Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ ._._._._._~._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.~. preny good lea d and M iller was unable to ca tc h him . H ad ley a nd J ones pu t on a good dice for third with Joncs ge ni ng the positi on o n t he last lap . Overall , th e win went to Lu nde with Miller a nd J on es filli ng in t he other money-p ayin g posi ti on s. The sta rt of th e 500cc Pro first m o to was led by Ma ico ri der Luke Messe r and he never look ed back . tak ing t he win hy a large m argin. Fig ht in g over second spot wer e Boh Bourne on a Bulta co a nd J eff Browning , rid in/« a Moun-sa. They raced righ t to th e wir e with Brown ing tak ing second and Bourne third . Messer ag a in sho t to the lead of th e seco nd moto , o peni ng up a hu ge lea d on second place rider Brown in g . Halfway int o th e race. 1\ksser hegan having p rob lems and Browning qui ckl y ca ug ht up . Messer held him off for a few laps hut Brown ing got hy to take th e win a nd th e overa ll with a 2- 1 score . Messer's fine rid e garnn ed him th e second pla ce Illon ey a nd Dal e Lewis ca ptu red th ird by pl acing fourth in both motos. Chappy Blose rode his Su zu ki to a runawa y victory in the la rge st cla ss of th e da y. th e 125cc Pros. C lif f Let t pu t his Yamaha in fro nt for th e first two laps unt il Blose blew hy a nd m o to red a way . Rick Maki (QE ) passed Lett a nd tried to ca tc h Blose but ha d to sett le for second . In the second m oto Blose won by an even bigger m argin . 1cad ing th e who le way . Len and Maki ba nged ba rs a few times whil e ra cin g for second . whic h Maki eventually took . Ov erall th e clear winner was Blose fo llo wed by Maki and Let t. Resu lts 125 PRO: 1. Chappy Blose ISu,l; 2 . Rick Maki ISu71 ; 3. Cliff l e tt IYaml. 250 PRO: 1. Tim Lun de (Mai) ; 2. Oli ve M iller (Yam ); 3. Clark J ones (Honl. 500 PRO: 1. J eff Brown ing IMonl; 2. Luke M esser (Mail; 3. Dale Lewis IMai). 125 INT: 1. Brett Catcort IS uz. ; 2. Bob Cochran (S UI) ; 3. Darrel An d erson (Yam !. 250 INT: 1. W . Brad bury (Sull; 2 . Tom Martln en t (Honl: 3 . Randy Skirmay Il-lonl . 500 INT: 1. Bob Brooks (Yam); 2. Fulton Tidw ell IYaml; 3 . Keith Petrencelto (CeMl. 125 J R; 1. J eff Qualls (SU I ); 2. St eve SI. Martin (SuI I; 3. Mark Winell (Sull 250 JR: 1. Rog er Obri en (Mftil; 2. Boh McBroom ISuz); 3. J eff Jan zen IBucl 500 JR : 1. Gary Will (SUI) ; 2. Glenn Glass (Yaml; 3 . H. John son (Sull . 125 BEG: 1. Perry Boy er IYam t 2. Mik e M cGinms (Yam); 3. Dou g Forness (Vam ). 