Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Ascot M~--------- 7241 Orangethorpe Buana Park . C A 90621 " ., '" 0- M .... en • • •• ~ MEANS MONARK M' Ietso Pen to n & Mai c o ) J:i t 7 14 1 5 2 1·2420 " u. ~ W Z W ..J U >- U OMPETITION Moto-X - Desert YClE Enduro ~ROOU~"""o." 16 6 12 Beac h Blvd. !,"', C "'". 17141847-2 202 .. .. Most Powerful '" .. MAleC ... COOPER MOTORS ... . OJ V> :%: W t of Mi ssi s si pp i es :::I !: 110 E. Santa Anita Ave. Burbank, Ca. 91 502 ~ RaceCars Bikes Lettennq ;a~~~~: SAVE :::I lI'Cl M y ron Bur ke (213) 334.9001 SAVE SAVE at CYCLE PARTS For Nea rest Location Phone : (213) 334-5 195 DISPLA'V ADVERTISING DEADLINE b y John Bethea /Creative Im ages G ARD E:'IA, CAL., J an. 2 7, 197 3 A f te r a wee k ' s sh utdo wn due to t he brief bu t h eavy rain storm last weeke n d , today's turnout fo r pro-am m oto cross a t Asc ot Park dipped a bit, but still w as above the season average. Big bucks w in ner w as Bob Me sser on a D on Emle r Penton in th e 125 Expert ran ks. Bob, wh o se rid ing sche d ule h as been . ra the r irratic th e p ast m onths, s till is in good shape an d today showed h e ca n po u nd o ut a three-fo r- th ree sho wing. Geo rge Collins (Ya rn) fo llo wed Bob th e fir st tw o rnot os bu t dipped to six th in th e final rou n d to st ill take second ah ea d of J er ry Freckl e t on (Hod). Kell y Owen (Pe n), in h is fir st Ex per t rid e h e re a t A scot, to ok fourth . Kell y h as be en a usual w inn er in the 125 Intermedia te ranks, so with hi s vacancy , J eff J enn ings (D KW) m o ved up to th e t op slo t. J eff w on all three rounds w ith Pat Mulvihill (Hod) sec on d . Pat is a big-b ore winner wh o today op te d f or t he . W EO vs c r e a rn in g class...next w ee k h e m ay ta ke on th ree classes. . Disrupting th e usu al tigh t ra cing st yle of Asc o t w ere Jason Churchill ( Ya m ·25 0 Jr) and D an Mabbo tt (Mai.5 0 0 Jr). J ason swep t a class of 26 wh ile Mabbot t , a weekly winne r h ere . topped a field of 22 riders. Derek McLeish (Y am ) whipped up a sweep o f secon ds for secon d overall to Mabbott. By far th e closes t race o f th e d ay ca me in the 100 J uniors. Ro c ky Martin ez slip pe d off a w in an d secon d in th e first two rounds while A n gel Po sca, no newcomer to th e As cot scene, overcam e a 16th place finish in round on e by winning the second. Wh en A n gel push ed h is Kawasa ki t o the lead , it w as st ill up in th e ai r as Martinez' Kawa w as stuffe d fu rt her b ack. . When the c h ec ke red flew , Angel won it and Martinez grabbed a sixth . Overall ? 8 0 5 to 795 ... Posca on top. Wh ew. A ve ry. n ic e c o m e- fro m -b eh in d p oints race. Baymare MX. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - b y Art Cox MOORPARK, CAL., Jan. 2 8, 197 3 The Sideha ck Asso ci ation turned o u t in fo rce to d ay (el even teams) for an exciting show of racing during today 's all-class m o toc ross. Everyone was able to run three twenty minute mo tos due to th e double wave sta r tin g sy ste m now in use . Experts co m p e te d for cash. Th e tal ented sidehack team of John Palfryman and M . Tomlinson on a very fa st T ri u m p h rig literally ran away from th e compet ition by flying down th e st raigh t and sailing through the mudhol e in every moto for a " gr an d slam" fir st. Durin g practice a few o f the h acks b ecam e burried in th e mudh ol e, b ut th e majority voted during the riders meeting to leave it in rather than run around it. One sideh ack team flipped their rig while going through a new sandy section , but both pilot and monkey jumped off unhurt. uprighted their unit, and co n tin u ed ra cing. T he most exciting ' race o f the day Was the 25 0 Novice class. Jim Davis really knows how to handle his Yamaha. Winning the firs t mo to was easy . In the se cond m oto , Davis h ad to reall y work up from fourth b efore passing th e leader Jim Byrd (C Z) . Byrd held him o ff un til the last lap . In the last 25 0 moto Jerry Lowell (Ya m) t o ok ov e r the lead (a n d th e c heckered) from Dav is wh en D avis h ad i' to d rop b ac k to e