Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Jim Holley won the first AME Super Summer Series Mini Pro race. (Contin ued[ro m page 19) national Trials Association , feet 24 up competition. He was c1osel,Y followed by Ga ry LaPlante . on his m od ified 302cc Kawasaki , and Bultaco mounted Greg Lers h , Fourth place was earned by Ol i Thorda rson , ju st recently mo ved up to th e expert ra nks. The Amat eu r class was ta ken . by Gr eg Byers. on e of those " na tura l" riders It won 't be lon g before he's givi ng th e expe r ts a bad . time . Following Byers wer e Gr eg W illever and Rick Manl ey all mounted on 350 Buls. Mark Oldar on his somewha t altered 300cc Honda topped th e Novic es. with a good ride, followed closel y by Mike Allen on a 348 Montesa and Yamaha mounted T im Ziegler. 13 year old Mark Bernba~m , riding a little Yamaha 80cc whipped th e Beginners with a good ride. Arlan Will iams on a 250 Yamaha gra bbe d second , with third go ing to Allen Pwillis J T. on a 250 Honda . There were not enough Seniors 10 make a class . so Wayne Em ge a nd J erry Manley rode for fu n a nd ha d a close tu ssle . The unique , firs t time begi n ner cla ss. all ows th ose who have never ridd en tria ls before to co mpete a mong th em selves and to see what Trials is a ll abou t. Dennis Sm ith took first place honors whil e Mike Byers p lanked in second: with Glen Hensl ey hanging in there for th ird . The weather person ga ve us a bit of rain earlier in the week . filling a catch basin in the center valley . I.T.A . president Jean Fradette got permission from Saddleback Park to open th e floodgate and make section 5 a really great blabbing brook -type tr.ap. Section one was on the SIde slopes, right next to th e famed ~atterh~rn Hillclimb. This featured shp and shd e sandstone up and down banks and sharp tu~s. Section Two was laid out on the side of a rocky hill . It was great watching the amateurs and expe rts using all their skills and styles. Sections seven and eight wer e continuous steep uphills. with a few zags and zigs. Section ten was a lon g , steep hillclimb . The tract ion was supe r all da y for a gr eat tria ls happenin g . Arlington wins small school Corona HSMX By Elaine Jones CORONA. CA . MAY 13 Arlington held off the scrap py La Sierra and Alt a Lorn a schoo ls to win th e Inland Empire Small School Championships. La Sierra, wh o was in second after the first rou nd , ca me ou t loaded for bear a nd had a team re all y up 10 go for it. Alt a Lorn a was just as eager to move up th e ladder and Arlington wa s really o n th e d efe nsive. Corona , a lways a schoo l 10 be reck on ed with had a su per night , endi ng th e even ing t ied with La Sierra with four wins a piece . It sti ll ca me down to powerhou se Ar lington a nd even thoug h they on ly cam e up with one win they held off a ll co mers a nd t he ch a mp io ns hip was t heirs . J an et Gr isham was the star of t he Arli ngton team as she won ~ he Powder Pu ff Division . In fact Arhngton was th e only schoo l who had any you ng ladies on ha nd. It was a p iece of cake for G risham who too k a ll three rnotos. The rea l ba ttle was for second and th ir d . Stacy Randall fin ished seco nd in . th e first moto but was ou t for th e rest of th e night after a ba d cra sh in the second round. Lani Ander son moved up a slot to pick up second aft ~r Randall was eliminated with Debbie Atchison third . The th ird moto saw the fin ish repeated with the . overall taking the sam e order. . Bobby Hart was th e utility man for La Sierra . picking uP .on e of th e t~~ double wins of th e night. T he rrnru class was a complete rout for th e La Sierra ace - he put enough distance between himself and th e rest of th e field 10 SlOp and hav e a Coke . Richard Sori a . Bobby's teammat e appeared to have a solid seco nd until he DNFd th e final moto wh ich jumped St acy Sim on of Corona into the seco nd place slot. H art his his hands full in the 125 Intermediate cla ss and ha d 10 work for every point he ea rned . T he first m ot o saw him go d own on th e seco nd lap a nd although he was up qui ckl y. he lost severa l positi on s a nd h ad to sett le for a fift h with th e win goi ng 10 Mick Landmesser of Alt a Lorn a a nd seco nd to Rod An derson of Arl ingt on . H a rt had every thi ng workin g th e next two m otos and they were his. La nd messe r ca me up with a seco nd in th e seco n~ to with Phil Maust of Alta Lorn a aCing Anderson for the th ir d. It was Maust aga in who th rew a wren ch in t he works as he di d th e sa me t hi ng in the final m oto b ut t h is t im e d ispl a ci ng La nd messe r . Bobby took th e ove ra ll in a tic br eak er with Land messer with Ande rso n th ird. Cor on a had its own hero in Noe l Hughes. Like Han , he rode two a nd won two . The 125 Novice class en ded in a th ree wa y tie for first. The first m oto h ad A la n C h iurn in at t a of Arl ington home first with Clyd e Smith o f H em et seco n d a n d t eamm at e Rob ert Young third . In th e seco nd mo to it was Smith who got it home first with Hughes tak ing secon d and C hiu m inat ra third . At th is point it was Sm ith a head by one over Chi u rnina tra and Hu gh es out of first by four. It was Hu ghes ge lli ng a su per holeshot t~at p ut him in th e third rnot o lead wit h Bill Metzger lock ing int o seco nd a nd Ch iurnina rra t hi rd . Ch iurn inarr a ble w it in t he last lap with Raben Young pic ki ng