Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

I I: ~ _._~~._._.---._--._._._._._._.~_._._._._._._._._._._._._.~_._._._._._._. Western hotline MINI JR: 1. Arni Lemon (Kawl; 2. John Conney IVam): 3. Bob Doney IVam). ATC CLASSES Lisa . WOMEN'S 9O·13Occ:1. Brenda Fox' 2 E liPPincott: 3. linda lippincon. .. .WOMEN'S OPEN: 1. Mane Mane: 2. Robin Davis' 3 • . 70cc STOCK: 1. Larry Hageman: 2. Kenny Dunlap' 3 VICkI Shipman Bryon Antonacci. ' . 90cc STOCK: 1. Bob Eaton: 2. Marshall Thompson 110cc STOCK: ,. Jim Blatnik; 2. Keith Beckwith . 91·112cc MODIFIED: 1. Larry Russell' 2 Todd T Jefney; 3. Jim Baxter. . . 113·132c~ MODIFIED: 1. Perry Thompson' 2 Oavis • . MueUer; 3. Steve Wright. 02~N: 1. Mark Wei.:eIdorfer; 2. Greg Fenton; 3. Mike OOVSSEY CLASSES C~ 1: 1. Curtis Bell: 2. Cratg Small: 3. Bob S~~S 2: 1. Gary Bryant; 2. Russ Tu",..: 3. Bill ClASS 3: ea.rMusa. Swift is just that atCMMCMX By Rod Eschenburg SAN DIEGO. CA, AUG. 5 Suzuki rider Chris Swift emerged the top "Mini Gold" collector at Barona Oaks Raceway with a first in the Stock Expert class, a Scott Gilln-.Ieeds Donnie Hansen in SSM 250cc Pro action. lYomI; 3. Bob ShuIz lYom!. 125 lIfT: 1. _ Tyd CSuzl: 2. 3._e-lYomI. . '-',,*,._ O(aw)'. ~ 1. Lori woo-. CSuzl: 2. Jan Murray lYomI; 3."""" KNghIIY_•. OPBI .lit 1. lart _ _: 2. DINe Vlck tul:3. _ _ CSuzl. 2!iOoft 1. ~0Ii.- _;2. Jim 8rodelHonl. 125 oft 1....... s-. lSuzt. 2. Tony S-.on CSuol; 3. Jolt TiIi& CSuzl. 0PBI1IEGc 1. Jahn _ IV_I: 2. Cody Fulcher lYomI; 3. .......... HIIrpor 1Suzl. 25D BEG 1. S. '..0 . . . . . CYaml; 2. Ou:k Dodson CSuol; 3. _ ~ CSuzl. 125 BEG: I. ~ n.ous lSuzt. 2. CUtlis Bingham CSuol; 3. Jolt _ _ IVom!L Chaffee, Johnson smoke CMCIND SpeedwayJJ7MX By Rod Esch8nburg CHULA VISTA. CA, AUG. 8 1£ last week's NO. Plug Championship Series blast was out of sight. how does one go about descn"binb ~ast night'S progTam? 28 Well. ku sun with th~ Pros; with W~y night's program oong a pomt ran, a RCOrd numbn- of 250cc and 1%5cc Pro rid~rs show~ up. W~ t~ mud ~t1~ Yamaha ricin- Chris Cbaff~ made his first Sprtdway 117 stason stan a winning oor with a two for two blast over Kirk GriIIIom. and Rick Johnson (Yam) ~ his second stan of th~ year a.-.ber winning ant" as he scored two ~ from bC"hind wins over Bryan Anlonacci. With 250cc Pro point Inder Clint Hardick having his problrms aD night, Grissom nailed down a hard fough! :w-cond over Tony Wankn and rn<>ttd back into the ND Plug Point Ind. Wbil~ not having quite as big a. field of riders as tilt 2505, the 125 Pro go was a r~al classic wuh the two form('r Mini rivals Rick Johnson and Bryan Antonacci running two b('3utiful whft:1 to whed motos with each on(' seeing Antonacci taking the ('arly lead and Johnson making incr('dibl(' outsid~ passes for the lead lal(, in th(' race. All tim~ CMC Pro win neT Tim Lund~ ran a distant third. Both riders w~r(' Yamaha mounted. as they bOlh hav(' b~n since tift- b~ginning of lheir careers. Outslanding Intermediat(' race of the night had to be once again the 125cc class where.point leader Kevin Graves scored a come from behind second moto win to edge former point lead('r Gary Rodriguez and Chuck Swanson. In other Intermediat~ action Ron Tuzinsky scor~ his firsl ever 500cc win and P('le Sampo further extended his 250cc ND Plug point lead over se<;ond place Ron Lounsbury. who moved into the second spot over the injur('d Mark Seymour. The ATC thr~·wheelerswere out in record numbers with everybody really "Goin' for it" (and the Big AI's Goodies). It was a toss'up for top class of the night betwen the 91·112cc Modifieds where Larry Russell took a tie· breaker from Todd Tierney or the 113·132cc Modifieds where Perry Thompson squeaked out a close one over Davis Mueller or the Open Class wh~re former MXer Mark "Waitey" We.xeldorfer took a half· bike decision over Greg Fenton. Perry Thompson's 113·132cc win moved him into the class point lead. The ND Spark Plug Motocross Series and the Big AI's ATC Series continues throughout the month of August. Results MXClASSES 250 PRo: 1. Chris Chall.. IVaml: 2. Kirk Gtissom IHan): 3. TonyWanket IVam). 