Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

._._._._._._._._._..._._._._._._._._.- ; , .... 11II • ~ E . 0) tO) ,...-4 0 CC":l ~ ~ ~ ,~ Te rry " Crazy" Cla nt o n styled in the C?MC Ascot 125c c Pro clas s. now being pitted right down by th e track as well. . The 125cc Pro race was good thi s even ing as th e rid ers were at one another's throat for firs t place. LOP's Gary Denton was the over a ll p rize winner. Todd Peterson , mounted on a Su zuk i from Town & Country Su zuk i, got th e best of the pack in th e first moto as he holeshot th e start , Denton was in fourth but adv a nced rapidl y so that he was side by side with Peterson , When th e ra ce neared th e end it was Pet erson in th e lead until th ey came to the fini sh line and th en Denton made th e sensational pa to place first! Dent on was gassing his Yamaha in th e second rnoto a nd no way was he going to let another man get ahold of the lead , Then Gary wa s lo oking stylish whil e flying over a small jump a nd su re enough he bobbled it a nd .almost lost th e lead to th e det ermined Pet erson. Those two cruised th rou gh th e checkered fla g in th a t wa y and that ended one' of th e better two-man d ices that th e fans had ever seen. Ross Maeda (Suz) had a super night of ra cing as well and he managed to take home the t h ird place dollars ove r others such as Da ve Stablein , T erry Clanton, and Danny Wester~ard . Old Timers tackle DeAnza By Bob Alloy SUN NYMEAD , CA , APR , 29 Thirty brave, rugged, physicallyfit, and good looking Old Timers met at DeAnza to compete on their new track. There were a few pleasant surprises in store for us , One in particular was th e section in whi ch there was a sha rp right turn that led to a downhill that really gave one th e sensa tion of di ving from a plane , You just held on and hoped for the best. Things got underway with Ed Michetti taking the lead in moto one of the Master d ivision. Ed managed to hold this for three laps until "Mavin' Marv" Olson (Yam) claimed the lad and held it , Jim Beltinck, despite a lousy start, came in second. In the second mota, Blackie Lewis took the holeshot and held the lead very nicely for six laps. But Beltinck, who had been on Blackie's rear fender all th e while, grabbed the lead and Ihe n th e. victory. Marshall Jennings took second on th e ninth lap a nd ca rried it to t he flag . Takin g the first m oto in t he Senior Expert d ivision wa s Chu ck Woody (Suz) . Taking a sm oo th second was Doug Arch ibald , Moto two bega n and it was Ra y Sanchez as the lea d er of the pack and leader he stayed righ t to the fini sh , Archibald was in the righ t place for second place win , In th e Expert division, it was Bo b Berdyck , coming in from Sa n Diego, who dominated everyt hing , and too k the first place win. Bob Crandall gave it his all and came in with a good second .' Mot o two be(an with Bob Berd yck gra b bi ng th e 'lead bu t alo ng came Manny Dauber wh o took it away a nd held it until lap six . T hen it was all Crandall 's. Bob carried on right to the finishing lin e , claiming first place . Ma nny, b ack in there with all his old t r icks , wa s in there with a great second. J oe Bray was really in th ere for the Ama teu r d ivision . He m ade t he DeAnza track seem as if it were a freeway as he sped along all the way to th e fini sh . Bill Lyons came in with a good second place a n d Geo rge O 'Haver na iled down third place. The second mota started with Br ay again in th e lead , but on the fourth la p . Lyons took over. Bill then carried the lead to the finish . O'Haver was there To r se co nd place and following O'Haver was J ohn Webb who had a good th ird . Last but not least was the Novice di vision. Taking the first m ot a win was Bob Klatt . Bob took the holesh ot and rode up there in front the wh ole time. Wayne Powell took second pla ce. T he second moto started out with Powell taking the lead and owning it for five laps. Klatt slipped by on la p six , 'took the lead awa y and hung on a ll th e wa y to take another first plac e . Followin g Klatt was Powell for second. • Ne w Kits for '79 with Adju stable Travel Max. Travel Yamaha YZ250/40 0 '78,.'79 12" Yamaha IT 175/ 400 '77, '78 10" Yamaha IT 175 '79 9.25" Yamaha IT 250 /4 00 '79 10" Kawasaki KX80 '79 8.3" H usky '77, '78 11.5" Yamaha &Suzuki80 ·78 7.5" Yamaha &Suzuki 80 '79 8.3" 10" Suzuki RM 125 '77. '78 Suzuki RM 250/400 ·78 ,10" Suzuki RM N 100·400 '79 Kawssaki KX 125·400 '79 Kits also available for most other bikes Write for free literature O u t of state call toll free 800-854-4691 90 da y money back guarantee ' Dealer o r Direct !%!J@!i&PIJWB//OGO Klotz Special Formula Products, Inc. P.O. Box 1343 eN 79 Ft. Wayne IN 46801 . 219·749-0489 Results · MASTER: 1. Jim Bettinck (Mail: 2. Marvin Olson IYaml . • . SR EX: 1. Ooag Archibald (Man; 2. Chuck W oody ISuzl. . EX 1. Bob Crandlll (Suzl; 2. Bob Berdyck ISuzl. : i AM: 1. Bill lyons lMaiI; 2. George 0'Haver IMaiI; 3. John Webb

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