Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

; .._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.== Western hotline . ~ t 0') t"O') ....-4 Mark Barnes 11501 battles with DeAnza 250cc Pro winner Marty Miller. CMC w inner J im Gibson bottoms everything on Sad d leback 's Banzai Hill. 34 won by the CMC riders at Saddleback Park. IRC Tires posted a $3000 purse 10 the Professional classes and Elect ro Helmets gave ea ch first place finisher in all the Junior and Intermedi at e classes a new $70 helmet! In the Open Pro class . it looked as if Jeff Jennings (Suz) was going to make it a sleeper in moto one. Jennings opened up an enormous lead over th e rest of the pack while punishing his machine to the max . Chasing Jennings were Suzuki -mounted Scott Cavness. Terry Clark (Yam), Bob Elliott (Suz) and David Gerig : (Suz). -W ith four turns remaining in m oto one. Cavness took the lea d aft~ ; Jennings literally tore the rear sprocket from the hub. T he final tally was, Cavness, Clark. Elliott and Gerig. . In m ot o tw ion, the fans relished a fin ee between J im Tarantino (Suz Uiott. Clark and T ony Wanket ~ '). R on T urner (Ya m) tried to ' the race a three bike ba ttle with tino and Elliott but a flat tire m m dispose of the moto, With TarantinO; d Elliott holding their own, the fight developed between Clark, an et and Cavness. Cla rk kept the ~r to the ground and managed a tbini place finish and a second in the overall standings. The big winner was Elliott. A 3·2 ' moto tally enabled Elliott to win the Open class overall. Cavness was third and Gerig fourth . Most of the factories were represented in the 125cc Pro class. Honda 's J im Gibson. Suzuki's Brian Myerscough and Kawasaki's Jeff Ward were on hand to fly.their co lors. So. at the start, the race wa s up for grabs and Gibson grabbed a ll the gus to. He roc keted int o the lea d and by lap five' h ad opened up a five-second lead over R ick Johnson ( Yam) . Jim Holley (Yam). Ward and Turner. Running 12th was Myerscough . As the moto wound down, the stronger riders began to prevail. W a rd had moved . into second, Myerscough was now third after nailing nine riders and Johnson was a stable fourth . Myerscou gh seemed to be righ t on target in moto two by making it a real race with Gibson . Gibson aga in got the holeshot but "Flvin ' Br ian." Wa rd and Scott Burnworih (Su z) were gett ing antsy for that number one position. On lap eight. Gibson and Myerscough wer e still swa pp ing th e leads un til the Suzuki rider ch a rged a he a d . Burnworth was running a hard th ird until th e battle between J ohnson and Turner suddenly pushed J ohnson a head of Burnworth on th e last lap . Gibson collected a handsome cash prize for the overall win . Myerscough was second with a 3-I score , then Johnson (4 -3 ), -T u rne r (5 -5) . and Burnworth (8 ·4). The 250cc Pro class was a three-ring circus. Three qualifying motos were run enabling the top riders to then compete in the regu lar two 250cc motos. In moto one, Ron Turner grabbed the lead with Jennings and Tarantino hot on his tracks. It took only a couple of laps until the stylish Jennings took the lead , but not for long. Out of the middle of the pack shot Gibson. Gibson got past Jennings and was never threatened. So, for the record books. Gibson and Jennings swapped positions from their qualifier, Turner was third , Tarantino fourth and Jeff Ward fifth . Gibson had moto two all to himself. Gibson led the rnoto for most of the gruesome laps but the real battle was between Steve Ba u e r (Hon) and Robert R eisin ger (Kaw). Reisinger had won his qualifier and brought -h is strength righ t back to finish third in the moto which gave him second overall. Gibson sported a I -I tally in the 250's for the overall pay again . Wanker's hard charging style gave him third overall with Turner fourth and Tim Lunde (Yam) fifth . Results MINIEX:1. S . Storer lKawI. MINI JR : 1. C. Taylor !Yam); 2. A. Baker ISu21: 3. N. Acevedo IS02I. 100cc JR : 1. T. Tetone ISUl ); 2. P. Lepp IS02); 3. R. RoseISUl). 125cc JR 1: 1. H. Hall IS 02); 2. A. Seeley (Sull o3. M. Davis (SUl). • 125cc JR 2: 1. T. Hodg in IS U 2. S . Seeley IS uz); 3. l): P. Fonteno ISUl). 250cc J R 1: 1. D. Ashcraft IHusl; 2. S . Lantz IHon); 3. D. Chavel IKTM). 250cc JR 2: 1. S . Rawding (Yaml; 2. M. Strou p IS02); 3. J . Brodie IHonl. 500cc JR: 1. D. Ashcraft IHus); 2. D. Mart in IMai): 3. J . Castillo ISUll. 125cc INT: 1. C. Rou gh IKew): 2. R. Nolin !Yaml: 3. D. Oubach IVaml. 250cc INT: 1. P. Johnson 100k); 2. M. Hope (Vam); 3. J . Lysdale IHon). 500cc INT 1. E. MacCtacken IHus ); 2. R. Holladay : IMail; 3. S . Jordan IS02). 