Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

co by Pennie Dou tt CL ACKAMA S , O RE. , May 11 , 19 73 Sidewinders Race Trac k beg an to nigh t with a J unior breaking rec ord for tim e, then about 10 mi nutes later it was b ra ken agai n , this time by an E xpe rt. Ch arlie Brown, the Junior set 3 14 .90 tim e , breaking the previ ous reco rd o f 14.94. Ab out 10 min utes la te r, R an d y Scott se t a time of 14 .89. Scott and Br own we re the o nl y ride rs to b re a k in t o t he 14's to night. Sco tt finish ed se cond in hi s h eat race behind Chuck J o yn er. Pat Marinacci won the secon d heat an d Ik e Re ed was second. T he third E xpe rt heat 'race saw Jim J ones win and R andy Skiver take second . T he Expert Se mi was won b y Eddie He rrm a nn , with Du st y Coppage second and S teve Bake r th ird. Chu ck Jo yner took the lead in tile Expert Main and maintained this p os ition all th e way wit h Mari nacci ho t in p ursuit in second and R andy Scott in th ird . Scott to ok ove r second drop ping Marinacci to th ird a nd s tar ted to d rive o n J oy ne r fo r fir st . Even though Scott se t a fast er ti me t han J oy ner , th ere was no catching him as he fle w ac ross the finish line in first wi th Scot t second , Marinacci th ird , Herrmann fou rth and Reed fif th . Herrmann dominated th e Expe rt T ro p hy Dash as Scott went down an d didn 't finish . Joy ne r fin ish ed seco n d and J o nes th ird. Ricky G rav es grabbed the lead in the Junior Main, but it Was no e asy ride as Mundt, Lein an d Dodge were righ t beh ind him vying fo r to p p os itions. G raves began pulling awa y wi th Mu ndt not t oo far behind . Gr aves was ab le to maintain .his lead ove r Mundt t o take th e ch ec ke red fla g in first. Mundt wa s secon d , Lein third, Dodge fourth and ' Coope r fi ft h . Bill Oliver, 89Q , d o minated the Novi ce class tonight wi nning his heat ra ce, the T ro p hy D ash and goi ng on to . win the N ovic e Main . Randy Scism was second . . Gary Mo ntgomery took th e lead from Brad Kotsari s 'on the thi rd lap in the 360 No vice fin al while Ral p h Co x, on a new Kawasa ki. was co m ing fro m behind t o a th ird p lace fin ish. Kotsa ries had won ove r Montgo me ry in a quali fyin g heat. Ne il Mci saac be came le ader in the 125 N ovice final whe n an ea rly lead e r fell. Mik e M ille r an d Denn is S to lp chased cl ose ly to t he fini sh . Cheryl V estal came fro m beh ind p assin g all men in her 100 Novi ce qualif yin g h eat, but str u c k dis appoin tmen t o n the start in g lin e in the Main where she faile d to hav e her bike in gear. Wh en she did start, she passed seve ral riders before the fin ish . R us ty 'Davis led th at even t all the way . RESULTS: 100 NOVICE: 1. Rusty Davis (Yaml. 2. Kim Wilson (Hod ). 125 NO V ICE : 1. Neil Mcisaac (Oss). 2. Denn is Sto lp (Yam). 3. Mike Miller (DKW ). 200 NOVICE: 1 . Kevin Morrison rsou. 2. Tyre ll Thornhill (Bul). 3. Mike Bremer (Bul!. 200 J UNIOR: 1 . Ed Souza rs cu , 2. Mike Johnson (Han!. 3. Wade Boyd {Suz] . 360 NOVICE: 1 . Gary Montgomery (Bul)' 2. Brad Kotsaris (Yam!. 3. Ralph Cox (Kaw!. 360 J UNIOR: 1. Mark Lamke (Honl. 2. Guy Travis (Yam). 3. Lee Dor ctnl (Yam!. 360 EXPERT : t . John Guglielmett i (Yam!. 2. Kelly Mcisaac (Yam!. 3. Terry Otto n (But ) . 4. Ted Kennedy (sue). Sidewinders ., N Ol ~ ,.. M C'l '" 3: w 2 w ...J o > o Winner of the 360 Novice final. Gary Montgomery with Jeff Cella (655 F) and Robert Boyar (602GI at Petaluma. Th en to the finis h Otton and Kennedy Petaluma Short Track we re in a d ice for third wi th Otton fin ish ing in th e spot. by J arn e s Bra mm e r Wh ile winner, Mark La mke , held PET AL UMA , CAL. , M ay II , 197 3 can tro l fro m a n early lead in th e 3 6 0 J ohn G uglielme tti c rossed the finish lin e J un io r final, Lu ke Holbro o k and Guy first t onight in the Am ateur short track T ravis dueled fo r secon d spot. Ho lbrook races at Petaluma, but not un challenged sec u red th e sp o t fro m Travis a nd was b y a spirit ed rid e fro m a co mpe ti tive runnin g away when a be n t ge ar shi f t fo ursome . In th at 3 6 0 Expe rt Main , lever to ok him out o f th e race. Lee Randy Gibbs led briefly, but in a high Dolcin i and Ron Sarver ran clo se with groove where th e foursome led b y Kell y T ra v i s h olding a tte n tion for the McIsaac came through on the in side re mai n de r o f the ra ce . line. McIsaac led fro m the second lap to Th e 200 Junio r final was cIo se with midway in th e 15 la p Main where Mike J ohnson moving in to third on the G uglielmetti to o k over the lead. Then third lap and then around Wad e Boyd Ted Kenn edy moved in to ca n tinue a midway thro ugh the 10-lap event for co n test wit h Mcl saac th at had started in second spot to winner Ed So uza. their q ualifying heat won by Mclsaac. Wit h Ken ned y trying to pass on the au tside, Terry O tton edged in, separating the two and getting in third. Oregon Dirt Bowl COOS BAY , ORE ., May 6 , 1973 - T he speedway at Ken -Kel Park h ad it s opening race of the season on a newly graded quarter- mile banked dirt o val , wh ich is desti ned to : be paved for au to racing in t he near fu ture. T he high banking provided a un ique experience for area fla t-trackers and so me very quic k la p times. Fast time of th e day was 18.2 seconds, turned b y Curt D am on a 250cc Bultaco which netted him an award o f $2 5. Fast time for th e Li ghtweigh t Division (und e r 200cc) went to Mik e Ro mi g o n a 125 cc Yamaha. Comments in the pits were th at fair ings and clip -o ns would be the h ot setup. Besides the cas h for fast tim e of th e day, the Ken-Ke l program offers a S 75 bon us fo r setting a new tr ack re cord, Jo h n Gugl ielm ett i w as 360 Exper t w inner . 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