Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

o . N C> '" M .... Cl NORTH CALIF SCRAMBLES lti ~ VanLienden Do ubles - Again VanLienden Aga in & Aga in 0.. :< ;;: '" w Z W ...J U ~ U b y Bill Spencer 1.0 01. CA L ., Ap r. 22 , 19 7 3 - ~li ke VanLienden d o ubled up in the w in colu m n fo r the second straight S aturday nigh t o f Blac k Pla te po in t runs w ith yet two wins in th e 25 0 an d 65 0 Ex pert classes. T he tw o w in s in the 25 0 total a g ig a n tic 26 p o int s a n d h a v e r o c k e tsh ip p ed the Sel by Mo to rs :\1 e chanic into 4 th pl a ce in the stan d ings. Montesa Mik e , as he is known in so me ci rcl es becaus e o f his tale n t to make th e Mon te sa suc h a distin c tive win ne r , did th e duplicate of las t w e eks monumental Fremont run/with a terrifi c st art an d fie rc e speed throughout th e run to le t no o ne els e have a chance at him o r h is Schwerrna-framed superbike, Taking th e sec ond was Steve Eklund in hi s fir st bi g poin t run sp ot after having b een o ff th e c ircu it for nearly 6 months. Eklund had his hands fuJI o f veteran old timer Ray Huff, who rode a sh in ing n ew th in g c al led a Bulzook, T h e bi g bore machines h ad p roblems, as did man y o thers , in ge tti ng off. the line. R ick Otto h ad the lead in a fals e st art an d looked hi s unbeatable sel f of o ld . a fte r not having raced h er e in n earl y a ye ar. But in the ens u ing battle for restart, VanLienden did hi s fast sta r t th ing aga in and Otto found himsel f on the ground afte r the jump in a rather unusual p osition for this Expert vete ran. In th is b attle it was ye t an o ther goody fo r V anLienden 's Selby BS A afte r ta kin g the lead from Mike S arandria 's su per sana-Triu m p h . Mi t ch D avid son. the you ngest of th e th a t fa mous racing fa mi ly le d o ff th e 100 Jr & Ex com b in ed but h ad hi s gear shift lever tuck in under th e fr ame o n th e first lap an d so Larry Burton ran h is K aw as ak i to the fro n t, le aving Mitch a li ttle fr us trate d. The 250 N ovi ce cl as s w a s broken up in to two divi sions wi th four hea ts in each and a fte r it was all over D ennis Rude had won the "B" , a dupl ic ate of last we ek a t Fremont and Steve S ylvester the " A" . The only thing in Northern California faster than Billboard Spencers shutter is Mr. VanLienden's Montesa . Sm ilin' Mike Renslow , here stands in. RE SULT S: 100 NOV: 1. St u Chadwich (S Ul ); 2. Mike Boles (Kewl: 3. Gary Caves (Yam l. 100 JR / E X : 1. Larry Burto n (Kawl ; 2. Mitch Davidson (Honl: 3. Paul Duncan (Kawl. 125 NOV: 1. Renning Bruns (SUl) ; 2 . Jackie Lons (Yam); 3. Mitch Sundstrom [Suz} . 125 JR : 1. Fred Yow (Kaw); 2 . Ron Sarver (Bul); 3. Dennis Hulkey (Penl. Powell (Bull ; 2 . Ste ve 125 EX: 1. Steve Ferroni (Ho.nl. 175 NOV: 1. J im Palmer (Bull; 2 . Mike Hagerty (Bull; 3 . Lindley Reeves (Yaml. :tOO NOV: 1. Rick Silva (Bull; 2 . Ken Cypr iano (Bull. 200 JR : 1. Ron Thompson (Bull; 2. Kevin Alsterlind (Bul). 250 NOV "A" : 1. Steve Sylvester (Bul); 2 . Dorrey Ingoglia (Bul) ; 3 . Brian Koga ISulI. 250 NOV " B" : 1. Denn is Rude (Yam); 2 . Steve Poggi (Bul); 3 . Frank Tindell (SUl) . 250 JR : 1. Harold Kunsman (Bul); 2. Jo hnny Koble (Bul); 3 . Jim Harvey 10ssl. 250 EX: 1. Mike VanL ienden (Mon); 2 . Ste ve Eklund (Yam); 3. Ray Huff [Suz), 350 NOV: 1. Steve Sills (Kawl; 2 . Chuck Myers (Bul); 3 . Rick Dalla (Honl. 350 EX: 1. Steve Sanders (Bull: 2. Don Malley (B u l ) . 