Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

• ENORTHERN DATELINE ~ E 00 l:' en ~ . W atsonville 250cc E~perts J er ome Heiberger (Hon l. Shawn Hybarger (43) and Mike W ickersham (3v) m ix it up. hi other sportsman action , former Min i Expert Joe Knight won h is third main event in a row, again thi s time on Uncle Tommy's 370 Suzuki. and is now halfwa y to Jun io r status. Antioch's Rick Alme ida won his th ird 360cc J u nior main of the season over current class high-po int lea d er Mike McClurg, Mike was also greeted by " the Man" at Pioneer Sa tu rda y night and raced with the Expe rts . Res ults MINIS 80 NOV: 1. Frank Freitas (Yam); 2. G8OI'ge Edwards ISuz). 80 JR: t , Stove Mrtchell (Ya ml; 2. Craig Burt (Yaml . 80 EX: 1 . Doug chandler (Yam); 2. Oanny M"",e (Ya m); 3. Chris Carr (Yaml. 100 NOVIJR: lJlrry Staggs (Yaml. 100 EX: t . Doug Chandler (Yaml; 2. Oanny M"",e (Yam) . MAXIS 100 NOV: 1. Mike Richardson (Ya m); 2. Mike SwllftZ (Yaml. 125 NOV: Dennis Gonsalves (Yam). 125JRJEX: Oavid Boytes IHon). 2SO NOV: r, Mike Cronk (PDVl; 2. David Welden IC· Al. 2SO JR : 1. David West (C·AI; 2. Fred Merk eIICoA); 3. Gabe Bunola (C-Al. 250 EX: 1. Kim Jorgensen IC·A); 2. Jim Filice (Yam); 3. Alex Jorgensen (C·A). . 360 J R: 1 . Rick AlmeidalYaml; 2. Mike McClurg (Honl. 360 EX: 1. Johnny Pittman IBull; 2. Jim Rlice lYaml. 500 NOV: 1. Joe Knight IS ull ; 2 . Robert Siewright (Yaml . 500 JR : 1. James W right (Ya ml; 2. Darrell Thompson (Yam) . 500 EX: I . Dennis Speece (Yam); 2. Ken Robicheaux (Yam); 3 . Dan Castelhano (Yaml. MINI KING: 1. Doug Chandler IYam); 2. J erry Lanning ISull. MAXI KING: 1. Kim J orgensen IC-A); 2. Kirk King (Ya."l; 3. Craig Scroggins IBul1. D-36 MINI BLACK PlATE STANDINGS as of 7 /151 7B lnot inclushle): I . Doug Chandler (214); 2. Dan ny ; M""'e II I 2); 3. Chris Carr 091 4 . Joe K,,;ght C7B); 5. Jack Barton C55); 6. Aaron Hill ISO); 7 .. Den nis Hou ser 133); B. Shawn Blac k (32); 9. Vance S herfield 1 1); 10. 3 Kurt chand ler 1141. ' D-36 SPORTSMAN BLACK PlATE STANDINGS as of 7I15I7B lnot inclusivel : 1. Dennis S pen ce 11 801; 2. Da n Castalhano 11 131; 3. Alex Jorgensen (87); 4. J OHN Tavis. Kim Jorgensen (85); 6 . J im R lice 17BI; 7. Keith Day 1 I; B. Ken Gray lSBl; 9 . Rick Delacy 1521; 10 . 61 • Lowell Moural 145l. Heiberger grabs Ridge Runners' glory By Gerry Reagan WATSONVILLE , CA,JULY 30 Jerome Hieberger outrode a large field of 250cc Ex perts to win both motes and capture the overall at Sunday's R idge Runners' .,. 50 motocross in Watsonville. There were close to 50 riders signed up for the 250cc class and in order that the winners would get the highest payoff possible. the club decided to hold two qu alifying motos a nd a semi to narrow t he field to 30. He iberger was in th e first round and got off the line in good sha pe, ru nning fourth at the end of lap one of th e four-lap heat, Larry Wosick (Yam) ha d gotten 'the ho leshot and held th e lead for th e entire rac e with Heiberger moving up to third on the last lap to challenge Mike Ma rq uez (Yam) for the second pl ace spot . Marquez held on for second and Heiberger was third. The second qualifier saw Pa t W ilson (Ho n ) take the win . easily leading th e enti re ra ce, with Pa ul T urner (Hon) running second a nd Billy Grossi (Kaw) mo ving from 10th to th ird . Mike Wikersham (Mai) led th e entire sem i race with Shawn Hybarger (Mai) finishing a secure second. The top six riders from the sem i advanced to the final 250cc Expert moros , along with the first 12 from each heat race . Heiberger blasted off th e line to take the lead in the first rnoto with Shawn McConn (Ya m ) close behind. Larry Wosick was running fourth at the end of lap one, but found the right line and moved into second on lap ' two , In the meantime, Heiberger was stretching out his lead , running on to victory without so much as a challenge from the other racers . In the second moto it was Pat Wilson . runaway winner of the second qualifier, who blasted int o the lead with Heiberger ru n nin g back