Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

~HAND ffi11TI1 GUARDS NORTHERN DATELINE /, J ~/ CN CN THE FINEST PROTECTION FOR THE ENDURO AND HARE SCRAMBLERS I-< Q) ...0 S These new Hand Prot ector s from HiPoint offer excellent protect ion from col d w eat h er. br u sh an d branch es and w ill keep mud and dirt off your controls . Snap on and off easil y. Used by man y 1 0 T riders in Sweden 'w it h gre at 5 success . Avail abl e in red. yell ow. black an d blue at you r Hi-Po int deal er s. Q) > o Z I w o ul d lik e 1 ad d r• •• t his me ssag e to the ri der • • 0 a nd d• • I. ... of th e followi ng br. nd,. SU ZUKI; T~ 2 new models 01 RM 250 '5 are the hnes t Suzukls ever made and are pt"obably the best 2 snoke facers in the world today HONDA: You Honda people have complained lor years about no1 haVing a rater · well, the CR 25O's are grea t and the't are d Irt che ap - ther e are thousand s of used ones Moun d. II vou Cl nnQ'laHord a new one CAN AM ; This 15 the most powerful 250 eng Ine QOIng The y are the resuh 01 years 0 1 power de-ve lopment and M e made rlQht next door . KAWASAKI : The KX 250 Kawasak . has the largest tram l er por t area 01 the new genef811()fl 01 bikes and has a po ten tial as a w in nPf ' l r~us I dtd not mefltlOf'l Yamaha. Hane-v Stylish Alan Berluti dom inat ed the Experts at Reno. Davidson, Bult aco or Osu because we alreltdv k now thP y itl'e pl'O'IIen WInners Any of reese B engtne!o are ready and willing to w in a Nat .anal Champtonsh ,p What I am trytng to say IS - k>fs get to wor .... I tor one am te ed 01seesng 1 or 2 brands WIn 250 NOV: 1. Gary Vincelet (Yam); 2. Roger Hazen (Yam); 3. J im Willis (C-Al . eYetY lime, ar en 't YOU' tt I le ft out ~ brand, d on' t despalf . the'feare 4 more;ust as good as those no1ed 250 JR : 1. Tony Deather age {Yaml; 2. Danny Moor e (Yam): 3. Ron Murphy (Yaml . • 250 EX: 1. Jim Filice (Yaml : 2. Keith Day IKawl : 3. Steve Adkins (Yaml. 360 EX : 1. Jim Filice (SuI); 2. Chuck Gondala lYam l. 500 NOV: t . Phil Meyenburg {Y aml: 2. Cary Sha w . 2415 Brown Rd., 5 1.Louis. Mo. 63114 Phone 314/426-6959 or call Charley Chapple 3131 735-5453 IYaml. 500 JR: 1. Tom San p~o (Yaml; 2. Butch Fischer IYaml. 00000000000000 : e Burbank : e YAMAHA _ MONTESA Complete line of trials bikes ., & accessories CO FREE HappyTimeTrialsSuit CO with purchase of new trials bike ., We ship out of state .... o o o ,0 o 1801 W. Burbank Blvd. Burbank, CA 91S" 21~S"738 ,... ., e 00000000000000 Less sound equals More ground. - . .. . . . . . . .L . . _ • • IM fcl • L ............ - . 520 McGLlN CY LA NE . CAMPBELL. CA 95008 (408 ) 37 1-1221 26 500 EX : 1. Keith Day (Yam ): 2. Rick Almeida (Yam). KING OF THE A IRPORT: t . Jim Filice (Yaml . Old Timers conquer Mountain HighMX a 5·2 . That's not bad considering J oh n watched his class start off th e line fro m his truck. Quick ly realizing he too sho ul d have bee n o n th e sta rti ng lin e for th e ra ce he was watching . he th rew on h is helmet , to ok off wit h th e Novices; and still took th e second plac e trophy. In th e Nov ice d ivision Dan Harris pulled off a 2·1 to capture first place honors whil e Wayne Powell (H us) earned second and Bo b Anderson had to settle for t he third p lac e trophy. . aga in Buttner was to be d enied a second pla ce fini sh by o nly a seco nd o r two . this time by Steve Montague. Butt ner d id - m a nage to win d up a second overa ll a head of Cloutier, who finis he d fourt h in t he seco nd m or o , Berlu t i, who rode smoot hly and hardly m ade a ny m istak es in his four m ot os, plans to ride the Support class a t Sea rs Point Nov . 5. Rid ers and fans ought to keep a n eye on th is guy . (Editors not e . . . Berluti finished 14th overall in that event.) . Both of the 125cc Expert ra ces were fa irl y close wit h Steve Vogel ge tt ing top hon o rs over Er ic. Tha held after winnin g both rno tos. "The poor Expert rider turnou t can possi bly be a tt ribu ted to the fact that t here was on ly a n 80 perce nt payback." said o ne rid er . " W hy shou ld riders co me here ' wh en th ey ca n get I 00 perce nt p a yba ck at . ra ce s in Ca liforn ia ?" he asked . Alm ost a ll of th e re ma in ing races were a lso dom in a ted by a single rid er , but the second moto of the 125cc Divisio n II Novi ces fin a lly pro vided some excitement. Frank Trujillo WO ll. the first m ot o eas ily and a ppe a red to be on his way to a second easy victory whe n he fell in a turn in front of th e ble ac he rs: Mica h Kenned y m oved int o firs t pl ace . but fell do wn co m ing ou t of the next turn and W illia m DelCarlo then m oved into the lead . Trujillo managed to reg ain th e lead onl y to be passed up by a determ ined DelC arlo who held on for th e win . Trujillo got the overall win because DelC a rlo had fin ished third in t he first moto, Most of th e riders sa id the track was fun. but a little hard to pass on and kin d of slow . Results 125cc NOV DIV II: 1. Frank Trujillo 11 ·2); 2. William DelCado 1 3-1I;3. Jeff Diesner 1 2-61125cc EX PERT: t . Steve Vogel 11 ·11: 2. Eric Tha held 12 ·21. 