Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

NORTHERN DATELI E ru lers in the second moto . Mania c Mike was long go ne , but Ch eap Chuck had gotten a poor sta rt and co uld n' t get untracked , setti ng the stage for Ph ilthy Ph il who almost swall owed a lower lip full of sn u ff and ..:.. with his lady Bear cle aring Spillway's fences in single leaps hyping him to wick it on - was flat flying on Maniac's tail right to the checkered. His 2·2 finish was goo d for the long awai ted Expert overa ll. Am at eu rs Jumbo Jim and Animal AI tried to na il Dorky Dav e who won it wire -to-wire, but Dorky's first race spec tacula r gav e the overa ll to J u m bo Jim . Am orous AI. fres h fro m a hug by his lovely lady on th e sta rt ing line (maybe t hey h ave somethi ng th er e ga ng !) bel ied his serious academ ic manne r with a hea vy th ro tt le hand and won it going away. Lizard Lou and Beg on ia Bill taking second and thi rd overall . In some of th e best No vice riding see n in a long time , Buffalo Bill and Jowls J im smoked some Intermediates on their way to almos t a dead -heat fin ish , for first a nd seco nd overa ll, wi t h Tired Ted gra bbi ng thi rd for the day. Faria takes Tuesday night • • minis By W. H. Spencer RICHMOND , CA, NOV . I Night racing during the week in northern California comes alive Tuesday nights at the Richmond Ram blers club grounds with fun Mike Faria leads a pack of wild m in is around the Richmond course. - 26 Prexy Maniac Mike (Ex .) , VP Dung Dennis (In r.), T reasurer Jowls Jim (Nov.) , a nd Ga ngb uster (keeps order at m eet in gs) Dorky Dave (Am .), all of whom ge nerall y blow off or finish high in th eir classes - woul d be don e in by th eir co nstit ue nts . In th e firs t moto on th e beautifu lly prepared t ra ck (th an ks to Gallo Gene), Maniac Mike was leading the Experts as usu al , and Dorky Da ve was stre tc hi ng it ou t over the Am a teu rs. as usual. In term ed ia te Amorous Al grabbed the ho leshot whe n th e seco nd wa ve went off, wit h Bego n ia Bill , Lizard Lou , and Dung Den nis moving up through the resurgent Novices , including Buffalo Bill, who would run away with both motos , and J ello J oe , who slipped by Tired T ed and Jowls Jim to move into second early in th e moto. About la p fou r , th in gs h appen ed fast. Maniac Mike ou tran his own cha in . O ut goin g p rexy Ch eap Chuck grab bed th e lead and held on for the win . and Ph ilthy Ph il - long hungry for a n expe rt win - got someth ing ex tra out of his Yamaha for seco nd . spu rred on by his lady, Bear , th e fox iest pit toot sie at Sp illway . Dork y Da ve . berzerking it . overcooked and went down , ba rely avoiding t he two bike exp ress of Jumbo J im and Animal AI, who laughed a ll the way to fin ish 1-2 in the Am ateu rs. Not to be outdone with all th e fu n the ea rl y leaders were havi ng , Intermediat e Am orous Al go t off too . b ut he was up immedi atel y to start the long charge to fina lly pass Begon ia Bill and Lizard Lou on the last lap for th e win. Novic e Buffalo Bill won it handily, with T ired T ed and Jowls J im (whose 280 pounds get him total traction all th e time) get ting by Jello Joe for second and third . Pumped by th e first moto foo -foo's and revived by the very coo l breeze , the normall y gl assy-eyed Gang revved without reveren ce for the regula r a nd games that wind down to the m ini-GP races the weekend of the Sears Point Trans·AMA. specifi cally Friday night , November 18. On any Tuesday you r eyes might beh old th e likes of Brad Lackey or Jim Pomero y, alo ng with the sp eedwa y racin g Faria brothers. or two time N atio n al Am at eu r ch am p J im Foley, with poppa Dave Faria , th e ex · pro ra cer , sta rting . " B" class rider s go for a trophy a nd merchandise aw ards from local sho ps like J K Cycle Inn and Karl's Motors. but that on ly follows. with a ll the workers