Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

In the 125 Int erm ed ia te class J eff Joh nson (Hon) scored the overall with the next five rid ers tieing for second place. Mark Seele (Suz) ended up with second and Ga ry Pimental (Yam) got third . In the 100cc class Kenny Hen ze (Suz) won for his second week in a row while local ho tsh oe Kelly Ma no had to wat ch with a broken bike. Da vid Tuttle (Yam) and Mike Cook (Yam) pla yed with first and second places in both motos of t he 250 Novice class, with Tuttle getting the overall win . Fred Vickers (Bul) took ca re of th ird place in both motos to take home some brass. In the first rnoto of the beginners race Joey McCrummen (Yam), after being stagge r-started behind the 250 class, came all th e way up to pa ss all the 250s and take th e moto win . In th e second moto Tom Bru ce (250 Bu!) held off smokin ' Joey to win th e rac e. Joey still got first in his cla ss and Mike Poston (Bul) put together two seconds to ge t th e overall in th e'250 cla ss. Results in Results Section . <.0 CN ... V ..c o ... u o Novice Duffy Mitchel heads over the SOHVP dropoff. The track was adequate for the novices. turned into a "dust-o-cross" later in the afternoon. rid ers at th e finish line . T empers had .., flared in two other situa tions, one involving an exp ert. This doesn 't help the im age! Resu lts in Results Sec tion . Cantaloupi and Gumbmann clean upatSOHVP .By Sallee Hilton SACRAMENTO , CA , OCT. 2 Donnie Cantaloupi, the "gofast" kid from Stockton, took home the first place money for both the 125 and 250 Pro classes at Sacramento OHV Park. .. 34 Danny Turner and Danny Dennis chased Cantaloupi around the first . moto , The three Yamahas were pursued by Mike Preston and Stan Vogel on Suzukis. Preston went down , giving up his spot. Cantaloupi never gave Turner a chance to get by. In the second moto it was Cantaloupi and Turner off -the line first . Cantaloupi stretched out a comfortable lead when Turner's tire started going flat. Neal Snarr got by, after getting around Mike Preston, and Dennis, who spun out. Turner diced with Snarr as long as possible before d ropping back but saved his third. . Cantaloupi got a run for his money in the 250 class. All the "heavies" were up front with Cantaloupi and Danny " Magoo" Chandler (KT M) fighting for the front position. Right behind them, Turner (Kaw) was do ing battle with Jerome Heiberger (Mai) and Tad Gumbmann (Ma i) . Magoo almost fell and Cantaloupi took j he lead. Magoo, trying to get back, had to keep Heiberger from taking second. Phil Douglas ( Mai) was maintaining fourth . Heiberger had a heartbreaker, crashing, he was unable to get the bike running again . Magoo wasn 't going to give up , and Cantaloupi wasn't either until a few yeards before the finish line, he bobbled. That was all Magoo needed to grab the win . Gumbmann made it to third . Turner, with an other flat , had to settle for sixth. Magoo, Cantaloupi and Gumbmann rock eted off the line the second time ou t. Cantaloupi wasted no time pulling out ah ead when Magoo got a little squ irrelly. Gumbm a nn sta yed close to Magoo but couldn't get by. The fro nt three were way a head of fourth, which was being bid for by He iberger and Douglas. Magoo was getting closer each la p. Gumbmann, still in third had d ropped off the pace. Magoo starte:l to get reckl ess and ga ve Cantaloupi an opportunity to build up a 10 second lead. Gumbmann took the checkered right behind Magoo and Heiberger was fourth . , He iberger took the early lead in th e first Open Pro moto after diving into th e first turn in a mob of riders all bent on coming out of the tum first. Gumbmann, no t in the mob , had gotten another bad start and again was busy moving through the pack. He did it successfully enough to give him a crack at Heiberger by the white flag. It was a good nice, with Gumbmann th e winner. Renny Bruns (Yam ) took the third. Gumbmann got a good start the second time and ran away from the pack. Heiberger had his tum at a bad • start and worked up through the pack to third but couldn't get by Jeff Anselmo (Mai). Gumbmann took an easy moto win and the overall top