Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.-: (; Western hotline III • s over to the side o f th e tra ck. appa rent ly ve ry sick , to a llow Burnworth a not he r win . Mye rscou gh m aneu vere d around Lund e a nd Gomez ea rn ed anot her fifth. In the 250cc Pro s, 36 riders m assed l in ba ck of t he ga te and when it d ropped , H ess was cle a rly out fron t. I Da vid T ayl or (Ya m ) went by h im in ' t h e first turn , howeve r , a nd b y the end l o f t h.. fi rst la p, so had Scott Gi llma n a nd Bob Ell iott , both a bo a rd Su zuk is. Gillm an put his healthy-sounding fa ct orv bi k e in to t he Ie ad o n th e next go 'ro u n d a nd kept it to th e en d . Hess c rashed himsel f o u t o f co n te ntio n, hurt ing his hand wh ile going for th ird o n la p t hree . This m oved C la rk J on es (H an) int o fou rth with Lund e ( Ma i) rig ht b ehind . A th ree-rid e r qu arrel ove r th ird qu ic kly developed as J on es a nd Lund e' tried putting Elliott ba ck . Wh e n Taylo r d ro p ped ou t on lap ' e ight , p e t e r W ank e t (Ya m) join e d Ellio tt , J o nes a nd L und e 10 m a ke it four rid e rs go ing for seco nd . La p II sa w both Jon e s a nd Lunde pass Elliot t. H e fell ba ck o ne more positi on o n th e las t la p as W anket got by. J eff W ard (Ya m ) jett ed 10 t he h..a d of t he cl ass in rno t o two fo llowed by Elli ott and Gillma n , Gillma n switc hed pla ces wit h Ell iott o n la p two. Elliott a nd St eve Blackma n (Ma i) rod e 3 -4 for th e rest of t h.. m ot a with W anket co mi ng up to fif t h to st ay o n la p six. Gillma n closed on W a rd seemingl y a t will a nd by la p seven , was cha lle ng ing him fo r th e Iead . H e go t it shortly t he reafte r an d we nt home wit h the t 00 t"'O') I"'""'l 1.0 I-< Q) ..c e Q) u Q) Q You never lose with Cycle News - FOR TRIUMPHS ONLY- Performa?ce Pans CATALOGUE 750 KItS . . . AVAILABLE Electronic Ignition SO 0 N Mikuni Carb. 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CA 91720 00000000000000 : Burbank : -0 -0 -0 YAMAHA - MONTESA 0 0 o -0 Complete line of trials bikes & accessories 0 FREE Happy Time Trials Suit 0 w ith purchase of new trials bike C. We ship out of state .... (+ ISOI W. Burbank Blvd. ,... Burbank, CA 9ISeH. _ 0 20-845·8738 C. -0 30 -0 0 .0 0.. 00 . 0000.000 I 0 0 W it h the end of the sea son drawing closer. t he Co ntinent a l Mota-sport s Club put up a $1200 purse as added enti cement for Pro rid ers a t Saddleback . Pa rt s of t h.. track wer.. ·re rou t..d , du.. to last w....k·s rain , and , u nfor tuna td y, it q u ick ly b..ca m .. a virt ua l o n.. gro ov.. track , m aking passin g a most d iffi cu lt p roposit ion. Scott Burnwo rth d..cid..d to for g..t a bo u t all tha t hard work a nd put his R&D Suzuki int o th .. I..ad a t th e sta rt o f th e fir st 125cc Pr o moto . Ran d y H..ss (SOl) kept th e p ressu re o n him for the first hal f of the race : their str ugg le for first ca'r rying t he m away from th e rest o f t he pack . A rapid ly deflati ng rea r tire affl icted H ess. t ho ug h . forc ing him 10 slow wa y do wn a nd cru ise in fo r a 16th p la ce fi nish . Burnwort h , his Iead sec u red , c ru ised in for the win . Behind him , T