250 BEG: 1. St eve Mandic (Kawl ; 2. Mark Harp (Yaml; 3 . Ji m Jon es (Yam I. Burnworth, Frampton, L echien run wild at CMMC MX By Rod Eschenburg SAN DIEGO . CA MA Y 21 Three riders , one from each age group and classification . shared top rider honors during California Mini Motorcycle Club action at Barona Oaks Raceway with R&D Suzuki Expert rider Scott Burnworth grabbing three win s; e ig h r-yea r-o ld Sean Frampton taking three firsts and a third and l l vy e a r- o ld Ronnie Lechien picking up two fir sts and a third . Bu rnworth. who is cu r ren tl y th e hottest mini cycle and lightw eight motorcycle rider in the U.S . . capped a three·week winning binge of 13 wins on five tra cks in thrce states with wins ' in the I05cc Mini . the Expert Mod ifi ed Mini a nd the 100 ce Intermcdiat e Motorcycle classes. Frampton' too k top honors in both the Modified and Stock 9·II -year-old The CMC Ascot 500cc Pros jump o ff the line w it h winner J eff Jenning s 1301 on the right. T he runne r-u p w as Bill Rubly (321: Novice Min is. p lus the u p -to -eig ht ye ar -o ld Jun io r C ycles an d a lso grab bed a th ird in the combine d -age Modi fied J unior C ycle class. Ronnie Lechien , who looks to be th e next " Mr . Mini ," g rabbe d bot h th e 9 l l -yea r -old Intermediate St ock a nd Modifi ed Mini classes; also took a third in the !05cc Open Mini cl ass after leading Burnworth in the e a rly stages of both motos. First timer Eric Collins snuck in for second. With round three of th e U .S : Minicycle Raci ng Association /Suzuki Championship Series coming up next onJune 4 many out of town riders were on ha nd last Sundav . Chris H eisser IDG Suz) pi cked up a' win in the Stock Expert M ini s and a second behind Burnworth in th e -Mod ified Expert Min is. Po wder Puff winner Deena Blyth e decided to show t he boys how to ra ce too . and joined them in th e 12·16 Novi ce Modified Minis and "sm oked em " in the first rnoto o n ly to lose a ti ebreaker sec ond moto 10 Ed Ca bullo . Results 105 MINI IOPENI: 1. Scott Burnw orth IR& D Suzl; 2. Eric Collins (Yaml; 3. Ronn ie l echien (Yaml. EX MOD M INI : 1. Scott Burnw ort h IR& D SUl l; 2. Chrts Heissee (Sun : 3. Robbie Nolin (Yam), EX ST MI NI: 1. Chris Heisser (Sull; 2. Chris MOI"ey {SUl I; 3. Richard Sands {R& D SUl lo INT MOD MINI 11 2·161 1. Ch,;' Sw ift ISul I; 2. Scott : Brown (Suz); 3. Rudy Dtckenson (R& D Suzl. ·161 1. Ma rk Howell lSuzl; 2. Dan ; INT ST MINI 112 Almond (Yam); 3. Audy Dickenson {R& D Suzl. INT MOO M INI (9 -111: 1. Bc nme Lechien IYaml; 2. J ohner Kigh t (Varni; 3 . Brando n Scheider (Sull. 9-111 Ronnie l echien CYaml; 2. Jon : INT ST MI NI 1 J on Belisle (S Ul); 3. Brandon Schneider lSUl t. NOV MOO M INI I 12·161 1. Ed Cabu llo ISu, l; 2. : Deena Blyt he (Yam); 3. Chris Lance IYa ml. NOV ST MINI tt 2-161 1. Chris lance {Yam l; 2. J oh n : Brem ttev (Suz); 3. Eric RusseU . NOV ST MIN 112 : 1. Brooks Dunlap (Sul l; 2. ·161 Kevin Gensler (Suz); 3. Ray Tethert on (Suzl. NOV M OO MINI (9 -111: Sean Frampton (Suz); 2. Danny Ray ISull; 3. Charlie Taylor ISUl l . NOV ST MIN t 9-111 1. Sean Frampton (SulI; 2. : Danny Ray (SUl) ; 3. Rrcie Do bbs fYaml . POWDER PUFF: 