Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

_-•• ;; Western hotline s ... _._ -.-_;_~_ -.-_;_~_ -. -_;_~_ -.-_;_._ -.-_._._ ._. _._ _._~_ . _ . _ . 'M I . ." ~ . _. _._. 31.. ..... ... _ . _ . _ . _ . _ ~ . - - t 00 t' O"l ~ ~ M . • G.I ..0 o .... u o Ben Meyer 1261 gets to the front of the pack in Speedway 117 TT action. settle for third behind Bauer and Burgess. John Silva rounded out the top three 250cc. The second moto again saw the Bauer explosion but this time Burgess and Silva were right behind him and Jones. with a bad start. was back in seventh with a hard road to go . As the top runners continued to do their thing Jones was picking his wa y through traffic , a rider per lap . .Even .at th a t pace it was good enough to put him in fourth by the third lap and it was here all upward motion ceased. Bauer, Burgess and Silva captured the 250cc overall and Jones took the Open over Lou Fernandez. Danny Burtt who has played the bridesmaid role on more than on e occasion is really starting to come into his own and is making a name for himself as a 125cc Pro to be reckoned with . Friday night the 125cc class belonged to Mr . Burtt and h is Redlands Suzuki . Burtt led both motos start to fini sh and Andy Northrop and Robert Cray followed him home in th e 2·3 spots both tim es. Craig Seeley looked to be a strong contender for th e 'win in th e 125cc Beginner d ivision I. He trailed Joe Mutt for one lap before taking over th e lead and going on for the win . Dwa in Dahl came ou t of fourth to p ick up t he second and Steve T esta ca me from sixth to'third. The second m oto saw Dave Halverson jump out into th e lead with Seeley in second and Dahl third . Seeley took over first on the second la p and lost it back to Halverson on the third as Seeley dropped to fourth . On the fourth la p Seeley again lost ground as he went to fifth but came figh ting back to fourth as the white flag ca me out. After such an effort the fickl e finger of fate stepped in and he was unable to finish. The win went to Dahl with Mutt second and Halverson third . The overall was the same. Res ult s MINI BEG: 1. Gary Clark IYaml : 2. Jef1 Schaffler ISuzl; 3. Deren Orlandos ISuz). MINI NOV : 1. Steve Andre ISul): 2. Terry Knight ISuzl : 3. CazabaCiraba (Kawl . MINI INTIEX: t , Eric Collins lYam); 2. Larry Brooks lYam); 3. Ty Maddux ISuz). rzsee BEG DIV I: t . Dwain Dehl IYam); 2. Joe Mutt lYam): 3. Da"" Halverson IYam l. 125cc BEG DIV II: 1. Bill POBlon ISull; 2. Frank Inman (Suzl; Kurt KnudsenlYam). 125cc NOV DIV I: 1. Bo b Fare ISuz); 2. Russ Anderson ISuzl: 3. David Hulbert ISUl). 125cc NOV DIV II: 1. Alan Coats IYam l: 2. Colin Packer ISull; 3. Donald Cavish ISuz). 125cc , INT : t . Greg Zitterkopf ISuzl: 2. Kirt h Williamson (Yam) ; 3. Rick Rodgers IKaw). 125cc PRO: 1. Danny 24 Burn ISuz); 2. Andy NorthrOP; 3. Robert Gray (SUl ). 250cc BEG DIV I: 1. Bill Wood IHus): 2. Tom Singleton C Hon); 3. Dean Saunders (Honl . 250cc BEG DIV II: t . Ed Cavenaugh IYaml; 2. Chris McNeil (Yaml; 3 . Wayne Wefntmont (Han l. 250cc NOV: 1. Rtck Anderson (Yam): 2. Brian To lson ISuzl ; 3. Derryt Bowtes ISuz). . , 250cc INT: 1. Dennis Wooldridge CHon); 2. Scan Haydis IHen); 3. Dean Wilkinson IHon). . 