Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

***************************************************j; Da II: PHOTOSBY LARRY LANGLEY Senior Expert was Mike Hinshaw , a face that's good to see again. Wyley "Coyote" Vaughn of the Sleds , riding his first race th is year, shot th rough the pits at first Senior Amateur Open followed by second place Jim Dod d . James Beems of the Shamrock s separated the two vint age warriors. Dawn Grant, the Prairie Fox, came through fi rst Expert Woman 's Division . Debbie Graziano was first Amateur , Dustmaker June Eli as second. After check three, Steve Nickolson claimed first place Novice from Gregg Pagan, who later stated he shirked his exercising last week. Verl in Van Zee pitted third. There were no real drastic changes in the top 10 other than P·4 biting the dust and leaving fifth place to Dave Conner of the 100's. Dan Aaseth moved up and pitted 15th, moving up 10 posit ions after loop one. Taking the che ckered for the whit e stripers, Los Coyote J im McAlliste r fin ish ing fir st overall Heavyweight Beginner and 12 th overall in the Beginner/Novice rac e. Second overall, first T rail Novice was Rick Davis out of Dusty 's Dirt Works. Second Trail, th ird overall was Los Coyote Bob Ishman. Second Heavy , second Beginner was Prospector Bob Gable. T hird Trail was Zub a and third Heavyweight Rich Howard. T he first 250 to take the checkered was Paul Roller, and second was pie" plater Rick Martin on a Husky. Third place Honda rider Paul R yan com plained of only two hours sleep and having to remove his chain tensioner minutes before the race started. (Maybe if he stayed up all night he could get first.) First, second and third "C" bike Beginners went to Mark Lewis, Sean McCurnin and Willie Van Del. First Trail Sen ior was Mike Ferris, second Lost Coyote Dale Couch,wholovedthecourse. Completing the first loop in about 50 minutes meant Brooks was going to taste some dust for the first tim e on the second loop. Clearing check two , Dawson had moved to with in 20 seconds of Tom . Ogilvie was about 10 seconds behind Dawson for third . Wallingsford dropped back to eighth, but still first Amateur, while Charlie Barney was having his hands full trying t o sta ve off. eager Tim Edmonson. Another face that's good to see out here, Doug W inchell, riding a new 250 Mono, moved from 3Ist at check one of the first loop , pitted 15th and was holding down 12th heading int o check three. Steve Nicholson 'stretched out a good 45-second lead as he headed out to check two. Riding in dust like a veteran , he picked up his lines and passed bikes as he could sense the feel of victory. Brooks had cleared check three and headed for home. Not being abl e to take the same lines as before due to lapped riders . Brooks had everything but an easy time. Pasing it in th e du st took consta nt concentration while breakin g tr ail, hampered by the thought of Dawson back th ere just wait ing for one mistake to enable him to assume the lead. Brooks crested the saddleback, flew down the trail, and all the spectators and pit crews pointed at the winner as .he rounded the hard right tum and flew across the finish line , chalkin g up overall win number six. Less than 20 seconds later, Brooks looked over and said "W ho is that guy?" Dan Dawson, P2, minus a spark arrestor, side cover and air filter , pulled up behind Brooks ' for second overall, second Heavy , and a big grin. Bruce Ogilvie was nex t with (Continued on page 40) z g ~ > a:: a:: w .., ~ ~ IE Visibility was quite good in the desert for a change, thanks to the breeze. (Below) This is not the Easter Bunny. This is Red Longacre. Red, like the Easter Bunny, is assumed to a mythical creature. Kelly and Balentine win DRA Team Race By Jerry G. Welton ~ t Results ADELANTO , CA , APR. 9 Tom Kelly and . Bob Balentine (400 KTM) proved to be the winning combination at the DRA Team Race. Heath Hibbard (400 Yam) found a line just off to th e left of th e bomb which put him just ahead of Bal entine and Phil Stumbo (400 KTM). In an effort to catch Hibbard, Balentine slid off the top of his bike while accelerating out of a ditch. About five miles out, Hibbard's ma chine began seizing . Stumbo moved past Hibbard and his s ick bike for the lead. Balentine maneuvered his way up to second and set his sights on Stumbo. Balentine and Stumbo diced it until a road crossing