Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

HONDA GL·1000 RING & PINION 4.0:1 RATI O Your biggest performance gain for the Gold Wing $169.95 list . VELOC ITY STACKS GAUGES FASTENERS HARDWARE ill Gee EnterprisesInc. 731 EAST CYPRESS· MONROVIA. CALIFORNIA 91016 (213) 359-2415 . Open Experts Jerome Heiberger and Stephen Kusanovich 179 Nl at the Ridgerunner's Watsonville MX. Wood ran a strong seco nd , but the best action was in the Canta loupi and Turner bout. T hat fight for third got really tigh t but it was Cantaloupi by inches ' at the finish. He too k the seco nd paying spot , wit h Wood getting third-place cash and McGlot hlin fourth. . Dan T urner fa red better in the 250 class, pic ki ng u p first-p lace m oney after two m oto wins and one third. H is third -place ride was th e best. H e'd gotten off the line late, behind all th e pros and a ll the intermed iates as well , arid had to make up lost time . Cantaloupi took th at win , a nd Kend a ll Pow ers ( Ya m) g r a b b e d - second . T urner. sewed up th e nex t two m otos. Carita lou p iwas second both tim es a nd Powers third . Jeff Schurtz (Ma i) had all three fourths. • J Resul ts in Resul ts Sect ion . Gennai wins blue fibbon at Santa Clara county fair Gennai led th e firs t semi wire to wire , to pping over Sal Hoffm a n an d Ca rlyle. Delacy won th e second semi as easi ly over Mike Kunsman and Lowe while AI Kenyon h ad j t his own way in the third over Mike Inderbitzen and Bro wn . Spencer continued th e followthe- leader instinct in the fourth over Lu hdorff. The m a in event went 15 laps. Ge nnai took the green easily a nd rod e' to a n easy victory. Sal Hoffma n held second for th e first lap with Dela cy pressin g very ha rd in fro n t of Spencer a nd Ken yon . Delacy got h is Ca nc illa tuned Yamaha under Hoffm a n on the seco nd la p a nd Ken yon m ade a cou ple of good m oves up behind th e fast fleeing n ovice , made th e pass on th e eighth round a nd sta rted c hasing Gennai, On th e 12t h lap . he lost' t he front en d goi ng int o th e third tu rn . a nd slid ou t of co ntent ion. • Results in Resu lts Secti on .' By W.H. Spencer Come-from-behind winners at Ridge Runners'MX SAN JOSE, CA , AU G-. 15 DEALERS - MORE POWER FOR .1258s MOTO-X FOX now has ava ilable to you the s am e p ipe PAT RICHTER us ed o n the 1.25 Nat ional C hampio nsh ip C irc uit. Pat was Top American at t he 125 U.S . Grand Prix with th is p ipe , a nd FRANK STACY in his first MOTO-X FOX sponsored rid e took 3rd American placi ng . This pipe not on ly sets new standards, it works l . . 1134-1730 San ta Clara County's annual fair included a Mo nda y night AMA Pro short track on the seldo m used spee dway track . While the show was lightly a ttended by riders. al most 2 ,500 spectators made.it a prosperous event for ma in event win ner J oh n Gennai . Genn a i has been off the Camel Pro tou r since the Ascot TT Nationa l with ou t a big b ike rid e. Hi s Bu ltaco short tracker is a live a nd well due to J ensen's Cycles in San J ose . Vet eran Al Ken yon the fastes t of 45 entrants on the SK Bu ltaco , streaking . a ro u nd th e I l7th -m ile d irt oval at 13.094 , a hea rbeat or less from Rod Spencer's 13.096 on th e Martin Cycle Ossa a nd a slight bit from Ge nnai at' 13. 163. 'Wi th only five hea ts. the show went quick ly, wit h Kenyon leading every inch of the first heat ; Spencer th e second ; Gennai th e th ird a nd Don Carlyle winn ing th e Fou rt h over Geoff Lowe a nd J oe Brown . Mike Delacy became th e sta r novice of the nig h t , winn in g th e fift h on h is brothel's motor. - WA TSON VILLE , CA , AUG . 2 1 Mik e Sprenger (Suz) a nd Sco tt Reb uck (Ya m) led their cl asses' wire- to-wire in both motos as 338 riders fough t it out at th e Ridge Ru nners M .C .'s semi -pro event a t the Santa Cruz Co unty Fairgro u nds. Spren ger destroyed the 100 Novice opposition by running off and leavi ng the entire pack to fig h t it out among th ems elves for seco nd pla ce honors. Rebuck showed the way around b oth moros of th e 125 Novice I event , a n d . th en ca me back la ter in the d a y to fin ish seco nd ove r a ll in th e first division of the 250 Novice class. T he Watson ville track , one of th e mor e demanding motocross co urses on t he W est Co ast , got eve n more d iffic u lt th an usu al as th e d ay wor e on a nd the ma ch ines b u ilt rough wh oop de -does into the sho rt stra igh taways. 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