Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

; .. _ . ~ _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ 1:' Western hotline ~ 500 PRo: 1. John Buddenbaum IBSA}; 2. Larry Shultz (Hon); 3. Gary Braeder lYaml. 2~ SUPERSTREET: 1. Stove Schrader (Honl; 2. Danny Coe lYarnl: 3. Jeff Karr IHanl. BOX STOCK OPEN 1. Whitney Blakeslee IK : aw); 2. Lee Flemming IDueI; 3. Den... DiMd IKawl. BOX STOCK 650: 1. Ralph Hudson (Kawl: 2. Roger Hag,;e IKaw): 3. 0iMd Cannon IKawI. BOXSTOCK 410: 1. Pat Eagen IHan); 2. Daniel Diaz (Vam); 3. Larry TheobalI (VarnI. 601 OPENSUPERSTREET: 1. Kerry Bryant IKaw): 2. Pat Eagan ISuzl; 3. Vance Br..... IMGI. t 00 t"O') ~ £1 Capitan wins SAM HsMX Championship By Tom Corley ORANGE, CA , JUNE II This year's Scholastic Association of Motosport high school motocross season got off to a rough start with a couple of the races being delayed because of the rain . Things started to roll in style once the weather improved and then the promoters moved the program over to join the Saddleback Promotions race on Sundays and on th e same track . This season had its rough points but things turned out just right. This was seen today in the final race of the series and the SAM High School Motocross Championships. W ith 16 differ ent cla sses firing off th roughou t the day it was th e largest race yet as well as th e best . They had two divisio ns of 125cc Jun ior classes and t he n t ransfer red the top five winners to a specia l final. So there were 10 of the best in this final. As it turned ou t EI Capitan High Sch ool too k t he top honors a nd n u m ber one m an Tracy McMill en smoked everyon e in his division and proved to be th e fin est 125ccJunior in SAM HSMX as he d id it aga in in th e final. Gene Anderson , also from EI Capitan walked awa y with the second place gold. McMillan also smoked the 500cc Juniors. Pat Eagan (162) an d Vance Breese (59) duele d for second pl ac e in the AFM Open Su perstreet cl ass. Eag an took it . . Mamo/a blitzes AFM 250cc GP; Sreese tops Open Production By Patrick Behar ONTARIO , CA ,JUNE 18 This event at Ontario Motor Speedway was the conclusion of a series of four races sponsored by spark plug manufacturer 26 Nippondenso, and 310 rid ers came to defend their chances in the mini series . According to ND service department spokesman Scott Yamada , "ND provided $2000 for the series ; $500 per race ($250 for the first place, then $150 for second and $100 for third) and we were very pleased with the results." Yamada told a reporter that it is likely that ND will sponsor more AFM races next year with a larger purse. "T he riders liked it , we gave sp a r k plugs but especially advice," commented Yamada. The sponsorship was for four classes : 410cc' Production, 250cc and Open GP , and Superstreet. The winners in t he different classes a re : 410cc Production: I . tie between Allan Gingerelli and Gennady Lu ibimsk y, 3. Dale Alexander ; 250cc GP: 1. Da ve Garoutte, 2. Gennady Luibimsky, 3. tie between AI Collins and Mike Baeder ; Open GP : I . R ichard . Seifried, 2. Syd DeSoto, 3. Wes Cooley ; Superstreet: 1. Kerry Bryant, 2. Chuck Panne, 3. Syd DeSoto. During the morning practice, we noticed a surprise entry: Rand y Mamola . He was not racing at the Loudon National and when asked why, Mamola's manager-sponsor Jim Doyle said, "T he bikes are not ready. We used to have Erv Kanemoto (Gary Nixon's tuner) as a mechanic, but he couldn't travel all the time with us, and Ra nd y is racing in Europe now in GP and International events. That 's why we hired George, bu t d id n't have enough time to prepare the machines for the Loudon race." Randy is ~ing [0 . race at the Mugello track in It aly on July 9 during an Int ern a tional event , before