Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

.._._._._._._._._._.-._._._....._. __ ._._._._._._._._~._. ~ ~ . " - .. .. ~ '_._._.-.~.- Western hotline CRC Sadd leback 125cc Pro wi ~ner M ike Brown 1 7W) gets t he holeshot, Draskovich, VanHook take CRC Saddleback MX By Keith Cle mons ORANGE, CA , FEB. I I If you're a dyed-in-the-wool moto freak you know that nothing beats a day of perfect weather, full on dirt racing, and perhaps sipping some brew with you r friends in the- California Racing Club. CRC brought together all three of these vital ingredients for a perfect - Sunday and racers and supporters showed up in th e hundreds to take advantage of them . Open Pro Mark Brooks wound his Wheelsmith -sponsored Maico into a first mot o win : Greg Draskovich popped the holeshot and ra n a five la p lead but Brooks took it over on the sixth and Draskovich was second under the flag . Third in was Suzuki rider John Elledge who aced out the Yamaha of Doug Taft, also on the sixth la p . Things got a little more' confusing in the second round as first moto winner Brooks seized after just one lap and didn't finish the race. Draskovich 0I1ce again drove his DMG -prepped Maico through the first turn in th e number one slot but Crown Cycle's joe D. Price moved up from a fifth place start to put the pressure on Draskovich, Price, who had bailed off in the first moto , was making his bid for a win in the second and' keeping the pressure on Dras kovich , He ended up the victor by stealing the number one position in the second to the last lap a nd held it to win. With Brooks out of the race and Price's unfortunate first moto placing . Draskovich was still able to ta ke home first place money. The third person was John Elledge' once again, so he took second overall and third place for the da ywent to Taft. Twen ty-five rid er s m ounted u p for the 250cc Pro race and stampeded th rough the firs t tum like gun-shy cattle . When t he dust set tled "Demon Don " Draz was in th e lead b ut he only held it for two short la ps before Jo e Plante ripped him off. Plante wasn't secure in t he position either and on th e fifth lap Vince Va nHook sliced his way up from a slow start to win the heat. Pla nte ' held onto the number two - position for the remainder of the rac e and Tim Hinse finished th ird. None of the first rnoto 's top three takers were able to hold their positions in the second round , however, and the number two race left the scoresheets with an entirely different set of winning names . This time around Donald Draskovich found his way through the hole first and held a winning run all the way into th e 12th la p . Doug Renno had started sixth bu t was steadily moving up through th e traffic and finally caught Draskovich in th e seventh lap and five ' Ia ps later was able to squeeze by for the win. Draskovich finished number two with Vere Butler racing his Yamaha home third . Overall the positions added up to give VanHook the ' win , Renno second place money and Joe Plante third . Results OPEN PRO: ' 1. Greg Draskovich IDMGI; 2. J ohn ElledQeISuz); 3. Doug Taft IV aml. OPEN INT: 1. Dan M oore IM ail: 2. M arino 8 ast ow ell (M ail ; 3 . Jim Belti nck (Mail . OPEN NOV: r. Dan Martin (Mail; 2. John Pineott lYa m); 3. Tim Hethcox (Yam ). OPEN BEG: 1. Gary Ramiez (Varni 2. Joh n Rivera ; IVamI; 3. Jeff Buckn.. ISuzl. 