Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

NEWCOMERS TOP' TROJA N TWIN CARD By Art Loya Photo by Dennis Greene SOUTH GATE, CAL., July 29, 1971 In motorcycle racing, as everywhere else, youth will be served. And no where does the old saying hold more truth than at Trojan Speedway. Despite the absence of some of the more overpowering riders, or because of it, Thursday night's double-header of TT and flat track competition at the South Gate oval was even more in tense. Two comparatively newcomers to the Trojan battles, Doug Mason, 18, of Colton, and Mike Laney, 16, of Palmdale, invaded the fifth-mile clay oval and Iite,rally stole the show from the regulars in an evening-long card of eMe MI (Continuedfrompilge 10) Rickman Metisse to a win. Battenschlag barely outpointed Ken Markley (CZ) as both riders had a sixth place rmish to go with a pair of wins for Battenschlag and a win and second for Markley. Steve Bebeck (CZ) was third. Clifford Bean (Maico) won all three in the 500 Intermediate class ahead of the CZ's of Richard Franklin and Glenn Hughes. Experts and Intermediates ran together and Hughes and Expert Brenton Rhoades staged a fine duel in the last moto until one fell and the other ran over hinT on the back part of the course. Tom Cook took the win in the 125 Experts after Urban defected. Cook, on a Bultaco, beat out Joe Scotland (Yamaha). 125 Junior and 125 Intermediate winners were Bryan Porter (Bultaco) and Ron Didonato (Montesa). AI Cancino built up a lead in the 100 Junior class on his Honda with a pair of wins and then nearly lost with a last race error that dropped him to eigh tho Cancino, riding with what appeared to be the widest handlebars in existence had little competition however, and outpointed Steven Bebeck (Hodaka) and Michael Smith (Penton). Next CMC motocross is Thursday night at Ascot Park with Sunday's race at Carlsbad. (Results on page 32) top-flight competition. Mason, mounted on his Bultaco sponsored by Bill's Cycle of San Bernardino, easily handled the likes of Bob Sanders (Yam), Dale Hopkins (Bul), and Bob Byars (Oss), in his chase towards the checkered flag with all three riders taking their best shots at Mason before crossing the finish line in that order in the 250 F.T. Main. Triple Main Event winner Sanders felt like a rider who just had his pockets picked. After leading all bu t the final 100 feet in the 125 F.T. Main, Laney (Hod), played a waiting game with Sanders and in the final lap, as they headed for the checkered, a surging Laney caught Sanders asleep. Following the pair for third was Don Grigsby (Yam). Sanders and his Kawasaki accounted for wins in the 100 TT and 125 TT Main Events with Tom Doty (Hon) and Rob Morrison (Kaw) taking second and In the Junior division, Steve Hyder and Chris Davisson raced to a 1-2 finish in the 250 TT feature with both riders on Bultacos. Tom Avoian (Oss) of Torrance, beat out Ricky White (Suz) of Buena Park in the 250 F.T. Main. In the 100 TT Main Even taction, James Summers (Kaw) won a victory over Larry Chapman (Suz). Yamaha riders Seruto, Ron Pugh, and Mark LeFont, finished 1-2-3 in the 125 TT Main, with Pugh coming back to make it two wins for the night by taking first place honors over Wayne McEntyre (Suz) in 125 F.T. action. Chapman (Suz) fought off David Throgmorton for his win in the 100 F.T. Main. TT and flat track high-speed action continues every Thursday night starting at 7 :30 p.m. while the class A bikes of the Speedway Racing Association second division, continue to run every Saturday night starting at 8 p.m. (Results on page 32) third in the 100 while Revels (Kaw) , and Doty (Hon), doing the chasing in the 125. Sanders also connected with the 100 F.T. Main with Laney (Hod) and Doty pressuring Sanders to the win. Dale Hopkins and his Steve's Bultaco led wire-to-wire in the 250 TT Main Event defeating second place finisher, Byars (Oss), and Mason (BuI) who held on for third. In a display of his triumph over a 12-rider field, Hopkins crossed the rm ish line doing a wheelie. The Buddy Race, an even t that sees one rider race for one lap, pick up his buddy piggy-back and races for another lap, and then jumps off at the finish line while his buddy completes the final lap, was won. by the team of Tony Seroto and Steve Young. Finishing second was the team of Ricky White and Wally J ones. This race has grown in popularity to the extend that the fans now are demanding a weekly buddy race added to the 25-event racing card. Ascot Show Changes Winning Faces By Eric Raits GARDENA, CAL., July 29, 1971 New faces showed up in the winner's circle in a pair of Expert classes at the CMC's Thursday night motocross offering at Ascot Park. Bryar Holcomb won the 250 Expert class and Greg Cunningham was the unofficial winner among the 125 professionals. Holcomb, on a Rickman, beat Mike Cram (Maico) and teammate Bruce Baron in a close set of three motos which saw each of the riders win once. Holcomb's first, second and third was the top performance. Cunningham beat the usually untouchable Jeff Wright in the 125 Expert class and was protested after the first moto. The Wright camp suspected Cunningham's Yamaha was burning something other than pump gasoline. A short scuffle ensued when charges were hurled back and forth. A fuel sample was taken and will be sent to a lab for analysis. John DeSoto clearly dominated the 500 Expert class with three stronl'( wins. Ex-teammate Tim Hart settled for three seconds, really pushing DeSoto in the first moto, trying to pass him everywhere without success. Hart (Maico) finished ahead of Baron (Rickman). Rick Bean held off the Honda charge in the 100 Junior class final. Bean led all the way, finishing ahead of Dennis Andre and Scott Doornbos, both Honda mounted. Doornbos pulled a few tricks out of his bag to keep third. He crashed hard coming off the quarter-mile wall onto the lake and lost a few positions but fough his way back to the third spot at the checkered flag. Scott Skelton moved farther toward a transfer to Intermediate by winning the 125 Junior class on his Suzuki. He finished with a good lead over S. Gerber (Rickman) andJohn Tadla (Bul). Doug Sherman took an easy win in the 250 Junior class after some first-lap swapping took place. Rourke Early (Mai) led momentarily but encountered a wayward Montesa over the dragon backs and dropped to fourth. Sherman and Craig Meyers (CZ) sped away from In professional racing there are many champions. But only one Grand National Champion ... Gene Romero. And "Burrito" has learned his lessons well. He's learned that natural ability alone isn't enough. His eqUipment. too, must be "right on." 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