leve nth b ecau se o f bike difficulties. Even th ough Davis to ok an eleve n th ' in this o ne, he h ad _ e no ug h poin ts from t he fi rs t two to take first overall tro p hy. I Dale Tittlemeir step pe d d ow n from I 1032 W. BROOKS ST.' ONTARIO.CA 9'1762 '71 4 983·5871 I II h is 2 50 Husky and rode a 12 5 DKW strongly all day but not without a battle from Everett Angle (D KW) and Earl Esson (M on ). Tittlemier won the 125 Novice class, Tom Hainley (CZ) finally m ade the move to the Open Intermediate class after running aw ay from the Novi ce s during the past few months. Hainley did some fantasic riding in his second mota (the whole pack was o ve r the start hill before h e left th e lin e) to take th ird checkered. This, com bine d with a second and a first gave h im fir st overall. Two rid er s who were con sista n t ly sm ooth and fast we re Randy Nordyke • (CZ) , who w o n fir st 25 0 Ex pe rt cash , an d up-an d-co mi ng Dav e Spanoil , wh o grand slammed the 100 Beginner class on hi s Yamaha. Next Sunday Motorsp ort will h o st a 600 cas h purse for Ex perts at Bay rnare as well as awardi ng tro ph ies to the top 40% of Novices inc lu d inz Minis. PAR TS PARTS PARTS PARTS TRIUM PH SUZUKI of PO M O NA 1049 W. 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(213) 581 ·3983 C ar so n , Calif . 90745 Good thru F eb . 4th 2 2 0 2 2 S. Main St . Ter ry Bilton rode two cla sses at Edward s. T h is is h is 250 rid e a b o ar d a Honda. by Win st on Be au mon t EDWARDS AFB, CAL., Jan. 2 0 , 19i 3 - Terry Bilton brought his Howitzer Over from Indian Dunes a n d shot down all th e lo cal talen t in the Open class. Keith Mertz gave it a valiant try, but his 360 Yamaha j ust didn't have the strength to challenge Bilton 's b rutish Maico. Mertz borrowed a Maico for the second m o to and won that, just to prove what he could do If... Bill Twinting had a pe rfec t score in the 125 class with three wins. His sty le was not perfect, however, as his Bu ltaco stal led in th e tr icky first tum during the first m oto . He migh t have d one it purposely, to tantalize Butch Wad e (Y am) and Geo rge Forbes (Yam) , They powered b y the fall en rider an d fough t for th e lead. Wade led a lap and Forhes led one; th en T w in ting p ass ed th em both and won the rnoto. He w as n ot h eaded ag ain for the rest of the da y, The 25 0 cl ass w as m o st cro wde d w ith 15 "b ike s o n the starting lin e. Young ( 16) G ary Benge won all three m ot os o n a C Z. S cott Harm on (C Z) an d Ken Te k ut (Suz) kept up a runnin g con test for secon d 25 0. Harmo n's steady p ace did the tri ck. Bil to n ro de the 250 class o n a trick H ond a fo ur-stro ke , Its Yo shimura engine d ro n ed p leasantly a bove th e _ r in g-d in g t wo-s tro ke cl atter. Th e Trackmaster-framed spe ci al stayed with the leaders for about fou r la ps, then retired shooting ducks. The mini enduros and powder puffs were combined today (in stead of minis and 100s) . They fo rmed a pre tty tight group on the course, and ev eryo ne h ad a chance to race someone. Diane Harmon won her class on a 160 Honda twin (honest), which looked like a handful on the tigh t, bumpy track. The only one w ho beat her was the m in i class three-in-a-row wi nn er, Lee Eide, He was riding " su p er fast Steen ' s Hodaka. At the end o f each mini /puff m oro, Hotshoe Eide dashed fr om his little Hodaka to his big Hodaka to ra ce th e next class. He won the fir st 1OOcc moto a fte r a close race with Mark Lawrence (Yam) . T he secon d moto h ad th e same wheel-to-wheel duel, e xce p t Lawrence crosse d th e fini sh nn e first with Eide ho t on h is h eels. Th e th ird ' m oto was rea lly ten se . with two good riders each havi ng a o ne -t v.·o score . A gain La wrence . and Eide fo ugh t side-hy -sid e aro un d the course. Lawren ce led for three lap s, the n hi s b ike q ui t. Eide led the last three laps a nd finished first overall. Lawrence p u sh ed a cross the lin e and sa lvaged e nough p o ints to troph y in th ird p lace b e hind Eric Forb es (Ya m) .

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