Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

I In the Mi ni ranks R icky Dia z fro m San J ose topped Gary Cum m ings in th e 80cc Novice division while the Chandl er boys inc hed ou t wins in the 80cc a nd 100cc E x pe rt ra n ks res pecti vely . Big bi ke actio n feat ured excelle nt rides by Danny M oore a bo a rd the Ca l C ycle Su pply Yam aha in the 250cc J u ni or m ai n whil e Danny Mal fa tt i gra bbe d the largest 360cc Junior class a t vall ey races this season over Da rr ell Thompson a nd T om Kni gh t. Look fo r som e of these J un iors to g ra ce t he Expert ra nks soo n . Kim J orgensen contin ue d to d omin ate t he 250cc Expert s by heading a 27 rider field for his eight h wi n of the season. Br ian Th om pson fin ish ed second wh ile new Expert J oe Kn ig ht surp rised som e by finis hing th ird. Ceres ace J ohn ny Pittm a n won a la rge 360cc contingent in close com pe titio n with fe llow sho p ri de r D w a yn e McCasli n on the Zak aria n Bult acos, whi le you ng Mark Key na iled down his fou rt h 50 0cc m ain win th is season over h igh ly regarde d R ic h a rd Arnaiz aboard a Kaw asak i. Ra cing co nt in ues at Lodi on th e one -fifth m ile ova l every Satu rd ay n ig h t t hro ugh M a y 19 with do u b lehea de rs sche d u led for t he last two weekends - Ma y 11·1 2 a nd 18 19 , Results MINIS 60cc NOV /EX; 1. Eddi e Rose (Yam); 2 . Lori Gepford lind). 80c c NOV: 1. Ricky Dial (Yam l; 2. Gary Cumm ings (Suz). 80-1OOcc J R/N OV : 1. Woody Rogers (VarnI. 80cc EX; 1. Doug Chandler IKaw); 2. Aaron Hill IKawl; J . Chris Carr (Suz). l 00cc EX: 1. Kurt Chandler (Yam); 2. Shawn Black IYaml. KING OF TH E HOLE: 1. Chris Carr ISuz); 2. Oou g Chand let' IKawl; 3. Aaron Hill tKaw ). M AX IS 125 NOV: 1. M ark Oay IY am l; 2. Greg Gray (Yam ). 175-200 NOV : 1. Bob Koftino w (Suzl. 125-175 JR /EX: 1 J oe Ja conett i (Yam). 250 NOV : 1. Chr is Fisher (Sull; 2. Don Sand ers (Bull ; 3. J ames Ashley (VarnI. 250 J R: 1. Danny Moore (Yaml; 2. Pat Seigle (Yaml; 3. Blair NewelllYaml. 250 EX: 1. Kim J orgensen IC-A l; 2. Brian Th om pson (Yam); 3. J oe Knigh t (Yam). 360 NOV : 1. Rod A villa IYam). 36 0 J R: 1. Dann y M alfatti (Han) ; 2. Darrell Thom pson (Ma n); 3. Tom Knight (Han!. 360 EX: 1. Johnny Pitt man (Bul); 2. Dw ayne M cCaslin (Bull; 3. Chuck Gondola (Yam). 500 NOV: 1. Stua rt Bosch ISuz). 500 JR: 1. J oel Green (Yam); 2. Brad Gofo rth (Yam). 500 EX: 1. Mark Key (Yam); 2. Richard Arnaiz (Kaw t; 3. Brad Spencer (Yaml. OPEN EX: 1. Emory Gray ITrii; 2. Wade Boyd IYaml. VETS: 1. Tom Knight (Honl . The morning after the day before... By Maxie Abernethy SA LT LAKE CITY , UT , MAR . 25 After a night of probablet hol eshot mota-d reams' , th e Mini Ex perts were set and rea dy to go at Motoqua. Exc itement got t he best (worst) of Sn ell and Scott J o hnso n as they both experien ced a few cu rses of the raci ng world . Sn ell ran ou t of petrol and Scott had a gritty breakfas t wh en he munched the turf. Stev e Liedbe rg (Su z) sh ot into the lead , held the hammer d own , a nd strea ked off to checkerville . Then , wit h victo ry just a lap aw ay. L iedberg O D 'd in the switch -b acks and Br ad Frampt on (Yam ) hig h -b a lled into the sta r sp ot. Liedberg rem ounted , pegged h is throttle to the stop and encountered Frampton just before the checkereds came out. Frampton won the moto by a kn obby-hair , Liedberg's phot o fin ish was called a second and Brent Sm it h (Ya m) swung in with third . As the seco nd moto eru pte d , Rod Koford sp ea red th e holer, but Scott J ohnson (Suz) relieved him of the positi on. Snell