Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

leathered Crai g Adams m oved into second as the m ob d isa p pea red over the hill. The ra ce pac e was fu rio us as the bik ers circled the pond , j um ped into t he tankslapper wash an d headed for t he jum p o nto th e roa d . Tom Brooks worked his way th rough the pack fro m a back row start and when the first four bikes crested the hill , Brooks was running fifth . O n the uphi ll he wheelied all the wa y to the top flas hi ng a' peace sign . By la p four Brad McLeod moved into third , A nd v . Bolander was next. In the wash', Randy Blevin s and M ike Sixberry d id so m e fa n cy m a nueve r in g in t h e whoo ps, Blevins stayed a hea d . Ri ch Mathers crest ed the hill behind Six be rry , m ade the do uble jum p then started in to the' m ot o sec tion with Dennis Vett er a nd Eric MacCracken right behind . Ma cCracken held first Amateur, Ed Kissell was seco nd , five bikes back , As the last lap started, most of the positions were lock ed in , H owell had no threat to his lead as he maintained for the overall win . The Pros dazzled the crowd for 30 m inutes then the ladies lined up to sho w their stuff. Lap one had Sue " Flyin" Fish in front with the Queen of the Desert in seco nd, Trudy Beck. Dede Cates got on th e throttle and got by Trudy while Carey Steiner poured the premix to he r scoot and moved ' into third as Trudy got off and had to work back into position , Roxie Klatt was running fourth at the halfway point , Trudy was ba ck in fifth being pressed by Dawn Paiemen t and Lynette Zuber . T he wh it e flag went up and Sheila Hopkins sta rted o ut on the last lap trying to ca tc h 'Lyn ett e , M ercedes Gonzol es and M el issa Thunderpussy wer e in pu rsuit. The checkered fell and Su e Fish , with a huge lead , clinched a trop hy . J im O 'Neal a nd Robert Bosch spo nsored ra ce six, sta rring the Old T imers , When this bunch took off it loo ked like the San Diego fr eeway at 5 :00 pm . When th e m ass of red go t sorted ' out , th e racing raced , J erry J o h nson , Ma rvin O lson , Bla ckie Lewis and Dick Man n su rvived the Masters C lass, Don Jensen , Basil Sanchez, Ken C layton and Chuck W oo d y rounded out the Experts. The A mateurs were Fra n cis C hristensen , Tom Brown , Tom Vetter a nd Roy Sanchez, Ray Arnold , Bill R yan and Da n H a rris wer e the Novice winners. W ebco and Bosch backed the Senior divisio n . Fin ish ing l Orh was Ja y G a r a co h e a , j ust ahea d was Al Stin e ba ug h and H oyt St a th a m at eig ht h . Sixth was Dick Camp, Rich W atson ch a rged in at fifth, jus t ahead were J oh n White , Quickdraw McG ra w and th e ba ttl e fo r th e lea d . N a te Sciaqua a nd Bill Saltzman changed pos it ion seve ral times , but Saltzman a lwa ys ch a rged ba ck , Seiaqua waited until th e last lap, got by and berzerked it for the win , Kawasaki and Bosch sponsored -rhe ninth event, the Pioneers. Dick Mann led from start to finish , well as soon as he passed AI Baker that is, Walt Axhelm couldn't get by Eddit Mulder and had to settle for fourth , M ike Goodwin made a comeback after his road race geroff, The very last race of the day was the Yamaha and Bosch-backed four stroke e xtravigan za . Baker and Mann ju m ped off their previous mounts and lined up for the fina le. Old man Mann had the lead , but a lad named J im O 'Neal ca me to race too , and what a d ice they had . Not