money. Results in Results Section. Camegiepro Wilcox continues domination By Za p LIVERMORE, CA , OCT. 9 For the second .week in a row Curt Wilcox (Yam) has walked away with the Open Pro class. Curt , who also won the King of the Hill Race last week , fought from a 50-yard handicap behind the 125s to take a second this week behind winner Bill Johnson . Johnson (Yam) also grabbed th e first place money in the 125 Pro cla ss with back-to -back mo to wins . ' J im Vigil (Suz) took second overall but first in th e hearts of th e specta tors with his tot ally berzerk rid ing style. (Abovel One rider in the Outlaw Enduro carried all his loot with him. (Below) Here's the hot set-up for enduros: The ride r watches th e terrain and course markings and t he dog keeps an eye on the watch and speedo; barks at speed changes. Fire roads and dust at D·36 Outlaw 'Enduro By Mike Kinsella WEEKS , N V, OCT. 2 District 36's first fall enduro was held some 40 m iles east of Carson City in the high desert of Nevada . The event was held by the Sierra-T ahoe M.C . and th e El Dorado County Sheriffs Assn . , who laid out a run combining fam ily fun wit h a healthy ration of fir e road racing for the 500 entrants. . The first loop of .'11.4 miles was designed with the m ini , husband/wife , parenti child class riders in mind . However, with speed averages of 24 and .'10 m.p.h, and the severe dust conditions, these enduro newcomers were put to a hard test. There was a lot of last-minute instruction for wives and youngsters in the fine art of riding deep sand - most' everyone had learned to ride in NorCal's woods. Nearly all of the first loop was on roads and was merely a warm up for the more experienced. The only tough spot was a slate-covered hill about midway in the loop which provided a big challenge for the newcomers especially the youngsters on the 80cc machines. It was a long grind to th e top over a real loose , rocky.surface and a few of the dads had to do some coaching to get the kids up and over but everyone made it . The downhill on the other side seemed to have a great effect on the lad iesj.rhey would all stop at the cres t , look down the slope and shout "I'm not going down that!" and then of course they would charge down . . The second loop of 50 .5 miles seemed to be a replay. of the morning ride - iniles and miles of dusty roads and a lot of sand . But t rou ble eventually came on the scen e in the form of a narrow, boulder strewn wash that angled steeply uphill. Bottlenecks developed at points where the shoulder-high boulders blocked the way and had to be squeezed past one ride r at a time. The speed average until then was 18 or 24 m .p.h. , so nearly everyone got behind . A check was located just as the riders exited the wash - just where a check is supposed to be to rea p the full benefit of a tou gh . section . . Two . somewhat difficult hills followed . Narrow paths and steep drop-offs got a few riders hung up but most had little trouble in this area . Miles of long, straight roads were next on the agenda ; a good place to get back on time, but the dust made it hard to ride full out. The riders who were willing to take ~ risk could do it , most tried and surprisingly few riders crashed in the attempt. The many dry lake beds helped ; these places made for 'fantastic, dust free , full throttle rid ing. . The course covered an old Pony Express Trail to the . finish at 81.9 miles. Good quality fin isher pins were distributed liberally to all , including those who had ridden just the first loop. The enduro was no t withou t problems; the clocks wer e off, th e checks were not alwa ys operated with skill and course marking left a good d eal to be desired. But th is was the club's first effort at conducting an event and perfection shouldn't be expected. Everyon e enjoyed th e run , espec iall y the kids. For the hard-core enduro riders it was a good exercise , a preparation for t his fa ll's events . Everyone trophies at Lodi's Lewis benefit By Ann Carr Lam , CA ,·OCT. 2 A small turnout of riders at their last smooth scrambles of 1977 did not dampen the spirits of the

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