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.... '" ,t; ~ o ~ w Z W ...J U >- U Turlock ST By Loretta Davidson TURLOCK, CAL., Sept. 17, 1971 The 250 Experts proved to be the best of the nigh t as they fought their way around the small oval known as short·track h.ere. With half the riders being sent to the penalty line for jumping, Roy Win ters took an early lead to show his skill and aring. Jeff Davidson carned a good second most of the way only to have Jeff Holman valiantly pull up and make a dead-heat finish for second. Larry Dunagan took over first place in the second lap and increased his lead every lap in the 250 Junior Main. Don Clasby and Jim Osgood fought their way through the pack to take second and third respectively. Lee Rice in second most of the way had to go wide on th 10 white flag lap to miss a downed rider only to lose out all the way. The 175·200cc Junior Main was a race to see as Dave Nelson and Ted Davidson, on equally-powered Ossas,. fought it out wheel to wheel with Dave first. The 125 Expert was again a repeat perfonnance of last week's race as Mark Asbill jumped in to the lead and Jeff Davidson pressed hard all of the eight laps but couldn't quite get the edge he needed to pass. When the mini-bikers took over the crowd came unglued as the kids did their thing of falling, passing, pushing and laughing. Taking the brass in the 8·11 Year Old bracket was little Chuck Aksland. Mike Bowling, the only double winner in the mini·bike class won his third trophy of the series. Jeff Davidson won the Amateur division; these are the Sportsman riders having some fun and games between their heats and mains. Every week finds more and more riders want to ride the little ones because they seem to have so much fun on them. (Results on page 32) Budde Returns; Hocking Redoubles at Fremont By Bill Spencer FREMONT, CAL., Sept. 12, 1971 Bill Budde drove most of the nigh t all the way from Oregon to return to the District 36 racin scene after a 30 day suspension and scooped tl}e troops in the Los Gatos M.C.'s 650 Expert Main. Budde had won five of seven races in Oregon and was out to better h.is averaRe and tell one and all that he was Gifford Does It to Speedway Foes , By Bruce Young SACRAMENTO, CAL., Sept. 16,1971 - Dave Gifford put it all together to win the Scratch Main tonight with an open run from the tape to the checkered flag. Don Cullum tried everything possible to get by but Dave held on all the way. Don Cullum's father, Pee Wee, was a guest starter tonight and we got a taste of how they start the races down sou tho It was a perfect night of racing with every contest a tight one. Several riders came up from down south, including the Haserot brothers of Speedway Specialties of Costa Mesa. Greg and Bruce won several races and coromen t was that the Cal Expo track was the best track in the State. Alan Christian ran bea,utifully with wins in his heat race, Handicap Semi Final and really came on in the Handicap Main to take the win overall. The Match race tonigh t was between Greg Haserot and Butch Corder. Greg led the race from the tape and won easily. (Results on page 32) Stover Smokes Cal Am Foes in 0-36' Moto X Typical Cyeleland action in Chico, Calif. Crenshaw Becomes Chico's Latest Scratchman By John Noffsinger CHICO, CAL., Sept. 18, 1971 - Jim Crenshaw finally earned the title of "Scratchrnan" here at Cycleland Speedway. This title, given to riders who have won some 12 Handicap Mains at the "Track of Champions," eluded Jim all season. The odds were against him tonight as Joe Henry, Paul Carter, Del Silva, Greg TT Scrambles By Dick Sjoboen PORT ANGELES, WASH., Sept. 6, 1971 The Olympic Peninsula Motorcycle Club held its second and last IT scrambles of the year at their track.with-a-jump on Labor Day. Rider interest, however, was not as good as their first race this year, wh.ich resulted in the 125cc and 200cc events run rna tocross syste,m. Tlte local riders picked up most of the trophies with first places in the 25A Main, Open B Main, Open A Main and the grand finale. A spectator, young John Winters, beat out Dan Mangano in the wheelie contest riding h.is Honda 100. The $10 prize money made him a back. He proved his point on the second lap by going under AI Ludwigsen's Selby BSA and making tracks from the pack. . , Budde also rode the 250 Expert Main but by that time was suffering tired pangs from the 100-plus heat and