Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

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T he T B class is just about dead a nyw ay, and if C a m p be ll wo u ld bu y a new " lo ng suspendered , high horsepower bik e" he cou ld st ill win overall . Jim Watts , who ha s been riding the Centra l Oregon desert fo r ab out 13-14 years, grabbed . the first Old Timer award . Two W ash in g t o n riders , Matt H a rt oo n of Yak ima ( first 250 cc Amateur) and John Nob le of Everett (fi rst Open Ama te ur) a re ou t-cl assing the rest of the Amateur class . Noble finished fi fth overa ll , righ t be hi nd ISDT Vet Ken Maahs, and H a rt oon t ook 13th overa ll ahead of many seasone d desert Expert s. T he Cascade M ,C , of Bend , OR , spo nso red the ra ce bu t d id no t have much co ntrol over wh ether a rider signs u p Amateur or Expert. H opefull y, these two will rid e Exp ert next tim e . Results in Resu lts Section . Castelhano, Jorgy split SHR wins By W . H. Spencer BRENT WOOD , CA , FEB. 24 In a pair of wild and wool y Expert main events , the Fri day night TOugh scram bles at Sand Hill Ranch became more a nd m o re like the old days at Hayward Spi llway as th e rid er turnou t gets bigger and the cr owd get s more excited , Dann y Castelhano m ade up fo r last week 's getting p assed by be ating Denny Spen ce in a nip-andtucker in th e O pen Expert , whil e Alex J orgensen d ia led in the 250cc class a fte r a b attle roya le wit h a new kind on the bloc k , W es Morrell , and Denny Spence . M in ib ik e #1 D ou g Ch an dl e r retu rned to th e n ight racing sce ne and was rewarded with a n 80cc Expert win while c ra sh ing his N D / Sa linas Yamaha out of the 100cc Expert ra ce . The thrice -awarded n umber o ne st ill appea rs to be un be ata b le but Jack Barto n a nd J oe Knigh t will be there to keep up the co mpeti tion . Rick Olson took the 80cc Novice over Danny T ar p with Dennis Houser taking sec on d to Knig ht in the 100cc Exp ert Mini event , and Da nny Moore the ot her pa rt of the 80cc Expert. A co m bined 125 /2 50cc m ain saw Dal e Hansen win the big b ike pa rt with J oey Schlag tak in g the ligh tweigh t po rt ion . In th e O pen Ju ni or it was Gary J ohnson agai n with Blair Ne well . ridi ng t he NewellB ros . bo x-stock T T 500 to second . R id in g littl e b r oth er 's facto ry Bultaco to th e 500cc Novice win ' was Monte Gennai , ge tti ng back int o t he swing of things. It mi ght not be long befo re J ohn co mes out for some fun . Jess G uy m on t o ok sec o n d ove r Fr em ont 's Bill Knight. ' Alex J orgen sen won both the he at a nd th e main in the 250 cc Exp ert class o n hi s Ca n -Am , in hea vy ba ttl in g with Da n Cast elhano , Den ny Spence and W es Morrell . The mai n was led m ostl y by Sp ence wit h Mo rr ell co mi ng from behind to cha llenge for th ird wit h Casrel hano . ma ke the pass, challeng e with J o rgy and t hen , in a real bum p and run , go for Spence . H e got tangl ed up and pu sh ed Sp ence off the line and in doing so , all owed J orgy to make a wide m ove a nd takethe win , If Mo rr ell ca n keep with the smooth lin es, . th e next sho w cou ld be a real t h riller. In th e Open class, it was Castelhano a ll th e way on t he Fr em ont Yamaha . Rid in g very much with bo t h m ot ocross and flat tra ck styles, th e little kid kep t u p a ho t and heavy pa ce for Spen ce, and took the win . Rick H ockin g held ' on for third on th e Dick Mann .' Specialties TT 500, whic h is th e fast est thi ng of its kind . Jim Foley brought in' fo urt h . It ce rt ainly was a rea l treat to see th is much ta lent ou t riding a fun tra ck , a nd it loo ks like th e att ractio ll< m igh t even bring out more of the olc& tim e troops. 'J Resul ts in Results Section . Boyette brings new. banner to Helvetia J By Greg Neukam SAC RAMENTO , CA, FEB . 26 Jon Boyet te did a fin e job pro .:' m a ting his first ra ce at Helveti a Pa rk and said that next week 's races at Sacramento Off-Highway' Vehicle Pa rk will be even better. J o n , wh o is co nsidering WFO Promot ions as th e name fo r his enter p rise , wou ld like to give a specia l thank you to a ll the fine help he had, ma king this a smooth a nd successful event . . M ike Prest on was the dom inate force in the 125cc class , win ning both m otes after working up from fifth p la ce eac h time. The first moto started ou t with Danny Dennis leading Pat Yoh o . After half a lap Presto n wa s be h ind Yoho , setting u p to pass. H e made his m ove in the tight part of th e course before " loop- ou r-la ne ." Preston follow ed Dennis for a la p whi le Dave Cou pe slip ped by Yoho, wh o se emed to b e havi ng b ike prob le ms . C ou p e fo llo wed Presto n past Denn is and stayed ther e to tlie checkered flag . R a nd y Cha p m a ca me throu g h th e pack to take fourt . Dennis holeshot the seco nd m oros fo llowed by Phil Minahan . Yoho had trouble righ t fro m the sta rt a nd had to_ sto p for m inor adjus tments by h is dad .

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