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Cycle News 1978 08 23

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Overnightdelivery viabusavailable in most parts 01 Texas, Oklahoma. & Louisiana _.~, 300 Lavon . Hwy 78N .. Garland. T. us 75040 214-494·3374 f A sm all but enthusiasti c crowd was treated to a good, fast day of racing with the Junior Minis plunging right int o the sp irit of things. Brothers Rick and Mark Simmet won close races over Brad Jeffery and the rest of the quick little riders. . Chad Jeffery , Brian Ellingson and Rusty Yamamoto kept up the tempo with 1-2-5 finishes in the 80 cc class . Scott VanDitto (Ya m) and Mark Leonard (Yam ) got first and second place IOOcc finishes and a challenge from t rack new comer Ja ck Brownscomb (Suz), who took th ird for th e day. Dave Townsend (Yam) won both motos in the 125c c B cla ss, with Mark Pu gsl ey (Ya m) t ryin g to p ick h is pock et th rough most of both ra ces . Gerald Evans (Yam) m ade his 4 -4 finishes good enough for thi rd overall. Don L entz ( Ya m) , Barry Eva ns (Yam) and Chris Powers (Suz) led 'the 125c c A class, wh ile Leon McDonald (Yam) and Shane Blood (Suz) led the sma ll but qu ick 125cc Pr o cla ss. McDonald go t in fro nt of both motos qu ickly, leavin g t he d icing up t o Blood, Ken Peterson (Suz) and Art Key (Suz). Blood, after a qu ick get-off in the first mota, fir ed right .b ack to finish second. He banged elbows with Pe terson and Key on num erous occasions in the second mota , before establishing his second place posit ion about halfway through the ra ce. Dave Townsend won th e b attle of the Over-50 ga ng, bu t not befo re getting a strong challen ge fro m Dale Morris in both m ot os. Morris, an Idaho favorite a few years back , now is a co -owner of a Yamaha shop and showed he still knows how to make a bike go fast around a motocross track . Mark LaPierre (Ya m) , Kevin Cooley (Suz) and Bob Graham (Suz) led a small, fa st 250cc race with LaPierre go ing 2-1, Cooley 1-4 , and Graham 52. Cooley led from start to fini sh in the first moto and led th e first five laps of th e second mota until he dumped it ' . and h ad to set tle for fourth . The Open cla ss was a n exci te r with Mike Kane (Ya m ), Don Lentz (Ya m ), an dPat Gu nter (Ya m ) pro vid ing mo s,t of the fir eworks with an occas ion al shot being ta ken by Dale Gr een e (Bu l) and Mark Brown (Yam) . ' Kane recovered from a first lap fall in the first mota, which dropped him from second to eighth, to fin ish secondright behind Lentz , with Gunter coming on fast . The second moto was a Gunter, Kane duel with Kane diving under Gunter in a comer on the fourth lap to go in front and sta y there . Final order was Kane 2-1 , Lentz 1-5 and Gunter 5- 2. ResultS JR MINI: 1. Rick Simmet 3. Brad Jeff6fY (Ita). . llta); 2. Mark Simmetllta); MINI : 1. Chad Jeffery (Yam); 2. Brian Ellingson (Yaml ; 3. Rusty Yamamoto (Yam). l00cc: 1. Scott VanDino {Yaml: 2. Mark l eonard (Yam); 3. Jack Brownscomb (Suz). 125 B CLASS: 1. Dave Townsend (Yam); 2. Mark Pugsley (Yaml ; 3 . Gerald Evans (Yarn). . 125 ACLASS: 1. Don Lentz IVam); 2. Barry Evans (Yam); 3. chr is Pow ers (Suzl. 125 PRO: 1. Leon McDonald IVam); 2. Shane Blood . ISuzl. OVER 30 CLASS: L 'Deve Townsend IVam}; 2. Dale Morris (Yam); 3. Hob Black {Yaml. OVER 35 CLASS: 1. Lowell Thompson (Vam); 2. 250 CLASS: 1. Mark LaPi",re IVaml: 2. KevinCooley ISuzl; 3. Bob Graham ISuzl. OPEN CLASS: 1. M Kane IV 2. D L ike aml; on entz Dale Winer (Yam). (Yam); 3. Pat Gunt er (Yaml. and Craig Timm (Yam) , both of whom were very nervously riding their very first Intermediate race. Jim Anderson (Sui) continues to be the one to beat in the 125cc Pro class . Allen Pitts (Suz) tri ed hard , ge tt ing th e holeshot in both motes . The chase was grea t in both races. It took three: fourths of th e firs t mota before Jim took the lea d . Round two found Jim charging from back in' the pack. At the halfway point he dove by Allen to take the lead in th e sweeper before the finish , 'then as he approached the finish he was aimed every way but forward . He managed to square it around and save it to barely stay in front , Then Allen crashed his way to last , allowing Marty Huddleston (Suz) to take second. Barney Newman (Mon) led both 250cc Pro races wire to wire. Jim Anderson chased him the first time and Kevin Jansen the second , both on Hondas. ' Results PEE weE: 1. Jamie Munson; 2. Shane Cameron ISuzl; 3. Shane M cFaIiIHon). _ MINI JR : 1. Darrin Currier (Yam); 2. Duane Foster (Yam); 3. Darren Monen (Suz). MINI INT: 1. Dennis Fennell (Yam); 2. Kenny Miller IVaml; 3. Art MoffettISuz). MINI EX: Robby Watllo !Yaml. 100 JR : 1. Gary Harkleroad (Yam); !Yam); 3. Kelly Jones ISuz!. · 2. J oe Davis _ 100 INT 1. Kevin White (Yam); 2. Robb y Watilo : IVam); 3. Jeff Bechtold (Vaml. 125 JRA 1. Bob Blake ISuzl; 2. Pat Jordan ISuz); 3. : Jeff Hansmann (Yam). 125 JRB: 1. B obSilvis ISuz); 2. Greg Ahon ISuz); 3. Stev e Scon (Suz). 1251NT: 1. Randy Crisman (SUl); 2. Mike Blackwell (Yam); 3. Craig Tlrnrn (Yaml . 125 PRO: 1. J im A nd erson (Su z); 2. Marty Huddleston (Sull; 3. Dave Did ier (Yam). 250 J A: 1. Craig W ark (Han ); 2 . Curns Kerbaugh I (Yam): 3. Scon Foster (Yam). 250 INT A 1. B H : ob oltgren IHus); 2. J",ry E bert (Hon); 3. Mike Kates (Sul l. 250 INT B: 1. Ron Long IKTM); 2. Scott Smith ISuz); 3. Dick Rolli (KTMI. 250 PRO: 1. Barney Newman (Mon) ; 2. Kevin Jan sen (Hon); 3. Jim And erson (Hon). OPEN JR: 1. Bill N aylor (V 2. Doug Smith IMai); aml; 3. St eve Zipf (Ma j). OPEN INT: 1. Fred K (Vam); 2. R Long IKTM); een on 3. Lance Orem (Mail . OVER THE HILL: 1. Ron Long IK ); 2. D Rolli TM ick (KTM(; 3. M ike Hem elstrand (Yam ). ac id timers ; 1. Jack Wills (M ai); 2. Bill Naylor (Yam); Double jump jars Port land Intermediates 3. Lyle Emerson (S uz). By Jan Newman Spence,'Scroggins st ab Pioneer 8 STwins PO RTLAN D, OR , J UL Y 20 By Ann Carr In a n effort to keep Delta Park from becoming boring to regular rid ers , they have been changing the track nearly every week . One recent cha nge is a double ju m p in th e back . This double jump has produced some spec ta to r pleasing , high-flying leaps ove r both by t he Pr os. The Juniors, as a rule , tak e it one ju m p at a time , but th e Intermed iat e riders ha ve been la ndi ng jus t a bo ut everywhe re . Some make it all th e wa y, some mak e it part of the way and some go too far , land too hard and end up ge tti ng flip ped off. cl t's not a n Intermed iate's ju m p . . Ted Bechtold (Ya m), riding in th e 125cc Intermediate, was on e of the la tt er. He took a spectacular crash in the first moto , was taken to a loca l tower of white-coated expert s who determined he was still in one piec e and returned to the track ' as a specta to r : A number of riders passed under the yellow ca u tion fla g after Ted's crash. Tom Wilson and Jody Becker were the on ly ones whose numbers were not ed a nd eac h lost. a lap . It was a costly loss for J od y, pu tt ing h im down to 17th for the first mota to go wit h a seco nd in th e fin al ro und . Randy Crisman (Suz) too k both wins . The next two p lac es were taken by Mike Blackwell (Ya m) I> OAKD A LE, CA ,JULY 22 111 One hundred twenty-three racers and fri ends skipped the~ Sacramento Mile to race J erry Griffith's Pioneer Short TraCK Sat urday night a nd wer e gree ted wit h I a bum py, bu t raceable cou rse . Most classes filled out nic ely with a go od' cont ingent of riders in ea ch . I'm Cra ig Scroggins on a Zak aria n 's Bulta co powered his way to th e front of the 250cc Expert main a nd pulled away lea ving t he. rest of the pa ck Id fig ht over the ot her two spo ts. J im bo Fil ice , still hampered by pulled kn ee ca rt ilage , edged into th e second spot on h is Cancilla Yamaha about m idway and left the third payoff to Dave Ryan , ' who just barely be at out Ben Zakarian . Blake Plate number two Dennis" Spence continued his quest for a regaining of the number one plate by ' continuing to d ominate th e 500cc Expert ranks. " O ld timer" BilO Calicura jumped to the front in both heat a nd ma in , but co uld not hold off th e cha llenge o( th e younge r Sp en ce . Bill held ont o the second with a gra d ua lly im pro ving Kirk King filling in th e third posit ion . Sportsm a n Nov ice Joe Knigh t tu rn ed 14 last Monday and is a lready halfway to Jun ior sta tus a fter th is

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