Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

r; . III ~ " E 00 I:' en ~ l!') ...... .... ~ 0.. < Gary Dircks'115 1and Mike Brown lead 125cc Pro winner David Taylor (6f 10 seTA trials winner Marland Whaley tackles a watery section. was t hat deep m udhole t ha t once again did it for Shu ltz. While Williams was b rea king to avoid disaster Sh ultz fearlessly poured it on and just barely catpured the lead in the ninth lap. From then on the race and the overall victory was his . Sh ultz and his dad ca me down from their Northern Sacramento hom e just to race in the Bosch 5000. His next race will be in the Pontiac, MI Supercross. David Williams , riding a Maico for Wheelsmith , had to settle for second giving him second overa ll, and th ird this r a ce wa s picked up by Greg Robertson who with his fourth-place fin ish in the first moto too k hom e th e third -place money. The 250cc Pr o race had 36 e n t r ies, making it . a difficul t race- to win b y an yone's standards. Dave Taylor roosted th e 125cc Pros by winning the overall in that division . The first moto he started fift h a nd had to work his way up, but not without problems. He was riding a brand new Suzuki and forgot to remove the kickstand so halfway through the ra ce it was flopping around , hitting th e ground, making a general racket and causing him to lose his concentration. He never did cop the lead from Mark Lawren ce who won th e first moto , so he had to settle for secon d . In the second race he took th e win from the ho leshot through the checkered flag . ~sponsored T aylor will begi n rid ing in th e Nati onals in Apri l and will also be joini ng Sh u ltz in the Supercross ci rcuit. Mark Law rence and his Yama ha fin ished th ird thi s Wha ley, Leavitt, Evans race giving him second overall and hot Gary Dent on , riding a Suzuki for AI Baker R&D , took third overall. There was one oth er major probl em CRC racers had to d eal with by th e end of the day; sunburns. Yes, after weeks of umbrella riding, the Easter weekend Bosch 5000 was cro wned with so much sun tha t racers and spe cta tors alike were overdosing on suntan oil. Results , MINI BEG: 1. Ian Rtz gibbon (Yam l. 2. Pet er M esh,off (Yam) . 3. David Cd en ISuz!. MINI NOV: 1. David Lambe (Yam!. 2. M arty Leho la n. MINIINT: 1. Gordon N. W ard ISu zl. MINI EX: 1. George Curnu tt (Varni . , OOcc BEG: 1. Paul Fitzg ibbon (Yam), 2. Ni ck Larson IYaml. lOOce NOV: 1. J im Cof fey (Yaml . 2. J ohn M cGaughey (VarnI. 3. M ike Brown (Yam l. 1DOcc INT : 1. Randy Hard in (Varni. 2. John Laskey IY aml . 3. St eve Dy e ISuz l. 100cc PRO: 1. Ji m Holl ey IYam). 2. TIm Hines (Yaml. 3. Ji m Cole ~Ul) . 125cc BEG: 1. Ooug Shane. 2. Ronn ie Grenfell (Suzl . 3. Daony'Ramir ez (S uzl. 125c c NOV; t . Matt Tedd er (Suzl . 2. Glenn Nor kus lSuzl. 3. M ike Brown (Yam). 125cc INT: 1. J oe O. Price (Varni . 2. David W . Hunt (Suz). 3. Ed Eckert ISuz). 125cc PRO: 1. David T aylor (Suz). 2. M ark lawrence IYam}. 3. Gary Denton { Suzl. 250 PRO: 1. DarreU Shu ltz (M ai). 2 . Dave W illiam s IMa ii . 3. Greg Robert son IC·A I. 250 INT : 1. Donal d Draskovich IC-AI. 2. B;II J ewe tt (Yam l. 3 . Chu ck W arren (Yam l. 250 NOV ; 1. Char lie Armstrong !Suzl. 2. Kevin M claughlin (Yaml . 3. M att Ted der (KT M) . 250 BEG: t . Ar nold Nor iega ISuzl. 2. Scon Van Hoor ebeke (Yam). 3. Tom M aio (Suz l. OPEN PRO, 1. Greg Rob ert son IC·AI. 2. Dave Will iams (Ma il. 3 . Darrell Shultz (Mai l. OPEN INT : t . Richard Barron (Yam) . 2. Chrr.. Alberts IHusJ. 3. A lan Root (M ail. OPEN NOV : 1. Lou is Fernad ez (Yam l. 2. Ton y Leyr er (Bull . 3. Ray Glover (Yam l. OPEN BEG: l . Ron Penn ingt on (Suzl. CRe VET J R: t . J an Lehotan . 2. M ichael William s (M ail. 3. Bill Rice (Yaml. CRC V eT INT : 1. Pat M urphy {Yaml . 2. Bob Cro sta (Bu ll . 3. A sker Larnk jaer. CRe VET SR: 1. Bill Burkhart (Yam l . 2. Dan M oor e (M ail. 3 . H . Lee Denning (Y aml.. . " . By Bill Markham TRABUCO CANYON , CA , MAR . 26 Sunshine and clear skies accompanied riders to the SCTAI ATA Trial held at Racing World, part of the Cyclerama '78 weekend. Team Honda's " Marvlus" Marland Whaley, getting in shape for the upcoming National season , won the Expert cla ss with 20 points : That new tw osome , Bu lt a co rider Lane Lea vitt a nd Yamaha's Debbie Evans, wer e seco nd and third with 32 and 63 points , respectively. All of th a t extra pract ice they'v e been gett ing in together recently must be paying om Ms. Evans, by th e way. is rea lly blazing th e trail for women in trials ridi ng! T he Sen ior A class , a fight to th e fin ish , was won by th at det ermined ride r, Gil Sm ith . who put it all tog eth er with a 64· point rid e for the win. Bob N ichel son 's Honda was hot on Sm ith's trail for second pla ce witb 66 points. Th ird we nt to J ea n Fradette , a lso Honda -mou nt ed . who fin ished with 77 point s. "Scoo ti n ' " Sco tt He a d . rid i ng Bul t a co , ca m e o u t ah ea d in th e Am a teu r class wit h 69 point s. T his gu y has rea lly co me on stro ng th e last few months! Mon tesa rid er Brad Sp ea r was sec o n d with 81, and David Ig e's Yamaha took third with 85 points. Mike Grant had d oubl e -good rea son to smile; his 10-point first place Novice win ea rns him th e right to c as h in on Mont esa 's $25 g ift ce rt ifica te offer to a ny rider using one of their ma chines for a win in legitim at e co mpetition. George Aver y, a lso Montesa-rnounred , was only on e dab behi n d , II p oints , for second place . Reed Evans, on yet an other Montesa , was th ird with 12 points. The Senior B class was won by Kawa saki rid er Art Barda with a neat two-point ride. Wayne Emge's Hond a was a close second with four point s, a nd Ralph Silb er 's Bultaco took third wit h eigh t. • Begin ne r cla ss riders W a lt T aber ( Bu l) , L arry W ood ru ff ( Bu l) , an d Sa nd y Ross (Hon) rea lly "clea ne d" up th eir ac t with a zero -po int three -wa y tic. T he tie was decid ed bv ride- offs leav ing T a ber first , Woodr~ rr seco nd a nd Ross t hird . T aber . a to p District

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