Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.__._._._.Western hotline Th~ough t he first turn , Mark Brooks led the Open Experts at AMC. ,- ird -overall most of the -ra ce . -be- - - - -Moor-ewood's - - - - began as the - - - - - - - - hind - - - problem s - - - th John Glover (No r) and Terry Waugh on an 845c c Pops Yoshimura Su zuki GS750 . Glover pulled out of. the race with a broken throttle cable on Lap Eight : On the next la p. Waugh got out of shape. and off the track. Suddenly . Homchick and the Mat chless found t hernsc lve in th e overall winner's circle. W illia m Lewis owns the bike Homchick rodc ., • Resul ts in Results Section. Fuller wins tour races, Homchick rides Matchless victory at CMC RR season GSO to opener By Bill Henry ROSAMOND . CA L.. FEB . 6 Manning Ra cing cou ld n't hav e asked for a bigger turnout or nic er weather for their 1977 CMC road racing op ener at 18 Willow Springs . Dick Full er led th e charge with fou r class wins a nd a second place . a nd David Emde ag ai n won every ra ce he entered . The big surprise of th e afternoon took p lac e when Mark Homchick rod e a 1961 Ma tch less to an over all victory in Fourstroke GP . Dain Gingerelli (Yam 250) led th e opening lap of 250 Production/125 GP but John Ch erm ak (Yam 250) power ed past to th e win . follow ed by William Brinkerhoff on th e first 125 . Gingerelli pla ced third overall . ~econ d 250 . Bill Mullins pa ssed two rid ers in on e left -right seri es to mov e into second 125 . fourth overall at on e point but Joe Tamas got by to finish second 125. . To no on e's surprise. David Emde jumped into th e 250 GP Iead . followed at a distance by Eddie Lawson , t hc winn er of th e Beginner's Ra ce (it was Lawson's first GP rid e). . Dick Full er . whose TZ s..ems to ha ve a littl e mor e power ewry tim e he b rin gs it ou t to ra ce . passed Lawson on th e thi rd lap . Althoug h Full er was never with in striki ng dista nce of Emde. he did finish "on ly" six seconds hack . Full er had pulled aw a y from Lawson and F ourth - place H urley W ilven by th e fini sh . All rod e Yam ahas. Some of th e clo sest rac ing of th e d ay was seen in th e com b ined 500·750 · Op en Produ ct ion ra ce . C arr y Keoshgeria n (Hon "750" ) show ed fin e drag ' ra cing te chniqu e with a trem endous ho lesh or , Keo sh gerian managed to hold off Steve Mallonee for a cc up leof laps. But on ce by. Mal lon e , on the very po te nt 1,000cc Mr. J ags Triumph Trident equ ip ped 'wit h Du nstall Decibel Silencers and a Rickm an frame: was not seen by th e com petition aga in . The real raci ng was betw een J ohn Glover . Dick Fu llcr.. a nd Bob C ro ssm an . Glove r rod e anot her 1\1r. J ags bi ke . a 750 cc Norton . whil e Full er rod e a n R5 Yamaha 350 , a nd Crossm an racedan Erv Ka nernoto -p repa red Kaw asaki 400 tripl e . . From the third lap to t he checke red na g . Glover. Full er , a nd Crossman wen' never more than four or five bike le ng t hs a p a rt . Th e . passing ;"as plentifu l and the end was a photo finish in th e a bove order . The latest addition to th e CMC program is a two-lap invitat iona l mat ch race betw een' two riders from different - classes on th eir respect ive machines. Pat Mann ing picked a good match between Da vid Emde ' (Mel Din esen TZ350 ) a nd Wes Cooley, J r. (Po ps Yoshimu ra 1,000ec Kawasaki ). Cooley pulled a gia nt wheelie off the line , held on. led int o Turn One . a nd used his horsepower advantage up to T urn T hre e, where Ernd e du cked underneath. The Kaw asa ki reeled in lost distan ce on th e st raig hts. hut was two seconds behind th c Yam aha at the fin ~h . . The nost algic w n of th e d a y ca me i un exp c ctcd ly whcn Ma rk " Horn chi rk rode a: beaut ifu lly-p repa re d 196 1 Ma tchles s G50 to win th e 600 Fourst roke G P class a nd the Four-stroke G P overa ll as well. T he 500cc sing le was in Miller and Taylor winAMCMX By Rex Reese T RA BUCO CANYON. CA . JAN . 