Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

for his w ell- earned secon d. Brad R oberts ca me o u t th is wee kend to take th e fir st 9 - I I .year o ld Pu re S tock cl ass (0-75 cc) on h is X R75. G ivi n g Br ad co mpe t i t io n w a s In d ian -m o un ted Willi am L. C urtis w h o w as th e seco nd o verall. J on N elso n (In d ) to ok home th ird p osition . T hen we had anoth er Yamaha-H onda b a ttle go ing on b e tween Tim O ch a an d J ohnny Sp aw of Iow a. O n ly two slim p o ints separated th em . T h e secon d class o f 9 -II -y ear old Pure Sto cker w as d ominated b y great little Mission H on da rider , Jeff Ward. Jeff led Lan ce Bu rgess around the cou rse. T h e n ext b attle w as b etween tw o XR 75 s, Woody Lin d say an d J eff H ewitt. Fif th w as p icked u p b y a good little Flo rid a rider, R he tt R adford. Mission H onda wrapped u p fir st and second p ositions in th e 12 an d ove r Sto cker w ith Mark Sh ad er and Je ff Wil s on . Shawn McC onnell, In d ia n m o u nted , fough t off Hon da m ounted S te ve Maxwe ll. T hey h ad a good run go in g, but Shaw n w as third an d Stev e , f o u rth . S till ano ther class of 12 an d over Stoc kers w as swept by the fantastlc In d ian rider, "The F lyi n ' Bu zzsaw " , Mik e Brown . Mik e h ad hi s usu al lead b u t Mission H onda' s Brad D u toit was afte r Mike fu ll th rottle. Br ad really h ad h is work cu t out for him , b etw een t ryin g to ca tch Bro w n and h avin g to h old off Brian My erscough . Ano ther Missio n Honda ri de r, Renee Pay en , (Rensee stated, she w ould ra th er ri de wi th th e boys, as th at 's w h o she lea rn ed with ) w as fo urth . In th e las t cl ass of S tock e rs (12 & ov er) we saw Slidin' Kelly again jumpi n g fro m m inibik e t o m in i-cy cle , and ru n ni ng away with th is class. M a t t W h iting c r e a m e d h i s compe ti tio n in the six -eigh t o y ears ( O-75 c c) Mod . c la ss. Ma tt had quarte r-la p lead .an d co uld n' t be touch ed by h is comp e tito rs. T he real b a t tl e went o n b etween Shaw n A ndersen and Philli p Larson . It lo o k ed lik e a ca rb o n cop y of th e 6 -S-y ear o ld S tack class. Brad Ro b erts w on th e 9 -1 I -y ear old Modifi ed class, b u t not as eas ily as h e did in th e S tock class. Tom my H opk in s an d J e ff Ward reall y m ade hi m thin k tw ice o n w he n an d h ow t o u se th a t th rot tle - if one m ist a ke w as m ad e h e w ould have lo st fi rs t pl ace. Well, th e " Wh ite Torn ad o" came th rough agai n , ta kin g h om anoth er first p la ce fo r A merican Min icy cle in th e 9 -I I -year old cl ass for Modified bik es. R icky Si m mo ns and S co tt M cCart y , bo th l l -y ea r-olds, wen t thro t tle to th ro t tle in thi s race w ith Ricky pulling out secon d. T he last cl ass of 9 - I I -y ear-o lds (Mod.) 0-75 cc brought a fa m iliar face , Bri an Conrad. After n ot r acin g for about f our o r five m on th s, h e ran in to a lo t o f n ew , fast race rs and did a good job o f keep ing up with the m, b ut w as n ot in tr oph y reach . A racer w e haven 't seen m u ch o f lately . took off an d w on t his particular class, namely J im Lesniewski. "Little Big Man" S hore b ro ug ht home an oth er troph y in the 12-y ear s and o ve r Mod. cl ass ( O-75cc) on h is MX -American Min icy cl e. R on Mo rri son w as really putting up a grea t battle on hi s H onda, with " Ho t Shoe" T o cco an d Willy Sim o n s threatening all th e tim e . Th e 12-y ea rs an d over class prese n ted us w ith an o ther Expert wi n ner - Ch ad McQueen ridin g fo r H onda. H e had a G ran d S lam, all t hree m o tos. Mic h ael Rosen , riding fo r A me ric an Min ic y cle, took an o ther troph y h ome for th e shop w ith J ef f Wilson be ing h ap p y w ith th ird. T his w as a close race b etween all b ik es and rid ers for re maining