Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

.; Western hotline IIlI • ~ taking second place and a first overall for th e day . In the 250 Pros Tim Tolar ca m e screaming out of the hol e and led the pack for the first laps. but joe Santich got by and smoked it on to the win . Bart Ragu e , rid ing for Escondido Suzuki, was ripping but did not have eno ugh time to catch Santich. Third place ' was held down - by Muff _ Montague riding a Weinert-replica Kaw , and looking very fas t. In the second moto , Muff continued to rip. taking the holeshot and leading half the race until Terry Turn er (Yam) got by and went on to victory. Muff was second with joe Santich finishing third and first overall . FMF rider Tommy H iggins ac ed the 100 Pros. • Results in Results Section. 'f: 1', - l' O"l / c<") .... ~ C/) ::s < Hansen puts on 250 Pro show at Dunes iAbovel Muff Montague'on his new Kawasaki.IBeIowl ScottAnderson. By Lee Taylor -, - VALENCIA. 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Texas 75040 JOe) . 214-494 ·3374 mounted and both over six feet . squared off against each other. It was the long leg of Peters that got to turn one first with Dobbins running about . even with Peters' rear wheel. They held their positionsuntil the white flag lap when Dobbins decided to go for it and made a mistake that cost him the whole ball garile . Steve Miller moved into the second with Eddie Drake third. Dave Peters repeated on the half mile. topping jack Vaughn and jim Milburn . • Results in Results Section. , Whitehill, Santlch takes wins at AMC CarlsbadMX By Chuck Burris • CARLSBAD. CA,jULY 17 There were a lot of riders at AMC Carlsbad and the racing was great. Mike .T ripes, riding for Yamaha , got the holeshot in the first moto of the 125 Pros. Tripes was cooking and soon stretched out a small lead. Scott Anderson. riding for Escondido Suzuki . was flying and ready to move into second position until he was taken down by another rider at the top of the ledge. Tripes ran into troubles and Nelson Whitehill (Yam) moved into the lead with Anderson up and cooking again in second place. Tripes got smoking again and worked up to third placeas time ran out. ' In the second moto Tripes took the holeshot and had Anderson on him 'wa nti ng by. but Tripes moved away from the boys behind him and rode on to the win. It looked as though Anderson had another second place until Whitehill got by on the last lap. Donnie Hansen . gave the spectators their money's worth . In the first moto , Hansen (Int. M .C . Yam) led the pack up t he hill with Monte McCoy (M id Valley KTM) right on his tail. Doing battle for third were Thad Friday , Mike Shoemaker and David Pons . These three were absolutely wild! They tried everything they could to take the third place slot from eac h other. For much of the race. they charged into turns three abreast , and were right on top of e a c h other down the straightaways . McCoy . in secon d . had a wide-open lead over the rest of the pack and was pushing Hansen over every inch of the track , trying to take over the lead .· but Hansen held it to , the end of the moto. Friday , having trouble in third, dropped back in the , p ack and Shoemaker held third to the checkered. • The second time off the line, Hansen again took over the lead . This time he had Tracy Oswell behind him with Kippy Pierce. out from St. Petersburg, Fla . riding for Yamaha . in third. M{:Coy in fourth was going wild! He was absolutely flying . and moving by Pierce for third . Pushing his teammate ,oswell , until he had his chance. then moving into second. Then McCoy really turned loose. out to catch Hansen and take over the lead. Flying along the back stretch, McCoy was closing ground fast on Hansen. Hansen ,' knowing he was back there was guarding his lead and doing everything he could to put distance between. himself and McCoy . This madness continued down to the wire with Hansen crossing over to top money. McCoy scooping up second and third going to Pierce. These boys from Florida know their way around a track. The Women's Division had a super tight race between Dena Silicate (Glendale Pharmacy Yam) and jeannie Young for first. These two were on each other every minute,' not letting off the throttle for a moment. Kathy and Sheila Hopkins. both riding Yarnahas for C&H had the same kind of all-out battle going for third. In the second rnoto, Chelle Blythe (Bike and Truck Repair Hon) from Newport o Beach . took over the lead and had jeannie Young pushing hard to take over. The same tight battle as in the first moto continued throughout the night between these women for first overall . By the en d of the race jeannie Young took down first overall . Dena Silicato took over second and third went to Chelle Blythe. For the 125 Pros, top honors went to Mike Brown who had been out of racing for a while , but' back and in top form . I n the first moto , Mike Pillar (Cole .Bros, Suz) grabbed the holeshot with Brown close behind iii second and Scott Morgan (AI Baker Suz) in third. All through the rnoto. it was extremely tight for first between these three . They were right on top of each other all over the track. They had a fairly secure lead over the rest of a huge pack of riders . . The second time out Kirk Sturgeon grabbed the holeshot with his old buddy from mini days, Brown, rig ht behind him . Pillar was running third with Bob Kline moving up fast into the lead. Pillar moved on into second with Kline coming up fast , heading into third on the white flag lap. Kline was really hustling. Doing all he could to challenge the leader but not quite enough time to advance . By the end of the race, Brown took home top money , second place loot went to Pillar and third to Kline . • Results in Results Section. I AMEYouth Division hits Indian Dunes' By Judy Gree nberg VALENCIA. CA ,jULY 15 Friday night, Doug Peters won back to back motos taking home the first place trophy in the 0·83cc Beginners 9-II-year old stock ' class at AME Youth Division. Indian Dunes. Peters had the lead. on his Suzuki, from the time the young warriors charged off the line . until the flag waved them home. Andy Ellis was right at Peters' back wheel keeping the heat on , then moved to his side as they ' rode the north end of the course, but Peters gained the edge to keep Ellis behind him : Cameron Smith was in third being challenged by Mike Raschke. until Smith had trouble and fell to the back. DaveSmith wound up taking third from Rashke after a brief duel . but Rashke pulled right by Smith to take it back for the flag . The second moto was almost a repeat of the first. . Peters was out in front all the way . as Raschke moved into second followed by Smith and Ellis at the finish. Bruce Tabor won the first moto of the 0-83cc juniors 9-11 stock class. Mike Riley tried to take it away, but ' Tabor opened up a good lead for a safe win. Ty Maddux (Suz of Pomona) fought , with Riley right down to the wire. but Riley held that second, Moto two , Tabor again had the early lead and looked like he was going to hold it when he lost his bike's seat and decided not to finish . Riley took command. and Tony Nagy and Ty Maddux were behind him riding a duo down the straight into the mini sweep. when they crashed and went down together. This gave Riley the room to advance his lead . Nagy was first u p in time to finish .seco nd , with Maddux taking home third. AME's number one and number two junior .Cycle Experts. Gary Szilagyi and Eddie Hicks. have been doing well ,

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