500 NOV: 1. Les Cross (SUl) ; 2 . John Neuenburg (BSA); 3. Keith Jo hnson IBSAI. 350 & 500 JR : 1. Ray Ford (Bul); 2. Bob Morris (Yam); 3. Mike Vestal (Yaml. 500 EX: 1. Mark Asbill (Kewl : 2. Ray Huff (Suz}: 3. Rich Anderso n (BSAL 650 NOV: 1. Paul Bacchi (Tr;) ; 2. Larry Hansen rr -n. 650 J R: 1. Rudy Jacobs rr-n. 2 . Don Chipma n (Tril. 650 EX: 1. Mike Van Lienden (BSA);2 . Mike Sarandria (Td) ; 3 . Kim Jorgens en (BSAL 100% Financing Williamso n (Yam). CMC North At Sunnyvale by Steve Cas till o Ph o t o s b y G a ry Ca llister SUNNYVA LE, CAL., Ap r. 29, 19 73 Veteran m o to cro sser J ohn D ie u (Yam ) put t ogether two consiste n t rides to take the 250 Sen io rs tod ay at Sun nyvale. Stro ng 0l'position Came fro m Du an e D o ran (Han) and Len Macch iarella (H us) wh o took se cond an d thi rd c o n se cu tivel y . T he first m o t a w as a runaway fo r lIIacc h ia rella wh o h ad alm o st a quar ter la p le ad o n sec ond p lace man Doran. S ec ond mo ta a cti on saw Dieu get th e h ol e shot with Intermediates J erry C astill o (C Z) an d Pat D oran (Pe n ) fo ll o win g right b ehind. Dieu went down on the slippery straightaway giving first to Castillo with Doran right on hi s tai l. _ Do ran go t b y Castillo and had th e lead. Meanwhile Dieu h ad go ltcn up an d worked hi s wa y in to second and set his sigh ts o n Pat D oran. Th en Dieu w as b y and had h is lea d again . Mish aps hit Doran and Castill o an d th ey we re put o ut. Du ane Doran \\'3.S workin g his way up fro m a bad s ta r t and so was Len Ma cch iarell a. Dieu to ok th e overa ll win with Doran . sec o nd · an d Macch iar ella co ming in third. Ma rk Avery (D KW) to ok th e 125 The first turn at Sunnyvale gets crowded . Junio rs. Mark beat o u t the sc reami ng Suzukis of Larry Stre et and T om S teiger. RESU LTS MINI : l.Ma rk Olund (Yaml. 2 .Tim Macchiarella (Honl. 3. Chuc k Foster IHod l. 100 JR DIV 1: 1. Mike Urban IYam l. 2 . AI Ferguson (Yaml. 3. Rich Toml inson lDKWI. 100 JR DIV 2 : 1. Carey Narog (Honl. 2 . Gary Leuereng (Yaml. 3. Joe Paden (R iel. 125 JR DIV 1: 1. John Fourcray (Bull . 2. Toby Lansing (Penl. 3. Phil Evald (Penl. 125 JR DIV 2 : 1. Mark Avery (DKWI. 2. Larry Street (SUll. 3. To m Steiger (Suzl. 125 INT : 1. Steve Hickle (SUll. 2 . Mike Amaral (C o s} , 125 SR: 1. Bob Willis (Husl. 250 JR DIV 1: 1. Mike Urban (Yaml. 2 . Dwight Runner (Bull. 3 . Alan Ratzburg (Ossl. 250 JR DIV 2 : 1. Rud y Leon (CZI. 2 . Paul Bierwith (Mail. 3. Forest Galt (Yaml. 250 INT : 1. Kim Reeg (Bull. 2. Mike Hughes (Husl. 3. Steve Snider (Bull. 250 SR : 1. John Dieu (Yam) . 2 . Duane Doran (Honl. 3 . Len Macchiarella IHusl. OPEN JR : 1. Charles Longmire (SUl l. 2 . Ron Clegg (Suz} , 3 . Erie Berg (Mai). OPEN INT: 1. Dave Rosenquist (Mail. 2 . Greg Tuller (Mail. OPEN SR : 1. Pete Scarlett (Mai). "Sales Representatives" SELBY MOTORS A good pl a c e to buy a great motorc ycle 346 E I Cam ino. Red wood Cit y (41 51 369-4112 b y Bill Spencer F R EMO :-lT. CA L. , Apr. 2 8 , 1973 Montesa m an Mik e VanLienden has proven to b e unsurpassable so far this season with three st rai ght S aturday n igh t d ouble wins in th re e w eeks of th e n ew se aso n . T he win in th e 2 5 0 Expert class put h im o n top o f th e ra ce fo r th e number on e Black pl ate and w ith any luck, it sh ould also put him