125 PRO: 1. Rick Johnson IVam); 2. Bryon Antonacci (Vem); 3. Tim Lunde (Yaml. 500 INT: 1. Ron Tuzinsky IVaml: 2. H.J. Rinard IVaml: 3. Jerry Asrimle ISuz). 250 INT: 1. PerM Sampo (Suzl: 2. Ron lounsbury Iyaml: 3. Brian Pitzen IC·AI. , 25 INT: ,. Kevin Graves ISuz); 2, Gary Rodriguez IVaml: 3. Chuck Swanson ISuz). 500 JR: 1. Bob Tunle ISu": 2. Rocket Ric Mahlmeis.erISuz): 3. Harold RhodesIMai). 250 JR: ,. Ron Latfranchi (Honl; 2. Derek Walker ISuzl: 3. Kevin Thompson IVaml. 125 .JR DIV 1: 1. Mike Monaegur ISuzl: 2. Manny Leon ISuzl: 3. Mark StoneIKaw). 125 JR DIV 2: 1. Don Seay ISuzl: 2. Kurt Fryling IVam): 3. Marty Stone ISuz). WOMEN'S OPEN: 1. April Dunlap (Kawl; 2. Vicki Haag (Suz); 3. Susan Brennan (Mail. MINI EX: 1. Kenny Dunlap ISuzl: 2. Dav'd Hopwood U(aw); 3. Chris Lance (Suz). MINI INT: 1. Terry Murray (Suz); 2. Brad Johnson (Yam); 3. David Crowson (Suz). second in the Modified Expert class and a thIrd In the Special 105cc Mini Class. In the Stock Experts, the "Burger King Bandit" took a close one over Danny Almond after first moto winner Kenny Dunlap retired with mechanical troubles. and in the wide open Modified Experts Swift grabbed a close second to Kawasaki rider David Hopwood, who took his firsl ever Ex~rt win at Barona. For Suzuki rider Kenny Dunlap it was a case of "win or break" as he took four out of six mota .wins, but could only get two of th.em In a row; those being in th~ SpeCIal 105cc Mini Class where the only contest was (or second place. The second' place race was a real barn burner though, and when it was all over, Intermediate rider Jon Faure (Kaw) found himself in second ahead of lots of Experts in a fine ride. First year rider Faure came back to take the 12 to 16-year·old Stock Intermediates over another freshman racer, Ami Lemon who in lurn squeaked out lhat position over new Intermediate Mike Fisher. BOlh riders were also Kawasaki mounted. Lemon came back in the Modifieds to lake the win over a charging Fisher who took the second spot in a tie breaker with Faure. Some ve.ry good racing in lhe 9·11 NOVICes. wJlh lots of new riders in both lhe Stock and Modified Divisions, with "vet~ran" John Flores (Suz) really putting JI togeth('r for a four for four effort and lWO impressive wins. Impressive nol only ht-cauS(' of the large fields. but also because Flores had to come from behind in both classes to do the deed on second·time· OUI rider Charles Dieball. The motorcycle class wins came in pairs last Sunday. as former Mini rider Mike Monsegur (Suz) ~abbed of two scrambling l25cc Interm('diat<' class both wins with 1·2 and 2·2 ('fforts ov('r John Carter. Suzuki· mounted Kerri Paulsen went four for four ov('r a faSt improving Mik(' Dodge in the 125cc Novices. and Marly Slone also had a four for four effort in lhe 100cc Novices; his best ever day at Barona. Results MINICVCLE CLASSES STOCK EXPERT: 1. ChrIS Swift ISuzl: 2. Oanny Almond ISuzl: 3. Chris LancelSuzl. MODIFIEO EX: 1. David Hopwood IKa""l: 2. Chris Swift (Sull; 3. Kenny Dunlap lSUll. SPECIAl105cc MINI: 1. Kenny Dunlap (Sult; 2. Jon Faure (Kawl; 3. Chl'ls Swift (Suzl. STOCK INTERMEOIATE 112·161: 1. Jon Faure IKavil! 