Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. Western hotline for the second place money a fter two hard fough t ba ttl es agai nst th ird pla ce fin ishe r A .J. Whiting who a lso rode a Yamaha . T he O p en Pro class was an all Ma ico sho w as the to p three spots all we nt to r id e rs on the Ge rman Wundergasser . R and y Rod riquez won bot h rnotos to score the overall victory ahead of Dal e Anderson wit h two runner-up placings . T hi rd spot went to Alan Ol son . *•D. A. E.DTDKYCLE * CIHIIITY'S * 'BATEST .. * PA.rs SWAP!! * .. * Results OPEN PRO: t . Randy Rodriquez IMail; 2. Dale Andersen IMail; 3. Alan 0I5OI'IIMaii. 250cc PRO: 1. Scan G ~ l man (Suz!; 2. J im Gibson (Honl; 3. Jim T",amino (Suzl. 125cc PRO: 1. Jeff Wlllld (Kawl; 2. Andy Kirker IVam); 3. A.J . Wh iting IVaml. OPEN INT: 1. Fulton TIdweil IMaiI; 2. Cerney Briggs (Vaml; 3. Merino Bastionell lMaiI. 250cc INT: 1. Curt McCuiston fYaml; 2. Wayn e BrOS1e (Vaml; 3. Eric MacCrocker (Vaml. 125cc INT: 1. Brian Maloney IESC); 2. J eff Qualls ISuzl; 3. BillOlsen ISuzl. OPEN JR : t . Brad Thompson IMail; 2. John Foote (Vaml; 3. Dan Hanebrink lMail. 250cc JR: 1. Jose Hernandez ISuzl; 2. Bob Jan . 12,1979 Hannegan (Honl : 3. Steve Jugan (Hon). (Above) Jeff Ward, now with Team Green, won the SSM 125cc Pro class. (Below) DeAnza Open Pro winner Mark Ellis leads David Hopkins. - . 125cc JR : 1. Jeff Huss ISuzl; 2. Denn is Cox (Kawl; 3. Allen Lucas (Vam). OPEN BEG: 1. Steve Kale ISuz); 2. Rich S tuetzel (Vam); 3. Frank S'e11i (Yaml. 250cc BEG: t . Keith Clauden IHonl; 2. David Penigrew IMail; 3. Jeff Scan (Suzl. 125cc BEG: 1. Don Canto IS uz); 2. Skip Faul (Yaml; 3. Craig Edwards (Yam), Hodgin hauls at DeAnza's year end MX By Ron Lawson SUNNYMEAD ,CA , DEC . 31 When DeAnza Cycle Park open ed its ga tes for the last ra ce of 1978 . it was to a good crow d of race hung ry MX fa na tics . Two THE WORLD'S FASTESTMOTORCYCLE LUBRICANTS iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii[iil- _ ........" ca.wft'.IeC.~COMt. HDCrnIL P.o. . . tat. e.t. BR-1s.~NJrnm .1201J ~ , T.... 13:MN ., s. .,..,.. CclIiIgI ...... o.pt.. Mot""*""" CA "".(7"" 7-...74 Come and meet Tom and Jack. the new owners of '~J Canoga Park Suzuki Top SSM 250cc Pro Scott Gillman. ~ ~ Service is our business We c arr y 8 full line of parts and accessories (213)884.0413 7045 Canoga Ave . Canoga Park. CA 91306 Gillman leads the wayatSSMMX By Terry W~ytal ORANGE, CA , DEC. 16 520 McG LlNCV LANE. CAMPBELL. CA 95008 (408 ) 3 71-1221 12 Team Suzuki rid er Scott Gillman took the top honors in th e 250c c Pro class at th e Arrow Chevrolet sponsored Saturday Saddleback MX. Andy Kirker won the drawing for the Cobra 40 channel CB radi o donated by Arrow Chevrolet. Other pri zes for t he sp o rt sm a n classes included. Pennzoil 2 cycle oil . gift certifi ca tes ,' DG and Firestone jac kets and J ofa shoulder pads. Leading the first 250cc Pro cha rge up the famous Saddleback sta rt ing hill was Honda -mounted J im Gibson but Gillman took th e lea d awa y on the do wn hill. Third spot bel on ged to J im Ta ranti no on a Suzuki followed closely by Kawasak i rid er Rob ert Riesin ger , As Gibson tried des pera tely to stay with t he r api d ly d isapp earin g Gillm an . Riesin ger put th e moves on T a rantino 10 take over third pl ace . T aranti no stayed right on Riesinger's ta il b ut was una ble to re pass a nd the fin ish ing order was Gillman , Gibson , Riesinge r. As th e pa ck co m p lete d lap one of th e second mo to Gillman had already esta b lished a com m a ndi ng lead tra iled by Taratino and Gibson . Tarantino held off Gibson for five la ps before going wide in a turn and lerr ing Gibson slip by . Gibson then really began to charge and ac tually closed somewhat on Gillman but when the checkers came out Gillman was th ere first with a comfortable lead . Gillman was the overall winner with second going to Gibson and third to Tarantino. Team Kawasaki's new 125cc ace. Jeff Ward . rode to back to back moto wins to take top money in the 125cc Pro class. Ward looked very comfort a ble on the new Kawasaki as he won both races by a good margin . Andy Kirker brought his Yamaha up weeks wit ho ut racin g is m or e than m ost en t h usiasts ca n ta ke a nd this bunc h was ready to go . For one rider it was his first race in severa l months. T ommy Hod gin of Redlands Su zuk i was bitten on th e a nkle by a mot or cycle ea rly last su m mer and ha s been walk ing ar ound in plaster ever sin ce. But th e ca st was gon e Sunday a nd he was back 10 his usu al posit ion on lOp of th e 125cc Novice class. In th e ea rly laps of moro one, it was Dou g Da vison (Suz).lead ing th e way whil e Hod gin an d J ohn Dimm itt ( Yam) followed . Davison was selli ng a n excellent pace u nt il t he fifth la p whe n he dropped out of t he race with bike troub les. From the re on in , it was all Hod gi n's. Dirnm itt finis hed a close seco nd with J eff Ca m arigg (Suz) third and Joey T homas (Suz) fourth . Rou nd two saw Hodgi n pu ll the holeshot 'a nd never let go . Dim m itt held secoad a ll the way wh ile Ka rl J ohnson (Ya m ) batrl ed with Davison for third . J ohnson event ua lly ca me out on top, sec uring third place ho no rs for him self. Davison once aga in ra p into t ro u b le and wound u p in l Oth place . As usu al . t he 250c c Pro class ' was very close . Cra ig Gorm ley (Yam) held the lead a t t he end of lap one with Mike Dickherber (Suz) in a close second ahead of Dave Eropkin (Ya m) and Llo yd Burk (Yam) . Phil Thor sten sen (Ho n) and Mark Ellis _ (Yam ) both su ffered from poor starts .. but soo n t hey were knifing th eir way th rough th e pack. By the fifth lap Thorstensen was riglit behind Eropkin in fourth place and pushing hard , Ell is, however, was having problems with his rear brake and he began to slow down , In th e meantime the lead had switc he d hands. Dickherber ha d passed Gormley just seconds before th e Yamaha rid er low side d in a turn . Gormley managed to remount quickly and on ly lost two places. As th e ra ce

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