Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

_ _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.•._._._._._._._._._.-._._._._._._._._._._.=Western hotline ; , _ ... . • ••• _ _ - _.... .... ~ E 00 l' 0') ,-...4 Riders cover a first·loop fireroad at th e URA Good Time enduro. Winner Don Grigsby leads the 0 ·37 Open Experts at Elsinore. (Continuedfro m page 27) him though , and seeing his chance , slipped past on the inside of turn one , and went on to win the class with three straight. In the last moto th ough , he ca me off the line sideways and managed to hit Ca rroll's rear wheel with his rear wheel; quite a feat. Ca rroll ended up second overall and Jay Ba les was third . Bales really had a good dice going first moto with Pete Hames , running side by side a lot of the time. Four hacks were on hand trying things out, and although they did play follow the leader, the Husqvarna hack of Mark Reinhart and Damon Duckett sure is fast. They blew off one of John Palfreyman's big rigs. Now hear this: Check the Calendar pages regularly . Word is out that some of our scrambles will be started earlier this summer so we can get out of the heat quicker . Don 't say you didn't know and miss out. One last .word : The , first q uarter point standings are out and we note tha t those fast Soboba M.C . guys a re first in club poi nt standings. O kay Sobob a , last year you took home the overall po int trophies but you never th rew a scrambles this year . . . we'd better see you on the calendar for 1979 . Results 30 . MINI MOTa: 1. Roger Thompson (Yam); 2. Curt is Cannon IVaml 3, Jimmy Snow ISuzl. : . 12!jcc .co lYl e MAIN J '. Steve .Karsten . lYaml .2. • ; : Darren Hulbert (Yam); 3. Mario Ayers IYaml. 250cc NOV MOTa: t . Chris Cannon (Yam); 2. Ben Meyer IVaml: 3. MikeRoach IHon}, 250cc EX MOTO 1. Joe Steffen (V : aml: 2. Charles Carroll (Vam 3, Jay Bales IV ): aml, SIDE HACKS MOTO: 1. Mark Reinhart/Damon Oucken tHus); 2. Robert Sanner/Robert Sanner. Sr. IHan): 3. Tom Lund/John PalfreymanITril. 500cc.()PEN NOV MOTO 1. Allen Sweet IHan): 2. : Bill Fulton IVam): 3. Greg Beloit (Yaml. 500cc.()PEN AM MOTO 1. Joel Windham (Yam 2. : l: Vince landry (Yaml; J . Jay Bales (Yam), . 500cc.()PEN EX MOTO 1. Don Grigsby (Y : am): 2. Mike Mantgomery (Y aml: 3. RexHaileyIV aml. Crawfords have good time at URA ' enduro BySueSenn Photo by Gary Steele RED MOUNTAIN , CA,JUNE 11 The dry hea t that covered the Red Moun tai n area was quite a contrast from the snow of last year's Uni ted Racing Association Good T im e enduro. This dryness , plus youngsters with fireworks , created a heck of a lot of exci tement when th e desert brush caught on fire Sa tu rday afternoon . As people scattered in all directions , 15-yea r -old Steven Young kept his coo l when he ran to move a 50 -gallon drum of ga soline out of the path of th e fir e . While Steve struggled desp erately to mo ve th e drum , fellow bikers were . ' stom ping : - • sliciveling - - and- - a orng I wha tever was need ed to dou se th e raging in ferno . When it was a ll over, a lon g b lac k shadow was a ll th at was left of what co uld ha ve been one big dis aster. O n Sund ay morning , th e early su n was a lready promisin g a lot of hot as riders lin ed up for the 7 a .m : key tim e . In spi te of th e heat a nd a rather rou gh 23 mil e first loop , 14·year-old "C" rider . Scott H opkins cla imed first over th e one- loopers wit h a perfect score of 0:30 . Scott's m other , Ka y, claimed second, losin g only five seconds a nd 10-year-old Steve Jensen was th ird with a 0 :38 . How good th e Good T im e was dep ended entirel y .on whose op inion on e was listening to at the moment. Bev Donat, a 175c c Crider, described th e first loo p as "the best" she ha s ever ridden in her two and a ha lf years of enduro riding. She was mostly impressed by the variety of terrain, which included sa ndwashes, rocks , whoop-de -docs and several challenging hi lls. She admitted that the smaller bikes proba bly had trouble in the sandwashes and also with signs that kept riders on their toes . If an arrow indicated turn, it meant now. How goon the:t7 . L rnile second loop was , again depended on the opinion of th e rider one happened to be talking to . "T'irn Holcombe , 18, was riding his second end uro and he had his share of ·problems. He rode his 250cc Yamaha into ch eck E with th e throttle stuck wide open. At th is point he was pretty much on tim e , but he stopped to mak e some repairs . As he kicked over the engi ne, he found th e throttle ha d stuck agai n a nd th e bik e jumped out , riderless, spinning on d own th e trail. Holcombe fin all y fou nd his problem a nd lat er a t home check, he was all smi les about