Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

·._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._"-._._._._._._._._._._._.-. Western hotline Jim Coffey (54) raced to second 100cc Intermediate at the Coors Trans-AME. between .McMiIlen , Zvirbulis a nd Hardick, with Carter no t ou t of itl The Pros kee p getting stronger at Speedway 117 , with over 10 riders in . both the 125 and 250cc classes . In the 250s , FMF hot-dog Randy Hess stopped new Pro Clint Hardick's win streak at two straight with a second mota three-way tie breaker win. Thir d place Tony Gomez had a win in the first m ota with Hardick seco nd and Hess thi rd , but in the second Gomez just co u ld not get through traffic with th e leader s a nd it was a ll Hess and Hard ick wit h H ess the stron ger rider at . the chec ker . W hen you ha ve a l25cc Pro class where defending cha m p a nd last week's winner Terry She kell ca n' t get into th e top three you have a real Pro class. and th at is wh at we had as Mike T ri pes and Clint Hardick went at it in hath mot es with T ri pes go ing two -fortwo ove r the a lways-pressing H a rd ick. Results SOD PRO: t . St eve Wa lk.er {Yam l; 2. Le-e Ramag e IFM FI. 250 PRO: 1. Randy Hess (FMH; 2. Chnt Hardick lASA ·Hon); 3. Tony Go mer {Yam l . 125 PRO: 1. M ike Tripes IlGSI; 2. Cbnt Hat'dlck IASA ·Suz); 3. Randy Hess IFMFI. 500 INT: 1. Matt Cart ee (Yaml: 2. Craig Infeld ; 3. Dennis W ilson (Suz). 250 INT: 1. Rick Relucio (Yaml; 3. Chris Harrold (Yam ); 3. Ed Vi dovich (ESC-SUI ), . 125 INT: 1. Scott Mever 1 uzl: 2. Bobbv Su llivan 5 IFM Fl; 3. Terrv Be icher IYaml. 100 INT : l . Ken Coon (Yam); 2. Woody Carlson (Yaml; 3. Curtis Rough (SuII 40 MIN I INT: t . Ronn ie Lectuen (Yaml; 2. Danny Jo nes (Yam). 500 JR : 1. Tracy Mc M illen ISUl ); 2. Bill Pienta ISUl ); 3. Dave Hammond (ESC,Sult 250 JR DIV 1: 1. Tom Nim tz lOss ); 2 . Dale Doult on (SuII; 3 . Mark Schm in ou lOss ). 250 J R DIV 2 : 1. J ohn M ello lJT); 2 . Gordon Daw son (Yaml ; 3. Karsten Berg IJT l 125 JR DtV 1: 1. Gene Ander son (Sull; 2. Jesse Harmon (SUI); 3, Ron Loun sbury (Han). 125 JR DIV 2: , . Tracy McMillen (Suzl; 2. Rich . Agun dez (Yam); 3. Marty Koenig ISuzl. 125 J R DIV 3 : 1. Chuck Swan son {Yaml; 2. Mik e Gomez lYaml ; 3. Scott Baker (SUI I. WO M EN'S OPEN: 1. .Javcen Zvirbul is (Yam); 2. Teresa Nolin (Yam); 3. Usa Monahan (Suzl. MINI JR : 1. Terry M urray (SuII; 2. Mark How ell ISUl) ; 3. Kevin Gensler ISuz). 100 J R; 1. Ken W arne lYaml; 2. Gary Bodnqoez IYaml; 3. Charlie W alker (Yam). 1978 COCA COLA /SAN OIEGO HIGH SCHOOL MOTOCROSS TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP TOP TENo 1 Santana n 362); 2. EI Capitan (1159); 3. Monte Vista f8371; 4. Mor se 18141; 5. M ission Bay (796); 6. Mt . Miguel (613); 7. Montgomery 1 5101 8. Torrey Pines ; 14941; 9. Clairemont (304); 10. Granite Hills (2311 . Peterson perfect in Coors Trans-AME Sportsman MX By Lee Taylor TRABUCO CANYON , CA , MAY 21 Bill Peterson (Yam-Thousand Oaks Yamaha) took home top honors in the 125cc Intermediates in the Sportsman portion of the seventh round of th e Coors T ra nsAME Series. Currently fourth in th e points sta nd ings it was a "do or die " attem pt by Pet er son at moving up befo re th e fina l race. Da vid Saria n (Suz -DG), tra ili ng Peterson in the series by one posit ion. took control off the lin e and led a huge pack of riders through the first turn. He had Greg Boren (Sua -Bill Boren) on his ta il in second , foll owed by Peterson a nd Ka rl Wahiers. Coming in at the end of the mota Sari a n held firm in th e lead with Peterson still in second a nd Boren holding down third . The second time around , Mike Scott took co mmand in a brave attempt to ma int a in his points lead . He ha d a tight ba tt le against Ra ndy Ross and Peterson , both hou nd ing h im through every turn . Wahiers, on a Suzuki for Suzuki Smith, had wor ked his way into th ird , posing a grave danger to Peterson and Scott. W hen the win ning checkered flag waved them ho me, Scott finis hed th e mote with t he le a d , Pet erso n finis hed a strong seco nd fo r th e overa ll win and W a hiers held firm for third . T he walls of T rabuco Canyon