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Steve Monger (1m won the ExpertIJunior main event« Aacot.
Bobby Devld. OeIR·. 80cc winner.
w~t crazy whil~ trying to catch up
and advancm to Rcond ov~r Larry
Woody. Brian McDaniel shot out
ahead in the second moto and had a
whol~ pack focusing on his r~ar tir~.
Loud~nback was on~ of theK and he
mad~ a fin~ pass in mid·air off of a
back jump. H~ no SOO~r mad~ this
pass whm h~ crashm in the n~xt
com~r. McDaniel h~ld the I~ad till
sevttal rid~rs got by. Woody was o~
of th~ and h~ workm up to a good
six second I~ad ov~r Lohr, MiIt~
Manin and Doug Hawkins. A 1-2
scor~ gav~ th~ rrr·sponsorm Lohr
th~ tallest trophy ov~r Woody, Manin,
Loud~bad and Lonca~ch_
Results
Healey steals
R.A.C.E. OC'R
show
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By J Immy
01
sen
IRVINE, CA, APR. SO
The Mini Intermediate contest·
ants had to move over at OCIR
because Suzuki racer Mike
Healey decided to come out and
wage war. This nationally·known Mini
rid~r totally dominatm th~ two motos
for th~ top honors in the Int~nn~at~
class. Th~ rid~rs and all Mini c1_
..
hav~ L__ ~nJOY1ng th '
ua:n
~ racmg at
.
r
OCIR and will ~ Iooki~ lorward to
the Graydon Limitm Rn~ that will
stan next ~k. The Mini rid~ will
~ ~Ii";blc to win a new Coffman piTV'
D'
rfor their machin~.
H~aley faced a small c1all and mad~
it clear right froiD th~ stan that ~ was
the fastell. In the first moto Mikc .....
D-th~ holeshot OVB the pad. stylm
~ the first main jum:r and Id't the
rat. JimmLePalmer an John ~w.
,raced in t
second and third p1ac~
nnations and tri~ to 1 . - an ~ on
r-~r
H~alcy who Itcpt in~asing his lad.
~gottheJWDponeveryoneonce
mo~ in the fina1moto w~ the others
20
°
~
I
raced amongst themselves. Pa1m~r
~ld the second place spot ~ though
he flipped off of his bilt~ once. H~ was
abl~ to jump bad on without any
apparmt injuries and thus d~~atm
K~nny Clifton, ~jes and Donny
FISh. With a I-I ~, H~ey dd'ntm
Palm~, Clifton, ~jes and Donny
Fish.
Two divisions fonn~ in th~ ll!5cc
Novice class. In th~ first division it was
a ~al scrambl~ for th~ win. B~t
Loud~back got th~ hol~hot in th~
opming moto whi1~ Vic Lohr and Pft~
Looca~ch chasm him down. Soon
th~ I~ad~ Loudmback w~nt down
and Lohr took over the I~ad. Lonca~·
vich was now second till he got out of
control and washm out. Lohr main·
tainm the lead position as LoudenbacIt
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . '1
eo BEG: 1. Bobby o..id lYoml; 2. JeM>n CoIIior
lYoml.
eo NOV: 1. John IY-.nl; 2. Ric:hy ~
_IY-.nl; 2. Tom
forwvIhelY-.nl; 3. Ed W_IY-.nl.
MN BEG 3. Jim 1. ,...",
_ I Y....;DIV 2: Pwny lSuzt.Woody ~I; 2. Jim
MINI NOV OIV 1: 1. Tom LinoIwI CPVl; 2. """'"-
-M~iiG-=~::':;"
c:e:::~: 1. 0 - Pwny IY_I; 2. Kurt S _
1Y-.nl;3.S_KirtlpIlricIllY_l.
MINI INT: 1. MlU ~ tsuzl; 2. Jimmy -
IYfo:'i~~S=,"~tsuzl;2.Rlctwd_
1~3~~~o...c-lY-.nl;2.Eric_
1~3~~~~IY-.nl;2.GDt_
1Ym:~DIV~l~CoIlnwlIY_I; 2. John
Schiling"IHonI; 3.11ri1n _IY-.nl.
125 NOV DIV 1: 1. VIC Lahr tsuzl; 2. LIITy Woody
1~3~~~1Honl;3._Cr8IlIHonl.
250 lEG DIV 2: 1. - . . . lHanl; 2. c;.y
Donnio lYoml; 3. _ L,..,y 1HonI.
250 NOV: 1. Rondy , . . , lYomI; 2. LIITy c;.a.
IY~ ~~g';:'N_' 2. PouI ~
: .
•••••;
IY....; 3. John I'
.«-1.
500 BEG: 1. _
a . - IKTMI; 2. ...., _
IHuol.
