Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Dave Alexander College student stars at Rio Bravo By L. J. Duplichan non pro f it RIO BRAVO . TX. FEB . 6 After weeks of frustration brought on by rain soaked weekends, 400 riders and several thousand spectators got it together at Ri o Caayou do aaY~lte Bravo for a' full afternoon of Expe rt : and Amateur races . Westex whiz Mel Newman t oo k two seconds at Whitney Jan. 23. second lap. Local shoe R a nd y Irwin did no t race . Gary, Wilson (Pen) won both m oto s of the 250 Expe rt while SCOll Logston came in second both rnotos, Bu ltaco riders Terry Habish and Mike Medwin traded third and fourth places with Mike taking third in the second moto and overall , • In Open Expert james Fastle (Pen) won both rnotos in his first race since breaking his collar bone the first of the ' year. j oe l Craig (Suz) led both rn o t os ' b ut dropped back to second near the end. Roger Pattison rode a consistent race to come in third overall. Pattison is leading the Open class point series after co nsist e n t ly placing at every points ra ce . ' At every race th ere is a trophy given to the " Rider Of The Day:' This time it went to Tim Fastle , who came from dead last to win the 20 I-Open Novice, This is quite a feat when you consider the fact that he has only raced mini bikes and th en jumped on a' '250 CZ with such good results . Gene Du rha m . one of New Mex ico's hotest motocross riders. was unable to show today as he broke his ankle a t the sa me tim e james - Fastle was inj u red. It will be a couple of monthsbefore Durham is back on • . th e track, Results in Results Sect ion , Allen, Brown both win at Whitney twice By Dave Nielsen . W H IT N EY. TX .jAN . 23 South Texas Expen Roger Brown of New Braunfels and Cleburne's " wu nd erkind" Guy Allen drove to first place in two classes today at Lake Whitney Cycle Ra nch . The gloomy but tolerable weather turned worse in late afternoon with a blowing drizzle. but failed to daunt Brown and his unstoppa ble pair of Perrin Cycle Pen ron s as he collected first in both 250 and Open Expert action . • Although runni ng off in t he O pen . Brown 's 2-2 in the 250 class was top ma rk over Mel Newm a n (Suz, 5-\ ) a nd Dicky T urnbo (H us, \ -15), . Cycle Roundu p Suzukis pilot ed by Guy Allen racked u p a lmost a perfect score in 125 and 250 Novice. second only to Eric Berg in one 250 race. but 'overall winner in both- classes. "GuyGuy" Allen . at ba rely \3. may be around the winner's circle for quite a , while, . MikejonesofFMFs MotoTex Team overcame ' ea rly lead er Clark W illey (Suz) in ro un d one of 125 Expert and p ro ved master of t he r a in -so a ked , ru tt ed tu rf wit h 1·1 finishes . desp ite plenty of heat from second overall Mel Newman (Suz . 2-3) and Huskymounted Dave Boles. third at 6·2. In fact. they crossed the final finish line nearly in unison after a terrific battle that saw jones' lea d shrink almost to nothing at the end. It continues to amaze us . this spirit of the motocross riders around here . They know that they'll be cold. wet . and muddy. but nothing short of a major hurricane can keep them aw a y. Motocross remains about the neatest thing to do on a ny Sunday. regardless of weather. Track manager Billy jack Turnbo installed t he popular split raci ng program tod ay a nd for future races at Whitney . with Novices starting at 10 :00 a.rn . and t he In termediate Expert classes ru nn ing later in the afternoon. • Resu lts in Res ul ts Section. '" Usual winners win onicecubed Mosier Valley By Dale Nielsen ARLINGTON . TX .jAN , 16 The moist. manicured soil of Mosier Valley MX Park turned into a monster of rock-hard frozen ground today after Saturday night's hard freeze . and with the high rea ch ing only about 30 degrees . traction remained unstable most of the day. St ill. over 250 riders ,pou red in the gate and poured on the gas to go for trophies and the $663 purse. The free keg beer usu ally served up