im Lund e (Fr a ) barely held o ff Suzuki 's Brian Mye rscou gh a t the line wh ile R ick Ma ki rode his brand new YZ·f in fro nt of T on y Gom ez's Co le Brothers Suzuki . Burnworth loo ked se t to r"pea t his fir st m ot o pe rf orm an ce in the seco nd ro u nd . but H ess had o t he r id eas . Co m ing o u t o f a co rn e r aft er We bco h ill o n lap two . he go t a good dri ve throu gh the foll owing sho rt st raig h t whic h go t him to t h.. next co rn e r in fro n t of Burnworth . Maki , wh o had b..e n wa tch ing a ll t his fr om his t hird spot , went do wo th e ne xt la p m ovin g Lu nd e. R ick J oh nson (on a two -d a y-old YZ-f) a nd Myer: sco ug h up o n... lap My..rscou gh go t by J o hns on fiv.. a nd start ..d harrassing Lun d... J o h nson 's bi keseizetl o n la p 10 lett ing Bob b y Su llivan ( R&D ) in to fift h . Sudd enl y, a nd o n ly two la ps from th e c hec kl'red , Hess slow..tI a nd p ull ..d , e m Elliott too k his '79 m odel RM 400 10 an immediate Iead in th e first 500cc P ro m ot a . Ma ico -rnount ed Da vid W illi ams spe nt th e first two la ps ca tc h ing his roos t before d eciding he'd had e no ugh a nd planted himself on the tlri ve r's sea t o n la p t hree , David Gerig (O P Su z) t ra iled in thi rd . Wi lli ams co ul d n't sha ke Ell iott . th ough , a nd wh en he pu lled out with a flat rea r tire o n la p seven , Elliott was the re to make sure nobod y else inhe rited first. By th e - time th e c hecke red flag fell for him , he had a bo u t a 26 second lead o ver Ge rig . R and y Rod r ig uez (Ma i) cl aimed th ird whi le Ken Morgan (Ya m ) ·m a n aged 10 stay ahead of Ron Utas ki (Suz). Wi llia m s got it toge the r in m o to two a nd romped hom e t h.. winne r , holding his Iead fr om sta rt to fini sh . Elliott ra ced a ro u nd in seco nd t he e nti re mo to , but it was good enough to clinch the ove ra ll. Ge rig c ha rged hard fro m fif th to get b y Rod riguez th e n Mik e Ni ccum (T N T). Rod rig uez wasn 't a bo u t 10 let him go , howe ve r , a nd he a lso went by' Ni ccum , hot o n Ge rig 's t ra il. R od rig uez put th e move o n Ge rig on lap 10 , H e co u ld n 't sha ke him 10 05" , t hough, and Ge rig reco u ped a nd ca m e back to g ra b third two la ps fro m the "11(1. . Results M IN! JR : 1, Tan Fit z·Gibben (Yam); 2. Hank W illiams Erler (Suz); 3 . Todd Hew et t lYam ). M INI INT: 1. Richard Sand s (Kaw l: 2 . Rudy Dickinson (Suz): 3. Tony Tetone IS uz). 100 J R: 1, Al ex At encio (Su z); 2. Scott Hew att (Yaml: 3. Joe M cCoy (Yaml . 100 INT: 1, Ted Brady (Vaml; 2 . Curt McCuistion (Yam ); 3. Mark Page IESCl . 125 PRO: 1. Scot t Burnworth lR&D); 2. Brian M yer· sCough (Suz); 3. Tim Lunde (Fral. 125 INT: 1. Bryan Maloney tESC l ; 2. Ted Brady (Sul l; 3 . Chuck Swa nson (OP). 125 J R: 1. Dann y Ram irez (Suz); 2. M ike Shea (Yam ); 3 . Aik Nie lsen IKTM1. 250 PRO: 1. Scott Gill man (Suz); 2. Rob ert Elliott (Suz ); 3. Clark J ones (Han ). 250 tNT: 1, J uan Benavide z (Yam): 2. Brad Brow n !TNT): 3. M ark Page IESC), 250 J R: 1. M ike Geig er (Ma il: 2. Jeff Tracy (Sul l; 3. Raben Rodgers (Han). SO PRO: 1. Robert Ellioll (Suz); 2. Dav id Gerig lOP): D 1

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