Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

NORTHERN DATELINE • Barbier gets launched into Portland Pro ~ WIDE SELECTION OF MODELS ~ SERVICE AT THE RACES PORTLA ND . OR . J U N E 15 Don McGee ofRace Reps•• Inc. Dea n Ba rb ier b rought up a qu estion which was not cove red in the ru le books a t Portland T hu rsd ay n ight motocr oss. If a By Jan Newman R acing· Overglasses -Anti-fog ~ $30,000 MX CONTfNGENCY Largest offering of any goggle company ~ 10 YWS MANUFACTURING EXPERIENCE rider crosses th e finis h line without h is bike is he scored? In th e first 250cc Pr o race Dean began his fir st ra ce as a Pro in third spo t beh ind T im Michlitsch (Ya m) and Robby Cl ark (Ya m). T he three hel d th e sa m e posit io ns unt il th e final la p when Dean m oved into seco nd . With the checkered n ag within sp itti ng di sta nc e. Dean's Suzu ki sta rted doing the rumba . Abou t 20 feet sho rt of th e n ag . bo th wheels d ug in a nd he was la u nched a lmos t across th e finish lin e. He ca me back to ride the second m ot o , but was considerab ly off his first mota pace. Michlitsch won again. followed by J erry Pilla r (Ya m ). In the Open Pros. Pill ar rode by Ba rn ev Newman (Man) a nd Tim l\lichl itsch (Yam) like a rocket o n his brand new Yamaha . Two laps lat er he sat dead in his tracks as th e new bike reb ell ed at the pa ce a nd stuc k. T im a nd Ba rn ey fought it righ t to th e wir e when> Tim shut th e door right a t th e nag. ' Newm an led th e second mo ta a ll the way. Steve Pless (Ya m) held seco nd until Tim got by in the la te laps and then regai ned it when Tim went down. serving the motorcycle industry since 1968 ~ RACIMG PROGRAM BY RACING PEOPLE Don Emde and Everett Brashear _ geUt fh SufIe't Seett T T I etlllt adag Ii'm1 SUPER SEER CORP. P.O. BOX 700 • EVERGREEN . CO 80439 SEER INDUSTRIES. LTD. P.O . BOX sn • FENELO N FALLS. aNT. CAN . I w ould lik. 10 address t his mesSAge to the rid ers e nd dNI.,. of the following brend• . S UZUKI: The 2 n~ models of RM 250', au~ (he finest SUl\Jk,. ~ nlCtde and are probablv lhe best 2 strolle f8Ct!'fS In fhe world todav . H O NDA: YOl.I Honda people have comptalrwod lor year , abou l flOl havlOQ a ' Beei' . wetl , T eR 250"$ are grea t he and fhl-y are dlf t cheap - fnere are thousands 01 used ones around , It you cannot a"ord a new coe. CA N AM ; Thos IS the most powerful 2SO eng.~ gotng Thev are the result 01 years ate made naht ne _t dOor . of porrNef development and KAWASAKI. The KX 250 KawasaIl.i has the Iargesrtrans 01 the new g~attOn 0 1 bikes iJI'ld has a fer pori .._ Ir~ potf!'fliial I did not mprlIlOfl as a winr- . Yamaha, HarPi Oavtdson . Bultaco Of Qua becsuse w e already know they ate proven winner s. 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MIN I INT : 1. Sean Leichn er IYam l: 2. Kenn y M iller l Yam l; 3. Dana McKee (Suz). 100 JR: 1. Dave lorenzo (Suz); 2. Kenny Miller (VarnI; 3. Gary Harkleroad !Yam l. 125 J R A: 1. Dou glas Tice (Suzl ; 2. Jim Greear (Yaml ; 3. Dan Berke Iva ml. 125 JR B: 1. Marlin Hall ( S u zl ~ 2. Curt Martin (Suzl; 3. M ichael 'nee (Suzl. 125 INT: 1. Bruce Irwin fSuzl ; 2. Ron W ood ing (Yam ); 3. Kip Templ eton ISu zt. , 25 PRO: 1. J im And erson (Suz); 2. Chris Seines ISuz!. 250 JR A; 1. Man Vincen t (Hont ; 2. Curt is Kerbaugh (Yam); 3. Dave Barber IBul). • 250 JR B: 1. Bob Kaser (Yam); 2. Terry Handke tHus); 3. Jerry Hendershot (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Dean Hut ch eson (Hon); 2. Rand y Jungwirth (Yam); 3. Eric Schumacher ISuz). 