Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

.. .. . . . . . . . . 1 ••••••••••, . , 0 •••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ." " , . " " " " . " , . " . • ••, ••, ,• • , • ••• •• " • "" •••••, . , •• " . ,•• ,.,." CENTRAL PIPELINE o a: cc w '=; " ~ Little Roger Sche llenberger is always WFO . even in t he pit s. His fa! her Leo approves. >- o '" >- o I Keith Wilkerson was t he Big Springs Mini Senior winner. In the seco nd mota . Bridges and Co uza k-s fou ght it out rig ht down to tilt' wire , Bridges wo n by a b rea t h . Go nz a les too k secon d overa ll an d Mic hca l Franks slip ping in for a t hird overa ll. Dallas riders invade West Texas 0-20 By Claudia Rech ow BIG S PR ING . TX ,JUNE 5 The t hird leg- of t he AMA Dist ri et -20 N at io na l Qu ali fiers was he ld a t The l l ig h -Noo n Opt im ist M ot o - X Pak . with 162 riders o n hand . Steve Cha p pe ll Rot the hol esh o t in t he first 125 Nov ice m o ro . Ron na T yler ca rne out of t he first tu rn in sevent h . Before t he secon d la p was co m p le te d . she had m ov ed int o seco n d p la ce . R andy Hensh aw ca rn e on stron g for a close third . . In th e sec o nd m or e , H ensh aw Rot off first . It looked like T yler was going to gt't of f in the m iddl e of t he par k. Al t he first turn . Tyler fou nd a n openi ng a n d s ho t o u t in t h ir d SP01. Sh e pro m ptl y moved in to seco nd and she a nd Hen sha w ran a WF O rare for firs t with Hensh aw crossi ng t he chec kered in first p lace a nd la kinR the overall win . T yler won second a nd C ha ppe-l placed t hi rd . J oe J u rd a n won bo th motos of the 125 Expert class for tilt' ove rall win , tu rn in g one of the fastest la p ti mes of t he dav, Ru ben Alon zo took seco nd ove ra ll' wi i h co nsiste nt ridi ng . Jo hn Laney too k an easy seco nd in the first mot o , but had to co me fro m behind in th e second m oto to plac e th ird . Scott Brid ges ca me out th e ove ra ll winner in th e Min i Junior class. In t he fi rst mot a . Br id ges had th e lea d . David Gonzal es moved into firs t place , pa ssing two riders in the corn er . a nd pulled aw ay, only to crash a lap later. Mik e Payne . running third , would ha ve passed the fa llen Go nzales. bUI he ra n in to Gon za les' fathe r . wh o wa s pi ck in g t he bik e off Gonza les. Oo nza les was u p a nd ru n ni ng before Pa yne a nd carne in second by hal f a wheel len gth over him . Bridges too k th e first sp0 l. . Pa yne's fa the r filed a p rot e SI. due to lh e inu-rference d u ri ng t hc moto . T he referee d l an.~,'d th e positi on s for t he fi rst m ot u . g-i ving- Pa yn e sec o n d a nd Gon zales th ird . Big Spring will hold its ne xt rar e t he first Sunda y of Sc pu-rnbe r. • Results in R es u lts Se ct ion . Schellenberger, Spencer double at Downs By Dave Nielsen FT, WORTH , TX , MAY 27 Friday night flat tracking rolled on at Ross Downs, highlighted by double wins turned in by Carter Yamaha's Roger Schellenberger in the 85cc and 100cc fin als, foll owed by com e-from- be h ind fir st place efforts of Freddie Spencer in 250 and Open action . Ir onically, Sp encer liad to ba t tle past th e same two riders in both classes to get those wins , finally setti ng up a nd passing Bub b a Shobert and W es Powell wit h littl e time to spa re . In the 250 Ma in , Powell (SUl ) and Shob ert (Bul) jum ped the pack and set the pa ce , wh ile Mik e Gree n 's b a nza i charge tow a rd th e leaders ended on th e grou nd in the fourth tu m of lap o ne. Powell had won th e Trophy Da sh e a rlie r and appeared settl ed int o another winning rate , but Fr eddie was gai ning grou nd from his eighth -place sta rt , a nd b y lap five had passed Shob ert for seco nd . Simultaneou sly, th e wh ite flag was out and Powell was out of the lead as Spen cer d rove h is 250 Astra by Wes and to th e checkers . Veteran pro racer Leo "T he Lion" Sch ell enberger had plenty to ch eer about as he wat ch ed young Roger sweep th e always -competitive 85 and 100 c c Ma ins , relieved . that h is offspring wa s over his gun -shyness since a painful crash severa l weeks ago . Don Robinson, one of the few bla ck rid ers in cycle ra