just fini shing aft er he had found the course much rou gh er than anything he had expected . "C" rider Steve Pisarik, 16, on an IT250 , sai d " It would hav e been a great winter loop. Even with th e break at Charlie's, it was just too long for the heat ." H e said he had bo th wheels locked up on the two big downhills, and was still gaining speed. Especially into th e one that had the tie breaker check at the bottom . Another opinion came from Bob Kerns , a 25 -year-old Open A rider. "Su per, the whole thing was really great. Those downhills just topped it off . They were deep soft sand, so even if you went down , you cou ld n' t get hurt. " Kerns tries to rid e as many en du ros as possible and he also races stock cars at Orange Show Speedway. Regardless of whose opinion , one th ing is for sure. The overall winner of both loops was a 15-year-old " B" rider, Kid Crawford who had a time of O :~ I or a loss of o nly on e second. Second-p lac e time was 0 :34 , claimed by Dennis Weber (O pen "D") and third place, 0:42 , went to Kid 's dad , Jim Crawford (250cc " B") . Official results are pending , but it's pretty certain Kid and his dad also claimed th e brass for number one parent /child team . Cavness, Ward, Myerscough win atSSMMX By Terry Whytal O RANGE , CA , J UNE 3 Rid ing with a bad ly spra ined foot , O ra nge County Suzuki's Scott Cavness pulled off the last " " • moto win to take th e 500cc Pro overall win ahea d of Ma ico rid er Val Tarnietti . Cavness led the firs t moto as th ey ca me down th e starting hill closely follo wed by T arn ietri and Bob Marino (Ya m) . On th e second lap Marino took th e lead and motored awa y for th e win . Tamietti and Ca vness had a very close' duel go ing for second until Cavness twist ed his foot and slowed off th e pace , to fin ish a distant third. Tarnietti qu ickly grabbed th e lead in the second moto with heavy pressure from Cavness and Marino. The three riders stuck close together until th e . halfway point when Marino dropped out. Two la ps later Cavness bega n an incredible charge that carried hi m past Tamietti and to a big 'lead a t th e checkers. Cavness took home the firs t p lace money , Tamiett i was secon d and Marino th ird . Jeff W ard sh owed u p with a 250cc Suzuki today to see ho w he wou ld like th e bigg er bike. "It's sm oother and easier to ride than my 125 and you don't get as tired ," said Jeff after totally dominating both 250cc Pro mo tos. Ward made it look easy by pulli ng th e holeshot in both motos a nd then opening u p h uge leads. Ku rt Sofk a put his Ca n- Am into seco nd in both motos and rounding out the top three was Scott Lester on a Honda . Team Suzuki rider Bria n Myers cough jumped to a big lead at the start of t he first 125cc Pro moto . Be hind him came Tony Gomez on a Suzuki, Craig Dale on a Suzuki , and Ted Hoyt on a Suzuki. LoIS of Suzukis! Myerscough held th e lead from wire to wire with Gomez finishing second and Dal e third . Myerscough again took the lead at the start of the second race and Gomez settled in at second . Gary Tomli n moved his Suzuki into third and Hoyt once more filled th e fourth position.. After 22 laps , the finishing order remained the same and so the overall win was Myerscough's with the runnerup mon ey goi ng to Gomez a nd Hoy t ta king third wit h two fourth p lace finis hes . Results SOOcc PRO: t. Scon Cavness ISuz); 2. Val Tamietti IMail: 3. Bob Marino IVam). 500cc JR : 1. GaryWillISuzl: 2. Glenn Glass IVaml: 3. Maruice Marasad (Yaml. 250cc PRO: 1. J eff Ward ISuzl: 2. KurtSalka IC-AI: 3. Scott Lest. IHon). 250cc JR: 1. Bob Clark !Han) 2. M. Gieger IMail 3. : : Dan LopezIS02I. 12Scc PRO: 1. Brian Myerscough ISuz): 2. Tany Gomez IS02!: 3. Tad Hoyt ISuzl. 12Scc J R: 1. Brian Renshaw (Yam 2. Robert ): Rodgers IHusl: 3. MarkDarneiIIS02). 500cc INT: 1. Brett Catcatt (Yaml: 2. Randy Skinner (Yam l; J. Futton Tidwell (Yaml. 500cc BEG: 1. Mike Catalano (5 02): 2. Tim Ready ISuzI: 3. BillCoffman(Yaml. 250cc INT: 1. Rick Munyon !Han): 2. Dan Green (Han); 3. Alan Painter tHan). 250cc BEG: 1. Greg Wagner (V aml: 2. Bob Willcox IVam!: 3. Chuck Dutoll 1 5021 . 125cc INT: 1. Tim Hines (Yaml ; 2. David Winters IS02!: '3. Gregg lario1 5021 . 12Scc BEG: 1. Greg Mcelroy ISuz): 2. Steve Duarte (Yam); 3. Ron GrenteIlISuz). Wing flies in CoronaATC/ Odyssey debut By . Elaine Jones CORO N A, CA, J UN E 8 The little th ree a nd fou r wheel bugs th a t are taking the country by storm showed up at Coro na to do some serious racing instead of play , and serious they were . In the past few weeks rules and classifications hav e been established through the cooperation of vari ou s int erested •

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