about a quarter of a mile from the pits, where - Kelly completed the second loop with a good margin over Malocco. Meek came in still running third but dropped out due to an unfortunate incident. This moved Monte Lee and Johnston into third. Brad Henson kept the lightweight team go ing by bringing his bike through in fourth place. The leaders remained the same with the margins between them increasing. Balentine and Kelly were first to the checkered flag with several miles over Stumbo and Malocco. Johnston and Lee rode a good consistent race, finishing third for the day . Henson and Plant were outstanding, bringing their lightweight machines in for fourth overall, first in class. Dan Hensley (400 KTM) with , partner Scot Duncan, recovered from a fou r-kick start to finish fifth overall and first Novice . Doug Hurt (400 Yam) teamed up with lightweight hotshoe Darren Pritchett to lead the Amateurs to the flag . Dean Miller (250 Yam) and John Steen finished just ahead of Tony Steffins (250 Yam) and Ron Richey (250 Hus) for seventh overall, first 250 Expert. Pat McEvoy (400 Yam) and John Richardson (400 KTM) had their stuff together to capture fi rst Open Junior/Senior Expert, 17th overall. The first Senior riders were the Amateur team of LaV ern Garton (370 Suz) and Ed Denbow (400 Yam) . The small ·bore team of Jeff Heth (125 Yam) and John McConnell (125 HDn) really did a fine job. Not only did they win their class , but nai led second overall Beginner . Robert Brown (370 Suz) and Scott Porter (400 KTM) were first overall Beginners, and first Open Beginners, Current Powder Puff point leader Lori Farmer (175 C-A) and Elva Earll (125 Hon) showed the rest of the girl s the way home by taking the Amateur Powder Puff conquest. Nex t in was the Novice Powder Puff team of Michele Gr iffin (250 Hus) and her partner Lorie Lockridge (Yam) nabbing first in their class. Alan Dryden (80 Suz) and Donnie Morrison (80 Yam) had a great combination of rides to put together a class win over Byron Van (80 Yam ) and Mark Heth (80 Yam ). It was a fairly nice 'day for racing and spectating with Big Red , alias the " Easter Bunny, " making his ra cy appearance with bunny suit, cotton ta il, and ears. . The course itself was a big bike course with some soft sand and wide open washes. There was a bit of dust but a good breeze kept visabil ity clear. Balentine leaped ahead. . At th e end of the first loop , Balentin e was barely ahead of Stumbo. Both riders turned their bandoleirs over to their partners. Tom Kelly rode with Balentine and came out of the pits before Stumbo's partner Morgan Malocco (400 Yam). Alan Meek (400 KTM) was next in with q uite a space between himself and Mike johnston (400 KTM). Tim Plant (175 Yam ) was next through the pits, handing off to Brad Henson (175 Yam) .• \ 1 OVERALL: 1. Tom Kelly (400 KTM I. Bob Balentine 1 400 KTM I. 2. Morgan Malocco 1400 Yaml . Phil Stum bo 1 400 KTMI . 3. Mike John ston 1 400 KTMI. Monte LEe (400 Yaml, 4. Brad Henson (1 75 Yaml, , Tim Plant 1 '75 Yaml, 5. Dan Hensley 1 400 KTMI. Scot Duncan (400 Yam), 6. Doug Hurt (400 Yam). Darren Pritchett f400 Yaml, 7. Dean Mill er 1250 Yaml, Ron Richey (250 Hus l, 9. M itch Smily (250 Yam). Doug Beisner 12 Suzl. 10. Tom Matt ox 1 50 400 KTMI. Ron Smith 1 400 Yaml, 1' . Ed Mundy 12 Suz], Wes 50 Anderson 1250 Suz), 12. Tony Stuart 025 Yaml Ken Upp 11 25 Yaml, , 3. Tim Smith 14 00 Yaml, Jeff Matth ews t400 Yam), 14. Tom Mit chell (250 Yam), Mont y Lee 1 250 KTM), 15. Danny Aruoijo (400 Yam), Mark Force {4QO Yaml 16. Jeff W ilson (400 Suz), Daryn W yatt 1 400 Husl, , 7. Pat McEvoy Jr 1 400 Yam), John Richardson 1 400 KTM I. SENIOR: La Vern Garto n 1 400 Yaml, Ed Denbow 1 4ooSuz). 125 Yaml. John OVERALL BEG: 1. Jeff Heth 1 M cConnell 025 Han), 2. Steve Hale 1400 Yam). Steve Wilk erson (400 SuzJ. 3. Leon Price 14 Yaml, Bryan 00 Clark 1 400 Yaml. 4. Mike Bruno 1 75 KTMI, Robert ' Bruno 11 75 Yam), 5. Craig Clarke 1 500 Yam), M ark Kell8f (500 Yaml. POWOERPUFF AM : Lori Farmer 11 75 C·AI. Elva Earll '75 Honl. 1 POWDER PUFF NOV: 1. Michelle Griffin 1 250 Hus). 250 Yam). 2. Nona Richardson (250 Lorie lockridg e 1 KTM I. Marge Reeser 1250KTM I. MINI : 1. Alan Dryden (SOSuzl, Donni e Morr ison ISO Yam). 2. Bryon Van ISO Yaml, Mark Heth (SO Yaml . 3. David Earll 180Yam). Bill Matto x ISO Yarnl. . . ' l'i

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