Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

. .. ._._._._._._._._._._-_._.--_._._._._., TIBBLIN RACING congratulates: TIM LUNDE SO. California's #1 MCM 250cc Motocrosser again in 1978. TIm is the most consistent winning rider ever to race the extremely competitive CMC events with 112 w ins to his credit. The next closest rider is Yamaha's Mike Bell wi th 95 wins . 'i'RAC·PRO ·~ MXAPPAREL Doug U ncoln leads Robert Gray and Brent Blount (171 in Corona's 125cc Pro -' cla ss. Gray won over Blount in the final standings. petition of their own . "T he Bu llit, " Kevin Senn, from Canoga Park's International MC Claimed the overall win , earning him the number one plate for 1979 . Mark -H eth , who's had a string of mechanical problems lately. took an impressive second and Jason Prater , on a new Yamaha YZ80F , took third . A new crowd pleaser was Bellflower Yamaha's Dave Trager. The II -yearold started on the Beginner line and finished fourth overall. _Another newcomer , Lee Montgomery. dominated the Senior race. He completed the 5 ~ -rnile course laps in 6 ~ minutes and was threatened only by Competition Cycle 's Charlie Conway. "The Hawaiian" was running third until the last lap where Clark Phillips edged by just before the finish . . The team race produced another surprise for Roeseler.. Unknown to Roeseler and partner Rick Finger, Da n Miller and Dave Carlson were rig ht with them for the last four laps. When it was Roesler's la p , he ha d the lead. When it was Finger's lap, Miller took the lead. O n the last la p , Finger was shocked to see the checkered go out for the bike in front of him . Although official results a re pending , preliminaries indicate "not paying attention" struck again . The always-smiling Roeseler said " It was a fun day on a fun course." H e had come out to test his recently injured leg , whi ch fel t good , and also to begin pr eparations for his 1979 schedule wh ich will be adding moto cross to th e ex isti ng SCORE ra ces, District 37 and of course , the International Six Da y T rials. Plante pulls a close one at Corona MX; Poly tops HSMX By Ron Lawson CORONA. CA , DEC . 8 Corona's long awai ted new starting gate was installed just before race time Friday night and it was met with overwhelming ap proval by the riders. It was the same unit used at the Anaheim MX Finals and other supercross events. The gate is actually made up of 20 independent sections that fall back towards the riders, discouraging overanxious racers from jumping the gun with the prospect of being held back. When the gate dropped for the start of 250cc Pro moto one, everyone got out OK with holeshot artist Pryor Campbell (Hon) on top . At the end of lap one , however, it . was DG's John Greenway in the lead. Joe Plante (Hon) also managed to squeeze past Campbell early in the race. Greenway was buiJ,ding a bigger lead on every lap . But the battle for third pl ace was still hot. Dave Rose (Hon), in his first race since breaking his ann several months ago , . was right behind Campbell and pushing hard. When he passed the Suzuki rider, he pulled a little on Plante, but it wasn't enough before the checkered flag came ou I. In round two, it was Campbell briefly in the lead again before Greenway took over. This time, however, Greenway's luck had run out. O n the third lap he went down because of a derailed chain and gave the lead back to Ca m p bell. Pla nt e , in the meantime, was busy dicing with Rose. T he two of t he m closed on Campbell and Plante took the lead on the fou rth-lap . For the res t of the race, Rose tried unsuccessfully to move into second place. The overall results went Plante, Campbell , Rose, Greenway and Bill Delevie (Yam). Robert Gray took the Dusty's Cycle banner to first overall in the 125cc Pro class. The usual king of the class , Danny Burtt, has been kept ou t of action with the flu for the last two weeks so Gray has been ha ving little trouble in taking that crown for himself. Doug Lincoln (Suz) led moto one for less than a lap before Gray sho t by and disappeared . Brent Blount (Suz) and Scott Paschal (Ya m) also managed to pass Lincoln , wh o was racing for the first time in quite a . wh ile . The next match saw Gray win , but with more difficulty than before . He spent half the race in second behind Blount before finally breaking into the lead. The final standings went Gray, Blount, Paschal and Lincoln. Poly High School took top honors in the HSMX with wins in the 100cc Seniorand 125' Senior classes. Tony Rossett i (Yam) split wins in the 100cc Senior class with Saddleback's Louie Soto, but took th e- overall win . giving Poly an early lead . 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