Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

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Nor t h H ollYWOOd, Ca . 9 160 1 Dealer Inquiri es Invited (213 ) 766-4313 1213) 363-6230 by Pennie Do u tt GRAHAM, WAS H., May 18 - New season, new track layout, n ew riders and new trac k records were th e keys fo r ' ex ci tem e n t fo r the 4,000 pl us fans th a t showed up to nigh t to wa tc h the ope ner at Graham Race Track. T rack records were being set a nd b roken all night long as this is a new layout for G rah am and has n ever been ru n on before. Br ad 'T ib be ts , a firs! year Junio r , came out on top for th e firs t n igh t with a t rack reco rd of 20.4 1; Randy S kiver was second fastest with a 20.50 ; an d Charlie , Brown another first year J unior, h ol di n g down third fast ti me wit h a 20.50. Randy Skiver to o k an easy win in the first Expert h eat with Mi ke Elder second an d Gord y Ochs third and goi ng di rec tly to th e Mai n event. J im Charlie Brown jetted into the lead in th e Junio r Mai n with Tibbets close beh in d . Hartman and S teve Mowatt were th ird and fourth respectfully . In the third lap, Mowatt went down and was out of the race and Gary Beach moved up into fourth. Brown held onto the lead with Tibbets pressing all the way u n til, in the sixth lap, Brown missed a shift giving Tibbets a chance to close up and, going over the jump, Tihbets edged by Brown to take ove r first . Brown kept pressing r ib bets, trying to take back first. On the last lap, _coming down fo r the chec kered , Brown made a valiant effort to take over first agai n, but Tibbets he ld him off to take the checkered. Brad Tibbets , sponso red by Joe's Motorcycle Shop and Belaire Plumbing , Charlie Brown, sponsored by Dewey 's Cycle Shop an d Bardahl Oil Co., Pat Marinacci and John Hartman. sponsored by Federal Way Suzuki , m ad e up the Junior Trophy Dash . It was a ba t tl e all the wa y with Tibbets and Brown swappi ng the lead so m an y times in the th ree lap das h tha t I lost count. Brow n got a terrific dri ve on Tibbets to take the checkered flag with just frac tions of an inch to spare and took ho m e the trophy. Hartman was third: T he Novi ce heats were led by Seldon, Ko ller Conestonal , Taylo r and Ra nd y r, T. CYCLE SALES MI . Vi_. Col 94040 , Scism. Duane Hendrickson h ad jum ped the flag and was se n t back , but this d id · not stop hi m as he jetted in to second place be hi nd Scism to take secon d an d transfer to the Main. T he Novice Semis we nt to B. Haggerson an d Mike Boyles . ' Conestonal took the lead in th e Novice Main with Duane Hendrickson second, Darrel Hendrickson third and Ran dy Scism fou rt h. This is th e way it ran for the first fo ur la ps with all four tr yi n g fo r first. The n D arrell Einarsson took an easy win in the second h eat with Dan Mangano placing second an d Gary Bro wn t hird . Dave Yost won the Expert Semi with Scott Parks second and Roger Stanley third to transfer to the m ain . Einarsson , afte r ha vin g tro ub le in the Trophy Dash keepi ng h is fro nt wheel on the ground, got so me advice fro m Skiver an d , t o Skiver's di sm a y , jumpe d into the lead . Skiver was rig ht behind in second, tho ugh, with Elder third in the Ex pe rt Main . Einarsson was setting a very fast pace for the field as he started to pull away, taking Skiver wit h hi m an d leaving the rest behind. Elder d eveloped engine problems in the second la p an d had to dro p out which moved Gordy Ochs in to third an d Yost in to fourt h . It was Einarsson an d Skiver in that order for seven of the fifteen la ps. In the seven th lap, Skiver was able to edge past Einarsson and take over firs t. Skiver went on to take the c heckered flag , while Einarsson to o k second. T he Expert Trophy Dash was made up of Skiver, sponsored by Lynnwood Honda and Piston Services, Einarsson, sponsored by Dewey 's Cycle Shop and ' Ba rdahl Oil Co., Dave Yost, an d Mike Elder. It was wheel-to-wheel all the way as Skiver took the lead. Einarsson, do ing a wheelie off th e line and losing ground to Skiver, was ab le to catch but not qui te ab le to pass him as Skiver ran a smooth race , not ma kin g a mi st ake that wo uld have al lowed Einarsson to take over first. T he three Jun io r heats were w on by Brad Tibbets, John Marinacci a nd Joh n Hartman. T he Junior Semi was won by M. Baker. , .-(Cycle \.. Mart Sales Ser vice Parts SHOP MANUAL ..... MAICO ELECTRONIC IGNITION KIT BSA _ Triumph Rickn1l'n Maieo Hodaka Gemini Rupp INCREASE EFFICIENCY & THROTTLE RESPONSE Per f o rman ce ~4aJI ~C:.d~ral n Ba iley Milpitas, Calif. 95035 . (408) 262·3388 . FOR . MOTOCROSS SPEEDWAY CZ • JAWA COOl'S See your local HODAKA dealer Distributed by Tiger Distributing CYCLE & MARINE 653 W. Broadwav Glendale Ca .91204 i --- . l:iodaka Montesa Car.bela , '''''1_-.. ""4•. #IV ....... f~~~Jspo rt-r <:y c:~~~ Motorcycle'S

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