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MOTOCROSS bad. Calif. .28.1971 ric Raits EX. mith Mal ohr Mal nderson Hus INT. ower BSA yrnes Hus artin CZ JR. DIV. I umock Hus oyer CZ lberts Hus JR. DIV. II lng SUl chmit Hus legs Hus EX. rban Mal ripes CZ aCI<'1er Mon INT. arker Hus lekert CZ J~i.d&~v. I Ric lIkerson Oss iIlips Hus rachy CZ JR. DIV. II idgery CZ ones Hus Ian ton Bul JR. DIV. III ay CZ ope Mal IseM Hus EX. rban Puc ower Pen eauchamp DKW INT. yrnes DKW iovannetti Puc utter Yam JR. DIV.I innick SUl ort Bul McCuistion SUl JR. DIV.II terso" DKW ine Bul arQuar Yam JR. Ruckman Kaw eams SUl In. SUl HARE AND HOUND M.e. N San Gabrlei Valley Q> Barstow-ta-Vegas Nov.27,1971 (Unofficial) J.N. Roberts George Walker Jim Sovle* Max Switzer Ron Lambert 1ft Dick Breker Wes Anderson, Jr. Phil Turgasen Larry Pfutzenreuter Mitch Mayes Whitey Martino LeRoy Davis 420 Hus 360 Kaw 360 Kaw 400 Hus 380 CZ George 400 Hus 250 Hus 250 Yam 250 Bul 100 H·D 400 400 400 400 Hus Hus Hus Hus Dick Miller Bud Feldkamp 410 AJS Mike Jackson 400 Hus Ralph Garrett 400 Hus Preston Gel'ber 500 BSA Dick Vlck 380 CZ Terry Davis 250 Bul Gordon Schmidt 400 Hus· Mike McCoy 100 Hod Cordis Brooks 400Suz Gary Cole 250 Hus Darel! Brassfield it 400Suz Don Finley 250 Bul Paul Shaw 1r 250 Hus Dave Miller 115 Puc Jeff Wright 250 Hus Dennis Foreman 360 Yam Ezra Young '" 650 Trl Ron Sloan 250 Ric Chuck Nelson Charlie Vandervoorde 250 Hus 250 Bul Bob Gilbert '" 100 H·D Don Ogilvie 250 Kaw Floyd Burk, Jr. 1r 380 CZ Shorty Roudman 250 ~us Dennis Scammel 1r 400 Hus Ron Jones 1r 250 Hus Steve Bridge 1r 250 Yam Mike Cummins 1r 360 Kaw Steve Hurd 360 Yam Stanley Baldwin .. 360 Yam Bob Goosen '" 400 Hus Lloyd Cox 1r 250 Hus Craig Lukens 250 Yam Bud Martin '" 400 Hus Morris Norman 100 H·D Jim Sumners * denotes Amateur. All others listed above are Experts. NOVICES A.C. Bakken Rick Bailey Tom Ganner 400 Hus 250 Yam 360 Yam Lynn Davidson Walker:~I By Alice Rhea George Walker is th e personification of all that is good in desert racers. George wears the same big grin whether he finishes second overall or blows his transmission. If he gets frustrated and ill-tempered, nobody sees it. George has a reputation for being one of the nicest guys in the desert. "That's not true," George protests, "I'm a trashy devil." The Walker family thoroughly enjoys desert racing and all its attendarrt pleasures and theirs is usually one of the first campers to arrive at any race and one of the last to leave, in spite of the long drive from their horne in Santa Barbara. "Why me?" George asked when I said Cycle News wanted a story about him. "I'm no super-star. Go interview Thor (Rich Thorwaldson) or J.N. (Roberts)." George may not be the flashy rider that Rich Thorwaldson and J.N. Roberts are, but he is always in there, consistently finishing in the top ten. Mounted on a Kawasaki 360 Bighorn out of Power Research he is a formidable contender despite his protests to the contrary. As things stand now, George is going to be No.5 Desert Heavyweigh t when the season closes and that position is nothing to sn9ft at! try to stay awake.' HI like to be competitive," George explains, "but I don't like pain'. I want to get in there and go fast and finish well, but [don't want to break my bike; 1 want to race again nex..t week." George paused here and thought for a moment. "I don't wan t to break George, either." George gOt his first bike in 195.0 - a vertical twin Indian on which he used to crash around the hills near Santa Barbara. Perhaps learning to ride in the dirt on that bike is part of the reason the