Johnso n (Su z) wh ip pe d up t he speed, bla sted in fo r a skirm ish an d the J ohnson brothers both went down in a tangle . Liedberg cruised past for a star-studded finis h, wh ile Fr ampton bum ped elbows wi th t he J ohnson twosome . L iedbe rg to ok home a trophy fo r first , Frampton rnoto' d away wit h second a nd Sm it h ca p tu re d th ird . The band was rel eased for the 125 cc Ex pert class a nd . Dan Lechtenber g (Ya m) held t he' top sp ot until St an W ynhof (Suz) ambushed the pos ition and di a led int o t h e lead li ne . Lec h te n berg c as u a lly di ced wi t h Rand y Ya tes (Suz), . never suspecting tha t Eldon Copier (Ya m) was lurking beh ind. Yates tagged seco nd, bu t the victory was short lived as Copier found a hot passing line and then tuned in o n his next victim . Ken ny Ulibarri (Su z) g ra b be d the sa me line a nd settled into third . W ynhof pull ed out his bag of tricks to curt a il Copiers' attack, bu t Copier had a few of his own and he tu rned t he m loose on the last lap . The who le show exp loded as C o p ie r snagged the lead and the curtains dropped . . . to be co n tin ued in the next heat. Le chtenberg went into 'go for it' territory in the seco nd round a nd sh ut the d oo r on anyone who knocked . whi le W ynhof mi xed it u p in a co rner skirmish and Ul ibarri paid a visit to SUPERDOME dead bike land , Copier finally rang Lechtenberg's chimes. inst ea d of knocking. and sped past wit h visions of checke rs joggling the gray matter. Lechten berg shut down the action t ha t Tim Salt (H o n) and Wynhof p lanned and buz zed through with seco nd , Co p ie r ca p tu red the hig h stakes . W ynho f d rew second and S a lt peppered thi rd . R andy " Su per Sargen t " (Ya m ) m a rched off with a n uncontest ed doub le pla y wh en the 250cc Experts go t the call . J ohn Archu let a (Su z) and Da le Bo h m (Hon) ski rmishe d 'fo r second. bu t a whoop -de-doo section a rose a nd Bohrn bounced ahead . Mike Lambourne (H on) rushed in to slug it out with Bohm and they ch um med up for a ba r-to- bar battl e that ended whe n Lambourne geared it for second . A scu ffl ing pack of 250cc Experts had to be restarted twi ce ; but wh en they did ge t it togethe r, Sargent was gone before t he b a nd finished twanging . Second spot be came the ce nte r of a tte n tio n as Eldon Copier (Hon) a nd Bo hm went the ro unds, until Copier berserked with a m id -ai r pass on the last lap and button- holed the position. , Sa rgen t solo'd away with th e top green. Bo hm shut do wn th e bucks for second and Lambourne got off with third . K im Leydsm a n ( M a i) b lasted t hrough the needl eh ole when the O pen Experts go t underway. but a neat little corner cut by J ay Miglore (Suz) put him back a. notch , Miglore flew aw ay to checker cou n try 'a n d Leydsm a n bumped bars with Ryan Christensen (Yam) 'til the munch ies fo r turf- food caused Leydsman to dump , - SUPERCROSS Get dow n to New Orl eans , because you're invit ed t o t he wor ld's largest indoor mo to-cross , and t he Mardi-Cr os weekend party, • It all begins Fr iday night, June 1 at 8 P. M . on th e r iver boat " PRESIDENT" for a riv e r cruise party. Loc k handleb ars with HannahrFripe s . Smith , Wienert , Tony D . and all the factory riders , and jam dow n t he Mississippi. New Orl eans style. Also meet t he pro mechanics , pit tc otsies and press . • On Saturday night at 8 P. M . t he party gets ser ious as all t he t op M X pr os explode onto t he SUPERDD M E'S SUPERTRA CK for a civil war SUPERCROSS. 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