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Mark to Become Best-Dressed National No. 1 at Ontario Sunday The Machine Counts NATIONAL POINT STANDINGS 1. Mark Brelsford 1379 2, Gary Scott 1095 3. Gene Romero 877 ",. Kenny Roberts 870 5. Chuck Palmgren 841 6. Dick Mann 776 776 7. Jim Rice 8, Mert Lawwill 700 660 9. Cal Rayborn 10. Daye Sehl 629 11, Rex Beauchamp 506 12, Don Castro 461 13, Yyon DuHamel 420 14. John Hateley 416 391 15. Eddie Mulder 16. Gary Fisher 332 ~ 17, Mike Kidd 273 18. Mark Williams 213 19. Don Emde 189 20. Frank Gillespie 187 21. Gary Nixon 186 22. Daye Hansen 186 23, Kel Carruthers 176 24, Da.. Aldana 174 169 25, Ray Hemstead 26. Larry Darr 164 27. Barry Gerald 150 28, Terry Dorsch 141 29. Da.. Smilh 138 30, Doug Sehl 135 31, Bart Markel 134 32. Tom Rockwood 130 33, Keith Mashburn 123 34. Sonny Burres 120 106 35. Ron Pierce 100 36. Darryl Hurst This Sunday during the Champion Spark Plug Classic road race at 0 n tario, Calif. Mark Brelsford, the new Orand National Hero, will meet Pat Manning (cheer!). Manning is a gentlemen's tailor and custom clothier by profession. But whilst he was plying his trade mark back in fussy old England, he raised quite a few derbys as a motorcycle road racer of some repute. Now Pat builds clothes in Burbank, California for a few rich motorcycle buffs and the better·dressed movie stars. This newspaper happened to be deploring the sordid haberdashery of some of our National Champions. One Number One failed to show up for a TV in terview recen tly because his only clothing was too shabby to be seen in. When we discovered Pat Manning also worried about this, the tailor and newspaper shook hands and promised to give the next National Number One a complete wardrobe of expensive threads. All Mark has to do is hold still for a couple of fittings (Pat makes house calls) and Presto! Changeo! A better tailored Grand National Champion than Bobby Fisher and Johnny Carson put together! Bring on those TV contracts! I t"s only fair that we give Pat Manning's business a plug, since he's contributing one·third of the cost and all of the talent to this Cycle News contingency prize, Pat keeps in stitches at 3407 W. Olive No. 105, Burbank, Calif. (213) 842·7433. 37. Art Baumann 38. Fred Gutlner 39. Mike Haney 40, Chuck loyner 100 94 94 80 - WEST .. SOUTH RAWHIDE PARK, CALIFORNIA Ray Robinson scores lWlce and Tom Baugh once in weekly nIght motos on Rickman 125 MX's (PrecIsion Cycle, Lawndale, California). Joe Hall, tn hiS fIrst season racing motocross. WinS motocross event on a September 22,1972 LION S, LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA Steve Boyum WinS Junior motocross W~DESBORO, by Pat Gross JR SCHOOLBOY Ken Morgan Johanna Stenersen Duance Mapes INT SCHOOLBOY Rick Parker Dan Jones Jay Lennon EX SCHOOLBOY Tom Baugh wins motocross event on evenl on Rickman 250 MX (Kolbe Cycle Sales, Woodland Hills, Caillorma). Howard Kess!nger wins 125 class motocross on a Rickman 125 MX. Sandy Creed and Rick Hams take flrsl and third In 250 dIVISion on Rickman 250 MX·s. Gene Woods 100 EX Dave Carlson Brad Salata Jack Hazard 100 INT Kevin Crawford Richee Collins 100 JR I Tim Mariman Bill Glore Ron Corley 100 JR II Bryan Menne John Currie Gene Woods 125 EX Dave Carlson Bruce Baron Ray LOpez 1251NT Dave Daum Pat Perkins Charles Currie 125 JR I Mark VanCamp Mark Clvello Bob Ehorn 125 JR " Morgan Homesley Rick Wiseman Donny Nelson 2S0 EX Morris Malone Chuck Lunde Gaylon Mosier 250lNT Don ,Stenersen Rob Erwin . Dale Anderson 250 JR Dave Messersmith Morgan Malocco Pete Smith 500 EX Gary Cochell Richard Duncan Bob Madden 500lNT Dave Bradley John Burkey Mike Waite 500 JR Scott Bodkin Worchester Tranton Roger Kline Hon Hon Hon Rickman 125 MX. Joyce Soyka a WinS OSTEEN PARK. POMONA, CALIFORNIA INDIAN DUNES. CALIFORNIA Dave Kolbe and Jlm O'Neal finIsh Ilrs! and second 10 125 class motocross JIm MacDonald wIns motocross event on a RIckman 125 MX. Ind Ray Robinson takes motocross on a Rickman 125 MX. Ric Yam Hod Hod Hod SUl Hon Hod Yam Hon Mon Bul Yam Bul