positions. Ran d y Mcln tyre came thro ugh for the Ya maha dealers. R and y was th e only .o th er racer p lacing first on a Yam ah a, b esides Ma tt Wh it in g in th e six-eight-year old class ri ding fo r S an Fernan do Yamah a. Evan Ma rc us (Ya m) an d Terri McQ ueen reall y . wen t peg t o p eg fo r se con d position, b ut Evan p u lled up fo r th e second spot and Terri (lI on) settle d fo r th ird p la ce . On ly one p o in t sep ar a ted four th and fi ft h pl aces, w ith Mik e Wri gh t an d R o n U tas ki on th ei r H on d as. B rian Mye rscough , a name to remem be r, wen t h om e w ith man y h on o rs b esid es w inn in g h is class. Brad D utoit took the se cond p lace trophy ; with Mark Bo ren, R ob ert G oodwi n an d Bo b Fri ese p us h ing th eir throttles to stay in exac tly that o rd er . T he last class of 12-y ear a ids h ad us watching Gordie K idd , D ave Unguhart, an d Marty Mill e r fi gh tin g wh eel to w h eel for thei r win. Kidd (Han), took the w in . ~ w Z w -' U > U M arcia H oll ey Ph o t os Th is b attl e was fo ug ht righ t down to t he chec ke red - inches a pa rt. T h e " Super Fasties " - the 76 -12 0cc class (9 -1 1 y ears) .: realy turn th ose throttles on all th e way. Can you believe a 10 year-old, Brad R o b ert (No . 32) ran away with this class ? Twelves ra ce rs finished all th re e motes and seven wen t o ut b eca use of bike prob lems . In th e 12 an d over (7 6 -12 0cc) class, Mon ty McC o y flew for fir st p lace, w ith a w ell kn own name righ t beh ind h im , J ac k ie Irons (Ch ap ). Riding fo r A llie Cycles , Mike Br own really sh owed us so me fan cy , sm o o th , co n tro lled power riding. A Mor gan b ik e managed to slip in fo r se cond p la ce with Lee Ei de. Za ck Ba rrett , one o f Southern Calif ornia's top rid ers, was inj ured in this World Min i C ham pionsh ip . Za ck is re cuperating and we h op e to see h im a t th e Nationals in A u gust. A special event w as an exh ib itio n b y "F orm e r Mini Grea ts " o n 125cc bikes . This class co ns iste d o f G re g Byars (Bu l) : Greg Lersch (Pen ); Stu Egli (B u l}: Dan Bill e (Bul); T im l u fer (Bul); Mark Reese (Y am); Lar ry Gross (Bul); and Rick He nricksen (Yam). T he prize for th is final was 5 0 smackers. Firs t t o th e hill was Le rsc h, Byers, th en Hen ric ks en . As th e se con d lap c ame aro u nd it w as By ers all the w ay wi th H enricksen n ot fa r b eh in d . I t was li ke th is to th e ch ec k ered. As th ey cam e across the lin e , it was Byers by abou t five in ches. N e x t o n the agenda we re the Troph y Das h es . With 2 7 q ualifiers, it was ea ch m an fo r h im sel f an d it w as Bria n My erscough . Brian a lso q ua lifie d for th e .Mo d ifie d Bikes and zap pe d u p th a t Tro p h y Dash. T h e 76-120cc Trophy Dash h ad '15 quali fie rs. T h ey w ere all there ; Mi ke Bro w n , Brad Robe rts , Kip Pie rce, J im Lesn ie wski, Rich ard Varner , J ackie Iron s, Willy S imons; Brad Du toi t , J ef f Ward, Ron Morrison . Brown h ad it in th e b ag u ntil the last lap. T h e swi ng ar m broke, leav ing Mo nte McCoy World ' s Champ of thi s divi sio n. I'd like to express t o all the ri ders, "Thanks". A lso to N .M. A . Direc tor Ron H enri cksen ; C h i ef T ec h In s.-J o e Hamilton; N.M .A . officials T . Moran, A . Wh itin g, J . Shore, D. McCrystal, S . Mulliga n , N . Bornstein, an d T . ·Mo o re w o od . Chi ef S corers; C. Wh it in g. S . Shore and D . Talkin gton . To Moll y Blue for h er services andJoh n Grout for ann o u cing; an d esp ecially for making thi s Gran d Pri x a su cces s. Don't forget ra cing a t Ind ian Dunes every first and th ird S und ay of ever y month on th e mini-c o urse . ~._----------------------------~ i I I I I I I I TUN TIN! I ~ftfNR\!G(~~T~ I I I I I I . CHAMBERS, FOR THE M.X. 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