Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

-I w;;t;;;-ho.t.....'...i..n............-...··-·····.. .•.•.•.-.-.-----.-.--------....·. -"e ~ E Robert Reisinger survivec:l the heat to take the 250cc Pro win at SSM. Danny Sanchez took a first and a second at SRA'. Riverside GP. Adams, Roeseler hit by gas crunch atSRAGP By Sue Senn \ PhoID by Action Photographic. RIVERSIDE, CA. JUNE 17 Mother nature' blessed SRA riders with lots of cool air trapped under cloudy skies to make it a perfect day for racing. D.illasB~ona~wasaltiledthe 42 Seniors from beginning to end. Charlie Conway, KTM, Husky·mounted Earl Roeseler (Larry's Dad) and Bill Misner (Yam) didn't mean for it to be so cut and dry. On the first lap. the four leaders were close yet creating distance &om the pack. . By the third lap. B~ was out front becoming untouchable and turning a flat 10 minutes over the 6.8 mile course. Of the 75 starters in the open race. 25 were Experts and Amateurs who staned on the front line. Craig Adams. introducing his new 4l!O KTM, got the hoIeshot. Adams had company. Eric. MacCracken, Wayne Martin. Larry Roeseler and Danny Sanchez shared the action. MacCracken, who' has built quite a reputation as a desen rider, t90k the lead on the second lap.· then for reasons ~own, dropped out. Adams regained top position but course ribbon was quickly winding around his rear sprecket. Roeseler, Manin and Sanchez were right behind Adams through the third of the six laps. . Adams blasted by the white flag only to hear his KTM sputter from lack of gas. RoeseIer felt the race becoming his and, urged die Husky on as Adams stopped for a quick pit stop. Adams' family and friends waited at the finish line. accepting the fact that Craig would take a second or possibly a third. The smile on his mother's face reflected fans' feelings as they realized that, somehow, Craig had regained the lead and was coming in for the win. Danny Sanchez and East·West M.C.'s Wayne Martin took second and third as spectators nervously awaited word about Roeseler. The talented, versatile rider was malting his first ride since knee surgery and imaginations were running wild. Larry received a DNF for this race. but fans gave him a big cheer when they learned he was OK but had run out of gas. Robert Pfetzing claimed an easy first Amateur but Novice Jim Peterson passed Mome Pritchett in the last lap for the brass. Terry Windust took fll'St Beginner as Kurt Dietrich aced Rudi Renka for second. The 81-200cc race was monopolized by 16 year old Rick Rodgers who usually rides a 125 KX for Pomona Kawasaki. Due to mechanical problems, he entered this race on -a 125cc RM Suzuki from Riverside Suzuki. The top six finishers of the 30 Experts and Amateurs in the 250cc race were Danny Sanc~, .(KTM), sponsored by Super Cycle. Laay Thompson (Yam). Larry Rqeseler (Hus), Scott Kinnier (Yam). Keith Fearing (C·A). and Rusty Clarke (Hus). Bill Farrow and. Duane Mapes were top Novice riders while Robert Dupree and Dennis Lovell were top Beginners. The mighty Minis ended the one hour races and the 25 youngsters proved that in pressure situations. they still maintain , control. The LeMans stan was led by John Burr's Bill Clonu and Shannon Shablin. On the first lap, it was Clontz. Shabli'n. Bellflower Yamaha riders Keith Senn and "The Bullit," Kevin Senn. By the third lap, Clontz had a 10· second lead over the Bullit, who was now in second place. Gary Clark and Barry Crawford passed Shablin and Senn who were holding off "Racin' Jason" Prater and another Bellflower rider. Dave Trager. Clonu proved to have the situation well under control when he claimed the checkered in front of the speeding Bullit. A real crowd pleaser was seven·year·old Scott Marlow, on a Honda 5Occ. This was SCOll'S first race and it took some heavy talking to get his dad to say yes. He finished and lrophied. The team race finalized the day's events and the teams of SCOll Kinnier/ T. VandenRaadt and R. Davis/E. MacCracken led and played switcharoo for the first four laps. M. Robens/R. Wood were running founh in the first lap, took over the