Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

; III ridden one of these ," sa id Goldberg after fin ishing the first m oto with a flat tire . " I thought it wa s kind of squirrely in th e co rn ers." H e finish ed fou rt h . In th e secon d m oto Goldberg had pl enty of ai r in his tires but he go t kn ocked down on t he seco nd lap by an out -o f-co ntrol Yam a h a . He pi ck ed himself up . got re -started a bout 25 places behind th e leader . and pu t on a ve ry healthy c ha rge u p t o ei g h t h before the fin ish . H is fourth and eight h were good eno ugh for a fifth overa ll. T h at 's a lot better th an the bike's owne r did in h is race (bu t I'd better not go into that). By th e time the 125cc Novi ce II class got into their secon d m ot o there were o n ly a handful of spectato rs st ill watching. The program was reversed so th ese guys got th e last rac e of the day a nd the weather wa s beginning to look bad. Those wh o d id st ay however . go t to see o ne of the best races of the d ay. The first moto had see n a number of lead changes. ca used m ostl y by heavy throttle usage on th e off-cam be r turns. Mark Duval ch arged in to th e lead o n the second lap but lost it to Bart Carrigan (H on) who kept the lead the rest of the wa y. Carrigan had to fight off Pat Schultz (Suz ) wh o held the p ressure on every inch of the way. Duval picked up third afte r Randy McGinnis (Su z) had off-camber turn problems . The second m oto saw Duval take the lead fro m th e first turn and begin a runaway victory . T he real b attle was for second place bet ween Carrig a n and Schultz. Ca rrigan was once again ahea d of the hard-charging Schultz and th e two put on a su per d ice. With the wh it e fla g flapp ing across the finis h line . Schultz decided it was now o r never. He got by Carrigan o n the last lap to fin ish seco n d in the m ot o and second overa ll. Duval ca p tured the overall win with h is fir st a nd th ird place fini shes. Results OLD TIMERS: 1. J ames Armada (Suz); 2. Duane Intori (Yam); 3. Tom Kitajima (Suz). VET EX: 1. Jerry Jac kson (M ai); 2. Rich Lokke (Hon) . VET AM : 1. Pete Wos ick (Yam); 2. Jim Ricci (Han). VET NOV ; 1. J oe Russo (Hon l: 2. Hemu t Zart h (M ail. 100 NOV:- 1. Roger Intorf (Yam); 2. Cory Perreault (S ull; 3. Taryl W e inrick (S uz), l 25 NOV I: 1. Van Buxton (Suz); 2. Chris M cCurd y (Yam); 3. M ichael Reimers ISuz l. 125 NOV II: 1. M ark DuvallSuzl ; 2 . Pat Schultz (Suz); 3. Bart Carrigan (Hanl. 125 AM : 1. Rick Rinaldi (Hust: 2. Mike Sprenger (Suz); 3. Di on Knep per (Han). 125 EX: 1. Dana Waxham (Sun ; 2. J eff wens (S uzl: 3. M ike Schalow (Suzl. 250 NOV I: 1. Greg Hebard (Hon; 2. Tom W inkleman (Hon); 3. Mik e Lambert (Han). 250 NOV II: 1. Kelvin Hilderbrand IHonl; 2. Scott Olney (Yam); 3. Jim Ricci (Hon). 250 NOV II: 1. Larry Dashiell (Sull ; 2. Roger McCoy (Yaml; 3. Greg Penningt on (Hon). 250 MA: 1. D on Anderson (Hon): 2 . Ji m Cunningham (Hon); 3. Dean Shultz (Maj). 