just th e ordinary straight aw ay passing but the turns , Finally O 'Neal got the lead fo r good and held it. AI Baker took seco nd, Den n is Briggs third . Bill Wright o n a H onda took fourth , Dave Rogaczewsk i was next on a borrowed TT500 : The o ld No rt ons, Gol d Stars a nd Triumphs we re a pleasa nt sound and a spl en di d performance . W ell it's ha rd to describe the feeling of the clo sing. of a great Grand Pri x. You're kinda happy, but then kinda sa d because we ha ve to wait a whole . yea r for the ne xt one. The thank you list could fill a co m p lete issue of Cycle N ews, but a few a re necessary . T he Dirt Diggers an d lad ies who made t hi s st o ry possible , the Coors people who set u p a press booth a nd helped in every wa y. T he I nte rn a t io n al R a cing R a dio Crew , who performed su perbly and the ambulance service, Last year Supe r H unky , R ick Siem an g ot married , this yea r we h ad a sn eak anniversary celeb ration fo r Jim a nd Diane Connolly. Happy I7.th , EVENT 3. 125 JAlEX DISTRICT EX: 1. Dean Cales; 2. Rodney Brand ; 3 . Chuck Cummings; 4. Sue Fish; 5. Danny Westergaard. ClASSIFIED EX: George Fab8t . DISTRICT JR: 1. Clark Coleman; 2. Robert Pretz ing ; 3. Mark Sirota; 4. Mark MacFarlane; 5. John Reeves. OVERA Ll: 1. Dean Cates; 2. Rodney Brand ; 3. Chuck Cummings; 4. Sue Fish; 5. Clerk Coleman. 125 JAJE)(: 1. Shawn Ma hn; 2. J ohn Elafnes; 3. Todd Clark; 4. Bill BoY"'; 5. Raymond Hunol d . EVENT NO. 4. 125 NOV/BEG ' DISTRICT NOV: 1. Ra ndy Budme< ; 2. Trace Willis; 3. Torsten COfum; 4. Richard Prouty; 5. J ohnny Swa nson. DISTRICT BEG: 1. Bill Holmes; 2. Robert Muckelroy. CLASS IR ED NOV: 1. Keith Nicholson; 2. Riel< Rodg...; 3. JoeBray; 4. Alon Matloc k; 5. Greg Zin.. kopl. CLA SSIFIED BEG: t . Fred C","bs IV ; 2. Jeffleckich; 3. Dann y Shinault 4. Jeff Hage< . EVENT NO.5. SIDEHAC KS SIDEHA CK S; 1. W h itn ey/J on es , Hvywt; 2 . san_/Melillo. Hvywt; 3. We kelUJeckson, Hvywt; 4 . Langoshllangosh, Hvwt; 5. Butt erf ieldlMY8fS Hvywt. , EVENT NO. 6, 250 JAlEX DISTRICT EX; 1. Rodney Brand ; 2. J im O'Neal; 3. Paul Christensen; 4. M ike Six berry; 5. Danny sanchez. adist rict jr; 1. Dan Ashaatt; 2. Larry Johnson. CLASS IFIED J R: 1. Dan el And ..son; 2. SCOll Pann ing; 3. Keith EhkKs; 4 . Murry Lantz. 5. J ohn Sullivan . CLA SSI FIED EX: 1. Bob Kline; 2. Dave Ooogles ; 3 . Geor ge Fab8t ; 4. Jeff Harp8t; 5. Chip Howell. DISTRICT JR : 1. Robin Busse; 2. Eric MacCrack en; 3. Larry Thompson EVENT 8. 250 UNCl COMBO EX: 1. Steve Lutz; 2. Scon Smith ; 3. Pet er Maly; 4 . Result s EVENT NO.1 0-100 COMBO DISTRICT EX: 1. Kevin Hopkins; 2. J eff Orummen; 3. CharlieHamill; 4. Joe lockhart. CLASSIFIED EX: 1. Craig Egerman; 2. Darel Francis . DISTRICT JR: 1. Don ' U r ban ek; 2 . John Langhammer; 3. Ma rk Davidson; 4. Greg Hamilton; 5. Gabby Gabbert. UNClASSIFIED NOV : 1. Danny Bookhart; 2. Larry B..g; 3. John Heller; 4. Oon Gossatt. , UNClASSIFIED BEG: 1. Vincant Thorson; 2. Dennis Hol t; 3. Eric Blet cher ; 4. Mank Costello. . DISTRICT BEG : 1. Bob Owens: 2. Kurtie Hendricksen; 3. Mart y Goggins; 4. Brad Mu tvihill; 4. Edd ie Shinault. • CLASS IFIED BEG: 1. T om Dudd ey; 2. Dav e Anderson . UNClASSIFIED EX: sandy Barb8t . UNClASSIFIED JR : Tom Bica. CLASSIFIED JR : 1. Tom Rollins; 2. Troy King ; 3. k M ichael Pasleni; 4. Ki< Wimam s. DISTRICT NOV : 1. Kenn y Guyett; 2. John St off el; 3. Fred Hatch; 4. Rich Barr, 5. J ohn Rudd8t. ClASSIFIED