Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

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I I I 16 y ear s of prid e & ... p erie n c e ! w. 8 -4:30 dai ly 10-2 Sat Finin g Appt , acce p ted I Whittier, CA 90606 ..l.>_ l m·699-234 11S11,A W ash ington Blvd. lind Bie yle M X TOUf; g Ap pa. e l n (Ex pert repairs a n d alteratio ns) Ascot Every Thursday Night 30 Motocross Roeseler back on top at Simi Valley M.C. D·37 hare 'n hound By Gary Laudi g RED MO UN TAI N . CA .l\I AY22 Larry Roeseler (H us) led fro m th e bomb to win th e Simi Vall ey M.e. hare 'n hound. T om Brooks' im pressive win strea k ca me to a halt wh en he . wipe d out the front b ra ke . Sta nd ing a t th e bo mb area . a craggy pass lin ed wit h m on olit hi c roc ks a nd sca ttere d bou ld ers. the so und of the a p p roac hing racers co u ld be heard. St andi ng o n t he pegs. rear en d slighrly aft of th e sea t, Ro esel er crested the canyon . Sitt ing do wn q uickly . he did some fast m an eu ver in g on the hard pa n. off -cam ber surface . Br uc e Ogilvie di d the same. Tom Brooks exploded ou t of th e canyon in a bit of dust and al most m ade an abrupt acq uai ntai nce wit h a big grey roc k to the left. T he next m achin e through was Dez M.C : Bru ce Lewellyn (red soc ks). Bob R utt en and Ken " Pack Ra t" M ill e r. P ie P la te r R ic h a rd Jackson.of La ra mie . W Y was n ext then first 175 ,. first amateur 472C . Bill Saltzma n. Bri an Wrig ht and Mike Ed monso n . T im Fit zp atri ck a nd Do n Brand . J r. had no soo ner cleared the bo m b whe n Mike Quibodeau x found him sel f a pet roc k - of the u nfriendly va rie ty . T he course wou nd a ro un d b eh ind . th e S pa n g le r M ou nt a in s through washes . roads a nd ro llers . By the tim e th e racer s rea ch ed t he military road the novice race was underw ay. Leading t he wa y wa s Charlie Fowler . th en C bike rid er Rick Davis . fir st 250 Rodney Roderick . Pili . Mik e Lewellyn. C h ris Gray a nd T ony Conway. Eri c Dattola wa s ne xt . boun cing ba ck after st alling' his bik e a t th e st art . The next start featu red th e TrailNovices a nd beginners. Leadin g th em was Robert " Pic Pla ter " Brooks o n an IT Yamaha . Mike Roderick was next followe d bv Sled Ride r Bo b " Dog" Bea rd sley. P rospector Bo b Gable . th en Eric H a nsen . Charles Fr eeman . Jack Mill er. Dan Theel was first tra ilbik e : J ohn Qui bod eaux was second . four bik es back . Flying do wn th e sa nd wash , out of th e Sp an gl er Mounta ins Roeseler had th e lead . Brooks was o ut with a wiped out front brak e and Ogilvi e's bik e went seize city. This clea re d the wa y for Brent W all ingsford . Pick ing up a firer oa d . Wallings ford went int o action. di sappearing d own th e road . Am at eurs Ru ss Jones and Sid Ahuer o had ex pe rt Alan T ho mas bet ween th em as they dumped th eir bik es into fifth a nd head ed across th e va llev towards the Fr y Mountains. C ha rl i~ H am ill had a big lead over seco nd tra il bike Steve Wehb wh o was bu sy trying to ca tc h Karl Miller . runn ing first Tra il Am a te ur for th e seco n d week in a row . Br ian Wr ight adva nce d n ine posi t ions sett ling into third pla ce . fir st 250 Mik e J ohnst on reco ve re d ni cel y fro m a poor sta rt to take fourth . Bob Ru tt en ca lled it qu its. d rop pi ng out of third a t t he pits. A rear flat did him in. Dou g W inch el l's solder jo b o n his ignition must no t ha ve solved the problem as h e a nd Dwane Ca rter fai led to show after loo p o ne. Fi rst C bike. #472. a t the bo mb run ni ng ninth ove rall didn 't show so Mitch Payton took co m m a nd at 10t h in th e pi ts. mm'ingup 14 posi tions . Tom Gr ant was five bi kes back for seco nd 175 Expert . Ra ndy Devo nsh ir e was th