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... Corona TT Scrambles _ _....:;...:.:.:::.:;.;;.;.;.:;. ...:...;;,;,;,_...;;. _ N GIRLS 0> l6' Q. N .... '" an' CO> III ~ W Z W ..J (,) > (,) Now, for the fi rst ti me ever, Cycle News can offer you a way to become more popular. The far-out looking guy on the track is more than a number. You could boogie on down and rap with him like you knew him from before, if you only knew his name. by Elaine Jones CORONA, CAL., Aug. 23, 1972 - The Big Bike Am·Ex Class gets more competitive every week and Wednesday· night was no exception. The opponents were Dan White, Chris Smith and Mike Posey. Round one saw White out on top followed by Posey and Smith. Down the chute and into the straight things remained the same but as they approached the two 180-degree turns Smith made his move and slipped his Kawasaki under Mike's big Triumph. Chris wasn't able to catch Dan but had a solid second. Round two made the possibles really start showing as Chris pulled away for the win. Posey was second and Dan ran a troubled third. As round three sat on the line, Chris had the poin't lead advantage but he also had Dan White who, with a win, could pull it uff. Dan was ready and off on top where he stayed. Chris was running third and had to get around Mike. Again it was those two tigh t turns that Chris used to full advan tage and he got under Mike to finish second overall to Dan White. Mike Posey picked up a well deserved third and posted the fastest time of the evening. The three Novice Moto Divisions were won by Gary Kauffeld, Ron Christner and Doug Hannon. Jim Wright got back to his winning ways as he picked up wins in the 175·200 Am-Ex Novice combined and the 250 A/E. In the 175-200, Jim pulled a Dan White and Terry Stanart squeeked into second. Dan Hilton was third. In the 250 A/E, Jim took no chances taking three for three over Frank Schnetz and Gary Anderson. The three Divisions of 250 Novices were won by Steve Little, Paul Williams and Jim Bearup. Steve had the best race of this Division. Even though he won all three heats, he worked for every one of them. Wiley Miller, an up-and-coming rider at Corona won the 125 Novice go and over regular Richard Kyzer. Richard, who has been plagued with mechanical difficulties, just didn't have it dO"'"ll the straigh t and had all he could do to hang on to second. Dave Lujan, another charger, was third. Wayne Whisenant flew to victory in the 100·125 Am-Ex class, turning times that would win the 250 class. Terry Stanart held off Rick Whisner for second. Tim M cWhorler earned his graduation papers as he rode to victory in the 100 Novice I I. Rick Isbell and Carl Easterling rouned out the field. Some of the riders are getting sloppy about silencers, so the officials will start disqualifying on the line. Let's also get the three number plates on the bikes. AREA Hare Scrambles HALLELUJAH Cycle News will send you his name and 9,999 more for a dollar bill. Experts making four.. Mike Keen kep t a steady pace throughou t the race and came in first overall. He rode a 250cc Husky in the Expert class and put on a fantastic show. Second overall and first in his class (Novice 250) was Wallis Weatherwax, on a Yamaha. Weatherwax was on Keen's heels through the whole race. I n the Beginner's class Jim Henderson, a first time racer sure knew how to handle his 250 Yamaha, taking the lead for his class. He came in third overall. I MOTORCYCLE TRAINING This handy pocket size book lists the names and numbers of over 10,000 competition riders in C'alifornia, covering AMA, CMC, ACA, AFM, CERA, HRA, USMRC, Trials, Speedway & Sidehacks competition organ izations. The National Highway Traffic Safely Administration is conducting motorcycle training classes during the last two weeks in August for its technical staff members. NIITSA is the regu lalOry agency within the Department of TransporL3tion that promulgates the Federal Motor Vehicle Safe ty Standards. In order to familiarize the government regulators with the vehicles for which they set safety standards, four training sessions have been set up over a period of 1wo weeks. These sessions will CYCLE NEWS PRODUCTS P.O. Box 498 Long Beach, Calif. 90801 Please rush my copy(s) of the 1972 Motorcycle Competition Guidebook for California. I enclose $1 for each copy. _ consist of four hours of classroom training split between two successive days each week. Following the classroom work four hours of rider training will be held at Bolling Air Force Base just ou tside Washin~ton. For the second year the Motorcycle Industry Council. a trade association located in Washington, is assisting the safety administrators to have such training sessions by arranging for the use of motorcycles and by providing expert instruction from its member companies. RECORD NUMBER OF IMPORTS NAME. DDRESS CITY by Cheryl Darnell ADELANTO, CAL., Aug. 20, 1972 What were you doing on August 20, 1972? If you weren't out at Adelanto near Victorville you missed a great day, perfect weather, and lots' of fun. A good turn out started the day off right for a new organization called Amateur Racing Enthusiast Association. Racers and spectators had no trouble finding th.e right place with roads from both dircctions limed. The course was marked with lime and red Oags, making it easy to follow. The race started on time with Beginners making two loops and Novices and _ _ STATE AS WITH ALL CYCLE NEWS PRODUCTS, GUARANTEED OR YOUR MONEY BACK ZIP _ SATISFACTION Send for your copy NOW Or see your nearest Cycle News Dealer Your complete program for all 1972 California Sportsman and Professional competition! DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Another banner year for motorcycle imports is in the offing according to the most recent data available from the U.S. Department of Commerce. Through May of 1972, some 815,296 motorcycles had been imported to the United States. This represents 53 percent of the 1,538,603 bikes hrought into the country during all of 1971. The value of these machines is S314 million, or more than 63 percent of the total value of motorcycles imported last year. This, of course, represents a trend _ towards the larger, more expensive machines. Compared to larger motorcycles, imports of bikes under 90cc engine displacemen t are lagging, particularly the under 50cc models which show only 46,736 import units, 37 percent of last year's total. During the first five months of 1972, Uncle Same collected S15,783,000 in import duties' on motorcycles. This is already more than 73 percent of the amount of import duties paid in 1971. De Anza Hill Climb - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - BANNING, CAL., Aug. 19, 1972 - De Anz. Cycle Park had its first hillclimb, hosted by Bushmaster M.C. Hill climbs were something new for the Bushmaster, but 100% effort by the dub members added up to a great hill and some very fine rides. All classes were run on a very steep 300 ft. hill, even the mini-bikes. Gary Hall, riding a Honda 70, went 126ft.; 4 year-old Mike Graper rode his lillie Indian 61 ft. First rider to clear the top was Joe Graper on a 250 Montesa. He was followed by Doug Hall, Frank Durso, Neal Mackel, Ed Lindner, Bill Correll and Larry Smith. Many others clearc.d the top. The starting block was moved forward many times eliminating a few _ each time. Then finally the only one to make the top starting frpm the 60ft. mark was San Jose's great Frank Durso. The action moved to a wild 600 ft. nill for an Open exhibition class with something for the riders to go for: their name on the Hill. That's righ t. Park owner Gill McClendon says the first man to make the top gets the Hill named after him. Hint for all you cl imbers: it's still No-Name Hill, although Larry Smith came very clo!\.e with the high mark. Followed closely by Frank Durso and Neal Mackel. Keep your eyes open for the next climb at De Anza' Cycle Park. Bushmasters will be back Sept. 10 with Motocross and Sept. 24 with another Hill Climb.