Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Logston and Serrano take Fiesta cash at Elephant Butte By E. Wright 'I' O R C . NE W MEXI CO . ~1AY 8 Once a year Truth or Con se que m;es. New Mexico has a big Fiest a Celebration wit h celeb ri tics Ra lph Edwards and Bo b Barker and other Hollywood stars for a weekend of festivities - wh ich incl ude a big mom'y motocross race. A lot of fine riders showed up for some rea l goo d racing . The Open Experts were t he firs t rac e of .t he day and Albu qu erque's Gary W ilson (Pen) j umped int o a n ea rly lea d a nd started to stretch it out. Las C ru cean Scott Logsto n (Ya m ), who was a uemptjng to ride three classes of 25- mi nu te motos in nea r 90· heat . got into second on t he first la p but couldn't cat ch Wi lson . T he res t of the pa ck c ha nge d pos itio ns eve ry lap wit h Ma by Mcintyre (Ya m) coming in thi rd . Logston took t he lead in t he second , moro with G . W ilson right on h is tail. Wi lson pushed hard for about 10 minutes , then started dro pping back. Logston went on to win with Wilson second just ahead of McI n ryre who had worked up to third after starting in fifth position. In the 250 Expert class . Albuquerque's j am es Fastle ( Pen) took the lead off t he st art followed by Gary Wilson (Pen) and Tucson's Carlos Serrano ( Pen ). At th e end of the first lap Serrano was leading wit h W ilson and Fastle following . Ser rano rode like he was on a rai l a nd really stretched his . lea d out. Scott Logsto n (Ya m) disposed of Fastle and set his sigh ts on Wilson when all of a sudden Wi lson ca me to a stop with a b roken bike. Ser ra no won with a b ig margin over Logston . wit h Fas rle thir d . In the seco nd 25 0 Expert moto Fast le aga in took th e lea d , bu t th is time he held off Ser ra no for two laps. O nce Serra no was in the lead he started movin g away . Logston. who was t hird , passe d Fas rle for second but cou ld n' t ca tch the Flying C hica no. Fred Fr ornel la ter moved int o thi rd a nd t ha t's th e way they finished t he moto and came out overall . Carlos Serrano pushed his Husky int o t he lead of the 125 Exp erts with Maby Mcintyre (Yam) second and Dennis Patt on (Suz) th ird . Scott Logston ( Ya m ). on e of th e top contenders in this class and by now competing- in his third class of the day. ca me out of the second turn next -to last in a large field . after bei ng pushed off t he track. Abou t hal fway throug h the ra ce Serra no pu lled out wit h a broken bike . Mci ntyre in heri ted the lead with Ra nd y Irwin (Han) in second and Patt on third . On tha t same lap the an no u ncer noticed Logston had moved into fourth a nd was hau ling . Logsto n ca ug ht Pa tt on a nd th ey both pa ssed a fa di ng Irwin. On t he sa me lap Logston p assed Patton a nd set out for Mci nt yre . Wit h two laps to go Logston cut the di stan ce of about 50 yards to 15 feet betw een th em a t th e finish . Mc in tyre hel d on for th e first as Logston ro de one of th e best ra ces of the d a v to co me in seco nd a head of Pa tt on : Logston wasn't messing around in the second mota as he took th e lead on the first la p. Ser rano passed Logsto n but fell dow n in the next turn giving Pa tt on seco nd and Mci ntyre th ir d . Serrano was up and ro lling again a nd worked his way back ' up to Logston and eventua lly into first at the finis h wit h Logs to n second (first overall). Pa tt on third and Mcintyre fourth . An interesti ng bit of info rmation pic ked up during conversations wh ile waiting for p resentations. was t ha t Scott Logston raced the first race of his career five years ago at this track during Fiesta on a co nverted Hod a ka IOOcc Super Ra t bike . taking fourth in a class of 25 . , Consistency paid off for Mark Kuester (Mai) in th e 250 Amat eur as he won with third and fourth moto finish over Dave Eicher's one and seventh m oto finishes . O ld Man Billy Garcia (Su z) came out of hid ing to win the O ld T imers class . a head of Dam on McCartn cv (Mai) a nd Ken J ohnson (CZ) . • Resu lts in Resul ts Section . Woodward wins SRACMXin last corner By Linda Donelson ~ .. '" z ~ u w CD w a: >- CD COLORADO SP RINGS . CO . MAY 15 Ni neteen 250 Am a teu rs lined up for their first m ota . T he track was