250 PRO: 1. Vince Van Hook (Ma i); 2. Dou g Renno IHonl; 3. Joe Plante lHonl. 250 INT: 1. Kevin Olson (Mai); 2. Glen Norkus ISuzl; 3 . A1an Paint er tHon ). 250 NOV 1. Dennis Sewell ISuzl; 2. Charles Rubin : IHonI 3. C.J . WllflnOf ISuzl. ; 250 BEG: 1. Peggy Wilson IMacl; 2.Jim Henman ICAI; 3. Tom Ouddley, Jr . IVaml. 125 PRO: 1. MikeBrown ISuz); 2. Bob Kline IHon); 3. Andy Kirker (Yam ). 125INT: 1. Man Ziegler lSuz); 2. Doug Jacobs ISuzl; 3. M..k LarnkjaeJ lSuz). 125 NOV 1. L.. Hays IVaml;2. LanceWenn.. ISuzl; : 3. Mike Teegue lVaml. 125 BEG: 1. Mike English ISuzl; 2. Mark Spinke (Vam); 3. Scon BnoviakIVam). 100 INT: KevinAIImanIVam). 100 NOV RickKnamen IVarnl. : VETSSR: I , Jim Beltinck lMaij; 2. Bill Burkhart IMai); 3. B. Crostll IKTMI. _ VETS INT: 1. Rick Watson (KTM);2. Ask .. LamkjaeJ 1Suz) 3. sam Jones (Maij. ; CRC VETS: 1. J..... Jones IMail; 2. J im MillslMaij; 3. Oeen Saunders iHonI. MINIS INT OIlflny Sanchez lVaml. : MIN I NOV: 1. Steve Van Duzan IVaml; 2. Steve Nelson ISuzl; 3. Jean Johnson lSuzl. MINI BEG: 1. James Daniels IVaml; 2. Charles Ostorday 1Suz). Lett, Gerig top AM£ Carlsbad opener By Brian Hemsworth CARLSBAD, CA, FEB. 18 Despite the somewhat small tu rnou t , American Motocross Enterp rises opened its first Carlsbad race of the year with some superb racing, pa rticulary .by the .Pros. . . Mark Marinez leads Gary Jones in Racing World 250cc Pro action. The 125cc Pro class gave us the show of the day. In moto number on e, the first six riders were less than 10 seconds apart for the majority of the race . Bob Sullivan took the first of the two 45 -minute mot os with Gr eg g Toyama , Huff Hadley, an d Cliff Lett right behind him. But when th e du st rose from the second moto, Sulli van DNF and Lett ca!TIe up with the rnoto and th e overall. Gregg T oyama and Scott Anderson finished second and th ird overall. The .250 and 500c cclass combined to give the fans one hell of a rac e. Many Moates' LOP Yamaha and David Gerig's Suzuki proved. a good match , with Moates taking the first moto victory. The second moto looked like Moates all the way till his bike quite with less than 10 minutes to go , Gerig motored by to ta ke the first pl ace money, with Chris Chaffee finishing second overa ll. , AME will be running every first and third Sundays at Ca r lsbad this sp ring and looking forward to a greatseason. Results I • 125 BEG: 1. Steve Gund..son ISuzl; 2. Mike Kincheloe (Hon); 3. 8 r8Ogt Young (Yam). 125 JR: 1. TIm Clark ISuz); 2. Steve Colley ISuz); 3. J ohn ClarkISuz!. 1251NT: 1. Robert Maas IHon);2. Frank Ru" ISuzl; 3. Mike Jackson (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. CIi" Len lVaml; 2. Gregg Toyama IVaml ; 3. Scon AndOfSQn ISuz). 250 BEG: 1. AVf!Jf; 2. Rathjer; 3. McBoI. 250 J R: 1. Gordeck..; 2. unsay; 3. Hanty. 