30 Ma rty Miller (Suz) m ade his mark on the 250 Pros over the hard charges of Lance Moorewood (Suz), whi le Keh Taylor (Suz) did th e sa me to th e O pen .Pros. T he even t was a n A me rica n Moto c ross Cl ub ( AMC) mo toc ross that broug ht a lmos t 300 rid ers to Ra cin g World . incl uding th e O ld T imers and th e infamous Over -The-Hill -Gang. Moorewood tri ed hard to catch the 125 Pro class , b ut got shut ou t by Dave Eropkin (Hon) , who took advantage of the DG rid er'. unfamiliarity with his new ride , a 1977 Yamaha YZ125 . Moorewood d id it . however . in th e 100 Pros over Mit chMusgrave (Hon) and · Dan Ho ckett (Hon) . With so many riders and classes on ta p. eac h mot o was ru n fas t a nd di rt y. givi ng every class on ly two motos eac h . so it was "gassit " t irne a ll the way . Moor ewood did just th a t in th e firs t 250 round while Miller had to tak e t he backseat for seco nd . Thi rd wen t to Gr eg Ba rr ett (Suz ) who go t DN F'd out of existence in round two . The second start wa s a ho leshot d uel between La nce and Marty t hroughout t he brief moto , Ma rtv soon got t he upper hand , but wa,{ nevertheless closely tailed by Moo rewood as Miller went in to clin ch th e checkered flag. Third overall went to Mark Ma rinez ( Mai) who rode co nsistently 5·3 be hi nd Moorewood . Tom Mayfield (Mai) had led th e first Open Pro moto until ignition ills pu t hi m out . giving th e win to Sco tt Cavness (Suz) with Ken Taylor second. Ma yfield reb ounded t he second time aro und with Chuck Ma urath (MCE) seco nd . but Taylor's th ird pla ce fin ish gav e him the ove ra ll. Cavn ess followed in for seco nd wh ile Ma yfield 's win bounced hi m up to th ird . 125 Pros were run off on a seco nd sta n after the Open Pros took off. At t be ga te , Moorewood got h im self a super holesh or . and as the first moto was underway. he was rea lly look in g gooi . Up fro m with th e O pens. Mark Brooks (Suz) was in fourt h behin d Chuck Maurath ( MCE) and was making ill out side pass in a turn until he r an out of be rm , lock ed hand lebars wit h Maurath, and wen t down . Mom ents lat er . Moorewood crested over a jump . a nd before he cou ld cha nge his line , th e 125 Pro leader cras hed into the fall en rid er s. Dave Ero pkin (Ho n) flew' on by. a nd "wh e n Moorewood got u nderwa y, Ero pkin was long go ne for the win . Eropki n got t he second 125 stan ahead of Moorewood a nd had it until Moorewoo d got on b y in a sweeper to ta ke the lead for himself. Un fort una te ly. Moorewood fell again and Ero pkin was on his wa y to a noth er win to sew it a ll up fo r th e 125 Pros. J on C la rk Yam ) roll ed in to ta ke second . Moorewood got bac k up_ to fin ish fourth an d tak e third pl ace overa ll. T he on ly brigh t spo t for Moor ewood was in the 100 Pros as he scored ba ckto -back wins over I'MI' rider Mitch Musgrave (Hon). who finis hed second eac h time and Dan Hoc kett (Hon). wh o rod e a cons istent third . • Resu lts in Resu lts Section. Norco wins HSMX; Denton survives Corona bounty race By Elaine .Jones, CORONA , CA .JAN. 21 Norco High School's motocross team fought off a st rong challenge from a much sm aller. Palm Springs team and won t his round of Inl and Emp ir e High Sch ool Mo tocross League co m pe tition. In other Corona eveni ng ac tion , Ga ry Demon came out on th e best en d of a three-wa y tie a nd su rvived th e Bount Hunt . which offers $50 to any ride who ca n beat him in th e [25 Pro class. Jill Mcilrath not only won th W omen 's Div ision for the Norc effo rt. she en tered the 100 Senior cia and too k th ird behind teammate Bil J ew ett an d Arlington rider Ro An derson . Another Norco rider. J Specchio. won all t hree 125 Novic rnot os. T erry McC reery of Arl ingto showed his school spiri t by finis hin

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