Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

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Lewis finished second and Co upe third. Morris took the second 250 moro with Griego close behind . McNamara moved into second and then moved within striki ng distance of Morris . After two laps of battling MC!'lama ra too k over the lead. McNamara wheelied across the finish as Griego got by a pile up in the last comer to tak second. Stantich took third and Morris placed fourth . ' The second moto for the open class was domi nated from the beginning by Howell. Pett igrew chased th e leader the whole race . W iggins stayed with the third spot whi le Ma rt in rook fourth. ., Top fou r over-a ll fin ishers in 'e a ch cla ss wer e: 125 CLASS:' W axh am , Co u pe . - Lewi s, a nd Ve t te r. 250 CLASS: Griego. Sra mich , Morris. a nd McN a m ara . OPEN C LASS: Howell , Wi ggin s, Marti n . a nd Andy Bol an der (Dist. 37) . • Glover disqualified fromCMCMX By Chuck Burris CARLSBAD, CA , AUG . 28 As the , day went on , the dust began to fly, as did th e.riders all day long. The 125 Pros were out first. Ra ndy Hess (H on) got the 34 Back in the pack was a "sleeper," Fred Griego of Dist, 37 . He was running sixth on the first lap and suddenly .in the eighth lap he was second behind Morris, who ha d regained the lead when McNamara stalled out. For several laps a real battle ensued. Finally G riego took . the lead on the backside downhill and stretched it nicely to the finish . Morris took second while Joe Stantich (Dist. 38) took third. A pil e -up occu rred in th e second comer off the start of the Open class. • Everyone was soon up and running again , with Chu ck Pettigrew (D ist. 37) in the lead and no one close behind. In the sixth lap . with a tremendous lead , he had t o drop out with bike problems. Suddenly a new leader , Chip How ell (Dist. 38) appeared from way back in the pack . Dean Wiggins of . Dist . 36 was in" the second spot with Eddie Gonzales (Dist. 37) h oldi ~g ho leshot a n d we nt WFO . T erry Shekell (Ya m) . Pete and Tony W anket (Ya ms) , a nd Broc Glover (Yam) gave chase, but Hess was go ne. Sh ekell was seco nd with Glover very close beh ind. O n th e th ird la p She kell hit th e be r m before t he 'u p h ill an d it crum bled. Down Sh ekell went and Glover , who was in Shekell's tra ck , hit Sh ekell and went d own too . The WanK ets zipped by a nd took second and th ird . Glover got going in sevent h plac e a nd mov ed quickly up to fourth. b ut co u ld not reel in th e W anket Bros. Hess rook t he win with Pet e a nd th en Tony be hi nd. In the second mot a Hess again got" the holeshot and was ripping , with Glover beh ind a nd · th en Pete . Gl over caught Hess and moved out to the win , whil e Rand y held down second a nd Pet e fini shed th ird . Bob Elliot (Suz) holeshot in th e first 250 Pr o moro and led for a co uple of la ps until Tony W a nket (Ya m) got by. But wit hi n two laps Ellio t rep assed Tony a nd began stre tc hing ou t a mea n lea d . Com petition Cycles rider Ste ve Ryha n moved his KTM into third a nd was trying 10 get by Tony, but time ran out on Ryha n . In the seco nd mota Elliot was still in the winning mood with Tony behind . Escondido Suzuki rider . Ba rt Ragu e third. and R yh a n fourth, Ryha n moved past Ragu e , t hen by Tony, and began reeling in Elliot. Elliot could not hold Ryha n's charge and he sped 10 the win with Elliot second and Tony third . O pe n Pros was a R yhan sweep as Broc Glover was DQed for backing- up on the gate. Val Tamicttii (Mai) looked great and finished second overa ll for the day wit h Ma rk W hi te (H us) ta king th ird ove ra ll. • Results in Resu lts Sec tion . Ascot: Lopez and Lunde MXthe night away By FJjca After a week rainout , Ascot Speedway again opened its turnstyles to the CMC MOTOCROSS. • The 125 pro-class saw Ray Lo pez . ex tend his streak to two in a row over his fri end a nd riva l, Tim Lunde . At the drop of the ga te fr om t he first mota , Lunde cha rged to the lead wit h Lopez rig ht by his side . Both flew thei r YZ Yamahas arou nd the adob e tract , wit h n ever mo r e than a ya r d sepa ra ting th em . Lunde pu lled ou t a big first p lace, wit h Lope z fin ishing seco nd . The shoe was on a different foo t for the second mot o whe n Lopez bolted to the lead with Lunde's pe rsistent efforts fail in g . Lop ez g rab bed th e firs t in th e all -im po rta nt second mota to win first overall m oney. Two-fift y and 500 Pro races were run together T hu rsd ay night , and th e crowd loved it . At th e drop of th e gate for the first mota , ac tion was hot and heavy with eight rid ers fighting for top posit ion in the first turn. Dave Er opkin , on a YZ 250 tangled with T im Lu nde and bo th went d own in a spe cta cul a r crash . T he rac e was black fla gged , wit h 'Eropkin taken from th e track by ambulance . Lunde was able 10 get himself a nd his bike back in

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