Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

.._._._._._.,_._._._.. eoou AM tR SFINtUG!f1 BHR ICA sorted out , Cole took first overall , with Leonard Sciacca second and George Me yers third. When th e Amateurs went off the line . Bill Lyon s was nowhere to be see n . It seems he was taking a nap and by the time he go t to th e gate he was a la p down. Ra y Sanchez put his Ya m a ha into first and held it to t he fin ish . Do n J en sen and Chuck W ood y had th eir own littl e war going fo r seco nd. J ensen d ogged him for seve n la ps a nd very nearly nipped him a t the finish , but W oody held him off fo r a second in the moro a nd a third ove ra ll. A third in th e m oto put Jensen in a tie with Sanch ez for fir st overa ll, so Sanchez got th e b ig trophy by virtue of his better fin ish. In th e Novi ce windup , Joe Br ay pulled me off th e lin e , as he usually does and that 's th e way we finished : Joe fir st and m e seco nd; m ot o and overall . _ Results in Results Section. Motocross Championships GR A N D PRIZE DRAWINGS AT EACH E VENT OF SERIES APRIL 16 SPROC KETS PA RK I "' I . .SP.ILD, CA 23 M OUNTAIN HI G H 30 .... l-< 0.. < SPILLWA Y PARk , - 'ItilNO, c~ SANtA ..ARIA, Col MAY 7 ARGYLL PARK 14 HELVETIA PARK Staten swoops 21 RAC ING WORLD twoatCMC CarlsbadMX 27/2. DIXON,C'" • • 'ACto ,."UCOCY N HI-SIERRA IISHOP ,CA By Pa tti Firth -Trotte r CARLSBAD , CA, APR. 9 If we had all owned boats we could have had a bitchin boat race today, instead the bikes and riders slogged through what was left of the terrain at Continental Motosports Club's Carlsbad Racewa y motocross. Open Pro riders were the first to try and motor around the much altered and shortened track. Yamaha -riding Chris Chaffee was off first with "Rocket Rex" Staten on his Bassett Yamaha second. Two more Yamaha pilots had the three/four slots: Mark Rodman and Steve Walker. Up -Tire Husqvarna -sponsored Alan Smith had one place on David Gerig (OP Suz). Wes Sutton (Cole Bros. ) and Jeff Witherell (Mai) followed. Chaffee led Staten until the third lap when Staten swooped by for what was to be an unreal lead . Rodman was third ahead of Smith's Husky with Walker and th e problem -plagued Chaffee next. Smith moved into second on the fourth lap and rode right behind Staten for the rest of the 14-lap mota . Chaffee wa s making good time in his assault on th.. front two riders when he landed too hard after one of the muddy ju m ps and the chain was completely wound up and jammed into the front sprocket. Gerig took over as the third place rider with W itherell and Randy Rodriguez (Ma i) advancing in the lin e up. On the last lap the leaders were Staten , Smith, Gerig, Witherell and Rodriguez. Wes Sutton took the holesho t in the second mota with Gerig and Smith rig ht on his knobby. Bill Jewell and hi s Krisroph Franz , Mo ta Meister -tuned mount was ahead of the wide open mach ine ' of Witherell . R an d y Rodrigu ez and Mai co-r'iding Bo b Maxwell were next in the parade of riders . Staten was la st after he was invo lved in a pileup on the fir st turn and got started way behind the o ther riders. The Bassett Berserko wasted no time. On the fourth la p Rex moved hims elf into third . Gerig had be en the leader since th e end of the first lap and was fighting off Smith , wh o in turn had his hands fu ll with St aten . Sm ith slid by Ge rig th e sixth ti me around a nd S la t en follo wed fo r secon d . Maxwell , J ewell and Sutton had the next positions. Sm ith a nd Sta ten d iced ~ 6 / -~ rnoTO·1 FOX 1....-. -Complete line for racing bikes - Req ui res no oil ing - Sm o ot hest pulling cable - Flex ib le throttle wire gives long li f e - Heavy duty housing. resists stretch and abuse Write for Free literature We are :' " . ' the people our parents warned us about Fuzzbuster II Police Radar Detector" l' Terrvcable PO Bo x 1321, Hesperia, CA 92345 (714) 247·2646 Out of state call toll free (800) 8544691 Warehouse S a le A p r il 28 , 29 , 3 0 9 am 6 pm B,1rq.,lno." t(" E ve r vtbmq pP'1f) .•·" rTllP.,l {J' P"rh FREE P.'p..", & tlO~ dOIJ'" & u -, "d Hllfl(jd" M d n y 'H'\I'II .IT S~O 5"1' thl' ove-r II1V()I'~· "'dVlnq'" (HI all ll " n l-' Il P W H ll ll d " l 6 (yl!nd," 1 REG.$~ IO'

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