after the races was put away for a warmer date. while t he coffee u rns flowed incess a ntly. , Telling who won begi ns to sou nd like a ca rbon co py to Mosier Valley regulars . as people like Tom ' Holli ster (Over 30). Mike Walcoll (100cc) . Obie jones (jr . Min i). Bru ce Hallmark ( 125 Inr .), Keith jernigan (250 lnr.), a nd Fillmore (Open Inr.) Ro b e rt continued to take away first p lace trophies. Experts Mike j ones. R icky Kidd , and Bobby Pickard also repeated appearances at the head of the payoff lin es, • Resu lts in Results Sect ion . ~ lJl!)13,~, of California 1129 11th St. Sacramento, CA 95814 Houstonian Ba rry Duncan put' his 'college books aside for the weekend to have a go at the Expert purse . Duncan . wearing a hard earned national nu mber. ent ered bot h t he 125 and 250 Expert classes . Ea rly in the first mot o hi s 125 m a ch in e developed a case of th e sickies a nd two la ps later it suffered a total co lla pse . forcing Ba rry to spectate th e rest of the \ 25 Expert acti on . • t $10 a year prevents bad laws and gets you all the state n8\NS. Bu t the script was different in th e 250 class. Duncan gave no q uarter a nd a llowed no m er cy as he blasted his wa y to ea rl y leads to co m p letely dominate bot h' m otos, Da vid Taylo r m a d e a strong bid in the first moto finis h iqg second to Du nca n , but a m ish a p in the second heat forced Taylor to push his b ike across the line for a seventh pl ace finish . When the poi nts were tallied. it was Ralp h Ba b in making five points hold up for second spot . , In other Expert act ion . Houston 's Shaun Kelley came from beh ind to edge Steve Sc h ram m and Mickey Pizzitola in a fast and fu rious \25 , class race. Fo rmer m in i bike star Ke lley got around Pizzitola a t the finish line in the first heat in a ha rd ' fought d uel. When the checkered flag was waved at the end of the seco nd moto, Pizzitola a nd Sch ram m were tied ' wit h five points each. b ut Schramm claimed the second pl ace . cash by winning th e tie brea kin g moto . Kelley pocketed a C vnote ($100) for his 15 la p efforts. " ' :~ ~ j im Barnes on a 125 was unaware of th e p roblem as he moved int o an early lead in th e Over-Stl class to ca p ture both motos, Bob Valier. on a 250 Yamaha. cla imed som e second place' hardware just ahead of Louis Howton . In ot her Amateu r action . t he 125 Grou p totaled 84 riders and were sp lit into three classes . First pl ace honors went to Ryan Kirkp a trick and Gene ' Hegameyer wit h Ron Gu illory winni ng th e 125 Int erm ed ia te competition. • Results in Results Sect ion. ' ' . . ! I Owners ' Jack lI'ilson Says "St op tho se leaks wit h m y special gaskets" .See you r deale r 214-339-0144 or w rite : .36OO W Davis . Dalla , TX 75211 Big "0" Cycle ,. Increase sales this week! Call or wr ite today for info rma t ion on ..Adver tising That Works,'" T he Open Expert class was a Bart Ba tson affai r with Bat son cla im ing first 'in both motos fora perfect sco re . Randy Hammond and Port A rthur's Bobby Guidry did b attl e for the ru nner-up dollars with Hammond ge ll ing the n?d. On th e Am at eur sid e of the ledger. fu ll classes wer e run in every divi sion , One of th e most popu lar class es was th e Balding and Bi-foc a l Division featu r in g the Over 30 riders . Motocross' T ired Old Men were 18 strong at the line when th e gate fell . Consistent trophy winner jerry Darnell go t into a, first lap m ishap with lronhorse Hess which resulted in Darnell coming i"; near the back of the pa ck. Upon removing his glove after the first heat . it was obvious that Da rn ell was going to be a 'ca nd id a te for some stitch ing on his throttle hand. H is big H usky lay idl e during the second moto while Darnell di d some busin ess with the emergency room of a local hospi ta l. Attention! All I ............. @ Call .' 213-636-8844 213-427-7433 • :: ' Cycle Sport Bultaco ~-----] . 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