500 NOV: 1. c;.y CIorlt ~ 2. c;.y _1MIiI;
3. T.... _ _
500 INT: 1. c;.y Gon-.IMoiI; 2. ffri I.IV_
lYoml;3."-'dy ......IY.....
5OOPRO:l.o..id_~2.John~
lYoml; 3. Don ~ 1MoiI.
"New kid" a
r at CMC
Ascot MX
and Shelton cam~ out ab~ad as they
flew in mid-air whil~ going OVB th~
crash wall jumps. John Chwastyk was
third ahead of Dave Hamada whi1~
Franco did not get stanm v~ry w~1I
and mdm up fifth. In th~ final moto
things turned out disastrously for sev~al. Shelton f~1I hard off of th~ crash
wall jumps and this put him out of th~
top spt. This helped Franco to achi~~
his win along with th~ fact that th~
second and third plac~ rid~ f~lI
down. Franco had ftnt to himself and
was being pursum by Hamada and
GI~ Page. A 5-1 SCO~ gave Franco
first oy~r Hamada. Shelton. Doug
~ and St~ Postlewai~.
Scott Crawford won the 250cc
Junior class but had to cont~d with
Walt Molloy. In th~ first moto, Molloy
got th~ holeshot aboard his Dav~
Hayes Yamaha and was going for th~
win but his hands got all cramped up
and he couldn't hold bad Crawford.
Andy McDevitt was third ah~ad of J~
HOURr. Crawford found his way to th~
front of th~ pad in th~ final moto and
took th~ win. Molloy didn't get a good
stan and had to play catch up. H~ did
a good job and workm his way to
second plac~ in front of F~rnando
Williss and M~tt. Crawford had a
c1~an sw~p win on th~ overall resulu
in front of Molloy. McDevitt. HOURr
and Mikc McMiU~.
Last w~k Mark AlI~n lost the 250cc
Int~nn~at~ class becaUR his throu1~
cam~ off. H~ had it boltm down tightIy tonight and with no ot~ problmts
h~ managm to tak~ th~ ~asy win with
two firsu.
Scott Bell is having a hot winning
~ right now. With tonight's win in
the 500cc Junior class, Bell has a four
for four s~ak. H~ lost th~ first moto
wh~ on~ of th~ Bunn brothers f~1I in
frontofhimandScott~ndmupwitha
big bump on his foot that looItm
almost as bad as th~ bump that Todd
P~t~nhas. BelltookallKondinth~
first moto but won th~ fmal bout for
=~1.
8OJA:o.-o.AmwIlY-.nl.
eo INT: JeM>n _ I Y _ I .
1~~3.~W=V=-IY_~ 2. John K _
MINIINT: 1. w-.. _l~; 2. Eric Gon-.
lSuzI;3. EdGeul-rIY_I.
100 JR; 1. ffri ~ lYoml; 2. ,...", Woad
lSuzI; 3. Rob DuffioId tsuzl.
125JRDlVl:1.1IriInu-.-~-·.·2.MiUl.enlini
- .......'"
~3.':-DIV~~ _
CSuzI; 2. . . ~tsuzl;3.Rob_tsuzl.
1251NT: 1. Croig e-IYOInI; 2. Dannie ..... IY-.nl;
3. S_ . . . . "'
.....
125 PRO: 1. Louie Fronco IY....; 2.
~3.~~ ~ lYoml; 2. _ - ,
lYoml; 3. ~ ... McDNaCHuol.
250 INT: 1. o.n DeY_IMIiI.AIIon lYoml; 2. Ed _lYomI; 3.
250 PRO: 1............ ICAI: 2. _
Mun8y
lMIiI;3.Nann_IY.....
~~s:...IIoIIYOInI;2. Ron ..... 1Honl; 3.
Dew...-
c...-.
500 INT: 1. Jim Ie-. lYomI; 2. TN\'
lYomI; 3. o-bd lMoiI.
500 PRO: 1. Oludt L.unde lYoml; 2. ~ 1Y-.nl;3. John S. . . . lY.....
VETJIl:l.Tony_lYomI;2.__
~MASlBl:JohnI"I'."_IYOInI.
.........
",..
OlD T1MER JIl: 1. Jim 0.. tsuzl: 2. K-. DuffioId
~
T1MER MASlBl: 1. Ed 011 lYoml; 2. _
_ _ IYOInI.
By Tom Corley
GARDENA, CA, APR. SO
The 125cc Pro class had a differlook to it in this evening's rae.
ing .at Ascot Park. A hobbling
Todd Peterson was spectating
~t
due to his ~ ~ ~ spill that h~ took
whm his ~ar wh~llocItm up on him
in 250cc Pro competition last we<"k.
Loui~ Franco is th~ "new kid on th~
block" and al~ady his p~ce is
heing felt as he managm to tak~ first
place money.
