Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

eo " C> rf. ... M ell "' " .., " Cycle News Very West ~ ;;: '" w Z W ..J U ~ U b y Blaine Dickson Photos by Mary Dickson S UBIC BAY, PHILIPPINES. Mav 6 Th e fi rs t quarterl y Motocro~s o f Ch ampi on s w as put on by a co m b in a t io n o f the Dusters M.e. and the New Br eed :\I.C. under the sanction o f the Central Competition Committee. Bob D avis swe p t th e fir st two motos and ease d to fourth in the final to take th e o ve ra ll win and first Open. T o ge t into the MX of Champions, rid ers had to be ranked in the top five o f eac h E xper t cla ss for all ra ces held in the fir st quarter of 19 73. Five ra ces co un ted towa rd s the ch am p io n ship ra ce. With t he p o ssibility o f 15 riders ( 125 , 2 5( ' and Open classes) o nl y 10 sh owed up as a c o uple were o u t jockeying jets and some had downed hikes . Dennis Murphy (Yam ) broke h is jaw in practice and was sidel ined, whil e \Vayn e Kent threw a rod in practice on hi s 125 Ya mah a. In the 12 5 class only J ac k Spain and W.J . Edmisson made it to the line as Richard Ruggiero was flyi n g his p la ne an d S t e ve \VicaJ was nurs ing a non-motorcvc le co nc ussio n. Th e 2 50 cl ass h ad four riders o n th e lin e as R ichard Diebler ( 175 Yam), R ick Prues s (Y am ) , Blaine Dickson (B R D Yam ) an d Johnnie Mc l. oon e (Noguc hi Yam ) made it to the line. T h e Open class was als o we a k with o nly Mike Hicks (3 6 0 Yam) willing to ch a lle n ge Bob Davis an d hi s new 2 50 Yamah a ;o..IX. R on Gaumer's Kawasaki was down wi th a hol ed piston and neither Will y C ollins o r Mik e V olIuz wan ted to race for third. The :-'IX o f Ch ampions wa s sc he d ule d fo r th re e 3 0· m in u te h e a ts and th e Support R ace ( 10 0 , 2 0 0 , 25 U a n d Open classes) w as sla te d fo r three 25 min ut e h ea ts. A f ter the firs t h eat o f each ra c e was run. the heals were shorten ed by half o n th e advice o f th e attendin g med ica l a u t hori ty. The h um idit y a nd ternpe rat ure were both aro und 100 and it w as taking to o big a to ll o n ride rs. In th e l\IX o f C ham p io ns, Bob Havis gra b be d th e lead an d wired the fir st tw o mo to s. the third he at he " co ol ed" it 10 a fourth to c o p th e o ve r all win . Ri ck Pruess ch arged hard in a ll th re e mo tos to c o m p le tel y wire th e 25 U class. Dicble r an d Di c kson followed him in eac h molo. In th e last mo to Diebler and Dic kso n put o n a real sh ow, nev er being mo re than tw o hike len gths apart and sw a p p in g th e lead se ve ral ti me s. ;o..lcl.o on e blew his clut ch and wa s side lined a ft er ta king fourth in th e first m o to wi th a badly slip p ing cl u tc h . A lth ou gh onl y ( \ , '0 hikes '.. ' ere go ing 10 start the l 2 5 class. it wa s e x pe cted that this would he the " ra ce " . J ac k Spain had th e number o ne plate h y a wi de m arg in and would be run ning agains t W.J . Ed misson wh o got in to the ;o..IX of C hampions hy o ne p o int w it h w ins in eac h of the two races he e n teredo I ronically the y had n ever rac ed eac h o ther. Unfo rtun a tely th e duel neve r c am e off' , Sp ain d um ped h ard an d in tryi ng to catc h Up. blew seco nd gear an d re tired . Ed misso n later retired (w it h the win ) af te r tw o rnot o s when he was to o tired (a co n tinue. G a ry C ha d we ll won all three m o to s o f th e S uppor t ra ce o n h is ' 72\', Yamaha 25U l\IX ( th e same one Preuss ran ). T he first and third m ol o s were wire jobs, but h e: reall y c ause d some e xci te me n t in the secon d mo to when h e loaded up a t th e s ta r t a n d gave so me 4 0 0 y ar d s a way to . the rest o f th e riders. He ma d e it all ba ck and snatch ed the lead o n the last lap fro m Pick rell. Due to la ck o f en tries h e (C had we ll) w as runnin g in a co m b ine d 2 5U·Open cla ss whic h he als o w on followed in e ach moto by Jim Chris te n se n a nd Don T ay lor on a :{6 0 Yam ah a ;o..IX and :l 6 0 Yamah a End u ro respect ive ly . Pic krell was unbeat able in the firs t tw o rn o ro s of th e :.! OU class , hut fade d to fo u rt h in the final. Still , h e h u n g on to take the wi n o ve r Gary Han o ver and I I.S . Layi on , a ll o n 12 5 Y am a h a :\IX ·s. Lay to n who is just s tart ing to ~ct his hike se t up. wo n the fina l m o ta going awa y despite a ben t swin garm, In the first m o to he lo st his pipe and it j u m pe d tim e in the secon d. H anov er took se c ond place wi th thre e seconds. L.ay ton had a fourth , third an d a firs t to h is cre d i t. De an Layton o u tl as te d all the su h I OU ra cers t o take th at class as the o n lv fi nishe r. D an Posh and Steve Sc ott were the las t two rid ers to give up the gh o s t. The Philippine Championship of Motocross OTAIWAN REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES O ~ SOUTH CHINA Sf A Quezon Cit y , PACIFIC OCf AN ~ ''''~ /}r; In RESULTS : 12 5 : 1. W .J. Edmissio n (Y am). 2 . Jack Spain (Y am). 3 . Wayne K ent . 250 : 1 . Rick Pr uess (Yam) . 2 . Richard Di ebl er (Ya m). 3 . Blaine Dickso n (Yam). OPEN : 1. Bob D avis [Y am] . 2. M ike H ic ks (Yam). . SU PPORT RA CE : 100: 1 . De an L ayton ( Ya m ]. 2 . St eve Scot t (Yami. 3 . Dan Po sh ( Ya m). 200 : 1. Pic k rell (Yam ). 2 . Gary Han o ver ( Ya m ). 3 . H .S. L avton ( Y am). 250-oPEN : 1. Gary Chadwell ( Y am ). 2 . J im Chr istensen [Yaml . 3 . D an T aylor (Ya m). Jack Spain, first q uarter 125 Ch amp , being ridden b y his 125 Y amaha. -, --.......-- Here the author rides his '68 Yamaha Enduro ?

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