returning to the USA where he is' going to compete in the Sears Point National Road Race on July 15-16. For the 250cc GP race Mamola was the favorite , but it took him one lap' to capture the lead over Gennady Lu ibimsky and Darrel Lee . Mamola passed them in turn 12 and started stretch ing his command ing lead. Lee was a solid .second bu t Lu ib imsky dropped to fou rth . passed b y AI Colli ns. They rem ained in tha t order: Marnola , Lee , Colli ns an d Luibimsky for eight of th e 10 la ps. T hen beh ind Mamola and Lee , Lu ibimsky pa ssed AI Collins to ta ke third place. After his victo ry , Mam ola was asked about th e race. " I went off th e track during the first lap between turns eight and nine, and was passed by Lee and Luibirnsky. After I repassed them I d idn't have any problems," said Mamola. The 550cc l750cc/Open Production race was one of the most interesting of the day . Mike Velasco (She lb y Thompson GSIOOO Suz) lead Whitney Blakesl ee (Champion Kaw). Vance Breese (850 Moto-Guzzi Le Mans Euromart) and Lee Fleming (900 Ducati ). By lap five, Breese had passed Flemming and Blakeslee and was closing on Velasco. He finally outrode. th e Suzuki-mounted rider in turn 12 and then went to a splendid victory. After that race, AFM officials checked the bikes which participated, and found 12 illegal ones which were d isqual ified. Breese reta ined h is vic to ry, but Mike Velasco was disqualified and the second place went to Blakeslee and third to Flemming. Willi Scheffer (750 Suz) took the 750cc class and John Buddenbaum (500 BSA) the 500cc class . One of the usual participants of that class, Chuck Parme , fell off during morning practice and went to the hospital for the day. Resu lts MINI JR 2·STROKE: 1. Barney Frank, Saddleba ck • ISuzl: 2. David Spinauola. EI Toro (Yam); 3. Rob Klenier . Carmenit8. MINIINT: 1. Mike English. Gahr (Vam): 2. Bill Reimer Sad ISuzl. 100 JR: 1. Louie Solo . Sad lYam); 2. Jeff Tron Monte Vista (Yaml; 3. Pete Oickey. Newport Harbor IVaml. 100 INT 1. KenCoon. Mt. Miguel lYaml. : 100 EX 1. Ryan Eide. Gahr IOG 2. Patrick Kehoe. : I: N.H. IHonI. 125JR DIV 1: 1. Chuck Swanson, Torrey IVam); 2. Don Seav . Santana lSuz); 3. RaNd Agunde z.. Morse lYam). 125 JR ON 2: 1. Tracy McMillen. EI Capitan ISuzl; 2. Gene Anderaon. E.C. ISuzl; 3. Tom Brown. Cerr"os ISuz). 125 J R FINAl: 1. Tracy McMillen. E.C. (Suzl;2. Gene Anderoon. E.C. (Suzl; 3. Tom Brown. Cer (Suzl. 125 INT 1. Chris Harrold. Mar; 2. Keith Finch. E.C.; : 3. Rob Miller. Walnut lSuzl. 125 EX 1. Ladell Eide. Gahr (OG); 2. Dee Tryon. Cor : ISuzl. 125 SEN: 1. Doug Lon. San (Suzl; 2. Clint Hardick. MV(Suzl. 250 JR: 1. Ridlard Mannschreck.Clairernont (Vam); 2. Chu ck Hogan , M ission « Varni ; 3. Richard Hendrickson. San (Han). 250 INT 1. Chris Harrold. Mar lYarnI; 2. Pete Bender• : Foothi" lYam); 3. Dave Roberts. Foot (Harl. 250 EX 1. Milt Magrenn. Cor IKawI: 2. Mark Bennis. : " FooL . 500 JR: 1. Tracy McMillan. E.C.lSuzl. 500 INT: 1. Matt Carter. Mias lVarnl 2. James Ottele. ; Pacifoca lYam). Results Foster tops 50 GP: 1. MarioCaldato U~); 2. Andy Osborn U~). . 100 GP: 1. Darren Penrod IVam); 2. Mike McAvoy IKaw): 3. Rem Juluiasen IKaw). 125 PRO: 1. Kevin Keil (C·A); 2. Bill Silver IHonl: 3. Ridlard McClanahan lYaml. 200 PRO: 1. David Wehrman IC-Al; 2. John Chermack IVarnI; 3. John McClellanIC-Al. 250 GP: 1. Randy Mamola lYam); 2. Darrell lee IVarnl; 3. Gennady Luibimaky IVam). 410 PRO: 1. Thad Wolff lYaml; 2. Allan Gingerelli IVaml 3. Soott Clough (Varni. ; 125-200 GP: 1. Fred Wintr ... IHonl: 2. Bill Mullina IVarnl; 3. Stove SheltellHanI. 250 PRO: 1. Ed Toomey (Varni; 2. Jim Collins('(ami; 3. OamonEllia (Yam). 500 GP: 1. A) Collins IVam): 2. Bill B

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