Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Added safety for you and CQ) TIMES MORE ~ PROTECTION FOR YOUR TIREs* with Cycle III 3' way action! Cooler • running tires. Automatic • Balance. 1 Every year, someone manages to crash in Cal City's first turn. In th e 80 'mile 250 /0pen Novice race. J im Lynch (400 Yam) was a runaway winner. "I never saw a soul for th e first two laps ." said Lynch, who won by four m inutes over Danny Garrett (390 Hus) . The only traffice Lynch (who started on the first row ) encountered was lapped riders. Jeff H ylton (250 Hus) passed loads of open bikes (the big bore machinery started first ) to finish third overall and first in class . In fourth was Woody Childers Jr. , whose 400 Yamah came up with a rear flat on the third loop and tore the tire to shreds on the final lap, finishing with only the sidewalls' intact. Mike Capello (250 KTM), Ron' Chuba (390 Hus), Phil Galdi (400 Yam), a nd Lee Galloway (360 Hus) finished fifth through eighth. In ninth was th e first Junior/Senior (30-4 0 yrs.), Paul Baker , who rode a Ma ico equ ip ped with a fai ring. Bon ne ville record holder On Saturday, th ree 60 'mile ra ces were run . The 0·200 Novices were led for the first two loops by Jeff Heth ( 175 Yam). Heth threw a chain on the last loop and dropped to fifth . Michael Bruno ( 175 KTM ), who was catching Heth on a tim e basis anyway, took the win. But he was only 22 seconds in front of Mik e Spano ( 125 Yam). Lome Crawford (Yam ) . Scott Atchison (Yam) , Heth ,'Bili Rigo (Yam) , and Joe Zuidema (Ya m ) filled the top seven spots. Debbie Duncan (250 Su z) was th e wire-to-wire leader in th e women 's Division class. Lori Farmer started nea rly a quarter mil e behind th e p ack after her 250 Bu lta co loaded up off the line. By th e end of the secon d loop she was p ressin g Du ncan . But a hard get · 01T on the last loo p d rop ped her to ne ar last. Leslie Klu g rod e AI Baker's ISDT Ya m aha to fini sh second, first Am a teur. on he r first ride in quite som etime. Ivan Summers (400 Yam ) won the Senior Novice cla ss, finish ing l l th overall, two positio ns in front of Duncan. Ric hard Hurt (400 Ya m) , fa ther of Sunday runner ·up Doug Hurt , finished second senior . In t he 250 /0pen Beginner race. S. D. Wheeler and Dan Miller (400 Yam) had a good race going. The winner was decided on the last loop whe n Wheeler had a quicker pit. The di fferen ce turned out to be 24 seconds. Wheeler also topped the Junior/Senior class. Larry Allred (KTM) took the 250 class by finishing third , less than a mi nute behind the leader. World speed re cord holder Warner Riley traded h is sa lt lak e H a rley for a 370 Suzu ki and finished fourth overall. J immy Donaldson (250 Yam), Chris Lynn (250 Su z), a nd Roger Sch midt (390 H us) co mpleted the top seven. Pete Wi llis too k a little 125 Suzuki to top honors in the Senior Begi n ner class . ahead of Lowell Milton (400 Yam). In the first race of the weekend , Larry Scott finally struck it ' b ig , winning the 0·200 Beginner event: Scott trained specially for the event and had a custom- made, 32·tQoth rear sprocket. Though he admitted being outrun in the whoop-de-des, Scott had the top end and advanced from fou rth to the lead, taking _it on the long straight right before the fin ish . " T im Bradford (Yam) was second, followed by Brent Needham (Her), Donni e Morrison ( Ya m) . St e ve Bowden (Yam). C . Shaw (C· A, who was second j u n io r / se n io r beh ind Sco tt ) , and T im Fuller (Yam). 