( H us), Phil C ra ne (S u z) , an d Bob Shoreen ( KTM) su pp lied pl enty of ac t ion as they fou ght it out. McK en zie took second whe n Sho reen spu n o ut in the last lap . Pla nt was th ird but second ove rall. Pat Wilson (Hon) rook the 125 Expe rt m ot o one , He never got too far o ut fro n t for Dana W axham (Suz) wou ldn't a llow that. Lesn iewski (Suz) , after a bad start was reall y gassin' his way through the pack and soon was right behind Waxham . At the finish , th e two wer e almost sid e by side. Phi l Crane (Suz) held the fourth up to th e very end when Cloyse Holland , Jr. (Hus) sne a ked by. Tom Odekirk (Suz) and Wax ham got out front in the second moto and mixed it up for a whi le before Waxham took over and ran away. Wilson t ook up t h e batt le wit h Odekirk , whi ch was sett led when Odek irk crashed . The raciest riders were Le sni ewski and Wi lson wh o diced it out la p a fter lap, both want ing that second spo t abandoned by Odekirk. Lesni ewski gOI it, but with no ro om 10 ~ a re , Resu lts in Results Secti on . . • It's not a beautiful necklace . . . but as a motorcycle control cable it's GREAT! E-Z . SLIDEH is a repl ac ement cab le for mo st sto c k dirt bikes and ot her universal applications. It's constructed of the fin est mat erials to g ive smo oth and effortless movement. No lubrication required. FEATURES : • • • • • • Wov en stee l inner wire Nylon inner slee ve. Wound steel conduit Co tton sleeve insulator PVC oute r jack et Cadmium pl ated fittin gs $3.95 suggested retail price Deale r and Distributor in quiri es we/come Chides Importin'g Co. P.O. 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