Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

·..:. ,; . ,; Rand y Mamala (26) defeated M ike Baeder in 250cc GP at AFM Riversid e. ~ Hs le ave California for England within two weeks , where he will race in th e Br u t Faberge Superbike Series . McLaughlin has ent ries in several European GPs for his R G500 Suzuki. He might also hav e a ride in the 24· hour endurance ra ce " Le Bol D'Or" in France in late September, with the French Honda teamJapauto . tt The Six-Hour winner Reg Pridmore m ade two laps on h is brand new Rob North , Don Vesco TZ750 Yamaha sid ehack, which will be shipped to E, g la nd this week where Reg is going- to n com pe te in the annual Isle of Man TT du ring the first week of June. .b T he 250cc GP race. started with Mi ke Baeder (F ri tz Be a d e r Construction) leading Randy Mamola Uim Doyle Yam} and John Gidney (Specia lists II ). On th e second lap Mamola took the lead and easily won that race, followed by Beader, Da ve Garroute and Gidney. In th e !>OOcc·Open . GP ra ce , Wes Cooley (1000 Yosh imura Suz) came ahead of McLaughlin, Mamola and Hammer on the first lap . McLaughlin took the lead on the second, a nd Hammer took it on the third lap . Ouring the seven remain~ng I.a ps, Hammer and McLa ughlin d ic ed toge ther . Hammer wo n the ra ce . Mamola fini shed fourth a nd Coo ley ,fifth . , Cooley lapped everybody in the Super Street race and won ahead of Chuck Parme (KZIOOO Kaw ), Kerry Bryand, and Billy Addington. Danny Cae had his very first AFM Victory in the under 600cc Superstreet astride a Special ist s II RD 350 Yamaha . Cycle Guide's Jeff Karr came in second on a 550 Yoshima Suzuki. _ Va nce Breese , aboard an Euromart 850 Moto Gu zzi Le Mans , took a very convincing vict ory in Open Producti on . where stadium motocross p'romoter Mike Goodwin rode a Kawasaki ZIR until he had a spill on turn nin e , suffering a broken ankle, broken finger an d several abrasions. Results SIDECAR: 1. Essaff & Gipe IKawl ; 2. Bevans & letton (Han); 3. Thomas & Van Orsdale (Han!. 50cc GP: 1. Jewel Hendricks IKRIDI; 2. Franco Garavaglia ISull; 3. Andy Osborn 11.1. l00cc GP: 11Darren Penrod (Yaml; 2. Mike McAvoy IKawI. "" 125 PRO: 1. Kevin KielIC·AI; 2. Richard McCla na han !y am); 3. Mel Richens IC·A). 200 PRO: 1. John Ch",mak IYaml; 2. David Wehrman IC·AI; 3. John McClellan IC·A ). 250cc GP: 1. Randy Mamola IYaml; 2. Mike Baeder (Yam); 3. Dave Garroute (Yam l. ,. 410 PRO: 1. Alan Gengerelli (Yam); 2. Gao LeWbimsky (Varni; 3. Bryan Cathey (Yaml. 125 GP: 1. Fred Winters (Han); 2. Bill Mu llins (Yaml; 3 ~ Greg Good man (Hon). 200 GP: 1. Thomas Beisheim IC-AI; 2. David Wehrman IC·AI; 3. Terry Nelson IYaml. . 1'250 PRO: 1. Gordon 5 eim IC-A); 2. Joh n Cherma k t: IYam}; 3. Jim Collin s (Yam). 500 GP; 1. Bru ce Hammer (Yam); 2. Stev e Mclaughlin ISuz), . OPEN PRO: 1. Vance Bree se IMGI; 2. Lee Fleming (DUCI. SUPERSTREET 1. Danny Coe IYam); 2. ; J eff Karr ISud; 3. Craig Tarwa ter (Hon). BOX STOCK: 1. W hitney Blakeslee IKaw); 2. l ee rzsoeoo Flemm ing (OUe ); 3. Dennis David IKaw ). OPEN'SUPERS TREET: 1. Wes.", Cooley ISull; 2. Chuck Parme lKaw); 3. Kerry Bryant (Kaw). Wanket, Lunde zingCMC ' CarlsbadMX By Patti Firt h-Trotter CARLSBAD. CA , MAY 14 Moto-Meister Maico-sponsored Bill J ewell got things going for th e first Open Pro race at Continental Moto-sports Club's Carlsbad Raceway mo tocross. Da vid Gerig pu t his Ocean Pacific/Tibblin Racing Products Suzuki in seco nd wit h Bob Bourne (Bul) a nd Husqv arna 's Ch ip Howell next. Pete Wanket , who has been ou t of ra cing for months with a broken leg , had his Yamaha in hot pursuit of th e leaders. Geri g gra b bed th e lead on lap two putting J ewell into seco nd to deal with Howell. Bob Maxw ell (Ma i) a nd Wanket spe nt some time dicing it out. On th e 10th lap . Wanket went for t he gusto getting by J ewell, and Maxwell finishing th e race onl y a few bik e lengths behind Gerig. Maxwell , a t the end of the moto went back to his pit and had to repla ce 15 re ar sp okes. Geri g cha lked up another in his a lrea dy lon g list of holeshots wh en he got th e jump on th e rest of th e rid ers in th e seco nd rn ot o . Howell , Jewell. Ma xwell , J ohnny Barr and Wanket spe d after. him . The lea d was solely David's until th e sixt h lap when his Su zuki p itched its cha in . Ma xwell was quick on th e wick 10 ca p tu re th e lead . W anket ha d worked his way to seco nd with J ewell a nd Howell rig ht beh ind. Wanket took over as lea d er on th e I I th lap a nd rode th e lead positi on for th e win. W ank e. go t th e overa ll mon ey with Maxwell . Ger ig a nd J ewell taking home what was left of th e purse . The 250cc Pro class ha s been th e largest lat el y for CMC with some pretty hot racin g happen ing each tim e they ge t togeth er. David Geri g smo ked off the lin e to do it again . Ab a in Le levier (Suz) . Stev e Bartley (Han). Bassett 's Dave Miller (Ya m) a nd T on y Wanket (Ya m) were following th e leader. Miller ca p tu red the lead on th e third lap with Gerig. Lelevier , Bartl ey and Wanket still aft er the number one rider. By th e sixth la p Steve Blackman (Ma i) had go tten from back in th e pack to third beh ind B ar~l ey a nd Miller . T im Lunde was spend ing some tim e working th rough tr affic as Blackman did . O n th e ni nth la p the leaders were Miller . Blackm a n , Bartley, a nd Lunde . The last lap had Miller . Black m a n a nd Lunde crossing un der th e checke rs first with Ba rt ley. . FT. HOOD TEXAS CARLcRAN

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