Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

TEUU1/\IT 1 111 IR() ,\! 1.'\1) I ) \ \ 11'1.'\ 1'\(, 1 '\ I I I ()R ~·,J . R H 11 .., ( ()\II' I. I I I()R 250/370 RM SUZUKI 9" of Travel B" of tr avel · fo r Betor.. Ceriani, Kawasaki, CZ, Suzuk i, Yamaha, Montesa, Penton, KIM, Hodaka. Designed for all' or spring better dampening - smoother action - more control -- longer travel. The front end kit that beats them all, MINI SR: David Weak (Ya m) of Omaha, Neb . got the holeshot and cruised the rest of the way towing second and th ird fini shers , Terry Nail (Yam) and Stormy Gartrell (Yam). MINI 105 : Pedro Perales. who placed in three classes, rode his Yamaha to a 30 -yard win . Following the Ten- nesseean were Clay Cauthorn (Yam) and Jerry Surber, Jr. (Hon) , the promoter's son and a pretty rapid kid. IOOcc: Mike Walcott (Suz) appeared to be opening up a good lead, but Bobby Fannon (Hon) passed the Texan and stro lled to a sizeable lead. Third behind Walcott was Pedro Perales, 125 NOVICE: Kerry Perales (H on), Pedro's bro th er , was unchallenged fr om the ga te , but second pl ac e finisher Reid King had a good scrap wit h Derek Weddin g . 125 INT : In a rac e marred by a starting gate m al function and many min or but traffic clogging cras hes, Da vid woods had to dog and finall y pass Donny Guillory (Suz) for the win . H arry H einze was third. 250 NO VICE: Gu y Allen's Su zuk i cruised fro m sta rt to finish in the lead . Billy Prevost from th e Baton Rouge bayous (KT M( fini shed a wheel a hea d of Shane Book. 250 INT: Mickey Whetzel from Clemmons, N .C. enjoyed a easy win , but Terry Martz , a Pennsylvania Maico rider , and Mark Dennison. and Oklahoman aboard a Yamaha , had a passing contest for second with Martz th e winner. OPEN NOVICE·INT: There was no passing among the rop three riders for th e duration Of the finale , but you could have thrown a towel over the three of them : as the finished --Danny Pennington , a hometown bo y on a Mai co , Bob Cargo from Florida on a Yamaha , a nd Bob Bittner form New jersey on a Suzuki. • Big bore Experts Darrel Ho lling shead (371, Trey J orski (49) and M it ch Milson (3) ride through the tunnel ess es. 0.. < out of .tate eaU toU free ' 800-854-4691 90 day m07ley back guafll1ltee ; Texans Derek Wedding (33). Jerry Kamp (176) and J immy Jones (44) lead a 125 Novice banzai heat race. The Open Expert final was a walkaway for Blackwell, however. Aboard a new Yamaha , he won both of his elimination motos and strolled aw ay from Oklahoman Trey jorski (Pen) in the fin al by nearly 100 yards . jorski is a form er AMA pro rider . They were followed by Ricky Bla ck and .M itch Milson, wh o also finish eig ht in .the 250 Ex pert finale . Mark Purdue was fif th and anot her AMA pro rider, Darrell Ho llingshead (H us) was sixt h . . Pierce , now on a Yamaha , swapped wit h Mississippisn Bill Cummins (Hon) throughou t the 125 Expert finals, but neit he r cou ld ca tch up with J im Haynes (Suz) , anoth er Florid a n, nor Da vid Martin (Hon) for second or , th ird . Pierce edged Cummins for fift h , and th e overall win ner was Gu y Ur q uart (Yam), who was riding in his first race after spending severa l mon o ths in a leg cast, Summarizing th e Novice races: MINI JR : Despite a " Polish wheeli e" tha t landed him on his nose , Craig Raymond (Yam) was able to maintain second behind Todd Bra y (Yam) . Almost sneaking past Raymond was Ronnie Warman (Suz) . - ..... 1-0 _.00 Dealer or Direct J'/:,UU re.-' IHJ~' PO BOX 1321 Wendell W ool ard of Ok lahoma sho w ed good speed an d possible Div ine guidance. but st ill di dn't win the Open class. Hesperr.i. CA 923 45 71 42 472646 Jack Todd, back from Winter Nationals, takes two S.R.A.C.seconds By Linda D onelso n . COLO RADO SPRINGS, CO , MAR. 27 J ack T odd , leader-of. the Budda Head Racing T eam , managed two seco nd overall finishes in 250 and-Open classes a t Aztec Racewa y. As th e 250 Expert class was ca lled to t he ga te for th eir first mot o , Todd sa id "Today I feel g rea t, and th e bik e is running supe r." T he gate dropped and it was a sprin t (0 th e fir st co rner, with Todd (Town &- Country Suzuki) pulling ahead. Just as th e pa ck reached th e corner, Arl o Englund ( Bill Thomas Hu sky) sl ipped under T odd . Approa ching th e drop-away, Todd again pulled up on Englund . Sid e by side th ey lifted into the air. with Engl un d out just a little bit farther and holdi ng on to th e lead . Todd , no t gi ving Englund room to breathe , staye d on his rear knobby. On the lon g uphill it look ed like Todd's Su zuki wou ld out-pull Englund's Husky. bu t the hill wasn 't long enough Eng lu nd hung on . As th ey a p p ro ac hed the ba ck straight , Todd aga in made his bid, th is time pulling up on Englund sideby-sid e. The p air rode into the off camb er , and sud den ly T od d was down . Before Todd regain ed his bik e , three rid ers had passed , and Englund was long go ne . T odd ch a rged again (only to find out later he sprained three fingers) lap after lap , reeling in riders to tak e second place, but never aga in close to Englund . Pl agued by stiff fingers in th e second moto , Todd tried to hold off Englund after a super start , but could on ly manage another second. O pen Expert , class saw Roger Smith (Vicke ry Yam) dart out into th e lead in both motos, leavin g two more second places to T odd. Later , T odd co u ld n't Ret his glove off without help. T he hand was swollen tw ice its size. Results in.Resu lrs S ecrion , • . • . 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