in fou rth . In a couple laps Heiberger had moved up to second a nd began to challe nge Wilson for the lead . W ilson DNF the first mo to a nd Heib erger knew he could rem a in where he was an d ta ke the overa ll, bu t a ra ce is a race and Heiberger wan ted to win . It was close as the two riders passed th e white flag and it was even clo;;.,r as they d isappea r ed into the back sectio n. Then , as they blasted down th e last straight before th e final turn and the checkered flag, Heiberger sa w his cha nce and .slipped by W ilson to tak e th e moto and th e overall for the da y. . In Novice action it almost looked for awhile ' like the spec t a tors at Watsonville were go in g to see som ething that hasn't been see n for a long time. As the Open No vice class jetted off the line for their first moto there was a somewhat strange sound in the air. Yes ind eed, up there in the front of the pack, actually leading the race, was a Honda four-stroke . Not onl y was a four -stroke leading , it was pulling away . The bike was ridden by Mike Martin, who put on a fine display of riding while keeping the buzz -bombs at bay. Martin continued to lead for the first half of the moto, but lost traction on the freshl y watered tum by the checkstands and fell down , losing one position before he could get going again . Martin charged back, getting by Donnie. Hawkins (Yam) who had inherited the lead and th en getting passed back by ' Hawkins in short ord er . As the ra ce wore on Manin began to show signs of fa tigu e, but managed to maintain his second pla ce spot until th e finish . In the second tie -breaker moro Martin got another good start, but had not gone far before he threw a chain and was out of cont ent ion . Hawkins took the lead and went unchallenged ' to ca p tu re the overall with J oh n Alcum (Yam) a nd Kevin Oneto (H us) putting in two consistent mot os to fin ish seco nd a nd third overall . . Longest lead of th e d ay went to Bob Dickens , who rode his Hond a to a runaway victory in th e 250cc Novice d ivision three eve nt , winning by a lmost a quarter -lap , and then hold ing off the . challenge of Timmie Hunter (Mai) in th e seco nd go ·arou nd to ta ke the overall. Results OLD TIMERS : 1. J oe Headl ey IHonl: 2. Max Goode {Yam ); 3. Fred Wilcox (Yam). . . VET: 1. Pete W osick {Yam ); 2. Jim Ricci tHus); 3. Mike Noguera (Mall. 100 NOV: 1. Ch r1ie Soares ISull; 2. Chris McC urdy (Yaml; 3. Don Step hens (Yarnl. 125 NOV I: 1. Richar d Goldberg IHus); 2. David Cascio ISUl); 3. Bren t W ilcox (Yaml. 125 NOV II: 1. Kelly Mane (SUl); 2. Mike Lambert lSuz); 3. Mike Mu l Cahy ISUlI. . 125 NOV III: 1. Joey MoCau mnen ISUl); 2. Bart Carrigan (Husl; 3. Mike Mytr- (Ya ml. 250 NOV I: 1. Bob Wosi ck lYaml; 2. Scott StarbBrd (YarnI; 3. Rob Sei m (Yam). . 250 NOV II: 1. Mark Duvall (S Ul); 2. Sid Frankoskly (Yarnl ; 3. Irv Achziger (Hon). 2SONOV III: 1. Bob Ddens lHan) ; 2. Tim mi e Hunter IMail; 3. PeteWosick (Ya ml. OPEN NOV I: 1. Don nie Hawk ins (Yarnl; 2. John Alcum (Yam); 3. KBYin Oooto IHusl. OPEN NOV II: 1. Ray Mesa IMai); 2. John TO;(Yam); 3. Eric Von Urff (Yam). 125 AM: 1. Rick Rinald i IHusl; 2. John Gardner (YZ); 3. Mike S pren ger lSuz). • 2SO AM I: 1. Brei Stephens IHon); 2. Kingman Peeters (Yam); 3. Dan Schmidt (Yarm. 2SO AM II: I • Tom Ross (Hon); 2. John SlIOflsson ' (Ma i); 3. Russ Fuente IHus). OPEN AM: 1. Jeff Burns (Mail; 2. Mike Lane (Yaml; 3. Dic k Sch umacher IHus l. 125 EX: 1. lJlrry W os ick ISUl); 2. Gene Manhive (Suzl ; 3. David M anhire (Suzl. 250 EX: 1. Jero me Hieberger lHon); 2. larry W osick (Yaml; 3. Ra ndy Losh (Mail. OPEN EX: 1. Bob Myers IMail; 2. Jerome Heiberger (Mail; 3. Neil S narr (Suz ). - Heiberger, Wosick whip J'Hont MX By Paul Castoro FREMONT, CA .JULY 28 , J erome Heiberger rode like a man possessed as he wheeled.his two big-bore bikes to dual class wins at the IRP /CMC /j'Hont Fremont Friday night stadium -cross. But the big story ca me when Larry W osick , mounted on his Trans-Am Motorsports Su zuki, bested the large field of 125cc