NOV: 1. Dave Calais; 2. Nick Larson. EVENTlWO EX: Scott Coutts. J AS: 1: Ki< Harris; 2. Norm Nillson ; 3 . TIITl May; 4. k Don J ackson ; 5. Gary T oImie. NOV : 1. Pete Caspacy; 2. Pat Green; 3. M8tk Thatcher; 4. Geor ge l ocke ; 5. Oelbbie Ma tthews. BEG: 1. Roy StaflClfd ; 2. J ack lawI..; 3. DaY;d Schoenky; 4. TlITl Root ; 5. Bobby Rob inson. Robert Cline ; 5. Michael Arbogast. JR : 1. M ik e Griffitts; 2. Tom Bice; 3 . Raymond Daily; 4 . Che t Charmsn; 5. Dave Wentz. NOV; t . Pat Green; 2. Dave S tewart; 3. Re id Rond~l ; 4. Ron Olson; 5. Dennis Moon. BEG: 1. Erwin Rittner; 2. Roger Zela; 3. Mike Hixson; 4. Wayne Scott; 5. Mark lela. EVENT9.101 ·175D-37COMBO EX: 1. Charlie Hammill, Jr ; 2. Stave Wiseman; 3. Darren Kelsay; 4. Garry Con_; 5. Ron Hall . JRS : 1. John Foster ; 2. Paul Sm ith; 3. Greg Winter s; 4. M8tk MacFar lene; 5. Dick Steffan. NOV : 1. Joe Bray; 2. Trace W ill i. ; 3. William Sallenbach; 4, Mike Bird ; 5. M811Urbanek. BEG: 1. Bill Holmes ; 2. Mark Day; 3. Bruca Kochsmeier; 4. Bret Godfrey. EVENT 10, OPEN UNC l. NOV /BEG OVERALl: 1. Tom G..",di; 2. J..ry Beaman; 3. Tom W hite; 4. Michael Hair; 5. Raul Escamilla. EVENT 11, OPEN JAJE)( OPEN JAIEX: 1. Chip Howell ; 2. Craig Ada ms; 3. Brad Mcleod; 4 . Andy Bolander; 5. Randy Blevins. EVENT 13, WOMEN: 1. Sue Fish; 2. 0e0e Catee; 3. Car ey Stainer; 4. Roxie Klatt; 5 . T rudy Beck. EVENT 16 SENIORS : 1. Nata Sciacqua; 2. Bm saltz man ; 3. James McGraw; 4 . John White; 5. Rick Wa tson. EVENT 17: PIONEERS: 1. Dick Mann; 2 . AI Baker, 3. i Eddie Mulder; 4 . Wa lt A. helm ; 5. John Rice . event 1B: 4 STROKES : 1. J im O'Neal IHon); 2. AI Baker IHon) ; 3. Dennis Briggs IKaw); 4. Bill W righ t (Hon) ; 5. D...d Aogaczewski (Yam ). , • • . MOTO-X FOX would like to take this opportunity to er, our congratulations to BRAD LACKEY on his great 1978 RAND PRIX SEASON, BRAD laid further claim to being erica's best rider with a superlative"1978 season. The ghlights included: 1st Place 500cc Grand Prix of Austria; t Place 500cc Grand Prix of England; 2nd Place . cc GRAND PRIX WORLD 'S =-...: HAMPIONSHIP. Clearly Brad Lackey and Heikki Mik'la are on a different level of performance ail, other Grand Prix riders. American ctators saw the proof of this at Carlsbad the second moto when they battled the t twenty minutes and in so doing put minute on the rest of the field. It was season like that, no one could run ith Brad and Heikki when it IX counted. And Grand Prix where it really counts. • J MOTO-X FOX is proud to be associated with BRAD LACKEY. Proud, of course, because Brad wears MOTO-X 'FOX equipment (shoulder pads, jerseys, gloves and pants) and uses FOX AIRSHOX, But we would be proud of BRAD LACKEY even if this were not the case. However, we are proud of BRAD LACKEY because he has what it takes to go for it. Brad is dedicated to being Number One where it counts the most, in the World's Grand Prix Championship. Every American can be proud of Brad Lackey because he has carried the flag to Europe and shown what America stands for. You can show your support of Brad Lackey by purchasing a BRAD LACKEY post~r and/or a BRAD LACKEY T-shirt. r-----------------~ I Please send me: I 0 Brad Lackey T-Shirt-size S, M, L, XL ..$6,00 I 0 Brad Lackey Poster : $2,00 I Name " I Address I City State _ _ Zip _ _ !• !!!21~:!~9X I I I I I I ! ~-----------------~ ONS FROM MOTO-X FOX. 13

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