hard and dusty. so the advantage went to the leader out of the ga te . As the ga te d ro p ped it was Bill Evans (Ya m ) wh o mad e it first to the firs t comer. foll owed closely by Rusty La tim er (Suz) and Ma rk Woodwa rd (Ya m). As they hit th e series of ess tu rns it was wheel to wheel for a ll th ree . Ou t of the tu rns over the was h a nd on to the back straight. Eva ns was still ou t in fro nt with W oodwa rd no w in second a nd Lat im er in third . The three stayed hot on each other's knobby till th e chec kered a nd they finis hed in that order. T he seco nd moto was called to th e line and eve r posit ive Woodward (Ya m a ha Denver) told m e thi s was his race. As th e gate a rop ped su re eno ugh W ood wa rd j um ped out in fron t. W ith 20 m in u tes to go he ha d Latimer sitti ng two b ike lengths behind him . Everyo ne thinkin g that it was a ci nc h; even W oodward . As th ey appro ach ed the long hill befor e th e checkered flag . W oodward . sti ll in co m mand hit the 101' wit h on ly the lon g do wn hi ll and . one co rner 10 the checkered . He checked over his shoulder to see where La timer was . Noticing that he was just coming over the rise still ba ck two b ike lengths. W oodwa rd hit the be rm with 20 feet left of th e mota. too k it hig h a nd eased u p on th e th rottle - only 10 see La tim er slip u nder hi m . ta ki ng th e tight insid e lin e a nd going on to win th e mota and first overa ll. Woodw ard com me nted aft erwa rd . " I don't kn ow where he ca me fro m. That will never happen again ." • J Jorski dominates .experts at 0 K City By Rebecca Sands O KLAHOMA C ITY . O K. MAY 7 In th e firs t m ota of the 125 Ex pert class Sa turday nig ht at Mo torcycle Ra cewa ys. T rey j orski ' (Suz). was WFO and cou ldn't be to uc hed . Bu t . in t he seco nd mota . Mark R u ssell (Suz) kep t gaining grou nd each la p . Ru ssell still sett led for second in th e mota a nd ove ra ll. ~ o I- 5: L...:- ...:...;.::,....:=:::::......:::..__::........:= (Above) 125 Amateurs Scott Cook (131) and Kirt King go for it at OK City. (Below) Dav id Williams (Yam 5) and Phil St. Cyr battle in Open Amateur action in Ok lahoma. Steve Willard (Su z) and R a n d y Kirsh ba um (Su z) diced for third and fourth both motes: Kirsb ba u m ta king two thirds; Willard . two fourths . . J orski a nd K i ~ h ba u m . again in that order, were first and seco nd in t he 250 Expert class . Bobby McD aniel . on t he gas. too k seco nd th e fir st mot a bu t did n't finis h the second . From back in t he pack bot h mores. Chuc k Cooper ( Pen) . wanted_ bad ly to p lace. so he pu shed throug h to finish fou rt h t he first mota and thi rd th e seco nd . for th ird overa ll. T he "m in i-men" on min ib ikes sa w Gr eg Bak er (Ya m) shove his bik e 'ou t front a nd stay there both mot os. T hat dude was flyin' ! Mike Griffin , on his fast Yam a ha, took sec on d overa ll, Na n Britt (Suz) gra bb ed third , and Steve Griffi n (Ya m ), rode a driving fourth .' Fro m flag to flag, the Open Expert race stayed th e same both motos. T rey J orski, a lmost look in g cas ua l. bopped a long on his Suzuki for two wins. R ick Sa nders ( Pe n) . took two seco nds: Kerry Sm ith ( Pen) third. and Chuck Hoenshell (Ya m) rode two fourths . The "Show-stea ling" ra ce of the day ca me when 30 125 Nervous (Novice) rid ers shot out of th e gate and hea ded for the new overpass . A few go t crowded ou t on the upgrade and at e it . but at lea st n o o ne wa s hurt seriously. Jim Ma yse (Suz) sho ved into firs t and held across t he checke rs . After a bad sta rt . James Mirick gu ided his Yamaha throug h to finish seco nd. J immy McGuire (Yam) had to sett le for th ird . whe n on th e last lap . Mirick p a ssed . Ke n Tu ck er (S uz) p laced fourt h. The second mota , Mir ick d ecid ed it was defi nitely his tu rn . lit his own fir e. a nd rod e 10 victory for first overa ll. Mayse , finis hing t he first lap in sixt h p la ce . m ove d co n fiden t ly u p t o ca p t ure sec o nd . McGuire . wit h problems of his own . crossed the fir st lap ba ck in ninth, bu t no t discou raged . ro de to a t h ird place fini sh . T ucker was fourt h. • Resu lts in Resu lts Section . 37

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