Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

·_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. romp for Preston as he held Dan -McW hort er and Pete Hames at bay for the IO-lap main that saw seven of the II signed in make it to the line. Pet e H ames put the lock on th e 2 250cc Money half mile at the drop of the flag. Todd Brown jumped out in the second spo t but Dylan Neihart came back fast and strong to pick off Brown by the second lap. Although the racing was very tight and close , the top three riders remained constant and they finished in that order. The Open Money half mile was the b -race full of action. Malt James s exploded off the line with Dan , McW horter in hot pursuit and Steve .,Jt Fortune and Dorothy Rowe right in no there as well. Fortune got under 'liwMcW horter by the second lap and set European riders compete in America's :race _. . the eighth annual running of TATES 500cc MOTOCROSS GRAND will be represented includinq six-time eCoster of Belgium, and current world of,Finland. erjcan riders break the eight year the Europeans? Last year JimPomeroy carne the first U.S. rider to win a moto, thesecond race and saw his chances of r Dutchman Gerrit Wolsink riding a tWin::his fourth consecutive U.S. Grand rds that 1978 could well see the end of .S' ictory. The battle between factory e, with over ten fully supported teams ----~ickets by mail. Ie at all Ticketron outlets.) "« a: Cl o 5 it Cl z U « a: o a: ;5 ~ z o :I: « :;; ~ o > CD ~ :I: 0.. . L.::!..-_';;;:;:'="'; . \ Chris Cannon leads Pete Hames 127xl and Todd Brown in a Corona half mile race. his sights on James. He didn't have long to wait as James' bike went sour and he was out. Fortune was now at the helm with McWhorter and Rowe in the two , three spots. As the white flag came out Dorothy insisted on "ladies first " and got by McWhorter and held him off to take second. Dylan Neihart was ready for the 259cc Expert half mile. He got a super start that took him into the first tum with a solid lead. Terry Singleton locked in behind Neihart , trying to apply some pressure that would cause Neihart to make a m istake. Back in third a new face on the Corona scene, Burt Stephens, who had really made his mark in the heats, had troubles of his own as Pat Eagan started knocking at his door. It opened on the next lap and the front three were in position. , Try as they might, nothing changed as Neihart brought it on home by a comfortable margin with Singleton second and Eagan third. Dorothy Rowe followed Dan McWhorter for five laps in the Open Expert half mile before she slipped under him and led him home. Tom Pappas was third. Todd Brown showed the troops the way to do things in the 250cc Expert short track. It was a case of follow the leader as Brown took it off the line and Bert Steffens and Gary Jones lined up behind him and followed him home. Results in Results Section. - Jones, Jannings jubilant at AM£ nightMX By Lee Taylor -4 VALENCIA, CA , APR. 21 ADVAI\ICE RACE DAY Bobby Jones (CH Suz) cleaned up in the 125cc Pro race at American Motocross Enterprises' night motocross with a super pair of .... 1$9.00 $10.00 moto, he had John Oswald running order or certified check) lor: dren under 12 FREE. CIATES, INC. ( ,. q Phone (714) 831-7141. Nam e ccee ss State ----Zip back-to-hack wins . Leading in the first second and Edwin Arnet (Suz-Cole Bros.) tight in third. Jones opened up a strong lead -as a heavy duel developed for second with Pete Snorteland (Yam·Murry's Cycle), John Oswald and John O'Mara battling three abreast. A~ was set back in the pack but managed to work himself back up in third by the end of the mota. O'Mara eased his way out of the crowd and took over second, holding to the end of the moto. The second time out O'Mara took over the lead and waged a battle for supremacy with Jones off the dropof£. Jones took over and moved out in a beautiful lead. Jones was clocking a 1:10.045 lap time and found O'Mara closing in hot pursuit with a time of. 25

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