Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

TWD TrDjan Nights By Eddie Smith SOUTH GATE, CALIF., Nov. 26·27, 1970 - In two nights of TT and Flat Track racing at Trojan Speedway, Bob Sanders and Jeff Sexton provided a dominance in the action as Sanders bagged four wins in Thursday's Turkey Day Races and Sexton three the following night. Sanders collected his golds in all three flat track mains and in the 100 TT Main while Sexton copped the 100 TT, 100 FT and 125 FT Mains 24-hours later. Sexton's main rival Friday was Joe Mo.nohan and it was Monohan who aced Sexton by inches at the checkered of the 125 TT Main, thus denying Jeff his fourth win. . Sanders came close to winning a race Friday but was stayed off by Jim Tabler in the 250 Flat Track Main. Thursday was another story, however, as Sanders won four. That night, in the 100 Flat Track the fIrSt tum was a wild scene. Sanders went down with Tom Horton right on top of him. Rick Hutchins hit the downed pair which sent the trio flying into the air. Sanders and Horton made it back for the restart and Sanders went on to win with Mark Revels taking second. Revels was again present and battling down to the wire in both the 100 TT and 125FT, each time falling shQrt to Sanders. In the 250 Flat Track, Chris Smith jumped out in front of Gary Scott for the lead through the first tum while Sanders was giving chase in third. With two laps remaining, Smith went down and Scott charged into the lead. On the last lap, however, Sanders claimed another victim as he took the lead and win with an excellently recovered Smith in second. Scott dropped to third. On Sunday, Dec. 6, Trojan Speedway will put on a pair of 50-lappers plus dunecycle races. Invading the track are many of the speedway stars of this year including U.S. Speedway Champion Rick Woods, Wild Bill Cody, Sonny Nutter and Larry Shaw. The two "long ones" take place on the TT 'course and will be for 100-125cc bikes and 250cc machines. Gates open at 11 a.m. for this Sunday affair. (Results on page 20) HALEY IS NEW REF. Larry Haley is the new Dist. 37 referee, elected by the 1971 Competition Committee on Nov. 12. Applications for 1971 District 37 riding numbers must be on a 1971 application blank. 1970 blanks will not be accepted. 1971 applications will be available late this month. DENVERITES WIN BIRDS Harry's Roamers Motorcycle Club of Denver, Colorado held its Annual Turkey Run, Sunday, November 22. This was a Poker Run all on good roads. This year 52 entries turned out in spite of bad weather which was the coldes so far this year (about 30 degrees) with a few snow ·f1urries. Most of the riders enjoyed the ride. Several stops along the way made it possible to warm up a little for the next hitch. Those who won the Turkeys were: Gary Stewart, Kathy Kanoia, Deloss Floyd, Vada Barstow, Rod Patrick, Irish and Anne Reiley. Valle, Trials Buffs for. Club Ascot Ends Wet GARDENA, CAL., Nov. 27, 1970 Rain flushed the last few spectators out of the stands at the season's final CMC motocross at Ascot Pari<, but not before countless classes had run at least two out of their promised three motos. Tie scores were the rule after a 500cc Expert class crash on the first lap of the last moto forced the evening to a muddy end. Outstanding star of the night was J. Garcia, a snowy Bul rider in the 125 Expert class, who was one of the few to start out behind and actually pass a man for fIrSt place. Garcia was intimidated by the narrow course, and topped his class after exhuberantly outriding J. Slaton and Greg Cunningham. Dealers reading this who would like to put something back into the sport should note that Garcia is still unsponsored...but he shouldn't stay that waylon~ , A five-way shoving match highlighted the 250 Expert-Intermediate motos with D. Carlton on a bright green Ossa beating out his competition, mainly by showing no fear over the jumps. That was it for this year's CMC motocrosses at Ascot. They'll be back on the fIrSt Thursday night in May, 1971 to do it all over again, and hopefully with better rider identification, a better course for passing, and (is it too much to ask?) some way of running fewer and bigger classes so the races don't seem to go on forever. This Sunday, the CMC will open the new Claude Osteen course near Pomona, Calif. with a motocross. Read all about it here next week. (Results on page 20) Dictionaries do not have any knowledge that "motocross" is a word. .,it is not listed. Here's oWl: "A cross country race on a closed course over natural terrain; run in heats with points awarded toward an overall perfonnance. " Torsten Hallman Racing, Inc. , West Coast Disl. for PENTON Motorcycles __ Torsten Hall man special design leathers ,; racing equlJlllHlnt U.S. Dlst. for Trelleborg Molo-CroSi tires For dealer Info. write or call 5345 Tlmken 51., La lIesa, Cal. 92041' SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, CALIF., Nov. 17, 1970 - English Observed have grown in the Southern California area to the extent thaI the S.C.T.A. has become too big to handle more than 300 members that participate in these events. As a solution to get more people to help in organizing and laying out trials, the S.C.T.A. has suggested that smaller clubs form in convenient geographical areas, and recruit people from these areas. In response to this idea, a group of S.C.T.A. members have started a club in the San Fernando Valley. To date four business meetings have been held. They are now officially the "Valley Observed Trials Enthusiasts". The name chosen is to suggest that not only people in the San Fernando Valley area join, but trials enthusiasts in nearby communities such as Glendale, Ventura and Los Angeles arc welcome, also. The word enthusiasts is there to suggest they are not only interested in riding members, but those who would also like to participate in English Observed Trials as photographers, public relations personnel, observers, and help in general to promote and organize observed trials in the Valley area. V.O.T.E. hopes to encourage a good public image of off road competition by the use of mufflers on all bikes competing in their events; less sound will result in more ground to ride on. Also they will enforce respect for the environment by keeping a clean campground and picking up litter, (course markers, section markers, etc.), after an event. They hope to work with the Forestry Service and the Bureau of Land Management in obtaining land to ride on. All those who would like to participate in English Observed Trials and attend one of their monthly meetings contact: Charles McHose (213) 660-1152. acting chairman; or Richard Anderson - (213) 846-6542, acting secretary, (after 6 pm). Keep your eye on Cycle News Events calendar for 'meetings and events of V.O.T.E. EI Trial Jan.10thi o The Plonkers TrialS Club is:;; sponsoring "El Trial de Espana" on January 10, 1971, at Saddleback Park, .,) with the cooperation of the other g Southern California trials clubs. Joseph o. Parkhurst has consented to be Grand ~ Marshall. Mr. Fred Belair has obtained W twenty-four outstanding and unusual ~ trophies to be awarded to the following ..J competition classes: Expert, Amateur, ~ Novice, Ladies, and Press. Also riding in U the Press class will be a factory representative of Montesa, Ossa, and Bultaco. There will be a rame drawing with the Grand Prize a Zundapp mini-bike donated courtesy of Hal Strickland, General Manager of Steen's Inc., and 2nd prize a pair of ISDT boots donated by Yankee Motors. Also, the Jim Wilson trophy will be awarded to the outstanding youth rider of 1970. Three trophies will be given in the special "Press" class: 1st place - an engraved Toledo sword donated by Motociclismo Magazine of Madrid, Spain: 2nd and 3rd place will have a choice of a silver tray engraved with a picture of Pedro Pi riding the 1961 Trials World Champion Montesa Cota donated by Permanyer, S.A., Spain ("Montesa"), or a Spanish galleon from Bultaco Western. There will be no entry fee for those entering the Press class, which will be held following the other competition. Sign-up will be at 9 a.m.; trials start at 10 a.m.; and Press class at 2 p.m. * • * rUMfREY 'ULTACO TEAM Best Riders on the Fastest Bikes. 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