Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

i NORTHERN DATELINE ~ t en t"'- en ~ in second . Ryan took the lead before th e first lap was com p le ted but Brubaker wouldn't give up easily, Even with heavy pressure on him , Ryan wouldn't let Brubaker by. In the Old T imers race it was Roger San chez (Suz) out in front with John Sudsberry (Yam) in second . Raymond Nelson (OMS) got under Sudsberry in the third lap and put the pressure on Sanchez. Sanchez refused to relent and took it to the wire for the win . Mike Gildersleeve and Larry Young took control of the Veterans race but it was only three laps later when Robert Mars (Mai) got under both of the early leaders and held on to the fin ish . Results IlOcc NOV MINI: 1. Tommy Seidel IKawl; 2. Troy SlJausen !Yam} 3. Corbett Thomas ISuzl. ; l00cc NOV/MINI: 1. Darrin Cook IS uzl. 1()().8) JRlEXlM INI: 1. Timmy Amon lKaw}. l00cc NOV SPORTSMAN: 1. J immy Souza IS uzl; 2. John Roitinger (Yam). 125cc NOV: 1. Jim Horn ISuz); 2. Jimmy King (SuzJ; 3. Richie Dobbins ISuz). 250cc NOV: 1. Pau l Pronovost (Husl; 2. Lex Dillma n IHonl. OPl:N NOV: 1. Tony Zoppi ISuz); 2. Mon ty Seers !Yam). OPEN JRIEX: 1. Dave Ryan !Yaml. OLD TIMERS: 1. Roger Sanchez ISuz); 2. Reymond NelsonIDMSI. VET: 1. Robert M.. (Mai); 2. Mike GoldersIeeve !Yarn); 3. Robert McCowen lBuI). Jacobson devastates all Pro classes at S.I.R. By Sue Sykes KENT, WA,JAN . 28 Suzuki m ounted Da ve H enden picked up the b rass in 250cc In termediate action as 25 iceskating motocrossers hi t the track . Some hit pretty hard. too ; on the downside. the backside and some on all sides . Dave pulled off an impressive 2· I score ahead of Yamaha mounted Rick Bruce. The Pro classes were the exclusive property of Bellevue Suzuki rider Pat Jacobson , Bla ine "C" Elledge earned seco nd overall in the 250cc and O pen Pro while young Phil Ruckman bid for 125cc second overall . N umber one northwest Pro Jim Anderson rode to a super third in 125cc dicing, The 125cc Junior gang did it up good with three heats of a ction to set up for th e main event. Danny Sa ylor (Suz) shot out front in the first round a nd let it rip again in the main , leading gate to flag. Good go in' Dan. Todd Beltz (Su z) won out in the second heat. getting around Scott Costa on lap three, and Tracy Grooms picked up the heat three moto win. Tally time listed overalls with Saylor, Beltz and Costa earning the top three positions. Congratulations to Olympic Yamaha's Pro rider Tom Poage. Tom just showed us his new Yamaha International YZ 400F. Tom will be racing this jewel for Yamaha in the northwest as part of their support program . Poage is number five this year in the CMC Northwest. Results Pl:E WEE JR: 1. Aaron DIMs ISuzl; 2. Joel Mour er llta). Pl:EWEE EX: 1. Larry Ward llta); 2. Brad Jeffery lltal. MINI J R: 1. Wes Clark (S uz); 2. Mervin Waldo ISuzl; 3. T ravis Hen drickson (Yam) . 44 MINI INT: 1. Jeff Chapma n ISuz); 2. Marlow Mou rer ISuz); 3. Pet er Trea dwelllSuz l. MINI EX: 1. J ac k McGill IYam ); 2. C. Trent Mou rer ISuzl; 3. Kyle Fest ISuz). 100 J R: 1. Lance Kilgore lSuz ); 2. Brian Ogle ISuzI; 3. Gar( Anderson IS uz). 100 INT: 1. John Spooner lSuzl ; 2. Duan e Morris !Yam); 3. Kim Douglass ISuzl . 125JR: 1. Danny Saylor ISuzl; 2. Todd Beltz 1Suz); 3. Scon Costa lSuz ). 12S INT: 1. Danny Daniels !Yaml; 2. Duane Morris !Yaml; 3. Rick Gervasi IHon). 125 PRO: 1. Pat J~ lSuzl; 2. Phil Ruckman 1Suz); 3. Jim Andarson (Suz). 2SO JR: 1. J erry Heather !Yam); 2. Doug Hedges (Hen); 3. David Jones lVam). 