Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

; .._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._..._.-._._._._._._._._._._._. == Western hotline . (Yam) tra d ing wins. Williams ho lesho t th e first rnoto bu t problems with his fron t bra ke ca ble soon cost him th e lead . Once Turner was in control . he quickly began 10 stretch out his lead . but Breker was in this race armed with his 390 Husky and he was coming up from the rear fast . But before Breker became a threat for the lead . the rear Axle on his bike broke in half. topping what had been a terrible day for him . Turner had no "ouble in taking th e win . Williams managsa a second ahead of J im Lowe {Mal} a n d Yamaha's T erry Clark. In round two . Williams came ba ck with his machine in better shape and took the ra ce with ease. Turner got off the line in about fourth and quick ly cut his way into second. but he never did ca tc h Williams. The last moto a nd th e ove ra ll went Will iams. T u rner. Clark and David Hopkins (Suz ). Lowe took l Oth in th e final round. but got fifth place money over Gary Jon es. who was riding one of his rare Open cla ss Arnrnex 's. Results (Above) Robbie Brown leads an out-of-shape Mark Brooks in AME's Kawasak i Series . (Below) David Hopk in s (2) takes t he DeAnza 250cc Pro holesho t . W inner Donnie Hansen (186) lurks in the middle. warm for third . Gilbert Va ldez m oved from ninth to fini sh in fourth . The seco nd ga te sho wed Rod rigu es upsetting Hicks ea rl y in th e moto. Hicks made severa l futile allempts 10 regain the lead . but it was evident Rodrigues had master ed his cha nge 10 Kawasaki. Johnson held third . despite the pressure from Michael Knapp . and as th ey crossed th e fin ish . Valdez was in fourth . Pat Galan's Suzuki too the ea rly lead in the first moro of the 105cc Open . with Rick Hemme ( R &D) and Mark . Tomaselli on his tail. Tomaselli threw ms \n~~ in gear and was in the lead by the second lap . L.rry Brooks moved in 10 fini sh th ird beh ind t; .. lan Galan repeated his start In ,b~ second moto , but thi s time it took Tomaselli four laps of work ing track and sand before he found his way around . Rudy Dick inson (R&D) kept t he heat on Rick Hemme as th ey mov ed closer to Gal an . but it was Brooks wh o came through to finish third . Results PEE WEE ' 1: 1. Ju lie W ilde li nd); 2. Kimberly Robert son (SU1) 3. Shannon Had dox lSUll . ; PEE WEe 12: 1. Dazham Slater (Suzl; 2. Jessica Sw eringer ISuz); 3. Paula W ilde lind) . PEE WEE 13 : 1. Carla Brehm lY aml ; 2. M ike M ichen i IHonl. MINI BEG: 1. Jo hn M eshkoff (Yam); 2. Jim Cobham (Yaml; 3. Jim McManus (Suz). ); MIN I NOV : 1. Tod d Parker (SU1 2. Rand y Gatien IKaw l. M INI INT: 1. Gary Carney (Yaml; 2. Taylor Marcell IKawl ; 3. Don Sigrisl lYaml. M INI BEG: t . Jim Garcia (S..z); 2. Fred Hun ter ISuzl . 125 BEG : 1. Gary Sath er ISuzl; 2. Carlos Grijulua (Yam); 3 . Ralph Pennington (Yam). 125 NOV ; 1. David OeFlu.ter ISuzl ; 2. Joey Thomas lSuzl: 3. Quinton Smith (Suz). 125 INT: 1. Bob Rowell lSuzl; 2. C,a;g Lee ISuz l; 3. Ken CampbelllYaml. 