Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

·_._._._._._._._._.. This put him on th e insid e for th e next turn - a It'ft - a nd wh en rh ev rubbed elbows , Ru bly ba cked off fo~ a n insta nt letting Tamiett i in first. R odrigu ez h a d hi s hand s full holding o ff Messer th e whole mot o , Despite Messer's constant and hea vy pressuring , Rodrigu ez su cce ssfu lly held on to third . Tarnietti was never headed in th e second rnoto. He appeared to be ju st cru ising in front letting the others fight for whatever was left . Rubly ran second until he overshot a berm on lap six , consequently going over a sh ort hill . He had trouble getting back up the loos el y-pa cked incl ine in order to re -enter the course where he left and ended up in back of the pack , Messer glady took over the runnerup spot a nd held it for th e rest of the , " * SUZUK I , m~ ~ ~ ~ PRESENTS THE 4th ANNUAL liP * S UZUK I . KI S , moto , Bourne, who had been behind Messer, dropped out on lap six 10 make it Biele c , Jewell and Rodriguez di cing for third. Jewell got by Bielec on lap eight with Rodrigu ez doing likewise the next l ap . Rodrigu ez, no t co nte n t with fourth , hound ed Jewell unt il he went high in a co rner lett ing Rodrigu ez th rou gh . In th e first m oto of the 250cc P ros, Da vid Will iams got the holeshor . mu ch to his su r p rise . Hi s Maico 's motor blew last week so he borrowed a frie nd's sto ck barrel for today. It d id mo re tha n ex pected . ; Howeve r, J im Gibson was sitting in seco nd on his m issile thinly d isgui sed asa Yamaha . W illiams h eld th e lead unt il the fifth la p at which tim e Gibson took ove r for good. Williams had a goo d grasp on second, though , desp ite slowing a bit in the last half of th e mot o wh en hi s e ngi ne started pinging , St eve Bla ckm an (Ma i) a n d R on T urner ( Ya m) rode three / four practica lly th e entire moto. T im Lunde (Mai ) started last aft er his fro nt wheel climbed up someone else's back wheel , effec tivel y felling him . He got back up in last and carved his way through th e pack , getting by T im Tola r (Suz) th en W est Sutton (Ma i) on lap n ine 10 ea rn fifth. Tolar switched pl a ces wit h Su tt o n a la p later. T u rner j u mped 10 th e front at the sra rt of moto two. Gibso n was more tha n willing 10 rel ieve h im of the spot , th oug h, a nd di d so before th e end of the first lap . Nobod y tou ched h im fro m that po int o n . Donnie H ansen ( Yam) tried his best to sna tc h second from T u rne r b ut came u p em pty, set tl ing fo r third after an attem pted pass off t he d own hill failed wh en h is motor temporaril y dro wned in th e mud a nd water a t the bottom. W ill iams held fourth until he dro pped out on lap six; Tolar saw his cha nce to get by Tam icu i on the same lap and passed him on the downhill for fou rt h . Tamietti event u a lly faded to eight h. . Lunde ca me from back in the pack again and after following Tolar for three laps , did him in on the 11th go 'ro un d, Lunde did well in the 125cc Pros , too ; In moto one , he follow ed Tolar ~ foi two laps before taking the shrie king " Roo" past him and on to th e win , Ri ck J ohnson ( Ya m) bounced arou nd in third with Scott Anderson (Esc j' fou rrh . Tony Go mez brou ght his Cole Bro ther s RM fro m sevent h to fourth on lap four , pushing An derson to fifth where he finis hed . •. " ~p"""""''''/ --~UKI JbefJSf~' 5 EVENT MOTOCROSS SERIES ._._._._._._.~._._._._._._ ._.~_ ._._._._._._._._._._._. . _ . _ . , . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ OCt 1 teet 8 OCl1S;OC1220C129 ll~"nNI\ i SADDLEBACK IS\lntise~a\\e 1~&MA&AII {)r\"U "'"'! .A©h PARK ..._;,,~O i~C c\e . - - Q nA~~ .~ ...,-- .. ~~ ~ . A.lM£'.. ~~ ! ~ TRABUCO -s"fat~ i --EL CAJON,CA. ! ORANGE,CA. CYNP.., ADELANTO, CA. ! VALENCIA.CA. ._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.-._._._._._._._._._._._.ALL EVENTS: GATE OPENS 6:30AM PRACTICE 8:00AM RACING BEGINS 9:30AM ._._._._._._._._._._---------_._._-----_._-_._._-------------------_._-_._. aotftCi i.. . AWARDS& PRIZES SUPER SUZUKI SCHOlAR H'PLSOT~~~~OCROSS " HSOO "S U Z U K I SC 5 1979 SUZUKI RM'S ~~i: • , ~.:r-- 30% TROPHIES TO ALL CLASSES '~ ' * SAVEAFRBm'S III. FOR$2.25. SUZUKI . $2 .25. the average cost of a cab ride, could save your Friend's life. . Your friend has a drinking problem. But it's nothing compa red to his driving problem , Every time he drives drunk, he's risking his life and the innocent lives of others, Eve ry lime may be the last time. Spend a few dolIars. Send him home in a cab. That's all. If you can't do that. drive him yourself. Or let him sleep on your couch. WHEllPllOlWl.__ NIVU, In YOUR PIlC*E•. C-S, DEPAATMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NATION ALH)GHWA YTRAFFICSAFETVAO'lIlNlSl 'M1'1ClN 0 35.

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