250cc PRO: 1. Steve Bauer IHonl ; 2. Lance Burgess (Yam); 3. John Silv8lHonl~ . OPEN BEG: 1. Dave Terrell (Yam); 2. Kevin Smith (Hus); 3. Ron Rogers (Suzl. OPEN NOV: 1. Tim Thom IHusl ; 2. Steve Baumgarten IYaml ; 3. J erry Ebling IKaw l. OPEN INT: t. Scott Paschal IYam l: 2. Leo Green IYam); 3. M ikey Rogoff IYam). OPEN PRO: t . Gary J ones IAmme, l: 2. Lou Fernandez (Yam). Meyer edges Rayborn at Speedway 177 IT. By Rod Eschenbur g Phot o by Photocr oss CHULA VISTA . CA, SEPT. 8 Speed way 117's 250cc TT point leader "Blazin Ben" Meyer won again , but he knew he had been in a race as Cal RaybomJr. took the first moto and pressed repeatedly in the second moto before bowing to the always charging Meyer. With the TT track in th e best condition of th e year , everybo dy was going for broke on every lap in every class . Steve Gall returned to ac tion last week and scored a close win over th e returning Woody Carlson . W oody Carlson , whose dad Sid a lso races in Speedway 117 TT races, was returning to action after a broken leg injury inc u rre d a t Barona Oaks ea rly in th e year and was a little ca u tiou s in th e first moto as he finally came up with a third place. but in th e second go 'ro und Woody was ready. and mov ed into the lead early over Clyde Pacheco . Gall finally moved to th e second spot over Pacheco in the late laps to salvage an overall win from Carlson. The Open class TT motos belonged to point leader Ward Ring, as neither second place finisher Al Glover or th ird place rider Johnny Apple were able to offer any real competition in either moto. Ditto for the big ' money race , as 250cc rider Ben Meyer tried and tried , but to no avail . as again Ring was wired for sound and went wire to wire . The two top races in the ATCs were the 91·112cc and the 113 ·132cc classes with both riders scoring repeat victories. Bob Gilliam took the 91 · 112cc class and sensational Todd Tiern ey completely wiped out the 113· 132cc class , both riders going two for two . Tierney then came back for a win in the ATC Money race, going wir e to wire over Mitch Myrick . In the very tight 90cc Stock clas s. point leader Steve, ' Wright squ eaked out a tie breaker win over the rapidly im p ro ving J im Baxter and th e 70cc Stock class produced a win by T erry A pair of 250cc ride rs hustle at Sadd leback Satu rday Motocross. Gilb ert over po int lead e r Larry Russell . Gilb ert's win moved him back to within four points of Russ ell with 'only two races remaining for th e 1978 season. Results IT MOTORCYCLES • MINICYCLES: 1. Curt is Cannon IYaml; 2. Ray Garcia !Yaml ; 3. Roger Thompson (Yam) . 12Sec IOVERA LL MOTD-ClASSI: 1. Steve Gall (Yam); 2. Woody Carlson IYam); 3. .Clyde Pacheco IYam). 250cc IOVERALL MDTD-ClASS): t . Ben Meyer lYam); 2. Cal Rayborn Jr IKaw) ; 3. Eddy Pendleton IYaml . OPEN (OVERALL MDTD-CLASS): 1. War d Ring IYaml : 2. AI Glover IYam); 3. Johnny AppleIHon). IT MONEY RACE: t . Wa rd Ring lYam ); 2. Ben Meyer (Yam); 3. J im M cMurren (Yam). ATC SCRAMBLES POWDER PUFF 1 90-' 21 eel: 1. Vicki Sh ipman : 2. S helley Beale; 3. Linda li ppinco n. POWDER PUFF: t . M arte Man e: 2. Vicki Coult er: 3. Cheryl Hancoc k. ~ 90cc STOCK : 1. St eve Wrig ht ; 2. J im Barber ; 3. Kim Olson . 70cc STOCK: 1. Terry Gilbert: 2. Larry Russell: 3. Larry Hageman. g, ·112ce: 1. Bob Gilliam; 2. Jim Babin; 3. Mitch M yrick. 