1. Deena Blyt he (Yaml ; 2. Kvrene Frampton (Yaml; 3. Tamm y M cGuire (Yaml. JR CYCLE MOD 1 9·11 & 0-81 1. J on Jon Belisle : (Honl ; 2. Scan Zastrow (lt j); 3. Sean Fram pton (SUl ). JR CYCLE ST 1 9·111 Cha, lie Sampson ISu,l; 2. Tim : Heath Utjl ; 3. Scott Zastro w UtjJ. J R CYCLE S T lO-81: 1. Sean Frampton ISuzl; 2. Si eve Hale l ltil ; 3. Ronnie Thomas (Suzl. PEE W EE (Q-6l: 1. Shane Spencer; 2. Art Carrillo ; 3. John Co nney (Sull. 125 EX M C: 1. Scott Johnson (Suzl; 2. David McGee 125 INT M C: 1. Curti s Rough ISuzl; 2. Bobby Sullivan tFM FI; 3. George Tuck (SUllo 125 NOV M C: 1. Jeff Chatfie ld (Yaml ; 2 . Todd lesser (Sul l; 3. Scott Brow n (SUl). 100cc INT M C: 1. Soon Burnwollh (R& D SUT 2. l; Bobby Sullivan IFM FI; 3. Soon Hami lton (Vam). 100ce NOV M C: 1. James Cloud (Suzl: 2. Ken W arne (Yaml; 3. Dirk Doucett e IVaml. Jennings jumps to CMC Ascot win By Tom Corley G A R DEN A. C A . ~I AY 17 Continental More -sp orts Club motocross at Ascot Pa rk has been ho sting a lm ost 200 co m pe ti to rs an even ing. Som e of the finer tal ent s in t ht- sp ort a re sho wing up . such as J eff J en nings. who" d r-cla n-d war ( 0 win the :)OOCC Pro c lass. Jl'llIi ings. a form er Suzuk i fact ory rider . is o n the m ove in loca l C !\IC races now . Prr -seru Iy he is spo nso re d hy Whcclsrni t h Moiorcvcl cs a nd Main ). so he is we ll supporu-d in both d ay a nd night ra cin g . TIlt' fast Norwa lk resid en t rid er hit Ihl' pa ck han! in th e lirst m oro a nd dusted the enti re pack whi ch included rnosr lv Mai co mou nted com pet itio rs. Legendary CM C rider Va l T arnie-tt i trail ed jr-nnings slight I\' a nd fought r1H' rest for a ha rd ear ned second pla ce . Bill Ruhly. an urlu -r rider with a k n ovvn nam e . ra m b h-d b e-h in d Val fo r t hird . J en nings was high : la i li n~ it III sim ilarl stvh- when the sl'nmd moro fir ed off . J e ff soa red out a he a d whi kR u hlv advanced th is rime into seco nd . whi l,: T a m k-u i was dcmou-d hack to third . J en n i n.~ s too k fi .....t over..111 cash . R u h ly proudly took the second plan' mo ncv over Tam icui . Dal e Lewis. Carl ·(; a l a f\,. G arv Trul'sdi ll. Rick T hom pso n '; nd Sit ·,:,· Fry. Results M INI J R 1. Oms Laf 'orrn (Sw t 2 Scott Gt;-Jhil m (Vaml. 3 Ron Slaven s (S u l i. MI N/ INT: 1. K yle Greenwood tVi lm l; 2 . Tim Shelton (Sull. 100 J R: 1 Darre n Hadtev lS ul l: 2. Kt!l'rv Det,.. ISUJ 3 . 'l; BIll W elford (W IFI. 100 INT: 1 :"'Ghm Ro dell (Va m) ; 2. W oo dy Sowell {S U I I; 3. Deni s Strandbet q (Yurnl . 125 J R DIV 1: 1. Mdrk W ood lSUL); 2 . Dim J eltm son {VarnI; 3. J im M cE w ~m (Yam ). 125 JR DIV 2: 1 Dave Br<-ldshi'lw (Ho nl; 2. Rwk B rtJ(1 ~ hiJlIV iHo n}; 3. Denny D,widow {Vam ). 125 lN T DIV 1: 1. Rick S;ItH !!S (Yam }; 2. Ddve HanMda (SUl I; 3 EJ .!lrli:lld G

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