Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

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The next series of five lessons will begin on Friday evening, February 23, 1973 or Saturday morning, February 24, 1973. Be the fastest wrench on your block! For more information please call or write. • BURAK BYE-PRODUCTS 15170 RAYMER ST. VAN NUY5 , [213) 780-1768 FEB. 17 & 18 SR 125-250-500 JR125-250-500 The second in a series 01 lour wilh Ihe grand finals on Easler , QUALIFYING SAT.17th FINALS SUN.1Bth $1,000 CASH for Sr. Sunday 100% Trophies for Jr. Qualifying on Sa t. TROPHIES 1-6 Sun. All Cla ss es Inte rmed iales mus t state and will be scored separat e ly MERCHANDISE AWARDS Mave rick Sho cks' Pre mie re Helmets Impae l eve rs ' Arnaeo Sh ock s Flying Finn Prod . . Cham pion He lmets SIGN UP Fri.. 16th. 10;00 A.M. to 6 ;00 P.M. Sat.. 7;00 A.M. to 8;30 A.M. S un.. il open. 7;00 A.M. to 8;30 A.M. Su n. en tries pe nalized one finish pos ition , AT MUNTZ PARK LIMITED ENTRY JR. $10.00. SR. $15.00 both days ·oJ European style (2 mal o) Admiss ion per day 52.50 Children 6-12 51.50 [E~:::~ij~~~;;-Gates open 7 A.M. Sal & Sun. ; I •• l . fl U I,e S " ~:~: :::.~S MANDATORY !I i TO l OS A A N G ll [ S ~ ~ones Boys BaIlie Mud by Mike Capalit e TRAB UCO CANYON, CAL ., Feb. 4 , 1973 - DeWayne and Gary J ones made th e muddy motocross track at Escape C ou ntry lo ok like a IT tr ack t oday as th ey put it on everybody in th e 250 Ex p ert class. Situa te d for drainin g as it is. it is virtually im possib le for th e track t o get rained o ut no matter h ow b ad th e weather (Un less o ne of the drain s gets plu gged u p) , so while th e co urse was muddy fro m the constan t ra ins all w eek, th e track was st iII in tact. The o ne sp ot th at gets a li ttle h airy is th e st raigh t-away in to th e first co mer. here th e mud ge ts de ep and a little rutty. With the 250 Exper ts o n th e line, Gary J on es opted to star t from the far right-hand-side while DeW ayne choose a cen ter spot. This decision proved to be Gary 's undo ing as he got off the line in good shape, but when he tried to jum p into th e main course, the rutts slowed him down enough th at De Wayne took th e lead . • For the entire race, these two push ed th eir Honda tw o-s trokes to th e lim it wi t h Gary right o n De Way ne's rear wheel th e wh ole ti me, but he jus t was n ' t ab le to get arou nd him as DeWayne too k the checkered flag . After the race, DeWayne was rath er elated , he made the comment that th is was the first ti me he has ever beaten Gary in a m o t o . In the second mo ta , DeWayne had even m o re reason to be ecstatic as h e took the lead again, although G ary had m o ved to a center starting position. This rna to Was a re peat of the first with DeWayne and Gary finish ing 1·2 wi th a half lap lead on the rest of the pack. With two fir sts to h is 'cred it, DeWayne co uld afford a mistake in the ' third moto and it happened as he stalled his engine in a co m er. While it only took one stomp on the kic kstarter and a fra ction of a seco nd to get the Honda • going again. that was all Gary needed to grab the lead and remain in front to the finish . With the overall win going to DeWayne and Gary second, they took the top m o ney in their class. Th e Hondas th ey we re riding are produ cti on bikes th at th ey are co mp ain ing for Honda o n different tracks to see how th ey will hold up under cons tan t th rashing. If t oday's ra ce was an y indication. Honda h as a winner on th eir hands. T hey also had their fac tory bi kes w ith th em sa any one co uld co mpare th em and sec th at they weren't slipping in a ri nge r. Despit e the mud. th e 125 's were out in force with th e, ever-gro win g Expert class win go ing t o Mark Tyler on a Pe n t on . Other class winners w ere Amateur. Brad Lynch (Pen); No vice, Amos De acon (Pen); Beginn er, Carney Briggs (Ric) an d Monte Crawford (Hus) in the Fi rst Day class. (" Fi rst day" on a 125 H usky?!... Ed.) Dave Helleck (CZ) garnered the top money in the Op en Expert. De n n is Clark (CZ) d id it in the Open Amateur d i visi on. T o p Novice was S teve Co ro nado (Suz) while Ma rk Johnson (Mai) led th e Beginner s and Bobbie Waite. (Suz) d id it in th e First Day. T he remainder of th e 250 classes went as foll ows: A mateur, Monte Mah an (AJS); Novice , Ric hard Sciuto (Yam); Begin ners, Gregg Hogan (Bu l) an d Scott H all (Y am) in the First Day class. While it was quite a figh t in the mund, the minis held in there altho the attrition rate Was rather high. Holding out for tlie win w as Ken t Nicholls in the Ex pert class on a Honda. It seemed like it was a day for Honda mini's as Ron Utaski in the Novice and Joe ' Rivello in the Beginner were both on thi! model. Ann Lowe was the only Powder Puffer to brave the elements and have a go at it in the mud. She