Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Jeff Cairns rode his RM Suzuki to a win in the Oregon State Championship, 125 class. Kentner,-Wing and Cairns win Oregon State Champs. ' . By Brad Stankey BEND . OR. AU G. 20 & 2 1 Oregon hero Rod Kentner. riding a Yamaha sponsered by S&S Yam aha and Grizzly Bear Pizza . pulled a fantastic win in th e open pro class over Skeet H ise . H ise, ridin g a Yamaha fo r Va lley Cycle. took the win in the first 30 mi n ute m oto, Rod Kemner a nd Mark Esterberg gO[ ,la te st arts wh en th ey were sent back [0 the second ro w fo r j u m ping. Skeet made th e corner first and sta rt ed pulling away from the field. Kemner came fro m th e back of th e pack and m oved in to second. clo sing the gap between him sel f and leader Hise at about three seconds a lap wh en he cra shed going t h ro u g h a ri ght h a n d e r . pinnin g himself beneath his bike . By the time Kentner got go ing again there wa~ no wa y he was go in g to ca tc h Hi se. Second moto was a drag race [0 the first corner between Hise and Kemner. His e made th e co rn er firs t a nd the ra ce was o n . Lap two saw Kentner push in g H ise hard . hoping to force a m istake . Kemner made his move a round Hise over o ne of the big jumps. passing in midair . Kentner was hitting the ju m ps so hard it look ed as if he would nev er come down . , It looked as if he was going to ca tch Kemner wh en Hise we nt d own o n a left hander and dropped back to th ird . Mark Esterberg (Ya m) moved in to second but Kemner still had the gas on and pulled away for the win of the second moto and the overa ll win of th e day. Hise received second overall wit h third place going to Esterberg, 250 Pros , charged hard to the first corner with Mitch Kirkpatric. (Ya m). Dave Sheppart (Suz), and Hawthorne W ing ( Ya m ) gelling a ro u n d fir st . Ki rkpatric got bumped off while trying [0 hold on to the lead . dropped back to finish th ird in t h a t moto . Sheppard , riding for Sa ve On Cycl e. took over the lead . Skeet H ise (Yam). coming up from behind. tried [0 get around Sheppard wh en t h e two tangled with Hise going down . but making a quick recovery. Sheppa rd broke a throttle ca ble . putting him out of the race . Hawthorne W ing m oved up to take the win with Hise second and Kirkpatri c third. IA bov e) Donny " Can-He-Loo p-It" Cantaloupi fought w ith Magoo fo r the Helvetia 125 win. (Be low) Darrell Schultz 1 3711passes Parry Klassen for t he Open Pro win. / The seco nd 250 moto aga in fo und Wing flying out from and finis hi ng fir st again . Kirkpatric rode to a st ro ng second and sec o nd place for th e day. The 125 Pro class was wo n by J eff Cai rns. ri d ing a Suzuki for Cairns Chevro n . Second pla ce David Van Ep ps (Suz) wo n the first m o to b ut dropped back to third in the second. Th ird ove rall we nt t o J im W ia nt (Ya m) wh o finishe d t hi rd in his first m o to bu t moved u p [0 second in the final. Sp ort sm en open class was won by C lin t Step h an ( Hon) sponsored by St ephan Tool Co . H a rd racing raged in the. 250 A main. J oe McC o rm ik too k the win in this race riding a . Yamaha . b ut on ly after a hard figh t with Jack Gul ick (Suz) . In the M ini A ma in . wh ich is one of the la rgest classes. Kevin Tomasini. riding fo r G resh am Suzuki. too k th e ti tl e. The Oregon State Champ ionships a lso included a n Old Timer s race . a nd it was de clared t ha t Sonny Neff (Suz) is the Oregon sta te O ld T ime rs Champion . • Results in Resu lts Secti on . Helvetia MX: Klassen was gassin', Magoo was too 8 By Greg Ne ukam SACRAMENTO . CA . AUG . 28 One-hundred degree weather and gusty winds sta rt ed drying th e track out by the second mota. but promoter Fred Dian did a pretty Danny Tu rner. now rid ing Kawasakis, took a third in Helvetia 250 Pro action. decem job of keeping t rack conditions acceptable at H elvetia. A lower than usual number of riders. due to a AMA amateur qualifier at Plymouth. also helped . . Since the Hangtown track wa s for spo rt sm a n riders only. the rid ers with Pro rankings ca me ou t 10 Helvetia . Parry Klassen seemed [0 be th e P ro with the go . He took his Yamaha [0 the overa ll win in the 250 Expert class . and rode [0 a second in t he Open , -In the first o pen moto , he foll owed Darrell Schultz (Bu l) for th e entire ra ce . The seco nd m oto saw t hese two off the line in third and fourth order. with Klassen o n [Op. Parry qu ickl y took th e lead with Schultz right on his t ail. Schult z slipped b y a fter m a n y unsuccesful attempts for the lead. At the fini sh it was Schultz and Klass en . o ne- two . Danny "Magoo " Chandler dazzled the crowd with some radical laps . but d ropped ou t of co nte n tio n d ue 10 bike troubles. Klassen was really srnokin ' in the 250 class. leading Danny "Can-HeLoo p -It" Canta loupi (Ya m) all t he wa y for the wi n . Danny Turner fini shed in third . Second moto action sa w Cantaloupi grabbing the holesho t with Klassen close behind. Turner wa s in third and Maico -mounred Bill Schwartz ran fo urth . via a few painful t ank, sla p pers . Kl a ssen go t by Canta loupi on ' lap two . a n d went WFO [0 stretch out his lead . Turner was still behind in third . and Schwartz MTc: MO i cw:tCVCLE INDUSTRY COUNCI I INC. ~ ,.. .\like Patr ick ·s I O ~ YAMAHA af COItONA _ !10 1 E. 6th Street. Corona . CA (7 14) 735 772 1 Newport RV 13544 Newport Ave. Tust in, Ca. (7141731 -3766. 731·3787 27

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