Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

I_e_e_~e_e_e_e_e_e_. > . NATIONAL MINICYCLE ASSOCIATION -Mo to two saw H ess haul u p ~ he start hill , d own the sma lle r " Banzai " a nd a rou nd W eb co for a holesh ot . Myersco ugh, Lunde and Ward look ed as if they were ridin g th e sa me bik e they wer e so close , Aft er goi ng th ro ug h most of the whoops and hairpins without too much trouble, the th ree approached the tightest tum on the track just as Hess was ge tting ready to accelerate out of it. Sorneone's tire ca ug ht Hess ' and down he went , La d y Luck where were you ? Ra nd y was back to eig hth by the time the crowd passed. Myerscough had the lead for the win , but no t without some heavy ' duty dicing wit h Lu nde . On the fifth lap, Bria n and Tim were wh ee l to wh eel wh en Myerscoug h's rea r tire ca ught Lunde's front , gett ing Tim a bit ou t of sha pe for a second or two . H e was quick to re cove r and d id n' t lose a ny terri tory . J eff W a rd , who ha d been been ridi ng a strong th ird . drop ped to the rea r of th e pack with a fla t rear tire . T er ry Shekell moved to t hi rd wit h Rick Maki filling position n umber four . H ess ha d worked his wa y u p 10 fifth. Myerscou gh took th ~ largest pan of ih e po t with $ 130 . giving H ess $1 20 a nd Lund e $ 100 . Myerscou gh . a fter see ing th at the re were ove r 30 250cc Pros -on th e lin e , prob abl y figured t ha t the o nly way to beat th e sq uish at t he 101' of th e sta n hill was 10 get going first. He did . The wh ole ra ce was Myerscough's, Bassett sponsored Dave " Wo r ks" Miller plunged his Yamaha down the sta n hill after Bria n . Lenny G iger and Cross-Up Suzuki rider Tim Tolar were next . Ti m was ahead of the red . wh ite a nd b lue H ond am an Wa rren Reid , wh o wast ed no time in whippin g by Tola r. By the time th e sevent h lap had been comp leted th e lineu p loo ked di ffe rent, with Reid behind the leader Myerscough a nd Giger a nd ' Mill er ahead of fifth p lace St eve Bla ckm an ( Mai) . T im Lu nde ( Ma i) and Gregg Young (Han) finished the m o ta after these riders . Young cata pu lted off t he gate 10 begi n t he second round for the 250c c riders. Gregg led th e ra ce fo r nin e la ps. Prio r 10 su rr ende ring t he lead , he had to de a l with Bla ckm an , Giger a nd Reid , wh o were . brea t hing down his neck . Blackm a n rod e second to You ng for the fir st three la ps. only 10 be displaced by Giger. On th e fift h la p , Re id mov ed Blackman back anot her sial. Lunde , wh o had gOllen a less than good sta n , kept moving his Moro -Mei ster Maico u p a few notches each lap . • O n the 10th lap Reid got u nde r G iger and had the lead : on the next lap Lunde smoked by Giger. Along with Lu nd e in pursuit of Reid were G iger , Blackm a n , Miller a nd Da le An derson (Moto-Me iste r Mai ). Darryl Lum batt is. new to CMC , hel d his Ma ico wide open 10 try a nd stay ahead of Myerscou gh . By the end of the race, Myerscou gh was by Larnba ttis but not by m uch . Reid took th e overall win . W ith a brand new Mo to -Meistcr M a ico u nder him , " T errib le" T im Lu nde got o n t he lin e with the ot her O pe n Pro riders and psyc hed himself u p for his third race of ·the day . Bill J e .ve ll, who ' a lso rides for Mota , Mesi te r , too k off first for a n ea rly lead . C hris C haffee pok ed his Yamah a into seco nd wit h Lu nd e in t hird . Ch ris m ade o ne la p before th e base gasket b lew. J ewell hel d off Lunde for three laps a nd then Tim took IOtaI' co m ma nd of t he ra ce, Pet er W a nke t wrestled his Ya m a ha to second with J ewell third . ~~E";~U;~~':" . 1111111/1/////// ~ MAO' SON~WS~2~~\ ~ ~7~ ~~ ' COLORA. O SPRI NGS COLO 6·25 O LAR AM IE wv 1 9 \ \ COLO RADO SPRINGS COLO 7 23 \ t \ C~~~ I~_ ~ ~ ~ :~:~::::;:::M ~'Q." ~ ~E~e!~~:~~5~~:~o. GRA ND NATIONA l: ,\ "IIlI........~ ' ,......... '.' - . ~. . . . . ...: '\ol ~ _ TEXAS CONROE TE)( 6-10-1' CE N l-l A~ SPRI NGS LA 6-2<1 25 CECATUFOITEx 7 1 2 CONROE TEX 7-8-9 POMPANO FL ~ :~~A~~~~~';L 6-115 COCO A 6-2' Yo~r The NMA Will be set up Via regions Each reg ion will beg .n th eir act ivity no soone r than 5/6 178. and complete the reg iona l The Grand Nati on al Champ io nship fina l w ill be in Ponca City. Okla, on the dates of August 8· 1 1· 12-13 . The 197 8 G ra nd N at i on al C h am p io n sh ip Re g i o ns an d managers are as toll ows: WESTERN Jim Momr (50" " 3· 2433 WESTERN 112 (21 3) 3'7, ln7 NORTHWESTERN Pot Plpeo (2OVJ 873-310'. Ron H.nrlck.... ROCKY MOUNTAIN Chuck aoyd (.7. · ...2 Manager~ Contact Regional Information, Entry Forma, NMA Memberahlp Forma NOWIII RIDERS 6 THRU 18 YRS. . BIKES 50CC THRU 250CC .10\~ act ivity no later man 7/23 178 Do.IdVIgII (505) .42·$041 II~ If j) ,. f ~ LlnLE ROCI( A. RK &- 1 l). 1 1 ~ ~A. TCt1EZ ¥ ISS 6-2. ·25 ~ NASHVILLE TEN~ 7 2 rI I 1/;' 1/ ~ / 1/ / I ~ FLOfU~A :'-.~ - 197 8 NMA GRAND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSH IP SOUTHWESTERN J/ TUSCA LOO SA ALA 6· ] '" F A RMIN GT QN N M &-2. 25 GA.llUP N M 7 8.9

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