2. Arnie leman lKaw); 3. Mike FIsher (Kawl. MODIFIEO INTER 112·161: 1. Arm Lemon IKawl: 2. Mlke,Fishet(KctyJ~ 3.)9n Fa~re lK~vtll ..... ST~CK NOV 112·161: 1. Mike West (Kawl; 2 Darren McMIllen (SUl); 3. Kevin Henderson ISuz). MODIFIEO NOV 112·161: I. Mike West IKawl' 2 Todd Colbe" ISuz). . . STOCK INTER 19·11 J: 1. Charlie Taylor ISuz)' 2 John Conney (Yam): 3. Lance 8arnen (Suzl. • MODIFIEO INTER 19-11): 1. John Conney (Vam)' 2 Charlie Taylor (Suzl; 3. Brad Johnson (Yam). • • STOCK NOV 19·10: 1. John Flores ISuz): 2. Charles Dleball fSuz): 3. ChriS Morgart (Suli. MOOIFIED NOV 19-11): 1. John Flores ISuzl' 2 •. Charles DoebalilSuzl: 3. Jeremy Hughes IKawl MOTORCVCLE CLASSES . STOCK 125cc INTER: 1. Mike Monseguf ISuz)' 2 John CarterISuz): 3. Jell Almond ISuzl. . . MODIFIED 125cc INTER: 1. Mike Monsegur ISuz)' 2 John canerISuz): 3. Scan Swift IVam) • . STOCK 125 NOVICE: 1. Ker" Pau~ ISuz)' 2 Mike Dodge ISu": 3. Bill Stafford ISuz). . . MOOIFIED 125 NOV: 1. Kerr, Paulson ISuz); 2. Mike Dodge ISuzl: 3. Ralph StewerrISuz). STOCK 100 NOVICE: 1. MarlY Stone ISuz): 2. Keith Barnett CYaml: 3. Alejandro (Sull. MODIFIEO 100 INTER: 1. Tim Hale ISuzl' 2 Bob CarnelVqaml. . . JUNIOR CYCLE-CLASSES STOCK 19-111: 1. Brad Johnson ISuzl: 2. Sieve Hole (Sw:l: 3. Danny Hembt"ee (Suzl. MODIFIED 19·111; 1. Brad Johnson ISUlJ: 2. Steve Hale lSuzl; 3. Danny Hembee ISuz), PEE WEE 10-61: 1. Clifton Siewart ISuzl: 2: Ja"lie Canney ISuzl. Adams, Pfe-tzing, Clontz claimSRAGP I • series BySueSenn Photo By Action Photographic ELSlNORE, CA, JULY 29 The man part nore completion of the SponsRacing Association's two· GP series was held at Elsi· Raceway under a relentless sun which administered an endless supply of heat throughout the day. The Minis stan~ things off and it was Bill Clomz, riding for John Burr's Cycle, who jum~ out front. Clontz h.eld the lead over another John Burr Tlder, "Racin' Jason" Prater who took an easy :w-cond. Behind Prater, 13· year·old Danny' Wawrzyniak (pronounced Warsnack) battled past Bryan Metzger, Ron Bell, T.D. Swets and Barry Crawford to claim a third overall. Seven· year-old Scott Marlow compleled thr~ of the five laps ;'n his Honda 50 while sweeper Todd Soens ke~t the youngster in sight for the ennre race. The heat was really on for the Seniors, but Competition Cycles' Charlie Conway played it cool. By the end of the first lap, he and his KTM were so far out front that second place was nowhere in sight. Bob Maynard was holding second place but Bryon Farnsworth. wearing all gr~n Kawasaki gear but riding a Yamaha, was giving him his run for his money. The Husky hung on, giving Maynard second and Farnswonh third. The top Amateurs, Phil Lawerance. T.W. Swets and John Campbell were also on Huskys. But it was Yamaha machines that monopJized the Novice and B~ginn~r positions. Danny Drew and Bill Anderson were top Novice riders while Jack Liddy and Ted Jones claimed top Beginners. Whe~ it comes to fan participation and excnment. the 81·200cc class has it all. Fullerton Yamaha's 19·year·old ~xpert. Roherl Pfetzing took the lead In the first lap. Right behind him was . a tight pack consisting of Escondido Suzuki's Jimmy Odie, Bill Holmes, Crawford and - B~IIf1ower Scott Yamaha's "Bullit," Kevin Senn, who had just moved up to the 125cc class. Crawford overshol a turn and Jimmy Odie's yellow· lensed goggles took him out. The combination of the goggles. !h(' y~ll

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