Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

II DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDODDDDDDODDDDDDDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoaooaoaocaaaaaaaaaaaaooooooocaaaooooooocaaaoooooooooa~ ;I Western s t ~Iine . r: wen t rh rec -for -t hree o n his MX Yam ah a in 125 m o to action . He the n ca me rig ht ba ck for a b ig win in the 250 Mai n with a la te -lap pass over seco nd p la ce C ha rlie Sc he iger (Ya m) . In 500 ac tio n . Sp ring Va lley's J o hn Ga rcia put toget her two firs ts and a second in a m o te-hea t class for a co nvi nc ing class wi n ove r Geoff D a wson ' a n d C ha rl ie Sc heiger. Scheiger had a chance going int o th e final more -heat but co uld do no better th an seventh a nd a llo wed Da wson to pi ck u p the second spot. "'The Mighty Minis" sho wed u p in force this week wii h -r D arren Hulb ert going three straight over nation all y-r anked m ini MXer Scott Burnworth . Both were Yamaha-mounted. • Results in Results Sect io n . Gregor, Sammons top their loops at Q Z o ~ > z ~ Q ~ ~ Mike Eddy leeds the 125 Intermediates at Saddleback. L. unde, Vidic and L. eft grab $600 SSMMX " By Danny Raymond ORANGE. CA. JUNE 18 ' Saddleback Saturday Motocross. along with MSL lubricants put together a very profitable day of racing with a $600 purse for 30 the Pro's and USGP tickets and shi rts given to all non-Pro top finishers. T&D Yamaha's T im Lunde picked up som e good money for his clean-sweep victory in the 250 Pro d ivision . During the first moto action , Lunde pulled the holeshot and opened up the first lap . with Andy Kirker (Pro-Tec Yam) hot on his heels. As soon as Lunde made up some breathing room . there was no stopping him on his way to victory. As the moto went on , Rick Asch (KTM) and Arden Hadley (VH Mai) were making ground on Kirker for second. Asch made way past Kirker shortly after they got into some real dicing. and gained some ground on the leader . Lunde . Hadley pulled closer to Kirker as the moto ended . but was unable to challenge third position. Competition Cycles' Tom Cross (Mai) led the first .Ia p of the second moto but was quickly picked off by Asch, who moved into a large lead. Lunde and Hadley made their way through the pack, pulling up on Asch before long and making the final pass moments later. Asch held on to third ahead of Cross and Kirker Crown Cycle's Jeff Vidic had his hands full on h is way to top honors in the Open Pro division . Vidic pulled into the early lead during the first moto but was quickly picked off by Mark Rodman and T .J . Warr en . Rodman went on to lead the ra ce until the last lap . h is Maico quit, giving Rodman a very heart-breaking DNF. The moto win went to Warren . Vidic fin ished second while Wheelsmith's Jon Derhammer (M o n) and David • - ... . . . . '..... ~ ,~ y ,: -~ ..~ Gerig followed in. third and fourth. Vidic again pulled the start. this time leading the race from wir e to wire . Maico 's Will Harper d id some early moto d icing with -V id ic , but along with Warren and Derhammer . ended up with a DNF. Gerig made h is wa y through the pack to move into second before the fin ish. just ahead of Greg Blackwell and Yamaha-mounted Tim Tolar. Flying Machine Factory's C liff Lett took home the bucks ' in the 125 Pro action . winning the first moto, and fin ishing second to Gary Denton during the second bout. • Results in Results Section . South Bay S T: Hames wins new 1. 25 Pro class By Rod Eschenburg A new class was added a t South. Bay Park's sho rt track last Saturday - a 125 Pro class wit h nine riders enteri ng. m ostly from ou t of to wn . Running a th ree -heat , m o to style program , Pete Hames to ok two ou t of th ree to edge hard charging Cris Cannon and Tod d Br own . All were Yamaha m ounted . The 250 Pro class produced a re peat victo r in San Diego rider Rich ie Yolk , after a torrid 15-1ap duel with T ravis Perr on , Jr. First timer Dylan Neih art of Fontana pick ed up a third over Kaw asak i-m ou nt ed Jeff A llison . T he first th r ee riders were again a ll Yamaha -m ounted. The 500 Pro Ma in looke d to be a nothe r Vo lk be ne fit afte r a co nvinci ng qual ifyin g heat win . but he go t off the lin e very poorly and Brad H old ( Kaw) we nt wire to wire for th e win. Earl Roloff . J r. made a banza i m ove under Ea rl Barker fo r the secons po t o n the 13 th lap and Vo lk fina lly batt led back into contention on the last lap with a fo urth-place finish . In Spo rti ng Ri de r co mpetition . t he " Iron-Man" was MX er Jeff,Neeley who 1 «:.~~_ ;,: J':- .. ~ ~ .1 - - - - - - - -- SRA Spring Fling enduro By Sue Senn VICTORV ILLE, CA . JU NE 12 Although SRA's Spring ' Fling family enduro was not supposed to be for beginners. th e top three finishers of th e fir st loop were all ' C' r id e r s . T wel ve -ye a r -o ld Ken Sammons, wh o fini she d first ove ra ll. a nd his .