2SO INT: 1. David Henden ISuzJ; 2. Rick Bruce lVam); 3. Kelly Newman IHenI. 2SO PRD: 1. Pat Jacobson ISuzI; 2. Blaine Elledge IHus); 3. Dale Barker !Yam l. OPl:N JR : 1. Rick Phen is ISuz) ; 2. Steve Glenn lVaml; 3. lane Chase IHusl. OPl:N INT: 1. Rick McCaffery IC·A); 2. Mike Kulp IYam l; 3. Rusty Hoehn IYaml. OPEN PRO: 1. Pat J acobso n ISuz); 2. Blaine Elledge IHus): 3. Chuck Wiley ISuz) . OVER THE HILL: 1. Gord y Och s IHon): 2. John Noble IHus); 3. Mike Doherty IMail. OLD -TIMERS: 1. Ron Marshall (Yam); 2. Erv Thompson (Mai); 3. John Taylor ICZl. POWDER PUFF: 1. Kimi Douglass ISuz) ; 2. Krist! Hendrickson ISuz); 3. Ivy Mix (Suzl. 125 EX: 1. Karl Cuzick IS uZJ; 2. Varl Harni~on lVam). OPl:N EX: 1. Mark Stevens !Yam). Jorgy andYavis tops at chilly Sand Hill scrambles By W. H. Spencer BR ENT W OOD, CA .JAN . 26 Despite the new racing season being only a few weeks old , confrontations for to p honors in the Black Plate bat tle are underway. Alex Jorgenson is definitely ready for the ha rd charge on the AMA Grand National circuit ; John Tavis is going for no less than number one and sensa tional J im Filice , just barely Ifi-yearsold , is ready to show his wa res on the Pro tour , Under cold b ut clear skies, the crowd grows a nd race nig hts will cha nge from Friday to Sa turday as Tom Anderso n expects the ba ttle for top Dist rict 36 honors to heat up the chill night air. Doug Chandler is now Kawasaki mounted and still very m uch a winner. The KX 80 is trick and the kid is even trickier . The offer for him to remain Yamaha mounted wasn 't right . so th e green meanies no w have a nother hero in their ranks. Chris Carr held the point ever so ea rly but Chandler pulled out all the stops to win the 80cc Expe rt over the number two ranked National scrambler. Ben Mon Avery continued his vigil of winning t he Novice ba sh over a big crew including Troy " Killer" Joice. Aa ron H ill mixed it up good in t he 100cc Min i class to take the win over T roy Barazoto. Veteran Mike Underhill enjoys win ning and th e OT/ Vet class was all his. Da ve Rodrigues earned the com bined 100·125cc Junior /Novice win over Mark Harms. Alex J orgensen had littl e trouble with th e 250cc Expert class this week , coming from the outside to lead all the way as Kir k King held off Mike Faria's old Ossa for second. In the Open Exp ert run . Denny Spence loaded u p ea rly once again and John Tavis took it to the wire for the win. Jimbo Filice and Gary Johnson , however, put on the show of shows. R un ning third and fourth in th e early laps , J imbo and Ga ry were never more tha n a few in ches apart until Gary. th e you ngest a t barely 15. hit a rut wrong which allowed j imbo's NO sparked TT 500 to run away with the seco nd . • Results VET/OT: 1. Mike Underhill (Yam.: 2. Mike Gutshershux (Varni. 80 NOV: 1. Ben Mon Avery ISuz); 2. Arch im Klingher lYam); 3. Tr o y J oice (Ho n). 100/125 NOV/JR : 1. Dave Rodrigu es (Yoml; 2. Mark Hvarm (Tam) ; 3. Mark Kand al (Suzl . 80 EX: 1. Doug Chandler IKawl: 2. Chris Carr (Yam); 3. LafOVDe l eo n (Suz), 100 JRfEX: 1. Aa ron Hill (Suz); 2. Troy Barazoto ISuz). 250 NOV: 1. Craig Chrrstlan (Varni; 2. Rog er McC oy (Yam); 3. John Silva (Vam). 250 EX; 1. A lex Jorgensen IC·A); 2. Kirk King (Yam); 3. M ike Faria 1 1 0ss . OPl:N NOV/J R: 1. Gary Leach !Yam); 2. Dennis King !Yam); 3. Tim H ~ IYaml. OPEN EX: 1. John Tavis. Jr (Vam); 2. Jim Filice (Yam): 3. Dave FarLa {Yam). OPEN JR: 1. Joey Knight (Yaml; 2. Blair Newel l ISuzI ; 3 . Torn Knight (Yaml.

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