Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.- Western hotline 3. Dean Saund ers 15uzl. 250 JA : 1. Bryan Ames (Vam); 2. Jim Lundgr en (V.:I ); 3 . Rick Lu m barget (Suzl . m 250 tN T: 'l . Scott Curt is (Ya m); 2. John Dr ury (Yam); o 3 . Rob Toll eson (Yam ). 250 PRO: 1. Rob O'Rourk e (Hont; 2. Mik e Lacy (Hon); 3. Pau l Lan e IC-A), 500 JR: 1. Michael gobin sontv am): 2. J eH Biehl (Yam); 3. David Sprin t IHu s). 500 tNT: 1. Rod Richardson (Suz): 2. Darryl Flake (M ail. 500 PRO: 1. St eve Richard (Yaml ; 2. An g elo Cohno (Yam) ; 3. J erry Co ff ey (Su z). VET JR : 1. Pat Mu rphy ISuz); 2. Gary W illison (Mai); 3. Larry Josselyn (Su1l. VET EX: St eve Oqtessev (Yaml . WOMEN 'S DIV : 1. Pat Holland (SuLI; 2. Kathleen Leonar d Godinez goes for it at AME Mini MX • By Judy Greenberg Photo by Bob Greenberg VALENCIA , CA ,JUN E9 An AME Minicycle Association racer heads for the nighttime sky. ~ WIDE SELECTION OF MODELS Racing - Overgtasses -Anti-fog ~ SERVICE AT THE RACES ' Don McGee of Race Reps., Inc. ~ $30,000 MX CONTINGENCY ~ 10 YEARS MANUFACTURING EXPERIENCE Largest offering of any goggle company Serving the motorcycle industry since 1968 ~ RACING PROGRAM BY RACING PEOPLE Don Emde and E verett Brashear geilt flee ~ SUIt T TedDy! WI 6m1 SUPER SEER CORP. P.O. BOX 700 • EVERGREEN , CO 80439 SEER INDUSTRIES, LTD, . P.O. BOX 577 • FENELON FAL LS, ONT. CAN. '1 advertise ZUNDAPP·MONTESA . New Engine Parts 'Available Ca ll To ll Free 800-854·0493 ' " . Except Calif. 714-635-5802 Sammy Tanner Distributing .. 32 lUBBI-TECH 213-924-2111 lead on his Red la nds Suzuki. H adley didn't waste tim e a nd zapped Oh l on the second lap . T he Ma ico pilot th en sta rte d to pull away , leaving Ohl to dice with Greg Stone (Ya m ) for th e nex t five laps. Stone pu sh ed Ohl until the seventh lap the n m a naged to get by, but Ohl was n't without a good excuse . " My pants started to fa ll down ," he explai ned after the race . " Every tim e I stood u p, m y lea thers d idn't ." Stone a ppa re nt ly wasn 't too di stracted by the gra ndiose sig ht , a nd he we nt on to second place , T he fini shi ng order was ' H ad ley, Stone , Dav id Aleman (Ya m) a nd a well venti la ted Oh l in fou rth . In the next round , H adley ju m ped int o th e lead and the n disappea re d. Stone a nd Aleman fo llowed with Ohl trailing . The order rem a ined like th a t fo r most of th e race , u nti l Ohl passed Aleman for th ir d . W hen th ey crossed the fin ish line , H adley had a gre a t lead , with th e next three riders tightly grou ped . . H adley d id it aga in in t he 250cc class . H e grabbed the holesho t and then walked aw ay. Danny Burtt (Suz) held off J ohn Silva (Hon) for seco nd place. Silva p ushe d Burt t for m ost of t he race u n til he slid ou t , doing no less t ha n three 360 0 turns in th e p roc ess. W hen he remou nted , he was still in third , bu t far beh ind Burtt. Burtt had seco nd p la ce na iled do wn when th e rac e came in to its fina l laps, then it was his turn to go down . Silva passed him and th e fini sh in g order was H adley, Silva , Burtt a nd Ken Odra (Ya m) . The nex