out in front in th e N ation al AMA Amateur lead. Mike took the lead o n the last lap of th e fourth h eat fr om John Brumond wh o had led till th at p oint. Oth er heat winners were R andy Gibbs o ve r Ted Davidson , Mike Allen over Gene Amais, Pat Brown over Mike Kalamaras and Ron Alsop o ver Chuck Miller. All are involved with the Bla ck p late point ra ce and so th e Main Was as su red of a t least eigh t su p er racers. In the Main it was on ce again VanLienden on the Selby Montesa leading out ove r Mike Kalamaras with Mike Allen holding third on hi. Montesa and a very surprised Randy Gibbs in the middle. Gibbs wasn 't used to a ll this fast c o m p an y and so as the ra ce progressed he regressed. At the front of th e pack it was still Mike and Mike out front with Mike in thi rd over Ron Alsop and Davidson . and that's the wa y th e y finished. . In the Expert run, it was VanLienden once again on th e Selby Motors BSA . It was al most like the 25 0 Main with very li tt le real com peti tio n for °h im while Dave D o tson an d Craig R ogers put on a battle for se cond. R ick Hoc kin g was on hand with a 36 0 Schwerma Yamaha and he was untouch able in th e 5 0 0 Expert run. This will b e a prelude to th e upcoming pro sh ort tracks star ting in June. Vin ce Amaral won the 250 Junior run, his first ever featu re win, and, with a new se t of le athers and a new Bultaco, the good looking y ou ng speedster is well on hi. way to stardom. RESULTS 100 NOV: 1. Rod Spen cer (Yam). 2 . Pete McLa ughlin (Hod ), 3 . Danny Davis (Hod I. 100 JR : 1 . Ed Clark (Yaml. 2 . Steve £.T. CYCLE SALES BA r AREA DIRT BIKE HEADa AR TER WANTED C M S pecialties 2134 O ld Middlefield W.y Mt. Vie.., Ca , 94040 (415) 961·2446. 12 5 NOV : 1 . Craig Robi nson (Yaml. 2 . Ma n uel Bapt ista IV (Yaml. 3. Ned Ca th erman (Yaml. 125 JR : 1. Mark Allen (Yaml. 2. Bob Friedla nd (Bull. 3. Eddie Band ini IBul1. 125 EX: 1. Mark Smith (DKWI. 2. Ro n Alsop (Bull . 3. Ricky Graham (Yaml. 175 NOV: 1. Jim Whitaker (Sull. 2 . Bill Hale (Yam). 3. Greg Madden (Bull. 200 NOV: 1. Art Stone (Bull . 2. Dave Nallisi (Bull. 3 . Norm Stout (Bull. 200 J R: 1. Kevin Alsterlind (Bull. 2 . Eric Jo hnsto n (Bull. 3 . Joe Dalla (Honl. 250 NOV " A": 1. Bob Metter (Os.1. 2. St eve Poggi (Bull . 3 . Steve Sylvester (Bull . ·250 NOV "B" : 1. Ed Heeney (Bull. . 2. Frank Tindell (S Ull. 3. Steve Turner (Monl. 250 JR: 1. Vince Amara l IBul1. 2 . Dennis Souza (Yaml. 3 . Roland Kutaka (Yam l. 250 EX: 1. Mike VanLienden (Monl. 2 . Mike Kalamaras (Bul). 3. Mike Allen (Mon). 350 NOV: 1. Rick Dalla (Hon l. 2 . Chris Ross (Honl. 3. Dave Harre (Bull. 350 JR : 1. Ralph Lantl (Bul) . 2 . Ray Ford (Bull . 350 EX: 1. Ted Davidson (Bull . 2 . Roger Steyding (Hon) . 500 NOV: John Neuenburg [Suz} , 2 . Steve McKibbin (Yam) . 3 . Eric Wisler (BSAI. 500 JR : 1. AI MendOla (Yaml. 2 . Bill Hard est y (Yaml . 3. Bob Casey (Yaml. 500 EX: 1. Rick Hocking (Yaml. 2 . Bill Budde (Yam). 3. Jo hn Fou rnier (BSAI. 650 NOV: 1. Paul Bacch i (Tri). 2. Tony Haas rr-n, 650 J R: 1. Scott Pearson (Tril. 2. Rud y Jaco bs (Tril. 3 . John Tavis, Jr . (Tril. 650 EX: 1. Mike VanL ienden (BSAL 2 . Dave Dotson rr-n. 3 . Craig Rogers (Trl) . I I I Cust~:,:e:,; ;.~eOrv,:,c'~1 Super T un ing on .. I CYCLE Suzu k i ord er * Ma ico 184 San Anton io Wa y Mt. V iew , CA 94040 (41 51 9 4 1·73 17 I

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