250cc EX PERT 1. Allen Berlu.i 1 : 1·1): 2. Soon St,om berg 12 ; 3. Rod ney Ginn 13-31·21 OPEN EX 1. Allen Beeluti IH I; 2. Dick Bun ner 1 : 3-3); 3. J effC lou. ;" (2-41. Monterey ST - ,, that's all for '78 nJOn By Bob A lloy Berluti bumps off two at Reno By W. H. 'Spencer FRESN O, CA . OCT . 29, By Steve Wilson MONTEREY , CA . OCT. 28 This was a fir st for the So Cal Ol d T imers. 32 of us arrived to find a motocross track that pleased just about everyone. What more could you ask for -3000 feet above sea level . surrounded by trees and fresh air , we do nned ou r red jerseys and leathers to ri de one of the best tracks arou nd. W inding up an d a rou nd the trees. rolling over the nice hill jum p and heading for the long down hill run , the O ld T im ers found the terrain to be fast and fun . " In th e Mast ers class it was Moving Marve with a I - I score tak ing the overall win . .Da ve McCoy. riding a Maico out .of Mammoth Lak e , is a 68 · yearold wizard on the track . He's re a lly some thi ng to watch . att acking eac h rac e with speed and smooth rid ing ability : He took 3-2 m o tes and th e seco nd p lac e ove ra ll trophy. Ron Miller (Yam) ca rne-in with a 2-3 wh ich was good enough for third . Expert Chuck W oody Sen io r grabbed th at big num ber one slot with a 3·1 as Don J ense n and Ken W illiam s lined up for second and third . T he Experts were given lessons on h ow to win a race by T om Widich (Yam) , lea ving Don Ra ke a nd Bill Bird lined up for t he ne xt two slots . Amateu r Bob Crundall too k a couple of I -I m ote s to the finish as John Sa id (Mai) sett led for second with RENO . NV , OCT. 29 Motocross fa ns witnessed an excel le n t performance b y All en . Berluti of R en o as he cruised to four co nvincing victo ries in the sparsely attended 250cc a nd O pen Expe rt classes . O n ly 13 Experts sho wed up at th e Reno Fa irgrounds . resulting in a genera l la ck of close co m peti tion . Berlu ri go t the holeshot in the first 250cc Expert race. but didn't open an ext rem ely wid e lead unt il th e second lap . He didn't waste any tim e in the second moto though it was ob vious he ha d no co mpet ition afte r halfwa y through. the fir st lap . Scott Strom berg finished a reason able d ista nce a hea d of Rodney Gin n in bot h m oros for seco nd overa ll. Jeff Cloutier hol esh ot th e firs t O pen Expe rt m oto bu t. as he was ai rborne ove r a jump on the seco nd la p . Berluri kep t his tires o n the grou nd and blew by C loutier. While Berluti o nce again opene d a wide lead . a ge nu ine ba tt le fo r seco nd wa s brew in g be t wee n Cloutier and Dick Bu tt ner. Clou tier barely held onto his lead to event ua lly finis h on e seco nd ahead of Buttner .' . Berlu ti was th ird ou t of the first tu rn in the second Open moto , but after three-quarters of th e firs t lap he was pull ing awa y from t he pa ck . O nce lEW oi)! I Last night antics at th e Mo nterey Cou nty super short track were an added attraction as Rod Spencer on the ND sparked/Martin Cycle Ma ch in e O ssa wrapped up th e ch a m pionshi p . wit h ye t his fo urt h straight 250cc Expert win . while Keith Day on th e Sa linas Kawasaki TT500 co n t in u ed his swee p of the 500cc Expert class . The final show of the seaso n .brought o n the usual m ayhem and c ra zy sta rt in g capers b ui remai ned an overall grand program tha t will re turn in the sp ring. Billy T etri ck . on th e J R 50 . re mains the pee · wee 'to beat while Dea n Vincelet too k home a pa ir of trophies fo r wi n ni ng t he 60 cc Novice a n-d ta king second be hi nd Ph il Pr iddy in t he 80cc No vice . Ku rt Ch a ndler rema ins the biggest of th e little 60cc Junio r/Expe rt s, winn ing on ce aga in on th e Sal in as Ka wasa ki It alj e t , Aa ron Hill worked hard for th e 80cc Expert win ove r Chris Carr a nd Pa u l Sanch ez but Ku rt Chandl er co u ld only m uster a fo urth as big b rother Dou g sa t this one ou t to let somebody else win . J oel G ree n too k home a n easy 125cc ./ Junio r win a nd then ca me up witH some fancy bum ps and ru ns in th e'] 250 cc Ju n io r to beat o ut Bo b McDo nnell on th e H & S Bu lta co. w Ma rk Butter ca me into t he 250 cc Novi ce main with apparent ease and J

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