250 EX: 1. Jeff Watts (Husl; 2. OeanWiggins (M l; ai 3. J erome Heibarger (Mai). OPEN NOV: 1. Mack Ouval ISuzl; 2. John Allum (Yam); 3. Ron Nielsen (Yam). OPEN AM: 1. Buddy Latham (Varni; 2. R Stuart ob IHusl; 3. Steve Kusanovich (Yaml. OPEN EX: 1. Dean W iggins (Mai); 2. Randall losh IMail;3.Bill Gross;(KTM I. High point battles continue at Lodi By Ann Carr LOD! , CA. APR. 21 Flattrackers looking for season high-point and plate awards re turned to the one-fifth mile blue groove oval at Lodi Cycle Bowl , following a break for the Sacramento Mile last Saturday. Kim J orgensen's Boss framed Can Am and the McGill's Yamaha of Mark Key moved in to commanding leads for Lodi season money in the 250 cc and 500cc Expert classes. R ichard Arnaiz look ed devas tating in pract ice sessions but be came entangled in traffic in th e 250 cc m ain . Jorgy di a led th e start a nd mov ed to the front fr om th e green for a re la tively easy win and th e seaso n poi nt lead. Arnaiz maneu vered his Cha m pion Can -Am through traffi c for seco nd with Key a nd G a be Bu rrol a nailing down third and fo u rt h spots in a hotl y co ntested ba tt le. Key. a former Min i ace . retu rn ed to settle th e 500cc fray wit h a victory over the S & K Yamaha of Bill Scott and Salinas rider Curt Brooks. Ma rk 's thir d 500cc win th is season na iled d own the head start on po int m on ey as well as in ching h im up in the Bla ck and Gold Plate sta ndi ngs . Act ion was especially clos e in the 250cc Junior and 360cc Expert m ai ns. Antioch's j on Eich elbaugh sa iled away for th e 250cc win whi le action in the pa ck wa s hot and h ea vy . Scott Dickerson . Pa t Seigle, a nd Danny Moore tri ed to fin d a way around each other in eve ry co rner with Dickerson 's Kaw , Seigl e's Boss Yam aha . a n d Moore's Cal Cycle Yamaha finish in g in tha t order. Ra fe Heath's Hon d a led th e 360 cc main from th e flag but J oe Kn ight , Dw a yn e M cCaslin . and Johnny Pittman staged a great show for second. Kn ight's PDV experienced hesi ta tions down the straight and Dwa yn e's Zakarian Bultaco as well as J ohnny's tried all their tricks to pass the former Mini plate rider . J oe 's experience enabled him to hold a tight lin e and retain second over McCaslin. In Mini a ction d im in u tive Mike Macedo a board a IOOcc Yama h a a nd 80c c Su zuki took the double in th e Junior ranks with an im pressive rid e in both. Mike esca pe d a pen alty ro w start in the hea t to ace the 80cc Juniors a nd h e eas ily romped to t he IOOcc co m bi ne d main win. Dou g Chandler 's double on the Sa lin as Kaw asaki, with a seco nd to Aa ron Hill on the Sp in et ti's "gree n meanie ," and a thir d to Chris Carr's J orgy Su zuk i. virtually tied u p h igh point hon o rs in th e Min i ra nks. One point sep arates the top three. Dou g a nd Aa ron battled in the front while Chris held off Kurt Chandler for third . Kurt returned to capture the IOOcc Expert m a in over Steve Mitchell wh o again su ffered from offici a ti ng erro rs; th e blue flag was di splayed too la te to prevent a slower rider fr om ta ki ng h im ou t a fter lead ing for six laps. Eric Green took third for his first placi ng thi s season. H igh point action will co ntinue a t Lodi throughout May on the sh ort tra ck and resume in June and July on • th e TT scram bles cou rse . • ~ r; 0') t"'- O') ~ t.O ~ >~ On e of th e or ig ina l 2 -cy c le conc ent ra te s. Hi -Poi nt has he lp ed lubr icate cycl e w in ner s fo r ov er 1 1 yea rs! Our (Suzl; 3. Vince Caramella (Suzl. 80 NOV: 1. Wayn e Cummin gs (Suzl; 2 . Ricky Diaz IV aml. . 80 JR:1. M M ike acedo IV aml. 80 EX: 1. Doug Chandler IKaw); 2. Aaron Hill (Kawl; 3. Chris Carr (Suz); 4. Kurt Chandler (Yaml. 100 NOVIJR: 1. 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