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co M " '" s: N e- '" - N <: ~ j@ ~ w d ~ Hocking .,Win s. Hayward Roughie By Bill Spencer HAYWARD, CAL'., Dec. 5 , 1971 _ While Ri ck Ho cking h asn 't b een up to snuff in the professional gam e o f racing in the past few weeks. he is certa in ly do in the right things in th e Sportsm an end ~f racing. Friday ni ght he won the Expert 250 Main o n his Murrell Sportcycl e Bultaco a nd t oday h e d owned A l Keny on on board Ernie Vi ck s 400 Suzuki a t Hayward s R ough Scram~les. . Un h ke th e ear her mud scram b les of th e y e~ , the course for toda y was real ly . one mud h o le . th at fun With clai m ed .f ew victims . A few o f the,Jumps were quite sp ectacular an.d ru n nmg th e sp ectator com er s ~ee per m. re ver se ~as great t o wa tch. as It was quite fast With an off-eam ber Ju mp a t the en d. 0n. Cook Wheels to Two Wins; Buirley Racks Up 125 Class By Jerry Shipman . GOOSE HOLLOW, ORE., Nov. 14, 1971 - Bill Cook showed his winning form today by wheeling o ff two Expert wins in the 250 a nd Open class. It was no mean feat because of th e super sticky conditions of th e very wet course. I t had rained all week and finally stopped the night before. This and the high clay content of the soil caused numerous riders to call it quits for th e day and be co n ten t to b e spectators. Those who " st uc k it out" and managed to keep their machine dry a nd going on to finish were rewarded by getting more points towards the Goose Hollow Northwest Championship Penton Series and the $ 5 ,0 0 0 in cash and merchandise. Four other ra ce plants holding even ts and fou l weather (although it was partially sunny dull day) kept the number of total riders down to 85. Many 250s couldn't make it up the scratch chute so they and all the smaller bikes h ad to be rerouted to newer portions of the track. The next race will have a new "winter track" that will be a little flatter and not quite as difficult to get around. To get things going in the 125 Expert class, Butch Waymire (Ric) and Ken Buirley (Pen) had their usual handlebar rattling contest to see who would be first in the comer with Butch com in g out first. Ken re ally gave it all he had and got arou nd him th row ing mud a nd slime all over like the 400cc boys, too. I n the second moto Butch re ally slowed down, stopping co mp letely and went b ack t o the pits d efeated b y b oth Ken's Penton a nd the super sticky mire. The 250 Experts reall y saw why Cook is a real " su p er mudder " , Bill could do not wrong in the mud a nd was even making airborne jumps and full lock power slides. After ge t ting a n ew 4 .60 knobby on his new Yamaha, Rick Poulin reall y started hauling and actually passed Bill on the straigh t, ch oppy section before the long, rough uphill. Coming aro u nd again Bill was back in com mand with Rick nowhere to be seen. Rick had fall en, gotten passed then watered his Yamaha a little a nd fi ally go t st arted n again to c hase Cook only to have it quit . Larry Mascotte (Mai) got in for the second slot and in front of Bob Rush's CZ. Cook also had his own way in the Open class with Jay Terry 's Maic o ready for a slip up th at never ca me ab out, as Cook really put on a good sh ow for the 250 plus spectators who showed. Behind these stout-hearted men John Smits (Mai) a nd Dave Ringel (Hus) were having a good b attle for third place. In one moto Dave would finish high, in th e next moto John w ould. In th e final tabulations the p o ints sh owed a ti e which is as close as y ou can get. (R esults on page 48) CYCLE NEWS The Cycle News office will be closed f ro m D EC E MBE R 21 thru JA N UA RY 4 B ~, .. Y ..q I/i..qlt. O:.q , .~ USED PARTS ALL MAKES ()t!..q(t!~ 40%to In th e Up en Expert Main, it set up to b e a b at tle b etween Ken y on o n the 5 0 0 MX BSA an d Ho cking on the Suzu k i w ith o nly Tiffen Mullenax and Larry La ne making it t o th e start line of th e Main. Somewhere alo n g th e line, Dennis Tomberlin go t lost or quit. Th e start wen t t o Ho cking with th e h ors epower but Ken y on was soon b y o n th e m ore agi le BSA . The Main s wer e a lengthy 15 laps an d wh at with Mullenax and Lane, otherwise kn own as Elmer Gantry, trading the losing sp ot, it wasn't long befor e the two y ou ng sp eedsters were ready to lap th e two oldsters. In th e heat wh en it came time to lap Mull en ax, Ken yon t o ok th e lowside a nd Ho cking th e high , through the sw eeper with Kenyon coming out th e winner. This time it was Lane th ey had to pass and with th e passing to be done on th e b ack side o f the co u rse where th e wh oop-de-doos are, getti ng b y the 40 in ch T riu mp h would b e a ch o re a nd it was. Kenyon first tried to get by over a jump section but the mild mannered small appliance repairman would have n one o f that and forced AI wide. As they go t to th e r ough sec tio n , Hoc kin g was on th e o u tsi de a n d Al o n th e in side. Lane h ad t o move o ne way and th is time it was against Kenyon a nd Hocking got b y and went to the chcckered first. Gary Stevenson nearly lapped th e wh ole 500 Jr. field which included the illustrious District 36 com m issio ne r Lero y MacDonald . In the op e n ing mud run of the y ear, c om m issi o n er MacD onald go t a trophy wh en his co m pet it io n co uld n ' t make it through all th e mud holes. Today he wasn't quite so lu cky . Bill Gro ce amazed man y o nlooke rs with a win in the 250 JrfEx. Main. The 15 -lapper was probably the most th at Groce had ever ridden at one stretch and h e w on it fairly handily . While he is not o ne of the ancient ones, he runs agai nst kids h alf his age. Aaron Asman go t th e seco nd a ft er Rod Wartsok b ailed while leading. Chuck K ole finally made the Expert circles an d got a second place trophy in the 125 Expert Main behind veteran t ~ '.-,.~imichrome Shines Sudden ly ,: E . Si mic hroml ls, honey 1801 W. Burbank Blvd. Burba nk , Calif. 84 9 -5907 or 84 5 -8738 Ex. 7 Again By Bill Spen cer SA N JOSE , CA L., Dec. 10 , 19 71 - Jim Fo ley co nti n ued h is wi n n in g ways once again at th e Sportsm an indoor races at th e San J ose fairgrounds with a runaway win in th e 250 Exp ert Main. Fo ley h as d efended his number o ne title o nce aga in a nd is keep in g in shape for a n assault o n th e Madiso n Square Garden classic b y runnin g th e slippery asphalt in door tra ck. Fol ey d efeated a n oversized 12-man Main Event tha t sa w h im start fro m th e p ole and n ever reli nquish th e lead . Roger Brumel held on to second fo r t he eigh -lap Main with th e mi gh ty Phil Ray co mi ng in for th e th ird place. Bill Murphy finally p ut everyth ing t ogether fo r his first win. He led th e last running o f the 25 0 Novice Main with a size able ad van tage o ver Le onard Acosta . and Vince CardinalI. Greg Thorton w on th e 250 J unio r crash a nd b ash Main fo r h is first win in some time. T hat race always seems to be th e hardest on e t o run and once it gets started its winner is n ever su re until the last lap . Fr ank Barrera ca me off the back ro w to w in th e 2·00 Novice Main and is fa st b ecomin g one o f th e fell ows to watch in the in door sce ne of thrills a nd sp ills . He is o ne o f th e m ost consistent en tries each w eek a t the All -American races. 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