250 PRO: 1. Tim M ichli tsch (Yam); 2. Jer ry Pillar . (Yam); 3. Robby Clark (Yam ). OPEN JR : 1. Jim Greear (Yam); 2. Noel Cunningham (CZI: 3. Rick Splaw inski lKaw). OPEN INT: 1. Cole Chancellor (Varni; 2. Keith Blackman (Yaml . OVER THE HILL: 1. Clark Moore (Varni; 2. Noel Cunn ingham ICZ); 3. Bruce Graham ISuz). OPEN PRO: 1. Barney Newman IM on l; 2. St eve Pless IYaml; 3. Tim Michlitsch (Yam). Hocking, McCasslin take Fremont ST wins By Ken Centoni FREMONT. CA . J U N E 17 Wi th a turnout of 75 riders Sa t u rd ay eve n ing at Fremon t Ra ce way. th e action su rprisin g ly tu rned ou t to be n othin g short of spectacu lar. A ne w event has been added to t he progra m . Rick . "T he Hawk ." Hocking . horn e -based in Fremont when he is not o n th e road , a nd known as King Fre mont . is in the m idd le of a mat ch race mad ness, Any Expert on a 250cc ma chin e ca n cha lle nge th e H awk in a four to six lap even t , depending on t he tra ck co ndi tio n. And . if the cha llenger is tough eno ug h to tak e th e Ha wk. he tak es home a bra nd new $ 100 b illl T his wee k's cha llengers . were W / P 14. Rick DeLa cey. who d rove in fro m Ascot la te Saturday 10 claim the bill . W /P 9, Micke y Kru sem an , of Pleasanton , who has co nsidered the H awk as his idol for yea rs. and Dante D'Ambruoso , who rod e in his firs t Expert race Saturday. The Hawk took out d ead last and a t th e end of lap number two was up where he sai d he'd be to tak e the Wheel standin g on the victory. st raigh taways. he proved to be The King . The 80cc N ovice/J u nior eve nt took off with Craig Burt winning hands down for the Juniors. T he Novice winner was Mik e McDo nn ell . The 125cc Nov ice cla ss fo und John Paiva holding th e n umber one spot righ t to th e fini sh . The 250ec Novice class kept wat ch in g the dust from the 250cc Bu l Tim Wallace , with Mike of Betten court in t he .number two spo t. Rick Kerrigan found h is wa y first 10 the chec ke re d in the 250cc J u nior class. with Larry Krusern an second. T hen ca me the 250cc Expe rts . a nd right fro m th e stan it was Ri ck Hocking . Mickey Krusern an ra n second untilrhe sixth la p . th en Rick DeLa cy too k t he number two spot wh ile Krusernan finished th ird . T he 360 / 500cc Novice main found Bill Knight out to th e nu mber one spot right 10 t he e nd with Mike Bett encourt seco nd . The 360 / 500cc Junior cla ss ca me o u t roaring with Mik e Ahm in first a nd Stuart McD an iel in sec ond. T he 360/500cc Experts sto rmed to the sta r ti ng line. a nd after three restarts began the m ain with Dwayne McCaslin jumping right ou t front . a nd Chris Pa ulson riding wheel to wheel right 10 the fin ish. Rick Del. acey took th e number th ree spot. The " King of t he Tra ck " race was run. and it tu rned out to be al most a carbon co py of the 360 /500cc Expert m ai n - McCasslin j umped out front . Chris Paulson aga in whe el to wheel wit h him . Following less than a bike beh ind . Rick Ho cking closed up th e ga p , tak ing the lead in the turns, bu t th e 360ccs had the ponies down th e chu te , so Hocking rea rni ne d th ird with Pa ulson seco nd a nd McCasslin firs t. The "Old Mann" smokes the mountain By Wayne Powell MAMMOTH LAKES , CA,JUNE 17-18 T ucked away in th e hi gh Sierras is the Mam moth Mountain motocross co u rse that is onl y used twice a yea r . T wo wee ks ago it was the Sportsman/Pro Program . Last week it was the O ld Timers Motocross Associa tion National Championship . spo nsored by th e Los A ngel es Chapter of the OT M X. The Geritol set got toget her for a two-da y, six m ot a . mara tho n . for O ld Timers a nd Over The Hill Gang members from all over the western Uni te d States. There was also a special two -more ra ce on Saturday for sons a nd daughters of club m embers. T wo hu ndred a nd sixtv-t hree entra nt s were treated to pe rfect wea t her condi tions a nd a supl"r track . The Sierra Cha pte r of th e OTMX led by Dick Mann . a rr ived in fo rce and eas ily won the learn trophy. The Master class was dom ina ted by "T he Ma nn ." Dick