Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

... - Having Problems ~ ... Haring ,.. ell ~ w Z w W ...J ~ o > o By Janis Randall Trouble drawing? Riders, that is? Two season op ene rs in Oregon were openers faced with the problem and n either with neither reall y really solved it. The Philomoth, Ore., J ayce es ru n a T he Phil omoth , Or e., Jaycees run yearly series of winter moto cro sses and motocrosses even t th e y ear, at th eir initial event of the year, only 25 their fo r . riders showed for the three class rid ers class com pe tition on Oct. 31. The Eugene competition o n O ct. 3 1. Yoshi mura Ho nda the Yoshimura Honda team was among the group and in the 125 class, they picked an d th e th ey pic ked up three of the four trophies with t h ree of th e Charles Andrews ta king the top spot. Ch arles taking th e (Bul), who win Bill Oliver (Bu l) , wh o can win just as three well in a large field, only faced th ree foes in th e 250 cla ss and unsurprisingly the class an d carne up Jhe vic to r. Tim Nolan (Yam) came up.,!h e victor. topped the Open clan. th e The following Saturday, N ov. 6, the Nov. 6 , Willamette Speedway in Lebanon, Ore., Willarnette began its winter series of 'crosses , and it, 'crosses, it , too, h ad the low-turnout bug - only 10 had 10 th e showed for this one with seven in the 125 class, two in the mini-bikes and a lone Open machine. They raced Op en ma chine. ra ced together, handicapped, of course. Bill co urse. Butters (Bu l) won the 125 class, Steve (Bul) Bliss (Yam) the mini. A larger tu rnout of riders is hoped for turnout in future events in each series; it's go tt a gotta get better 'cuz it can't get worse. can ' t lapus Again in Kapus Winter Scrams By N. A. Wil1iarns Williams WOODLAND, WASH., Nov. 7 ,1 971 WOODLAND , WASH ., No v. 7, 1971 Once aga in Gary Kapus (Yam) was the again (Yam) b ig winner taking first in both the 25 0cc big b oth th e 250cc A Main and the 360cc A Main . He also th e 3 60cc Main. took the win in the 250cc Troph y Dash. th e w in th e 250 cc Trophy th e He held first in the 360cc dash un til the fIrSt until the last half last h al f of the last lap, when h e had to wh en he had drop out of the race with bike tro ub le. out th e bi ke trouble. Mark Williams was among the 218 wa s am o ng 21 8 Mar k rid ers to sign -in tod ay . Mark rode in riders sign-in today. Mark both the 250cc class and 360cc class on class o n b oth the 25 0cc class an d Kaw asa ki. Kawasaki. Mark was involved in a crash star t at the start of the 250cc A Main but was ab le to able to get b ack on the line fo r the back o n th e lin e for th e restart, and pl aced sixth at the end of placed six th th e en d o f restar t, the race. He fa red a little b etter in th e fared littl e better the th e 360cc A Main,, with a fourth place Main pl ace finish. Jim Herschback (Suz ) took the Hers chback (Suz) honors in the Open class, winnin g all h on ors th e winning three legs of the motocross. th e Top h onors in the 200cc class were wer e T op honors shared by Rupert Dykstra (Bul) and sh ared (Kaw) Don Dodge (Kaw).. Don won the Trophy Dash and th e Dash th e Rupert took first in the A Main. Don fmished the A in second place. finished se cond (Ho n) and Neal Hulet (Hon) and Robbie Gore (Yam) did battle in the 100cc class with Robbie winning the Trophy Dash and Neal placing first in the A Main. pl acing (Results on p age 32 ) o n page 32) Eric Bengtsson tries the 'so il test'. 