Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

'. rain. Marysville MX Productions did a co mmendable job, considering the weather, completing all of the rnotos before it got too dark to race safely. Results 125 EX: 1. Dana Wa.ham ISuz): 2. Todd DeVaugh ISuz); 3. lim Mulvey ISuz). 250 EX: 1. Bob Myers IMai) ; 2. Dean Wiggins IMai) ; 3. George McNamara IC·Al . OPEN EX: 1. Rick Woodson IMai) ; 2. Bob Myers IMaij; 3. Delno Beck.. (Mail. 125 JRS : 1. Tom Breautt (Suz); 2. Tom McKinney !Yam); 3. Ron Hess (Suzl. 250 JRS : 1. Steve Arena IHon); 2. Dan Scharf (Hon); 3. Sam Foard (Hon). OPEN JRS : 1. Mike Newman ISUlI ; 2. Bill lingley (Yam); 3. Mark Wright (Mail . 125 NOV DIV I: 1. Frank Wigham ISuz); 2. Wally Coppini (Yam); 3. Kraig Church tSuzl . 125 NOV OIV II: 1. Jef1 Krekelbarg IYam! ; 2. CarlL.. StauHer ISuz!; 3. Gary LedbenerISuz). 250 NOV DIV I: 1. George Lowery IMail; 2. Scan Dorman (Mail; 3. Soon Hayman (Yaml. 250 NOV DIV II: 1. Mike Lefver IYaml: 2. Scan Du nlap (Hon): 3. Bill M cDevitt (Yam!. OPEN NOV: 1. George Lowery (Mail: 2. Mike Bennett (Yam) ; 3. Jeff Heston {Yaml . 100 NOV SPRTSMN : 1. Steve Dana IYaml; 2. Mike Bercier ISuzl; 3. Stelle Rodriguez (Yam). POW DER PUFF: 1. Shally CoHey ISUl !; 2. Vickie DeVaughn ISuzl. 50cc NOV : 1. Todd Domohue (Yam); 2. Debbie Arbogast (Han). 80cc NOV : 1. Tod d Bercier ISuzl; 2. Troy Strauser (Yam): J. Robbie Barn hart (Yam) . 80cc J RS: 1. Peter Feldman (Suzl . BOccEX: 1. lim Aston ISUll. 100 MIN I NOV : 1. Steve Arch .. IYam! ; 2. Do n Barnhart (Yam); 3 . Curtis Booth ISuz l. VET NOV : 1. Don Dancer (Suzl: 2. Richard Barnhart (M ail: 3. Tom Jepson lHon) . VET JRS: 1.. Bob Collins lMait; 2. Jack Hampton (Mai); 3. Maurice Deatrick (Hon). VET EX:1. Charlie Sexton (Yam). OLD TIME R NOV : 1. Wes Bradw ell 1C2l; 2. Bill Newman {SuzJ 3. Ernest Elliott (Yam). ; OLD TIMER EX: 1. Delno Becker IM ail; 2. Bill McClinton (CeMI. Cantaloupi and Wosick capture CMC series titles . By Chuck Woodbury SACRAMENTO , CA, NOV. 12 Donnie Cantaloupi continued his string of wire-to-wire finishes to capture the overall titles in bo th the 125cc and 250c'c' Pro classes of No-Name Promotion's fou r -race CMC motocross series. Canraloupi's I I finis hes in both divisions also earned him first p lace overall money in the day's races at Sacramento Raceway . Do nnie's MOIO-X-Fox teammate Larry Wosick took the overall win in O pen Pro competition and the series title as well . Cantalou pi. a 17-year-old rider from Stockton, was simply unbeatable throughout the series , which ran alternately at Sacramento R aceway and Prairie City OHV Park. Donnie rode his Yamahas to first place finishes in 15 out of the 16 motos he entered ; his only blemish came in the first 250cc race when his engine seized and forced him out of the first moto . Today, as the Open Pros took their position at the starting gate , the temperature was in · the low 40 's, prompted by a blistering wind, and the ' cloudy sky was becoming increasingly threatening. Bill Swa rtz powered his Maico down the quartermile straightaway to capt ure the holeshot. Larry Wosick moved his Yamaha in behind Swa rtz for second with San jose's Jerome Heiberger in third . Heiberger pressed ha rd and passed Wosick midway into the first la p of the six -lap moto but as they he aded into the b ack of the track Wosick poured it on and swiftly passed up Heib erger and Swartz to take the lead. Mea nwh ile , Jeff Loff (M ai) and Perry Donohew (Yam) were fig hting for fourth place. As Wosick began to p ull away Swartz fell victi m to Heiberger who moved into seco nd. T he positions held to the finish with Wosick finishing five seconds ahead of Heiberger. ... l 1 ,;, I . • ~ ~ T he second moto also belonged to Wosick who grabbed the holeshot and held on to the end. Swartz fell in behind Wosick, and