Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

J i NORTHERN DATEUNE ~ E -..... . A bllmlge of MX.,. heed for the whoope lit BlahOp. Billy Groal nlla Brilln Jodry lit Prairie City, How to meke a berm .hot appear totIIIIy elementary, zahrt, Locey, O'Mara blister Bishop AME MX ... By John Rocha -38 BISHOP, CA , OCT. 29 It only took a few races for t h e long sandy Bishop track to swell with endless bone jarring whoops which proved to be more than challenging during a 50 minute moto. Respective class winnen Kenny Zahrt, Tim Locey and Johnny O'Mara really earned their cash for the day. Willy Harper took charge of the first 250cc Pro moto and pulled away for a few laps before Tracy Oswald started to close the gap. Harper's front wheel went away just before Oswald caught him and Bill Ovellet te took over second while Mike Shoemaker, Tim Locey and Ken lahrt moved up around mid-pack. A few laps later Oswald lost a gas tank bolt off his Suzuki and Ovelette roosted on by the frustrated leader while Locey and Shoemaker were doing some roosting of their own . Locey caught up to Ovellette bu t didn't get by. Shoemaker snagged thi rd and lahrt was fourth followed by Monte McCoy . Locey set his throttle in the pegged position, taking the second moto lead on the first lap. Ovellette had other ideas and set out after Locey leaving Curt Sturgen running third while Shoemaker looked content with fourth. Zahrt showed up about 20 seconds late for the start but he dialed his Can-Am in and went for it. Halfway through moto two and already in fifth , Zahrt was hauling wide open. He zapped Shoemaker, reeled m Sturgen and got by. when Sturgen bailed. Locey won , Ovellette settled for second, lahrt rode a mad man's race to tag third and the Shoe was fourth . 125cc Pro speedster Johnny O 'Mara pulled an almost routine holeshot and gassed his way to a wide open lead before getting off and damaging his rear hub. Tim Locey inherited the lead from O'Mara and went on to win while Jim Holley roosted his way to a second place finish . Jim Pappe maintained for thi rd whil e Mike T ripes, having trouble staying on his bike , managed a fourth . O'Mara's chain fell off but he still fin ished fifth . O'Mara holeshot the second moto, Pappe was second ahead of Chip Johnson and Tripes. Locey ba iled at the halfway mark after getting a rea r flat , which meant Pappe had th e overall if he stayed in second. T ripes made his move past Johnson as Pappe got radica l and lost It, falling back to fifth . At the finish O 'Mara had led it wire to wire , T ripes picked up second, Johnson third , Gorge Fab er fourth and Pappe was relegated to fifth . A Yamaha mount ed Zahrt led th e Open Pros out of tum one , followed by J eff Loff, and they immedia tely pulled away from the rest of th e pa ck. Will Harper was running third until meeting some knarly bumps that put him on his head. Before the moto ended Zahrt and Loff had swapped the lead around a few times but Zahrt came out on top . Zahrt led the second moto wire-towire for a flawless overall. Harper got off the line around mid- pack but finished the race behind Zahrt and took second overall. Results 125 PRO: I .JohnO'~o ~IISuzl; 2. MikoT,ipoo421Suzl; 3. Tim Locey 1-6lVoml; 4. Jim Poppe UCSuzI; 5. Goroo F_7-4lVom). 250PRO: 1. Tim Locey 2·1lVoml; 2. Bil 0v0I_1 -2 l lVom); 3. Ken Zohrt 4-3 ICAl; 4. Mike Sh:>emok. 3-4 lVom); 5. Terry Ducke-lI-6lVoml. 