Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

·_._._._._._.-._._._._._._.~_._._._._ ._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.- ho leshot and win in the first mota . Bu t in th e second mota he went down and fin ished la st while Race Fa ctorymounted Mike Johns had a tas te of winning . Dal e resu med winning in the final rnoto and his 1·4-1 total was good for overall money over T ony Go mez. R.J . G ra y and J ohns. Results in Re sults Section . Honors for Hansen at CRe $1.,000 MX By Rox An n Dougherty VALENCIA , CA , OC T . 2 California Racing Club (CRC) ran their $1000 purse at Indian Dunes on the extended Shadow Glen course. The largest class of th e d ay was th e 250 Pro class with 33 riders . The winner was Do nnie H ansen (In rl. M IC a n d Shoemaker Cycl e Service) with a 1-1 fin ish and the bucks. During both mores , Hansen was able 10 hold off Ron Turner who took home fourth place money for the day . Gary Denton received second and John Atwood held down third . T he fifth place position was taken home by JeffVidic. Another good race was the 125 Pro class . Gary Scheidler pulled the first moto holeshot only to be swooped by R on Turner (FMF). Bobby Kline (FMF) and Evan Marcus (G ra n ad a Yamaha). Turner was beginning to pull away until Kline dialed himself in and went after Turner. Mark " Madman " Lawrence decided to live up to his name and went for the gusto . L aw ren ce finis he d firs t with Kl in e sec on d and T u rner third . Hanse n brought in a fourth and Evan Ma rcu s rounded out the top five. The second m ota sa w Radical Ron T urner ju mping into the lead with Lawren ce jum ping in right beh ind him . But Turner won this moto by usi ng his head instead of his style. Bobby Klin e was riding his heart out trying to catch T u rner and Lawren ce b u t was u n ab le to do so . When everything was over Lawrence was the overa ll win ner. Turner rode a well deserved second. Bob by Kline was in for a third . Ma rcus fourth and Don n ie Hanse n fift h . Results in Results Sect ion . Boyer blisters AMC Carlsbad MX By Chuck Burris CARLSBA D, CA, OC T . 2 Suzuki rider Wayne Boyer took over at Carlsbad by winning the 250 and the Open Pro classes , easil y winning all motos. Kurt Sofka (C·A) got th e holeshot in th e first mota of the 250 Pros and stret ched out a small lead on Boyer and Muff Montaque (Su z) . Bo yer reeled in Sofka and took off, lea ving th e pack behind. Doug Boyd worked up to second after dicing with Sofka , and Gary Pustelax followed for third. It stayed the same for the finish ; Boyer , Boyd and Pustelax. In the second moto Boyd got the holeshot but Luc DeLey (Suz) took th e -----------~ lead. Boyer , by th e end of th e first lap , ha d the lead wit h Boyd again second. Boyer left everyone behind . Boyd's luck ra n out , and a fla t rear tire let Pustelax into second. He too dropped out and Sofk a too k over the second spo~ with Muff j ust a few feet behind . Boyer went on to the win and Sofk a held off Muff, taking second and seco nd overall with Mu ff third . In the Open Pros Boyer a g ai n collected both wins . Pu stela x finished se~ ond in both motos for second overa ll. Bria n Craze got a p a ir of threes for th ird overall . In the 125 Pros, Scott Anderson go t the holeshot in the first moto , but a stuck front b rake sent hi m d own . Corki Moore went on for the win wit h teammate Don Fu ller th ird . In the second m ot a Anderson aga in smoked the holesho t but Fuller took over with Anderson and Moore right behind . Anders on went down on th e d ownhill and was taken to t he hospital , wh ile teammate Fuller held off th e cha rgi ng Moo re . Moore finally got by and went on to win with Fuller second. Results in Results Section . Wayne Boyer ran off and left the 250 Pro pack at AMC Carlsbad. every other Wednesday. The first night had good racing, a rock Bassett berserks in South Bay Series opener By Chuck Burris CHULA VISTA , CA , SEPT. 21 Sou th Ba y started out their new Autumn Series with racing on band , and awards presentations for the Summer Series winners . Terry Shekell won the 125 Pro class with DG rider John Tessitore second and Tony Gomez third . Aaron Bassett took the 250 Pros and David Gerig the O pen Pro division. Racing for this evening saw the combination of all the pro d ivisions. Terry Shekell won the first mota over • ==--~-------- ~. ~6' "Oa 4~. rJ ---- _ 'JjOA~$ World Handicap Speedway "'~ Championships Reno Park, Nevada New Date To Be Announced in December Ticketron will hand le the spectator ticket sales in Californ ia. Adm ission for each of the three days of the exc iting do ub le header (morn ing and afternoon) racin g Is TEN DOLLARS. A reasonably priced buffet lunc h will be served at mid-day. Morn ing events beg in at 10 a.m. and afternoon events at 1:30 p.m. Limited seating. Speedway riders who are interested in this event shou ld contact one of these American Speedway League members: Stu Morley (213) 392-6241 • Ken Maley (714) 735-0540 or Steve Bast (at large on the No. California Speedway circu it) Rider Entry Fee is $5.00. Early entrants will have best chance for any Individu al Casino sponsors hips. . 27

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