Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

c» co ,. ,.. f t " l f) I I ~ I' JIll ,,;rl· •./'1'T' f) ' , ..... ·.f r- ... o! n' Collie Uual -Victor at South 'B . ay ."iqlj., (Ill Vl :;: w Z W ..J U >- U By T o m Blat tler SO UTlI BA Y SPE EDW AY , :--l ay 14, 19 ; 2 - Larry Collie , rid ing a !leach Cycle Cen ter Kawasa ki, captured two ~I ain Eve nt victo ries, the 250 T'I' and the 250 Ha lf-Mile la st Sunday night1n th e California ~lo tor Racing Enterprises' first night program of the y ea r at fast Sou th Bay Speedway, Collie st arted ou t slowly in the steeplechase feature but took the number one position on the second lap to pull away from the rest of the field in a time of 5:48 ,68 for six lap s, Mark Pe te rs rode his ~ lo1orc ycle Specialities Bultac o to second place in the T'I' ~Iain as he staged an excellent battle with J ohn n y Apple on a Floyd Emde Bullaco, before Peters finally pulled awav. th e Semi-Main in the 250 Tr, Billy :-- lc Elv ea of Chula V ista took the first S em i 'wi th Murc Barb an i laking second and G reg Reyno lds p la ci n g third, T he second Sem i went to Pet ers as Le mon Grove's J ohn Peterso n g bbed second ra with Jeff Z wos ter o f Im p e rial Beach third, Collie re turned in th e 25 0 H al f-M ile ~I ain Eve nt 10 run to vic to ry as he gra b be d th e lead on th e h ac k stre tch of the fir st lap and w as n ever h eaded from tha t p o int. Collie's you ng er b rothe r, Phil. a lso aboard a Beach Cy cle Center Kaw asaki. fini sh ed in the number two sp o t in the na t tr ack feat u re with J ohn Alli so n na b hi ng the th ird p ositi on. Sc ott Marshall ro de h is K & R Mo torcy cles Kawas aki to vict ory in the Semi-Main event with S an Diego 's Dave In Ha rris , on a Me sa Cycle O ssa, ca p tu ring secon d p la ce a n d Tom \\ 'orfol k o f C h ula Vista, ridi ng a Bul tac o , took third place. Deb b ie Re on of A naheim, the only girl of the program . Collie. and Pe te rs wert: the hea t race wi n ners. Bra d Ho lt grabbed the victory in the 125 Sporting Rider T' l' ~ Iain Event as 1I0lt, ridi ng a Motorcycle Specialties Yamaha, took th e lead from th e starting line and ran a consistent race . Earl Roloff. aboard an Imperial Bea ch Yam a h a, fin ished in the number tw o posi tion with Dave Emde , on a Floyd Emde Ya ma h a, collectin g third place . Ward Rin g, aboard a Sou th Bay ~Iotorcycles Triumph , fought off a stiff ch a lle n ge from Dan White. also on a T rium p h , in the Open class TT to ta ke the victory . Ring and Wh ite fought for the lead throughout the six-lap feature w ith Ring finally winning in a 5 :4 2. I 0 timing. Dan ' s bro the r, Tom \l'h ite, battle d back and fo rth w ith R ing in the Open class H al f-M ile Oat track fe at u re b ef o re \l'h ite p a ssed Rin g in the thi rd tu rn on th e third lap . R in g t ried to catch White, bu t tried a bit too hard an d d u mped hi s Triumph in the second tu rn , a nd White h ad an e asy victory . Th e C ali fornia Mot or Racin g Ent er p rise s will be pre sen tin g its thi rd n ight program of th e year o n J un e 4th with th e Jim Brockman Mem o ri al 10 0 . T h e winner is guara n te ed 250 p lus th e rem a inder of th e field receiving 4 0% of th e gross ga te. Th e first qualify ing h ea ts sta rts at 6 p .m. (Re su lts o n p age 40 ) Explosion at Perris By Elaine J ones PERRIS, CAL, May 13, 19;2 - Th e riders turned out in force to ge t re ady fo r Sund ay ' s Point Run and th e result was a super fu ll progr am o f ra cin g. Steve Bales never loo ked in trouble as he won the cl ass o ver Perri s Am a teur/ Expert 1\1 arc J ones . Wa yn e Whisenant, th e most sea soned rider in th e class , w as third. Rex llailey who has j us t sta rted riding as an Amateur bl ew th e 125s in th e weeds b eatin g Tad Willis and J oe M onoh an , n o slou ches in a ny bodys book. Walt Foster