Loff wasn't far off in third, but Heiberger and Starr Needham (Mai) played destruction derby at the first curve, providing a spectacular crash that luckily left both riders uninjured . Heiberger got right up, but Needham lost a lot of valuable time gelling upright . Meanwhile, Wosick was holding a very slim lead over Swartz, who was hounding him , sometimes wheel to wheel. As they started into the second lap , Lof(was still in third with Donohew in fourth . Heiberger was now in fifth and shortly thereafter disposed of Donohew and set his sights on third place Loff. Midway througli the race Swartz was still in immediate striking position ra nge of Wosick , tailing him by just a second. But as they went into the last lap Wosick started to increase his lead as Heiberger began to move up on thi rd place Lo ff. At the finish it was Wosick first with a three second margin over second place Swartz . Heiberger followed for third . Donnie Cantaloupi holeshot the first 125cc Pro rnoto , but once again there were some fireworks at the first turn, this time with Brian Coulson and Jerry Brown eating a little dirt. Coulson had been right on Cantaloupi's tail when he went down. As the survivors pulled onto the first part of the track Michael Preston (Suz) and Larry Wosick trailed Donnie as Cloyse Holland , Jr. held his Suzuki in fourth . Cantaloupi immediately began to pour it on, leaving now second place Wosick 12seconds behind midway through the moto , At the finish line it was Cantaloupi, Wosick and Preston. Second moto vic to ries went predictably, 10 Cantaloupi again bu; this time Donnie has to really earn it . By now the sky had opened up and rain was drenching the muddy track making identification of the riders difficult . The two figures out front were easy to spot , they'd been there m a ny times throu gh out ,the ser ies, but this time thi ngs were different. Wosick held a slim lead ove r Canral oup i for m uch of the race . Donnie had grabbed ithe holeshot with John Middleton positioning his Suzuki in second . Wosick didn't waste any time getting by Middleton, but then he did something nobody expected. He passed Don n ie and began to pour it on . For the first time during the series it looked like number 74, Cantaloupi, might not finish ahead of all the other 125s. All eyes were on the Wosick/Canta loupi battle with little attention paid 10 the confrontation between Michael Preston and Cloyse Holland , Jr. for third . At the white flag it was still Wosick in front. Then , Can ra lou p i seemed to inherit some extra power. A third of the way into the lap Donnie was inhaling Wosick's exhaust fumes. Bu t Ca nt a loupi was flying now and suddenly he was side by side with Wosick. Then, unexpectedly , Wosick pulled off the track , appea ring distressed . Donnie looked back, saw that Wosick was out of the race , and cruised to an easy victory . Preston followed him in for a distant second wit h Pat Yoh o in thi rd . Unknown to spectators, Wosick had bee n having bike problems throu ghou t the rn o t o and his u nti mely exit was the result of a thrown rod . In 250cc Pro co mpet ition , • Canra lo upi had some rugged competitio n f ro m R e no , Nevada's Allen Berlu ti. Berlu ti had to put snow chains on his car's ti res to get over , I ., I II Why MIKE BELL wears . i lIl ll,eQ sll\!th lm , pants... DURABILITY -I raced in my last pair for 8 months! No one could believe it, but Malcolm's pants last months longer tha n anyone else's. I still wear practice.... that same pair now for . ~ • ~ E 00 l' .... (j') <.C I-< . (1) J:J.' FIT & STYLE -Malcolm's pants ar e designed for co mfort and styled to fit so you look good. They do n't bulge or bag and all the pads and shin guard s are placed in just the right spo ts ." 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