Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

ON ANY SUNDAY II moto one left th e lin e Maico m ounted Bill Hagen led off followed by a no the r Mai co rider Andy Jann ing in second , with a t h ird Mai co rider , Steve Ric ha rd in tow . After the fir st th ree laps th er e was no holding J ann ings back , He q uickl y pu t th e pa ss on Hagen to tak e over first. Rich a rd d ro pped a few positions ba ck d ue to bike problems wh ich lef t thi rd spo t for Ma ico rid er Wall y Koch . Ab ou t ha lfway -through th e race , J annings went down after hitt ing a pole. T he lead was passed to H agen with Su zuki mounted Mark Ab ler taking over seco nd afte r workin g his way u p through t he pack from .Iast place . At the finish Hagen crossed first wit h Abl er second a nd Koch th ird. As the gat e d ropped for th e second round it was Jannings ta kin g th e ho lesh ot with Hagen seco nd a n d Richa rd in th ird . Again Ab ler was . working his wa y up thro ugh traffi c a nd he was right th ere to take over third aft er Rich a rd went d own in on e of th e corn ers. J annings pulled a com fort a ble lea d over th e rest of th e pack b ut the rea l ra ce was for second . . H age n a nd Abler batt led it ou t throu gh every la p , bu t a t the fla g H a g en su rvived to t ak e seco n d . Ja n ni ngs won and Ab ler was relegated to third . Over all hon ors went to Hagen wit h Abl er second a nd Ja n nings thi rd . T he 125cc Pro go saw Yam ah a mounted J erry Sh ore taki ng th e fir st moto win wit h Roge r Ha nsley ta king seco nd. Mot o two was reversed ; Ha nsley took the win with Shore seco nd . T he overall we.nt to Hansley. Results Results Ontario 6 Hour AFM Race Congratulations for a great race: 2nd Overall Chuck Parme Larry Parme Gill Martin KZ 1000 Yoshimura Speed Center Rudy Galindo Dave Langford GS 1000 Kawasaki Motors John Bettencourt Martin Carne KZ 1000 Del Amo Suzuki Ronald Foster David Messimer GS750 Westlake Suzuki Eddie Lawson Tracy Greiger Pierre des Roches , GS 1000 HuntlSudco/ND racing Dain Gingerell i Gennady L1u bimsky Cycle Guide RD 350 First Place 750cc Roger Hagie Robert Runyard Frans Vandenbroek KZ 650 AMA Superbike Champion Reg Pridmore Keith Code "Team Vetter KZ 1000 Racecrafters Int 'l. Steve McLaughlin Harry Kl inzmann KZ 1000 Del Amo Suzuki Dennis Smith Kenny Farmer GS 1000 HuntlSudco/ND Racing Alan Gingerelli Dick Fuller Cycle Guide RD 350 Motorcyclist Magazine Rich Cox Ken Vreeke RD 400 FROM TSUBAKI ~1I..2e,.~.I'l. ask your dealer for Tsubaki,. the chain more racers use and w in on by cho ice! M INIS JR CY Cl ES·BEG: 1. Dou g Fish er ISuzl. J A CVCLES-JR: 1. Manuel Crumb (Suz); 2. Alex Rog ers ISuzl. J R CYC lES·EX : t . Ga, y Szi log y ISuzl. M INI J R: 1. Richard Poe (SU I ). MIN IINT: 1. Patri ci W alsh (Varni; 2. A nd y Ellis (Yam l. MIN I EX : 1. Ja hner Kig ht ISuzl. 100 JR: t . Gene Steph ens IYam l; 2. J ohn Carp ent er (S uzl: 3. J ames Ben nett (Su zl. t OO EX : 1. Tod d Brou ssard (Yam l . 125 BEG: 1. Ron nie Lew is (Suz l; 2. Joe M ejia (Suzl ; 3. A rmando D'La ra ISuz ). 125 J R: t . Marc HaJ aby (Su I I: 2 . Kenny Fields ISuz) . 125 INT : l . Randy Harden (SuII: 2. Brian Part ISuz ); 3. John M cCau ley ISu zl . 125 PRO: 1. Rog er Han sley ISu zl; 2 . Jenv Shor e IYam l. 250 JR: 1. Jack Delliplaine IBull ; 2. M ark Sclbach (Yam ); 3. W ill Barr (Hanl . 250 INT: 1. Den nis St ubb lefield (Hon); 2. Paul McDonald {Honl. 250 PRO: 500cc go . Mike h as to hav e t he pretti est wh eel sta nds arou nd t hese d ays a nd see ms to use th em most of the time with p rop er dis cr etion . Blai r New e ll a n d Dann y Moore duked it out in th e 250cc Jun ior main with Blair taking th e win. Bla ir ro de a consistent race from the gree n with Moore aggressing all the way whi le they let R ob Sp en cer p lay ca tchu p a t the end. Moo re had a lrea dy bl itzed the 125cc Junior ra nks by ha lf a la p after Debby Roch a typ ically d ial ed " Lea pin' Leroy" a nd the n held on for second . In -o t h e r sp o rt sm a n a ct ion. th e father -son com bo of Mike a nd Dave Bird teamed to win th e 125cc Novice a nd 36 0c c J unior cl asses for Bird's H onda of Sono ra. wh ile Dennis Hous er bested Mike R icha rdson in the 250 cc Novice fray. Later Ed d ie Kline outlasted W illiam W ages a nd Monty La tif bested b uddy Scott Ba ker In the 500cc Novice a nd J un ior co ntests. Mod est o 's Bri a n Sansin g a n d Newm an 's Chris Roeh lk bo th we re declared