Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

AME Friday and Saturday by Tom Co rley VALENCIA, CAL. ,J une 2 - Jeff V idic, a racer that many of the fastest fear most in the 125 class , got off of h is Penton and onto a 250cc Maico to smoke the 250 Senior class an d grabbed $65 in Friday's AME Indian Dunes race. Vidic has previously been racing here o n Friday nights but has never looked so fast or has he won as much money as he did in this ra ce. J im ' Wilson (C Z) sponsored by Valerian 's, has been one of th e finest weekly r acers on these nigh t races and usually his troubles are with either Billy Payne or Ken Zahrt 'b u t n ow he was aced o u t by Vidic an d drew a second place $40 check . Mark Hately o n a Kawasa ki won $25 . Brian Slagle (Pen) was the 125 Junior winner as he proved mota by mota over John Grant (Y am ). Eddie Col e came through w it h an expected wi n in the 125 Se ni ors that was wo rth $40 over Da n Whi tlo ck (S uz ) . Randy Fin mark's Yamaha t o o k h im to th e 125 In termedia te win . S a tu rd ay morning the AME switch ed about ove r to the D unes S hado w Glen trac k where D avid Czerwinski tore upthe 500 Senio r class o n a Maico, The fra m e of Czerwinski 's Mai co tore up as well , hut this had little effec t as Czerwinski wen t so m uch faster th a n every on e els e. 5 0 0 In te rm e d ia te ra cer Dennis Turner (H us) to ok the win in hi s class. D avid Krikac o ne of th e fa st est Juniors, dig s o n Bultacos a n d usuall y is found sm o king the 12 " Juniors. Today h e h opped on hi s 25 0 Bu l to win th e 2 50 Juni o r c o n t e st ove r Do ug Simingt on (CZ). Bill Urban, wh o has been No. I in th e C:\IC proved that takin g th e N o . I m o ne y spot in th e AME 125 Se n iors is just as easy . a> CMC MX at Ascot Q> '" '" e, by Buzz Baty GARDENA, CAL. ,June 6 - Bill R ubly, putting on what wou ld have to be considered his bes t rid e s ever. ran seco nd to John DeSoto in th e first mota, then cam e back with tw o o f those fantastic hole sh ots o ff th e starting gate to wi n th e next tw o 5 0 0 Expert motes go ing away . An ytime you beat Big John, 'you is High Hog at the Trough for fair.' Bill got th e first place cash , John second , both o n CZ's. Joe Sc otland br oke up th e CZ parade notching th ird with h is Mai c o . • T h e big entry was in the 250 Expert class, where th e" Flyin ' Hawaiian " was als o en te red on a 250 CZ. But, here, it was D avid Pessy o n his Ossa riding without error, taking first overall . DeSoto experien ced a wagon-fu ll of problems, not th e least of which was a bump and tangle situation wit h Bob Haag. Both ride rs ended up on the ir dow n side , Haag possibly suffering a frac tu red fo o t. De S.oto got res tar ted , but th e best he co uld do for th e ni gh t was thi rd overall, be hin d the second p lace fin ish of Bill Hen d erso n , w ho ro d e his CZ h ard and steady and . stayed o u t of t ro u ble. The 125 Expert class just seems to be to tall y domin ated by th e Pen tons. Th e firs t four places we re filled b y Penton rid ers tonigh t in th e o rde r of Bruce McD ougal , T im Lunde , J im McD onald, and Mark Tyer. M r-, n XEZL ECLAL" SUPER FILM Q> e ::l .., Ul ;: w Z .~ CJ The finest fo r mix or injector. Stop that plug problem ! Not ice th e difference over your present brand. A mineral oil blend - no synthetics (imitations) Not a rework ed auto motive oil. If your dealer doesn't sto ck it, ask him to ord er it from : "BLENDZALL" Corporation 1433-37 First St. Escalon, Cali f. 95320 CMC Irwindale b y Bu zz Bat y IRWI NDALE , CAL .. June I - Luke Messer (i f yo u listen to ann ouncer Bru ce Flanders, and wh y n ot , he's fun to list e n to ) h as lo st six ty -five p ounds in th e las t three we eks . I d on't know if it 's sixty-five p ounds o r n ot, but it 's a ISDT BOOTH SPACE bunch. Instead of looking lik e an AVAILABLE THROUGH AMA elephan t trying to ride a Shetland p ony, Luke now lo oks like just one hell o f a WES TERVILLE, OHIO - Di splay a reas go od, fast, Maico-riding moto crosser. in the headquarters co mpoun d o f the Luke won all th ree 500 Expert 197 3 In t e rn atio n al Six-Days Trial in the m ot os. The onl y time he experi en ced Ber ksrie hill s of Mass achusetts are no w any bo dy in front of him all night was in bein g made availa b le b y th e AMA . Th e the first moto;when Dennis Clark in hi s h eadquarters area is kn own as the "pare ve ry fir st ride .as an Expert, got a ho le ferme " an d is th e site o f th e impound sho t wi th his CZ and found himself o u t are a fo r co mpetitors ' motorcycl es and in front of all those hard chargin g th e start and fin ish of ea ch day's ro ute. Expe rts. It is also adjacent to th e primary servi ce David Pessy h as definitely fou nd the area. wa y to go on h is new OSSA he re at AMA Special Projec t s Manager Dave Ir windale , n o tchin g firs t overall for th e Wel sh says of th e booth sa le, "Revenue se co nd wee k in a ro w in the 25 0 de rived from display fees will he use d to Expe rt s. R"andy Meye rs ende d up defray th e cost of h osting . th e IS DT in second on his Bu ltaco ah ead of Ya maha its fir st eve r run ning in the Un ited mounted Bruce McDougal right a t the States . An even t o f this magnitude and checke rs. lie was tryin g to tak e second inte rn atio nal importance n eed s th e place and mi ssed b y ab out a h alf a support of the e n tire United States wh eel , almost en d ing up in th e motorcy cle indust ry . " . grandstands. In censed at n ot ge tt ing Bo oth sizes range fro m 2 0' x 3 0' t o second, - Randy charged up th e return 20' x 5 0 ' with rental fo r the duration o f road , pulled a giant wheeli e an d the IS DT ra ng ing fr om $ I 00 t o $2 0 0. • promptl y lo st it. Randy che c ke d in with For ad d itional in formation ad dress , Par e th e a m b ula n ce cre w, and is reported to F e rm e -D a v e Welsh , Arn e r i c a n; h ave a broken shoulde r. Not for th e Mo t orcy cle Associatio n , P.O . 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