won five o ut of six motos a nd onl y a getoff in mor o number five kept him fro m making a clean swee p. Even a t th at he p icked it u p . m idw ay t hrough the race, and was in t hir d when th e chec ke re d nag fell . Tha t is not to im ply tha t he ran aw a y from the rest of th e riders in every m ota. At various ti mes he wa s pressed hard by J ohn Ma roney, J oe McK enz ie a nd Ma rvin O lson. However . the only on e that consiste ntly see me d to have a ch ance of ca tc hing th e old Pro was La rry Johnson. La rry had a lock on seco nd ove ra ll going into the last moto , but th in gs turned sour. While running a close second. he fou led a plug. DNF and dropped way back to seventh overall. The smoothest ride was turned in by 62 -yea r ·old Dave McCoy, who had two fourths . one fifth and three sixth place fin ishes for a well deserved sixth overall. T he O ld Timer Expert class was proof that in a six-m ota co ntest, consiste ncy is just as important as speed. Sierra 's Gene Higgenbotham looked very good in th e last Iou r motos, ta king t hree seconds and finis hing the day with a win. However . a 9-6 pl acing in th e first a nd second 'm oto set him back to thi rd overall . Washington's Ben Sessions appeared to have th e best chance of victory. but a fourth in eac h day's opening rno to and a th ird in the fina le outweighed his th ree wins and left hi m in second p la ce. by one po int . Los Angeles' Gary Co le won the first moto each day. never finished worse than third a nd edged out Ben for secon d in th e last moto 10 take home the gold. The OT Amateurs were divided into two divi sions. In Division One it was Do n j e nse n and Bill Haym a n battling to a 12-point tie. J ensen took firs t overa ll by virtue of a win in the ' a ll-important sixth mota. Chuck W ood y gets the "gu ts" awa rd, by ridi ng bot h days wit h a very pain ful foot inj ury and sti ll finis hi ng third overal l. In ·Division Two. it loo ked as if Bin Lyons was goi ng to run away wit h it. He had only seven poi nts afte r fo ur motos, but a 10th and fourth in the last two motos d ropped him to seco nd overall. T ha t was a ll that Sierra s "Euge ne" needed . He stormed to, the front in t he last two motos to take hom e th e big tr ophy" Washington's Pet er jauflass ro de sm oo th and consistent for thir d overall. The firs t fou r pl a ces in th e OT Novice class wer e a ll within three po ints of each ot her . Eac h of them had on e bad m ot a . wh ich kept the ot hers in contention . Lowell Smi th ha d three win s. a seco nd and a third . bu t a hard crash gave hi m a DNF in the th ird moto a nd a fou rt h overall. Dan Casson wou nd up third overa ll. while J essie Dea n a nd J oe Bra y tied in total points . Br ay took t he lOp spot by finishi ng ahead of Dea n in the last m ot a . Results OLD TIMERS MASTER: 1. Dick M ann (Yam ); 2. J oh n Mar oney ; 3. J oe M cKenzie {Mai). EX: 1. Gary Col e (Mail ; 2. Ben Sessions; 3. Gene Higginbotham. A M DIV 1: 1. Don Jensen (Ma i); 2. Bill Haymart (Yam); 3. Chu ck W oody IYaml . AM DIV 2: 1. " Eug ene" ; 2. Bill l yons (Mai); 3. Peter Jauflass. NOV : 1. J oe Bray (Ma il ; 2. J essie Dean; 3. Dan Casson (Yam). OLVER THE HILL GAN G MASTER: 1. Ron Gibson; 2. larry Shoemak er; 3. Alan Olson . EX: 1. J oe Brown ; 2. Redgl e Mu ll; 3. M ik e Rehorn. INT DIV 1: 1. J on Chandler; 2. Ron Hahas: 3. Memie Irwin. tNT DIV 2: 1. Bill Norm an; 2. Allen Brav. ,3 . Bob o Ingram NOV : 1. Bob lnce: 2. Gary Flcck scr; 3. Brian Cullen. FAMILY SU PPORT MINI: 1. Billy Hill; 2. Ma tt Nati on ; 3. Kirk Wi lliams. 1 25~ 1. Denn is Vetter; 2. Carey Crick ette ; 3. Dave M cCoy . 250 : 1. Deems Vett er; 2 . Lee Mar tIn; 3. RICk ~ong , OPEN: 1. W iny Mar oney; 2. Delano Becker; 3. K. Higg inbot ham .

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