being racers or chee re rs. A h ot dog or co ld d rin k from chef Frank Diaz, the ISDT rider , and one has rea lly had a fun nig ht of racing. And bench racing . Mike Fa ria led ou t th e "A" m a in a nd won the few do lla rs involved a nd Em il Ramirez survived the onslaught for second over Eddie Dia z on a track that measures less th an 100 fee t. The lib erall y doused track was extrem ely m uddy tonight , to the mass enjo yme nt of t he few hu nd red specta to rs . For a T uesd ay n ight , you co uldn 't beat mini motorcycle racing . The Tower takes its toll at Puyallup MX BySue Sykes PUYALLUP. WA . OCT . 30 The Tower J um p was the action spot of the fifth East-West Challenge motocross race . This was the mean part of the track all day that unloaded many riders. Bill J oyce (Suz) went sideways in th e first lap of 125 Pros. and when Bill I dumped it you could hear hi m crack all over. His helmet will never race agai n. Kell y Dolphin (Suz) rolled by, gave Bill a lit tle ta p, th en tangled with T om Peterson (Yam). J oyce was out of the race. a big disappointment after h is first rnot o win . Ron Sun (H us) was th e bri ght spot in this rainy race day, as he put a 2·2 ride tog ether to claim th e overall m on ey. Th e 125 Int ermediate class was ' wa tc hi ng , and when th ey hit " Billy's , Hill" seven bikes . rid ers. a nd manyo parts ended in a pile . Kenny New was on the bo ttom of a ll th e mess, not badly hu rt b ut tir ed of waiti ng to get untangled. T he 250 Pro class was fu ll of riders I ready to try thei r skill on th e Trans AMA co urse , some getti ng practice forn the big ra ce. T h e money went to Bill Joyce (Suz) for the win . Bill put it all] together a fte r his fa ll in th e 125 race., with two wins and a go od share of the m on ey . Bill' s riding buddy Ron , Pom eroy had his foot in th e door most , of th e way. Bob Klemp (Suz) cla imed th e Open Pro check for his 2-1 rid e . Bob pl ayed follow th e leader with Ga ry Elliot in mot o o ne but passed Dale Barker just in tim e fo r the second m oto win . Ba rker (Yam) too k second overall and Elliot (Mai ) ea rned third . Results in Resul ts Sect ion . Haney, Spence battle for number one at D·36 rough scrambles By Ann Carr LOD! & OA KDA LE , CA , OCT. 29·3 0 The battle for top positions for 1977 in Distric t 36 mini and scrambles racing continued in the San Joaquin Valley this weekend as the Lodi and Oakd a le Motorcycle C lu bs hosted back -to -b a ck r ough scrambles featu res . t: Den nis Spence slipped past the 250 Experts on Saturday only to watch 16year-old Jeff Haney grab off the hea vily contested 500 main and come withi n two po ints of the 1977 number. one place for scrambles. On Sunday at Oakdale neither racer could manage better than the last payoff spot as Mitch and Ted Davidson won the 125 and 500 expe rt mains whi le diminutive Dennis Da vis took his second payoff of the weekend by winning th e 250 race. T h ese three winners should a ll advance closer to plate positions for 1978 . In the mini ranks current number o ne Doug Chandler , barring unforeseen circumstances, has put 24 points worth of daylight between himself and Tracy Hays of Stockton for top mini honors , but Bill Arbogast , Bruce Johnson . Greg Brewer, Mark Key , Chris Carr, and Joe Brazil are battling for either first time plates or advanced positions for next yea r . Arbogast rode in tough luck at Lodi but followed with a strong second behind Hays at Oakdale. Meanwhile, Brazil and Carr took advantage of falls to advance Saturday and Brazil picked u p a hard-earned third on Sunday. The mini pl ate race should also go down to the last race on Nov . 27 . . The race Nov. 27 at Hill's Ferry Raceway, will benefit area racer Mark Mus cio who was seriously injured in motocross competition several weeks ago . Results in Results Section. •

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