Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

_._._._. ._._._.•._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.•._ .. . lap three , th e top spo t went once m or e ba ck to McGowen , wh o then lost it to Ken T aylor (Yam). This kind of , co n fusio n went on until mid -wa y in the mot a when T aylor sta bilized .in front. McC oy. in th e m eant ime. h ad' pla ced him self in third beh in d Pelto . The KTM navigator was really on the gas and two la ps later he took second. Taylor rem ained in fro nt a ll t he way to the c hec kered . flag with McCoy close beh ind . Arde n H ad ley finished th ird ahead of Mick jacob s (Suz}, Round two saw another Mid -Va lley KTM ride r gra b th e hol eshot , Tracy Oswell shot int o th e lead with McCoy right behind. Taylor was in th ird whil e Pelto battled with Hadley for fourth . . McGowen had problems with his Suzuki and dropped out , vowing never t? part with his Montesa again . The racing was still very close . On lap six , McCoy took the lea d and was never seen 'aga in , This left Oswell to do battle with Taylor for second. The two went at it for most of the race, but at the lin e, it was Oswell. Taylor got second over all and Jacobs took th ird . McCoy also took the Open Pros. A bad start in mot a one gave th e first few laps to Mark Ellis (Ya m ) and Kelly Call awa y (Ya m). It took McCoy most of the race' to work his wa y up to the leaders but , once t he re, he took th e lead and kept it·. Callaw ay took second and Ell is th ird . Mot a two went much the same way, bu t Ellis D NFed and gave thi rd place to Keith Pat ten (Yam) . In the 125 Pro class , it was Steve Bau er (Suz) all the way. In both motos he was followed by Clint Carman (Yam), who held off Bill Robert son (Han) a nd Bill Pincka rd. . • Resu lts in the Results Sect ion . Belair Gold Medalist at ITA Trials By Jerry Manley ORANGE, CA , AUG . 21 Montesa sponsored.Martin Belair topped the experts under perfect conditions at Sad d leb ack Pa rk by a 9 to 11 margin over second place Greg Byers (Bu l) after 40 sections. G reg . in only his seco nd ride as an ex pert, pl aced a hea d of J eff Fish . (Man) and Ol i T hordarson (Mo n), Fifth was Paul W eb ster (Man) and sixth Ma rk Webster (Bul). ' Gil Smith put on a good ride to bea t ou t a strong field of ama teu rs on his 350 Bu L Mich ael Allen p ut his 348 Mo nt esa into secon d. while R ick Bieniak finished a close thi rd . Fou rth was Dave Moo n , followed by Rick McCa be . You ng Bruce Davis showed the novices th e way a n his Yama h a 175 . · Bruce will soo n be gi ving th e amateurs cause for concern. Bultaco-rnou n red Snowden Mathews finis hed a close seco nd . T hird pla ce went to Dewayne Ge ir , J a c:~ Weir was fou rt h, a nd La rr y Curtis fif th . T he Senior cla ss saw W ayne Emge edge ou t Max Marker for th e go ld. T hird went to J im Cava na ug h. ITA Pr esid en t Jea n Fr a d ett e h as been making th e sen ior sect ions a b it ha rd er , by popula r d emand, A total score of only two dabs by Bultaco-rnounted Ge ne Farrell won him th e cove ted go ld medal in th e beginner class . Two d abs ba ck was Ron Ben iga r a nd one behi nd R on was Dean Harris. Doug Mcin t yr e wa s officially' fourt h, after a six ma n 'rid e-off . / Showing great style. Ron Kupke rode to t he Cycle Haven 250 Int er mediates win. last after a horrible start, but rode the wheels off his Yamaha 250 and passed his way up into third place when the chec kers flew. Mike Foley caught second place , but was just nudged out of second overall by Crawford , and Ron Kupke went home with the overa ll win . ' The second 125 ra ce was dominated again by A.J. Whiting , who took the overa ll win , a nd the battle for second spo t was fought' by Jim Degaine and Ron Mabry. After laps of tight racing, DeGaine emerged in second , and second over a ll, with Ron Mabry earning third both ~ays . " • Results in Results Section. Corona MX: Miller takes two By Elaine Jones . CORON A , CA, AUG . 19 -T hir teen 125 Pros lined up to challenge Marty Miller but it was not to be a nig ht of overthrowing the King. Scott Carnahan got th e ITA w in ner Martin Belair attacks a Saddleback sectio n motocross- style. Cappra or Co~ 7 • TI.e firs t -time beginner clas s had another good turn out., with Bob Du ssler recording the fewest dabs on his 350 Bu L Mike Warne was a close second , with Dou g Hofer one dab behind 'in th ir d . Keith Klafs took fourth. T he cat ch basin was fa irly full of ra in wate r , _ all ow in g t h e fa med " blabbi ng brook " to be in evidence , and crea ting sec tion #9 , for fa ncie rs to fro lic in its muddy wa ters. Sec tion one was a lso a go b of goo th at saw a few "fives" earlier in the d ay bu t, like good wine , improved with age . The res t of th e sec tions wer e an assortment of roc ks, hills and gu lleys tha t Sa dd leback's varied terra in offe rs . Plonking will return to th e usu al forma t of First a nd T h ird Sunday in O ct ob er. • .L ong Beach.Cyc/e Haven 3 years old . By Betty Bird Cycle Haven-is' a 6-acre motorcycle park run by an all volunteer, non -profit organization called Logg Beach, ~A Safety Council. Charles Sm it h .. execut ive director of ' t he counci l. 