250 INT: 1. Mark Smith IVam); 2. Tom Tate IC-AI. OPEN J R: 1. Jack McCormick IS uz~ 2. Skip Smith ISuz). . OPEN INT: 1. Edd ie Fosher IVam); 2. Devid Nuding ISuz). OPEN PRO: 1. David GOfig lSuz); 2. Chris Chaffee. OLDTIMER: 1. Oevid Lopinski tHusl. Dick 's Suzuki , was holeshot-to -flag leader in both races. Dave Ross, riding a Spectre -sponsored Suzuki , followed Learn through the first heat to place second with Kevin Ferguson tra iling in th ird. .Rose fell into th e t hir d place slot in th e second rnot o when Crown Cycle's Richard Barron hopped into an ea rly position behind Learn and held it to fin ish second . Rose finis hed thi rd but took seco nd overall with Barron placi ng third overall. Winning the l25cc Pro purse wasn 't enough for t he moto st ruck Learn , , who went on to d rive 'em crazy by; taking th e 250cc Pro purse also. . Learn's eagerness to win wasn't realiz ed in his first mo to : there the glory went to Cla rk jones who aced out holeshot taker Gary Jones to win th e race . Gary Jones finished second ' and Learn trai led in third. . It was the second moto that gave Lea rn his ticket to ride, First moro winfier J on es bailed out of the second rnoto contest a nd Learn jumped into an ea rly lead to win the race uncontested. Gary Jones finished second on his Arnmex followed by Kawasaki rider Ma rk Marinez in third. Overall Learn packed his pocket with the money from an other first place win ' . and. Jones and Marinez took second and third. Results By ~eith Clemons OPEN PRO: 1. Scon Cavness ISuz); 2. Dave Foltz IMai); 3. BillJewell (Maij. OPENINT: 1. Greg Smith IMail; 2. J im Beltinck IMl\i); 3. Art McClain IS uz). o OPEN NOV: , . Doug White { Suzl; 2. Lao Green (Yam); 3. Steve Eatmon IY aml. OPEN BEG: 1. Bob Campini (Varni; 2. Ron Strauss IMail; 3. Don JensIlfl lMei). 250 PRO: 1. Ro.. Leern lSuzl; 2. Gary Jones lAMl; 3. M.k Marinez(Honl. 250 INT 1. Mark AdamllOf1 ISuz); 2. Man Zigelor : ISuz); 3. KevinMcNeal !Yaml. 2SONOV: 1: John Holthans (Hen); 2. Todd Simmons IHon);3. Steve Corrigan. 250 BEG: 1. LynnW",ley ISuz); 2. Russ Brown ISuzl; 3. Jim Freeburn (Yaml. 125 PRO: 1. Ross LeeenISuzl; 2. Dave Rose ISuzl; 3. Richard Barron IVaml. T RA BUCO CAN YO N , CA , FEB , 18 IYaml 3. Lei Kaldor ISuzI. ; ! Learn shows 'emhowatCRC Racing World MX R ac ing W orld played host to the Ca lifornia Racing Club and the boys on th eir bikes ransacked th e track with a high fever of moto madness. . O ne 'high stru ng indivi d ual com plet ely brok e loose a nd wen t wild in the d irt winning both 125cc Pros mot es uncontested. Ross Lea rn got bit by th e bug and blast ed t hroug h t he turns to win first overall and ho pefully en ough brea d to bu y himself a cu re for his hypertension. Lea rn , ,¥hQ rides for , 125 tNT: 1. Matt Zig. fSuzl; 2. Dale Himmetrefch 125 NOV: 1. Chip Vogel (Yaml; 2. Brian Beaton (Hon) 3. Todd Simmons ISuz). ; 125 BEG 1. Kenny De Konine ISuz); 2. Joe Mackie : (Suz); 3. Howie Lloyd ISuz). VETSSR: Bob Heys lMai)' VETS INT: 1. Earl Nichols IVaml; 2. Buzz Moeller. IHusl; 3. A. Durr IS uzl. ' VETS JR: 1. Tim · Fitzpatrick ISuz); 2. AI Sanerls IMai); 3. WilliamMillarl5o zl. ' 100 EX: Paul FilZ-Gibbon IYaml. " 100 INT: Kenny Stokes ISuz). 100 NOV 1. KirkWilliama (Yam); 2. Roy'Farr (Y : aml. 100 BEG 1. Chris Floming IVam); 2. Doug Ito ISuzl; : 3. Tom Ebbert. lVam). MINI NOV: 1. Skip Godinez ISuz); 2. Todd Campbell IVam); 3. Todd Pork.. ISuz). MINI BEG 1. Chris Sparks IKawl 2. T..ry Woodv : ; IVaml; 3. Ouayne s ..dimtlhy Isuzl. (Contjn~d to ·page 30) I

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