Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Bad Brad Lackey took the second DDGP Coors Cup moto ahead of Shultz. 17th. One of the best comebacks was made by Danny "Magoo" ' Chandler , dead last off the stan, and 19th at the flag, After the results were posted, the second moto lined up according to how they finished the first round. Now that he . was on the front row, the second best 500cc morocrosser in the w orld , Brad Lackey, holeshot the stan ca.nd headed up the long hill into the ~fbacksection. Jeff Jennings was right on hiS tail and actually went by Brad for the lead as they headed into the back, but Lackey repassed for the lead that he never gave up the rest of the race. "Sideways" Semics ran a rather distant third at the end of the lap, while Moates, Shultz, Mosier, Tony D, Bauer and Magoo followed. Myers rounded out the top 10, with Zahn , Gary Denton, Eierstedt, Weinen and Reid closed up to dice for a spot with a higher paycheck. Marty Tripes 'expe rienced another horrible stan and when the rear end of the pack headed out from the back section, Tripes was nowhere to be found . And he never did come around! It took Shultz until the third lap before he could get around Moates as they headed for the "d ry" mudhole, with no water this year because the Pros asked for it that way. Magoo pulled up behind DiStefano as Mosier dropped to seventh. Bauer was another rider slowly fading , but, like many, was not falling back from fatigue. The dust was getting unreal and riders had to slow considerably to avoid hitting something they couldn't see. Marty Moates summed it up pretty well from his viewpoint in fourth , saying, "I cou ldn't believe it. I was in fourth place and I couldn't see a foot in front of mel" , At the halfway point, it was Lackey, Jennings, Shultz, DiStefano, Chandler ,and Moates , with Myers, Mosier and Bauer fighting the dust to keep up. Gary Denton was moving up on Bauer, along with Greg Robertson, Eierstedt, Weinert and Zahrt. But as Lackey and Jennings exited the back section of the fifth lap: Jeffs rear end was wobbling, the sign of a flat tire. It wasn't long before Shultz, DiStefano and Magoo moved past, and the front four set up a fierce battle as they headed into the last feW laps of the race. Lackey had command of first , Shultz ran a distant second, but Magoo slipped past Tony D and moved up on Shultz to pressure heavily the last two laps. Magoo took several shots at Shultz, .but Shultz still would not budge, and as the trio headed into the last lap, things got really radical. Magoo was so persistent that Shultz had ' to go way over his head , and even admitted that he was off the bike SO much that Magoo must have been laughing too hard to pass. As Lackey headed up the trail out of the . back, traffic became a major factor, and when the double downhill jumps came up, Shultz was within striking distance, Bad Brad put the moves on through the traffic, but Darrell and Danny hung tight. As the checkered flag came into sight. no more than three bikelengths separated the top three. Lackey held in the mad dash, Shultz brought home second and the top overall score, ana. Magoo garnered third for the moto. Mosier held on for a distant fourth , Moates ran fifth , Myers sixth, Denton seventh, Eierstedt eighth, Robertson ninth and rounding out the top 10 was Warren Reid . Results MOTO ONE: 1. Datrell Shultz IMoil 2. Tony ; DiStefano ISuzl; 3. Stove Bouor IHanI;4. Rich Eierstodt Ie-AI; 5. Gary Soma IC·Al; 6. Bob Myers IMai); 7. Gayton Mosier (1Caw1; 8. Marty Tri_ IHonl; 9. Brad Lackey IHan); 10. J immy Weinert (Kaw); 11. Jeff Jennings ISuz); 12. Butch Dorling IHan); 13. Marty Moo.esIHon); 14. Edword J ones IHanI;15. Goot Broker lHus!; 16. Datrnis Brand (MoO; 17. 8rian Myersc;ough (SU1); 18. Warren Reid IHonl; 19.' Danny Chandler IMai) 20. Gary Denton ISuzl. ; . MOTO TWO: 1. Brad Lackey IHanI; 2. Darrell Shultz (MaO; 3. Danny Chandler IMaO; 4. Gayton Mosier 11Caw); 5. Marry Moates (Honl; 6. Bob Myers (MaO 7. Gary Donton lSuz); 8. Rich Eiorstodt (C·Al; 9. Grog Robertson IC·Al; 10. Warr.... Reid IHon); 11. Allen Berluti IMaO; 12. Dennis Brand (MOll; 13. J immy Weinert IICaw); 14. Brian Jodry IMOll; 15. Stove Bou... (Honl; 16. Mark Lawrenco !Yaml; 17. lenny Giger IKowI; 18. Brian Myarscough ISuzl; 19. Den Waller IMoi); 20. Butch Darting IHonl. - One of the Saturday shoes gets wild on the uphill. Over 1, 000 riders compete at 20th Dirt Diggers Grand Prix By Gary Laudig TRABUCO CANYON, CA, SEPT. 9-10 The steel gray skies hung over the start grid of the 20th annual Dirt Diggers Coors-sponsored Pioneer Town Gra n d Pr ix , sponsored by Yamaha and Bosch . The Diggers ran the 0100cc class first and. Kevin Hopkins quickly took the lead with last year's winner, Craig Eggennan , 20 yards back. It seemed the lead changed in every turn , then on lap two, Hopkins seized, dropping back to fifth . Meanwhile Charlie Hamill , Joe Lockhart and Kenny Dodd were purting v charge together . Don a Urbanek had the Amateur lead, hounded .co nst a n tl y by John La nghammer, Mark Davidson, Greg Hamilton and Gabby Gabbert, Classified class leader Tom Rollins had Troy King, Mike Pasletti and Kirk Williams just waiting for him to make a mistake. Past the halfway point, Ken Guyett moved by John Stoffel for the Novice lead, Fred Hatch, Rich Barr and John Rudder maneuvered through the ruts below the jump by the stan line and headed up the hill again. Dave Calas surged into the Classified Novice lead . thanks to hard riding and dropouts. Nick Larson pressed him the entire race. Bob Owens was bouncing in front of the Beginner effort, Kurt Hendricksen, Many Goggins, Brad Mulvihill and Eddie Shinault chased the leader through the sandy wash and the road beyond. With two laps to go, Classified Beginner , Tom Duddey and Dave Anderson diced to the drop-off by the home stretch; Sandy Barber and Tom Bice were in a class all their own . With one lap to go , Danny Bookhart had a good lead on Larry Berg and John Haller, Vince Thorson and Dennis Holt were going at it. 11

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