'soil Hennen Hustles Los Gatos Feature 'F a 'Finale in le By Bill Spen cer Spencer MORGAN HILL, CAL., Nov. 7 , 19717, 1971 hustled Bu ltaco Pursang Pat Hennen hustled his Bultaco Pur-sa ng to an undisputed win in th e finall race of win the fina the Los Gatos M.C. season which also th e Lo s whi ch happened to be the last of th e smooth be o f the flattracks as th e winter rains encroach the FOLEY HOLDS GENNAI; HUSKIES' POWELL HUSKIES' 250 By Bill Spencer Spe ncer PT.. RICHMOND,, CAL., Nov. 14, 1971 14, 1971 PT RICHMOND J im F ole y's gras p th e 36 - Jim Foley's grasp of the District 36 point definitely ge tti ng b etter . p oint lead is definitel y getting better. of With but two weekends of racing left in 15.p oint th e seas on, h e the season, he holds a 15·point advan tage over rival John Gennai . At ad van J ohn Gennai. Saturday nigh t's indoor in Orland, nigh Orl and , th e y o ung Foley lost five big points to the young speedster when Gennai won the 250 w on th e 250 speed ster Main and Foley failed to make the trophy circle, but Foley made up for it troph y Fol ey fo r in the 500 Open Expert Main today with a wire-to-wire win o ver the likes of with over the likes o f motocross star Russ Pw ell and Larry Russ Pwell Drew. Dr ew. Amazingly enough the 250 Expert 2 50 Am azingly Main had less riders th en the Open had then Expert and with only three trophies in Exp er t the lightweight division it was up to up Hodges Outdoes Scally, Again By Bill Spencer SAN JOSE, CAL., Nov. 13, 1971 SA N 13 , Once again Greg Hodges put all the right aga in operations together on his Gene to gether o n Lankins' Suzuki and came out the th°e winner of the second 15·lap feature at the San Jose Indoor riots. While it Whil e wasn't quite as easy as th e fIrst week's the first effort, the conclusion was the same and was it appears that Hodges is in firm control ftrm co ntrol of the slippery asphalt surface. Lining the Main up put veteran bad veteran bad guy Bob Scally on the pole and with his Scally performances of the nigh t already nigh showing, it appeared that he was going he to have it his own way for a change. In his the qualifying heats Scally set the first of the fast times with Gary Lozano and SAN JOSE RIOTS JOSE RIOTS Starting on Friday night, Nov. 26 and on for the following two Friday nights, Dec. 3 and Dec. 10, Sportsmen Sp ortsmen competition will take over the Exposition building of the Santa Clara County fairgrounds. Commencing at 7 p.m. , all short track p.m., sh or t classes will be run on the asphalt, "1/10th mil e surface young . 1/1 Oth mile surface and the yo ung o f Northern Cali fornia sp ortsmen sportsmen riders of N orthern California ch ance t o will have a chance to run with the pros, so to speak. sp eak. Classes open for competition are Class es op en c ompetiti on tweigh t 250cc. ligh tweight up to 250cc . Silencers are required as are helmets and leath ers. leathers. Admission is set at $2.50 to ride or $ 2 .50 wi th payin g 50¢, watch with Juniors paying 50f, Sign-up 4 :30-6 :30, 4:30·6:30, practice b y ticket,, info, by ticket in fo, 415/322·1514. 415/322-1514. on the Bay Area. The 250 Expert Main Bay has been mainly dominated by the likes d ominated th e lik es of Na tional Scrambles champ Jim Foley National cha mp J im F oley and his ar ch-rival , John Gennai but both arch-rival, J oh n riders were in the rear of the pack for we re th e th e p ack this route and neith er made a point in ro u te neither p oint th at battle. that b attle. then little Joe Allen following up with th en the next sets. AU in the low 1:04 range. th e All I :04 h eat T hen Then in the 15th qualifying heat Bill Morgan set an unbelievable time of 58 .· o f 58.Mor gan something. new easil y As the green flew it was Scally easily the co rn er th e first into the comer with Hodges, J eff Jeff Hammond and Dave . Hansen in Scally 's attitud e close tow. Scally's attitude through the evening's activities indicated that he was he the man to beat and it looked that way lap 9 . for the Main until about lap 9. Hodges was telling Scally that his Suzuki was ready for any mistakes from the first lap and after nine lap s of pounding, Scally laps began to get a little wide off the turns and that was all the calling that Hodges t he th at needed. He got a wheel underneath and He went right p ast .th e Sonny Kenyon past the racer. Scally didn't appear all too didn 't unhappy and may have tired at the end. unh app y the The two were so far ahead of third and so fourth that Scally had time to look t hat ti me around and still manage to keep his ke ep h is spot. Hammond was the third place man was with Hansen