Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.. the back of the pack t he re was some strong riding going on with Rick Blackwell (W heelsm ith ' Mai) working his way .up from last place to ta ke over tHird from Bang. In moto two Robertson was able to take the lead wit h Jannings in second and Steve Richard (Maico Canoga Park Suzuki Ma i) in third and Bla ckwell in fourth . Blackwell was fi n a lly able to take over third . dropping Richard int o fourth . The overall for th e night went to Robertson with Jannings taking second and t hird going to Blackwell . s T he 250cc Pr o class aga in saw th e stion g -ri d in g Robertson t a ki ng com m a nd wit h back to back wins with sec o n d going to Andy Jann ings (Murry's Hon) and third go ing to Scott Morgan (Suz) , 1 T here is a bet going on to see if anyone ca n bea t J ohn O 'Mara (AI Baker suz) in t he 125cc Pro "class. but n o on e " h as yet. Chip Johnson (Crossro a ds Suz ) p ut up a good battle but had to sett le for second with th ir d going to fellow Crossroads rid er Brad Williams. Results MIN J R: 1. Gary Sl ilagy ISuzl; 2. P8tTiCk Walsh I IYam);3. Eddie Hicks ISuzl. MINI INT: Andy Nelinger ISuz). MINI EX?: Pat McConnell(Yaml. 100 JfI: t. Robert Giammarino ISUll; 2. Roben Cybulski (Sull: 3. Chuck Penny ISUll. 100 EX?: 1. Allen Hopper (Yam); 2. Dare! Francis (Yam);3. Richard Ising (Yaml. 125 BEG 1. J eff Earle (Yam); 2. Raul Have ISull; 3. : J im Desoto ISUll. ' 125 JR DIV I: 1. Cindy Duma ISuz); 2. Chuck Gunter ISud; 3. Pete Chacon ISUll. 125 JR DIV II: 1. J eff Spencer ISull; 2. Mike Os81bsuhh (Yam); 3. Rick Campbell (Yam). 125 INT: 1. Perry Candro ISUll; 2. Alan Anderson (SUll;3. Eric Rynn (SUll. 115 PRO; 1. J ohn O' Mara ISUll; 2. Chip Johnson lSUll 3. Brad Williams ISUll. ; 250 BEG 1. Richerd Keith IHan); 2. J im Desoto : (Holl. 250 JR DIVI: 1. Tom Martinet IHan); 2. Stew Shover IHa; 3. Carl Hen. tee IHonl. 250 JR DIY II: 1. Gary Laird IHon); 2. Steve Biaee (CA);3. Voce Frieol (Yam). 2SOINT 1. Brian Chereshkoff IHan); 2. Mike Morrow : IHon); 3. Doug Nelinger IHon). /SOPRO: 1. Greg Robenson IC·Al; 2. Andy Ja nning. IHon); 3. SCOl! Morgan ISUll. ;00 JR: 1. Andy Richard (Yam); 2. Gary Kawakami (Mlil;3. RickCampbeiIIYam). 100 INT: 1. Bruce Brotcke (Yam); 2. Randy Lewis (Yan );3. BrianSchultz ISuzl. . !llOPRO: 1. Greg Robenson IC·A); 2. Andy Janninga IMa); 3. Rick Blackwell(Mai). &:l..... wo, T.E. hosts Schreiber-taught iria/s school .By Bo y d Bern ard VAL ENC IA , CA . OCT. 8 The Valley Observed Trials ·En· thusiasts held on e of their famous 'T ry A Trials" schools. Organ ized by the members ofV.O.T.E . a nd d ir ect ed by past p resident Boyd Bernard . the sc hool host ed 60 enth usiastic Beginners p lus 29 Novices and several Amateu rs and Ex pe rts . Introducin g ba sic trials skills to new riders proved to be an exci ting tim e for all. Held in t he shade of th e oak trees in typ ica l so u thern California 85 0 weather . the five Beginner sec tions proved to be ideal for teaching throttle con trol and bod y posit ion . After four hou rs of instruction in th e morning. by su'ch teachers as Bernie Schreiber and Andre Plouff. the- gu ests wer e invited to I participate in an afternoon trials consisting o f 10 Beginner/N ov ice sections. An array of motorcycles consisting of everythi ng from motocross to street bikes attempted all of the sections on the two loop course. Aft er a closel y contest ed trials . a run off was requi red to det ermine the first place finisher in th e Beginner class . who was Ga ry Winkler . First Nov ice was Kevin Morris, Aft er th e p resentation of ribbon s to eac h participant a demonstrat ion and ex h ibition was presented by Experts Bernie Schreib er , Andre Plou ffe and Scott H ead. Schreib er and Co . . doing their usua l a nt ic of p irouetting off of giant roc ks. u p impossib le climbs a nd over incredible objects. dazzled the spectators. The V.O .T.E . mem bers tha nked all th ose who had given the ir tim e to p romote free trials schools and invited evt'ryont' to come out to V .O .T .E .' s An nual "Trick or T reat Tria l" on Oct. 29 . Fo r information on t his call 2 13/677 ·2300 . Results THE FASTEST GUYS ARE OUR PANTS I Hurricane Hannah used 10 go through MX pants like he ch arges Into a cro wded Super Series track . Then Bob and many of the fastest pros arou~d go t their hands on GRIFFS - the revolutionary. to ug h. lightwe ight pan ts you 've heard about. You can actually feel tnem breathe through vented stretch panels. You can ride like a hurri cane and GRIFFS are moving W1th_yOU . You can pay more lor pants, but you can 't beat GRJFF With all the features the p ro s demand and a S ~\;;=_"M~~~ Shl rt ,••, Q,.,bbfof st"p inSIde "'.ttSt tNJn(1 / G"ff, rt>vol&,t.on HIS SIg n a tu re tells rou I'(.ol.l,e w" .l fm Q mf' tesr . .0 8 I Q) > o Z BEGINNER: 1. G. Winkl..; 2. J . Roy; 3. mel D. Patt erow , J . Marshal l. NOVICE: 1. K. Morris; 2. D. Bernard; 3. A. Reed . l-o Q) ,. S/p rc St.dc"",, DJ st.ffea ,,,. e l""""4 , Im/ldCh,bsOfO

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