Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

,- 0 It) ." '" Q. M ..... ~ ~ a « '" 3: w .z W ...J U >- U Op en E xperts banzai Bavma re's fearsome dow nhill . - Gary Jue Photo . MOTOCR OSS Sup er Fun 5a d dleback Park ora n~e. Cali f . A p r . ,1 973 M IN I M a rk F inney 10 0 BE G Hu ff H adl ey John Est es Bob Q u in ti n 100 N O V Mark Free ma n Ch ris Pro vost 12 5 BE G B ob Beavva is Greg K amme rma n K en Burn ett 12 5 N O V Bill G lore 12 5 J R Barr y Na ck os Jam es Morris Bob Ganra drant 125 E X Ken Ea lers Bob Ro ne 175 BEG Da ve H o rn b eck Greg Gritters 175 N O V August Bartolarry 2 5 0 BE G Ern ie Jenkins Daniel Crawford Bo b Hefner 250 J R Terry Huquetey E ddie Joh nso n Kirk Bassett 25 0 l NT Jack Hazard Gary Stokes 259 EX Ve rn Bu shma iel D i rk Wam bold Ken E ale rs O PE N BEG Ke vi n McHugh Mark B ur ien O PE N INT Curtis Bishop G lenn Terrlcellis O PE N JR Jo h n Pen t on Mike Ki ng Greg Niero O PE N E X Greg Adams D enn is Hazlett -: Hon V am s uz Va m Va m . Ric S uz Pen Pen OKW Pen Va m Vam Hus V am Pen Kaw Vam Hus Suz Vam Vam Va m CZ Vam Mon CZ 5uz Hus CZ Suz Va m Va m 5 uz Vam CZ Va m Va m SL M C EN GL I SH TR IALS Sal t Lake C ity, Utah Mar. 1 8 , 1 973 by Larry Knop OV E R 200cc • Joh n Bou rd ean O SS R ob ert Bro wn Bul Tracy Jo rgensen OS S Dean Nielson OS S Ro bert Coll ins B ul F rank Lyman Mon UNDER 200cc K ay W alk er OKW Duane L ong 5 uz Way ne Sp en cer H on Dave Ha nsen O al La rry x ncc Pen D avid Spencer H on HILLCLIM B Bees Wldowmake r Sa lt Lake Cit!. U tah Mar. 25, 1 97 - by Terry Newfarmer E XHIB ITI ON Ne ll M ackel Lee Duga s Jo e Tho mas O PEN EX D an e ernth D enn is Spe ncer Nei l M ack el 50 0 E X Lee Dugas 4 2 5 ' Trl 408' H an 4 0 3' 3 81 ' Trl 37 5 ' N o r Trl 3 18 ' Ha n Kaw Robe rt Bey er ~ H on Frank Proh aska 250 E X 312' Kaw D ick Townley B ul D o ug Hall Va m Ken Archi bald 20 0 EX 256' H a n Bi ll Ripka Pen D ick S hira Bu l Mike Droscher 125 EX 138 ' Mch Greg H a rrison _ D al Ph il Berna rd O KW Kay Walker 10 0 E X 121 ' S ui Bruce Catlln Hod Norm Pa rcell Yam Todd H arrison O PEN AM Mich ael Richardso n 50 0 AM Scott W heeler Cha m bers 25 0 AM Br ad Jense n Scott S hww ler 2 00 A M R andy A m ann Jerr y Beck 125 AM D avid H ansen Jay B evan 100 A M Ji m E ast Alan Ch a m bers 50 0 N O V D avid H Oll ingswo rth 25 0 NO V Kigle D avis 20 0 NO V Steve n L eo na rd 12 5 N OV D w ight Per so n 10 0 N OV R ick y Am ann The 1973 Grand Pr i ~ 380cc wo rks CZs h ave an al l -magnesi urn engine with four (instead of si x ) cyli n der f i ns . Both 250 and 380 engines ha ve reed val ves. T he 2 50 has a 34 mm Mik uni carb wh ile the 380, claimed to p rod u c e 48 H P. has a 38 m m B ing. Th e CZs also have new fra mes. visually ide ntifiable by a higher split of th e two-loop cradle. OJderi ch Hamm erschmid t took a third in t he 500 Fr ench Grand Pri x. Juri COR ON A GR ANO P R IX C oro na Raceway Coron a. Ca lif. (Sat.) M ar. 31, 1973 b y Marilyn H art 100 BEG Tod d K earns Hon Ri c L ee Ro berso n Joel B il o tta OKW 125 BE G V am Steve Fort une Va m D ann y Hu k ill S la ke Bu n nell Vam 175 BE G Vam Curt is Ma ddox Vam To m G erman Ken K lein Kaw 175 JR Ph il Ha rp Pen C harles Fo ut y Vam 10 0 J R S teve Bauer Hon Hon B rad Du t o lt Vam R icl< Younger 125 JR Wayne Rogers Yam Gregg Wes ton Vam . M nk Brad Sherril l MIN ICVCL ES Bria n Myersco ugh Han Brad D utoit I nd David O ller Han Jo hn Gless Hen 