Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

III M " '" " N " ~ c, , N " " -, (J) ~ W Z W ..J U > U r- San Jose's Pete Francini 160v l pulls away from Pat McCaul 158v) in a heat race at the SJ Indoors on Nov. 27. See story on page 37. Huff Handles LaGrange By Bill Spencer LaGRANGE , CAL. , N ov. 28, 1971 Old man Ray Huff had ab so lu tely no trouble in h andling all come rs in th e 250 Expert Main Even t in today's second o f fo ur series a t the LaG ran ge Rodeo Gr ounds. While th e track sported th e firs t real mud run of the year, b y Main Even t tim e, it was j ust ab out what everybody liked to run in th is tim e of y ear . Huff, o n th e Zakarian and Huff Pursan g, sti ll main tains a fan tas tic ab ility to rid e fu ll b ore and beat th e youngs te rs de spite hi s 41 years; h e j ust sta rte d la te . He d oesn't ride class "C" anymore d esp it e h avin g run wi th the likes of Dick Mann and, wh a t's m ore, he doesn't want to. lie has all the fun just riding in the local sc ram b les an d he does it we ll enough to sport a b lac k pla te. He h as h ad o ne fo r tw o years an d is in line for yet an o th er o ne . In th e Op en Expert Main, it a ppeare d as if th e Huff dominati on w ould h old true as Raymond too k th e lea d o n a Bu ltaco El Mo ntade ro at th e d rop of the na g and left the others sitting. He hadn't b een quite as fortuna te in the h eat with J im Saitone leading fr om st art to fin ish, but fo r th e Main, it was all Hu ff, at least until the end of the third lap . At th is point, for so me un kn own reas on, Hu ff d ro pped it in th e b ack sweep er . T ak in g ove r the first p lace cho res then was ye t another old ti me ra cer ; in th e form of Tom Clar k. Clark go t tir ed of th e lead in th e next corner and so he dropp ed it leaving the lead t o Jeff Davison wh o was re ad y fo r th e r est of the race. While Clark d o esn 't n ormall y ride in scramb les anymore, he lo ves th e mud an d gives it a try anytime h e can. Daviso n had no trouble h oldin g o ff Larry Dr ew fo r the win and Saitone m o ved up to take the third spot on h is super fast 400 Maico. It was n't t he first win fo r th e young Davidso n ace. In th e 125 Expert Main , h e d id hi s th ing o nce aga in as h e did las t we e k an d d esp it e th e fac t th at th ere weren' t as m an y riders, he sti ll lo o ked just as fast. (Re sults o n page 48) Winter Scrambles in the Mud AI Kenyon pushes hard at Hayward, Calif. on Dec. 5. See story on page 38. Ninth in Row to Ace Skiver By Linda Fleming MONROE , WASH., Nov. 26 , 1971 Randy Skiver won h is n inth c onsecutive 250 Expert A Main t onight at th e Monroe Indoor Sh ort Track. He led from th e first of 10 laps, with Darrel Hendrickson taking a sec o nd . Pat Marinacci won the B Main and took fourth in the A. The 125 Expert A Main was a different story. Duane Hendrickson won, with twin broth er Darrel comin g in for a close second. T he 250 Novice A Main was led b y David \Vhorten and Todd Tracy w o n th e 125 Novice A. Riders from 4-years-old comp ete d in the Min i divi sion. Super Mini was won by Kenny Pitts , while Butch Brown took th e Mini tr ophy. A total sign up of 247 riders were o n hand to enjoy th e evening's program. Due to th e lar ge numb er o f rid ers turnin g o u t this year , th e program h as been ch an ged. Fro m the heats (which ar e timed) rid ers advance directly to a main. Th e wi nner of the main has the option of forfeiti n g h is trop hy and rid ing the nex t m ai n . With out th e advantage o f semis this still gives each rid er a chance a t th e A Main . The Sh o reline Lions Club m ember s are th e promoters agai n this year, and they hav e attracted m emb ers of nearby ch apters to jo in in the fu n and hard w ork. All p ro ceeds from t hese ra ces go to chari ty . There w ere approximately 