did hi s thing in the Big Bik e Am a te ur/E xpert m oto an d le t Vin ce Graves an d Stev e Waller trv to ca tc h him . ' Dou g Mason w as back to re c ord se tt ing as he strai ghten ed out th e track in th e 25 0 Amateu r / E xpert and se t th e rec ord for th e n ew cou rse. Ri c k Hutchin s, on e of th e top co n ten ders fo r Dou g' s throne , didn 't h ave the b en ef it of k n owing a ll the new twists and had a n ew A m a teur, Denn is J un k er hot on him every race . Dave Ra cin e h as h is new Bultac o finallv figure d ou t but still had a lot to do a hotly contested 250 Novice I class. Duve , Ga ry White and John Colombero each m an aged to p lay musical chairs all three races , changing places like square dancers. Dave who in . . h ad vowed to let it all hang out a n d wm, did ju st that with Gary second andJohn third. Jim Wright has decided th e 1;5 ·200 cla ss is h is c up of team and ~ as b ec o!"e the m an to beat : T om Avoian, co rnmg o ff a win the week b efore ju st didn 't h ave en o ugh to ca tc h J im's super fas t Bul but did man age to hang in fo r a sec o nd , Mike Kel sey an d J e rry Re ynolds cou ld n ' t se tt le o n wh o wa s go ing to be th ird so th ey share d the h on or. J ohn L owe an d ~lcI St one r, each pi c k ed up win s in the sec ond and third divi sions o f 250 Nov ices . Tohy Stan ford pi cking up his racin g career again an d movin g o n to th e bi g bike cl ass p icked o ff th e w in in th e 5 0 0 No vice class ove r R. G. St one an d D. Kent Wilson. Ca sey Call en d ar p icked up th e win in th e N ovice m ota bu t h e b etter keep a sha rp eye on Shawn lIu ffm an wh o is ma kin g a n am e fo r himself in b oth T"T and m oto cro ss. T he hardes t fought 100 X ov ice class h ad J im Wo od the overall winner w ith Den nis T urner second. Derek Katan ic did h is us ual thing. crashe d in th e first mo to th an w as up front in the next two. This c au ses a scorekeeper to th in k ve ry seriously of either shooti ng him or the mselves an d h as ca used Dere k to lo se quite a few. ( Re su lts on page ·10) Wri ht Takes Two By El ain e J o n es CO R01'\ A, C A L .. Mav 12 , 19 ;2 - J im Wrigh t re all y h ad it toget h er Friday n igh t and not o n ly took h ome tw o nume ro -un o s b u t his grad ua tion papers to the Ama teu r/Expert ranks. J im topped Expert J a me y Blunt to take the win in the I i5-200 class. One race later in the 250 Novice 11 he did it again . th is time to an o ther Ossa mounted rid er, Larry Fum. John Lowe to ok th e win in the 250 "'ovice 1 over Rob lIosford. Jamey Blunt ca me back in the 250 Amat eur/Expert and riding his Dick M ann prototype socked il to R ick Holmes and S teve Galliot. ~Iark Porter was in for a strong second p lace fin ish but h ad proble ms in th e second moto that dropped him to fourth in the overall results. Rob M o rr iso n found h is groove in the 10 0 ·1 2 5 . A m at eur/ Expert class an d p layed games w ith Randy ~I o n r o e and Da vid Galliot the rest of th e nig h t , Terry Stanart got his th ree consecut ive wi ns in th e IOU X ovi ce cl ass an d w ill be rid in g wi th th e big boys nex t we e k. St ev e St iem sm a , un d erst and abl y. w as ve ry h app y w i th h is second pl ace . Th e 10 0 N ovice 11 Was close fo r sec ond pl ace . Tim :--IcWhorter na iled d ow n th e win earl y . Der ek Ka tanic h as go t to learn to stay uprigh t for thre e rn o to s. Dere k usu all y manages to un loa d the first go rou nd and the n h e goes like hell the n e x t two . T his tim e he sq ueeze d b y R ic k ~I eum a nn by a scan t th ree points. T h a t's just abou t as close as you can get. Tom J arn agan and S teve Waller really had a go rou nd in the A m a teu r/ E xp ert mo 10 . Tom took the first one handily with Steve caught back in the pack with a fourth. Th e, second race was a whole different can of wo rms