Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

_._._._._._._._._.. early and set up a fierce mot e -long battle for the lead . Turner pressured intensely for the first three laps, then made his move over th e second jump in t he sandwash. It got him by Martin all rig ht, but right into a lapped rider. Martin cruised by on the outside to regain the lead for another lap . Turner knew his fast spot by then and when they hit the first jump heading into the sand , he new up to Martin and then by him off th e nex t ramp. This pass stuck, and Martin had to hang on for the rest of th e race hoping for a m istake by either Turner or one of the lapped riders sepa rating t hem . With all of the confusion up front , O'Ma ra didn't pay much attention 10 what was happening behind , and Locey came up stro ng at th e halfway point of the race and slipped a ro und O'Ma ra for third . These positions held until th e checkered and O 'Mara took the ove ra ll. W h iting picked up fifth , good enoug h for third overall ahead of Locey and Worth . . Two qualifier s were run to cu t the number of 250 cc Pros 10 30 , and ea ch qualifier was dominated by Can -Am from hol es hot to c hecke re d nag . Donnie Hansen roos ted th e first wh ile Greg Robertson took th e seco nd . In th e final two motos it was all Hansen . As the gate dropped on ro u nd one Hansen a nd Ro bertson were out firs t. Robertson dogged Hansen for the fir st few laps before bailing off a nd pull ing out. This pu t Su zuk i's Jeff Jennings in a very com forta ble seco nd, but too fa r behind Hansen to catch him . Turner paraded around in third most of the mota , but behind h im Yamaha 's Mike Bell was having all kinds of problems with Lufr 's Bill O vellette, Ovellette would not give wa y, and late in the race the duo went int o a tight right hairpin turn at the end of the sa nd wash , tangled , then both went down . Ovellette remounted quickly in time to salvage an eig hth out of it , but Bell pulled off appa re ntly holding his " knee. rr Mota two was another ru naway for Hansen as he hol esh o t a head of T u rner and J ennings . Ha nsen quickly proved too much for Turner a nd pulled away , but it was between Turner and J e n n ings for secon d ove rall. T u rner a p peared the strong er of the two and rode consistently a ways back of Hansen , but a hea d of a fading Jenn ings . Late in the race Jen nings was in a fo ur-way battle for fourth , but dropped behind Mark Gambetta , Trac y Oswell , DG's Steve Ba uer and T im Locey. Ba uer was in control of the third spot ea rly in the race before he , too , faded . Ove rall it was Hansen on rop . T u rn er a strong second and Mark Gambetra third with his 6-3 mota scores. T eam Yamaha was the dominant force in the 500cc class , with Mike Bell battling Roc ket Rex Staten for the win . Bell took it with a fin e pa ir of mota wins , but Staten , in his first ride since he broke his foo t in Atlanta , crashed whi le giving chase in the second moto and had 10 settle for third overall be hind central California 's Parry Klassen , who is in the ma rket for a ride to travel the 500cc Nationals this year. Results 125 PRO 1. J ohn O'MaraISul); 2. RonTurnerIVam); : 3. A .J . Wh iting (Vam); 4. Tim , Locey (Yaml : 5. Tim Worth (Hon); 6. Steve Martin (Yam); 7. Oavk:l Baker (Suzl ; 8. Paul Thede (Suzl; 9. Ed Arn et (S uzl. 250 PRO: 1. Donn ie Hansen (C-AI; 2. Ron Turner (Yaml 3. Mark Gambena !Mail: 4. Tracy Oswell (Suzl; : 5. Jeff Jenrnngs ISul); 6. TIm Locev IVam); 7. Pete Snort eland (Han ); 8. John Atwood (Mai); 9. Jim Ellis 1 JZl ; 10. Steve Bauer (Yaml. 5 ; 500 PRO: 1. Mike Bell Nam); 2. Patry Klassen IMail 3. Rex Staten (Yaml; 4. Goat Breker fHus): 5. Mike W.ckersham I Mai ~ 6. TerryClark Nam); 7. Dave Haugh ", ; IMaiI; B. Bin Keesa lMail; 9. Jon Min IMail 10. 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