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..------------------------------------------------------------------- o .... en ?:I' e ..., '" ~ w Z W ...J U >- U HIGH MOUNT OVERFLOW The Cal Poly Penguins M.C., sponsors for the Feb. 14 High Mountain Enduro, was smothered by more than 1000 entries postmarked in the morning of Jan. 5, tbe first day entries would be accepted. A limit of 500 participants was set last December anc!l says the tlub"s president, even though many people got their entries in as early as possible, they'll be upset when they lea.t:n they were.n't in time." The mail entry a~ceptance dates were planned for one week and it is now expected that the club will tum away approximately 2000-3000 entries. H Stockman Stopped~ By Bruce C. Young ,. SACRAMENTO, CALIF., Dec. 20, 1970 - Ron Stockman would not let lite mere loss of a gas tank spoil his 250 Am-Ex. overall win moto bid at today's motocross events at Cal Expo sponsored !>y Dirt Diggers North. Stockman, riding an AJS for Cycle Speed in North Highland, los.t his tank in the second moto and had it taped-on again between laps :before he fell during the latter part of the race. Failing to succumb to this mishap, he proceeded to push his machine across the finish line. With all the problems, he still managed the overall win. Ray Atkinson won the Amateur class. Steve Doll, one of the finer 125 Novices in this area, was not as lucky. After winning the first two motos in Division II competition, Doll fell at the start of the third and broke his leg. With Doll now out of contentiqn, Henry Leslie gained the overall win. Bill Deprato (Am) and Greg Hubbs (Ex) put on the best battle of the day while competing in the. 125 Am-Ex. class. Deprato, riding a new Penton, came out on top in the tight races. . Other winners were Jon Boyette {IOO Nov.), Keith Wiggons (125 Nov. Div. I), Howard Hendrix (250 Nov. Div. I), Skip Doolittle (Div. 1I), Richard Richardson (Open Div. I), Gary Ceo (Div. II), Robert Hastan (Open Am.), John Hearne (Open Ex.) and Bob Norris and Jim Cutts (Dinosaur). (Results on page 20) NEVADA ACES Overall Season Point leaders were announced recently for the MRAN association of Nevada and Expert Casey Folks tooK the Sportsman of the Year Award. Folks also topped the list of riders in the 0-125 class ahead ..,f Pat Friel and D. Stadlander. Amateurs took the top three places in the 126-250 class with the performances of L. Dorf, Tony Cook and Dave Laca. Max Switzer led the 251-0pen class with Kim Wolfe and Tom Saeles second and' third respectively. Motorcycle Dynamometers • ENABlES ACCURATE DETERMfNATION OF TORQUE. & HORSEPOWER CURVES • ACCOMPLISH ENGINE FINE TUNING • CONJROllED ENGINE BREAK-IN • PERFORMANCE rESTING OF ENGINE MODIFICATIONS INCLUDES: HYDRAULIC WATER BRAKE & FRAME. • UN IVERSAL MOTORCYCLE SUPPORT STAND • GAUGING • INSTRUMENTATION A COMPLETE SYSTEM S485.~ HANSON ENGINEERING CO. P. O. B- 2354, Canoga Park, Cal. 91306 (213) 883-4570 Versatile Expert Russ Powell is chased by Frank Gillespie sporting his new No. 22 COW PALACE TO KENYON By Bill Spencer SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF., Jan. 2, 1971 - Al Kenyon started the year right. He earned his Expert plate and at his first race, he drew a full house heat 'race win, semi win, trophy dash win and the best of all, the 15-lap main event. . What with the Yamaha Silver Cup moving to the Madison Square Garden in New York City and a short track national at the Houston Astrodome, all in this month of January, Kenyon could surprise the steady troops on the national scene, and become :racing's biggest money winner. 'Fhe Kenyon Racing Team a1so fared well with five of the ten main event entries involved and the first three to take the checkered were Kenyon sponsored. This combination of riders and machines has thoroughly dominated the indoor racing scene these winter months and the team will be a tough combination to beat in the new year. The night's action consisted of 85 riders in ten qualifying heats, which was a lower than normal entry as many of the regulars were without 1971 Hcenses. Jim Odorn wanted to run in preparation for the Madison Square Garden event, but referee Masterson had checked with the AMA in Ohio and had a list of those applications received. Odom was not on the list. Some claimed to have sent in their requirements as early as October and still had not received their licenses. The four fast qualifying heats were scored by Dave Hansen, Kenyon, Mike O'Brien and Bill Morgan. Interestingly enough, this consisted of a national number, Expert, Junior and Novice, respectively listed. Kenyon's qualifying was fastest at 57.63 secs. so he led off Heat One and took it easily on his new short track Bultaco. Novice Mike O'Brien took a fast break from the start to lead Jeff Hammond and Chal DeCecco to the checkered in Heat Two. AI Ludwigsen capitalized the third heat with a fast jump in front of Bob Scally and Bill Morgan, who remained qui,te close to take 2nd and 3rd. George Carter brough t up fourth spot after a battle with Len Hatton who wound up in QIe hay bales. Dave Hansen, sporting his newly won national number, ran away with Heat Four. In the semi's, Kenyon was again fastest but by only .14 secs. ov~ Hansen's time. Morgan was eliminated when his front end washed out and Russ Powell made the last transfer to the main while regaining h'is "Black Bart" image when he downed another rider he was passing. It was all part of racing and unintentinal although some of the nearly 1,700 paid spectators booed and. hooted. Expert Terry Sage ,",:on the 10-lap consolation event with a raging battle following. Frank Gillespie, Les Costanza and Steve F oster were all battling fot second with Gillespie fmally appearing to have it packed in. But as usual, just when you think it's all sewed up, something happends, and in this case Gillespie. all of a sudden fell off the pace and finally ground to a halt with the rear wheel locked. Examination showed that the rear disc had frozen under extreme heat and pressure and locked everything up. (Results on page 20) Last Minute MX Course Spells Trouble' For M'any By Bill Spencer LIVERMORE, CALIF., Jan. 3, 19i1 - On a very clear and ever-so-cold Sunday th.e Stockton M.C. rented a portion of the 1600-acre Carnegie Cycle Park to put on a motocross. Track layout was decided by those assembled, and after much bickering a course was laid. out, or perhaps up would be a better preposition. Many riders went off to ride other parts of the park as they didn't like the layout while others just shook their heads and got in line for practice. The course resembled a short hare scrambles layout with a super-long mountain climb that saw as many ligh tweigh ts fall back down as made it up. The course then turned back qown '_ hill, switched back up hill, went cmss. country, down hill and through a short series of TT turns, jumps and back up the hill. Mike Renslow, from the Hayward M.C., rode his TT PurSang to a very decisive victory in the 250 Expert class over Ron Miller's Husqvarna. Renslow's ride was right on the ragged edge with a very fine style in handling the hills. The . uphill sounded like he held the throttle at 10,000 rpm. downshifting from third to second at the steep point and then picking up third again. All this time, touching the ground on)y about every ten feet. The Hayward club got the most trophies for the day as Bill Scarlett easily won the 125 Div. II moto and Dan 'Dawson took a third in Div. II of the 250 Novice class. (Results on page 20) Ray Hinson, Team manager for Charley Brown Racers. 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