w i th Steve out on top holding off any attempts by Tom to get around him, The third heat was a repeat of the second bu t even wi th h is two firs ts it wasn 't enoug h to take the w in from Tom with a first an d two se conds. To insure a win all you have to have is two firsts and noth ing lo w e r than a third . T he fo urt h p lace finish w as S tev e' s und o ing. F ra nk Ridl o n a nd Bill Walker won the two D ivision s of 125 Novices an d Eugene 1\li1es took th e Nov ice mol O win. D on 't for get Coro na is now runnin g Friday ni ght and will b e introdu cin g it s Short T rack p ro gram a bou t th e first o f Jun e. ( Resu lts o n p age 40) Hot Action on a Cold Night By Phil C arpenter AD ELA1'\TO, CAL., May 2 0 , 19i2 Big bore Z' o v ice action w as h ot and he avy with Suzu k i moun ted Mike Heineme yer pushing for a third while lI ·D mounted Thomas 1I0we and Suzu ki mounted Dan Reese pl a yed ch ec ke rs for th e number o ne and two sp ot on the fas t half-mile course. The ch ec kered fell to Ilowe with Dan sc re aming for a close second while al so taking th e first pl ace brass in tonigh t's TT Main , The three wheel racers pleased the two wheel fans again as the Ellett and Wentworth broth ers battled for the wins a t the liRA sanctioned Saturday ni ght '1'1' a n d lI alf·~lile races. Lester Ellett c op p e d a first in the 'IT ah ea d of Tom Wentworth while H al-Mil e ac tio n saw T om taking a se c ond ah ead of Le st ers third with Gary Wentworth m ovin g it on for first pl ac e troph y. This three wh eel d esert b attle b etween the Elle tts and the Wcntworth s is reminiscent of th e two barrel feud between the moun tain s Hatfie lds and the :--l cCoys. G arden Gro ve's Eddie Drak e h ad it all together ton ight as h e rode hi s 100 Kaw asaki to se cond pl ace victory in the 125 Novice lIalf·1\lile and the 100 N ovi ce T'I'. The tr oph y for this Ll -year-old hot shoe was ab o u t as big as he. Mechanical problems dominated the minibikes scene ton ight. Norco's Bill Jewett so cked it to ' em again tonight with a pair of first pl ace wins in both the TT and Half-Mile ah e ad o f veteran winner John Evans, Buena Park , This reporter looks fo r new faces in the Expert lineup af ter th e liRA Competition co mm ittee meets and reviews the wins this month . Bench racing over the open ca m p fire s after the ra ce while waiting for the midnight steaks and coffee to c oo k se ems as popular as racing.. .like I was saying.. .l got a b ad .start an d I almost h ad 'em in the c o rn e r but.. .well, there ' s always next Saturday ni ght! (Resu lts o n p age 4 0) STEIN GUTS IT OUT By Kar e n O ller E LS I:XOR E , CA L.. ~I ay 20, 19; 2 C ol d wind managed to bl ow the rain clouds away for a very excitin g p rogr am at Elsi nore. T h e tr ac k was su per fast . Th e 1\lini an d Powder Pu ff even ts we re th e only o n es n ot p lagu ed wit h acc id en ts and mu lt ipl e re-st ar t s, 1\lo st a ll o f the p ile-up s were mino r, the management of th e trac k really h u stlin g to th e a id o f th e riders. Doug Nicol (Yam ) up for 1\1 a nd A En gineerin g, and Charl es Summers , st ar o f the Troj an Tra c k in S outh Ga te fough t o ne o f t h e most hotl y con tes te d bat tic s ever ",vaged in the Mini class. Both boy s a re fine riders and were eve n ly m atch ed. finishin g in a tie. Doug' s brother, S co t Nicol (S uz) w aged a war of h is o w n in th e 10 0 Am ateu r and Expert div ision with Zac k Barrett (Hod) , an d in the 125 Am at eu r w ith Ken n y J ohnson (Ka w}. In b oth even ts h e to ok se cond place, Z ac k a n d Kenny takin g firs t pl ace laurel s. A ction in the 2 5 0 Expert, 5 0 0 Open Am ateu r a nd E xpert an d Spe cia l E xpe rt divisi o n s h ad everyo ne hold ing the ir breath s. Jimm y Ste in (CZ) raced in all th re e classes and when he takes the tr a c k, it ai n ' t du