Pros which included IWMA Champion Sue Fish . Wosick really put on a show as he powered his T ·A -M Suzuki to. a perfect 1·1 score. Kent Woods (Suz). John Ga rdner (Yam) and Shawn Cady (Suz) followed Wosick home . Foxy Fish had a dismal night as she turned in consistent 7·7 scores for a seventh place finish aboard her Crown Cycle Yam a ha . Pro 250cc action proved tha t Heiberger (H o n) is hot as Phil Oveland hounded Jerome to no avail in both motos on the revised course. Final 250cc Pro scores showed Heiberger (1- I) , Phillip Ovela nd (2-2) and H onda-mounted Jeff Jacobson (33).' After winning the first O pen mo to , Jerome Heiberger (Mai) dearly wanted . that second moto win. What Jerome wants is what Jerome gets as he put in a perfect score to claim both 250cc and Open wins . Curt Wilcox ' rode his Yamaha to a firm second place while Kent Wood placed third. Results 125 PRO: 1. lJlrry Wosick IT-A·MI; 2. Kent Woods ISull; 3 . John Gard ner (Yaml . 250 PRO: 1. Jerome Heibergef IHon); 2. Phillip 0veIand IC-A): 3. J ell Jacobson lHonl. 500 PRO: 1. Jerome Heibe rger lMai~ 2. Cun Wilcox lYa ml; 3. Kent Woods. Johnson smokes PioneerST By A nn Carr OAKDALE, CA ,JULY29 Competition at Pioneer stiffened Saturday night as 174 racers bumped , shoved and passed the ir wa y through a snappy program. Salinas J u nior racer Ga ry " Loose Bru ce" Johnson again 'exhibited why he will not long remain a Junior as he do m inated bot h th e 125cc a nd 250c c mains. Bruce came off th e line thi rd in the 125cc but blew by T ony Holdsclaw an d J eff Mason and won easily. T ony and Jeff fini shed in th a t ord er. j ohnson's special cush ion tra ck ability was more ob vious in the 250cc go as he literally bl itzed the class . Frank Ga rcia and Troy Winkler were second and third , Novice action saw Joe Knight take his fourth straight main win , this time aboard Mike West's Can -Am , in the 250cc. contest. Visiting Ricky Gardner, from Spokane, Washington. won his second 100cc Novice main, this time over Don Bruley, Several Experts fared well over the weekend and gained valuable pl ate points. Jorgy followed a third at Lodi with a going away win while Jimbo Filice again placed second in the 250cc . John Tavis ou tlasted Dwayne McCaslin and J ohnny Pittman in the 360cc m a in while Kirk King, m any times a bridesmaid this season. got his . first 500cc win in valley competition . In Mini action Dan ny Moore and Doug Chandler took turns in the 100cc and 80cc Expert mains. Moore took the 100cc while Doug worked his way through the pack for second and then held off Danny for the 80cc victory. Moore finishes out his Mini racing with an impressive second place in po ints for plate honors . Look for Danny in th e Sportsman Novice ranks next week . • Results MINIS 100 EX: I . Dann y M""'e (Yarn); 2. Doug Chandler lYaml; 3. J ack Barton (Yaml. 100 JR : I . Kev in Nlrnandes (Yam); 2. Hector Alcala lYam). 100 NOV: 1. Mark Haworth ISUlI; 2. ctvis Roehlk ISull. 80 EX: 1. Doug Chandler (Yam): 2. Danny Moore (Ya m); 3. Chris Carr IYaml. 80 J R: 1. Anen S ilhanek lYam); 2. Hector Alcala IYa ml. 80 NOV: 1. Blan a Map p lYam); 2. Scott Cosey IYam); 3. Fran k Freitas (yam). • MAXIS 100 NOV: 1. Rick y Gardner (Yam); 2. Don Bru ley IYam). • 125 NOV: 1. Terry lewis ISUl); 2. Mika Bird (Yam) . 125 JR : I . Bruce Johnson ISUlI; 2. Tony Holdsdaw (Yam); 3. Jell Mason lYam!. 2SO NOV: 1. Joe Knight ICoA); 2. Randy Rose (Yam); 3. Todd Jorgensen IHonl. 2SO JR : 1: Bruce Johnson (SUl); 2. Frank Garcia lKaw I: 3. Troy Winkler (Yam) . . 2SO EX: 1, Alex J or gensen IC·Al; 2. J im R licelYamt 3. Craig Scroggins (Bu ll. 360 NOV: 1. Tim Pierce IYaml: 2. Ron Coirns IBuli. 360 JR: 1. Dale Basgall IHon); 2. Scott Blakeman IBuli. 380 EX: 1. J ohn Tavis IHon!: 2. Dwayne McCaslin (Bull: 3. Johnny Pittman(Bun. 500 NOV: 1 . Robert S ievwright (Yam); 2. Ray Fabri (yarnl. 500 JR: 1. Rick Almeida lYam); 2 . ~ Wright (Yam). 500 EX: 1. Kirk King (Yam); 2. BiR CaIicura (Yam~ 3. Ken R~(Yaml.

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