Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

.•_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. races left in the series. While Santana continues to hold the lead by virt ue of a strong team ' effo rt, t he wins are going to th e EI Capitan riders led by . Tracy McMillan with Gene Anderson grabbing one also t his week along with seconds by Keith Fin ch and Steve Walker. Wit h Coca Cola spo nsoring ex tr a awards for t he second and th ir d place h igh sc hoo l teams this year . a real dogfight ha s d evelo ped for t hat th ird pl ace tea m tro ph y with Hardick led Monte Vist a . Carter-led Mission Bay and Chris Harrold /Rich Agu ndezled Morse only sepa ra ted by 30 points! An added awa rd for th e 1978 series will be a trop hy for t he indivi dual high-poi nt high school rider. Resu lts 125 PRO: 1. Tim Lunde ISuzl ; 2. Terry Shekeil IESC· SUlI3. Scott An derson (ESC). 250 PRO: 1. Clint Hardick IASA·Hon}2. Tonv Gomez (Yam); 3. Steve Blackm an (M ail. 500 PRO: 1. Chris Chaffee (Yam); 2. Steve W alker IYaml. o 500 INT : 1. M att Carter (Yam); 2. Lynn V ick (Mai); 3. Lee Ramage (SUl). . 250 INT: 1. Ch ris Harrold (So2); 2. Lee Rama ge (Ha n); 3. Scott Port er (Yam ). 125 INT: 1. Scott Burnworth (R& D Suzl; 2. Keit h Finc h (Suz); 3. M att Hope (Suzl . 500 J R: 1. Tracy M cM illin (Suzl ; 2. Tim Henderson (Yam); 3. David Hammond (ESC-Suzl. . 250 J R: 1. Bilt Silvers (Yam); 2. Tom Nimtz (Ossl; 3. Tod d Ekeroth (Yarnl. 125 JR DIV 1: 1. Gene Anderson (Suzl; 2. Ja mes Barker (Yaml ; 3. Joe Spinali (Suz). 125 J R DIV 2: 1. Rich Agun d ez IYam l; 2. Rand y La Costa (Sull; 3. Greg Fenton (Suzl. 125 JR orv3: 1. Tracy M cMill in (Suz); 2. Boyd Breise ISuzl; 3. Mark Castellanos ISuz). 100 INT: 1. Scon Burnwonh IR& D Suz); 2. Ken Coon (Yaml; 3. W ood y Cartson (Yaml . 100 JR: 1. Gary RodrtQ uez (Yaml ; 2. Scott Hamilton IYaml; 3. Gary Benson (Yam). MINI INT: 1. Danny J ones (Yam); 2. Scott Sw ih (Suz); 3. Chris Swift ISuzl . MI NI JR: 1. Mark Howell (Suz); 2. Gil M itzer IRR!; 3. Broo ks Dun lap (Suzl : COCA COlAlSAN DIEGO HIGH SCHOOL 197 B CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES TOP TEN: 1. Santana 1.237; 2. EJ Capitan 1.013: ~ M onte Vista 763; 4. M ission Bay 745; 5. Morse 733; 6. M t. M iguel 533; 7. Mont gomer y 485; 8. Toney Pines 416; 9. Clairmon t 268; 10. Granite Hills 197. SAM MX moves to Sunday By Tom Corley ORANGE, CA . MAY 14 The Scholastic Association of Motosports fired up their third r a ce for the season toda y at Saddleback Park . There was a slight cha nge though a nd this time high schoo l Mot ocross was run with th e regula rl y sched u led Sunday race a nd on t he sa me track . Everth in g tu rned ou t very well as bot h p rog r am s we nt smoo t h ly together. The cou rse was Grand Pr ix style and quite long as th ey co nnec ted the high school track with the normal Sunda y track . One th ing was certain a nd th at was that it was a su pe r hot day and th e tr ack conseq uent ly dried out qu ickly and became pretty dusty. Jeff Ortberg (Ma i) literall y - dusted the 250cc Junior class in grand style. The Newport High rider took home a major win for his school and you could tell where he was from because of the sharp Newport jersey. Jeff was followed in the first rnoto by Rob Neil (Suz) of Villa Park and Cerritos' Steve Quinn (Hon) . ". A fter quite a wait the second moto fired off and Ortberg decisively led the pack. This time Millikan High rider John Hampton (Yam) roosted about taking second while Rob Neil m oved back to third. O vera ll, O rt b erg won the la rge 250cc Junior trophy over R ob Neil, Steve Quinn. Jo h n Hampton. Jeff Eaton and Chris Peterson. Results 125 tNT : 1. Rob Miller ISu z); 2. Bill Boyer (Suz); 3. Mike Osenbaug (Yam l. 125 EX: 1. Rick Cecrle ISuz); 2. Mark DarneIl ISuz); 3. Ladell E'lde IDGI. < 250 JR : 1. Jeff Ortberg IMa il; 2. Rob Neil ISuz); 3. Steve Quinn (Hoo), 250 INT : 1. J im Rose IYam); 2. Dan Rodriguez (SuzI. 250 EX: 1. Mike Magrann IKawl. 