Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

WINNERS COAST TO COAST USE FOX AlRSHOXI _ The Florida Winter MIlASerie s in the East a nd the CMC Suzuki Gold en State Series Inthe west attract top riders. In both. FOX AIR SHOXand TEAM MOTQ-X FOXriders performed brilliantly. FLORIDA WINTER AMA SERIES 125CIau: 1st: Marll: Bamett. Team Suzuki. Ma rk. with Tea m MOTQ-XFOXbefore sig ning a tull factory ride, wears and e ndorses fhe MOTQ-XFOX/Y OKOline of c lothing. 2nd: Steve Martin (Yama ha) . 3rd: Pat Moroney. T am MOTQ-X FOX[SuzUki) (Fox Airshox] . Pa t's g reat e hand ling mac hine perfo rmed so we ll. he bott led factory ride r Bomett a ll t he wov . 4ItI: Todd Perkins. Team MOTQ-XFOX (Yamaha) (Fox Mono A1rshock]. . , 250CI_: 1st: IClppy Pierce. T a m Con-om . Klppy really knows how fa ri e the send e d Bruce Ogilvie crashed hard in the Polka Dot's GP but salvaged a 7th. been r u n ni ng seco n d 'to M a icomounted Da n ny "Magoo" C handler ' ti l t he Maico d ecided it couldn't handle three fu ll hours of " Magoo madness" and seized. The fi rst five E xperts ov e ra ll received cash payme n t fo r t hei r efforts, After Cantaloupi picked u p the biggeSt share the next spot went to Randy Losh, ri di n g a Maico for Euro Cycles . I n the last lap Lash had p icked up seco n d when Charlie Marshall 's Husky. fro m Carm icha e l Honda . t hrew its c hai n a n d h is posi t ion . Marsha ll too k third and Losh's tea m m a te Eric McKenna was in there for fourth with Ste ve Feroni getting the fi na l ca sh-in place . T he e n tire three hou r r un was action packed. " Magoo" , Cantaloup i, Marshall , Las h and McKe n na. all way u p front , were really going for it . Brian Jodry ( Mai) was in on t he action while Marshall . Lash , McKenn a a nd Jodry all swapped places repeatedly. J odry's u lti mate fin ish was one p lace ou t of the money . Exc elle nt organization and m anagement of a ny eve nt has come to be expected o f th e Pol ka Do ts, ho wever , th ey claim a ny suc cess was due to the ass ist ance the y rec e ive d from H iPo int , Capital C o o rs, and R obe rt Bosc h . R eg a rdless o f wh o was responsible, it was a great event and many of the 398 riders participating hope to see the P.C.C.P.. be come an annual. One rider who may have to weigh the advantages of a return trip next yea r is Bru ce O gi lvie who traveled to Sacramento representing D al e's Mode m Cycles of San Be rna rd ino and Yamaha. O gi lvie put on a beautiful show of rid ing skill after crashing in the first lap and showed uP ' at main c hec k in 19th place, He managed to work a ll the wa y up to seventh before the checkered Ilag p ut an end to h is cli m b . H e had developed o ne heck of a blac k e ye by the e nd o f the race . A resu lt of the crash, one woul d assu me! Results OVERAll FOR CASH: r. Donnie Cantalou pi; 2. Randy Losh; 3. Charlie Marshall. OPEN EX: t . Randy Lash; 2. Charlie Marshall; 3. Eric McKenna. . 250 EX: 1. Donnie Cantaloupi; 2. Brian Jodry. 200 EX: 1. Tom Broault. VET EX 1. Bill Griggs; 2. Rod : ' Goehring; 3. Fred Mozingo. O.T. EX: 1. Bill Onga ; 2. Charlie Morgan. OPEN JR: 1. Jeff H enning; 2. Dan Steele; 3. John Volk. /' 250 JR: 1. Donnie Anderson; 2. Tim Dickson . 200 JR: 1. David Lee; 2. Dav;d Bollinger. VETJR : 1. S keet er Andersen ; 2. AJ Baumann; 3. Phil Frisbie. O.T. JR: 1. Richard H ood; 2. CW. H aymart; 3. Maynard Idleman . OPEN NOV: t , Jim Dekoning; 2. S. Martin Smith. 250 NOV 1. Bill Dart; 2. Tim Hausmann. : 200 NOV 1. Russ Blevins;2. Chartee Bed<. : VET NOV t . John M : cCoy; 2. Pat Pipes. O.T NOV: 1. Bill O'Brien; 2. R Little; 3. . on Sanchez. R og... By Maxie Abernethy and he does It on a toctory Can-om equipped with 17%" FOXAIRSHOX. He's leemlng to ride other surfaces. too. and Is a rider to wafch thisyear. 