3 Cyc le III works as a coo lant inside the air cham ber. prov iding a heat ba rrier that protects your tires from ex· cess ive wear and blowouts. C\1 ~ M V ..0 o ..... u ·0 Cycle III rotates freely with in the air chamber, shifting its weigh t as needed to compensate for ever-chang ing road and load conditions. A contin uous static and dynamic ba lanc e is prov ide d, for the li fe of your tire. 2 Puncture • pr.otection. Punctures up to V. in. in d iameter and air leaks are sealed permanently by Cycle III. the instant they happ en, prevent ing air pressure loss and tire d amage. Cycle II I is insta ll ed through the valve, in secon ds. Get a smoother ride and extra protection with Cycle III. · WITH A FULL MONEY BACK GUARANTEE! Many Ann Schell (250 Suz) took the Beginner Wom en's Division win . topping Joanna Estrada ( 125 Yam). Kell y Kline (Ya m) won in the Mini class , beating Schell in the process. T he 20·mile course was much th e sa me as the DRA event held the previous Ma y. Largel y fireroad , th ere was one section of well -thrash ed whoops that differed from th e May course and rem inded riders they were . not at a ro a d race. As usual , the course was'very dusty and riders in later rows had to wait until the pavement started before they could see anything. One course change was made Sunday afternoon when a lot of th e no vice ra cers cut one corner. Jerry McN eal , CRC President , decided to cha nge the course to th e shorter route foll owed that morning . H e ha d not d ecided if there wou ld be any action ta ken on t hose who cut the one co rner. • Resu lts _ AMATEUR EXPERT [TO 101: Tom Kelly CZSO IKTMI. P Ooug Hult lAl l400 Vaml. Dean Kirk 1 390 Husl. M",gan Malocal I400Vaml Wavne AI1en lAll400 Yam!. Richard . HaJl l400 VarnI. BillTarting 12 KTMI. Gary Hoots lAl 50 12 Yam!. Mike Martin IHusl. Doug Beisner 12 Suzl. 50 50 250 SR. EXPERT l.Jlrry Upp IVaml. . D-200 EXPERT: Tim Plant lVaml. 25OIOPEN NOV J im lynch lVaml. Danny Garrett : IHusl. Jeff Hylton l250 Husl. Woody Childeis J r. 1 400 VarnI. Mike Capello l250 KTMI. Ron Chuba 1 390 Husl. Phil Galdi 1400 Varni. lee Gallowsv tl60 Husl. Paul Baker UISl1250 Mail. Scott Shildon l250 H"'I. OPEN JIS NOV Cory Chrisman lVaml. Ed Waldheim : IKTM). D-200 . NOV: Michael Bruno IKTMI. Mike Spano (Yam), l ome Crawf ord (Yam), Scon Atchison (Yam), Jeff Heth lVaml. Bill Rigo lVam), Joe Zuidema lVaml. John Sparks IVaml. John McConneU lVaml. Thomas HokamaIS uz). WOMEN'S OIV: Debbie Duncan IN)1250Suzl. Leslie • Klug lAll400 Varni. Winona Richardson l250 KTMI. SENIOR: Ivan Summers 1 400 Yarnl, Richard Hult 1400VarnI. Dwight Michener 1 Varni. 400 25OJOPEN BEG: S.D. Wheeler IJISI 1400Yaml, Dan Miller 1400Varni. larry Allr 1250KTMI. Warner Riley ed U /5) 1 370 Suz), J immy Donaldson (250 Yam), Chris l ynn 1250Suzl. Roger Schmidt IJIS1 1 390 Husl. Mike Baker 1370 Suzl. Kirk Reynolds 1 400 Varni. Joe sere U/SI 1 Suzl. 370 SENIOR BEG: Pete Willis 11 25 Suzl. Lowell Milton 4OO 1 Veml. D-200 BE lany Scott IJ ISI IVaml. Tim Bradford G: (Yaml. Brent Needham (Her), Donnie Morrison (Yam), Steve Bowden IVaml. C. Shaw UISI IC·Al, Tim Fuller IVaml. Terry Wheeler IC-AI, J eff Gifford IHTYl. Jeff Gross IVaml. . 50 WOMEN OIV. BEG: Mary Ann Schell 12 Suzl, 'S Joanna Estrada11 25 Veml. aml. Alan Dryden IVaml. MINI: Kelly Kline (V 13

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