500 PRO: 1. Ken Zohrt 1·1 lVoml; 2. Win Horper 4-2 IMal; 3. !lIMI Huagh ~3 IMoil; 4. IWtv Jennings 7-4 1Mei); 5. Luke _ 6-61Mei). . Cantaloupi/Wosick untouchable at Sacto By Chuck W oodbury SACRAMENTO , CA , OCT. 22 More than 380 riders , including 41 250cc Pros, showed up for the third round of the four race CMC series at Prairie City OHV Park. Once again Stockton's Donnie Cantaloupi and San Jose's Larry Wosick mounted their Yamahas for top honors of the day. Cantaloupi grabbed victories in both the 125 and 250cc Pro classes, with Wosick taking the overall in the Open Pro competition. Cantaloupi had no trouble winning the first 125cc Pro moto. His only real threat came from his Moto-X vf'ox teammate Wosick. But the second moto was a diffe rent story . Wosick led through several laps ea rly in the race bu t Cantaloupi drove hard and recaptured the first position only to lose it seconds later to a persistent Wosick . Third pla ce Brian Coulson (Suz) was well back, with Ph il Crane (Suz), Mel Sample (Suz) and Cloyse Ho lland (Suz) right on his tail. Wosick and Cantaloupi con tinued to battle it out with Cantaloupi finall y moving in front . Wos ick continue d to hound Cantaloupi, bu t by the white flag Donnie had opened up a four-second lead. An awesome 41 Pros lined up at the sta rting gate in 250 cc action . Oakland's Chris Grower (H o n) grabbed th e holeshot , but midway t hroug h the first lap Cantaloupi moved into the lead. By th e fourth lap Cantaloupi had opened up a four second lead over Jerome He iberger (Hon) who had passed Grower earlier to take second. Danny Chandler (Mai) had been moving up swiftly after a terrible start that left him dead last. As the race neared its end Cantaloupi opened up a 10 second margin and Chandler was now in a solid second slot ahead of Heiberger. The positions held to the finish. Cantaloupi grabbed the second moto holeshot , in spite of some trouble with the starting gate, and ~hen proceeded to outclass everyone, eventually finishing with a 22·second margin over Rance Burgeso (Yam) I who followed Donnie throughou t the moto. Z Bob Myers (Mai) of Antioch fought hard with a number of challengers to capture the Open Pro win in the fint moto. Dave Wood (Yam) and Bill Grossi (Ma i) gave Myers his toughest competition, Wood early in the race and Grossi in the second half. 0 c Wosick holeshot the second moto; with Mye rs and Grossi falling in behind at the end of lap one . Midway through the moto, Myen had some trouble and dropped back to third with Grossi moving into second. Myers held on to this slot for just a soon time, dropping back even further as Brian Jodry passed him up. As the moto neared its end, Wosick had a wide ma rgin over second-place Grossi, Jodry was well back in th ird and Myers had dropped all the way to ninth place. Overall honors went to Wosick~ Grossi andJodry . {lib Jim Cunningham rode his Suzuki perfect I ·) finishes in both the 125'and 250cc Intermediate classes. In Powder Puff competition, Sacramento's MarcY Lewis had no problem with her challengers, riding her Suzuki to two wire -to-wire finishes . Other riders scoring perfect I -I finishes for the day were Wayne Snow (250cc Jr.), Scott Rice (O pen Int. ), Dave Carlson (Open Jr.), Kurt Isel in (I OOcc Jr.), John Frampton (l OOcc Int.), Bill McClinton (O. T . Ex.), Bob Collins (Vet Int.): Bob Mars (Vet. J r.), Tallon Vohland (50cc Jr.), Bobby Moore (50cc Ex.) and Allen Silhanek (80cc Int.). ,..., Resu lts ~ 'to 50cc J R: 1. ToIIon V _ lSuzl; 2. S_ McOory 1 Suzl; 3. Anthony _ IHonI. 50cc INT 1. Bobby MoofelSuzl; 2. Mike Young. Jr. : ISuzl. 80cc JR : 1. John O'NeIl lVom); 2. Don Ellmhert lVoml; 3. Fred Gonunq lSuzl. 80cc INT 1. AAon Silhonek ISuzl; 2. Oovid P«kening : ISuzl; 3. Troy Joyce. 80cc EX: 1. Tyoon Vohlend lVom); 2. Greg VhaIOS lVoml. ] POWDER PUFF: 1. Marcy Lewis ISuzl; 2. Donne McGIothHn lSuzl; 3. Deb

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