Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

._._._.•._._...._._•.•._._._._._._._.- Attention! Mikuni Owners Now Available Steve Waldarf (Yam ) won t he 100 Int ermediate cla ss at Deshutes Cycle Park. l n .what had to be the most ex citing event of the da y, the 360 Novice class saw J a ck K line (Y am) take th e chec kered nag , less than a foot ahead of Doug Obrien ( Hon ), • Resu lts in Resul ts Se ction . Brooks takes 500 class at Monterey By Bu rt Dinner MONTEREY , CA . MAY 21 With · the start of the an n ual Monterey Fa irgro u nds Sh o rt T rack series. a 500cc class was a dded to la rg e a ud ie nces arid e xci t em e n t. Ex p ert Curt Bro oks (Ya m), after taking a second to Ben n y King (Ya m) in t he 250 race" ca me ba ck a nd edged o ut Fr ank N ye (Ya rn) in t he 500 eve nt . J ohn M a son ( Ya m) kept o n hi s , wi n n ing wa ys , bea t ing o u t Dave H elwing ( Ya m) in t he 500 J u n io r even t . J ack Klin e (Ya m) a nd Dou g O brien (Han) ran o ne - t wo in th e 360 Novice cla ss. Steve. Adkins (Ya m) led a la rge field in t he 250 Experts . Keit h Day ( Ka w) a nd Ra ndy Ber eman ( Bu l) fin ished seco nd a nd third . • .Resu lts in Resu lts Section . Kentner takes pro class at Deschutes 'By Bra d Stan key the mini junior class it was Les Li n k (SUlt comi ng in first wit h H a rol d TaYlor (Ya m) ge tti ng second . " Steve W al d arf ca me in with t he win in the 100 Interm ed ia te class riding a fast Ya maha . Mik e O lk (SUl) was the o nly rider t ha t co u ld gi ve W al d a rf a ny tr o ub le , and he to ok the win in the 100 J un io r class. In th e 125 Int ermed iat e class , it was J a ck H a rg rave turn ing in a great ride o n his Suzuki a nd ta king the win ove r second pl ace Scott Green (Hon) . John Ba ltzo r (Yam ) was th e winner of th e 125 Junior class with Ro n Loo ney getting seco nd o n a Ya m a ha . R ick Bu rger (SUl) cam e out with the overall 250 Int erm ed iat e cl ass win , with Tory Sappongron ending u p second on his Suzuki . J ef f Springston was t he winner of t he 250 Junior class o n a Ya m a ha a head of Ski p McCandl ess (Ya m) . Rick Burger too k his se co nd win fo r th e day when he rode h is Suzuki to t he fin ish in th e Open In te rm ed ia te class. In t h e Open J un io rs. fir st pl ace went to Steve Sp rin gston (Ya m) with Ni ck Ander son ( H us ) ta kin g second . In t he ' T urkey class J er ry Br anson (Ya m ) hung o n for th e win over J oe Men go re , who was a lso ridi ng a Ya ma ha • Resu lts in Results Sect ion . Cantaloupi takes two classes at Helvetia Park By Sa llee H ilton SAC RAMENTO, C A . MAY 22 BEND , O R , MAY I It was a wet a nd mud d y t rac k at Deschut es CYcle Park b ut t his d id n ' t seem t ~ bo th er R od Kent ne r o who wa s quite a t ho m e in the m ud . Ken tn er wo n both m o ro s. tak ing the win for t he day in th e 250 Pro class. ridi ng a S&S prepared Yam ah a . Mike Tay lor took second pl a ce rid ing a Suzu ki. A sma ll turnout was see n in the 125 P ro class , with Dan H a rts field (Ya m) taki ng th e win a hea d of J im Derosa on a Suzu ki . O ne of t he largest classes of the da y was t he Mi ni class. Keven Tomasini (SUl) too k a n u ncontest ed win in rh« m in i e x p e rt class . 10 t he min i inte rmedi ates , J . D . Amen (SUl ) received a wel l deser ved win . ove r second, p lace J eff Du po nt (Yam). In A lthough he got off the line badly in the first 125 Expert moto , Don n ie Cantaloupi, worked up to a fourth p la ce .fin ish . Pa l Yoho (Yam ) wh o has been co m ing on strong lat el y. too k th e lean ea rly in the firs t lap and stayed ou t fro nt for hal f th e race until the pressure being a p plied behind him by David Ernst (Yam) m ade him a little reckless . Yoho crashe d a nd the res t of th e race was Ernst's. Da nn y. Dennis (Hon) . to o k the second a nd Keit h Comella (SUl) thi rd . 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