Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

All-Junior Tran s-Am Saddleback Park ; . b y S cott H eidbrink I RV INE , CAL., Jan. 14 , 1973 T o d ay ' s fin al r ou n d o f the State Ch a m p ionship A ll-J u n ior Trans-Am provided m o re thrills than the first, and m o re than j u st about any n on -e xpert race can . T he riders we re o u t in fo rce, try ing t o be the one to win th e five foot trop hy for their cl ass. I t w as a sh ame th at th ere couldn' t h ave b een more tro p h ies , b ut I think th a t this way it m eans much , much m ore if you are good eno ugh to win one. T he ri ders rode tw o five la ps m o tos, and th e fin al was a ten lapper , wh ich reall y separated the "champions" fro m j ust spring racers. Fatigue really b egan to show as the lap s wore on . Today the rid in g order was switched aro und, with the Open class runn in g first and son o ne, down to the 100's . T he big battle in the O pens w as between Bo b Wh itl o ck , riding fo r A merican Ri d er S u p p ly, an d George Wegn e r. Bob (CZ) w on th e last bo ut in Decemb e r, an d "al so wo n th e overall, by win ning two m o t o s today, w ith George ed gin g him out in th e o ther . Geo rge also h ad a fine fini sh in the last ro u nd , an d ad de d tw o secon ds to h is rec o rd to fin ish second overall in th e se ries . S cott S till w as top N ovi ce, while Dave Blosser barely e dge d o u t h is fellow Su zuki rid e rs, b y b rin gin g home two secon ds and a win today . T here we re m an y n ew n am e s in the 250 Begi nners. In the first m o ta Bob Bongio rn o took an o ld Kaw as a k i "Greens treak" and pr oceeded to clean . house . He p u lled in to the lead on the firs t la p , n ev er to b e top ped. T he second mota was o ne fu ll of su rp rises, with Mike Bacich t akin g h is Yam mie AZ ( the one Barry Watkins b uilt in "Cycl e Guide" ) to the first tum fir st, and held the lead for two laps, until he w en t too high on a berm, and Bob Perlof slip p ed by, and leaving Chuck H artwell h o t on Mike's tail . Then next lap, Chuck ca u gh t Mike in th e sa m e place and flew on b y. The 250 Novices were dominated b y Manuel Fri mbres (Bul) looking m o re out of co n t rol than in . But he still made easy work o f the o ther Novices, and threatened some Juniors in the p roc ess ! Moto two of the 250 Juniors h ad t o b e o ne of th e h ottest con te ste d races o f th e da y . A first lap c ra sh put the ea rly lead er o u t of busin ess and le t j on Ma ic o las t we ek, CZ this "Mill e r, in the lea d, on ly to lose it to Rand y Hoff. Ted Sc ruggs cam e a ro u nd thi rd. Finally th e pressure of Mill e r a nd S cruggs knocked Ra n dy bac k to th ird . T h e winner was J on Mill er. T he 12 5 Begi nners was a b a ttle of w h o ever was lu ck ies t . Wh en ev er a ri der took th e le ad, h e fell within the n e x t lap . In moto one, this was the case , un til G a ry D o y en t o ok h is b rand new Penton in to a h al f-lap , and h eld on . For th e overall s tanings A llen Tilford ca me o ut o n top, wit h a se con d, a second an d a fo ur th . Consistent Chris Ross n etted second o verall on a bike h e con ned ou t • • • • • • • ;@ w --- z w oJ U >- U o f one of the promo ters. Dave Camp really gave th e Juniors trouble an d he is a Novice! In fact, h e led the last m o ta , until the pressure go t to him , and he dropped it, giving Fr eido Rodil (Puc) the lead. D ave won th e ove ral l trophy for the No vices. A f te r t he di squalification o f Jon Salinsk y, a CMC Junior, th e 10 0 Beginners we re d omin ated b y J ohn McG onigal, on hi s ni fty li ttle Yamah a. In second was Mi k e L asker, on a tin y Penton . Ken Wel ford b ea t e ve ryone e lse out fo r top h on ors in th e Junio r e n d of the stic k , with He cto r Hernandez an d Ru st y Greaves (soun d s like the condition of an old d esert sled , not a n am e ) in the two . three p o sit ions. Randy S ch lo e con tin ue d to sh ow the form th a t he is fa mo us for , beating o ther 100 Novices . AME MX at Indian Dunes b y T om Corley VA LENCIA , CA L ., Jan. 13 , 19 73 - In th e 5 0 0 class ra cin g Spillway racers sco red very high and h ad little tr ouble with an y one ; th e su pe r c om petitive AM E 500 racers we ren't racing here today . T hese ra cers are ce r tain ly go ing to d o go od in th e No rth ve rsus S outh ch al le n ge th a t the AME is going to h ave a t Spill way in a fe w mo nths from n ow. Northerner Chuck Czerwinski (Mai) to re up h is field in the 500 Seniors very easily as h e d rew th ree st ra ight first s an d • smoothly w on th e big payback ch ec k. H is b u ddie J oe Cushaway was alw ays in th e top five . Cushaway ch allenged Chuc k in the third mo ta whe n h e led fo r a lap b y getting the j u mp at th e star t. In t erm ed ia te D on H icks sw ept the res t o f hi s class and w as often in the se cond overall p o sition again st the Se nio r . His closest Inte rme d ia te com petitors w ere R andy Sc h mi dt and Rand y Thom pson , b o th on C Z' s. _ J T here was some d ust. ee Most Powerful '" MAleC ... R O AT THE TOP OM rD DO YOU HAVE :::I: West of Mis sissipp i AMC IS AT IT AG.AIN! ' ::1 COOP ER MOT ORS 110 E. Santa An ita Ave. Burbank , Ca. 91502 a::I "" # " MANAGER STROKIN'IT SOUND CO.-.TROL 2 & 4 ST ROKE PIPES CO M PETlT !O N SIL ENC E RS . CAPABIliTY? F RAME A ND PI PE REPA IR HELl ARC AND MILLING stRDX[B};~~1}} 4366 E . LaPa lma Anaheim , Ca. 92806 Tel. (7 14) 993-2602 Come work (and grow) with us, not for us, but with us, as part owner. 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