ll ! J im m y grabs a h andful of th ro ttle off th e line and n ever le ts go , h el l b ent fo r wh a tev er , fu ll b ore Louie, h ang on to you r ki d ney b elt or bust y o ur gu t a ll the way. lIis gu ts h eld to gether, but he alm o st busted his head when h e unlo ad ed just b ef o re the jump in the 250 Expert. Ii al Chee tw o od (!l u i) won the even t follo wed by S te ve He in in second p lace. Jim my got righ t bac k o n the CZ for the Specia l Expert and pulled the fa t ou t of the fire. w at ch in g the action from a few yards back, just shook his head , hut his time was co mi ng: as he was th e one rid in g el bow to e lbow with ~lr. St ein in the 5 00 O pen A ma teur an d Exp e rt. Both J im an d R obb y came off th e lin e lik e th ey h ad b een sho t off a ca ta p u lt. Th ey could h ave u sed eac h o the r's foot pegs m o st o f th e way . R ob by too k advantage of a li ttl e drift b y .lim in th e sweeper on the fourth lap and sho we d Jim hi s h ack th e re st o f th e way. ( Re su lt s o n page 4 0) WHAT PRICE CONFLIC T By Andre Ney S AN DI EGO, CALIF ., ~I ay 2 1, 19 ; 2 Du e to a scheduling c on f'l ic t on ly 4 9 riders e n tered t odavs race a t Deh esa Sp e edway . I t se ems th a t S ou th Bay Sp eedwa y has be en promising to avoid con fl ic ting races fo r years but always sche du les them anvwav, Mau rice Ort e ga 'wo ~ the Op en Expert eve n t by de fau lt since no one else en tered. On e of th e m an y m ember s of her ra ci ng family, . ' anry Erndc, won th e Powder Puff event. ( R e~u l t~ 5' n p age 38) Ro n House takes 250 Novlee class at Visalia. Old Harleys Never Die By Sportphoro VISALIA, CALIF " May 20, 19;2 aliI u se is secon d gear," Fri ends, d o yo u h appen to remember 1I0w do you lo ad suc h a mon ster yo u may ask. Very simply. , You take one th at o ld magazine ad th at h ad a headline that went something lik e: "Th ey two by twelve of some c o nsiderable lau gh ed when I sa t d own a t th e pian o ?" elngth , lay it from the b ack o f your Well, th ose of y o u old e no ug h to reca ll pi ck-up to the ground and just drive right up and in . I u sc th e term drive th ai ad will appreciat e ju st h ow Rick Zimmerman felt this e ven ing wh en he advised ly , for, fro m observing Rick herd roll ed o ut to th e lin e o n (of all th in gs) a thi s b east a ro u n d, th e term ride ju st d oe sn't se em to fi t. 1946 lI arle y D avidson 6 1" , co m ple te with flo o rb o ards, a 600x 16 mud and Cra ig Hobbs pi ck ed up a long aw ai ted sn ow re ar tire an d a 4 50xl l! k n o b by on win in the 200 Novi ce 1\lain by pl aying a th e fr ont. w ait in g gam e b ehind Norm an S tout fo r three lap s. St out got int o turn three j us t We ll Bo oby , a ll of those wh o jee red a bi t too h ot, slip pe d off th e tr ack an d befor e are lau gh in g o ut of th e o th er side of th eir m o uth s n ow. In fac t, a t th e end gave Hobbs ju st the o p portunity he h ad of th e e vening, wh en R ic k h ad totall y be en lo okin g fo r. S t o ut m anage d to ge t smo ked the O pen Novices in b o th th e b ac k o n to th e tra ck soon en ough to h e at an d the Ma in, m o st of the h an g o n to se cond . . spectators w ere o n the ir feet best owing: Lyle M o ore an d Sparkle Edm onston a .sta n d in g ova tion u pon th e h e ro of the b attled hammer and tongs from flag to nig h t. n ag in th e 5 00cc Expert ~Iain in a d ue l Wh en qu eried abou t the hand sh if t th at had th e fans on their fee t , suc h w as and fo o t clutch set up o n hi s m achine, th e excitmen t. Mo ore go t the n od a t the Rick returned: "We 've modifi ed it to a ch e c ke r, but later a d mi tt e d that he had conven tio na l se t up, but i t reall y never been pushed so hard . w ouldn't make an y d ifferen ce be cause " ( Resu lts on page 40)

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