Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

NORTHERN D INE M art in ( Ya m) wa s se con d a n d Number One Blu e Plat e Scott Dinkins ( Yam) worked up fr om a bad sta rt [0 take third . Bob Young (T ri) gra b bed the Open m a in lead from Bud Sturgill (Ya m) o n . the fir st lap and spe d o n to th e win uncont est ed . Sturgill rema in ed in seco nd while Jim T u rner (Tri) fin ish ed third . • Results in Results Sec tion . Spencer - Morton. duel at Sand Hill ByT. Houser BR ENTWOOD , C A, MAR . 20 In th e 125. Junior race , Jim Morton on th e Yama ha was fir st in the fi rs t mow', ridin g hand lebar to hand leb ar with IAbovel250 heat and main w inner Steve Monger (2) holds Scott Cude at bay during their heat. (Below l John Burnett (17) has his moment of glory in front of his 500cc heat. Joe Schmidt (25n), Bill Johnson (9), and Terry Geller (28f) pursue. First D-35 Invitational TT Qualifier held By Cosmic Cat & CO. P O RTER VILLE , CA , MAR . 20 ' The first of eight District-35 q ualifyi ng races for the Sep tern ber T u lare Invitational TT was held a t the Sp inners track . Nov - 28 ~ ice , J u nio rs, and Experts ran with ea ch other in hea ts in th e seve n cla sses but a t the e n d of th e da y , riders com p lained o f the advancem ent procedures to th e m a ins , especiall y from the semis. ( In th e 250 class t he re were seven semis with the winners going to th e mains.) So , a fter th e races, D-35 offici als talked a bou t streamlinin g transfer procedures [0 the m a in s . Things s hould run smoother at the April 24th qu a lifier a t the Fresno Fa irgrounds . As expected , Expe rts dom in ated the mai ns wi t h an occasiona l Ju n io r appearing in the to p thre e . Expert Ro b Ely (Yam) [Oak th e Mini ma in i11 convincing style, leading a ll t he wa y. Seco nd pl acer Ro bert La nd (Yam ) was closing' through la ps two and three b ut bobbled in th e swee per. and was no furt her threat . J unior Bria n Yocum (Yam ) was third. The IQOcc class point s went [0 Mike Garriso n ( Ya m), th e t hird hea t winner. Ga rrison wo n by 30 bi ke lengths, fo llowe d by Mike Vita l (Hod) and Ju nior Robert Torres , Sco tt Poder gois (Ya m) led the 125cc main twice after first turn mishaps called fo r res tarts. On the third rest a rt , only one rider went down ironica lly it was Podergo is. This lim e it was Scott Cude (Yam) on the point followe d by Rod ney Sullivan (Yam) a nd Du a ne Snell (Ya m) . Cude led throu gh la p two wit h Sulliva n close behind a nd Ga ry Lo ng ( Ya m) tak ing thi rd in the rig ht hander. Su llivan grabbed th e lead on la p t hree and . went on for th e win b ut was still pr essured by Cude , who would n't d ro p off t he pace. Lo ng stayed in the th ird spa I. ~ T he 250cc win ner a t last ' yea r's T u lare In vit at ional , St eve Monger (Ya m), was also th e 250 cc fro nt runner today. Monger took a n enormous ho leshot and stre tc he d ir into , a 20· lengt h cu shi on a t th e chec kers . In th e fig ht fo r seco nd , Bob Garrison ( Ya m ) took the place fro m J oey Brown ( Ya m) o n t he first lap a nd Jim Birkle (Ya m) d ro pped Brown another posit ion o n I la p tw o. Bi rkl e chased Ga rr iso n th rou gh la ps two a nd th ree a nd finally went by for second o n th e fou rt h la p . N um be r T wo Blu e Plat e Ken ny W elch (Suz) took th e 500cc m ain ' tro p hy I..adi ng th e enti re race. J ef f Mik e Spe ncer . In th e seco nd m oto , Spe ncer go t th e jum p on Mo rton a nd p roceeded [0 win th e com peti tio n. Mort o n a nd Spe ncer both k new th ey'd ha d a good race . Spenc c r tu rn e d a nd smiled a t Morton , shoo k han ds and they co ng ra tula te d each other. Mini Intermedi a te rider " M ig h ty Mike" . Holmes ke p t Den n is H ou se r behi nd hi m in second place . In the M ini Novice Div. Gary J ohnson had a good rid e, ta king both m ot os fo r his fir st. C hris Plu ta was second on a Suzuki and Rick Ol son thir d . Brent Davis pu lled a fo urt h overa