500 INT : 1. James Onele (Yaml. Bell rings out atSSMMX By Terry Whytal Photo by Bill Zopt ORANGE, CA . MAY 6 Yamaha factory rider Mik e Bell once again demonstrated wh y he 's a crowd p leaser as he won the Open Pro class at Saturday Saddleb ack Mot oc ro ss. Last week's win ner Scott Cavness, on a n Orange Count y Suzuki RM 400 . finished second a nd rea lly m ade Bell work for the win. Ca vness jumped to an ea rly lead in the first 500 cc Pr o ra ce but Bell was not fa r beh in d. The two pulled fa r ou t in fro nt of th e rest of th e field as Bell finall y passed Cavness on th e eight h lap . Ca vness tried 10 repass a co u ple of laps later but th e two rid ers tangl ed a nd Cavness fell . He remo unt ed still in seco nd and held th e position until th e J eff checkers. Ma ico -rnounted Wither ell and Ga ry Jones on a n Amrnex fought a race lon g d uel for third with J on es fin all y getting the nod . As the second moto came d own th e sta rti ng hill th e order was Cavness in front closely follow ed by Bell . Wither ell a nd Jones. For three laps Cavness held off Bell before slipping off lin e a nd letting Bell get by. Jones fell on the sixth lap and then ch a rge d back up to fourth trying to ca tch W itherell , bu t ran out of time. By t he fin ish Bell had opened up a pretty good lead on Cavness who had a n even big ger lead over Witherell. Bell took home th e big money with Ca vn ess seco nd overa ll and Witherell taking th ird with a 4-3 sco re. Maico rider T im Lunde ran awa y with both motos of th e 250cc Pr os. Tim T ol ar (Suz) tried ha rd to stay with Lunde but had to be co nte nt with two' seco nd -p lace fin ishes. T wo good races wer e had betw een Vince Van Hook on a Ma ico and Cla rk J on es (Hon) for th ird . T hey ende d up tr a d ing fini shes with Jon es scori ng 4-3 a nd ta ki ng t he th ird ove ra ll placing be hind Lu nd e a nd Tolar. Gregg T oya m a and his Yamaha showed th e other 125cc Pros t he fast way around th e track . T oyama led th e firs t mot o fro m start to fin ish as H usky rider Mike Moynaha n and Yam aha mou nted T ed H oyt b a tt led for t he run ne r-u p slot. At the checke rs it was Toyama , Moyn a ha n and H oyt. T oyama won th e seco nd m oto wit h over second -p lace a big lead Moynah an . Kawasaki rider Willie Amarado disp laced Ho yt from th ird on the eigh th go round and Hoyt finished fourth . Overall winner was T oyama followed by Mo ynahan and Hoyt. Results 500cc PRO: 1. M ike Bell (Yaml ; 2. Scan Cavness ISuz); 3. Jeff Witharall IMai). 250cc PRO: 1. TIm Lunde (Mai); 2. Tim Tolar (SUl); 3. Clark Jones (Hon). 125cc PRO: 1. Gregg Toyama IYam); 2. M ike Moyannan IHus); 3. Willie Amarado {Suzl. 500cc tNT: 1. Alan Olson IMai l; 2. Dove Ohl lSu zl; 3. Jim B el t i ~ (Mail. 250cc INT: 1. Danny Burtt (SUl): 2. Scon Johnson (Henl : 3. Randy Sitread (Honl . 12Scc INT: 1. Brett Catcon ISUl ); 2. Ken Hamilton ISul); 3. Mik e Rinaldi ISuz). 