Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

i Foley Cinches Stolees, M(Caul Top Salinas : District Title By Bill Spencer SAN JOSE, CAL. , Nov. 26,197 1 -Jim Foley wrappe d up h is third bid for ~ Numbe r I in District 36 Scramb les w racing sc ene t onigh t with a wire to wire Z w win on the slip pery 1/12th mil e a sp h a lt -' indoor track a t the o San ta Clara County )o fairgrou nds. With 51 riders in th e 250 Expert class, the final run for the night w ould be f or II p oin ts and with John Gennai unable to start, even as a n a lter na te , it was all Foley. The great I}umber of riders in six heats of a ction sufficed to bring only one man directly to the Main w ith the sec o n d place man going to the semi. As Gennai made his way to the starting position he was quite forlorn as he was re legated to a b ack row wh ere passing is very difficul t. Needles s to say, he didn 't make the fir st two spots but did manage a c om m e nd ab le third . The procedu re for starting is t o pick a ball out of a hopper and line up that way , with one b all missing , it ma d e for a difficu lt situatio n as John was the last man to pick in his heat and he didn't have too much of a ch oice. For Foley , it was a night of elation, he hadn 't found himself in the front rows too often a t Orland a n d knew what it was like to have to sit on the back row. Tonigh t he h ad a pole position . ' Lining up th e Main put Fol ey a t the number one sp ot with Gennai pushing out as the a lternate . This was not well received by some of th e o th er riders wh o had fo regon e their ch an ce and ch a nged o u t of leathers . The point w as th at John wa s ready t o try a n d start while n obody else was a n d sure en ough, o ne rider wa s mi ssin g. J ay Kanem oto had se ized his m o t or a n d w ould be unable t o ride. Referee Rich Porter w as read y to send G ennai in but o ther riders h ad o ther id eas and as the com p la in ts roll ed in , o u t roll ed Gennai and his c h ance t o break Fol ey's h old o n th e N o . I p latt. . In o ther ac tio n, Bill M urphy led o ut th e 150 Novice Main a nd with but two lap s t o go a n d a straigh t away lead, ab out 40 fe et, h e tried a li ttl e t o o h ard Dave L ewi s and his new AJS got alo ng fin e f o r th ei r fi rst effo rt at Sal in as. H e took secon d in t he and bailed leavin g a wi de open spo t for 250 Expert Mai n. Mik e Simas to ride t o th e chec ke re d o n th e Bultac o that Mik e Y arn rides. With m ore th a n 2 20 rider s signin g u p t o ride the short track affair, m ore d ates are planned . Besid es D ec. 3 and 10, By Bruc e C. Y oung week b e fore, a lmost as fa r as they did. ad d ed d ates a re sch eduled fo r Dec. 18 LIVERM ORE, CAL., D ec. 5, 1971 H e h ad a lmos t a quarter -mile lead a nd so me m ore Fri day n igh ts in Bob Bowers made the win s t o da y lo o k ov er secon d pl a ce rider a n d firs t January eas y on h is Hus ky as h e h ad n o real A mateur Pat S m ithso n also on a Husk y. com peti tio n a t all t o ta ke b oth O pen ( Re su lts on p age 48 ) Pat kept a big lead o ver the third pl a ce m otos eas ily. Bob rode with great gus to rider in b oth m otos a n d did a beauti ful b y fly in g off the bi g jum ps on th e bi g Su lt a co • Maic o . N orto n job of winning h is cl a ss. These two c o urse th at th e E uro p ea ns used th e lo o ked like th e y w er e the o n ly two on l'I ::,~ka • Yamaha th e ra ce co ur se due to their bi g lead Sales * Service Ba y Area'sie~m;'1'(~'';'aha dealer over th e re st of th e p ack. custom work * all rna ke s The rac es drew a p prox imat ely 250 riders from the w est side o f the valley SUZU KI R edw o od Cit y . Cali f o rn ia and the Bay area . The 'ra ce was a two PUCH MAICO 366-1 7 55 36 6-38 14 moto program a n d all but the 125's 184 San Antonio Rd . used the long course. The 125's used a Mt . V iew, Ca lif. 94040 shorten ed rou te on the hill. The Rough 941·731 7 Riders M.C . ran a beautifu l race and kept things going w ell a ll day. With ass istance from In ternatio nal Cycle First Ai d of San Francis co. The 125 's ra n for 15 min utes a nd the 250's a nd ab ove ran for 20 . The f ir st race of the d ay was a 2l6B El CaminO RIIIII runaway by a 125 rider, Steve Romano , (4 151964 -6622 on a n ew Penton. He was never p ressed BA YAREA DIRT BIKE HEA DDUARTERS but there was a fierce battle going o n for second, Ken Martin on a DKW finished second edging out Rich Powell. COLISEUM CYCL E The same thing h a p p en ed in the Div, MAIL and 11 of 125's with Jim Mesery taking the ORDER win o n his DKW . When it came time for ACCESSORY CO. th e Novice Div. I of the 250's, Ch ar lie ~ KAWAS AKI Vollind eir (H us ) ran away from the • ~ MOT ORCY CL ES • H igh compression p ack and hid to win easily. Se cond went 395 8 E. 14th ST. , OA KLAND . CA L. • Dr illed for co mp ression r elease to CZ's Ed Willems , who stated after t he (4151 534· 5461 94601 races that he had never raced against • Improv ed cooling an y on e so hard to catch as Charlie. • Fully machin ed comb ustion The 2 50 Div. 11 ra ce was als o a chambe r • Suzu.ki , ... Montesa • Vollend eir sweep with John o n his Oss a • Kawasa ki BMW' • Black ano dized finish taking the win over John Cooney (B u l). The 125·250 Am /Ex. was won by Del ive red a n ywhere in U. S., Ron Self on an AJS fro m Charlie Sa les Service $19 .95, p repa id . Parts Brown's Cycles. Ron won both motos 346 EI Ca m in o Rea l riding as an Amateu r. T he 25 0 Expert Red wood C it y . C a li f. (415) 369411 2 ACK PRODU CTS. cla ss was won by Dale James (Bul], second overall. 