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CHICO SHORT TRACK By J. Noffsinger CHIqO, CAL., July 15, 1972 - Loren Boelman from the rice-farming community of Willows went like he had eaten beans here at Cycleland « Speedway. He first won the B Main for Ul 250 bikes with ease, and then proceeded ~ to place first in the 250 Handicap. Z By winning the handicap race he now" ~ no longer is eligible for the Beven ts. (,) With his form and speed I'm sure he will ~ do quite well racing with the big boys. Dick Turner Was again present as he won the fastest event of the evening, the 250 Expert Main. Dick again Was unbeatable off the line and maintained a IO-yard lead the entire race. He is decidedly down on horsepower, and when behind has ex treme difficul ty in picking up ground on those in "front of him. jOhn Granl made a fine relurn lo Cycleland. A couple of years ago, John was National Sportsman Flattracker Champion in the IOOcc class. Tonight h:e was riding a 250 Bultaco and proceeded to slomp lhe boys in the 2:'0 Scratch Main. _ The 200 boys were at il again, nipping, bumping, and in general having an all out war. John Arseniak just managed to hold off Ron Harlan in the 200 Scratch Main, Winning by one-half bike length. In the 200 Handicap he did not even get a smell of brass. A real battle developed for second place between Steve Dietz, Gene Mendes, and Ron Harland. They finished in that order, however they really went at it using every inch of track for traction. Bruce Einch was the winner. Bill Snodgrass (Suz) was too much for the boys in the 100 class. He won the 100 Handicap Main with" ease, passing everything in sigh t down the straights. This boy and his bike have too much on th.e other riders so far this year. Jim Chadwick really works out in the 100 class. He urges his Bultaco with body motion and expressions to do better. He did manage to take fU"St in the 100 Scratch Main after the bike of Joe Allen quit. Could it be Mr. Allen forgot to turn on the gas? g. Tim Tweksbury (2400) regained his form in time for the restart and was third 500 Novice in the Main. Richmond R a m b l e r s ' S a a m b l e s - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - By James Brammer DIXON, CAL., July 16, 1972 High-flying George Kalamaras overcame all elements that nature and the hard-working Richmond Ramblers could bring together to win the 250 Expert class of the class ''C'' traction scrambles at Arygle Cycle Park. Riding with only the use of one rear shock around a wash-board cou~e and across a motocross jump that frightened some riders away after practice, Kalamaras caught and passed Ted Bailey to win his heat. In the fmal, he had replaced the missing bolt for his shock and then held off charges from Jerry Bland and Allen Yarrow in the closing "",,..,,,.,,.,.....,:,,= lap of the six lap event. Sea breezes were stirring at gale force, aiding braking in one direction but taking riders off the track at the other end. Allen Yarrow took the lead from Ted Bailey in the 650 Expert class and then had a fun ride with an easy lead to win. Expert Mark Smith and Junior rider Phil Carando pulled a see-saw battle all the way for the 125 Junior/Expert final with Carando in front at the finish. Where DKW-mounted Mark Smith missed in the 1.25 Expert class, motocross man Mike Miller won the 100 Novice final on a DKW. Riding a Yamaha for" =::'""""~""-':::r""T"""""" Honda (?) shop, another motocross specialists, Gui Marcom played hide-and-seek with the 250 Juniors in both his heat and final wins. The Ramblers did an outstanding job of promotion and running the races when the forces of nature were strongly against them. They had planned on a hard packed TT Scrambles surface and advertised "C" traction required. Many riders believed that knobbies would have been better. ="'"'""',...."....,....". Public lands belong to all George Kalamaras (560) leads the 250 Expert final at Argyle Circle Park ahead of Jerry Bland and Allen Varraw. Deschutes M o t o c r o s s - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - By Larry Ulrich BEND, ORE., June 25, 1972 Deschutes Cycle P....k is located in dry Cen tral Oregon, where the average rainfall is 12" per year. Sounds like" a dust bowl, right? Since their first race, April 2nd, and every race since, it has either rained the day before or the day of the race. Today Was no different. The Cycle Park is equipped with a complete sprinkler system and is watered all week, as the track is open for practice except the Saturday prior to a race. Friday the track was" nice and damp. Saturday it rained. Sunday moining the track had mud about I" thick allover and was extremely slick. The Central Oregon riders were really worried about riding in the mud against the web-foot Willamette Valley riders. At the start of the fU"St moto it was still slick, but was drying rapidly. The traction was superb for moto two with a nice cushion. The wind was still blowing and the track was dusty, smooth and skatey by the third moto. Action in the 250 Junior class saw local rider Terry Seal (Yam) battling with the front runners. He didn't get 10 feet in the lead and slippe4:I in, tP.; mud. By the time he got going again he was dead last, but rode his heart out for a seventh place finish. Second moto Seal took advan tage of the dry cushion surface and took first. Last moto his luck went bad and his throttle stuck open down the straigh taway over the big jump. Seal unloaded hard. He was knocked unconscious for a minute or so and he will be sore Monday. His hard riding still netted him fourth. Seal is a new rider and all he seems to lack is experience. Another new rider is l5-year old Cary Sadler. Cary rides a Yamaha in the 100cc Juniorclass at the CMC track. He has been trying for a win all season and finally got it all together today with two firsts and a second for the overall. The 250 Expert and Open Expert were both action-fIlled even ts. Husky-mounted Alex Mauck took Overall in the 250 event with Kent Fackrell (CZ) winning the Open class. Little Stu Katter (100 pounds), a 100cc In termediate rider found there were no sign-ups in his class today and he had wanted to test ride an X-I00 Steen. The track owners let him ride in the 100 J unjor race just for fun. He won all 3 motos. of us. (Ride thoughtfully.) Protect your right to 'ride by proving that good cyclists make good citizens. Your Motorcycle Industry Council is working hard to preserve the cyclist's fair share of U.S. public lands. But excessive noise, or abuse of terrain, can still cost us a lot of ground. Remember, these . . . . lands are your lands. Use, don't abuse, your right to ride. \ .