Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

; _._._._._.-._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._..._._._.-._._._._._._._._._._._.. ~ ~ Western hotline II E IAbove) Tom Berry lJOE) and Eddie lawson battled f or the Junior/Expert win at Ascot. Berry took it.IBelow) Berry did end up on his walle t in the heat a resta rt got him into the main. CMC 500cc Pro winner David Gerig (1 1) is pu rsued by Randy Rodriguez 190) and Dale McKinney (92) at Carlsbad. Berry, Haney top Ascot AMA Pro hall mile, By Maureen Lee Photos by Dan Mahonyl W izard Racing Photography GARDENA . CA , J UNE 30 Some of the local flat track talent obviously decided they couldn't handle back to back half miles, choosing to wait for Saturday 22 night at San Jose rather than Frid ay at Ascot . Eddie Lawson on his Shell Ra cin g Specialties Yamaha turned th e fastest time at 22 .65 seconds on a nice damp track with Sal Hoffman th e fastest Junior at 22.97 . Juniors and Experts ran together and Eddie Lawson won th e first and fastest heat with Mike Minnig second . Dorothy Rowe was behind Steve Carrilo and Mike Kunsman but made the move past both of them coming out of tu rn two . With two Corona Raceway big bi ke wins under her belt, Rowe looks better each time out. but Friday she couldn't hang onto th e front end when it snapped on her exiting turn four and , although she went down very hard , a trip to the hospital wasn't necessary. Art Fredenburgh had the lead in the second heat until he caught a toe and Mike Inderbitzen took full advantage of Art's attempts to stay on board by slipping by. Third heat went to Tom Berry , who fell off first time out through th e south tum, getting a bon us of a red flag as he bou nced to his feet . He went for the lead again and took it with Richie Volk second and Sal Ho ffm an th ird . H offm a n wanted that transfer spot badly a nd never let u p the pressure on Volk until he got it right on th e last lap. Wayne Rainey, on the other Shell Racing Specialties Yamaha, served notice he was in his usual fine form by taking the outside line into the lead by the time he exited turn two . Eddie San Roman 'was second 'u n til Brad Holt arrived and too k over . In the sem i it was hot and heavy . John Sperry went. from first to th ird in the scramble through tu rn two : Steve Monger's bik e straigh tened up on him very abruptly but he stayed aboard while Sperry came ro a rin g back up full th rottle and th ey swa pp ed th e lead for a bit with Monger finally ta king it . . Fredenburgh shot for th e front in the Trophy Dash but Ra iney and Eddie Lawson blew right by him with Lawson settling in for th e win . Fredenburgh pulled off with Sal Hoffman end ing third. For Jeff Haney it was business as usual, he was in the lead of the Novice main by the end of lap one. Steve Polson had the second spot briefly but Jeff Allison took it away and there in third was Mon tana n Todd Giesick , His van license pla tes say "Hotshoe" and that he is as he kept the likes of Steve Polson, Ron Arlt and Jay Lewis behind him , when they all know Ascot like the backs of their ha nds. Giesick was a ll sm iles after the race. When told ou t of state Novices aren't supposed to be that fast at Ascot (that's th l; legen~ .a.nmay) he gr!nn~d "I've never ridden anything like this before. Never. But I had to get down here to get some points, it's dead up my way," and stuffing his bike in the van he was all ready to follow the rest of the gang to O regon . The Ascot mystique hadn't bothered him one bit. , The Junior/Expert main was a real go for a while between T om Berry and Eddie Lawson , even to the point of a bit of handlebar banging. Berry took the lea d, then a lap or so later, La wson sho t by into tum on e. W ayne Ra iney was right with the m making a three way go for it, on one la p he went throug h tu rn one very quickly indeed but he brough t himself and the bike back down into the groove togethe r and gave Berry plenty to thi nk a bo u t. At this po int Steve Monger had Ra iney in his sights and was getting ready to pass should the opportunity arise . Sud de nly Rainey went way high and then dropped out. "I suddenly couldn't see a th ing," he said later. A clod had shattered his face shield in half. "And th e bike was running just gr eat, too ." His teammate Lawson was still steaming awa y up front but Berry got on it , waited for th e ope ning a nd took it a nd although Eddie breathed heavily down his neck for a few laps T om d idn't make any mistakes and p ulled away a bit from th e talented young rooki e. Coming on hard was John Sperry , picking th em off on e by on e until he got up to fifth but his charge couldn't get him past Mike Minnig who had fourth spot firmly in hand. Up front Berry continued on to the checkered flag , with he and Lawson being quite a way out front of the rest of th e riders. Next Ascot half mile will be J uly 14, th e Gardena Gold Cu p followed on the 15th by the Nationa l TT. Results TROPHY DASH: I , Eddie Lawson (Yam); 2. Wayne Rainey (Yam); 3, Sal Hoffman (tHll; 5, Art Fredenburgh {Yam). TIme:1:11.00. NOVICE MAIN: 1. Jell Haney {Yaml; 2. Jell Allison {Yaml; 3. Todd Gieeick {Yaml; 4 , SIeve Polson (Yam); 5. Ron AlIt {Yam!, JR:EX MAtN: 1. Tom Berry IH-O 2. Eddie Lawson ); {Yaml; J . SIeve Monger {Y aml; 4 , Mike Minrjg (Yamk 5. John Sperry ItHl); 6. Art Fredenbrugh (Yam); 7. Mike Inderbitzen {Yaml; 8 , Brad Holt (Yaml; 9. Sol Hoffman IH-O); 10. Wayne Rainey(Yaml. TIme:5:46,80, Gerig, Tolar, Hess top CMC Carlsbad MX By P~tti Firth Trotter CARLSBAD , CA ,JUNE 25 , Da y after Su perbowl exhaustion seemed to be the reason for the Continental Moto-sports Club crowd bein g down a lit tle , but for those who attended there was action aplenty. The Open Pro ri ders got the first shot a t the excellently prepped track. David Gerig and his Tibb lin Racing/ Ocea n Pacific/Escondido Suzukisponsored ma chine went for the holeshot, Va l Tamierti (Track-N· Travel Mai ) put himself into the second slot . Randy Rodriguez (Mai) had third place with Dale Lewis (Ya m) , Steve Fry (Yam) and Up -Tire Husqvarna rider Brian Craze battling for th e next pla ces. Tami had th e lead by the second lap but it was very sho rt lived as he du mped his bike in the monorail, giving Gerig the cha nce to move to the front of the pack again. On the seventh lap T arnietti smacked into a fence which rendered a rather large hole in his forearm . Rod rigu ez ripped his Maico to second with Je well tak ing his mo unt to third . Steve Fry followed Je well ac ross t he finish line for fourth . Gerig ho leshot the second moto with Da le McKin ney (Yam) righ t on his fender . Bill J ewell (Moto ':Meister Mai) got a m uch better start this time and was third with Lewis and H a rpe r next. Jewell took second away from McKinney on the second la p. Val Tamietti, from a dead last start, was moving q uickly through traffic and by the. fif~ h , lap had managed to ta ke I

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