Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

. . .._._._._._._._._._._._._._._- I Results Results ~ ~IN I JR: 1. Larry Daniel lVam): 2. Troy Denham ISUzl; 3. T. M arcell lKawl. . MINI INT: 1. M ike English IVaml; 2. Bruce Bunc h • IYam); 3. B. Kelper!s (Vaml. 100 JR: 1. Chip Vogel IVam l; 2 . Pete Dickey (Vam); 3. Scott O'Hara ISuzl. 100 INT:Allen Lucas (Vam). . • 125 JR DIV I: 1. Todd Simmons (Varni; 2. Norm Silrthou (Varni; 3. Scott Seeley ISuzl . (0: 125 JR DIV 2: 1. D. Ramirez ISuu; 2. G. Jenn ings IHen!; 3. Rik Nielsen (KTMI . (3: ~e,l~iT.;,1S~~~idOyjch IESC): 2. Tom Wilson ISuzl ; , , 125 PRO: 1. Tim Lunde ISuz): 2. John Layne (Suzl; 3. Glenn Page ISuz). . 250 JR DIV I: 1. J eff Onberg (M M ): 2. 081/8 Roberts , (H,D); 3. S. Uebenow IS02I. 250 JR DIV 2: 1. J. Bernavid ez (Vam); 2. J . J " cCaughey lVaml ; 3. Jeff Onen IHusl . 250 INT: 1. Frank Pilato (Hon): 2. Dan Green (Hon): 3. J im Rose (Hon ). 250 PRO: 1. Gary Jones IAMX); 2, Tim Lund e IM ai); 1 Tim Murphy (Hon) , .3. 500 JR: 1. Keith Holbr ook (M ail: 2. Joe Lemke ·IAM XI; 3. Ray Pisarski IS02). 500 INT: 1. Jim Burt IM ail: 2. Tom BoIliHus); 3. M. (Yaml. "'Dead heat at . ~ Corona MX By Elaine Jones "(I_-r . CORONA. CA. SEPT. 15 '!'A new section of course 'g reeted tHe riders Friday night at Corona lI'Raceway and the already ample II motocross track is now about 15 "seconds longer. . Steve Bauer had knee surgery that afternoon but called up to wish the riders luck and to find out how the racing was going. In his absence the 250cc Pro Class continued to De full of tight. exciting racing. John Silva (Hon) jumped into the lead the first " m o to with F.G. Performancesponsored Dave Coyle second ' and Redlands/Spectro's Marty Miller third. By the second lap Miller had disposed of Coyle and went after Silva . While Miller was looking for a way around Silva , John Greenway · was making Some moves of his own and by the fourth lap had put himself behind Miller in third. Miller slipped by Silva to take over the lead. Silva now had the job of trying to pick Miller's weak , spot but was unable to do it and settled for second. . ei The second' moto saw Silva get 5 anothe: fan~astic start and take the lead WIth Miller and. Greenway right ~ o~ his tail. This time it only took Miller two laps to catch him and Greenway started putting on the pressure. It went right down to the wire and was so close for the second spot that the officials declared it a , (le a d heat between Silva and Greenwa y and split the money between them equally. . Danny Burtt continues to be king of die mountain in the l25cc Pros. Burtt •went to the front off the line in the first " moto and never looked back. Robert rGray, was in second but on the third lap went out ,with problems. Eddie Wea~en m~lVed to _second with Jim eGame third . No one paid much attention to Crown Cycles' Joe Price .who considers himself the old man of the Corona ranks. With a lousy start, l Price found himself last but had no intention of staying there. He only picked off one rider the first three laps ' bu t then he caught fire, picked up two more and fou n d himself second behind Burtt at the checkered flag. .Ir was Warren off the line first intbe 1 "" 1:'1-=.""1 'J 1'1 ~ ·::t: J. -J :. ) 1 i ' I .. , ,. ; ,F. 6 1!" ' ' ", 1 ._._._._._._._._._._.--_._._._._._._._._._._.~.