pressing him. Moving in for fifth was newcomer Dave Lewis on a Lewis ' Cancilla Kawasaki. It was Lewis' second try at the professional end and a good th e one it was.. He beat out the likes of Nick was He of Theroux and Dave Bostrom, both b oth indoor regulars , and is very in terested in regulars, going to New York for the Madison go in g New th e Square Garden classi c. classic. Ossa ace John Brumond pu t it all put together for the win in th e 10 -lap w in the 10-lap to gether Consolation over Jim Rodaer, The race Rodaer. closer resembled a destruction derby destructi on d erb y with half the riders falling at least once . at once. (Results on page 32) (R esults o n pa ge ------_._----- Gennai to make a special effort for that effo rt Gen nai win as h e didn't have a b ig-bor e motor wi n be did n' t big-bore to ride. In the heat, Gennai got stuck rid e. th e h eat, G en nai st uck out on th e outside and was relega ted to o ut o n the o u tside relegated that p osition aga in when he failed to th at position again wh en faile d pass any riders. For the Main it wa s th e th e was the pass same thing with Foley grabbing the th ing grabb ing th e early lead and a good ad van tage. Gennai advantage. earl y lead was off for the day and could barely get wa s th e d ay co uld up to fourth for the finish,, but Russ finis h Powell out a two-we ek Powell,, sitting out two-week pro fessional of professional suspension, sort of saved the day when on the last lap, he passed th e d ay on th e h e p assed Foley for the win giving him only three th e win two-p oint points. This gave Gennai a two-point advantage for the weekend, but the we ek end, Open Main was still at hand. st ill a t h and. F oley , it For Foley, it was like the old days when he used to rid e and win here at wh en he ride Richmond. He never looked so good nev er lo o ked go od and with the thought of getting even th ou ght o f ge t t ing points poin ts with Gennai he was ready for be for an y th ing, anything, even Russ Powell. Powell is one of the b etter all -around o ne o f th e better all-around riders in all forms of motorcycle racing m otorcycle and even though he bas a quick temper, th ough h e has he is a great one to watch on the track. o ne on th e Today was no exception as he came exc ep ti on a s he carne from a mid-pack start in the 250 to go fro m under Foley near the last comer for the F oley n ear th e corner fo r win. There are many people wbo think w in. ar e man y p eople who of Powell as Black Bart that at the end Bla ck of the race he was asked why he was of he ask ed racing in the Sportsman stuff when he he was a Class C Expert. He just smiled and he wasn 't said that he wasn't a Class C Expert for two weeks and everything seemed to seem ed settle down. In the Open run it was pretty much the same with Powell's a mid-pack start. with Then he effortlessly passed through the he pack on his Marin Motorsport Husky. pa ck Taking the white flag brough t him right flag brought up to the rear wheel of Foley's Yamaha wh eel Fo ley 's and as th ey went up the front straight it they appeared that he would get him again, th at h im again. pulled He p ulled out and tried to get on the inside but the Husky was missing now and even with that he got a wheel he go t inside, ins ide, but the comer was there and corner was Foley calmly shut the door on him and calml y He down went Powell. He was down for an only an instant but it cost him a double win. Foley had it easily from there and th ere the win was worth five points, precisely prec isely what he lost the previous evenin g. evening. a fte r rac e, Foley In the clubhouse after the race, F oley remarked that the pace might have th e something to do with Gennai's not do d oing well sin ce this seas on has doing well since this season has been longer than any other and even he was ' an y oth er an d be was' feeling tired. It's all right guys. Only two Onl y t w o more weeks and then a whole winter of wh ole of cow trailing. COwtrailinfResults on page 32) p age (R esu lts _'-_ ..... ...........