him off. It was Hu gh es who took the win o n the tie b rea ker with C hiu m ina lla seco nd a nd Sm it h th ird . T he 175 Novice class saw Hug hes aga in have to fight for every po int . It was Pau l Dwo rsh ak of Alt a Lorn a tak ing th e moto one win over H ugh es and Da vid W iest of Arlington . In the second a nd third motos everythi ng ca me toget he r for Hugh es as he stru.ng two wins together for th e overa ll with Dworsha k seco nd a nd W iest th ird . It was Goat Br eker (KTM) wh o again proved to be a winn e r - even whe n wounded . Breker won the first rnoro in sp ite of th e fact he a nd Kell y Ca lla way m ade so me co nt ac t th at resulted in a kne e inju ry so pa infu l it was a ll Breker co uld do to walk . It took him a fu ll five laps to ca tc h Ca lla way so th e · spec u la t ion was runn ing hot a nd hea vy as to wh ether he would be any m at ch a t all wit h t he sorek nee . An Ace ba ndage took care of some of t he pr obl em but it was still extreme ly pain fu l a nd th e quest ion was if he cou ld ride his sta nd up style. The a nswer ca me at the sta rt when Breker broke out on lOp with Ma rk Rawley in seco nd and Dan ny J ean : in his first ride with the p ros . th ird. Callaway was st uc k in fou rth and look ing for a hole . It was all Br eker's. hold ing o n wh en his knee took another ha rd kn ock as he hit th e infiel d on th e last la p. Jean moved on Rawley in t he third la p to ca pt u re seco nd a nd the seco nd overa ll. Ra wley lost a no ther spo t in a drag ra ce to th e. finis h li",e to Brek er's teammat e Keith Fearing . Call....ay still came up with th e t hi rd overa ll beating out Fearing by o ne point. Paul Ball ow was off on top in th e 125cc Pro go with Marty W olford riglu beh ind h im . T h e st a t us remained th e same for th e fu ll five laps as th e riders sort ed ou t the co urse a nd eac h other. Mot o two had W olford out on top and th is time it wa s Ballow's turn to follow . On th e fourth lap an a lte rc a t ion with a no the r rider took Wo lford out and Ballow took over with T ro y Mann in g in the seco nd pla ce slot. Ball ow 'p icked up th e o ve r a ll with Mann in g seco n d a nd Wolford th ird . • Results in Results Section . AMEYouth summer opener to Holley By Judy Gree nberg VAL ENC IA. CA . MA Y 22 AME's Youth Division Summer Seri es held its firs t of six scheduled eve nt s. A guaranteed purse was offered to th e Min i Pro class. T he re were ma ny spo rts man's eve~ts as th e riders work ed for ' points which wi ll be accu mu lated t hro ugh th e series. A specia l Moth er's ra ce clim axed a delightful d ay. T he Mini Pros storm ed off th e line with J im H oll ey o f P . K. R a c ~n g gr a bbi ng th e holeshot , Steve Schm Itz: J ohn Wh elch e l ( b~ t.h U .S . Su z~k l rid ers). a nd A.]. Whiting (A .]. Racing Prod .) followed . Schm itz closed in on Holley. work ing eve ry a ngle trying to p ass, but Holley repeat edl y shu t h i.m off. Gell ing by for a m om en t . Schm itz was force d back into seco nd as Holley poured it on com ing out of a tu rn . Whelchel gave chase afte r Schm itz. tak in g him as th ey flew past the tower . Whelchel the n went a fter Holley al t hey ro de wild a nd furiously down th l straight. W helch el took th e lea? ;I Holl ey tri ed to ge t by another rider Holley had that purse in mind . ani soared after Whe lch el , ge tti ng t~ lead back as he powered th rough t ess t urn in front of t he tower to ta r t he flag . T he seco nd time ou t. Holley agan d om inated t he pa ck as the.y . Ieft t ~ lin e . T his t ime A .J. W hiting w2; b reat hi ng down his neck . maki ~ Holley figh t every ste p of th e' waJ Schm itz was in third closing in II Whit in g . Whelchel . not ge tt ing t ~ sta rt he would hav e liked , had his wo cu t out as Mall Whiting was right ,t his side . keeping th e pr essure on is Wh elchel took a fte r Schmi tz . A , . Whiting and Holley were literaly airborne as th ey swa pped th e lead ~l aroun d th e co urse . with Holley ge tt iJg som e breath ing roo m on th e tracl, a nd A .]. ge lli ng him back in t ~ sa nd was h and b ack stra ight. Wheel n wh eel d own the st ra ig ht a way th ~y rode . as Holley got th e lead back n tim e fo r th e nag . ta king hom e t re larger purse. A.]. had seco nd .. ~ ilh Schm itz . Whel ch el. Ma tt Wh,ling, Da vid Baker a nd R an d y Fle ish er finis hi ng in th at order . Brook Bol st a d got o ff th e lin e lea d ing the 12 a nd over Intermed iates . but it wasn't long befor e Jeff Stanfor d O.J .R.P .) worked his wa y u p to take the num ber one spot. Richa rd Isin g (Cycle Sh ack ) kept his seco nd position throu gh out th e firs t mot o . Bolst~d . falling ba ck to third had a bailie with Bobby Ryan to hold that position . T he sec o nd t im e a ro u nd . R yan ca p tu re d th e hol esh ot and rode it th rough to the fin ish . Stanford was o~ his ta il in second , and Mark Tomaselh was rid ing a stea dy third , -trying to close in on Stanford . when he experienced bik e troub le . taking a DNF. Ising took over the third spot as Shawn Little was pouring it on com in t hr ou gh to finish fourth . Mothers had th eir chance to tr) th eir hand at ra cin g in a special threelap rnoto . All Moms were new t ra c in g . bu t we re divided i.nto .tw groups, Division I for th ose with sligh ridi ng experie nce. a nd Division II fo the first tim e rider. .

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