125 EX: 1. Craig Dale (Suz); 2. Jim Holley (Yam ); 3. John Greenw ay (Han). 250 BEG: 1. Lyn n Wo,ley ISuzl ; 2. Pat Tayto, IHo nl; 3. Greg Kelso (Hon). 250 NOV: 1. Rusty Hannah ISuz); 2. Mark Branch ISu z); 3. Chu ck Wheeler ISuz). 250 INT: 1. Jay Baldwin (SUl); 2. Kinney Jones (Hoo); 3. Scan Haydis {Kawl . 250 EX: 1. Donnie Hansen (C·AI : 2. Ron Turner IYaml ; 3. Huff Hadley IMa;). OPEN BEG: 1. Robby M ella ISuzl ; 2. M ike Brunner ISuz): 3. :Joh n Bullion {Husl. OPEN NOV : 1. Eddie M ich en i (Mai); 2. Steve Harris ISu z}; 3. Bob Bold t IHu s). . OPEN tNT: 1. Roy Burton (SU1); 2. Bill lustr ick (SU1) ; 3 . Glenn Glass IS uzl. OPEN EX: 1. Dave W illiams (Mai); 2. Ron Turner (Yam); 3. Terry Clark (Yam). SR VETS: 1. Ron Brehm (Yam); 2. George Anderson tSl,! l; 3. Ed Mi chelli IMail . z tNT VETS: 1. Paul Wil de (Yaml; 2. Earl Nichols (Yam). BEG VETS ; 1. Steve Symanski lMai l: 2. Stev e Loftin (Sull: 3. John Alton (Suzl. Rodrigues, Tomaselli top AME/Kawasaki minicross PEE WEE MOO: 1. Chuck Tcrqeseon IItjl . PEE WEE STOC K: t . M att Blackloc k ISuzl ; 2. Kayle Johnson ISUl) ; 3. J osh Melching ISuzl. JR CYCLE STOCK EX: 1. Pat Galan ISuzl; 2. Eddi e Hick s IS uz); 3 . Mi chael Knapp ISuz). JR CYCLE STOCK INT : 1. Lanc e Johnson ISuz); 2. Ricky Dumo ISuz). JR CYCLE STOCK J RS: 1. Jaime Pena ISuzl ; 2. Bobby Hoff m an (Suz) ; 3. Chris NealISuz) , J R CYCLE MOO EX: 1. Pat Galan ISuz l; 2. Brand on Schneider ISUl); 3. Edd ie Hicks ISUl). 83cc STOCK EX: 1. Louie Franco ~Y a m) ; 2. Mark I omaselli (Suz); 3. Rob bie Brown ISUll. B3cc ST OCK INT 12 +: 1. Paul Denis lSuz) ; 2. Terry Ham tpon ISuz); 3. Oay;d Seekins ISuz ). B3cc STOCK J RS 12 + ; 1. Lyle M cPherson ISuzl; 2. Rich ie James ISUl) ; 3. M ark HarwelllSuz). 83cc STOC K J RS 9·11 V RS: 1. Johnnie Rodr ig ues IKaw ); 2. Eddie Hicks (Kaw ); 3. Lance J ohnson (Sun. 83cc MOO EX: 1. l ou ie Fran co (Yam); 2. Mar k TomaseUi (Sull; 3. Rick Hem me (Suz). 83cc MOD INT 12 + : 1. larry Broo ks IYam ); 2. Terry Hamp ton (SU1) 3. Rudy Dickinson (Sull. ; 83c c MOD JRS 12 + : 1. Lvle M cPh erson ISuzl ; 2. Terry KnighllSull; 3. Mark Harwe ll (Suz). B3cc MOO INT 9-11 YRS: t . Pat Galan ISuzl ; 2. Ga,v Szilagyi IKaw }; 3. Brandon Schneider (Suli. B3cc MOO JRS 9-11 YRS : 1. Robert Laug hlin IYam) ; 2. Gilbert Valdez (Sull; 3. Scon Brown IKawl . 105cc MIN I OPEN: 1. Mark Tomaselli ISU1); 2. Pal Galan (Sull: 3. Larry Brooks (Yaml . l 00cc M/C EX: 1. Dann Pow ell IYaml ; 2. Todd Broussard (Yam). l 00cc M/C INT: 1. Dave Calais (Yam). l00cc M IC JRS : 1. Jack Greenberq ISuz); 2. Pet er Lepp (SuII; 3. Randy John son (SU1) . 125cc M IC INT: 1. Pat M cConnell (Yam); 2. Tom W ilson (SU1 3. M ike Yafchak (Yaml . ); 125cc PRO: 1. Doug NicollHonl . 125cc JRS : 1. Mark Chikasaw a lSuzl: 2. Cindy Duma IKaw); 3. Jo hn Hemm e ISUl l. Santana starts strong at Coc.a-Co/a/ Speedway 117 HSMX By Judy Greenberg Photo by Bob Greenberg By Rod Esc henburg VA LEN C IA . CA . MAR . II The Sixth Annu al Coca Col a / San Diego Hi gh Sch ool Mo to cross Ch ampi onship Seri es ope ne d wit h a bang a t Sp eed - CH ULA VISTA. CA. MAR . 