Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

TERR}J~ll' 111I1Ko:\ I i.xn 1l\\II'I ,:\ I:\(, l ':\11 HlK SI ,KIOl'S CO\II'LIII OK 250/ 370 RJ.\ \ S U Z UKI 9" o f Travel 8" o f travel for Bet or, Ceriani , K awasaki, CZ . Suz uki , Yamah a. Montesa, Penton, K'I'M, H o d aka . Designed for au or spring better dampening - smoother action - more control - longer travel. The front end kit that bea ts them all. out of state call to ll ' free' 800-854-4691 90 day m01.ey back guarant ee ". .. I • I • •• TERR }·C.·tBLE PO BOX 1321 Hesperia, CA 92345 714 ·24 7·2646 NORTHERN DATELINE takes to run with the veter an 250 Experts . Sullivan close ly foll owed leader Steve Monger (Yam) through lap one of the main and leaving the swee pe r of lap two. Su lliva n was at the point . ne ver to be beh ind again . Mon ger was second and J im Birkle (Yam) third. Co ming from m id pack. 250 JLi nior Mark Su m ner (Suz) rode in the third slot until la p three . T here he too k second fro m Tiin Bland (Ya m) in the righthander and a few m oments later . zapped Jimmy Deen (Yam) in the sweeper for the lead. Bland too k Deen on the final lap and look ed as though he wou ld be challenging Sumner for the front spot . but Sumner bega n hooking up and took th e win with a very co m fo rt a ble 12 bike length cushion. Rick Su llivan (Yam ) squeezed by, Deen a t the checkers fo r th ird , Tulare's big track always brings ou t th e " b ig bores" and the Open Experts provided one of the better races of the, n ight. Carroll Jackson . the 40-year- old fla sh fr om Visal ia , put hi s Triumph ou t front ea rly but was soon pressu red by 19-yea r -old R ick Villa unev a on hi s W est er n M ag Special Ya ma ha . Ville uneva closed o n lap three and starting the final la p was on J ackson's rear wheel. Villauneva fina lly got by b ut Jackson came ba ck . Out of the sweeper in a drag race to the finish . Jackson took the checker s inches ahead of Villauneva , Both received a good response from the audience fo r their exciting show _The battle for third was just as close as Bud Sturgill (Yam ) ed ged out Bob You ng (T ir). A protest was filed by 500 Expert Bill J o hnson , who wanted to make sure. that Jim Birkle 's Ya m ah a , (the 500 Expert winner), had the correct bore and was carrying legal fuel. The crack D -35 tech sq u ad di smantled the thumper . m easured bore a nd stroke , analyzed the fuel. and fo und tha t Birkl e's Yamaha was well within the limits . Johnson agreed and went horne, $60 poo rer . , In o ther races , Tim Pri tcha rd (Ya m ) was in command of the 125 Juniors, ta king th e win ahead of Bill W ilson (Suz) and Ken McCoy (Yam ). Bert St even s (Yam) continue s to show ra pid improve ment and tonigh t took the 100 J unior main followed by Steve ' Lo pez (Yam) and Leon Verbu rg (Ya m) . • Resul ts in Resu lts Section , Podergois unbeatable at Hanford Benefit • By Cosmic Cat & CO. 9 MTc: MOTORCYCLE IN D U STRY COUNCI C ,INC. CA RT ER'S YAMAHA BMW' Can-Am Co mp lete p .t rts & servi c e D yno - ... Po r t i n g - M a c h ine S no p Fa st Ma i l Or d er 214-24 1-9135 36 138 6 0 N . S t em mon s Frwy . , Da lla s. T e xa s 7 5 2 34 HANFORD . CA , A P R . 3 Scott P odergois ha d a fi eld d a y at th e Hanford F a i r grounds where the Hanford Flatt r a ckers hosted t h e Am erican Canc e r S o ciet y Benefit TT scram b les. Podergois was hot and in t he groove all day as he powered to fir sts in th e 125 and 250 Expert mains, plus sco red a win in the sweep stakes ra ce . The Yamaha pil ot had to pl ay ca tc hup in th e 125 main as he ca me from sixth to second be hi nd Rodney Sulliva n (Yam) . Podergois worked his way by and too k th e win by fou r b ike len gths. Su lliva n was second and Scott Cude (Yam) third . T he 250 Expert main was red flagged on the first lap bec a use of a pileup entering the swee per . (a ll riders made it back except Bob Garrison who was taken off to ha ve his bac k X· (A bov el Scon Podergois won the 125 and 250 Expert mains at Hanford, as well as the sweepstakes. (Below) Dad gets a trim while the kids race. M ini Expert fathers Ron Ely (standing) and Cal Wesson . rayed). On the 'resta rt , it was all Podergo is. This time on Bultaco , Poder go is led the com pl ete m a in a nd was never seriously contested for th e lead. Ji m Birkl e (Ya m ) wo rk ed hard for the second slot an d once again Scot t Cude (Ya m) was third. After the mains were over , a swee psta kes race was run . T he firs t two placers fro m eac h of th e Exp ert mains (except t he 100 and minis) were invited to r ac e . T h is is w he r e Pod ergois p icked u p his third and biggest (ov er five feet tall ) first place tro p hy . Podergois m anaged to keep his 250 Astro ahea d of second pl ac er J ohn Burnett aboard a Yam aha th umper. Rodney Sulliva n rod e a su pe rb rac e . placing h is 125 Yamaha in third . Mike H all ( Bul) took the 200 J unior lead on lap two after lea d er Russell Uchiya ma (Yam ) went wide in the first turn. Uchiyama . al ong with Marty Brown (Yam) . th en bob bled giving seco nd to Darrell Peek (C- A). Peek began challenging for the lead on la p three an d was applying the pressure even har de r on th e final lap . Too hard in fact , for he went down hard exiti ng the -sweeper handing the win to H all. Uchiyam a took second after Brown's bike broke on lap fou r . Michael Padilla finished thi rd . Mark Ritch ie (Yam) pulled all the stops to take the top honors in the 100 Expert bout. Ritchie led flag to flag but hometown bo y Chad Bettencourt (Ya m) tried in vain not to let his fans down , losin g the d rag race to the checke rs by wh at looked like an inch. Mike Vital (H od) was third . In other races, Roman Bettencourt (Yam) out last ed St eve Lopez (Yam) for the 100 Novi ce trophy_and Ronnie H all (B ul) bea t ou t Bob Winters (Yam) and Matt W right (Bul) in th e 200 Novice main . Ch ad Bettencourtwon the trophy dash , Mike Kin g the wheelie contest . and Janet Bettencourt won the Powder Puff three wheeled (free- fo r-a ll) short track . • Results in Results Section .

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