12 5 IN T Pen Chuck Wagner Pen Brian O lson Steve M cFarl and Ric 125 EX Pen Bruce M cDougal Pen Danny LaPor te Mnk Rick Reinig 250 B EG Va m Rick Gradi n A lan Averil l Hus Kaw Dan Roach 250 JR Tony Kirk pat ri ck Yam Ji m Wright Han Barry Watk ins Yam T EAM RACES 10 0 JR Rick Younger/ .Y am D ean Buswell 17 5 BE G Jim wri gh t / Va m Steve Fortune 250 BE G , K en K ledzik/ Va m R ick Gredee n 100 SR F loy d Bu rk e/ Kaw Jim Wa lt ha ll 12 55 R Chuck W agner / Ri ck Rei n ig Pen ~~onJE~ r. 1, 1973 Roger C o ope r Mai M a rk· Ra w ley CZ T om E step Hus 5 0 0 JR Jerry H oll ister Mai V am To m B rown H on Bob Lu ck e 250 J R H on Jim Wrig ht Bul Pet e Smith CZ Bob B ro wn 25 0 lN T Yam ' Bi ll Sa ba Hus Pat K ill ilea Rand y Hoff CZ 25 0 EX Ray To p ha m cz CZ F loyd Burke. Jr . CZ Shawn Hu ff m an 5 00 I NT Va m C raig A dams , Rick B lom CZ L arry K op p CZ 500 E X Vam John Al liso n Mike K een H us Hu s D on Mard o n 250 B EG Da ve K amp li ng B ul Y arnJoh n MacA f ee Va m D ew ey Seaver S IDE-H ACKS Mi k e Halt er / C harl es S w en s o n r rl-w as p Jo hn Th a rp / Pat ric k Zu f all T rl Ro bert San ner/ C har les Sa n ner Kaw VER V V E R ILE VETS 0-1 75 Jim H o net er cz Pen Barr y John son V am mer Markegard 176 -0 PEN Shay Hu f fm an cz G len Wi llis s uz Hu s William Clark T EAM RAC E 2 50 JR & OVER AL L Ra ndy Hoff/ Nick Sim mons Mai 500 B E G T o m E st ep / Dick Wallace H us 50 05 R Ed die Sanc hez / Craig A dams Ya m V E RV VERI L E VETS AI Cox/ Ya m Dale T uebner MOTO CROSS Mun tz Pa rk M o orpa rk. Cali f . Apr. 8. 197 3 by A rt Co x Bryar Holcomb l Bull in a d isplay o ,f aero b atic s at B ay ma re. - G ary Jue Ph ot o . M I NI 6 0 To ny L o za Je rry Ll tt Ie K en Be rnste in Pete Ha m es M I N I80 C hris H els ser D av id E wi ng Jim Cote PO WD E R PU F F Kim H erb ert Jeannie You ng Terry Mainer Suzie H all mark D eb b ie Loza D ee Granger 125 JR Ste ve Raw son E ar l E sson Mike Morrison Tom Williams 12S SR Rick Bea rl Tim Jo nes Mike Garre tt 250 JR T im Sar ian D av id H au gh Ke vin T ucke r 25 0 S R R ick Mercier Bob A rcher R ick Sa lmo n 5 00 JR Keit h R id er G len Ew in g D o ug D ew itt e 5 005R John Hat e te y G ene Martin Mark Cook Va m V am suz Va m H on H on H on Ric CZ Vam Suz Kaw Bu l 5 uz Car Pen CZ Pen 5 uz Pen R ic CZ B ul Mal H on Va m Mal G re s uz M al M al Bu l MOTOCROSS Sa n M anue. MX Park San Manuel, Ariz. A p r. t , 19 73 b y M a xin e M orrow 100 E X Rei d So ssong H od 100 N O V Steve D err ick Y am D ay t on W andersee H od Geo rge Ca rr oll H od 125 E X John Br o w n V am M ik e Goodrich Pu c M a rk So ssong Suz 1 25 N O V D I V I Ti m Ga m b le HuS Jer ry Kent Pen R ussell H o ffman Mon 12S N OV D I V .II Joh n Sewe ll V am Joe G a rcia Su z Ma rk Wer n tz . . Y am 2 50 E X Sa m Redman M ai BOYd Mueller 5uz Joh n D lII o n Va m 25 0 NOV DIV I Bill A rm st rong Vam T im ot hy K ell y Vam Da le Sh at t o Va m 25 0 NO V DIV II David H ol me s cz Glenn D i xon suz Bil l Joyce Ma l O PE N EX Steve Wa tm o re M al Ivan R ussell ' s ue Paul Lax Hu s O PE N N OV D o ug B lac k CZ La yne H an na M al M a rk To liver Ma l MIN I SPOKE Rickie Sch m it z H on Do ug M cD ade St e Je f f M cDa de Ste M INI SOLIO H ugh Gog lln Rup K iPling Herring Hon Co rb in Q u ick Kaw HALF· MILE Sa n Jose. Ca li f . Ap r. 8 . 