Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

CAUFORNIA CARLSBAD INTERN ATIONAL RACEWAY T ri u m ph arou n d the 1,7 m ile tra ck to edge J o hn Tavis . num ber th ree rid e r . in the Open Expert class . Spe nce ca me back a whi le la ter to ou r-finesse Bo b b v Ro b iche au x ( Ya m) in the 250 ev" nt'. W ith a bac kdro p of snow in t he mountai ns . and a few drops of ra in (three) Sem i Pro rough scramb les ret u r ne d to t he Sa linas A ir port fo r t he second start of 1977 . J oh n M as on , ins pir ed by hi s " O h J ohnn y Fan Club" (o r does he in spire th e m ?) doubl e d . taking a n arro w vi~to ry . ahead of T erry Spurgeon ( \ a m) In 125 Jun ior a nd o u tdista nc ing J t"ff Bu ckne r (Ya m) in the O pe n cl ass . In t he 500 Expert r a ce . Jt"ff H anev (Ya m) made it look lik e tw o races, \ \ Carlsbad, California t'D .. '. t i!iil . tt l 80 26 ' , ,7 & 8 'FILL F'ILLE.'D OHIO MUSKINGUM VALLEY MX RACEWAY Zanesville. Ohio April 20 .21 & 22 Apr .1 27. 28 & 29 Mov 4 , 5 & 6 May 1 " 12 Be 13 Mav 25, 26 & 27 Ju ne " 2 & 3 Ju ne 8. 9 & 10 June 15 , 16 &· ,7 CAUFORNIA CARLSBAD INTERNATIONAL RA'CE WAY Carlsbad. Califo rn ia June 29. 30 Be July 1 Ju ly 13 . 14 & 15 Julv 27, 28 & 29 TEXAS LAKE WHITNEY CYCLE RANCH La ke Whitney. Texa s August 10 , 11 & 12 August 17 . 18 & 19 August 24. 25 & 26 Sec tember 7. 8 & 9 Septe mber 14 . 15 & 16 Sep tember 2 1, 22 & 23 CAUFORNIA CARLSBAD INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY NOW IN CALIFORNIA, OHIO , AND TEXAS. Learn the skills of pros in a three-day course of classroom and on-track training sessions. This extensive course was de signed by ROGER DE COSTER , and is ta ught by to p ins tructo rs like MARK BLACKWELL and A.C. BAKKEN. Learn co rn ering. ju m pi ng , uphill and dow nhill riding techniq ues along with rider conditioning . Carlsbad. Ca lifornia October 5. 6 & 7 Haney agai nst H ane y. a nd th e n th e r~st of th e p a ck . H ane y co m p le te ly o u t d ist anced the field from g rt' ,' n to c heckered, with Ri ck Graham ( Ya m) , Malt Rohr (Su z) and Benny King ( Ya m) finishing in that order. Three youngsters provided the crowd with lo ts of ex cite merit . Matt Nottenkamper (SUl ) won 100 Novic e , David Campbel l (Suz) 125 Novi c e, a nd Dave H ufford (Yam) 250 Novice . Budd y Latham (Suz ) ca m e ba ck to take the Open Novice for his secon d st r a ig ht cl a ss win . • Results in R esults Sect ion . Sisler sizzles, Minor and Junkert survive at BOSS Oct ober 19 . 20 Be 21 MX No vember 2. 3 & 4 November 16. 17 & 18 Ncvemoer 30. Dec . 1 & 2 By Sallee Hil ton December 14 . 15 & 16 II EL VETIA PARK , CA . l\IA R. 13 Kvnnv Sisler ( Ma i). in spit « of a sore ha ck , wa s the Open class vic to r , taking both m ot o win s. In the first moro ./0" Duncan less 1"""""----- sound ---Illore ground 1 Superflow 110 The popular Supertlow 1 10 is use d by more than 200 race rs aroun d the world for accurate testing of engin e cylinder heads and intake manifolds . Complete instructions permit e ven a beg mne r to measure flow differences as small as 1%. --Fo;-free-broc;;~;-e.-';r~ie-o;-;;;;o-;;e~---- g~ ~ f3od3)af7017f7~n6s. Colo . 809 07 a nd J im Moe . both on KTl\ls a nd wea r i ng- KTM jerseys . l onkr-d like twins . . . S iamese tw ins a t t hat , as Ihe y raced sid e by sid e [or se cond . Ton y Bouscal ( Ma i) wa s riglu behind t he KTM twins a ll t he way but didn 't ge l an o p po rtu n ity to jo in 'Ihe ir gam e . Co mi ng in [o r t Ill' c hec ke red n ag Mo t" ma d e- o ne m ore desperau- attem pt . and mig tu ha ve /(ott,'n t here- a he ad o f Duncan bUI fo r a littl e tan k slap t ha r disco uraged t he try . In till' second ~()l() Sis le r was out front ag-ain . t his lime Bousc a I held d o wn seco n d a II the wa y. leav ing Du n can th ird Ior second overa ll. ,\ Iike H e r sm an (l lus ) and Mark lI ilto n (Su z) j u m ped out front righl away in t he first of the 250 P ro rno ros . l le rsm a n wa s le ad in g at t he e nd o r t he first lap bUI lI ilt on and J oh n Mi n o r (SU l ) both got by h im . 