7 40 made it easy for Lawrence by falling . It was on the very same lap that th e lead changed hands as Ellis put th e move on Hansen . Ellis . howe ver . was out of th e running for the overall win because of a firs t rnot o crash that put him in 11th place. Hansen mu st hav e known that he had the lOp position . wr apped up and he slowed dovn in th e final part of the race . not wi1ling to take any chances . Ellis finis hed with a good lead over Hansen . Hadley . Miller and Lawrence. T urner had managed to put himself in sixth by the end of the race and that was good enough lor second p lace money ahead of Hadlej , Lawrence and Ellis . The 125cc Pro race was more of the sa me story .•Craig Dale of Suzuki West won by virtue of his 2-2 fin ishings . Mota one saw John O'Mara grab the lead on th e first lap only 10 be pa ssed by Dale aft er a shon time . Bo b Kline . however. was the rider on the move . sta rti ng off in fifth and moving into second by la p fou r. He pressured Da le for qu ite a wh ile befor e he fina lly managed 10 ge t by on th e. 10t h la p . Kline took th e win with Dale right behind followed by O 'Mara . John Silva (Suz) . and J ohn Greenway (H on ). In round two . Dale ' had th e ea rly lead once more but it was Jim Holley (Yam ) who took it awa y from him thi s time . Dale too k second once more whil e Greenwa y . Gregg T oyama (Ya m) and Silva filed in beh ind . Overall it was Dal e . H olley. Gr eenway. Silva and Steve Davis (H on) . In the Open Pro class the race was much more straight forward with Q.avid Williams (Mai) and Turner The second event of th e Ameri can Minicycle Association 's Kawa saki Spring Nationals took place on the well-prepared International co urse a nd sa nd wash a t Indian Dunes. Ent ries topped th e 20 0 mark . gi ving riders a nd spectators a full day of racin g . Dr awin gs were. held for prizes fr om l ta ljet , USA . Suzuki Sports Ce nter of Oxnard a nd Sim i Vall ey Yamaha . The Kawasaki gr een ra n \ -2-3 a fter th e fir st lap of th e 83cc nine 10 l l -year old Stock · Juni ors . Edd ie Hi cks pow er ed in to th e lead and rode a flawl ess race 10 the finish. Scott Brown (Good T im es Kaw) and Johnni e Rod rigu es vied for number two . as th e f ront running trio edged out over their 24 competitors. When Brown ran into trouble ; Suzuki -mounted Lance Johnson and Todd Bess kept the action --. wa}' 117 with all 165 riders taking to th e co urse as if they ha d never been away! W ith .Mother Nat ure cooperat ing j ust a lill ie be tter this year . Speed . wa y 117 Gene ra l M ana g e r a nd Pr esident Don Basile was able to begin tr a ck pre p work mu ch ea rlier than last year . with the result being that a very good course was read y for the MX er s thi s year. The San Diego H igh Sch ool Champi onship Seri es op en ed thi s season as it ha s for the past fouryears - a fte r th e clay had sett led on the first night 's ac tivities. it was defending ch am p Santan a High again on top . gaining three tim es th e points of runner -up Mor se High . and again for the same reason ; only one win . but lots of seconds and thirds.

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