Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

• .• l1li ~ fo rm er Miui Expr-rt . shou ld hI' a dorn i n a t i ng forc(' in c i rc le s t his SUITtlTH'r as he shows !'- I1 1l' Iim- stvk- 011 O li lt' t r<1Ck. . rr- R a c int-{ coru inues .u P iOl1t'l'r w ith a smooth scra mbh-s 011 i\ l ;l v ~~ J1 d ;II HI sho rt tr ac k sch l·du lcd to ht'g in J u nl' -lt h . • Rl'SUItS in R es u lt s Sen ion , E 0') ,...-4 00 ,...-4 Dinkins dominates '" visalia D·35 TT '" Qualifier :::; >C':I 0 ::;; ~ 0 X w ~ > '" III 0 0 >- :x: e, IAbove) Mike Garrison (12) held Visa lia 200 Main w inner Lee Pritcha rd at bay - temporarily, (Below ) Dave Morris (14). Joh n Burnett 1171 and Steve Boswell lead a 250 Expert heat throug h turn one at t he Visalia Qualifier. When anyone has been knocked that ha rd in t he head , it is hard ' to ma ke them understa nd that they have to keep sti ll. You never know how serious the injuries are or if there a re any internal inju ries. Nothing will ever match the relief I felt when the ambulance rolled up and a couple of qualified nurses jumped ou t. When th e nurse sa id m y buddy was gonna be alright I finally sta rted to feel a 1 bett er - he really had me 0l worried for a wh ile . The police asked a sea of questions about how it happened , which bike it was . was he wearing his helmet ? And other s. The ambulance was on it s way to the hospital and the police helped me load th e bikes , and told m e they would get a hold of m y buddy's parents. I learned a lot of things fr om this experience , First aid is invaluable to know and that I am going to rake ,a course in such . Also, taking a n inexperienced rider out riding requires you to take it easy and not let them out -ride themselves . Some newcomers don't know wh en to quit trying . Keep a close eye on a beginner who is riding with you . Whenever unsure of t he exten t of the injuries, kee p them quiet unt il help gets there . It 's tough to keep them quiet , but it's important. I wou ld also like to express extreme thanks to Bob Hamil ton , th e Boy Scout lea d er who helped with his knowl edge of first a id . My buddy will spend three m on ihs in casts, bu t woul d hav e been much worse off without the help of Hamilton . • Pioneer closes out rough spring season By Ann Carr O AKDA l. E, C A. APR . 24 Holding out for th at last litt le hit of rough scr a m b les co m pet ition . 126 knobby racers turned out for th e fina le ~f th e sp ring seaso n a t P io n ee r Aren a . a nd we-rt- t n -a u -d to lot s of rid ing- t im e . .Fifteen · yea r·o ld Jeff H a m-v from Seaside "'ng-th en ed his ho ld on l0 P va lley honors as he sW" IH lilt' 2)0 . 500 . a nd Pon d even ts fo r the.' seco nd t imv th is seaso n . The ~ 5 0 virrorv. aboard a 125 . was a rel ar ivel v r-a sv O~(· . Co ncor d Yam ah a ride rs J oh'n J o ~,'s a nd Den nis D avi s a rg-ue d seco nd u n til D av is turn . E c al on's Ken s OV (' r fell in the pit St rai t inherited ih « th ird spot. Marti ne z yo u ng-stn and bl ue p late number five Dallas Dav is pre-vented a H aney swee p of he at s as well as m ains when h e look a n a ~~ r('ss i \'(' heat win in what appeared to be a fun rae e for bot b you ng- men . lI a ney re t ur ned in the m ain . however . a n d to ok t lu - fi rst as well as t lu - m onev race . Dav is n- m uim -d Sl'C OIH I in hod; cur u es ts . Dall ' lIansl'n , a 125 JlIni or from S ~'-t (r an1l'nto . put on (Iu ite a show , Il an Sl'n n ap ped at th l' s ta rting lille in t h(' l11 ai n hu t pro n Td ed to wo rk t hro llg-h IhI' pal' k for a sl'('o nd bt'ilind ~ la n (e('a's Terry Sr ur.