1 97 3 b y Bill Spencer E X MAIN Ke n Rober ts Ga ry Scott D on Castr o T er r y Do rsch Jim R ice C h uck Pa lmgren Tom R ock w o od , Me rt La wwi li Tom H o rto n Edd ie W irt h Jim Cre nsnaw R on Moore 6 ,36,957 J R MA I N Jo h n G en nai Rick H o cking I van Sh igema sa D evon Sowe ll Wal t M undt Dan White Bob Mo rriso n John Sper ry Walt Fos ter Ph il H in kl e D o n D odg e Scott E rick son 4,30,970 N OV M A IN Bru ce Hanlon B ill Olive r N ick Nazzisi D en ni s Ro bi nso n To n B er ry J er ry Kale Jeff D avid son Ri ck M il ner Marty L ew is F o rrest Schm id t Bob Ma cEwen Al e x Jorg en sen 3:42 :344 CR C E uropea n Scram b les A rroy o C yc le Park Devore . Cali f. Ap r. 1,1 97 3 by T he Shadow 10 0 BE G H od Bi ll Fox C huck Wa rre n H -O Paul W h eal y H on 125 BE G Wa yn e Martin V am Phil Tignor Vam G le n n Foster Mon 25 0 B EG Ken H eil Bu l Rick R up pe l Hu s Howard Willmon H us Lester Kawahara suz 250 BEG UN OER 16 Scott Mooney ham Hus J ohn Lee H an Mike Lee H an 10 0 NOV K aw Stan Ud ell K eit h Meyer Ric Paul Hightower Va m 125 N O V Va m M ark Broadh ead D KW Chris H igh t o w er Elli ot t Te uscher ' H od 2 50 NOV Jerry Wi llmon H us Mike Gun derson Yam Ji m El kin s Ya m Craig Fu rse H us 25 0 N OV O V E R 35 Ray R up pe l O ss L eo K ann o n Ya m Jo h n A m y Ya m O PE N N O V M al H. L. D enn ing H us Marly n K in ney H us T om B ush 125 S R H od Mike Cart led ge 25 0 l N T Rand Y Kl assen Y am Ro n Fore Oss Rand y Fl em ing V am O PEN 5R H us R On Duga n V am T ri V am Tr i B SA Va m T rl H -O Trl Vam Nor T ri Tr i V am Trl Tr i Tr i H ·O Nor 5 uz Ya m Tr i K aw Va m Vam Bul B ul Va m Vam Va m Bul Vam V am B ul V am Kaw MI N I H elvet ia Park W. Sacr a m ento . Calif . Apr. 1,1 9 7 3 M O T OC R O SS Oasis Ra ceway Lake C ou ntYL Calif. F eb .25 . t 97, . by Ja mes B ra m m er 10 0 N O V Bob C r itt en d en Hod D ave Bu rnh am Way ne Seeb erg R ic 1 25 N O V R ick Ga utier R ic B Ill M anly H us G eo rge H on ey 5uz 25 J·R D ou g Li t tl e Bul Ba rry A nde rso n Va m St eve M ar sh CZ 25 N O V OIV I _Casey W hi Pp le V am Joe E lk in s Bul Ed F ren cesch i Bul 25 N O V DI V II Ke vin Sincl air Mai D on D e V ri es 5u z Pet e r G io Bul O PE N NO V DI V I Mike A villa Mal Joh n Th ompso n V am Sco tt Da vis M al O PE N N OV OI V " Toy Pr y o r CZ C har les PJv ik a n Va m Bry on Whi p ple V am O PE N JR To m Fio ri Mai Don C hase CZ G ene Price H us O PE N E X Pat R icht er H an L onn y Foster CZ L aw rence Sor ensen C Z • b y Pat Upton D IV I 1 3" W h eel s & Un der I nd St eve L ucer o Ch i Jo nat h an H aan H on Jim m ie Si semo re DIV 2 0- 60 10 & UNOER Ma rk Shuma te Y am Ma rk Stu rgeon Ya m Ph il Bakar tc h Y am O IV 3 0·60 11 & O L D E R Roger Bo y er Y am Yam Stev e Lowater M ik e L o w at er Yam D IV 4 6 1-8 0 11 & UN OER Tr o y C umming s Y am Jim Ca rtw right I nd Marvin Hon ey cutt H an 0 lV 5 61 -8 0 12 ~ O LOER Ji m Da Prat o ' I nd Ro y Seller Ha n Da ry n Sp ies I nd OIV 6 8 1- 10 0 Ronn ie Comb s Ste Ste St eve V ick ers G ar y Wi nt er Kaw 0lV 7 Ken Bosw ell Va m V am Jell Willia m s Hod Jam es W o o dy Stodulka and O t ak a r Toma n are t he ot h er factory rid ers in t he 500 class . Jarso tav Fa lta and Miros lav Halm are conte nders in the 250 class. Note the nifty tita nium brake pedal and wh at looks to be the same old li nkage . - Ph o t o Cou rtesy o f Motor Cycle N ews . Th e firs t turn at El sinore Raceway , a~ 0 -37 motocross f reak s d ice fo r pos it ion and points.

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