said "No Thanks" and loaded up. Rick Hocking took over the lead on the fourth lap and proceeded to put distance on the pack while Pat Hennen settled to beat Jim Foley in a race for second. Hocking again showed his domination of the current racing scene by decisively winning the 500 Expert Main, after again taking the lead on the fourth lap. With these two firsts, Hocking continues to gobble up ground on the ailing John Gennai and the bad-luck stricken Jim Foley. With Gennai out possibly two more weeks with an injury, Foley is trying desperately to gain a foothold on the District 36 points lead, but it's Hocking who is doing most of the giant-stepping. . (Results ,on page 32) Ferguson and Dick Turner had made the Main making for very stiff competition. However, once the flag was given, Jim was off like a flash, took the inside line, gobbled up Silva and Henry on the first straight before picking the others off one at a time on the inside. He did have some trouble with Carter until he went wide in the north comer allowing Jim to Wrapp~d Up big winner at this Amateur event! The 250 and Open B Mains were two of the rmest races of the day. The 250 B Main was restarted when Greg Covlin (Kaw) beat the starter's flag. Greg was sent to the rear and on the restart, Louie Ricklick (Man) grabbed the lead. Greg screamed out of h.is rear position and was challenging Louie before the first lap was complete. The next to last lap saw Greg pass Louie in ~e south sweeper and go on for the win. Louie got some revenge in the next race, the Open B Main, when he rode h.is Montesa to a come from behind victory besting Ross Krumpe and his 650 Triumph. (Results on page 32) slip through on the inside. Crenshaw also copped the Expert Main. Joe AlIen also enjoyed a fme night even though his 250 Bultaco was not running. He ran a 100 Kawasaki in one heat of the 250 Experts and scored a second, qualifying him for the Main. He was a little slow off the line in this, but he held his bike in fifth place really amaZing the folks. Allen took the 100 Scratch with no trouble, but could not get ahead of Brad Johnson (Yam), in the Handicap and was held to fourth. In taking the 200 Handicap Main, Steve Deitz (Bul continued where he left off last week. Since jumping to the 200 class, Deitz has been really flying. There is 'a fine battle in th.is class for season high point honors and going into the Main tonight Jim Hubbard and Ron McGil were tied for the lead. Both made the Main Event and McGill, riding very deliberately, made the mistake of letting Hubbard catch hjm from behind on the inside of the north comer. The seaso.n's not over yet, however, and McGil is going to have to charge much harder if he wishes to secure that high point trophy. (Results on page 32) By Bruce Young SACRAMENTO, CAL., Sept. 12,1971 - Don Stover and his powerful Husky powered their way to victory over all comers and this wonderful day of racing at Cal Am Raceway. This motocross was the first under the new District 36 rule to muffle up for aD riders. There was much muffler-hustling in the pit area, and, as it turned out, only a few were unable to ride. The mufflers alone made this race track a very comfortable place to be with so much racing going on all ,!"ound all day long. At previous races held here the sound factor was almost intolerable. At the end of the day one's ears would be ringing for several hours but after today's, all spectators went home with less of a headache. Mufflers should have been mandatory a long time ago. A little four stroke came back to win overall in the 125 Expert class. Eddie Brown of HiJlside Honda won, but right on his tail all the time was the little stick of dynamite BiJlyGrossi on his DKW. Grossi charged very hard all day and came within inches of winning several times. During one race he had just passed Eddie when he flew in a tum a little fast and did a number over the handlebars. He jumped right back up and charged off after the pack without delay. In the Open Class the race tha t stands out was Division II of these big beasts. Pat Smithson, a big fan of all the riders, really had the gas on in each mota, and won overall. In the background all the time was a Suzuki rider from the Polka Dots Motorcycle Club, Jack Coulombe, who finished second overall. All in all it was a great day of racing and everyone had a great time with the swimming pool, green grass and shade trees.