~l'on . I l a nsc n , a ByCosm ic Cat & CO. VISALIA , CA , APR . 30 With Portervi lle's Qualifier being somewhat of a learning experience procedures were run a little d ifferent for the AMA . 0 -35 TT qualifier at th e Visa lia Rodeo Grounds , T he big chang-to was that all of the expert mains would carry th e points fo r the Tu lare Invitationa l being held in O ctober. If a novi ce or junior th ought he could run with th e experts and pick up sorne qualifing points , he was in vited 10 do so. . Scott Dinkins , who holds the Number One Blu e Plat e in th e 125 , 250 , a nd 500 cl asses. picked up th e most points of the evening by winning th e 250 a nd 500 Ma ins . Dink ins took th e 250 lead from J o e Brown (Ya m) exiting- th e first turn of th e o pe ni nglap . Brown d ropped off th e pace in th e third lap a nd had 10 co ntend with Randy G riffith (Yam) over second spo t. Brown held on to second a nd Griffith took third a fte r a fas t closing Rodnev Sullivan (Ya m) went down hard i~ th e first turn of tilt' fin al lap . The 500 Main wa s a Dinkins runaway . The Porterv ille speeds te r took the holeshot and by th e second la p had built a 12 bike-length lead and event u a lly stre tc he d it to 20 at th e chec ke rs. J eff Lessley (Yam ) and Kirk Smith (Suz) argu ed over .seco nd thoughout the race and th e position ende d up in Smith 's hands after Lessley bobbled in th e swee pe r on th e final la p a llowing Smith to slip underneath. . Rob Ely (Yam) wa s" running third wh en the Mini Main nag dropped , but by the time th e pa ck reach ed th e sta rt ing line at th e end of lap on e , Ely was in com m a nd . Ely shot by second pl acer Ricky Hollenbeck (Suz) o u t of th e righthander and took th e lead fr om Mike Vital (Ya m) in th e swee per. Ely was never contested for th e lead afte r th at a nd"went o n for th e win with Vital and H ollenbeck following . The 100 cla ss points went 10 Tul are's Mike G arrison (Ya m) who led th e eve nt nag to n ag . Mike Ragan (Yam ) won the battle for third 'when he edged by Kenny W elch (Suz) o n lap two . Ragan th en sta rted working on Mark Ritchie (Ya m) and the seco nd slot. Ragan closed through lap three and on the final lap was side by side with Ritchie through th e sweeper , it was Ritchie pulling ahead . taking seco nd less than a bikes length a head at the fin ish . ' . The first la p of the 125 Main had Scott Cude (Yam), Rod ney Su llivan (Yam) and Gary Long (Yam) in th e top positions, Things changed on th e second la p with Kirk Smith (H on) taking third and Sull ivan g ra bbi ng th e lead in lurn one. Sullivan was pulling awa y o n lap three whil e Smith a pp lied th e pressure to Cude for second. Smith slippe d by o n th e fin al lap in th e righthander with Cude g-oing- d own in th e process. Crossing th e finish lin e it was Sullivan wit h a co m fo rt a b le win , Smith second a nd Lon g third . After a resta rt d ue