Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Western hotline second posmon bac k. Eddie Robison worked his wa y up through t he pack for th ird . In the second mo ro, Peters had the holeshot and th e lea d wit h Feelev behind . Ro bison cha llenged Fee ley a~ they began to ba ttle for second p lace . Rob ison got hy on the inside before a turn . Mea nwhile , back in th e pack, Wa lter Arm a ndariz a nd Carl Tigni no had a battle goi ng on for fifth , switc hing position with every turn . Larry Tu rn er in fourth was tryi ng to ca tc h th e third place Fee ley. Pet ers took th e flag for th e win a nd th e overa II, with Robiso n holding on to seco nd , Feelev thi rd . • Resu lts in Results Sect ion . Schulta, Senn and Gregor thaw URA's Frosty Cactus enduro By Sue Senn RED MO UNT AI N , CA . AP R . 24 The racing was t his close at t he AME gathering at Sprockets Par k in Bakersfie ld . (Con tin uedIrom 1m!!.,' 2}) Fort une. It boi led down to a three ma n race out of a field of 10 and as the checkered came out for Perkins all eyes were on the finish line as Fortune and Luja n had a drag race with Fortune barely getting it. Fort une was ha lfwav readv for rhe fight he got from Luj a n as 'they had already had a good o ne in the Open Expert race. Fortune had taken cha rge immediately hut Lujan was back in sixt h on the first lap . O n the second la p. he ha d mad e his way to fourth and on th e next lap was in second . From th en on it was a hatt ie of lines around the tra ck. Fort une looked to the high groove whi le Luj a n was corning out of four low a nd appeared to be mak ing some gai ns. Ti me ra n out and Fortune hroug ht it hom e with Luj an seco nd a nd Jim Vend iey t hir d . Rob Selvy had everyt hi ng his way in the 250 · Expert ha lf mile. T er ry Singleton hea t Jeff Allison to th e first tu rn. It was sho rt lived as Allison got him on th e seco nd la p and he ld second for the du ra tio n. Pete "Speed y" Ha mes won borh 12:) Am a teu r Expert ra ces . coming back afte r a nasty fa ll d uring th e Short T rack Semi . Todd Bro wn and Da rr en Hul bert were right behind him in bot h races. Mike Redding . who is reall y starling to get the fee l of his 125 took a double win in t he Novice Division . topping Shaw n Pett is in the short track a nd Alva Ayers on the half mile . Resul ts in Resu lts Section . Shore in charge atAMEMX By Lee Taylor BAKERSFI ELD , CA , MAY I Jer ry Shore took th e overall win in th e 125 Pro race after a ha rd and fast day of rid ing. In the fir~ moto, Andy Jan nings was leadi ng wit h Shore a nd Jim Dom a nn (Yam) fight ing it ou t for seco nd . Dom ann go t by Shor e a nd went after Janni ngs. Shor e conti nued to fight it out this tim e wit h Mike Antes (Suz) for thi rd . J a nn'ings ran int o a b it of tro uble. a nd fell back to fou rt h . as Domann mov ed up into th e lead a nd .held it th roughou t the mot o. T he seco nd tim e ou t, was a fig ht to th e end bet ween Shore a nd Dom ann . Antes gra bbed the hole . shoi with J annings in pursuit and Sh ore in third . Sho re was really flying and on the straight -away, moved u p a longside J annings and got by in the first turn after th e jum p . J a nnings was stayi ng in close as Sh ore. rode high int o the be rms . a nd to the ou tside of Antes . Sh or e finall y got by Antes in th e tu rn after th e Can -Am ju m p , Dom ann was runni ng fou rth . tryin g desperately to get by J annings. These two ha d th e specta tors holding th eir brea th as they tried to ge t a n edge on each ot her . Antes a nd J annings we re hangi ng whee ls, doing everything t hey co u ld to fight each other off. Doma n n moved int o seco nd a nd was ou t to tak e th e lead f~om Shore a nd ta ke home a ba ck-to-hack win for th e da y. J annings I fell ba ck to sixth as th e fight for first contin ued betw een ·Dom a nn a nd Sh or e . With less than three la ps to go , Dom ann was brea thing do wn Shore's back. Dom ann pu shed too hard and went down , Out recovered in time to ho ld onto seco nd. Shore took hom e t he to p money, Domann was second a nd Antes third . Joey Roseber ry (Suz) all but burned up the trac k wit h back -to-ha ck wins in the 125 J unior ra ce . In the firs t moto Roseb erry too k th e lead wit h Ga ry J on es runni ng second and Brian Ga rdne r in thi rd . Pat Streiff (Hon ) moved into seco nd , putting Jones back in third . Streiff pulled back later with bike trou ble a nd J ones moved ba ck into second. T hese positions held to the end of the mot a . T he second tim e around , J on es leapt off th e lin e firs t , with Roseberry be hind him .J on es held him off as lon g as he cou ld but Roseberry got by in the turn a fte r th e Ca n-Am ju m p and ope ned up a nice lead . Steve Wood ard was ru nning third in a tight ba ttl e with T om Ta te . Wood a rd fin a lly go t by. Jo nes had a st rong lead