Tim Shelton and Doug Bow~ did
IOtDe battling during th~ first moto
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MOllger masters
Ascot half mile
By Maureen Lee
Photo by Dan Mahony
GARDENA. CA. MAY I
It was a super fast track for the
last half mile before the San Jose
National; the scant number of
riders had a surface to smile
about but two howitz~ firing the
of th~ stands would have had
difficulty hittiDlt any spectators, it was
~J(lh
__
_
that bad a turn-out. TheK races held
hefor~ a nonh~rn National always
mak~ on~ f~1 sad. W~ don't get
enough AMA profeslional flat tracking
as it is. and ~~ knowing all th~ pros
and cona involvm in riding on~ right
bef~ a National it seems such a waste.
Juniors and Expcns ran together;
fastest Ex~ was Danny P~kins with
a 22.2S and right hehind him wasJunior
Chris Cannon at 22.S9.
~ Fiu~ won th~ first combined
heat. Mik~ Garrison had second for a
whil~ aft~ P~rkins' bik~ I~t go in the
nonh turn as h~ was I~ading it, and
the final rundown was Fittt, J~ John·
IOn, Mik~ Garrison and St~ Hall.
~nd and last heat had two ~
whi1~ ~ryo~ finally got it through
th~ir h~ads as to who was going to stan
th~ race. the rid~rs or th~ stan~r. You
know who wonl St~~ Monger shot for
th~ I~ad with Chris Cannon on his tail.
. th~n cam~ Kim JOTgeDRn on a Honda.
and Rich Volk. Volk finally nailm
Kim, who was to slip back a bit funh~r
hehind D~nnis Camp but it wasn't a
bad finish consid~ring ~~ryon~ ~JM,
was 750·mountm and going fast~r
than th~ first h~at had.
Young Jorgenam showm th~ all
th~ way hom~ in th~ combinm Rmi.
stan to finish, and th~ rac~ was r~a1ly
sailing along with Kim flJ'St. then
Tommy Walton who was having a r~al
go with St~~ Karst~, and holding on
finnly in founh, Frank Gillespi~.
~n finally tumblm and Eddi~
San RotnaD got off about the same
tim~. They had just gott~ to 50% of
the rac~, and ftnishing ord~ wmt
bad a lap, so th~ finish was JOrgeDRD,
Walton, Gillespi~and Ron Arlt.
In th~ Trophy Dash, Chris Cannon
h·um.-l out front ftnt and lookm Iik~
r-~
~ might b~ th~ man to win th~ KRW
helm~t. But hehind him w~r~ Danny
P~kiDS. St~ Mon~, and Dmnis
Fiue. P~1tins and Monger ding dODged
it out, passing ach o~ back and
fonh, and P~kins ~d~ th~ overall
=~.ah~ad of Mo~, Fitz~ and
It was the two numm 17 plates up
front in the combinm main, St~~
Mon~ and Chris Cannon. For a bit
~nis Fitz~ was third, th~ h~ slipped
back and two numm 18 plates w~~
h'
he 17
·dd b R' h V IL
c asmg t
s; rJ en y IC
0 ..
and Mi:L- Garnson (IuclUIy r .L_ scor·
.
uo.c
lor UlC
~ anoth~r 18, MiIt~ Ind~biu~n.
wasn't riding). The front runn~rs
strung out a bit; Monger and Cannon
riding nic~ clarly ddined 1ines and
not getting all OVB the place and Volk
and Garrison ~ doing the sam~. We
said it was a fast trad, last w~k
Randy eo. won with a 5:41.64. This
~ S~ Mo~ did it in 5:40.72.
The Novices had their ~ upped.
h
P
too. First Novice ~at went to ~
Hames on th~ Jack Dann~herg-tunm
h f
Kawasaki, and it was t ~ ast~
Novice heat in two ~ars, a 1:59.68,
still aways off Vince M~ad's in~blc
five laps bad in 1975 of I :58.02 but if
that tim~ can he d~ in, Pet~'d he the
Novice to do it this ~ar. H~ sai1m
away from th~ opposition. second
place manJim T~.
Th~ n6t two heau ~. both ~
t~ two minut~ mark. the RCODd ~Dl
to Miu Vital o~ Don Howard and
the third to Honda-mountm Dave
BoylesOY~rJimmyRosa.
Rob Ely got a simply beautiful stan
in th~ Rmi with Mark Key going right
with him but at th~ ~d of th~ first lap
it was Mark Cain in front. They shufiled
t~ spou around a bit, with Ely
finally nailing it down. ~ Cain, Key
and Brian Yokum. Hard luck guy
again with tIIOl'e than his sha~ of me·
chanical woes was Bud Carroll woo
had anoth~ ~ginc 1ft go ... with his
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