t m o to was th e exact same sto ry _ Hadley jus t wa lked aw ay . Silva , Bu rtt a nd O dra once aga in follow ed him ac ross the finish lin e. The m ost exciting - race of th e sportsmen were th e 25 0cc Novi ces . Joey McManus (Suz ) to pped all three '. m o tos, but it was tough work. Kim Pal mer (Suz) took th ree holeshots, bu t sta rted to ti re ou t a fte r t he h a lfwa y point in all three rnot os . Hi s 3·2·4 score was good enough for third behind Brand on Bal d win (Suz) who went 4-3-2 . Baldwin IS uz); 3. Kim Palmer (S ull . 250 tNT: 1. Brian Tolson (S uzl: 2. Ray McNeil (Suz) ; 3. Sco tt Wi lkin son (Han). 250 EX: 1. Ard en Hadley IM ail; 2 . J ohn Silva IHon); 3. Danny Burtt (S uz). OPEN NOV: 1. John Mohr (S UI ): 2 . Eddi e Mi eheni (Mail . . OPEN EX: 'l . Arden Hadl ey (M ai); 2. Greg Sto ne (Yam ); 3. Dave Ohl (S uz l. Shore, O'Rourke take AME Indian Dunes MX wins By Tom Corley VALENCIA , CA , J UN E I I Am er ica n Mot ocross Enterprises hosted th eir norm all y sched u led moto cross race tod ay on th e long and fast Int ernat ion a l ra ce track . Today's Pro turnout was down a bit fro m its usu al sensa tiona l showing . T he 125cc Pro class was a lmos t another e p isod e fro m last Fr id ay's night di ce . It was basi ca lly a go be twe en Ed win Arnet , J erry Sh o re a nd J im H oll ey, with Arnet win ning , Ern ie H endricks is a Cole Bros. ou tfitt ed ri der on a Mai co . In th e fir st 250cc Pro m oto , he was the m an tha t th e ot hers had to fo llow. H endricks was o n th e gas a nd in co nt ro l o f th e race while Pau l Lane was t he ne xt com petito r to fly th rough the checkered o n his new Ca n -Am fr om Kolbe Cycles. Mik e Lacy on one of the newer H on d as was th ird . In the second m oto , Rob O 'Rourke pu lled a good sta rt o n everyone and the Simi Honda racer claimed the m o to win ove r Lacy, wh o a d va nced one place whi le Paul Lane fell b ack a position. H endricks, wh o blew everyone away in the first rnot o, was sho ved back int o fo urt h place . W it h a 4-1 fin ish, Rob O ' Rou rke beca me the ove ra ll 250 cc Pro win ner, a nd left the Dunes somewha t riche r. Lac y. edgcd o ut La ne for seco nd p lac e 'wh ile Hendricks ' only m a naged fourth o vera ll a nd will have to get even with th em some other week . Results Results PEEweE : t . Allan Brehm (Suz); 2. Ju lie W ilde Ilndl. M INI BEG: t . M ike Harris (Yam); 2. James McManus (SUlI . MI NI NOV; 1. Eddie Woodburn lYaml; 2. Don Sigrist IYaml ; 3. Gary Carney IYaml . '25 BEG: t . Joey Tho mas ISuz); 2. Danny O ~on (Yam ); 3. Richard Hoffman (SUl ). 125 NOV: t . Greg Apos to tou (Sull; 2. Ji mmy Hull en lYam); 3. Jeff Monr oe. . 125 INT: 1. Bill Olsen (Sul l; 2. Gary Neal (Yaml; 3. Don Jackson (Ya m). . 125 EX: 1. Pat Hubbs ISuz); 2. HuH Hadl ey ISuz); 3 . Dann y Pu rinton (S uz ). . . ~~ .Nfl~\ c~, .J~Y .. '1'CMa!,,~5 . (~lJi J', ~r~n~lIl", • M INI J A: t . John Brouillen e (Yam); 2. Andy Nelinqer (SuII; 3. M arty Aerrera (Yaml. MIN IINT : 1. Zoli M eszaros 'IYam); 2. Jack Greenberg (S uzl. 125 BEG: 1. J ohn Knigh t (Yam): 2. Kevr ette Johnson (S UI); 3. S ta n W atanabe (Yam). 