113·13 2cc: 1. Tod d Tierney; 2. M ike Hardi ng; 3. Pat D·Dell. OPEN: 1. Dean SunDahl ; 2. Billv Kent. ATC MONE Y RACE: 1. Todd Tierne~ 2. Mi tch Myri ck; 3. M ike HardinQ. ODDESSEY STOCK: t . Gary Reiter; 2. Larry Kilmart in; 3. Charles Gick in g . ODDESSEY MODIFIED : 1. Gary Bryant; 2. George M clachlan: 3. Bill Sedgwick. . Hadley hustles at SSMMX By T erry Whytal ORANGE, CA . SEPT. 9 .Arden Hadley rode his Maico to consecutive second place . finishes to win the Open Pro class at this week's Saturday Saddleback Motocross. Hadley quickly grabbed the lead at the start of th e first moto with Maico rider Darrell Shultz close behind . On the second lap Shultz dropped ou t with me ch ani cal problems and Steve Ru ssell moved his Maico into second. Meanwhile Go at Breker and his Husky had gotten off to a b ad start and was cha rgi ng up th rough th e pa ck . On lap seven Br ek er overtook Ru ssell a nd mov ed in to second . Hadl ey had opened up a go od lead by thi s time and Br eker had to work very hard to catch up . With only three laps to go Brek er mov ed to th e lead and held on to take the win . H adley was second and Russell third . q Hadley again led the first lap charge of the second moto , but Shultz took :':> over the front spot on the next lap, ~ Breker moved int o third and th e three riders had a close race going until they started lapping slower riders and Shultz opened ' up a little breathing space. Shultz took the checkers ahead of Hadley and Breker. Overall finishing ord er was Hadley first , Breker second , and Russ ell th ird . • Maico-rnounted Mike Snyder won the first 250cc Pro moto with a good lead over secon d p lace rider Ro"nI Blanton on a Honda . T hi rd went to I Honda rider Steve Banning. , ., Kurt Sofk a rode his Can-Am to the seco nd mot o win followed by Snyder and Blanton . O verall pay off order was Sn yder first , Sofka second , and Blanton third. ) Edw in Arnet swep t the 125cc Pro class with back -t o -b a ck moto wins . . Foll owing A rner 's . Suzuk i to the ch eckers in both races- was Yamaha rider AI Whi ting. Don Mciver rode his Kawasaki to third . This week 's Senior class race saw a good battle between two Maico riders. Greg Smith rode to t he first moto win . with Alan Olson close behind. In the second moto Olson took th e win over Sm ith and with it th e overall victory. Husky rider Tom Bell was thrid. e Resu lts _ e 500 PRO: t . Ard en Hadley IMail; 2. Goat Brelier IHus); 3. Steve Rusaell (Mail. 250cc PAO: 1. Mik e Snyder IM ai); 2. Kurt Sofk a IC· A); 3. Ron Blanton (Hon). '25 cc PRO: t . Edw in Arn et ISul ); 2. AI Wh iting IYaml: 3. Don Mci ver IKawl. 500cc tNT: 1. Kory Andrew (Mail; 2. Fulton Tidwe ll (Yam); 3. Harold Johnson ISuzl. 250cc INT: 1. Alan Painter (Hon) ; 2. Mark Hallilunan IYaml ; 3. Gary Cain IKTMI. 1 125cc INT : 1. Mik e Burnett IKaw ); 2. David Winters (SUl); 3. Jef1 aualls ISuzl . 500cc JR: 1. Bob Hueth IYam); 2. Bert Eellr (Hus)' 3. B. Caffman {Yaml. . ' 250cc JR: 1. Dave Bergman (Mail; 2. Mike Cassev lY am); 3. Randy Mey ers lYem ). 125cc JR: 1. Alan Moon ISuzl; 2. Jose Hernandez ISuzl; 3. Greg Mcelroy ISull. 250cc BEG: 1. Jim Brodie (an; 2. David Holland (Yaml ; 3. Hersh Tompkins (Bn . BEG: 1. Ed Mer.:i (Suzl : 2. Robert Gilbert ISuz); 3. David Stu etzel {Yaml . 100cc BEG: 1. Peter Lepp ISull: 2. Doug Ito ISull; 3. Jim Wayne (Yam) . OLD TIMERS: 1. Warren Wright (M ail ; 2. AI Satterta IM ail; 3. Ralph Ziegler IHon). SR: 1. Alan Olson (Mai): 2. G'eg Smith (Mail; 3. Tom Bell (Husl. tzsce

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