Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

I NORTHERN DATELINE ~ t (j) l' (j) IAbove) This little guy almost lost his bike in the murk at S.I.R. IBelow) Believe it or not. all the m ot os were muddy. but f ast. Dean Wiggins easily took the Open Expert w in at Sears Point. Myers masters Sears Point Hangtown qualifier By w. H. Spencer SON OM A , CA ,JAN . 2 1 Ra cin g for top 20 District 36 hon ors a nd a cha nce for a spo t a t th e a n n ua l Hangt own Classic makes for g rea t raci ng a t Sears Jacobson'takes charge of CMCI S.I.R. Winter Series By Sue Sykes KENT . WA ,JAN . 21 Northwest riders are out to prove they 'll race under any conditions. The third race of the Winter Series a t S.I.R. was a wet one 34 and Mini Junior ri der Bill Weiland from Kent earned the "Mr. Muddy" award for the d ay : Bill stopped in the opening tum for a few seconds and his bike al most sank in the swamp . The 250cc Pro race was a free-for all with 15 riders ch u rning ou t of the chu te at the same time. First moto was co ntrolled by Pa t J acobson (Suz) .. Bill Joyce (Suz) and Bla in e Elledge (Hus) f rom sta n to fi nish . Secon d ti me around it was J oyce , J acob son and Elledge. right u p to th e last la p ; but Joyce decided to do a little timber cruisin' , All the motos were exciting to watch - muddy and fast. When the overall results were fina lly posted it was J a co bson , Elledge and Yamaha mounted Tom Poage in third. Ku rt Grinnell (Suz) aced the 125cc Interrnediate. class for two motos. The Port Angeles rider has found some super lines around that track and makes every second count. Follow ing in the. next spots wer e Mark Albright (Suz) with a 2-2 score and Dan Daniels from Ol ympic Yamaha scooped up third overa II. Results MINI EX: 1. C. Trent Mourer ISuz); 2. Kyle Test ISUll. MIN) JR : 1. Marvin Waldo ISuzl; 2. Peter Tr eadwell lSuzl; 3. Was Clark lSuzl. 100 INT: 1. Doug Massey ISuz); 2. Kyle Fast lYam); 3. Bob Rowe (Suz). 100 JR : 1. Brian Ogle lSuz l; 2. Dan Cordell lYam ); 3. George CordelllYam). ' 125 PRO: 1. Pat Jacobson lSuz ); 2. Phil Ruckman lSu zl; 3. Robb Manning ISuzl. 125 INT : 1. Kurt Grinnell ISuz); 2. MlIfk Albright ISuzl; 3. Dan Dani el. lY am l. 125 J R: 1. Todd Beltz lSuz I; 2. Dan Saylor ISuz); 3. M ike Egbert IVam). 250 PRO: 1. Pat Jac obson ISUll; 2. Blain e Elladge IHus); 3. Tom Poage lYam). 250 INT: 1. Dave Henden (Suz); 2. Rick Bruc e (Yaml ; 3. Ric k Gervasi IHan) . 250 JR : 1. RaV Wi ggins (Han); 2. Tracy Grooms (Vaml; 3. Paul Stu en lHon). OPEN PRO: 1•.Tom Poage IVaml; 2. Pat Jacobson ISuzl ; 3. Blaine Eliedge IHus). OPEN INT: 1. Rusty Hoeh n IVaml; 2. Scan Tyler (Ma i); 3. M ike Mohrbacher (Hus). OPEN J R: 1. Steve Glenn (Yam); 2. Jay Kings ley (Suz); 3. W ayne Pearson (Hus). M INI INT : 1. Mitch lorenz (Sud; 2. Marlow Mourer ISuzl; 3. Jeff Chapman ISuz). PEE W EE: 1. Joel M ourer Uta); 2. Randy Munson IHan). . PEEWEE EX: r. Larry WlIfd Iltal, OVER THE HilL: 1. Gordy Den. IHon ); 2. Jonn Noble . . IHusl; 3. Mike Dolle

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