- second moto with Burtt and Price in the 2·!l slots . Burtt took care of Wearren by the second lap and Price fou nd his hole two laps later when Wearren made an error that dropped him to last. Andy Orescanin moved to fill in the show spot and t ha t was the order they finished. Bunt took the overall wi th Price second and Orescanin third . ,y'ogel for the position which was a .definite im provement from his first .moto score. ' Dickey was moved back in to third, and Loberg managed .J2l!rt h. The overall .lOOccJunior gold 2 n t ho~e with Chip Voge l, while the 'te, .sst of this small .class ended up in this r de r: Dickey, O'Hara , Loberg and J.fri•an Smith . , t tt.n~r8SCtO 4 MINI BEG: 1. Daren 0rIand00 ISuzl; 2. Jeff ~er ISuu; 3. Glen Clark lVam) . . MINI NOV : 1. Terry Knight ISuzl ; 2. Gary Clerk lVam l. MINIINT: 1. Eddie Woodburn iSuzl: 2. Larry Brooke tVam}; 3. Ty Madd• • lSuzl. 100cc BEG: 1. Gary Harada lVaml: 2 . Dorrell SllItham lVaml; 3. Fred Hunter (Suzl. l00cc NOV: 1. Ryan Eide lOG): 2. Jeff Camerigg lVam ); 3. Kenny Guyett lVaml. 125cc BEG DIV I: 1. Robert Voung lVaml; 2. Mike Newman lHon); 3. Joe MuttlVam). 125cc BEG DIV II: 1. Steve I'eteraon ISuzl ' 2. Steve TeslB !Yam); 3. Craig Edwerda lVam} . • 1~5cc NOV DIV I: 1. Robert Exparza lVam) ; 2. Mark Cottingham (Suz); 3. David Hulbert (Suzl . 125cc NOV DIV II: 1. Shop Bielec l Suzl; 2. Tommy HodgIn (Suzl: 3. Donald Cavioh ISuzl . 125cc INT: 1. Ladell E'tde lOG): 2. Keith Williamson iVam ); 3. Randy Shoaf iSuzl . 125cc PRO: 1. Danny Burn lSuzl; 2. Joe Price (VamI: 3. Andy Oreocanin ISuzl. 2SOcc BEG DIV I: 1. Robert Ro~ ISuzl ' 2. DlMt Che_lHen); 3. Blaine ~g (Henl. • 250c BEG DIV II: 1. Ken Brandt lVam)' 2. Steve Blakely lVam) ; 3. Scott Balter iHen). • 2SOcc NOV DIV I: 1. Bill Wood IHUIl; 2. Craig Cortner ISuzl; 3. DannyWillillrns tSuzl. 2SOcc NOV DIV II: 1. Brian Tolaon (Suzl; 2. Bart Onaach (Suzl; 3. Mike Blake (Hen). 2SOcc INT: 1. Nick Peltzer (Vaml ; 2. Terry Tietz (Hon); 3. Brandon Baldwin (Suzl. 2SOcc PRO: 1. Marty Miller lSuzl; 2. John G r _ (Hen); 2. John Silva. tie (Hon). OPEN BEG: 1. Jerry Ebling lKawI; 2. DlMt T _ (Vaml: 3. Kevin Smith (Hon). OPEN INT: 1. Scott PoochaI lVam); 2. Angelo _otta (Hen); 3. Mlkey Rogoff lVam). OPEN PRO: 1. Paul Sedler IMeil; 2. St eve Baumgertner IVam): 3. Bred BielecIMaO. Harden unscrambles Scramblers' Scot Harde~'won the Silver City Scremblers' MRAN Pioche GP. 'Ploche GP ~~e By Skip Johnson PIOCHE, NV, SEPT.!l Scot Harden overcame mechanical troubles to take the overall win at the fourth annual Pioche Grand Prix held Labor Day. weekend. Harden, riding a very crisp !l90 Husky, was followed by Husqvarna teammate Jack Johnson, also aboard a !l90, and Team KTM rider Kevin Davis . This year's GP was the motorcycle segment of Pioche's "Ole Nevada Days" Labor Day's celebration. A few years ago, the Las Vegas based Motorcycle Racing Association of Nevada sanctioned the Silver City Scramblers Motorcycle Grand Prix " racin g through town" excitement, an~ this year's evellt provided plenty of excitement. Sunday's program fired up early as the minicycle segment headed for the smoke at 7 a.m. The "l I vmile course was quickly dominated by the larger 100cc machines. Darrel Folks , a lOOcc Expert aboard a Sportsman Cycleprepared Suzuki RM100 , took the lead late in the first lap and was quickly followed by Amateur Billy Hill, also aboard an RMIOO. prepped by Vegas Cycle Center. Hill rode a ve ry aggressive race, and really pulled up on Folks in the last few miles of their th ird and final lap. The finish was so close . the pair decided to go another lap just to see who really was what! The Folks /Hill duo was followed by Suzuki-mounted Novice Mike Morris and John Almerg (Suz), second Novice. Fifth overall and first 80cc Expert was the day's biggest surprise, as all of the hot dog .RM and YZ Exoerts were outdone by cour.a~us • ( II : I h.