Suz SUl DKW Sac Pen Car AJS CZ Mal CZ Yam Bul Yam Yam Bul Bul Mal CZ INDIAN DUNES, CALIFORNIA. powder puff class on a Rickman 125 MX. Hon Hon Yam Yam Yam Yam Rickman 250 MX. CORONA RACEWAY, CALIFORNIA: eJent ST GEORGE, UTAH SIeve McFarland, racing the only Rickman 125 MX In the "4·State" Motocross Championships, defeats all entranls to take the trophy (PreCIsIon Cycle. Lawndale, California). evenl on R,ckmaR 125 MX s (Kolbe Cycle 15·year-.old Doug 0 Neal, handicapped by a broken collar bone. ndes to vIctory In "Double·S" Motocross Event on Rickman 125 MX (BSA 01 Albany. Albany, Georgia). NORTH CAROLINA: HOUSTON. TEXAS: Sales Woodland Hills. CalifornIa). EAST LEE. NEW HAMPSHIRE: TAMPA. FLORIDA: JIm OffIcer wins 125 class at short track oval races on a RIckman 125 MX (AI's Steve Ponelell takes lop trophy honors at annual Mld·Season Flonda State Scrambles Championships on a RIckman 125 MX. MONSON. MASSACHUSETTS: Albert LaVlolelle WIOS 125 class Sporlsman Hill Climb on a Rickman RAWHIDE PARK, CALIFORNIA- 125 MX (Ai's Cycle Shop, Palmer, Sevenleen-year·old Nancy Payne. raCing only SIX months, wins all three moto's In the powder puff dIVISion on a Rickman Massachusetts). 125 MX (Harry Foster MOlorcycles, los Angeles). TIFTON. GEORGIA: Russell Allen caplUles 250 Junior class motocross event, R1cky Jones wins the 250 senior, bOlh on RIckman 250 MX·s. Cycle Shop, Palmer, Massachuseus). HillBillY PARK. FAYETTEVilLE, WEST VIBGINIA: Roger lilly, racing hIS RIckman 125 MX for the Ilrsl lime, WinS motocross event RACEWAY PARK, CHANDLER, INDIANA: VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA. AI Parker wins scrambles event on Tim Vermillion WIOS MId-AtlantIC MX Series Motocross Event on a Rickman 125 MX (Starmount Cycle Center. Roanoke, VIrginIa). Rickman 125 MX (Woods POri Motorcycles, Newburgh, Indiana). Rickman won for them ,Rickman can win for you. In motocrosses, Scrambles. Enduros. Hill climbs.' Rickmans are winning. Allover the country. In Houston. Tampa. And a lot of places you never heard of. Rickmans are winning, There's a Rickman for you at your dealer, Ready and waiting. To win. Hus Yam Yam SUl CZ Hus SHAMROCKS HARE & HOUND California City, Calif. September 24, 1972 by Alice Rhea OVERALL Tom Brooks DKW Tom Poteet Bul Jim Fishback CZ Jack Knevel CZ Mitch Mayes Baj Ken Buckspan Bul Steve Halladay Yam AMATEURS Dick Harris Todd Cornish Hus Greg Seda Bul Frankie Garcia Bul NOVICE Dean Modesett DKW Henry Wesselman Boo TeaSdale R. Trusty FIRST GIRL Jan Ditson Ric I t) '" ASCOT PARK. GARDENA, CALIFORNIA' USMRC MOTOCROSS EI Toro Raceway EI Toro, Calif. . The machine ridden by the winner of go the Champion Spark Plug Motorcycle l1. Classic will be very important to the N ..... manufacturer. While the riders figb t for a national M championship, manufacturers are involved in a similar battle for the o " manufacturer's title, based on points ~ awarded in order of finish. w The current battle for points shows Z W Harley·Davidson in the lead. Yamaha is ...J second, and third belongs to Triumph. U In many cases, it is a motorcycle > U manufacturer that sponsors a particular rider such as a Dick Mann (BSA), Mark Brelsford (Harley-Davidson) or Yvon DuHamel (Kawasaki). Their goal is to be in the winner's circle with the resulting claim to fame. Racing also means knowledge for the manufacturer. In a statement made earlier this year, Peter Schick, head of Yamaha's racing and safety division said, uYamaha is using rating as they would any other tool, to develop their normal production bikes. Racing puts much more strain on a machine in two hours than street riding would in two years. "Take a look at today's street bikes. The braking, reliability, mileage, handling and performance are much better than they were five years ago. At 160 MPH as well as 20 MPH, we're concerned for our lives and safety. The ideas used to build safe racing bikes are applied to production bikes," be said. Before you hit the off-highway trail, contact your local Department of Motor Vehicles office for registration information.