Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

...._._._._._._--.•._._._._._._._._._._--._._...._ ---._....._--._._. .... • Western hodine ~ =' ....., DOug DuBack won the CMC OCIR 125cc Intermediate cIu., Pat Hewley fIietI In &OOcc IntermediIIl8 ectIon at CMC Ascot. O'III.r., I .....,..gs strlk••tCRC ,,'ght IIIX . By Nenette Merie VALENCIA, CA, JUNE 8 Fifteen Professionals came out Friday night to battle for the 100% payback offered. by the California Racing Club at their 34 bi·weekIy night motOCI"Ollll on the Inter· national Track at Indian Dunes Motor· cycle Park. Taking home the class wins were AI Baker's FMF Suzuki rider Johnny O'Mara in the 1255, Cole BI'OlI. Maico's Andy' Jannings in the 250s, and Hal Strauss in the Open Pros, on another Cole BI'OlI. Maico. First out of the gate were the i25cc PI'OlI. Aa they headed up the stan hill it was JD Engineering/Suzuki Sporta Center's Jimmy Crowder with tbe boleshot ahead· of Johnny O'Mara, Cole Bros. Suzuki's Kenny Zahrt, Answer Products' Mark Moscrop and Simi Valley Yamaba·mounted Ed Spafford. The order held firm for the first lap, but on their second circuit O'Mara shot into the lead. labn went • down and dropped to seventh ahead of Moscrop, abo lOvolved in the tanp, and Spafford found himself in third ahead of Chris Bercaw and Dave Brosky. O'Mara held his lead for the rest of the moto, and Crowder took the flag right behind. lahn, however, put on a brilliant cbarge tbat swept him past Brosky, Richard Bunch and Bereaw, then on the white flag lap he slipped past Spafford for third. In the second moto it was Moscrop with the early lead. Again O'Mara held second for the first lap before moving into the lead, and this round he was trailed by Moscrop. Bireaw. Crowder and lahn. Positions held firm for the first balf of the race, but on the seventh lap Crowder made his bid for third and passed Bireaw. lahn followed two laps later, then the flag came out. Overall it went O'Mara, Crowder, lahn, Moscrop and Bireaw. Results 125 PIlO: 1. John 0'MIra (Suzl; 2. Jim c . lSuzl; 3. Ken Zahrt lSuzl. 2150 PIlO: 1. /IwIy .Jennngo 1Moll; 2. "-Iv ~ lHonI; 3. Scoa PIming IV...... 500 PIlO: 1. HoI S1rIuoi (Moil; 2. _ ~ IMaI. MINI EX: 1. lion l.IcIIion lSuzl. MINI INT; 1. - . , Sir-. IVom!; 2..... _ IV..... . 100 INT: •. /IwIy NoIr.- 1SuzI; 2. ~ - . IVom!. 1251NT: 1. EddIe e;,.., CSuzI; 2. ......, .... tHonl; 3. MIU ICNcki IVom!. 2150 INT: 1. c;r.g ~ IHanI; 2. Mill. ~ IVom!; 3. Scoa Shultz IVom!. 500 INT: 1. Devid Sprint (MIll; 2. _ . CoppeIIo IV...~ 3. Scoa KlIe 1Moi1. \ItT JIl: 1. Ken! ~ (sUll. \ItT INT: 1. DinIly Denny IV...I. \ItT SA: 1. • Hom 1HanI; 2. Rick HelIV..... MN BEG: 1. 00Ie ~ IV....; 2. . - _ IVomI; 3. Joe Lmono IVom!. _ NOV: 1. Rick Houghtting lSuzl; 2. ~ o....part CSuzI; 3..- o..-e~. 100 BEG: 1. _ lSuzl. IVII'IlI: 3. _ John ~ lSuzl; 2. Don ICokindD 100 NOV: 1. Curt F-.or lSuzl; 2. Aoy fin IV...~ 3. _ SlIch IVom!. 125 BEG DIY 1: Croig Lynch 1SuzI: 3. _ _ IVom!. 1SuzI; 2. Mille Corllino 125 BEG DIY 2: 1. Jell ~ IV....; 2. Rick W_ISuzI; 3. Mork PIerce lSuzl. 125 NOV DIY: I. GuejorcIo 1SuzI: 2. Jan Zahrt IPudI; 3. Eric Flynn lSuzl. 2150 BEG 1. Don ......,.. I~; 2. Mille e IHanI; 3. Bruce c...IVeml. 2150 NOV: 1. Mork _ I V....; 2. 0eryI11o,,_. lHanI; 3. Jim Lundgren IV...I. 500 lEG: 1. George _ _ lKTMI; 2. e_ c.ren CIllord CSuzI; 3. _ Young IV"". 500 NOV: 1. Doug ~ IMIiI; 2. Jim DougIoe tSuz);3..- _1Moll. Summ.rs-slzzles • t CMC Ascot MX . GARDENA, CA, JUNE 20 The Ascot motocross track has undergone several radical change, For those who haven't come out lately. right before the famous IT jump tbey have just added two new straightaways and hairpin turns. This has made the race more interest· ing. especially for the grandstand s~tators since they get to see the nden funnel through this section and many times the riders crash and bum together. This Wednesday's program was shon .and sensational, just the way a night race should be. The first race of tbe event began with the combined Mini/IOOcc class. Duane Summers raced his Yamaha in the Mini Junior