ird . back seven places beh ind C h uc k Pett ig rew who was n't ha vin g a good day at all. I guess you don 't re bo und from Cherry C reek real fast. R unning th e sandwas h , ri dge run sec tio n Rodney Rod eri ck m aint ained first novice. Chuck Fowler hel d o nto seco nd as Vi c Sall s m oved u p to third spot . fir st 175 . Bob Hosal e cleared th e rockv secti on o f th e was h and found Rodney Busse. th ird 250 right on his . ta il. Fo r the sha pe Rover Busse was su ppose d to be in last week . he must had had a bion ic im pla nt . Ja ck Durbin and ' Paul Warsaw took advantage of o pe n bik es a nd got by Byron Sell ers (250 ) and Ken Makos (250 ). Second p lace 175 rider T erry Mangrum had 10 hard nosed desert rid er s to get by before he co u ld hassle Salls. Dennis March and . third 175 was two positi ons back and on t he gas. As the gree n pla tes clea red the roc ky roa d hea di ng for ho me. Gene Pet er s a nd Lou O rta li held their. own. no t giving a ny m ore groun d . Exp ert Du ane Morrison . Don Br and . jr , having a baa da y a lso. and V ern Darl an d had m ade c as v work of th e craggy uphill used as check four las t wee k . soo n fo llo wed by th e ba tt ling tit an s of th e sen ior trailbike class . George " 100'. ' McCl ellan a nd W ill " O ld Rover " Eve la nd. Lisa Christ ianse n a nd 3 9~ were a bo u t 100 ya rds apa rt · as th ey skirted down the back side of the rock y sand hill p icking up the fireroa d-type trail heading for th e fir st ra ilro ad underpass. Co m ing ou t of th e pass heading for hom e . beg inner Bob Bro oks gassed his Ya ma ha ove r the rock y road as he co uld see Bea rdsle y pu shing his Mono for a ll its worth . Bob Ga ble cou ld see their dust bu t co u ld n 't close the gap . Wayne C ra pa ro , o ne o f the su per high 250 numbers had a slim lead on Sled Rider Paul Ryan . R yan didn't have a cha nce to relax as he had to fight his suspensi on as well as Zack Peterso n coasting in for third. Ri ck Boyer and Pau l Bay less were fourth and fifth heavyweights . Dan "So rehead" Theel bagged first Trail Novi ce . Bob Guyett got by J ohn Quibodeaux for second . Dian a Elias finish ed . Bob ' Br awner ca rri ed home th e 175 bike honors foll ow ed b y Chris F a r ro w . Bob Hermansen coas ted in a nd sh u t down sho rt ly. sa tisfied with third and a finish. H eading down the tra il paralleling Tron a Road . th e dust trail and the de ep roa r of th e 390 Husky became audibl e as Roese ler c h a lke d up another win in th e dez. Wallingsford cruised in next , th en Brian Wright who was talk ing deliriousl y a bo ut W orks Perform an ce sho cks. Mike J ohnston was next . then Desert Rat John P ra ter wh o m ov ed up 15 position s fro m t he sta rt to take first a m a teur. first 250 Amateur. T hen the man who m oved down here from Laramie . W yoming . Ri ch ard Jackson fin ish ed sevent h overa ll. wow. Ken Mill er . his g ri n sho wing over th e top of hi s M ot ost a r g ra b be d second 250 Expert . Hami ll fini she d first agai n . St eve W ebb second Trail Expert . First Trail Amat eur aga in . Ca rl Miller . who rides out of Peskys Suzuki Sh op . Bruce Lewe llyn took first se n io r hea vyweig ht expe rt . Go rdo n Schm id was second . Will Ev e la n d th ou gh t h e had McCl ell an but j ust to m ak e su re he cas t a g la nce over h is sho u lder . hit 'a rut . fell o n his Bell a nd George laughed a ll the way to th e fin ish (o ne mil e). Novi ce Rod eri ck too k th e checkere d at 78th ove ra ll. firs t 250 . Busse was second . Fow ler t hi rd a nd fir st he avy . Vic Sall es finish ed first C b ike : Denn'is M arc ha nd a nd Bill Fa r row .we re secon d and thi rd . Second heavy we nt to J o hn W aggon

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