~ l , t hl. C . c r.rt Bozarth, riding pie plate EXpert m his first race ever aboard a painfully l iJ . 1 . ,1 ;, I\:' J stock Honda XR-75 . The banner dropped for the big boyS at 10 a .m, sharp. Scot Harden immediately began scooting away from the rest of tile Experts, followed closely by Johnson and Davis . Soon to follow were tile Amateur and Novice groups, ready to chase their way around a 25-mile loop four times. No problem. No problem until a number of the Amateur and Novice riders decided to follow tile minicycle tracks instead of the course markings and found themselves back in the pits a half hour early! One fellow liked the mini course so much he went around twice and he stopped each lap to thank a. cb~b, member for making such a bitchin course. He stopped thanking when he found out he rode an extra 22 miles for nothing. Fred Hansen, Jr., current 250cc number one, was sorting out his first ride on a new Husky !l90 and a number of, 250 Expert hopefuls incl ud ing Jeff Harper (H o n ) , "Bultaco" Bob Gabriel, Mike Maze (Hus) , Rod Alstrom (Yam) and a trailing Marc Knudsen (KTM), cu~rent 250cc points leader, were trymg to catch Davis. Punching and sliding his way to fifth overall on lap one was Suzuki RM125-mounted Chris Howard. Lap • two's order was . slightly different as first to come around was Johnson witil Davis T~ally th~atening. Next came Harden, bouncing back like. a new racqt;tetball after losing his ~ham and making temporary repairs m the desert. Hansen was getting the ' feel of his new big bore and had settled into a comfortable fourth and Howard was still buzzing his way around in fIfth.-. !:Info 8ni ~clJ t:t :~1J .1.~ brl1lto l .1. By lap three Harden was long gone, with Johnson following, along with Davis. Hansen and Howard. The balance of the pack had become very hard to sort out after tile minicycle trail mixup . The .Scramblers decided tha t those who followed tile wrong trail were responsible and they would just have to make that time up. . Taking the checkered on lap four for the second year in a row was Harden, followed by Johnson. Third overall, first 250cc was a very content Kevin Davis, followed by Hansen, nursing a very sore looking shoulder. Fifth was Howard. Next were Casey Folks (!l90 Hus), Maze and Knudsen. Maze was at first disqualified for riding across a paved' road crossing. but was later re-instated in the results after it was learned that a club member had waved riders across the road. The Scramblers will have to spend some time unscrambling tile rest of the finishers, but nevertheless, tile race was deemed a success. There were no complaints 'a bou t the course (other than the mini course marking, and I am sure that won't happen again!) , the weather was perfect, and the riders kept it conservative in town. It was great. Results OVERAll: 1. Scott _ (HUll 1It Open Ex; 2. Jack .lohr-.lHUIl2nd Open Ex;3. Kevin Davia(!CTMI lit 250 Ex; 4. Fred ~. Jr . lHuol 3rd Open Ex; 5 Chrio_ lSuzl 1.. 125 Ex;8. FoIlca IHuol4th Open Ex; 7. Mart< Knudaen (!CTM) 2nd 260 Ex; 8. Rod Alotrom lVaml 3rd 250 Ex; 9 . Mike HenoeI (Suzl 2nd 125 Ex 10 . Mike ZerrvlISuzlJrd 125 Ex. : e-v 8VClASS OVER 38: Ken Guio (Huol. OPEN AM: DaleHallIHuol. 250 AM: Todd HalI!Yaml. 125 AM: Jern. Kimberfm lVaml. OPEN NOV: Curtilo_ l V a m ). 250 NOV: U.-. Addis (Hen). 125 NOV: JerTyT_lYam). 100 EX: D8mIl Folks(Suzl. 100 AM: Bilty HlIllSuzl. ~ NOV: 1. Scott Morrio lSuzl; 2. John Almer; 110 EX:Eddie 80Drth 1Honl. ·,.'("t:,. , :A• .s. J \,) .. : • • '.J1J: ;J) ';.,J.J :..>; j • .?J ... r:-:

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