in seco nd , as Steve Leona rd (Suz) moved on u p into t hird . J on es was pu shin g Roseberr y, tryi ng to bu rn ru bb er off his tires to ta ke over the lead , hut bv th e end of the race, Roseberrv still ha;j it. He took first overal l. seco ~ d went to Jo nes a nd Leonard was third . • Results in Results Sec tio n , Peters takes Junior honors at Indian Dunes By Judy Greenberg VA LEN CIA , CA . AP R. 29 Friday night at A .M _E's Yout h Division m ot ocr oss, th e 83cc nine -yea r-old Beginners fired off th e line , with Rich a rd Malott . (Yam) gra bb ing th e holesh ot a nd an ea rly lead . In second . T on y Nagy was bein g hotly pursued by Mike Ri ley, Like a strea k of lightning , Cam J ohnson (Suz), d ash ed by Riley to battle wit h Nagy . It was a ca r-and mouse situa tio n , as N agy a nd J ohnson see-sawed positions as they cha rged a round th e track . J oh nson picked off second wit h a sma ll lead , fini sh ing be hind Ma lott while Rilev fini shed th ird . • Moto two . it was Ma lott agai n wit h the holesh ot , Riley cli m bed up for the cha lle nge. ridi ng whee l-to -wheel , do wn t he straightaway and into the ess turns , but Ma lott he ld his lea d . Alo ng ca me J ohnson , working his way pas t ' Nagy a nd Riley, to purs ue Ma lot t. W it h less th an a bike -len gt h between th em , J ohnson pushed Ma lot t look ing for a n edge , bu t Ma lott repea ted ly shut the door. J oh nso n put the supreme pressure on Mal ott as they mo ved into the tower turn , Malott went do wn ta king a hel met shot from J oh nson , who took over the lea d for the win . Im m ed ia tel y after the checkered flag , J oh nson rode to the side of the fa llen . fellow -rider, showing concern for Mal ott's sa fety firs t. h is win seco nd . Mal ott stood to his feet a nd left the track with J oh nson . Goo d sports ma nshi p was defin itely pr esent. It was Don a ld Feeley j um p ing ou t in fro nt in th e Junior Cycle. J uni or class, but Doug Pete rs soo n too k the lea d , stre tc hing it to a sa fe ma rgin . Feeley was being pr essu red by Larry T u rner who was a t his back door, look ing for the righ t mom ent to ge t by. Finding that room on th e outside Turne r sho t in front of Feele y to go a fte r Pet ers. T ha t d id n' t stop Feeley. he rod e rlghl u p on T u rn e- rs ta il d e te rm ined to rega in seco nd . At tha t mo ment T u rn er 'pu n our a nd Fe,·le l!ot h is Eleven -year-old Kevin Sen n (80 Yam) and l -t-yea r-old Donny Gregor (125cc) tied for tha t perfec t score of zero points lost on th e first loop a t URA's Frosty Cactus fa mi ly end uro. Sharon Gon d eck closely tra iled th e pa ir wit h a loss of 0-3 or th ree seconds away from pe rfection over the 27 -rnile firs t loop. T his loo p was more interesti ng th a n the m aj ority of first fa mi ly loop s. As six year old J ason Da iels put it , " It was hilly, sa ndy, rockv a nd th e rocks wer e th e best part:" Even th ou gh J ason was rid ing his first endu ro and had a lot of spa rk plu g prob lem s with his Yam ah a Mini Enduro , he's su re he will try it agai n. The speeds averaged from 14 to I S mi les an hour over a co u rse co nsisting of fa irly deep sa nd , a few good rock y sec tio ns a nd a co uple of uphills which we re spo tted wit h bou lders, bu shes a nd ro cks. If rid ers wer e observa nt , thev rriav have noticed th e eag le's nest 'which cont a ined th ree bah y eagles tu cke d u nd erneath the secon d train track tu nnel on the fa r right side j ust befor e a sha rp left tu rn . Spea king of sha rp turns, when an arrow marked a cha nge in di rectio n , it mea ~t now. Ma ny rid ers found they had overs hot tu rns and had to do a littl e back-tracking. Also , t he first and second checks were ni ne m inu tes off bu t if riders stuck to th ei r own time keep ing a nd didn 't change their cloc ks, t hev were oka v, T he 3S: m ile second loop did not allow for any zeroes hut J ohn Sch ulz, Ron Ra ml ow and La rr y Wood ru ff, riding in th .. Open class , finished 1-02, 1-16 a nd 1-19 in that order. In the 200 class . Mike Michaelson of the Dirt Digge rs M.C . lost 2 point s and gold meda l winn e r a t the ISDT qua lifie r, Mike Goo dw in lost 3 . The first 15 miles on the seco nd loop wer e a bit on t he slow side but then ca me a big , sa ndy uph ill. If th e hill was mad e on t he first shot then t he chec k a t the to p was prob ably burnt , hut if tim e was lost it was a lmos t im possib le to mak e it up beca use the spee ds beca m e fas ter a nd cont inued t his way down a supe r-soft . steep hill where SRA 's N umber One (200r c) pla te holder . Tom Ke nn ed y. was seen bulldogging his Penton towa rd th e bott om . :VI an y ride rs thoug ht t he- slow sec tio ns were a bit too '510 \ \0' a nd t he fa st sec t io ns a hit 10 0 fa st b u t rhr- " HHt"

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