was able to finish all three motos on her Yamaha and was awarded a first place trophy for the win as well as her guts and de termination . CMC Carlsbad MOTOCROSS OPEN RIDING 7 days a week The ~ P R O D UC TION (2 13) 980-1143 by John Bethea/Creative Images CARLSBAD , CAL., Feb. I I , 197 3 Those who showed up today looking for a bright sunny day after watching the m o to cross th e day before on ABC ·TV's "Wide World of Sports" found out it does rain in Southern California... and when it rains it p ours. Actually. part o f the day was quite p leasa n t un til th e skies opened an d gave every one except three or four E x p e r ts, all ki nds of he ck and waterproofing troubles. Terry Clark (Hus) seemed th e most ade p t as he co m p le tely dominated the 250 Experts. The no- contest affair also saw th e em ergence of Bill Grey (Mai) into th e upper ranks. Bill also showed his prowess on the slippery turf as he best ed CZ's Rick Ru ckman. Wo rks Husk v rider Mark Blackwell banged ou t a pair of wins to head the 500 Expert class. but the big news wa s Terry T rach y, who turned pro o nl y a few months ago. T rae hy came into today 's meeting with a slim seven point lead in the CMC points standings. and l eft th is a ftern o o n in a rather d ominating mood after t aking fifth 5 0 0 Experts. Bruce T orbett (Hus) took sec o nd o ver last week's win ner Tilson Shumate (Suz) . Ken Buirley (D KW). lo oked ve ry co nsisten t and it paid o ff as hi s p air of seconds Was good fo r the overall 125 Exp ert win . Chris Grodzicki (Hus ) w on the fir st round but dropped to fifth in th e o ther while Terry Clark (H. D) to ok an eighth before win Fling the second fo r third overall. Little Guy Erickson, who stands abou t as high as his Maico •.scored two seconds and th e final round win to co llec t th e t o p b rass in the on ly 500 Jr. class. Most of the Juniors congregated in th e 125 s and 2 5 0s with five divisions. Dennis Froehlich (Ya m ) swe p t Div. III wh ile R ob ert Lunt and Drew Ne lso n took care of I and II respectively with three-twa-one t abulation. Monark' s Vern T aniguchi topped Div . I of th e 125s with a pair of firsts added t o a th ird . R ich J am e s (Pe n) rolled to three wins t o h ead Div, l1' s tro phy list. T he 10 0 J r. w as a rather wild affair. Ro n Mende z c1earlv won it w it h a 2- 1-1 but second an d th ird each fai led t o score in the final m ota . C o o k ie Mo ore (Ya m) had a third and second wh ich Was eno ugh for seco nd OA; Alex Mazan a' s third and fourth on h is Yamaha gave him third. Greg Poole (Mai ) pulled off th e only Intermediate sweep as he. bested Div. I of the 250s. over Terry Judd (Yam) . All other Class winners won two of their three rounds. Mike Tague (CZ) aced Dave Eropkin (Bu l) in t he 125. Bill Conroy (Mai) held o ff Ron Bandy (CZ) for 25 0 II, and Wayn e Kir schner (CZ ) won after two fin e goes against Barclay Miller (CZ) in the 5 0 0. CMC nigh time shows begin this Friday as Irwind ale turns on th e ligh ts fo r th e start of the 197 3 seaso n. Check Cal endar for all the important details . De Anza Cycle Park MX by Kei th Patten ANZA, CAL.• Feb. 3 , 197 3 - Lloyd Lawrence took the lead in the first moto of the mini-cycle class today and held it all day. In the firs t moto of the 100 Beginner class. George Forte took the lead and held it all the way. The sec o nd mota found Tom Carranza leading until he had trouble with his bike and enabled Forte to take the lead an d hold it to the end. Carranza man aged to keep second. The third mota fo und Forte and Carranza rattling h andlebar s at th e fir st co mer but Forte managed to pull ahead and keep the lead for the rest of th e race . · . In th e 125 Beginner class Brian Everington to ok fir st in all three motos. Don Marin o and MXer from Canada was down ch ec king out th e local tracks and got h im sel f a first place tro phy in the 125 Ju ni or class. He w as even giving the 250s a h ard ti me. Doug i\1cGawc:n wo n th e firs t moto in the 175 class after S teve Owensby had trouble with hi s bike. Doug' s sister. Marilyn to ok sec ond. The second mota fo und , Owensby leading and this time he held it to th e end wi th Dou g taking secon d . Owensby to o k fir st again in th e third ·m o t o and had just enough p ain ts t o ed ge out Doug for the ove rall win. Chuck J oslin w on all three mot os in th e 25 0 Beginner cl ass. T he Op en Beginner elass today fo un d Fr ed La Fc;rney doing everyt hing but rid ing upside down. Fred t o ok three fir sts fo r th e o veral l w in . T he sa me th in g could b e said for Jim Francis, who won all three moros for th e overall win in th e Open Junior class. In the 250 Junior class. Cliff Falls fini shed the race with a first p lace trophy , in spite of 't h e flat tire he fixed between mo tos.

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