Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

111 I I U" .: ' E. Aluminum Works Mufflers used by Team Bassett & Team Yamaha Suzuki RM 125 C " " • ••••••••••••••• $28.00 Suzuki RM 250 C (shown) •• • ••••••• $32.00 Suzuki RM 400 C ••••••••• • •• •••••• $32.00 Yamaha YZ 125 D & E•• • •• • •••••••• $30.00 Yamaha YZ 250 D& E • ••••••••••• •• $30.00 Yamaha YZ 400 D•••••••••••••••••• $30.00 Kawasaki '78 KX 250 •••••••••••••• $32.00 Yamaha TT 500 pipes • • '76 •••••• •• $45.00 '77·'78 •• •••••• ••• $49.50 with Super Trapp rqark Rort~r MAN~U~F~A~C~T~U~R~IN~G·1·3·01·E·.·t·C·h"·t· , Unit H . · nullllllt 5. ntB AM , CA 92701 Tom Poage topped the Open Pros at CMC's Puyallup motocross. ! trail" and wound up the winne r. Phil does th is for spo rt and training but has had little lu ck d ue to breaks and m istakes. After the event he told of appl ying h imself, knowing that Marshall and his automatic Husky were everp rese nt, a nd forcing h imsel f not to make mistakes . Marsh all wa s only one minute behind at th e first mark but by the halfway point had caught up and as they stopped for ga s, it was a ·figh t to get done. A quick drink and out, they went one behind the other. They kept up the pace for two laps when Marshall backed down to 30 seconds and hop ed for something to h appen to Douglas. Meanwhil e , Vanderpool had a good pace going th e first lap with Bruce Kelly but Kell y seized on the second lap. Vanderpool' s . Husky wouldn' t ke ep it s suspensio n working fa st enough to catch up . He had to suffer wit h little dampening for th ird over Scott Aus tin , who had been behind old body Turk ey Tuller , who turkeyed ou t in a crash. T od d Holm eyer won th e No vice portion on a Ma ico with John Welch second. J ohn Hampton took th e Junior win over old scr amblerJim Moyles. Larry Wosink tried out Cross Country for th e first tim e and would have been a winner, but for one costly mistake in gass ing up . He didn't turn off, the engi ne, a disqualification offense. J o Va squez got the win in th e lightweight run . Bruce Bo wm an beat out J erry Jackso n for th e 250cc J u n ior/ Expert combined with L~rry's . dad , Pete Wos ink , winning the Novice over Jim Hubbard. Scott Austin's dad Bill took the O.T. class easily while John Silva managed the Vets class. For those who d ecided that it was too wet to run down to Hollister, think again. The February 12 run should be every b it as good a course and th e traction and parking are trick , right off th e road and the clu b does a great job . Resul ts in Resul ts Section. Jacobson,Joyce and Poage take CMC Puyallup Winter Series round three By Sue Sykes PUYALLUP, WA,JAN. 22 (71 4) 834- 1875 • au Ion - Jr.. MXers Loose on the Streets Suzuki -mounted Pa t Jacobson did his thing again with a clean sweep of the 125cc Pro action and a.win in one 250cc Pro moto. The go -fast l25cc class was rounded ou t with Bill Jones ,- Ron Dimeo from Oregon , and Gary Racca for Northwest Yamaha. Bu rien Su zuk i's Bill J oyce took over midway in th e 250 cc Pro moto two when J acobson's motor went sou r. CH Suzuki rider Duane Marker put it all together for a solid second overall. Ron Pomeroy clicked awa y on on e of those beautiful new CR 250R Hondas for third overa ll. Olympic Yamaha's Tom Poage go t his reward today for some hard work as he aced out two doz en Open Pros. Ron Dimeo led the way for four laps in moto one while Poage got go ing. Poage got by Don Carpenter , Randy Schweizer and then showed them past th e ch eckers. Blaine Elledge moved on out for a second overall , . Carpenter was third and Duane Marker, out in his third Pro class, claimed fourth. One way to keep the Sierra Club on ·its toes is to make sure our supply ·of motorcycle riders is endless. That's what we're doing in Washington with minicycle fever. It 's catching on at Puyallup with two new classes this yea r: Pee Wee and Mini Intermed iate . It usually takes 4-5 races to let all th e Minis run. Results in Results Section. .. 33

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