to a very ha rd spi ll by' Vincent H older (Bul) a nd Bryan Adk ins (Ya m) , it was Mike Garrison (Y3'm) a t th e point of th e 200 Ma in . But th at was sho rt lived as Lee Pritch ard (Ya m) sn uc k by in th e righthander and Rodger Lady (Ya m) dropped Garrison to th ird lap two . Pritch ard too k t he win and Lady secon d but third went to th e hard driving Can -Am of Kent Bowse r wh en he took th e posit ion from Garrison in th e swee pe r of lap three . Randy Griffith (T ri) rook th e Open Main but it was Carroll J ackson (Tri) who provided th e thrills. Ja ckson worked up from mid pa ck and by lap three was ch a lle ng-ing Griffith for th e lead in a sid e-b y-sid e battle. Ja ckson spunout in the fin a l turn while trying to get by Griffith. W a yne Schmidt (Yam) finished second . • Jorgensens dominate Lodi short track By Ann Carr 1.01>1 . C A. APR . 23 The third short track in t he S('\'('n ran' se-ries hcing held at till' l.odi Cvrlr- Bowl was dom inated hv Ale x a nd Kim jorgr-nscu . . T he J org.'nst'n b o vs bm h a hoard swe pt li lt' high poin t pa ying 250 Ex pert m a in wit h Alex Ollt C an -Ams fro m a nd K iln second. A Yam aha pa r a dr- Io lln wed ;" Se as il!<-'s J d f l Ia m-v a n d L i vc r mor cs Bri a n ' I 'horn'ps n ou rla su«! ttl(" " cla ssy fie ld o fo r the I1('Xt t wo of six pa yoff SPO(!" . Alex 's win g-an ' h in t a n HT1 IT1;'lTulin.~ lea d fo r top !"eason mOI H'Y wh ih- Ki ln's scco nd ( 'd .~rd h im o m - point a hea d of T'hom pson a nd l Ia nev. Numbers on e a nd two in t lu - Min i rankDOllg Ch a ndh-r a nd Tra cy l iars con t inue to halt h - for vet aI H ~IIH'r hig-II p oint troph y a s (:halllt"ll'r r!",! il'd a ll !'asy SO Espl'ft m a i u ton ight. l lavs rec ('ived pressure froTn Bill Arho~a sl hut took t lu- SlToud Split. Onl y ol1e poiru se para te s th (' tw o front ru nnr -rs. Forrm-r Mi ni N umln-r Oil!' Fn·d Mrrkel pro ved h is 1T10 \'(' 10 the sp0 rtslll a n ra n ks was 110 flu kr- a s he came from heh ind 10 t-{ ra h t lu- 1~ T) !\:o\'icc m a in. F n -d . u su ~lIl y a q u ick start er . w as l1 a ppill .~ a hi t. IHII 11(' wo rked h i ~ way up fro m a m idpack spot to c as(' out Sl o('kt on 's Da vid \\'est a nd Jac kso ll's Da vid Ilo ylt's. Perha ps th .. IIIlt'st rid.. of Ih., night was n -cor dr -c l h v I.od i c lu b ma n Joh n R a h id r-au . who r-xh ihi u-d ex t rr-m rp;,uielHT wh ile tryi l1.~ to m aneuver aro un d ~I s lowe -r h ut persisu -rn Ji nl Fr-licc-. Shirt ing di ffi ru h ics o n F"' in "s m a ch iu « c a usc d so nu - rat hc-r o d d lilll" s a nd mov..s hil i Rabid eau held his cool a nd fin all v 1T10\Td a round in a dean o u tsi d e P Ol'S!" o n t hr- numbe-r o m - turn . Fclin ' fo ll o\\Td a fe w muins lau- r with a n ae!' o rn p lislll"d win ill th. , 2:,0 junior ranks. Fdi cl'"s fi rst moved him in to a c ha lh'ng-ing posir iun for high ,poin t honors wit h Nov ic e sc'colld plar« IT1an Br ad Su ru m er s . St uck t o ns John Anderson ,~ ra h l )('d tht' ~:) () Novic« win a nd co u ld 1110\'l' into conu -ntion with addit ional pla c t's as SllIlll1l( '.!]' IllO\T S c! OS( T 10 .Junio r st atus hy vi n lH' of r a("i ll.~ two nw chi,wl" . I. o di a n d St o ckt on ,\ I o t o ( c \,c !

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