lead. and it was their race from that poim on. FII'Sl 81-200cc team was B. Rick/D. Urdanek. First Seniors were F .. Arand/R. Campbell and the first Mini team, riding for Bellflower Yamaha, was Kevin Semi and Dave Tra~. Reisinger wins burnout SSM MX By Terry Whytal ORANGE, CA. JUNE 9 With a blazing sun overhead and a hard packed surface underfoot the 250cc Pros hit the SaddJeback track and when it was all over, Kawasaki rider Roben Reisinger was the winner and half the class had dropped-put from the heat. As the racers completed lap one Reisinger was in the lead follo:wed by Maico rider Huff Hadley ~nd Can·Am mounted Kurt Sorka. Vere Butler had his Yamaha in fourth just ahead of the Suzuki of Jim Tarantino. On the second lap Tarantino moved up into third but Sarka regained third a lap later. Reisinger was looking very good out front as Hadley kept within strik· ing distance. Sorka dropped out on lap eight as Tarantino closed in on the lead~. Andy Guth had moved his Kawasaki up into founh with Can·Am rider Pete Snorteland close behind and pushing. Reisinger began to open up a lead on Hadley at the halfway point and Tar'amino went out with .mechani.cal problems. Guth and Snortelanci were really going at it over third place with Snorteland finally passing Guth with two laps to go. At the checkers it was Reisinger with a small lead followed by Hadley and Snorteland. Hadley smoked into the lead at the stan of the second moto ,.,jth Reisinger hot on his tail. Snonelalld was in third ahead of Sorka and Guth. Reisinger was riding right on Hadley's rear fender and looking for room to pass on the slick track. Dust was becoming a problem and heat began to take its toll on the heavily clothed riders. On lap seven Hadley fell exiting a turn when his front wheel caught a rut, and Reisinger two stepped his way around and into the lead. Hadley remounted and charged after Reisin~r but soon pulled off the track. a victim of heat exhaustion. Snorteland inherited second place and began to push his way up to the front; eating up Reisinger's lead and closing in on the Kawasaki rider in the final stages of the race. Meanwhile, back in the pack Vere Butler was calmly riding his Yamaha up through the back markers and into third place. Reisinger managed to hold off Snoneland to take the checkered flag in first. Reisinger was of' course the overall winner with second going to Snorteland and Vere Butler took home the third place money. Results OPEN PRO: 1. Scoa e-- CSuzl; 2. _ 1~1; 3. Dole_IMo". 250cc PRO: 1. _ ~ .-v oc-t; 2. _ Snor-.cIlC-Al; 3. V. . _lV_I. 12!ic:c PRO: 1. Jim.-., lV_I; 2. o.n Cal8IISuzl; 3. .leek "-lSuz). SRS: 1. Todd CIork (Suzl; 2. JeTy s.r... (Hon); 3. John Chuslyk lSuz). OPEN INT: 1. Ken Revt8IoIf I~~ 2. Croig_ lSuzl; 3. Tom ~ lSuzl. 2!iO INT: 1. Rick _ lMoiI; 2. Miko Godfrey lMoiI; J. Bob ShuIz lV_I. 12!ic:c INT: 1. Richlrd Batieu lSuzI; 2. Grog McElroy (Suzl; 3. _ Wright lSuzl. OPEN JR: 1. Jim Castillo ISuzI; 2. Som DIVis lV_I; 3. Kim _ lSuzl. 250 JR: 1. Bill ,Remer (Han); 2. Jeff EMon (~I; 3. Todd~(~I. '125 JR: 1. Jooe 1100•• _ oc-t; 2. Denny _ l S u z l ; 3. Ed _lSuzl. 250 BEG: 1. _ _ (Hon);2. M8n Kelley lV_I; 3,Dove_~1. 125 BEG: 1. PIIl8r Lapp lSuzl; 2. S - T - . l lSuzl; 3. Mike _lSuzl. WIIams, TarMfIno take CRC heat By Keith Clemons ORANGE, CA, JUNE 9 Let's dispense with the weather report this issue because if you were racing anywhere in southern California, you know it was hot! California Racing Club booked it down to Saddleback Park for a day of fun in the sun which included an unusually large amount of bumps, sweat and brew. Maico·mounted Pat Hubbs, riding for Track and Travel, and Suzuki mounted freelance rider Jim Tarantino got into a sparring match in the first 250tc Pro moto. Tarantino went all out off the line.. snaking through the hole in winning fonnation but Hobbs came tip number two and planted the muzzle of his Maico right behind him and stayed there for six laps. Tarantino couldn't shake Hubbs and after more than half a moto of close dueling Hubbs put it on to snealt

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