shook as t he l 25cc Juniors charged off in to thei r firs t m ot a . Aaron Matlock took cha rge with Curt McCu istion rid ing shotgu n. McCuistion , on a Yamaha for Escondido Yam a ha, soon moved into the lead , on his way to back-to bac k wins . Matlock found h im sel f locked into a duel with Glenn Cave Ro ck et Factory), (Su z-Crorc h "Terrible" TIm lunde ilL) and Peter Wanket in a CMC 500 Pro battle. The battle was decided in lunde's favor both motos. currently running fourth in series points. Throughout the pack, wild dicing took place, notably between Scot Yarbrough , third in points standings and Danny Kanloz. It ~as a rough day for Chip Mannmg, who had been second earlier in the race, off to the side of the track with unknown mechanical problems. When the moto drew to an end, McCuistion led the pack across the line still in control with Cave ' strong in second and Matlock holding down third. McCuistion sta rted off the second rnoro in style by taking cont rol a nd holding it to the en d in spite of press ure fro m Perry Cendro a nd Scott King. King was really pu tting on th e heat with a cu rrent points sta nding in second! Steve Hess. back in action after being away for som e time , pu shed his wa y through strong ranks of a rillery and into the nu mber five spot. When the winning checkered flag waved them home , Mc Cuistion ' claimed top honors for t he da y, Cendro held second to the end , good for th ird overall and Ya rbro ugh finished the mo to in third . Ma tloc k , running fourth at th e end , took down seco nd overall for the day. Results MIN I J R: t . M ike English (Yam); 2. Bill Raivasakat ISuzl. . 100 J R:.' . Paul Fiugibbons; 2. Randy Morales (Yaml; 3. J eff Hendriksz (Yam l... 12 5 JR: 1. Curt M cCuistion (Yam) ; 2. Aaron M attoc k ISuz); 3. Pe<'YCend ra ISuzl. 250 JR: 1. Randy Rogers (Yam); 2 . David Simon IHusl ; 3. Ross Jo hnson IHonl . 500 JR : 1. Dan Guin (Bul); 2 , Barry M eyer (Yaml ; 3_ . Mik e Robinso n (Yam). . MINI INT: 1, Louie France (Varni; 2. Darin Powell IHon); 3. Randy Dye< (Yaml. 100 INT : 1. Rand y Harden (Yam); 2. Jim Coff ey (Vam ): 3, Darel Francis (Yaml. 125 INT: 1. Bill Pet erson (Yam); 2. Mik e Scan (Suz); 3. Karl W ahiers ISUI I. 250 INT: 1. Ray Ramirez; 2. Rob O'Rour ke (Hon); 3. Chuck Warre n (Yam l. 500 INT: t , Richard Barron (Yaml. MINI EX: 1. E,;k Kehoe IYam); 2. Jeff Stanford (CRFl; 3. Sam Stoler ISUll. 100 EX; 1. David Baker ISuz); 2. Andy Meszaros £Yam). 100 PRO; 1. .Jim Holley IYam); 2. Adam Renterie (Yaml: 3. Tim Hines C Yaml. Myerscough, Reid, Lunde win $1500 CMCMX By Patti Firth-Trotter ORANGE, CA , MAY 21 Moto-Meister Maico and Continetal Mote-sports Club combined their efforts and offered a $1,500 purse plu s 40 -ch annel CB radios to Junior a nd Intermedi ate winners. Ag ain , th e payback went by mot o wins : $10 0 per rno to win. The l 25cc Pr os too k th e first sho t at th e tra ck . "Flyin' " Bria n Myerscough sm oked his tri ck factory Suzuk i arou nd Web co 10 take th e lead . Flying Ma chine Fa ctory rid er Rand y Hess placed his trusty m ount right on Bria n's tail. Las Vegas hotshoe Lenny Gier (Kaw) locked on to thi rd with Roo rid er Tony Gome z and a nother FMF bike , b ut with Moro -Meister rider T im Lunde , nex t. Before the first lap was co mpleted', Myerscough hit the berm a littl e high a nd lost cont ro l of first ; th is gave Hess a chance to move hi mself into the lead , where he stayed for th e entire ra ce. Giger, Gomez a nd Lunde worked on getting to th e front of the pack . O n the fou rth lap Gomez did a job on Giger , and on the nex t lap , Lunde passed Giger. On th e sevent h lap Myers cou gh booted Giger back anot her spot. . Lunde was setti ng u p Gomez and by th e end of the l l th lap , had done it to him . Now it was Hess a nd Lunde sm oking arou nd for th e cas h. When th e last lap flag came ou t th e leaders were Hess, Lunde , Myerscough , Gomez, Giger and Rick Maki (Q &E Suz ). Lunde ope ned up his rocket , but was unsu ccessfu l in ge tti ng arou nd R andy. Sitt in g in th e p its was Randy's teammate J eff W ard who DNF with a blown tranny.

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