Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

I .._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._..._._._. I: Western hotline ' ~ t 1" 1" Cj') ....-c lAbovel Bakersfield has one of the most exciting third 'divi sions aroend, Here Tim Barnes and Pat Brocklehurst get into it. (Belowl The Nutter Brothers hold off Steve Bast at Bakersfield Speedway. Sonny and Steve took each other out later on. Haugh and Andy Jannings in front of against the Cranden-Swart team . him. Flying off Can Am ' Hill and Coming in for the white flag lap . R . charging into the turns. McCoy moved Whitney and J.T. Whitney were side on by Jannings and then Haugh. by side. wheels hanging. making their Jannings had bike trouble and fell final bid for the lead. Thank God for back somewhat . finally had to berms I The J. T. Whitney- Pete surrender third place to Dave Whitney team took over and took the Czerwinski who had been closing fast overall win. Ralph Whitney and on him . By the end of the race McCoy Robert Colledge took second overall had back-to-hack wins for the overall. and third went to _John Palfreyman Haugh took second and third went to andJoe Gardner. Jannings. • As usual . Sprockets held its Race of Results in Results Seciton. Champions, running the course backwards, for a prize of $25. Jerry - Shore started off the race with Dave Haugh in second , Monte McCoy running third and Jeff Stubblefield in fourth . Shore held Haugh off as long as he could but Haugh finally got by for the win and a kiss from the Trophy , Girl. ' It was Monte McCoy's (KTM-Mid By Cosm ic Cat & Co. Valley) night. winning both the 250 and 500 Pro races. In the 250 pro BAKERSFIELD, CA, AUG . 27 The SRA Speedway event held calss, Haugh was leading with McCoy in second and Tony DeLaTorre (Ossaat the Kern County Fairgrounds Mid -Valley) running third. Moving up h . fast. McCoy passed Haugh and held as new promoters once agam. the lead to the end. . ARO Enterprises have taken the In the second moto , the fight for , reins from Brian Sharp and will run first was the same. DeLaTorre was in the remaining races of the season as th ird with Joe Root battling him scheduled. throughout the moro , Don Dixon Six-time Californ ia champ Steve (Yam-Dixon Plating) was moving up Bast was 'the man to beat as Bast fast and took over fourth , pushing scored three firsts and a third in his DeLaTorre right down to the wire. qualifying heats and led the field in McCoy moved on by Haugh for the total points (10) . Steve Nutter also had overall win and Haugh held i strong three heat victories but a fourth in the second . DeLaTorre finished third sixth heat left him tied with Bobby overall . Schwartz with nine points. Sonny In the 500 Pro race. McCoy literally Nutter rounded out the four man cleared the t~J::.~e had both D~~e... _~i~~i~m I'rnain with seven points. Schwartz takes top money at Bakersfield Speedway 16 Dean Wilkerson (14) leads Berry Tolson ovar Corona's "stadium" whoops. Off the line in the main, it was the Nutters out front (Sonny , Steve) and Bast a close third . The Nutters tangled in the second turn giving Bast the lead and Schwartz , second. Bast and Schwartz diced through lap two and Schwartz took command on the third lap. With no one up front to hassle with . Schwartz proceeded to stretch his lead to the checkers much to the approval of the crowd. Bast meanwhile had his hands full with a fast closing Sonny Nutter and finally succumbed to the pressure by spinning out in the final turn off the last lap. Steve Nutter followed cousin Sonny for third while one time leader Bast finished last . Carl Ziegler led the Division Two Main flag to flag but felt the pressure of Mike Bloom the entire race. Bloom took an enormous holes hot from the 30 yard line and diced side by side with Ziegler through laps three and four but it was to be Ziegler winning out by half a bike length. It looked as though the women were going to whup it to the guys in the Division Three Main but it was Ed Wilson coming through and saving face for all of those who would've had to make that long drive home with their girlfriends or wives. The flying females , Pam Bennet and Bobbi Hunter were one. two off the line and into the first turn . Wilson went by Hunter for second leaving the second turn and snatched the lead from Bennet in turn one of lap two. Wilson then hooked up and rode to an easy victory while Hunter took second from Bennet on lap three. Final results were • Wilson . Hunter and B..nnet CRe MX: McCoy andLawrence do it at the Dunes By Rox Ann Dougherty VALENCIA, CA. SEPT. 4 C.R.C. has been putting on some good races lately. and this week Mid Valley Cycle walked away with all the money. Monte McCoy took down two first place finishes in the Open and 250 classes for the Pros . Crown Cycle was also out in full force with Mark Lawrence taking the win for the 125 Pros. All of these ~ys are , crazy as they 'p ass in places. and do little tricks, that others would never even think of. But that is how they got to be pros. by foxing each other out. In the 125 pro class Mark Lawrence finished with two first places, but not without a battle from Suzuki mounted Bobby Jones (Cole Bros.) , Bobby would get the lead and start to stretch it out. But before you knew it Lawrence , was back out front and starting to walk away with his lead. Dave Haugh proved that he is still in good form by taking a second behind McCoy in the 250 class . Dave finished third in the first moto after having problems getting around Mike Shoemaker. But he showedrhem the second moto that all was well. as he finished first with McCoy in second and Shoemaker in third. When the results came out it was McCoy first, Haugh second . and Shoemaker holding down third place. • • Results in Results Section. Bauer, Shekell duel 'over Corona Ilstadium" MX course By Elaine J ones CORONA , CA , AUG . 26 The intermediates and pros were introduced to a new section of the Corona motocross and the general consensus is that it is bad. It would definitely have to be classified as stadium motocross. Labeled as too rough for the beginners and novices , the big boys soon found out there was no easy way to get through the four whoop-de -des that resembled a deepl ' grooved wash board. If that wasn 't enough, you had about 20 feet after the last jump to get set up to go off a high flyer that sent you soaring into the wild blue yonder about 15 feet. The 125 Pros had a wild one and all the action was in the new stuff. It was Steve Bauer that got the holeshot with Terry Shekell in second and Phil Thorstensen third. Bauer took the low line through the whoop-de -dos, which lost him precious time while Shekell went through feet flying in every direction . looking to make' a five-point landing any second. On the third lap ·1 , . ,' co j 1 I l C") '"

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