676 Auzer a is Ave.• The start of each Novice Div. I moto was taken over by a Maico rider, Larry San Jo se. Ca 95125 . Gurley. But as the race wore on Danny 408·293·511 1 Southw ood would pass to take the win wi t h Larry finishin g just behin d . Greg Tuller (Mai) won the Open Div, (D e a ler inq uir ies invtt ed ] Cal. res. add 5% sales lax 11 group with a pair of second. C & M SPECIA LTIES - P,O. Bo x 7 17 Bowers Flies to W Overall in A&~ J!' ~5! RS TROPHY CYCLES Min i-en dur o hea d for Yam aha r. T. CYCLE SALES '. Selb y Motors Bultaco Flywheel Puller $5.95 Mo u nta in View , Ca lifornia 94040 (Results on page 48) By Bill Spence r SALINA S , CAL., Dec. 12. 1971 - The annual opening of the Salinas San dpit is usually one of joyous m ad ness. Motocro ssers and rough scrambl es riders get togethe r to d o battle on c o mm a n d ground. Today's races were that way except for lacking in the number of entries. The morning broke c o ol an d rainy, keeping ma n y of the c om p et it o rs at home by the football TV, but th e dyed-in -th e-wool enthusia sts were there an d enjoyed a fin e day of riding. Dan Stokes rode a brillian t race o n a 400 Suzuki and defeate d Matt Falcone r alth o u gh the win w as n ot quite so spectac ular. Usually the likes of Bob Gross i show u p to ra ce but Grossi will b e out for ano ther month or so wi th a hand injury and beating Class "C" flat tracker Falcone r and third place, Mike 'ACK' Ackatif f is not quite the same. Falcone r was ridin g a Husky for his first serious attemp t at rough-s tuff racing and Ackatif f, who normall y spends m o st of h is time tuning for Jim Rice, just loves to race in th e famed sand pit. Bruce Kelley, a former membe r of the Fat Ma n racing team u ntil he got skinny, won the 500 J unior Main over John Hoods' 500 MX BSA and Thorton Smith 's Husk y. Smith can usually be found tending the p art s counter at George Hall's shop in Gilroy. but on the weeken ds, it's any kind o f racing. Instead of the u sually-h eavy number s of 250 E xperts , on ly seven signed up. The win went to Pat McCaul on the Swanso n Ossa with a well-d one effort for second put up b y Dave Lewis on a n ew AJS. Lewis was rid ing his first rough scrambl es a n d his first ra ce at the Sand Pit. H e w as ca tch ing McCaul (now a f fec t ionatel y kn own d own Ascot way as Bowling Ball McCaul ) towards th e end but McCaul a d mi tt ed to p a cing himsel f th ro ugh out th e entire 10 laps an d with Lewis d oing his ra cing the hard way, it is doubtful if h e c o u ld h ave go tte n b y even if h e did ca tc h up t o him. John Hood came back for th e win in th e 250 Junior cla ss to give him the d oubles h onor of the d ay. His Ri ckman p erforme d flawlessl y in bea t in g Dan Ha ck a n d Virgil Byers. Ri ch Gracia led all b ut th e imp ortant lap of th e 250 Novice Main an d su ccumbe d t o badly missin g gears a t th e t op of the c o u rse to let Lane Aebi b y for the win , but the se cond was st ill a great job for ano the r scr ambles rider versus th e m oto cro ss element . The next run will b e a n all-out m oto cross and th e r iders sh ould ea sily go o ve r th e 400 mark. CMC score rs will m ost likely b e brough t in to handle the tremend ous in flu x o f riders . Posfpon ed Once Madera Braves Finally Running By Dee A nn Staab MA DERA, CAL., Nov. 28, 1971 - It looked as th ough the Mader a Braves 19th annual Lightwe ight Scramb les, postpo ne d o nce already this year, would be postpon ed again - this time because of rain. The ra ce had been transfer red to the Braves ' club grounds in Madera and th e track w as a sea o f m u d. T he ri ders were there though a nd ready to ra ce ; so after three h o urs and much h ard work the track was in shape and the races were on . lt was a disap p oin t in g day for Jack Jones on all coun ts . Jack t ook the lead on the first lap of the 250cc race and led th e p ac k u n til , with o n ly two lap s to go , he slid out on the first turn and could only make it to fourth place a t the finish line. Joe Brown. who took home th e 250cc perpetu al t ro p h y la st year for keeps, h avin g won it three times, was righ t there to take over first and be the first to win the new perpetu al ligh tweigh t troph y. J ones, als o a contend er for the Bantam weight 125cc perpetu al trophy, fe ll on the first lap of the Main and came from behind to take fift h. Eric Gifford took home the Bantam weight perpetu al trophy. Eric is a new Expert this year a nd r ode a good, fast race. This is also h is first win as an Expert. Maybe those new red leathers help a guy go faster .

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