Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

I Crossed-up Word Puzzle a (Answers in next week 's issue) t 2 3 00 a na~ooa u< a 0 GOOJCC a aa GO 00 aa Central Pipeline . 6 7 8 9 12 16 29 32 38 43 47 Sldeway_lacross) 1. 5. 10 . II. 12. 13.15. 16. 18. 20. 23. 25. 27. 28. 29. 30 . 31. 32. 33. 36 . 37 . 38 . 39. . 40. 42 . 43. 45. 47. 48. 52. 1971 Trans·AMA Champ 1975 Grand National Champ "RogaDeCoster Overdrive'Tinit .) Former U.S . Trials Champion 1974 Daytona winner. Nixon lit Romero got ' l riding a _ Ascot TT ace in 50's lit 60's (init.) TV star Romero American motorcycle (abbrev.) FIM Trials Champ from Finland Production and Su pe rbike road racer. _ _ _ tools . British motorcycle W ha t t he AMA did to TZ7 00's on d in t ra ck. _ _ -o -wa r Rayborn Czechoslovakian mo to rcycle Sp ark plug 1978 Lagu na Seca Su pe rbike winner Suzuki trials bike Kevin La V_ __ Loudon and Laconia State where two Mile Nationals are held Pent on or Croft . Road race Dum b line (in it .) Drag racers establish this. TIle "Flying Flea" was national'_ ? First American to win a GP in motocross Founh in 1976 Muskegon " B" hilklimb Steep downhill_ldown) For race fans You need it to win H -D factory rider Can put you on your head Sand hills (init .) Canadian motorcycle No matter how long Dick Mann raced . he never got ___. 8. First name of 3 down 9. Cawley or Harden II. The point of it all is to ___. 14. Rod y Rovers held the Wagner Cup there? 17. English m otorcycle 19. 1976 Class "A" H illclim b Champ 21. H usky riding ISDT gold medalist and National Enduro Champ (init.) 22. Overall (a bbrev.) 23. Top Am erican in 19781SDT 24 . Un ited Nations (init.) 26 . Form er an d present AMA exec 28 . Won 28 dirt track nationals 31. California International Ra ceway (ini t.) 33 . Texas motocrosser 34 : Enfield (ab br ev.) 35 . Won Atlanta and Memphis 250cc MX Na tionals in 1972 (ini t.) or where the annual Black Hills Ra lly is held. 41. Field 44 . . "Su per perfect engine" (ini r.) 46 . "T ry rid ing Ontario" (i nir.) 49 . " Oh my" (init.) 50 . Military cop . 51. If you want to win . the ga s ha s to be in "wha t" position ? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. We'll be on vacation Dec. 19 - Jan. 1• 30 but the ladies in our subscription department will be here every day except Dec. 25 and Jan. 1 to handle your gift subscription .... .. . . . . . .. ...... . . .., .,... orders. ~ ~ Kevin Fowler (23) got the holeshot on an insi d e line but Chuck Loftin /19/ came o n strong for a two moto Intermediate victory at Capital City MX. Loftin, Effinger and Farmer keep right rollin' at Capital City MX By John Rannikko. Jr. AUSTIN . TX . OCT . 27 Chuck Loftin . piloting a CR· 250 Honda , netted the overall Intermediate trophy after putting together a couple of wins on the Capitol City Night Motocross track. Bill Kasson led both motos of the com bined 250cc -Open No vice class . bu t he pulled off the track on the last lap of th e last moto , giving up th e Open win to J oaquin Effinger a nd the 250cc . Novice win went to Ga ry Estlack. Stea dy. fast riding gave Mike Farmer th e overa ll in th e Expert class. Du e to a lack of entries in the O pen class. th e 250cc a nd O pe n Novice classes were ru n toget he r and scored separately. Joe McN ama ra grabbed the holeshor over J eff Ellis. Ga ry Mitchell. Bill Kasson . Ga ry Estla ck a nd J oaquin Effinger. but Kasson (KT M) was challenging for his spo t. The Open bikes set the pace when Kasson pulled awa y from t he pa ck as McNamara and Effinger followed. There was a big lag aft er th e three Open cla ss riders and a battle raged for first pla ce in the 250cc class. Laton Hearst had led the 250s for a few lap s. but faded as J eff Ellis took over. followed by Hearst. James Campbell and Gary Estlack in tight format ion . There were no cha nges in th e' first three Open cla ss positions . Meanwhile. Estlack had closed in on Ellis' tail but they both let He arst an d Campbell by on th e wh ite nag lap . Hearst won th e moto b ut not without a last comer pa ssing effort by Estlack at the finish . which was close but in vain. Campbell finished th ird and Ellis took fourth . Bill Kasson led th e second moro from the start to where he pulled off on the last lap . McNamara and Joaquin Effinger clashed in a tight one-on -one battle for second and crashed at the m idway point. Effinger was qu ickest at getting back on the track and he pulled off for the O pen win as Kasson pulled off a DNF. McNamara earned a second overa ll. Hea rst got a great start in the secon d 250cc Novice moto with Estlack, Ellis an d Larry H all tu cked in be hind . Estlack took the lead on the fourt h la p and rode on to fin ish first while Hearst kept fading till Ellis and Hall had passed him before the final nag . The orde r of fin ish was Esrlack, Ellis. Hall a nd Hea rst. Ron Pom eroy. of Yakima , Washington . sho wed up to challenge the Aust in a rea Exp erts on a Honda . The first moto had Pom eroy leading from th e start but no t without some close com petitio n from Mike Farmer (Yam) of Austin . Pom eroy won the moto with Ronny T aylor eventually overtakin g Farmer on t he last lap for seco nd. Once again Pom eroy took th e lea d in th e second m oto but it was sho rt lived as he clash ed with Farmer in a back section and went down . bending his bars. which ga ve him a second moto DNF. T he ra ce for the Expert money became a Farmer/Taylor battle as the pair swapped the lead several tim es u nt il Taylor fell and ended up too far back to challenge Farmer. who won the Expert race overall. Results i M INI SENIOR FINA L: 1. Casey Loftin 15u,l; 2. Lee Dubose fS uz); 3. TV W hite (Yaml . . MINI J UN IOR FINA L: 1. Danny Storbeck 1 ull; 2. 5 Kevin Ferm er (Suz); 3. David Cane (Hon ). MI CRO M INI FINAL : oa l. Storbeck 15ull. 5u 100c c FINAL : Robert Murray 1 ll. 125cc NOVICE: 1. John Middleton {Yaml; 2. Tom W inn (Yaml ; 3. Bob by Morris ISuzl. 250cc NOVICE: 1. Gory Estlack ISuz); 2. Lato n Hearst IC·AI; 3. J eff Ell;, (Honl . OPEN FINAL: 1. Joaquin EHinger (Yam); 2. Joe McNamara (Yam). INT ERM EDIA TE FINAL : 1. Chuck Loftin lHenI; 2. J erry Farmer (Yam): 3 . Kev in Fowler (Mool. EXPERT FINA L: I . M ;k. Farm.. (Vam); 2. Ronny .Taylor lHonl.

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