Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Jo nes at Ostee n's -e '" cou ple of times ou t, N ot th is Henderson dude. Turning Expert means you' re racing for dollars in stead o f brass, so Bill h as put hi s Yamah a into th e sec ond m oney sp o t both times o u t as a 250 Expert, taking se cond this week ahead of Gaylon Mosier [Ma i}, Another y oung man th at deserves you r attention is Bobby Maxwell. Bobby was moved from Jun ' or to Intermediate tonigh I. When you' re sitting o n your 250 Bultac o amidst Rex Staten, Gaylon Mosier, Bru ce Baron , John Rice, Doug Sherm an , an d a few oth e r very rapid Experts in a com b in ed moto, the wicket te nds to ge t a little sticky . Bob was making choking m otions w it h hi s left han d a t h is th ro a t , ind ica t in g a li t tle ap prehension a t his firs t star t in suc h fas t co m pany . A lthough h e was a littl e ragged in th e firs t m o t a, by the la st m oto h e was dueling wi th Joh n R . an d beating h im , finishing second overall in th e 250 Intermedia te class . Bru ce Baron put on one of h is better perfo rmances of la te , taking first o vera ll with h is 125 lI usk y against the fast Bultaco cro w d o f Ray L opez, J ohn Volkman. an d Ken Zahrt . By Don Benson POMO NA , CAL., June 4, 1972 - There was some super ra cing at O steen's with no o n e winning all three motos. Gary Jones carn e o u t t o sh ow the troops the way in the 250 and 500 Senior classes. In the 250 class Ri chard Eie rstedt m ad e Gary w ork as he would take the lead in each mota on ly to have Jones get by after two or three laps. Eierstedr's con sist e ncy paid off for in th e third moto Gary blew a sp ark plug res ulting a DKF; giving the Maico jockey the w in with Jones second an d Tim Battenschlag (Mai) third with three consisten t rides. Tim is another fine up and coming young rider who will be makin g his presence felt. In the 500 Se nior, Mis ter Y am ah a had to w o rk again with Bob Fish, riding for T ri-Suz of Pomon a, taking the lead on his C Z only to h ave Jo nes p ass h im o n lap th ree w ith Gary pulling to a c om fortabl e lead. The second m oto saw ano ther CZ ge tting th e lead , this being ri dden b y ano the r rid er ou t of T ri-Suz of Po mo na, G le nn I1ugh es. J ones again took th e lead and th e win w it h the h ard charging , smoo th rid ing Fackler gathering in secon d; Fisk again taking th ird . Malo three saw Jones d est ro y in g h is rear wheel; however he was ab le to finish fo urth . Roland Rodriquez (GZ) was rid in g h ar d for th e win afte r J ones' troubles on ly to h ave Facklers hard charging CZ pass for the win. Resul ts for the day: Fackler first , Jones w ith another second and con sisten t Rodriqu iz third. The 500 Junior h ad Fred Osborne (C Z) winning wi th a se cond a nd two firsts. Anoth er CZ ridden by Bob Cullinan taking secon d pl ace, with third going to Ern ie Am o s' con sis te ncy on a Suz . The 250 Junio r Div . I was won by Jum Burnett (Bu l) w ith tw o wins an d a Di':F ,second place belon ged to G aryOien (C Z) and third w as an other CZ o f Mike Co oper. D iv. II w as w on b y Richard Rosada on a Suz ; se cond t o Bob Freeman (C Z) with tw o se conds and one first. Yam-mounted Robert Bishop taking third. Gary D illon was maste r of the 12 5 J u n io rs on h is Pu ch. Afte r h avin g problems in the first m o ta he ca m e b ac k to w in motos two and th ree fo r th e win. J ohn H a d ash with a first an d th ird , le ad in g m ota three h ad h is C Z q u it on h im, restarted to fin ish seve n th and second for th e d ay. T he 12 5 Seniors had a small lu rn ou t w it h Bo b Bro o ks wo rki ng h is way to a hard f a ugh t w in with a I , 3 , I fi nis h o n a Ca rabela. The 100 J un io rs saw a I l o dak a take first pil oted by Mike C artledge w ith a I , 3, I finishes, Brad Lyn ch brough t h is Kaw, in se cond with desert rider War d Wessels (Y am) taking third place gold. ADVERTISING MANAGER FOR WEBCO CORONA PULLS SWITCHEROO Webco , [nc o h as announced the appointment of winston Be aumont as Advertising Manager. Be aumont began his advertising ca ree r 15 ago as an y ea rs art ist -copywrite r. He h as sine: ' ....orked in a va rie ty af field s, in cludin g a five year sti n t as a self-ern pl a y ed