winners in th e co mbi ne d 80 100cc j unior -N ovice class as th e Min i tu rno u t wa s sma ll. Ch r is wa s th e overa ll winner wit h Bri an t he first 80cc across the line. J amesto wn's Dennis Be nn y Fe r n and ez ou t -dis tanced Sca rd in a for th e 80cc Novice win . Doug C ha nd ler again topped th e 80cc Expert ra nks b ut action tighten ed co nsidera bly today as C hris Ca rr a nd Aa ron Hi ll were both withi n str iking distan ce . Hi ll la te r bor rowed Ti ny Pett it's Ya m a ha a nd b lew by Ku rt Cha nd ler for th e 100cc Expert win . t. Dan ny Th ompson IC·AI ; 2 . Mike Shoemaker (Yam); 3. M ark Bledsoe (Honl. OPEN JR : l . Robert Hixson (Mail; 2. Carl Casanova (Yaml. OPEN INT: 1. Robert Spr ingman (Yam); 2. J effy lindley ISu zl . OPEN PRO: t . Bill Hagen (Mai); 2. Mark Abler (Suzl; 100 EX : 1. Aaron Hill (Yaml; 2. Kurt Chandler (yam l. .... 80 NOV: 1. Dennis Fernandes (Yam); 2. Benny Im ported & distr ibuted by ........ 5 ...... ~c::c::i Scardina (Yam). 80 EX: 1. Doug Chandler (Kaw l; 2. Chris Carr (Sull; 3. Aaron Hill (Kaw l. 80 -100 J A/NOV ; 1. Chris Roeh jk (SUl); 2: Brian Sansing (Yam). INTERN ATI O N AL CO RP. MAX IS 1824 E. 22nd St., l os Ange le s, CA 90058(213 ) 747·5173 125 NOV : 1. M ike Bird (Yam I; 2. Gary Hegw ood (Yam). 125 J R: 1. Danny M oore {Yaml; 2. Debby Rocha ISuzl.' 250 NOV : 1. Dennis Hou ser (Yam); 2. Mike RIchardson (Yam). 250 J R: 1. Blair Newell (Yam); 2. Danny M oor e (Yaml; 3. Rob Spencer (Yaml. 250 EX: 1. Ted David son (Yam); 2. Brian Thompson (Yam); 3. Kim Jorgensen (C·AI; 4 . J ohnny Pitt man (Bull . 360 JR/NOV : 1. Dave Bird (Han); 2. Ray Fabbri IYaml. 360 EX: 1. Ben Zak arian (Bull; 2. Chris Paulson (Kaw l; 3. Dale Hansen (Hon!. OPEN NOV: t . Edd ie HONDA. Kli ne IYam l; 2. William W ages IY am l. OPEN "JR: , . M onty Latiff (Yam); 2. Scott Baker IYaml. OPEN EX: 1. M ike lnderbitzen (Yam l; 2. Curt Brook s IYa ml ; 3. M ark Key IYaml. 3. An dy Jan nings IMail. VETS: IYam). 1. David Rogers (C·A); 2. A llen Springm an 49'er enduro was Modesto riders sweep Pioneer a mammoth challenge short track By James Gillis By Ann Carr O AKDALE . CA , AP R. 22 Mo desto Ex pe rts Ted D a vidson , Ben Za ka ri a n , and Mike Inderbitzen swep t the 250 , 360 , and 500cc Semi -P ro Expert classes respectivel y a t Pion eer Ar en a's d ay time sho rt tra ck . Davidson wo n his heat a nd t he ma in eve nt bu t sho wed some sig ns of his layoff fro m fas t tr a ck com petition as he tired in the la ter laps a nd a llowed Brian T hom pson and Kim Jorgens en to close the gap at the checker. Za karian , aboard his dad's Bu lta co , won a restart ed and co nse q u e n tl y protest ed 360c c e ve n t ove r C h r is Pau lson a nd Da le Hansen . District 36 officia ls will have to sett le th is on e . .In d e r h it ll·n wh ee lied hi s Pa lm Garden Special Yamah a to an "asy win over Cu rt Brooks a nd Mark Key in th e FO RESTHILL , CA , AP R. 22 Over 540 rid ers from a ll over California and m any ot her states ca me to "c h a llenge" the enduro co urse designed and coord ina ted by the Polka Dot M.C . in For esthill , CA . T he first 50 m iles were perfect for the e nd uro rid e. b ut leaving Iowa Hill , th e halfw a y point of t he 99 .7 mi le cou rse , the rain started to pour. The d re nc hed .rid ers a lrea dy had enough d iffic u lties , like t he bott le ne cks whi ch threw them fro m side to . side into t he trees a nd bushes. Bu t th e "beast" they had yet to conq uer was t he " m a m m o t h" m ount ain . Man y riders were stu ck for over a n hour , before making it to t he top . T hose unfortunates tha t had troub le gett ing ove r the m ountain we re co ver ed fr orn hea d to toe with mu ck y mu d . O ne rid er was so h a ppy to see th e WHILE THEY LAST - IN STOCK Some 1978 Type 1 and Type II Hawks . A lso the full line of 1979 Hawks. Don't wait , many o f H on d a 's models are a lready so ld o ut for the yearll If p rese nt d emand due to the gas shortage is any indicator, t hese models may soon be gone too l The Hawk is a p ro ve n performer in 4 10cc Bo x Stock Produc tion R o a d R a ci ng wit h proven reliability at the ra ce tra ck! . And - it gets e xcelle n t g as mi lea ge! COME IN NOW, DON'T WAI T II Full race prep & d yno tu nin g available I .~ I Pacific Coast ~ Sportcycles Openings: Sales, Parts Counter, & M echanic 1820 W, Pa cific Co as t " wy., Lom ita , CA 2 13-326-381 0 47

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