cing, crashed his 'Zuki in th e 250 Junior heat race , but ca me back in th e Ma in to pass Okie Arguell Harris to win on th e last lap . • Results in Resu lts Secti on . Rickey Blackwell ex its the Lake Whitney esses ahead of Bary Duncan. Wise, Blackwell, and Newman blast Whitney in finals By Dave Nie lsen WHITNEY , TX . MAY22 The powers t ha t are in all classes met head on today at Lake Whi tney cycle Ranch for the third and fina l go of this yea r' s "T exas Championship MX " series, and even th ough AMA ci rc ui t riders Stackable and Howerton d idn't run the $6 ,000 series , some 450 of T exas' best wer e WFO for state honors from Junior Mini to Open Expert : By the end of a hectic day of packed sta rt ing lines, j u m pi ng in the coo l Brazos River , a nd some truly electric ra cing. the cr eam of the respective crops emerged at the front of the p ack and up front in t he pa yoff and trophy Jines: Gatta tell ya about t he 125 Expert class . Forty-four riders, pumped to the gills . bik es ported to th e hilt. In an attempt to retain some sanity, the field was sp lit in two first mot os, ra n a co nsy, and th en a second m ota. Right off the bat in the "A" m ota , Da vey Jon es on his roc ket Honda loo ked like he would upset seri es con tende rs Mike J on es, Shaun Kelley , and Barry Dunca n , bu t a fter leading for six la ps, Mike J on es (H a n) and Kelley fina lly closed th e ga p on the younger J ones. who seemed to tire sligh tly towa rd the end of the ra ce and ended th ird ahead of Duncan. The " B" mota sa w a nothe r Ft. Worth area non-pro shoot ou t to an im mediate lead. It was th e stylish and fast Danny Doss (SUl) out front and pulling awa y from the pack that in clu ded Mel Newman , Glen Johnson , New Br aunfels' h otsh oe Da vid Daniels, and Big Spring's Danny W eir. Doss went untouched to the che cke rs, althou gh Newman did close in some during the eight -lap race . Th e Suzukis of Newman , Doss , Mike Brownlee, and Louis Presley led the 40 ·rider charge in th e final moto , and Newman appeared to lock int o a winning pa ce, but slipped down on lap three and Doss scooted by . At the halfway point , it was Doss, Newman , Mike Jon es, Duncan , and David Jones , but then Davey went down a nd finished ninth . J ust before takin g the whit e fla g , Newman took th e lead b ack from Doss to win th e mota , first on th e d ay, and edge Mike Jones by z w ~ w Z w g >- '" ~ o :I: Q. Blackwell leads Monte A nderson and Darrell Hollingshead at Whitney, four points for the Texas Series Championship. Shaun Kelley ca m e from last to l Sth at the finish , but still ended the series with th ird overall, just up on GlenJohnson and Dav id Daniel. Steve W ise was on hand during a break from the Nationals, and des pite a snarl ing 33 -rider pack led by Austin's Ricky Blackwell , Wise (SUl) con trolled the 250 Expert class for a fast $150 I -I sweep. The go ing was hot and hea vy from Blackwell (Yam) on ba ck , as Ba rry Duncan (C -A) and Glen J ohnson (SUl ) of Houston ended third 'a n d fourth. Combined with Rog er Brown's awful lu ck in the 250 ra ces, Glen J ohnson's po ints carried him to the series first overall ahead of Brown , Duncan. and Blackwell, Only 18 of the 30 Open Ex perts wer e able to fin ish the last m ot a , a nd some of them by that time were roll in g wounded from raci ng multiple classes on the demanding Whitney cou rse . First moto win ner Roger Brown and ' his Penton 400 disappeared on lap one of th e final , setting up a three man bout among Blackwell ( Ya m) , Monte Anderson ( Bu l), and Darrell Hollingshead (SUl ) of Dallas, who led the front rti nning trio until the penultimate lap when his air forks went flat. Rick Blackwell drove by Darrell and held off Anderson to win the class moto, overall , and the series first place money . On top of everything else . Blackwell is very easy to ta lk to and just may be the next rider of note to come out of the Texas MX hotbed . Another natural talent is emerging from the Intermediate ranks in the person of young Bruce Hallmark of Irving , Texas, who dominated today's races with four mota wins .a nd swept 43

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