125cc PRO: 1. J . Gibson IHon); 2. B. Myerscough ISuzl ; 3. R. Johnson !Yam). 250cc FINALPRO: 1. J . Gibson IHonl: 2: R. Reising er IKawl; 3. T. Wanket !Yam). 500cc PRO: 1. B. Bl iott (Suzl; 2. T. Clark (Yam); 3. S . Cavness ISuzI. Miller mauls DeAnzaMX By Ron Lawson SUNNYMEAD. CA, MAY 13 The 250cc Expert class was once again the biggest race of the day at DeAnza Cycle Park and the racing was very close . While it was Red la nd s Suzuki rider Marty Miller who took home the win, it was Danny Burtt, also of Redlands Suz uki , who captured the oohs and aahs of the spectators, winning the first moto with a fantastic lead and taking third in the next round after a last place start and a crash made him the underdog. In the first ro und, however, it was Miller who had to make u p time while the holeshot : went to Bob Brote n (Yam) and Jerry Hensley (Suz) . Burtt rook the lead befo re one lap was complete and soon he was pulling away at an incredible rate. Miller was doing some impressive riding of his own after an eighth place start and by the second lap he had made it all the way to fourth behind Burtt, Hensley and Mark Barnes (Yam). Hensley's race suffered a major setback when he went down and lost 12 places before he . could remount. That left Barnes and Miller all by themselves to battle for second. On lap six , Miller squeezed on the inside of Ba rnes. and the two riders ta ngled briefly, with Barnes coming out of it with a dead motor. Miller was then in a secure second bu t Burtt already had a 30-second lead and Miller had 10 be content to finish where he was . J uan Benavid ez (Yam) finished third ahead of Ba rnes and Steve Da vis (Hon), who spent the whole race making u p for lost time. In the next moto, Miller and Davis jumped into an early lead and diced back and forth for several laps before Miller took first place for keeps . Burtt was last out of the hole, but by the fourth turn he was already in ninth. He continued his advance by moving up to fourth by lap three and then to third by lap six . But then he came ' u po n the warring duo of Davis and Miller and his charge came to a halt. All three riders engaged in a three way struggle that lasted half the race. As they came into the final laps. Burtt shot under Davis and then tried to make premature move on Miller which resulted in a crash and ended his hopes for ' the win . Miller went on to a well deserved first followed by Davis , Burtt, Benavidez and Danny Jean (Suz ). Andy Orescanin (Suz) put in a 3-1 ride in the 125cc Expert class to take the money while Dave Williams (Mai). now riding for Malcolm Smith, stole the show in the Open class. Resu lts PEE WEE 1: 1. Kimber ly Robertson IS02l; 2. M<:hael Loftin (Ita); 3. John Alton IHan). PEE WEE 2: 1. Robert Loftin ISu21; 2. Tiffany Parker: 3 . Tim Galaliato (Suzl. PEE wee 3: 1. Carla Brehm ISuzl; 2. Mike Micheni (Hen) . MINI BEG: 1. Jimmy Palmer (Yaml ; 2. Jim McManus (Suz); 3. Thomas Combs (Suz). MINI NOV: 1. Leonard Robertson lSuz); 2. Jason Wagner (Yam); 3. Todd Parker (Suzl . '00 BEG: 1. Jim Tamburo (Yam); 2. Aaron Miller (Suzl ; 3 . Shawn Heir (Yam) . 125 BEG:1. Brian Strumreiter (Suz); 2. David Barnes ISuz): 3. Robert Anderson ISUli. 125 NOV: 1. Joey Thomas (Suz); 2. Jim Edmiston IS02I; 3. Robbie Lee IS02I. 125 INT: 1. Karl Johnson !Yam): 2. Fred Combs ISuzl: 3. Tom Hodgin ISuzl. 125 EX: 1. Andy Orescanin ISuz); 2. Craig Gormley ISuz); 3. Roger Hensley ISUll. 250 BEG: 1. Butch Wirtz IHonl; 2. Harold Halldorson 1C21; 3. Greg Roberg IHon). 250 NOV: 1. Pat Taylor IHon): 2. Mark Branch IS02): 3. Jay Zupan tHon) . 250 INT 1. Pat Hallinan IHonl; 2. Bob Stepenson : ISuz); 3. BillSaylors (Yaml. 250 EX: 1. Marty Miller ISuzl; 2. Danny Bum ISuzl; 3. Steve Davis (Hon). OPEN B~ : 1. Ervin Lyshawa IBul); 2. Steve Ash (Yam); 3. Fred Gross IS02). : OPEN INT 1. Pate Teterson ISuzl: 2. Eddie Michetti 1Ma;) 3. Vin Vooia !Yam). ; OPEN EX: 1. Dave Williams (Mai); 2. Torn Karos ISuzl; 3 . Kenny Taylor ISuzl. SR VETS: 1. Ron Brehm !Yam); 2. BillBurkhart IMail; 3. J im Galattoto IHust BEG VETS: 1. Jim Winiams (Yam); 2. John Man IS uz). Lawson, K1inzmann top AFM RR By Patrick Behar RI VERSID E, CA , MA Y 13 Fo r Ca lifornia ro a d racers, this American Federation of Motorcyclists roa d race was their first regular meeting since the Ontario fi-Hour and to solve most of the financia] problems. Nippondenso Spark Plugs and Bates Leathers are providing points money for the two races in May and the two in June, in southern California and at Sears Point. For Nippondenso it is the second

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