Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

E _._._._._._._._._._.~._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _ ..._._._._._._._._._._.• • Western hotline 0: ~ .± .. 0: 0: i<: Jeff Ward leads CMC 125cc Pro w inner Chappy Blo se at Carlsb ad. . Minnig, Hames 't ake Corona flat track cash By Elaine Jones CORONA. CA . MAR. 8 Mike Minnig was the only Money rider that locked up the number one spot directly off the line as he took the Victory in the Money short track at Corona R a cewa y. "Speedy" Pete H ames, the Simi Flash. was out in second but Dan McWhort~r went to work immediately and by the third lap had put the lock on second. Joe Steffen was also on the move working his way from fifth to fourth by the end of five laps. Upward motion carne to screeching halt from this point on as ~v~ryon~ held position . a .. 32 The 250cc MQn~ race saw Dylan Neiha rt go out fast with Hames second and Steffen t hird. Neihart was looking good when suddenly his machine started to go sour and he dropped to second . He held on for two more laps . and then it was all over . Steffen moved into second and John Lundgren filled in the show spo t. Dan n y Perkins . ba ck after an absen ce . went for it off the line in the Open Mon ey and Kot it as they headed int o th e first turn. Befor e th ey . could complete their second lapShawn Leipold was out with problems and Scott Dinkins had a clear shot at Perkins. Back in the pack. Mike Minnig had been doing some fancy footwork and had picked off Steve Fortune and Don Tortorelli to take over third. The next lap saw Perkins start slowing up as his big Yamaha became sick. Dinkins was now nurnero uno and with no one in front of him he dialed the powerful 750cc machine on and started , a runaway. Minnig got Perkins on the fifth lap and two laps later Fortune picked him off and the white flag was out. Minnig claimed th e second and Fortune was third . Results in Resu lts Section . Dirt Diggers' Red Garter Enduro cancelled due to land use snafu'.' By Russ Sanford - SACRAMENTO . CA ,-MAR. 6 The Dirt Diggers Motorcycle Club will be unable to hold their Red Garter Enduro . scheduled for Mar. 19 ,in Ballinger Canyon . (Belote is a letter fromM . a .R .E. President R uss Sanf ord to the Dirt Digg ers. outlining t he problems he uncovered . . . Editor) One of your club members. Bob Eller. and John Claussen (formerly of the Shamrocks M.C.) have both contacted me regarding the cancellation of the Red Garter Enduro. It sounded v~ry much like an injustice on the part of the U .S. Forest Service. SO I intended to contact Doug Leisz , who is the Regional Forester over all of the California National Forests. and find ' out what is happening . But. I first called Alan 1- West . who is the Supervisor of the Los Padres National Forest, to get his side of the story. This is what he told me : I. ) The Dirt Diggers had again ap' plied for their permit to run the Red Garter Enduro in Ballinger Canyon, and the Forest Service was just about to issue the permit. when the Legal Defense Fund (Sierra Club "front") stepped in a nd a ppealed the issue of the permit. , . 2.) Mr. Wes t emphasized that the Forest Service had forewarned the Dirt Diggers that the permit had not been fina lized, but the Dirt Diggers decided that they wou ld go ahead with the advertising. - promotion. plans, etc. . anyway. 3. ) The Forest Service had decided to go ahead and issue the permit to the Dirt Diggers, over-the objection of the Legal Defense Fund. when they (the Forest Service) received notice of the . publishing of a new policy in the Federal Register which prohibited (immediately) the issue of permits for land-use when there was evidence of the possibility of causing harm to "endangered species." and instead , the Forest Service would also have to obtain approval of the permit' by the Fish and Wildlife Service. an act which takes 60 days. 4.) Mr. W~t stated that because of the short time' 'ava ila ble , the Forest Service could not obtain the Fish and Wildlife Service approval of the permit before March l Sth, the date scheduled for the Red Garter. He also told me of a policy of not allowing organized events in Ballinger Canyon after Apr. 1 of each year, based on an environmental impact study from past years. 5.) Mr. West stated that these were their reasons for cancelling the permit: They coGldn't get the necessary approval by Mar. 19. or even by Apr. I of this year , and they can't allow the event after Apr. I. 6.) Mr. West also informed me that even after the Red Garter Enduro had been cancelled . the Legal Defense Fund demanded that the Forest Service close all of Ballinger Canyon for the Mar. 19 weekend. but he refused to do it. (My guess is that the Legal Defense Fund is' afraid that people will show up and ride. anyway. ' Sort oflike the " Pha n tom Duck.") Okay, here is the wa y tha t I see it . If what Mr. West told me is the truth . then there is probably very little that we can do about it , other than bitch and complain. Smith, Miller and Blose raid CMCMX By Patti Firth-Trotter CARLSBAD, CA , FEB . 26 For only th e second tim e sinc e the first of the year wh en th e gre a t rains sta rted was th e Con tinen ta lMoto-spo rts .Clu b crowd able to race at Ca rlsbad Ra ceway. The la yout of th e track was much t hesame except for where there used to be long. dry. dusty spots. there are now deep sa ndy washes: in fact parts of the track are still under water . As is usual with CMC , the Minis nd 100cc, machines got the first shot. Team Flying Machine Factory riders Tommy H iggins and "Uncle" Malcolm M.cCassey wer e the top po int getters for the 100cc Pros. with Mike McCarley (Yam), Richard Rose (Su z) and Greg Duffy (Ya m) taking all of th e Mini honors. Mike Gomez (Yam), Tommy Ba saker ( Ya m) and Jim McCarley (Yam) sco red highest among th e 100ccJunior clas s. , Chris Chaffee smoked his trusty Yamaha off the ga te. through th e first turn and around the course for 12 laps to totally dominate the first Open Pro mot o . Oc ean Pacifi c Sunwear sponsored David Gerig piloted his Suzuki in th e second slot for three laps. Track " N" Travel Maico rider Val T amietti had the next position . Bill Jewell who ride for -Mote Meister was ahead of Maico riding Bob Maxwell , By th e fourth la p Maxwell had advanced to third with Up -Tir e Husqvarna 's Alan Smith moving into fourth . Alan got a ninth -place sta rt and worked his way up through 'traffic qu ick ly. Tarnietti moved into . second with Ma xwell ge tti ng th ird. Crossin g the fin ish line after the first four riders were Gerig , Jewell and Steve Fry (Ya m) . Gerig grabbed the holeshot in th e

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