Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

NORTHERN DATELINE As 250 Pros move out in Go lden State Fina l. Kevin Young (1Y) appears m ighty close to losing it. Unset ) Danny Turner. 125 Pro. shows how fast a Franks motor can go. after high· centering the start. ---- ---------looking like he had suspension trouble. The Rick Salmon 15NI/Gary Ogden 1481 duel in Open Pro at the Helvetia Golden State wrapup. ' Golden State Series,Final MX: Jones, ' Turner, and·Mosier take titles By Sallee Hilton HELVETIA . CA . FEB 12-1 3 , Bobby Jones, Honda rider from Fillmore" went into this last race of the CMC Golden State Series fifth in the standings, but came"out first. The day'soverall winnings and the series bonus made a total of $700 for -his da y's efforts. The 16 year old Jones won the 125n ' titl e with ' two second place fini shes. over Danny Turner's first and third. b y the " seco nd moro t ie breaker" rule . Whilli er' s Ron Turner ( FM F) twisted his ankle in his 125 qualifier bu t went on riding. He had 10 firiish both motes of the 250 class in eighth place or better to maintain his top spol in the standings for the series $500 bo nus. He came out third overall for th e day a nd number one '250 ·rider for th e series. Gaylon Mosier. of tea m Maico , had th e ser ies pretty well cinc hed without even riding the fina l. R ick Salmon . ' a lso a Maico rider. was the only one who had a chance. If Salmon won "tod a y. he would tie Mosier in points. but take the series overall win for having ria den all three races . However. he only managed a third overa ll. so absent Mosier got the Open title . ( Mosier had raken firsts at Sacramento OHV Park. January 23 , and at Saddleback Park. Janu ary 30 .) After the 125 class qualified down 10 30 riders. the Open Pros ran their first rnoto . Gary Ogden (FMF) hole-shot a nd led most of the first half of the 30 minute rnoro , Val Tamieui . then Rick Salmon . both on Maicos , stayed in close . Scott Gillman. riding a " box stock" new ly-re leased Yam a h a 400 for Yamaha Int ern a tiona l. was on hi. way into the picture when he killed his engine after: sliding out . and lost a . lit·t1.e ya~dage . He was s?on ba~k. racmg wit h Sa lmon. eventua lly geltlllg • by . to pressure Ogden . Gillman h o rse powe re d by Ogd en on the straight but didn't run away from him . Tarnietti had been tailing Salmon and got around about ha lf-time. Ogden put out a last ?itch effort in t~e 'white flag la p:. trymg . for the Win . but He was close . but still second at the finish . Salmon had a sizeable 'lead going for him in the second rnoto before Gillman worked his wa y up to take over. Tamietti was running third . and Tom Bass (Bul) had taken Ogden for fourth . Then Ogden overshot a berm and ca me up huning . Gillman coasted across the finish . Tamietti had taken Second leaving Salmon third . The best racing was for fourth between Jeff Loff (Mai) and Richie Collins (KTM). who finished in that order. . Danny "Magoo" Chandler. riding a KTM out of Woodland Sports Center. . cleaned the 250 class with two runaway wins . At the first, and again at the second race of th ser ies, th e Forest Hill rider crashed. When asked why .he has the re pu ta tion of either winning or crashing. he replied, " I know what I wa nt. and I go all .out to get it . ·.. and sometimes I crash. _ trying too hard . ~ , In the first 250 moto , once Magoo had established his gigantic lead. all heads turned to Mike Bell (Yam) and Ron Turner battling for second. Turner. with a hun ankle and a g~od cha nce a t the series win . gave up the fight and accepted th ird . Mike Hersman of San Pablo. riding for J&K Cycle Inn of Richmond (Hus) took the fourth , It was aft er this race that Ron Turner added to his injuries by being run over in the pit area . . Bell 'Was' the first rider out of the ' chute but Magoo was right on top of him in the second mota . Turner was third while Jack . Keese (Bul ) and Hersman were di cing for founh . Hersrila"n crashed, and Magoo was