big 360 Kawasaki doesn't seem too heavy to George. George has raced just about every kind of motorcycle competition there is, and has done reasonably well at all of them. "I learn slow," George admits. "If the average guy can learn to ride desert in six months or a year, it takes me three years to [earn." George confesses that he watched friends race on a track near Santa Barbara for six months before he finally deCided he could do as well as they were doing and joined in. "The bike is about 99% important," George advised. "Not max horsepower, but dependability." Again he paused and thought. "I shouldn't have said that," he reflected. "['II probably break everything next week! The other 1% is mental condition." he continued. HI t 360 Hus FIRST GIRL SRC TT & ST oro Speedway oro, Calif. .28.1971 JR.TT Buzz Baty e Lujan kd~r~~~~cran5 JR.TT dy Rosencrans Hilton II ry Mann JR.TT e Menzimer e Clarke ore Dun.n N JR. TT n Isaacs rk DUQuette Streimikes SR.TT vey Davis arIes Gann rty Davis EN SR. TT uck Claydon hard Ribley rty Davis o JR. ST k Freeman ve Lujan k Sawer 5 JR. ST Ie Vaughan ndy Rosencrans m Cross o JR. ST ve Menzimer ke Clarke ore Dunn EN JR. ST uce Prior n Isaacs rk DUQuette o SR. ST vey Davis rty Davis ve Hein EN SR. ST uck Claydon rty Davis chard Rlbley Kaw Kaw Kaw Kaw Yam Yam Bul Bul Oss Nor Bul Mat Bul Bul Bul Bul BSA Bul Kaw Kaw Kaw Yam Kaw SUl Bul Bul Oss H·D Nor Bul Bul Bul Yam Bul Bul BSA TT/FLAT TRACK Trojan Speedway South Gate, Calif. Nov.18,1911 By Art Loya 100·12S TT (50·laps) Tom Doty Marj< Revels Carl Byers Robert Crecelius Jerry M uJ key Vern Maxwell Allen Swett Dean Meyers Roy Widener Rick Anderson 2.50 TT Danny Corbett Rick Goade Joe .Brown Dave Arramblde Mike Clarke 100 F.T. Bob Sanders Mark Revels Tom Doty Danny Miller Mike Rohm 125 F.T. Carl Byers Bob Sanders Mark Revels Tom Doty Wiley Miller 250 F.T. Danny COr'bett Rick Goade Joe Brown John Carbone ~~J<~H~,oD1.e~H 100·125 TT Bob Sanders Carl Byers Rick Anderson HOOL BOY .Woods Ward · Dotolt JR. DIV.I Peterson • Stem Turnbaugh JR. DIV. II · McAtee · Ibgers • Tamlehl 5 INTER/EX. • McDougal Volkman • Lunde 5 JR. DIV. I Montrevil · Kelly · Wilson 5 JR. DIV. II · Carlson · Bigelow · Giovannetti 50/500 INT ER/EX. .Smith · McDougal · Lund 50 JR. DIV. I · Snyder · Pilcher · Orman 50 JR. DIV.II • Piercy · Garcia • Castillo 00 JR. Bell Kaffer Dunslre Yam Yam Yam Hon Hod Kaw Bul Ric Bul Yam Bul Yam Bul Hon DKW Yam Bul Hon EVEL'S $1 MILLION TOY Kaw Yam Hon Mai Yam Hus CZ Bul Mal Yam Oss AJS CZ Hus Hus ACA MOTOCROSS Saddleback Park T60EJ~. Raits 125 JR . G. Mitchell D. Johnson D. Kolbe 250JR. L. Stokey M. Arnold J. Lewis 500 JR. R. Zingg L. Stokey K. Alexander 125 INT. S. CoPeland S. DprnbOS M. Skelton 125 EX. B. Payne J. Scotland T. Cook 250 INT. J. Johnston W. Inman D.O'Haver 250 EX. Ric Hon Hon Yam Ric Ric Mai Mai CZ SUl Mai Mai Yam Yam DKW Puc Yam Bul Hus CZ Oss W. Schutz M. Horstmann D. Pessey Mai B. Payne W. Schutz B. Lendl Mai Mai Mal 500 INT. P. Mahnke 500 EX. George says it's kind of sad, but in desert racing "you are a hero for one week. You finish really well one Sunday and everybody crowds around and cheers 'Good old George' and the next week they ask 'George who?" George says he is going to try to get a big race·face on for December 19. That is the last race of the season and if he breaks anything, including George, he will have about three weeks to make repairs. Take heed, Thor and J.N. That roar behind you on the 19 th may well be George Walker, gone sligh tly mad for once, trying to pass. WASH[NGTON, D.C. - "Motorcycle Park Planning and Management", a