Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

weAR FOR-GARY JONES .... .... Cll ., -' c: .., " ~ W Z W ..J o >o ob Malley didn't get his nickname for nothing. His antics were another fine professional touch by the AMA. Nohr Halts Norgaard W,in Streak Rick Poulin each won a car, and Ross Westfield won $625. Westfield actually won a Honda car, but Evel only paid off the difference between the cost of the car and the amount of entry fees lost when several Amateurs paid less than they were supposed to, because of a mix-up at the gate... if that sounds confusing, you should have been there. Bob Leach, Jr., from Oregon, was the only Amateur winner who didn't sweep his class; the 30-year-old chose a'more outrageous form of action. After thoroughly trouncing everyone, save Rick Poulin, for two motos, Leach sat behind the line and twiddled his thumbs at the start of the last one. Poulin, (who is 14 and bears a striking resemblance to Jiromy Olsen) hooked another fine start while Leach waited for the dust to clear. Once under way, Bob bounded through the field, riding his brains out to see what would happen in 20 minute~. He finished second, and in another lap might have caught leader Poulin. Jim Cooke has been touring the country battling the best, rather than sticking it out in One hole, which is one reason why he's a relative unknown. He also uses a Bassani silencer on his C-Z, which may also explain his lack of conspicuousness. Despite a loaded-up carb in the fITst round, he staged a brilliant comeback in the later stages, aceing Don Stover of Lockeford, Calif., on the final tum for the first of three wins. Like Bob Leach and others, Jim forfeited the opportunity to win a car by obtaining a professional license Sunday. Harry Taylor displayed remarkable riding talent on a just-as-remarkable Ie on the Hodaka clearly winning all three motos olems in and, appropriately enough, an autoll';lC~bile. By John Shedd CARLSBAD, CAL., May 23, 1971 Rob Norgaard, who was looking for his third CMC 500 Expert win in a row, met defeat at the hands of Maico rider Mark Nohr. Rob beat Mark around the first corner in the first leg but shortly after completing the first lap he lost the lead to Nohr when he splashed through the mud. Norgaard dropped back to third but quickly moved back into second behind Nohr who had no thoughts about leeting hiro by. Norgaard took the lead in the second mo to and all N ohr's efforts to pass were in vain. The pair played ring around the rosie lap after lap and Rob took the win with Mark close behind. The third moto would tell the tale and Nohr figured the best way to beat Norgaard was to get out in front once and sta.y there. This he did. Norgaard came from behind to overtake Intermediate rider Brad Brown, who was holding down second place in the combined class, but then dropped back to third and on the last lap moved uy to pressure Nohr. The pair took the last corner side by side and it looked like Norgaard was going to make it around, but Nohr just did edge him out for the win. Brown picked off the win in the 500 Intermediate class, which ran with the Expe~ts. He beat )'Tlany of the Experts in the process and it looks like he may soon get moved up a class. Dave Smith leaped into the lead in' the 250 Expert go and looked like he would go all the way, but Bill Urban had other ideas and got around him with only two laps to go. Smith had to settle for ssecond with Tilson Shumate third. Smith ran away with the second moto with Urban never getting close enough to make a bid for the lead. It took Urban several laps to get by Shumate and by this time Smith was unca~c!>,!!?!C; " .. .. Smith again took the lead in the final moto but this time he could not hold off the hard charging Urban. Soon after Urban took over, Smith retired with a broken primary chain and Shumate moved up to second.' Even though Smith didn't finish the last moto he still had enough points to fmish third behind Shumate. With Bill Urban not competing in the 125 Expert class;-jiro Beauchamp really had a field day. He won all three motos without even really having to breathe hard. Leonard Mellgren scored second place points with a third and two seconds and Randy Myers finished third with a second and two fourths. Next week the CMC moves their motocross circus out of state to some virgin land irr Utah. The race will be held on the L-D Ranch about 80 miles north of Las Vegas..It looks like most of the top Southern California motocrossers will be on hand for the Memorial weekend event with John DeSoto and Tim Hart holding a school Saturday before Sunday's big race. (ReSUlts on page 26)

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