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SALES SERVICE Welding Porting Accessories !@ w Z W ..J U > U * Inc. 1352 Cenlmela. W. Los Angeles * Corner of Santa Monica Blvd. & Centinela Open 9 am to 6 pm Mon. thru Sat. CRC-THE COMING TREND By Christopher Ostlind For the past four mon ths, the California Racing Club has been filling an important role in the Southern California racing scene by hosting a series of motocross, desert and enduro events aimed specifically at the Beginner and Novice riders. Being alLowed to compete against others of his caliber and resources, the Beginner or Novice has a chance to demonstrate to his peers that he is competitive. The CRC has been working hard to give every rider a chance to show his stuff as they offer competition in just about every imaginable category. They include in their weekly motocross racing a class for Beginners, Novices, under six teeners, Powder Puffs, Minis and even the old cats over 35. By including such classes they incorporate the entire family into their program which makes it much more fun for mom and kids to be there. The races are usually held at an area which also offers canlping so that the day doesn't become a rat race of driving. CARABELA SERIES CLOSES Santa Monica Frwy. 213 826- 7856 Motorcycle Corpor.tJon 172 Freedom Avenue Anaheim, california 92801 If IT'S conD lNOUCH fOR JOll,' .BUCS, J.N., SYlVAIN AND DlCOSTlR ••• maybe you 'Should try it! By Steve Castillo Photo by Haruo Yokota LIVERMORE, CAL., June 18, 1972 CMC North held their final race of the Carahela Series. Wi th so many riders only points away from each other, racing was fast and furious. Mike Collins and John Cooney, both 250 Juniors on Bultacos, had almost equal·points with Collins just a few ahead.' These two riders fough t each other hard during all three motos, with Mike Collins emerging the victor. Both rode superbly. The Lake Tailoe Motocross caused an understandable lack of entries by the regular CMC Seniors. The 250 and 500 Senior races were combined due to insufficien t en tries, and plttmg these bike sizes together was a source of some spectacular action on the track. In the first moto, Chris Willems (250 CZ). riding for Pll\=ific J awa, took an immediate lead. Chris was doing a great job holding back Bob Williams (400 Husky)" and Henry Halbach (250 CZ). Williams and Halbach got by Chris and proceeded to stage their Own tooth'n'nail battle. Halbach emerged the winner with Williams second. Chris Willems lost his seat but 'still managed to fmish fifth. The second moto saw Halbach take the win again with Bob Williams in second place. The third and final round By Lowell Stolze EL TORO, CAL., June 16, 1972 USMRC:s one-two puncll, Experts Davey Carlson and Bruce Baron, scored again last Friday night in the weekly at 'EI Toro Speedway. The fast improving Carlson, who is the current point leader, romped to an easy overall win in the 100 class and pinned a loss on Baron in the 125 events. Westminster's Baron won.the 250 class in a spirited duel with sa Mark Tyer of Garden 'Grove. Carlson swept the 100 motos, all by big margins and won two of the 125 races, the fIrst ending in a near dead heat with Baron. Bruce lost the first 250 moto to Tyer, who got a tremendous start, and Larry McCarty, bu t came back to win the fmal two. Other sweeps were scored by Brad Dutoit of El Toro (Schoolboy No.1), Kirk Hazard of Santa Ana (Schoolboy AMC MX at C a r l s b a d - - - - - . . . . : . . - - - - - - - - - - By Buzz Baty CARLSBAD, CAL., June 17, 1972 The third round of the AMC Yamaha Series echoed through the canyons and hills of Carlsbad Raceway. as more than .r·1tCH LACKEY OVERALL WINNER OF U.S. CUP SERIES· RACING FORK OIL . Brad Lackey won the U.s. Cup and six of the motos in Leisuretech's U.S. Cup Motocross Championships at Cal Expo, Saddleback and Carlsbad in May. Winning six first and three seconds Lackey was certainly the most impressive rider for all three of the AMA Nationals. Lackey leads a con'tingent