ll and a new rider , Kirk Ol so n , got fifth fo r his very firs t tim e raci ng, Larry Ande rso n's seco nd and first in the mot es gave him the ove ra ll win in th e 125 Intermed ia te class, beatin g ou t Mike Newm an . J e ff Timmerman was first in th,' first rnoto of the 250 Ex rare , but DN F'd t he second moto . R ick Lew is won the second moto for his overa ll win and Skip O rt ner was s..con d, Open Experts St evc Ma ru sic and BillCal icu ra had .bad luc k with ON Fs. Ca lic ura had b roke n spo kes on th e rear wheel. • Resul ts in Resul ts Sectio n . Montogmery tops Crane at Sand Hill MX ByT. Houser BRENTWOOD , CA . MAR . 18 Mik e Montgomery (Ya m) was the m an to beat in the 125 Expert race during Sand H ill's -Frid ay night m o to cr oss. P hil C ran e o ut ofJ &J Cycle , Concord. was second until he fel l tn·iog 10 catch Mo ru g om e ry. Th e I,:a d' ch a nged seve ral limes as Greg Gn-eru-r tried for it until he fell. Da ve W oodall (Suz) fin ishe d th e event in second . T he track had been u nde rw ater Frid ay morning: it was rou gh rid ing by eveni ng. In the 250 Expert ra ce , Mike H er sman won the first mot a with ease, but in th e fina l mot a fell go ing into th e swee pe r tryi ng to pass Elrod on th e Vill a . J eff T im m erman (KTM) a ll th e way from Carmicha el, C a . ra n seco nd . T he fastblackp lateNo. 12 , Donnie Taylor , was the winner again th is week on his Yamaha in th e Open Expert class. Phil Anderson sh ot to t he outsid e on the TT Yamaha a nd grabbed t he lead , but faded back t~ th ird . St eve Maruscio o n th e Mai co closed ground on T aylor in t he fin al m oro for second. Phil Kramer rode his KTM to a twom inute lead over his nearest competitor at Sand Hill Ranch 's Hare Scrambles. Open ju n io r G ary H oop er took bo th m ores fo r his overa ll win wit h SCali La nd second. Mik e Underhi ll, th e winner IwO weeks in a row , cou ld not get his Yamaha toge the r to do any be tter tha n fourt h ove ra ll. Intermedi at e rider , Ca rl N unes ro de his Y; m aha for a first in bot h m o tos in t he 125 class: Mark H owa rd 250 was a close second . Tony Shipma n too k th e 250 win away from Sh erman W ong by winni ng th e second mota on his Hu skv. Th~ Odysseys put on a good show . with young Dave Th u rmond win ni ng the trophy. The Trophy Dash was in the Mini Novice category to n ight with Ga ry Pim entel winning the big trophy and ho no rs fro m tro ph y g irl, Kim Brit z. There was an all-comers Min i Mo ney Race wit h 15 rider s a nd Dennis H o u se r won it. • Resu lts in Results Section, D-36 Hare Scrambles: Kramer and KTM dominate Hollister Hills race By Mike Kinsella H OLLIST ER HILLS O RV PK .. CA , MAR . 27 P h il Kra m e r p iloted his KT M 250 to a no t he r victo ry th is Su nd ay. The 15-year-old ' rider to ok first in class wit h a two m inute lea d over his closest compe tition . Kr a m er a lso too k hom e th e . overa ll tro phy for th e Fastes t lap rime in the race . Ph il hegan r id ing H ar e Scra m bles a few mont hs ago a nd after a f""v injuries and some luning in , began to wor k his way upward 10 Expert sta tus . H e also rides District 36 enduros - so watch ou t! Second place overall Lyn n Ritner (Suz) grabbed back to back firs t pl ace trophies in t he O pen Expert a nd in the 12 5 Ama te u r /Expe rt cla sse s , H e bo rrowed his wife's 100 cc machine 10 run t he 125 ra ce a nd by the terms of the loan he's go t to do t he dishes t his week - wash and d ry. Lyn n is t he District's Enduro Stewa rd . Phi l R ice (Ya m ) m o to red to a close seco n d in t he Ope n Expert, cha lle ng ing R itn er but no t q uire ab le 10 pass h im. Ph il had a littl e run -in with Dick Mann at Sand Hill Ran ch ea rlier thi s month during th e Eu ro Sc ra m hies . They go t tangled up a nd cras he d : Mann went to tro p hy. Phil didn 't d o so we ll - th is wee k's trophy pu m ped him up a lill ie . I I r J , o n

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