class. He gives a lot of credit to his very helpful sponsor, Premier Yamaha. In this event he dusted off the other small riders and captured first pl,ilce in each moto. Suzuki· mounted Michael Buchanan wasn't able to follow Summers very well but he was capable of leaving the rest of the class behind. Dan Carpenter (Suz) was third over R..y Montoya (Suz), Tim Rutherford (Kaw). Ray Romero (Yam), Newton Acevedo (Suz) and Randy Sialana. The- 250cc Intermediate class was won by Shawn Mahn (<:·A) and he whipped the pack in the same manner as did little Summers. DMG shop rider Mike Foley had a ,onsistent score and took third in each moto which gave him the second place trophy. Randy . Rogers (Yam) is always in the top three and he just made it this time with a third place finish. Daryl Hance (Suz) was founh over Darrell Ritchey (Amx) who just made a rather quick recovery after receiving several stitiches from last week's crashing. Results MINI JR: 1. 0 . - S....-. IVom!; 2. M _ _lSuzl; 3. Don Corpenter 1Suz1. l00JR: 1. Terrence Mumford IV...I; 2. Rick K _ IVom!; 3. _lleteo IV"". 100 INT: 1. Scoa Gr_IYom!; 2..... 1tMley 1SuzI. 125 JR OIV 1: I. Dove _ IVII'IlI: 2. "-Iv SciIrn 1SuzI: 3. s-n Glbo¥ 1SuzI. 125 JR DIY 2: 1. Del _ lSuzl; 2. _ _lSuzl: 3. MicIleol T_ISuzl. 1251NT: ,. Dewe...- tHon~ 2. BiI Myera lSuzl: 3.AllnT_lHanl. 125 PIlO: I. Todd _1SuzI; 2. _ _: 3. Devid _1SuzI. 2150 JR: 1. ~ Plumb tHonl; 2. Done ~ lSuzl; 3. Dove.-v CHon!. 2150 INT: \. ~ - . (c.A1; 2. - . FoIev tDMGI; 3. IWldy Rogers IY_I. . 2!iO PRO: I. Todd _ (Hanl; 2. 1K8wI; 3. Scoa Johr-.lHonl. 500 JR: 1. llidcie McMillen 1Huol; 2. Mille Kel (Meil. 500 INT: 1. lion Janea 1Huol: 2..... 1tMley lSuzl: 3. SIeve V.. bnIlMeil. a-a-- W er'sthe wI er.tCMC ·OC'RMX By Tom Corley IRVINE. CA,JUNE 22 A well-prepared track is always a must for motocross racing. Because of the wind flies, one must do a good job of watering the track. ~ell tonight the water truck man seemed to be a little bit too generous and he showered the course with more than an adequate share of water. This did not create any problem though, because they just used the bikes to cling up some of the mud. The riders had a blast doing this and they were allowed an additional balf·hour or so of practice. C.J. Wenner is one rider that is becoming more noticeable all of the time. He has been making a good impression by destroying the 250cc Junior class. You can't do better than taking two first place wins and that is exactly what Wenner accomplished. I should add though tbat Wenner has been known to get a little radical at times. Once he flew over the jump which is directly in front of the gt:andstands and he- nearly clobbered me as I attempted to click a sensatiQnal photo. Instead he just roosted on my reponer's clipboard with his back tire and slung it into the brush. Oh well, there go the official Ascot results! Anyway, Wenner put on a fine show and took home the 250cc Junior victory witb him. Tbe finest turnouts are usually not seen in the Mini classes but tonight there was a definite improvemenL The first two races consisted of the Mini classes and there were quite a few of these little riders. In the 50cc class there were eight hot riders and in the 80cc class there was even more with 14. Chris Sparks is one of tbe winningeat riders in OCIR action and he does in the 80cc competition on a Kawasaki. He usually lacks some good racing action because the others are too far behind. This time the situation changed a bit as visiting rider Dean Peterson was on band. Dean was the quickest at the start and succesllfully out-distanced everyone in the first mota. Sparks gritted his teeth from behind and had to accept second place over Pete Loncarevich (Yam). A lot of excitement was seen in the second moto of racing as Peterson jumped out ahead again. Dean led for a brief while and then swooped around a comer, right by where I was standing. and he bit the ground. He was able to lire it up again but by that time the (Ctmtirnud to f1o.ge 16)

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