1I,' rsm an ("otltinut"d to lost· g-round . having- ~om(' shifting prohlems . H i lto n . no w I,'a di ng , was being ho t ly p ursu ed by Minor. Ba ck in the pa ck , Lo well Sp iva (SlI7.) wa s r h ar!( ing t h ro ug h . a nd by t h,' h a lfwa y po int wa s m ov ing in on Bill Swart z ( Ma i) fo r a th ird pl a ce c ha lleng". Spi va ma de h is m o\' " 10 take o\' er Ihird bu t crashed j ust sho rt o f the r hec ke red nag . Hi lton won with Minor st ill b,'hind . and Swartz_ c1oS!' ror Ihird . Spiva had lime to pic k himsd f up and finish fOllrth . Sw a rt z got tht' ho le shol in Ihe . second moto but by the end o f lap o ne Rodm' y Pogue ( KT M) a nd lIill on had g-O lH ' hy. vv twn Pogu e' went down . Il i.lt o n was literall y on to p o r h im . a lso , OI ng duwn . and t he whole p~'c" wcn l g past before th,'y co u ld get up a nd funni n,g. ( By nnw it was ra in in~ hard and t he- t r a ck was for ming a slic k glaz,' .) S wa r tz beld t he lea d for the t wo laps it took Il iit on to g" 1 bar k a n d rake it o ver . As t he ri der» contin ue d to slip a n d sl ide . t hen r unn in g: ordrr . co n t in ued (0 chang-c.' , ' The an'rage was four crashes per rider! lI ilt o n he ld o UI in lirst place . and in t h e wh irr- n(l~ la p i\li no r was b eh in d him a~ain afrer work i n~ u p fro m a ba d st a rt . lI ilt o n ha d a good It-ad . hut not good enough to a llo w fo r hi s crash in t he la st q uart,'r la p. Mino r went bv with a sm ile as lI ilt on was trying 10 g, :t h i!'! h ike ~o in~ ag-ain. M in o r's 5ec oIHI m orn win ga \'(oh im t he o vera ll. I n t he fi rst 125 P ro mor o Ron Junke rt . riding fo r R a ncho Cordova _Su zu ki. pulled th.· k-ad from the sta rt and held ir a ll t hr- wa y in spi tl' o f co ns tan t p ressure fro m Ji m S ylva ( II us ). Bill j;,mnson (Suz) was way hack in third where.' a no t h e r race developed as Robert Norton ( l io n ) ca ug h t up . ' Ih e n Ih(' Suzuki broke and Nonon had third 10 himse lf, In t he last lap Sylva crashed . le a ving J un k" rt with a gi ant lead over Norton . now in seco nd . Jim WOOll'n ( Hon) rook third a nd Sylva got ba ck up for lourt h . The muddy second moto was all junkerts as h is follow ers took turns . slid ing o ut. La ine Wl'st (Suz ) held second fo r t hree laps . t he n it wa s N o rt on 's t u rn for a co u p le' m ore . Pat Yoho ( Ya m) rook o ve r when Nort on slid o u t. on ly to d o t he sa m e himself. Tbe rcs u h in'/( payoffs for t h.· overa II went to .fu nk l' rI . l':on o n . Yo ho and W oote n. • Resu lts in Res u lts Sectio n. Cunningham makes Lodi comeback By R, D. Woods LODL CA , MAR . 6 At the u -nder age of ) 3 ~ Jim Cu nning ham (Yam) , a co nsistent Mini Expert winner . has already staged a comeba ck. The la yoff did not hurt as he won the 100cc Expert event , putting a last lap p ass on J(,ff Mason ( Suz) to do so, the n fo llo wed up wit h a third in the Sflcc Expert Ma in , The progra m for rod a v was reve rsed . so t hl' O ld Ti m e rs cou'ld see a fresh t r a ck fo r a c h a ngt-. Ji m C UllS ( Ya m) bl a zed the way. c10sd y fo llowed by J ohn Bu rnett (S Ul). J (,ff H a ney (Yam ) won t he Open Expert event and fol lowed up wi t h a win in rhe 125 class . Bla ck p lan-s were \'"t' !]. much in evidence lod a \'. Do n Taylor ( Ya m) a nd Sa l H o ffm a ~ (Ya m) w,' rt" st'co nd -third in th (' Open Expe rt di visio n a nd th,' 250 Ex pe rt we nt to Al ex J o rge ns('n (C · A ) o ver Denn is Spence (C-A) . Local lIo nd a pa rts man Lan t" Morrison ( lion o f co uTSe ) ca me up wit h a good Ihi rd pl a ('e finish behind Robert Br as i"1 (C -A) a nd Stary Tut"rs (C · Al in the 25 0 N ov ice cl a ss. This m a y h avt" b,','n Lane's first trophy. Kurt Sl r a it (Yam ) rec('ntlv graduat(,d rrom th,' min i ranks. lOok possession of h is brothn's hik(' a nd h as b~en s how i n ~ the 125 Novin'!\ ho w I f) win . The Winklt'T b ro t hers havt' be(,11 m aking 't ht:ir pr(, sl'ncl' knowll la td y. Troy chos(' a Yamaha to win Ihl' sp o rtsm a n I OOe-c. No vice ('v('nt and Tod d ust 'd a S Ulll ki. ri di ng il 10 a V t'Ty cloSt, sl'!'ond in Ih(' 100cc M in i N o vice /J u n io r Comhin('d ,\ Ia in, • R,'Su h s in Resu lts St'ction.

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