- Hermen h ad won his he at race and at Hennen had heat at th e the start of the Main was in total th e con trol as Foley missed a shift and c on Fol ey m issed shi ft p oor sta rt. Gen nai Gennai got a poor start. Closing in at the fin ish was Bill Budde, p ickin g up finish picking five valua b le p oin ts toward the top 20 valuable points the pla te s with Mike VanLienden sliding h is plates with his way to third on the Selby Montesa, w ay to th ird o n th e S elb y Montesa. Randy Miller's win in the 250 Junior Ran dy Miller 's th e 2 50 class provided class provided him with enough p oin ts enoug h points to turn Expert and now that the smooth tu rn Ex pert th at th e smoo th racing is over. it's time fo r th e tro op s to over, for the troops to get out the knobby tires and jo in th e ge t o u t th e join the m otocro sser s for rough scrambles. motocrossers scra mb les. Rick Johnson brought his Son ny Ric k J ohnson b r ou ght h is Sonny Kenyon Bultaco in for the win after a Bulta co th e win good dice with Keith Lo vetro in the 200 d ice Lovetro the No vice Main. It was Novice Main . It w as Rick's first win and win an d his first tr ophy in some months after trophy so me af ter breaking break in g a leg at Fremont Raceway two Frem ont months earlier. rid ers th at While the 220 riders that signed in While th e were anxious about th e day's Main the d ay 's wh o Event, there wer e some who were more were interested in the high point trophies. high Jim Foley knew he was in the running and so did Rick Hocking but when the di d co u n t d ouble ch ecked, count ' was double checked, it was learned that Foley had wrapped another th at Fol ey anoth er win overall high point win without much hi gh problem of what others did that day.. wh at o th ers day Foley had 18 points going into the day's go ing activities ac ti vit ies with only Gennai to really o n ly worry about, once again , with 14 o nc e again, 14 points. When neither one made any points . neith er o ne points it was obvious that Foley had it th at Fo ley dominated the racing scene throughout th e racin g Northern California. While Hennen won While wo n and t otaled 15 p o in ts , he got six of totaled points, h e go t them that day.. th at d ay go t So while Foley got that win easily, win easily, there was still the 500. Foley had six th e F oley with Gennai four and Mike VanLienden G ennai an d sandwiched in between with 5. The betw een outcome was all Foley with the win o utco me Fole y win while Gennai couldn't get his Jensen Suzuki 400 around Rich Anderson's Anderson 's Triumph 500 and had to settle for third. This also kept the point race in favor of th e p oint of Foley as the indoor at Orland Saturday night had given Gennai tw o points and nigh t had given G enoai 0 now with Foley getting three, the score ad d Foley 's was to add one to Foley's total leaving it around a plus 15 for the No. I plate No.1 holder and only about seven races left on ly ra ces for Gennai to catch up. The rough stuff for to r ough he is Gennai's style and liking and so he can't be counted out, while Foley be picked up his fourth overall high point count of the year. A whole b unc h of bunch trophies. Craig Rogers deserves a lot of notice lo t as he was the undisputed winner in the he t he wi nner 200 and 350 divisions and also may be be in for a trophy in the 100 after some so me triple checking is done. Imagine winning cash ing on a couple of ra ces and th en cashing in on races three high poin t trophies to boot. Rogers as yet doesn't know it all, but d oesn't soon will . will. (Results on page 32) 32) (Resu lts o n INDOOR STANDARD Super Joe Einhorn, who broke Eve! Evel Knievd's outdoor jum p "record" on jump "rec ord" Knievel's Oct. 31, has announced th at he will 3 1, has an nou nced that h e attempt to break Knievel's all-time break all -time ca rs a t th e II indoor mark of 14 cars at the Dec. 11 "Cycle Circus", scheduled for the Cow "Cycle fo r Palace in San Francisc o. Francisco.

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