125 JR OIV 1: 1. M ike Nishita (Yam I; 2. Glenn Norku s (S uzl; 3 . Glen n Cave lSu7 ). 125 J R olV 2: 1. Allen Sekees ISuzl; 2. W ayne M cKelvey (Yam): 3. Chris Marsh ISu A 125 INT: 1. Rod Richardson ISUI); 2. David Baker ISUl); 3. Ed EckCfI ISuz l. • 125 PRO: 1. Edw in Am!!t ISu 1"); 2. Jerry Sh ore lSUI }; 3. Jim Holley (Yam ). 250 ~ EG : t . Mik e F' allP.f IBull; 2. W ayne Kirk ISUl); "Friday nig ht is the place to be, on the m ini track wit h A ,M.E. " Just ask a ny rid er from the Pee W ee class to the more ex pe ri enced 105c c Open . Cam J ohnson grab be d th e holesh o t in th e 83cc St ock J u niors' fir st moto , a nd never looked ba ck . Skip Godi nez and T on y Nagy m oved clos er to J ohnson , as th ey ra llie d for number two . By th e third lap it was a p pa re n t that God in ez had co ntrol, but J ohnson was too far in fro nt for him to m ak e a play . Vince Ba loni was rid ing stro ng with the fro n t runners until he sp un o ut o n the m ini sweeper , lea ving fourth o pe n fo r Kris Brandin i. T he second tim e , Godinez sho t into the lead with Mark Davenport on his ta il. J ohnson, pl agu ed with a bad start , la id heavy on th e gas as he tried to ga in g rou nd through the nine riders in fr ont . While Davenport co ncentra te d o n holding off Nagy , Ba lon i swep t by and sha d owed Godinez. By t his tim e , the leader s stead ied t heir posit ions, as J ohnson contin ue d to ba rr el t h rough for a : fou rt h -place fin ish . Walter Armenda riz took back -toback wins in the Modified Junior Cycle Intermediates . Larry Turner and John Rod rigu es pushed th eir Su zuk is to the limit in an a ll-ou t batt le for second . W hen Tu rner ra n into trouble , Rod rigu es was ri g ht the re to ste p in and fin ish behind Ar mend ariz. Armendariz ca me b ack to rep eat his performance in th e seco nd moto . Carl Tigni no d id some smoo t h, fas t rid ing to ho ld off Tu rn er . In th e fin a l la ps, Swearinger made it by Turner to fini sh th ird . Suzuki-mounted Ted Knipe and J ack Greenberg ended th e eve ning with a n exci ting duel for first in the 105cc Mini Open . After swa pping wins in th e Intermediate 'class (Knipe took m e overall ), they once aga in set their wh eels to the tra ck in th is las t event . Knipe took the holeshot in the fir st m o t o ; a nd sa iled int o a he a lthy lead. Greenberg's sta rt was hampered by a p atch of m ud and cou ldn't get close enough to m ak e a m ove on Knipe . . It was nip a nd tuck off th e line t he . second tim e , wit h Greenberg pulling his wh eel in front out of the hairpin . The pressure mounted as Knipe moved to h is side over the tower jumps , into the turns, never ' falling more than half a bike behind. W hen the flag ca me out , it was Greenberg in froni to take th e overall. Jaso n Wagner ran a ste a dy third , fo llowed by Britt Ed wa rds. Results PEE W EE STOCK :' 1. Man Blackl ock Uli); 2. Josh Melching (S uzl. . J R CYCLE MOD EX: Gary Szolagy;ISuz). JR CYCLE MOD INT : 1. Wal l Armendar; z IItD; 2. Carl Tignino nti); 3 . John Rodrigues lSuzl. .

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