2200 sp ec ta to rs, b u t th ere is ro om fo r many m ore , and th e b uilding is heated. Ra ces are ever y Fr iday night all win ter (w it h th e excep tio n of De c. 24th and 3 1st). (Res u lts . on page 48) MOTORCYCLE ACCESSO R Y SHOP OPENS Two fo rm er aero sp ace engineers have turned their in terest in motorcycle riding into a new store, Stanford Motorcycle A ccessories a t 695 El Camino Real in Palo Alto, Calif. They ar e Bob Jones, a former Lockheed Missiles & Space Co . emp lo ye , and Don Luby, who was wi th Philc o- Ford. The two are a lso n eighbors on Channing Aven ue in Pal o Alto. Th e sh op whi ch opened re cently will deal in accesso ries only , not bikes. Helmets, leather cl othing, and items for b ikes are among the lines st ocked. Customers rnay also order accessories from catal ogs a t the store. By Lo re tt a David so n LA GRANGE, CAL ., De c . 5 , 1971 Th e Westside Ea gles M.C. today staged the third in a series of four scra mb les with 191 riders ap peare d to race in the mud after five da ys of rain . A cr owd o f 500 sp ectators were o n hand to en jo y it all. T h e 12 5 Novice found Richard Gio in firs t place to stay all the way. Graig Scr oggin s held second with two b ikes tangling o n the fin ish lin e w ith o ne being dragged ac ro ss the line by an o th er. Mark Asbill jumped into an early lead being pushed hard by Ted Davidson with T ed taking o ver first on the seco nd lap leaving Mark b ehind to b e pushed hard b y Jeff Davidson wh o clip pe d h is fender an d fell, in the 125 Exper t Main. Steve H ollingsworth , rid ing h is fir st Junior race , did a tremendous j ob winning the 175·200 Junior Main and most of the riders fell at one time or an other before the ra ce was through . Paul Kildal on his new Maico showed the way a ro u nd the track to all the others in the 250 No vice Main to take th e win from Dav id Holland. The 250 Ex pert Main was a re al sh ow of speed and s kill as Ray Huff and Ro y Win ters dueled well ah ead of th e pa ck t o ta ke the brass in th at o rder. Don Whaley ridin g a sm ooth rac e ro de in to vic tory ci rcle firs t with Paul Kildal c omin g fr om th e b ack of th e pack to tak e second p lace in the 500 Novice Main . Dave Russell led the 5 0 No vice Main all the way with Allen Sagouspi riding second until h e bit th e dirt to take home bruises, leaving second for Garry Trammell wh o rode lik e the devil was after him. The 500 Expert w as o ne of real excitemen t with the p osit ions changing several times b efo re th e checkered n ag de cided the winners . Mar k" Asb ill riding a new BSA MX did a great job of h olding off the likes o f Huff a nd Davidson, who really applied the pressure. Jeff finished sec ond and Ra y third , (R esult s on page 48) Marysville MX: Draws 200 Surprised Riders By David :'IlcElyea MARYSVILLE, CAL., No v. 2 8,1971 Just under 200 riders fo un d their way to the new motocr oss course in th e Feather river b ottom b etween Yuba City and Marysville today . They were surpri sed to sa y the least, to find a gen uine, natural terrain , ov er a mil e long co urse. A t first th ere were mi x ed feelings abou t it but by the end of th e d ay th ey love d it . Within o ne la p it separated th e h ighl y experien ced rid ers from the inexperienced rid ers . This fact w as very ap paren t when the 125 Am / E x. class came to th e st ar ti ng lin g, th e m ost co mpeti tive class of the d ay with eight Exp erts an d four Amateurs. By the end o f th e first lap Eddie Br own, Lonnie Forman an d Kurt J orgens en b egan p utting on a tre md no us ex hibition o f speed a nd sk ill. Bro wn to o k the first moto, Forman th e second an d J o rge nse n the third . Forman came up o vera ll winn er wi th J o rgensen second. (Results on page 48)

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