'saw a need for a p lace for local cycle enthusiasts from 8 to 80 to ride. with ou t h a vin g to drive 100 mi les. The Navv had land. W ith that in ha nd . th e next step wasJour years of mee tings and rea ms of pape r work . a nd the n t he legal end and like sesa me, th e gates opened . The track is now in its third year. It 's t he on ly MX tr a ck ru n by d onation s of a ll kind s. fro m volunteers to grass cu ttings to help keep the tra ck da mp. He re is a ci ty and a few volunteers who didn't stand arou nd and wait for someth ing to be d one . T he people made it happen . Lon g Bea ch Safet y Councilis a non -pol itical org a n izatio n th a t ha s a dop te d th e n am e of safety. T he re are a lot of cities and cit ize ns t h a t co u ld learn a n d ben efit form thi s gro u p . Don Dail ey jo ined t he O ld Timers ' Associa tion rece ntl y a nd he is a working volunteer a t Cycle Haven . W alt er g lowac , 67, lon g .tim e mem ber of th e O ld Timers . is a not he r helpin g h an d at Cycle H aven . The track is loca ted at th e end of t he H a r bor Fre ewa y. H1 t he W ilm in gton area . • Defi nitely one of t he older m otocrossers around t oday, t his gu y is a mere 70 years ! /A.J. Whiting returns , from Japan to take Cycle Haven MX . . . .. By Br ian George LONG BEACH, CA . AUG . 28 Every fourth Sunday, a race is ' held on a local track that deserves a lotmore action. Cycle Haven , a motorcycle park on Terminal Island , cu t thei r ra cin g program to . 'once a month , due to th e lack of publicit y. Th is not only hurts th e area , but th e riders as well , because th e tra ck is safe eno ugh for anyon e. and is t he setup for ju nior, and intermed ia te riders. The classes are not cro wded , a nd the raci ng gets really ra d ica l. When th e gate d ro p pe d to let th e firs t 125 and 250 com bi ned Intermediat e mot o go , Mike Craw ford nailed a beautifu l holeshot , and jumped into a n earlv lead . Yamaha -mounted Ron Kupk e ran a close second a nd was in hot pu rsuit of Cra ,,:ford , a nd on la p six, Kupke got by for th e lead. A duel eru pted q uickly for th e number one spot , and th e lead was regained b y Crawford by slip p ing underneath Ron three laps later. The 250 win went to Crawfor d , with Kupke tak in g seco nd a nd Mike Foley ca pt u ring th ird. T he 125 d ivision of th e first rnot o was another tight battle. A .J. Whiting too k th e lead and never lost it. Jim DeGa in e mad e things tough for A .J. by staying on his tail from th e th ird lap to the wire. a nd Ron Mabry fou ght bac k from a n ea rly getoff to fini sh third . . T he second 250 ra ce got unde rwa y. but this time Ron Ku pk e grabbed the lead and pu t on a beau tiful rid e to ca tc h firs t place after lead ing the entire mota. Mike Crawford ran dead jump on Miller and held him off for the first lap, but Miller took over and crui sed on hom e . Carnahan successfully beat back Suzuki-mounted Pete Hillebrecht for second. T he final go round was all Miller's , with th e re al battle fought for second. Phil Thorstensen was second off the line with H illebrecht and Carnahan in the three , fou r spo ts. On lap two both Hillbrecht and Carnah an put the move on Thorst ensen, dropping him to fourth . It took Carnah an one more lap to cat ch Hilleb recht, who ran into other problems th at too k him ou t of serious contention . When th e checkers fell , it was M ill er , Carnahan , and Thorst ensen , with the overall the same . For Miller , the 25 0 Pro was an insta nt replay, with th e ra ce really for second . The first mot o had Mick Jacobs out on top for on e lap before Miller took over. Kelly Callaway ran a close third, but J acobs was b locking • effe ct ively and it took Callaway up to the last lap to find a hol e and capture second. Mota two saw Miller get the lead, but th is time it was Callaway off in second , a hea d of Jacobs. Callaway effec tively kept Ja cobs in third until th e wh ite flag ca rne out. Ja cobs re turned th e favor to Callaway by blast ing by him an d tak ing away second a nd second avera II. Goa t Brek e r , ab oard a Pa Y I'I! J ohanss on -tun ed fa ct ory Husk y , breezed to an eas y victory in the Open Pros over W ayne Martin . Word ha s it tha t Goa t and H usq va rna Motors may be ab le to get together one of these d ays. , . Eddie Lawson , m u ch bett er known , for h is flat track prowess. has been on hand a t Cor ona the last two Fr iday nights , ab oard a Yamaha 400 monoshock . Lawson , who cou ld count the n u m ber of ti mes he 's raced motocross on one hand . has not done too sha b by. La st week he won th e first mot a of the Open Intermediates. but th e second mot a saw both th e bike and him run ou t of gas . This week th e Up la nd ace ran awa y with it , holding a 17-second lead over seco nd place Paul Va ccarell o. La wson, a flat tracker to th e core, is tryi ng to talk t he racing di rector into smoothing th e tra ck out a nd maki ng it faster. But is he goi ng to be in for a surprise, because this week ne w whoop-de -des a nd j um ps were added! Resul ts in Resul ts Section. 3

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