writer-ph otograp h er . Coron a R acew ay has announced the ch an ge o f their TT Scrambles to . Wednesday night. In ad d itio n, a half mile and short tra ck sportsman program will be run on alternating Wed n esd ay s. June 21st will b e the first n ight of Wednesday ra cing and th e hal f m ile an d short track will m ake their d ebu ts . Half mil e is limited to 25 0 cc Am a teur-Experts and over and th e ride rs must be 16 years of age . Short t rac k is open to eve ryo ne . Starting times an d en try fee s will be the same. Stan Moore leads Mike D eleh ant an d some bodv w ith a d irty numberpl at e through the mud. "- Staten does more th an talk at Corona - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - By Bu zz Baty COROKA, CAL. , June 8, 1972 - When Rex Stat en is u p on th e p ip e, h e is as go od as th ey co m e. Here a t C o ro n a, Re x seems t o w in whenever h e w ants to . I've seen him beat John DeSo tc in head-to-he ad race s where m e ch an ic al bre akdowns d idn't pl ay a p art, just rac er ag ainst racer. lie finish ed se cond to Br ad Lackey , and ga ve Brad a run fo r his m oney . lie's beaten Tim 11art h ead -t o -h ead . He's beaten the Candy Man, twice now, in he ad -t o-h ead duels, an d as far as th e steep downhill goes , he has made an absolute believer o ut o f both Gaylon Mo sier a nd Bob Hershey. On o ne o f th e last Sunday meetin gs h er e a t C orona, th e Candy Man, Bob Hershey w as lead ing Rex, when Rex caugh t Bob a t th e top o f th at long, ste ep d ownhill. St aten sm oke d p ast him and li terall y b lew in to into th e weeds. Tonigh t, it w as G ay lon Mosier' s tum . Rex ca u gh t G ayl on a n d then p assed h im , d oin g a wheelie dam n near a l l th e wav to th e b ottom, The C orona purse tonigh t w as $36 0. Mr. Staten got S 120 of it for his win s in the 250 an d 500 E xpert classes . n ight was Bill L ast T hursday Henderson's first ride as an Exper t. Usually , a new Expert will kinda' cool h is h eel s b ac k of the h otsh o es the first FREE CYCLE NEWS HATS with $5 .00 pu rchase. Stop by and chec k out our low prices on ou r entire stock of accessories. ACCESSORIES· Sale items for the week of JUNE 22 - 2 8 UNLIMITED M-F 12-8, Sat. 9-6, Sun: 1O-2 (213) 429-5961 ' 41 36 Woodruff, at Carso n Lakewood Swartz upsets Spillway - - - By Mike Anderson SANTA MAR [A , CAL .. June 4, 1972 The upse t o f the day a t Spillway Park was by J u n io r Bobby Swartz (Bul) who was advanced to Inte rmediate an d showed that he co u ld n ot on ly beat the In termed ia t e s b ut also give the Se n iors a run for their money. With three fir st place sta rt s under his belt in the 250 Expert-Intermediate com b in ed class, Bobby proceeded to h o ld o f f the best Spillway h ad to o ff er for up to three lap s. Sherman ( th e "Lil Devil") S chneller (C Z) won two o f three m o to s in this cla ss with Le R oy Cushaway ( Bu l) winning the la st m ota a ft er Sherman stalled on the line . 250 Junior Division A saw Er ic H arv ey (Mai ) mak e a clean sweep o f all three motos with leads up t o th e le ngt h of a football field. 250 Juni or Division B saw Stanley Clay win a ll three motes , but with a fierce battle from Mike Hampton (Mai) . Mike w as the moral victor taking two seconds and a third behind ' S tanley' o ec ause 'S t an ley h a s- _ been a wi n ning Intermed iate for so me time . Since he cou ld produce a Junior ca rd n c protest was held . "H ard L u c k " Max Hamb urg (C Z) agai n won tw o m o lo s and c rash ed in th e other for the se cond ra ce in a row. 5 ta n Blac kb urn (B u s) wo n the class and l\l a x still su rvived for second . Open Expert Si\ W Bob Bowers (Ma i), Joe Cushaw ay (C Z) an d Ro n Bass (Mai] in tigh t battles all three m o to s. Joe's bike kep t ru n n in g o u t of gas w hen his pet cock would keep vibrating off, that and a crash kept him fr om wi nning. Bo b won the class, Joe se cond, Bass th ird . Greg Higgins (Bu l) won th e 12 5 Expert winning two motos with V in ce C lark (S uz) winning the other. Vi nce on ly ended up third behind Larry Greer (Y am) . NEXT WEEK 'S FEATU RED MX : - Boi se Inter·AM A - Mammoth Moun tain - CMC Carlsbad '" ce: ~ m ... N ~ .., gl ~ z ~ (J ~ . "

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