new book published by the Motorcycle Industry Council, is available free to anyone interested in operating an off·road motorcycle recreation park. The 32'page book contains guidelines on site selection, zoning permits, insurance, public and private funding and operational policies. An appendix lists pertinent infonnation on noise levels, statistics, consultants and companies that specialize in motorcycle park insurance and management. Writt<:n to be of value to both private investors and public officials, a copy of the book may be secured by writing to the Motorcycle Industry Council, Attn: Park Book, 1001 Connecticut Ave., Washington, D.C. 20036. CMC MOTOCROSS Gardena, Calif. Nov. ·25.1971 J. Hale R. Homada M. Kuwahara can.." MIC OFFERS MOTORCYCLE PARK HOW-TO BOOI(, Hon Car Yam Yam Hon Bul Hon Hon Kaw Hon Bul Bul Bul Oss Bul Kaw Kaw Hon Kaw Kaw Yam Kaw Kaw Hon Kaw Bul Bul Bul Bul Hon RC MOTOCROSS Taro. Calif. ov. 26, 1911 Y Buzz Baty George used to be a little wilder than he is now. "I rode one Hare and Hound where [ was out of rear brakes for the whole second loop and I was still going fast enough to finish fifth overall. That's dumb." George also remembers a time when he "usta' lay around and drink a lot of wine on Saturday nights. [ can't afford to give the kids that advantage anymore." .. George thinks that if he could get the proper mental condition he could probably finish even better than he does. "I've tried," he admits, "but I just can't get a race-strain on. I sit out there on the starting line and everybody else is all up·tight and jittery and I just can·t seem to get all worked up about it. I try to stay awake." "I know I can't outrunJ.N. or Thor," George added. "If th ey get 0 ff hard or have a real bad day I might be able to, but in a heads-up race I can't do it. I know that is the wrong attitude and ['II never be able to beat them if [ don't think I can, but I just don't think I CZ Oss Hus :J6~~e2~a~~71 By George Anderson 100cc JR. Bob Steam Mike Perry Bob Brennan 125 JR. Jeffrey Vidlc Ralph Peterson Steve Eredia 125 INT. Patrick Flynn Kevin Bushmiaer Dirk Wambold 250 JR. Don Stanan Robin Clark John Miley Hod Yam DKW Pen Pen Yam Yam cz SUl Bul CZ 250 INT. Bob Rowe Mike Yorba Dirk Wambold 250 SR. Tony Rogers Gary Cochell Morris Malone 125 SR. Bob Brooks Dave Terrell George Anderson 500 JR. Bill Shonnard Robert Duncan Floud Widener 500 SR. Jim Cooke Glen Lund Rick Brown Mai Bul CZ Mal Bul AJS Car Bon DKW CZ CZ Hus CZ Hus Gre helps to know that you can win." While George may not be the fastest man in the desert, he is very competitive and reasonably sane. Eddie Crowell of Crowell's Cycle in Hawthorne, said, "When [ race [ try to get righ t behind George Walker. He is fast and always finishes well, and I know he isn't going to do anything crazy." SACHS is our thing DKW * PENTON * CZ rlUied elide 2~9~~~~ Marvin Glass & Associates, the world's foremost toy design studio, has announced the signing of Evel Knievel to a personal promotion and licensing contract valued in excess of $I·million. The contract, covering every aspect of Knievel's activities except beer and motorcycles (Knievel is signed with Olympia and Harley·Davidson respectively), is expected to make the two·wheeled daredevil a millionaire long before he attempts to jump the Snake River Canyon on Labor Day, 1972. Included will be not only a line of Evel Knievel toys, but a number of other products and promotional considerations as well. Treat yourself to. CZ FOR CHRISTMAS! 1 . lailioo II'" V. Nayl, cal, '1481 n3-11"_ LESS SOUND = ., '" Q. ?1 w Z W ...J U r u