500cc JRS : 1. Kurt Hamilton (M ail; 2. M ike Guerra (Mail ; 3. Daniel Cutl er (Mail. 250cc JRS : r . M ike Blake tHon): 2. Dan W arrenn IAm x); 3. Bill Marlon IYam}, 125cc JRS : 1. Danny Rivas (Yam); 2. Pete Rinaldi lSuzt: 3. M ark Stubbs lYam), 250 BEG: 1. Kevin Grlde! ISuz); 2. Ben Carll ISuz); 3. Greg Tohn s (M ai). 125cc BEG: 1. Scan Gordon ISuzl; 2. Greg M cEnr og ISuz): 3. Perry Boyer (Yam). SSM SOOcc Pro winner Mike Bell leads runner-up Scott Cavness. O'Mara nails nocturnal AME MX By Lee Taylor VALENCIA , CA , MAY 12 John O 'Mara (Suz- AI Baker) racked up a super pair of back-toback wins in the 125cc Pro class at Am erican Motocross Enterprises' night motocross at Indian Dunes. He sta rted off the first moro by leaping into th e lead and stretching it inot a victory ride throughout the moto . Hot o n his t a il wa s Ch ip Johnson (Su z; C rossR o a d s Suz ), followed by John Oswald. After a rough start , locking handlebars on the line, Bob Ramsey piloted his new Kawasaki up int o fourth. A tight duel was going down for fourth between Ra msey and Jimmy Crowder (Su z-Su z SpOTtS Center) with R a m sey , riding for Burbank Kawasaki , holding fourth. At the end of the moto , O 'Mara skipped across in the lead. Johnson held solid in second, Oswald finished third and Ramsey took fo urth. The start of the second moto was an instant re play for O'Mara . As J ohnson and Ramsey settled into second and th ird respectively. the rest of the pack was p icking itself up after several riders piled up . O 'Mara, opening up a super lead , left a battle behind him between Johnson , Ramsey and Crowder. Johnson pulled on away as Ramsey cont inue d 10 fight off Crowder to the end. Crowder went down . gtvmg Joe Johnson a chance to move into fourth and pursue R a msey. Johnson's reign in fourth .was short -lived . Going down . he turned his position over to Pete Snorteland who held on to the finish. At the finish line O'M ara collected top dollar for the night . Chip Johnson took down seco nd over -all and th ird went to Ramsey for a 4-3 rid e. In the Veterans cla ss, Keith Phillips (Su z) took complete control with ba ckto -back wins . Throughout th e first moro R ich M cMill an (Su z-Su zu ki Ventura) was a strong second, holding Richard Alexander to third. The second tim e ou t Phillips once more set up his command post with Alexander hounding him in second , Dennis Sm it h running third and McMillan now up in fourth . When the winning checkered flag brought them home. Phillips claimed top honors. McMillan crossed in third but his score was good for second overall and third overall went to Sm ith . Results 100 BEG; 1. Mike McCarley (SuzI; 2. Chris NoH (Yom); 3. Rob Cox (SuzI. 125 BEG: 1. Roy Fa" IYaml; 2. M el Kuoe ISuz); 3. Gary Ar mstr ong (Suz). 250 BEG: 1. Dave Young (Yam); 2. J ohn Jacobson (Yaml; 3. Doug Johnson (Yarnl. MINI J R: 1. M ike Moos (Yam); 2. Kurtis Wi lder (Vaml ; 3. Tom Sto ut (yamJ. 100 J R: 1. Ron Norwoods ISuzl ; 2. Rich Ising (Yam); 3. Nick larson (Yam). 125 JR DIV 1: 1. Parry Condra IRMB) ; 2. Glenn Norkus ISUl); 3. Chip Manning (Hon). 125 JR DIV 2: 1. Kevin M cDo nald ISuz); 2. Rogar Gauvin ISuz); 3. Mark Zehasky (Suz\. 125 JR DIY 3: 1. Ron Ballek ISuz); 2. Steve Hallock ISuz); 3. Paul Wolfe (Yam). 250 JR DIV 1: 1. Dan VanAckar ISuzI: 2. Jim Neubauer; 3. Kun Gengonbach (SuzI. 250 J R DIV 2: 1. Greg Reck (Yam); 2. Craig Glenn (Yam); 3. Mike Conley (SuzI. 500 JR: 1. B~I Eorington (Yam~ 2. Ray Gibbs UD); 3. 19

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