of 26 riders against the Europeans on July 8th at the L.A. Coliseum for the Inter·AMA. The overall standings are as follows: OPEN CLASS 1. Brad Lackey 2. Jim Cooke 3. John DeSoto 4.Jlm Wilson 5. Greg Smith 250 CLASS 1. Jim Wicks 2. Mike Runyard 3. Peter Lamppu 4. Gunnar Lindstrom 5. Dick Elr,tedt lUBI-TECH PRODUCTS, Inc. 7106 Barry Avenue ~osemont. Illinois 60018 found Bob Williams and Henry Halbach locked in battle again. With Bob out in front he found he couldn't hold back the super·fast Halbach so graciously waved him ailead. With two classes run together, it took time to sort out the winners but there was no question that Henry Halbach won the 250 class. Bob Williams won the 500 class. Phil Jacobsen (CZ) took second and Chris Willems third in the 250 class breakdown. Dave Scott on a Maico won second in the 500 class. The scoring may have been confusing but the action on the track was worth the extra work. USMRC at EI Toro 11-......- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .. '~=:I =: "** 'I;'. "Gee, I wonder where he went?" Kaw Kaw Kaw CZ Mal Mal Mon Mon Hus Mal All oT the above riders are signed to challenge Sylvain Geboers and company July 8th at the Coliseum. At the Coliseum, July 8th Lackey will be presented the U.S. Cup. one· hundred fifty riders took a shot at earning points towards winning that 250 Yamaha Motocrosser. There are still ten races left in the series. AMC prexy, Bob Hunter, would not divulge the exact point standings, bu t he did say th at with three races down, a few poin ts separate about twenty riders from first place. It is still not too late to get started in this series. If you get started the 24th of June at Saddleback and keep a hot hand, you could still be the overall winner. Now hear this, Bob Hunter wants it known and clearly understood, that if any rider en tered in this series is found to have ridden in any other event, under the sanction of any other organization as either an Intermediate or Expert, they will be disqualified. Although Carlsbad was a bit muddy at the early part of the day, it didn't seem to bother 100 Beginner, Greg Weston. He started the day in winning form on his Yamaila and kept it up, winning all three of his motos. Mark Freeman and Mike Marino had to settle for second and third. The same story held true irr the 100 Novice class, where BuItaco-mounted Randy ScllIoe pulled off a sweep. with Bill Barnes coming in second on his Penton. No.2), Johanna Stenerson of San Clemente (Powder Puff), Kelly Hayes of Laguna Beach (100 Jr. No. I), and Nick Roberts of Yorba Linda (100 Jr. No.2). Intermediate class wins went to Stan Jacklin of Anaileim (100), Tim Carmack of Orange (125), and Ron Hanson of Yorba Linda (250). The J25 class had plenty of talent but Tim won the first two and Stem took the last moto. . 152 bikes competed in last week's program and more are expected now that school is out. The Wednesday night motocross series started June 21. It will be a regular feature throughout the summer for Schoolboy, Powder Puff, and Juniors only. It is a great opportunity for aspiring riders. MOTOCROSS' at Corona--By Buzz Baty CORONA, CAL., June 15, 1972 - Ken Zahrt and Bruce Baron staged another one of their regular Thursday night duels at Corona.· The big difference, or at least the way it looked tonigh t, seems to be that Ken gets it all together with his Bultaco faster than Baron can get it all together with his 125 Husky. In front of the largest motocross crowd of the year, Zailrt won the first two motos without too much pressure, only to have a sweep denied hinl by Bruce Baron in the third moto. Danny Laporte got in for third overall on his Penton. Rex Staten took home $130.00 of the $350.00 purse, winning all thrte motos in the 250 Expert class, beating Jim Cooke '{)n the Boyd and Stellings frame-Kawasaki prepared by Windy Briggs, and Jim MacDonald's Honda. Rex did the same thing in the 500 Expert class with his CZ to Husky-mounted Bryan Breker, and Gary Griffmg's Maico.