Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

I -.. _.. ...... ... ....... . _.- _~lIIW"'_ ,., Western hotline ~ E _ e Dave Lazar (25)swerves to av oid Ken Rendell at Corona. Mark Gale 1327) and top 12Scc Intermediate Gregg Gibboney fly at DeAnza. 34 race since getting out of the hosp ita l. Bauer ga ve an im pressive performance . but still finished second to Husky wizard Goat Breker. The Kawasaki duo of Robert Reisinger and jim Cooke finished th ird and fourth . The 125cc Pro class held th e best battle . Mark Lawrence (Yam ) grabbed the holeshot and started to run awa y. But on the second lap. his bike sputtered to a halt , ending his hopes for a win. Danny Burtt (Suz) then took over with Gary Scheidler (Yam) close behind. They ba ttled for about 20 m inutes before Sche idler broke away and went on to take th e checkered flag . Burtt finished second with Steve Wiseman (Suz) th ird and first time Pro Mark Gu iebier (Suz) fourth. Breker was definitely hot . He wasn 't content just to walk awa y with th e 250cc Pro race so he teamed up with j im Cooke and destroyed the pumpkin team race. The re ason it was called a "p um pkin" race was because ea ch rider had to have a pumpkin or a piece of a pumpkin clearly visible every time he passed the scorers. The riders would have to stop in a "pu mpkin patch" on the first lap to obtain a su itable specimen, and then pass it on to his partner every lap afterwards. Before the ra ce started. most of th e riders had ingenious set-ups for carrying th e ' pumpkins. such as a transparent bag a ttached to th e handlebars . But the rough track took its toll on these and many of th e participants wound up with their pri ze taped to th eir helmets or a piece of it oozing throu gh the ir fingers . Breke r a nd Cooke, however . did n't have a ny problems and th ey ra n away wit h th e race afte r letting the Da nny j ean/ Dan ny Burtt tea m lead for a lap . Offi cial results still pending. Gibboney takes DeAnzaMX Intermediates By Ron Lawson SUNNYMEAD . CA . OCT. 29 It's no secret that some of the best racing at any event can be found in the Sportsman classes and the race at DeAnza Cycle Park illustrated that point well. The 125cc Intermediate class roared off the line and filed int o th e first turn with Craig Lee:(Su z) ho lding a narrow lead over Bart H itt (Suz) and Mike Antes (Kaw). Gregg Gibboney (Suz) • was way back in seventh pla ce as th ey came around for the first lap . but he was wasting no tim e in work ing his way up . By the tim e the moto reached the ha lfwa y po int, it had come down to two fierce battles. Lee: was still holding off Hitt but Antes and Gibboney wer e coming up from behind fast. Hitt dropped out of the rac e on the next lap and Gibboney, in a burst of speed, passed both Antes and Lee for the lead. Gibboney went on to win the moto with Lee in second and Ad rian Hernandez (Suz), who rides for TDC seat reupholstering, took th ird. In the next round . it was once again Lee: who took the holeshor, but this time he was displaced on the th ird la p by Mark Gale (Suz). Gibboney was in third place and he began pushing Lee right away. They diced for ab out five laps before Gibb o n ey fo u nd an ope ning and slip ped by. Gale went on to win the moto, but the overall went to Gib boney ahead of Lee . Ga le was third . T he 125cc Expe rt class held a big upset . Craig Gormley (Yam) is always on top of that class when his bike doesn't break (which is all too often), but this time he ran int o an obstacle by the name of Crai g Dal e (Suz). Gormley got the mota one holeshot, but was na iled on the seco nd la p by Dale. Gormley wasn 't d iscouraged . however . and he hounded the Suzuki rider for five laps and then moved back into the lead . When the checkered flag came out, Gormley was still in th e lead . but the second moto is th e im po rt a nt one. and both riders knew it. Once again . Gormley was first to th e firs t tum , and once again Dale got by on the second lap. This time, however . Gormley was unable to retake the posi tion a nd he went across the line in second for second overall ahead of Dan Cheney (Suz). The' 125cc Beginner race saw John Demmitt (Ya m) take a convincing two moto win over Ray Erickson (Yam ) and Trace DeLion. Results MINI BEG 1. Leonard RoberUon ISuzl; 2. Tom : Schmupp lYam). MINI NOV 1. Joe : (Yam); 2. Mike Finders (Suzl; 3. Todd Pa

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