already out of sight · of second place Bell. Bell and Turner, swapped positions several -tirnes 'before Bell got on the gas and went away . Keese moved in to . cha llenge Turner for rhird. iand took it. Turner's fourth was ' still good enough [or third overall and for the series win . The 125 rnotos had to be the most exciting races of the day. wit h the words " a bsolutely incredible" echoing through the spectator areas. Danny Turner. the loca l favorite. who had "cut his teeth" on this track severa l years ago . looked like a lost cause after high -centering on a downed bike off the stan of the first moto . He was dead last when he got going. but passed 13 riders in the first lap and continued passing. Me a nwh il e Ron Turne r was leading. then was overta ken by Warren Reid on a "sorta stock" Honda (filli ng in for his Type 2 that DN Fed' pract ice). When Da n n y Turner overtook Bo bby Jones to move into second , he was 12 ~ seconds behind Reid . Turner closed the gap to ni ne seconds and had scant chance at catching Reid , when in the last la p. Reid 's "more or less" prod uction . engine threw a rod (and with it $7001). Danny Turner had won. passi ng 29 other riders on t he way. T he second m oto blasted off with a bout 18 riders a head of Danny Tu rner. Ron T urner had the lead with Jo nes ru nning seco nd . Dave T aylor (Ya m) got into th e act . and the three lea ders p ut on quite a place-swapping show. They were a ll a irborne' together off the jum ps , stic king together as th ou gh glue d. As one m ay guess. Da nny- Turner was on th e gas and g e lIi ng closer . Crashi ng a n d re mounting he continued th e chase. T hi ngs were begi nni ng to happen with th e front runners. J on es' engi ne stalled b riefly and after he got back in he moved up on Ron Turner, bumped Turne r's rea r tire and nearly highsided. Yet all three were still swapping spots. W it~ three laps left. Danny Turner was applying p ressure to Jones. giving Ron Turner a chance . to get away. Jones hung in there in second. for $700 was at stake. No one was watching first place Ron Turner ; all eyes were on Bob by Jones' efforts to kee p Da nny Turner behind him . Jo nes succeeded. al tho ugh a t one poi nt Turner had been u p on J on es' rear tire heavy enough to ' break th e fenderl .W ha t a racel Sportsma ns Day. Feb. 12 The 10 0 class. Novices. Int ermed iates a nd Expert~ a ll ra n together. A staggered sta n put the Experts and Int ermed iat es out several seco n ds ahe a d of th e Novi ces. Interrnedi ar e DeWayne Sweet (Suz) was right up with th e Expert s. and at one po int ' ac t ua lly leading th em. In the first rnoto .he fin ishe d righ t behi nd leading Expert Steve Aha rt (Yam). Novice Scot t Sta nley (Han) took fourt h overa ll, after sta rting in t he second wave . He had caught up with th e leaders. . In the 2t>O Novice first moto, Bryan Farris (Mai) led wire to wire. Tom Kageman (Suz) had worked up to second place when he fell and dropped back to sixth. Scott Hasselrod (Suz) finished third behind Sam Alves (Suz) . Farris was again dominating the second rnoto when he crashed just before the white flag .' and only managed an 18th. Kageman moved into the lead . only to have it taken from him by Mike Dickman (KTM) who had finished 21st in the first round . It was a bailie to the finish line where Dickman took the win . by inches. The overall however. wen t to Hassclrod with another thir d . Mi ni Expert Mike Toycen (Yam) d idn 't give the others a cha nce . Kevin Cad ieux (Ya m) tried hard. a nd was in front of Toycen a cou p le rimes a t' th e beginni ng of t he first mota . but co uld n't hold it , He go t the holesh ot in t he se co n d m o t a . b u t a g ain ' succumbed to Toycen's charge. Seri es win ne rs in the Sportsman classes h ad their h igh poi nt troph ies p resented Febru a ry 20. a t Argyll Park . For those winners un a ble to be there trophies will be mai led . • Results in Resu lts Section,

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