2nd: Jo-Jo Kel.... (Honda) (Fo A1rshox). x 3Jd: Mike Guerra (Husqvorna). 411I: Larry Wo~, Team MOTQ-XFOX (Hond a ) (Fox A1rshox). Aorida wa s lany's first not ional competition and he gave a good occounting of himself with steady riding. Watch him in the 250 Naf lonals. CREEN RI VER. UTAH, MAR ~ 4 CMC GOLDEN STATE SERIES One for the money at Green River MX 125Clau: 111: BrianMyerscough, Team Suzuki. Brian hod to ride his RA works bike to beet the new MOTQ-XFOX rider. 2nd: DonnIe cew '''oupl, T eem MOTQ-XFOX (Yomoha) (Fox Mono A1rshock). Donnie's notional competition debut d idn't surprise Northam Co llfomla fons. Donnie put It to the fectory sfors on their stock engine bikes. end only whe n the foctories brought out their works engines witt> superior horsepower. d id they eek out a victory. 250Clau: 111: Dannv' '~ .. Teom Maico (Fo AiIsho x x). 2nd: Pete Wal*et. T eem MOTQ-XFOX(Yamaha) (Fox Mono Airshock) _ One for the money, two for the show , three all together, and dow n we go! That was the name of the game when the 125cc Expert class stom pe d away on thei r second mote -battl e. Dan Lechtenberg (Yam) sto le t he show d uring the fi rst mo to by gra b b ing the hale r and stringing out a good lead . Tim Salt (Han) d iced Franky J uliano (Suz) out of the _ running and rode away with second . T he n ca me their se co n d chance . R a nd y Yates (Su z) went for the b iggie , b ut Lech tenberg rattled his cage and they bot h lost the case, leaving the door wide open for Kenny U libarri (SUl) . Ulibarri latched onto the top spot and sty led a speedy ride while Lechtenberg, Sa lt and Yates fought fo r posit io n . Uliba rri was really d ialed in on h is yellow b u zze r , whe n the chain sna p ped and he ca m e ' to a sudden ha lt. Sa lt swoo ped into the firs t p lace nitch , b ut Lec h te nbe rg and Yates we re hot on his tail. A he avy skirm ish erupted and wh en the sm ok e clea red it ' wa s Salt , Yates a n d Lechtenberg lin ing u p for th e finishing c hecks . Salt peppered th e h igh sta kes , Le chten berg got th e po int-call fo r second a nd Ya tes shot thro ugh fo r third . n, The Mini Expert s gat he re d for thei r bash a nd Scott J o hnso n (Su z) t hrott led it to the max for t he ho leshot . Hi s o lder brother , Snell , blasted from behind with intent io ns of swi pi ng the lead spot . A bar-to -bar d ice m atch occurred a nd Scott lost the lead whe n Snell stuffed his m ount into the insid e and ran it all the way home . Sco tt sunk his teeth into second , while Ma rk Cren (S uz) and Bre nt Smith (Y am) fought for thi rd . Snell ra n a wa y with the goodies in t he se con d h e at and scrambled the checks Tor a firs t pl ace r ; Scott c halked up a su per second and Smith cu t ou t a third. This was th e fi rst motocross of th e '79 seaso n fo r som e of the guys a nd all o f the m we re burning t he turf with wild aba ndon . Eldon C opier (Han) wa s the m aj or contender in the 250cc Expert class whe n he g ra b bed the lead line in bot h m o tos and cont rolledt he pace . Dal e Bohm (Han) sp u n into second off the lin e. but J ohn A rchuleta (Suz) and Dan Lechtenberg ( Ya m ) sco red a direct hit and d iced h im ou t. Lech ten be rg a nd Archul et a bounced second around fo r a wh ile unti l A rchuleta got o n th e gas a nd took second to the checkers . The sec ond C""" ~ v-; r~ I' IV'I ~1""WEMCEWM1'WESBL _ 5EU. UE MCE:" WM1' 520 McGIlncy Lane Canpbell. CA 9500S (0 ) 37~1221 Suzuki of Van Nuys 1978 Suzuki Clearance Sale '78 RM :150 C.:1 , $1:195 ' 7 8 GS 750 C • •• • • •••• •• • ~ •• • ••• •• •.• •• • $:1099 '78 GS 550 EC.......•.•• •••..... ... •. •• $1«099 Similar Savings on all 1979 models Suzuki of Van Nuys West Coast :1 Volume Dealer 1«0141 Sherman Way . 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