·14 ·year ·old brot he r , J a m ie . second ove rall . h ad act ua lly ri dden o n ly one en d uro pri or to this o ne . Both boys rid e 125 Ya ma has a nd although Ken Samm ons com mented th at he d id have trou b le o n one hill . he sai d he reall y e noyed t he 28 -mi le co u rse beca use it was rough . roc ky and cha llenging. T hi s rep orter rode th e first 15 mil es on a flat rear tire before ca lli ng it qu it s, and . it was ro ugh. bu t it certain ly was t h e most int eresting end uro this year. T he terra in was rocky. wh ich is typ ical fo r that area . b ut t he re were a few rea lly g reat hi lls whic h ga ve t he rider a st ro ng feeli ng of accomp lish men t. A lso SRA tried something new on th e firs t loop . A th ree m ile section where one loo pers we nt o ne way and two loopers went a no t her. T he two loo pers were ta ken d own a shale hill right into a check which cr ea ted a bi t of a bot tleneck . Some of the o ne loop er s were su pposed to wait fo r th eir two loo p co m pa nions at the end of the three mil es. But , some be came impatient a nd gassed it to th e next check whic h was ba d ly bu rnt b y bei ng t oo ea rl y. Don n y ' Gregor fo llowed all ins tr uc tions to a 'T' a nd cla imed a third overa ll fo r th e first loo p whi le his dad . Don , an O pen B class rid er, went o n to claim first overa ll fo r both loops. Rig ht be hind Gregor was John Schulz (250 A , 0 /35 ) claiming second whil e Wayne Jeppson (O pen B . 0/ 35) claimed third . . Nancy Baum (Open A) was t he first gi rl to finis h th e second loop and she lost o nly th ree points. Fr om th e Eas t- W est Mo to rcycle Cl ub, 200 B rid er Mi ke Goodwin ad de d anot he r first in class to his lon g list which inclu des Ca lico - Frosty Cactus a nd T he Green horn . Goodw in com mented th at he reall y enjoyed th is co u rse but he felt SRA officia l John Nagle made it a bit more interesting when his van became stranded in the middle of the trai l ca using riders to blaze a new trai l and Nagle to need a new o il pan . In sum ma tion of the 29 .6 mil e loo p . Bun Dole , a n Open B rider sa id . " It . ,~~ ~A ~ ~ ·G Jb~~~~~A~6 ~ h h a d no ba d h ills , pl ent y of ridge r u nn ing . an occasiona l .sa n d wash . p lenty of rocks a nd lots an d lots of whoop-dees." • ' Results Pendi ng . Juniors start in CMC HSMX -'ina/e By Rod Esch enburg C HULA V ISTA , C A , JUNE8 The junior classes provided most of the ac tion in t he fina l South Ba y Park Speedway Spring high sc hool MX series program at South Ba y. In the th ree- d ivisio n 125 class. Keith Fin ch and Keith Pagel went two fo r tw o in h ard fought second rnot os a nd Steve Gall picked up an upset win over series champion Santana High's Rick Doestsch in the third division . T he 250 Jun ior classes we re won by Tom Bolton o ve r pe re nnia l winner Skip W amsley in the first and SCOll McGerry gra bb ed off a convincing win in the seco nd d ivision. 500 Junior action saw big, blonde Ban Rogu e turning b a ck a d et erm ined Dino Sarnpo for a two-m ote victory . The Intermed iate classes produced a double wi nne r in Max Maple as he swep t both th e 250 and 50 0 cl asses over a d etermin ed Bud Ande rso n. SCOll And erson picke d u p the 125 In te rmedi ate cl ass over 1976 Barona O ak s Champ Don Fuller in a wild one with lots of falls. Speaking of falls . the 125 Pro field looked like a barn burner with a sta r st u d ded field , b ut a fte r uncou nt ed spills in th e seco nd rnot o , T erry She kel I ha d a two -for-two win over J ohn T essit ore and Kenny Olson who fell more than She ke ll, • Resul ts in Results Sec ti on . St. Martin wins ADRA White Mtn. GP By A. H. Tellier TAYLOR . AZ , MAY 29 Wonders of wonders! Not only did Marty St. Martin finish a race, but he actually won . Longtime rider/racer St. Martin has be en runn ing th e desert for m any a m o on , but " . . .. o f te n a brid e sm aid . . . " S I. Marti n (Y Z) sta rted in the 11th row of the fiveman-per - Hi-second g ri d st an and did the required four laps fast er than A . L. H aydis and Many Haak. The W hi te Mountain GP was ru n ove r the 5,600'-altitude Rim Country terrain outside Taylor, Arizona . near the New Mexico bo rder. Composed of rolling grasslands and end uro -q ua lity washes, the cou rse provid ed somet hing to hate for j ust a bou t everyone. The rid ers were treated( ?) to powerline ro ads. ancient railr oad beds (com p let e wit h p aleo- ti es) . g na rl y washes . ro ads, stairstep uphills through the Mo enkopi Sandstone and part of the T ay lo r MX co urse . Add pine trees lD that and you get a variety of te rrain found o nly in the T onto Enduro . A tru ly outstandi ng turnout greete d th e race cre w: 385 starters. T h is was the highest ever fo r a n AD RA ra cel As previously m en tio ned , th e ra ce was a timed event, wh er ei n ro ws of five rid ers were release d in 15 -seco n d in terval s; the resu lts de te rmined on a n elapsed tim e sit uation . P hysical leader wa s Yama ha ' ri der Ed Zornes (Phx) wh o led fo r over th ree la ps un til wha t ,

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