Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Vallejo S c r a m b l e s - - - - - - - - - - - - - by James Brammer VALLEJO, CAL., Aug. 18, 1972 - In extremely cold nigh t air at Vallejo scrambles, George Kalamaras ran hot with four wins in four races while taking advan tage of competitiors frustrations over gear shifting. Jim Coats riding for Yamaha of Petaluma in the 250 class won the first Expert qualifying heat. Kalamaras wonover Larry Drew and Russell Powell in the second heat. Coats led the start of the main with Drew getting by on the inside when Coats went wide on the first infield comer. This appeared to be the start of a race between riders sponsored by competitive Petaluma shops, but Jim Coat's bike jumped out of gear slipping him to fourth. Kalamaras raced after leader Drew with Drew taking wild slides caused by gear shifting failures. With a lap and a half to go, Drew made one of the boggles and Kalam aras moved by on th e inside in the sweeper comer in to first. Kalamaras who started racing early last year as a novice is now in the top twenty on the District 36 point tables. The 650 class was easy for him on a Triumph with the majority of the competitiors. The big bikes were divided for the Junior class where Mike Kane on a Norton won the 900cc class. George Keeran was second on a 450 pound Sportster, Lee DoJcini passed Guy Travis on the last straightaway for first in th.e 500 Novice final. Jerry Stonebraker, Yamaha, is out front in the 250 Junior class. He started winning last week at Petaluma and repeated by taking the 250 class at Vallejo. Lenny Soderquist riding a Kawasaki ran second. Honda Patriot, Randy Hancock held off challenger Wes Lancaster who won the 175 Novice fmal. The p.revious week, Hancock won the 350 class on a Honda. Witli Rick DeLacy winning, Bill Hom came from behind to second place in the 125 Novice final where, late in the m~. I ."r~\~!f-9. LJ if _ ~ g. « ~ w Z W ..J U > c.J race, a five rider pile.up occurred coming out of the infield on to the back side of the track. Victoria M X · - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - By Rita Gunter Photos by Tommy Gunter VICTORIA, TEX., Aug. 6, 1972 - Bob Whatley (Yam) won the overall trophy in the 100cc class. He won the fIrSt two heats (barely). Davy Davis (Hod) out of Corpus Christi was giving him a hard time all the way around the track but couldn't quite get around Bob. Ricky Pilgrim won the 125 Junior class. He finished in third place in the first heat, second in the second heat and first in the third heat. Frank Haggerty (Bul) won the first heat followed by Jarrell Lambert who won the second heat and was in a good place to win first overall when his chain gave way and dropped him from the race. Pilgrim fmished up in second in this heat. Pilgrim 'Passed Joe Redfield, after following him many laps, just in time to take the checkered flag ending the third heat. Yamaha mounted Robert Bosart jumped way out in front in the 125 Expert to lead for a couple of laps only to get knocked .ou t of the first heat by a lost chain. Robert Vaughn, from Corpus Christi, riding a Bultaco took over first· place to win this heat. Robert Bosart fmished mst overall by winning the second and third heats by a wide ...... _ Flying Rex Easley (Bul) from Telferner, Texas won first place in all three heats of the 250Junior class. Jake Warren (CZ) and David Bosart (without all his "Wolfman" hair and face fuzz) put on a crowd pleasing scramble in the 250cc Senior class. Glenn Griffm and James Morris were right in there with 'em helping to put on a fast and fancy race. David passed Jake on the last lap to take the checkered flag for first. Bosart won the second heat but the race of the day was between Jake Warren and James Morris. These two guys rode lap after lap a foot or two apart, through everything the course had to offer them. James nosed out in front of Jake for second place. Jake took first in the last heat followed by Bosart. Overall winners were David Bosart fust, Jake Warren second, and Glen Griffin third. The Pen ton-Mai.co dealer from Corpus Christi, Roland Storbeck was top gun in the Open Junior class. Roland turned it on and won all three motos. Sheldon Otto from Beeville took an uncontested first overall in the Open Senior class by wirming all three of the motos. J \tr"1"iii>"',~~~~"''Ii,, ~ 'J .?J~~ 'I In the Expert class, Dave Faria led the 125 Junior-Expert final from start to finish while his brother Mike came from back in the pack to second. This praces Dave in contention with Bill Bisel and Larry Drew for the track point lead. Bob Brown le;ds Jim West (XI. Phil McDonald. and Don Fuller (24) in the Ch~lIenging Race. CMA MX - Salt Lake C i t y - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Photos by Gary Payne SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, Aug. 6, 1972 - The Continental Motocross Association invited Husky team rider Jim West to give a motocross school Saturday and then take on Utah's top riders in an exhibition challenge race Sunday. CMA lined up ten of Utah's top riders to give Jim some competition, and that's just what they did. The Jim West Challenge Race had to be one of the most exciting races seen in Utha. Part of the pre-race excitement, of course, stemmed from the fact that West is a California and as everyone, or at least 99% of Californians know, all the fast riders are from California. Since many of the cycle magazines, newspapers, etc. are published in California this provincial attitude gets a lot of publicity. California doesn't really have a monopoly on fast riders, though, . and many Utahns wanted to see another hal e put in the myth. The rubber and snapped. Ou t of the fust comer it was Utah's Bob Brown, followed by Utah's Dennis Packard, and then California's Jim West. Within a lap, Brown and Packard had a ten yard lead and West was being pressed by Don FulJe~. West, Br.own, and Packard were ;~..:>, '.l riding Open class bikes, while Fuller was on a 250. Brown and Packard stretched out the.ir lead, and Fuller kept up until he began to fire abou t halfway through the first moto. . It was Brown's race all three motos. Packard took the lead briefly in the second mota, but fell. Packard can go as fast as Brown - when he is behind Brown. Put him in front and he falls. . Brown has a jinx on him. In the second and third motos it was 17·year.old 250 rider Kerry Fowler who challenged West. After a DNF in the frrst mota, Fowler even led West for a while in the third mota, before West took him. While the super shoes were in the Challenge Race, Tony Jacobs staged an upset victory in the 126-Dpen Expert class on his 175 Penton, the smallest bike in the class. Second and third were James McNeil and Randy Lindsey, both on 400 CZ's. The 125 Expert class saw the expected race between Bob Plumb and Peter Crandall, with plumb coming out on top this time. Plumb also led the 100 Expert class, defeating David Crandall and Frank Fokkema. .. J '" 0, .. ~ Lo.. .... ." J, ~ j £... J ! Q.)~;-

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