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Lettin' it all hang out in the desert. Do you think he saw the photographer? 395 TT and Half-mile - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - by Imogene Rees ADELANTO, CAL., Sept. 23, 1972 Don and Hope England played host to the Road Riders, including a most impressive drill team. Combined with the TT and Half-mile, it made for a fun nigh t for racing. The drill team displayed some of their impressive stun ts. The talen t of these guys is some thing else. The 100 Novice got the races underway with a big surprise. Talk about seeing everything at the races. Two big Harleys joined them on the first lap with red ligh ts on and sirens going taking the leaders Don Tallman and Gary Evans around the track. The boys thought they had been had for sure. Convincing the Harleys they weren't speeding, only racing their little ole scooters all nice and legal, the show went on with a tight race between Don Tallman (Kaw) and Gary Evans (Yam). They battled it out all the way, wjth Don taking first by a nose. In the Half-mile, they battled again unaware that Steve Sisco (Kaw) was coming on strong from behind. Steve let it all out and screamed past both of them for the win. Chris Morland - (BuI) and Gary Kauffeld (Yam) fought it out wheel to wheel in the 250 Novice. Walter De Briyn (Bul) turned it on late in the race TT Scrambles Simi Valley putting on the pressure. Chris couldn't be snookered and finished first with second going to Walter De Briyn. A newcomer to 395, Ray Martin (Yam) took first in the Half-mile. Open Novice TT rider Gary Kauffeld (Yam) grabbed a big lead and held it to the end. Terry Wyrembek (Mai) took a hard fough t second. Would you believe two of the full dress Harleys en tered and finished? Good sportsmanship prevailed at 395. Dan Rees had it all together (including a broken bike) in the Open Novice Half·mile. While Gary Kauffeld (Yam) pushed hard, Dan held the lead all the way taking the trophy home. Second went to Keith Edwards (Mai). In the all-Expert TT with a staggered start, the No.2 man, Rip Sweaney held the lead halfway on a super hot Kawasaki. Pat Dale's BSA proved to be too much in eight laps and he captured the brass. Sweany showed 'em how it's done in the Half-mile and grabbed the gold. Next week, Sept. 30, H.R.A. will have a double header. Regular H.R.A. TT and Half-mile Saturday night. Sign up starts 5:30 p.m. Sunday, T.T.M.C. holds an AMA point run. Lightweights sign up 7 a.m.-9 a.m. Big bores at 12 noon. M.e. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - by Ed Drechsler ELSINORE, CAL., Sept. 24, 1972 With apprehension, we climbed out of our vans to see what the new day had brough t. To our glee, we found the courteous members of the Simi Valley M.C. standing ready to help us through the day. Being that there was a Half-mile National at Ascot in the afternoon, 1 could only stay for the big bore action but here is what I saw. Tommy Jarnagan and Kirk Redding had at it. Tommy and Kirk both ride for Holiday Maico. Kirk is No.1 in point standings and Tommy just wanted to beat hnn. Moto 1 and Tommy jumped to the lead with Kirk rubbing wheels all the way. Moto 2, both Tommy and Kirk are placed on the penalty line. Tommy fights througb the the pack to take the lead on the last lap in the back sweeper, Kirk finishes in the pack. Moto 3, a good start and Tommy gets the lead with Kirk ruhbing his rear wheel for the entire race. Despite cen ter punching this reporter in the 500 Novice Main the night before and riding a 441 Victor, Mike Boyle grabbed a hole shot that was unbe\.ievable and lead the 500 Novices wire to wire. There were faster bikes out there, but Mike managed to hold them off for the win. Richard Denham (Mai) and Buck Rich (Mai) finished second and third, respectively. The Open Experts provided more than their share of excitemen t as John Sprague and Vic Hannan battled it out. In a very hard fought duel, Vic won the first moto with John second. The second moto saw John grab the lead away from Vic and hold it. This tied the two Experts going into the third moto. The start of Mow 3 and both Vic and John jumped out front. It looks like a battled to the finish, but both riders slip off the track. Vic is the last one back on, with John finishing third and Vic, fifth. Sprague grabbed a well-deserved overall win. ~esults when they get here. This little guy is one of the fastest eleven year olds on any Scrambles track: Steve Sisco on a Green Streak. Frightening, isn't it? Lost Angels TT ...... _ too upset, but the rest of the riders in by Ed Drechsler the area as well as the: spectators said, ELSINORE, CAL., Sept. 23,1972 - It "No way." They felt that the incident was five minutes after seven in the should be treated as a false start. The evening when the first race started, but club was firm and more hassles that was OK because not everybody developed. showed up on time. The promoting club As the disturbance was being quieted, (Lost Angels) felt that it would be T.H. Paschel (owner of Elsinor better to wait an hour or so than to lock Raceway) stood up and declared the out late arrivals. races over. Almost to a man, everyone Problems started immediately with cheered. A few minutes later T.H. the posting of the first races. Numbers ordered a riders meeting, less spectators, were difficult to read, to say the least, w determine the ou tcome of the and some rider numbers were omitted evening. He flatly stated that he was not from the posting. A general lack of goi'1g to allow the races to con tinued as experience plagued the Lost Angels as they had. He gave lwo choices. valuable time was lost staging each race. Terminate the races at that poin t or· After the first go-round of allow the regular Elsinore crew to finish heavyweigh ts, it became apparen t that them. Need.less to say, everyone present additional problems were to be c;heered the second choice. encountered. The staging of Semis gOl This took places at about I :30 am. slower and slower. T.H. and his crew ran the remaining 10 Finally, when the Mains for the big or so events with no further problems in bores came around, they were not record time. posted accurately. It took them 2 hours Now to the races. The track never to run 9 even ts. Some kind of record. developed holes and -it was super fast. Procedural errors also began to plague Kirk Redding held off his Holiday them as it became apparen t that District Maico teammate Tom Jarnagan and_ 37 rules were not fully understood. John Sprague to win the 500 - Open Well, they got the biggies off and it Expert. .• looked like they were learning the Rick Milner did in the 100 Experts, difficult game of promoting scrambles and Charlie Soderstrom beat the 200 events. ot so. Personality clashes Experts again. 'ot only that, but il developed to a serious problem. Their looks like Charlie has beat down the procedural errors coupled with a lot of problem of riding two classes. He also tired and confused riders triggered 'stomped the 250 Experts into the hassles. As an example. all th ree motos ,ground. Don Fraueberger took second. of the 175 Amateurs were run before No big thing, but Charlie was run over any Semi. by Tom Avoian's van Friday nighl while The 125 Experts broke most of the leaving the pits at Ascot. Didn't hurt tension and ultimately were responsible him too much. for straightening the whole thing out, The only class that didn't confuse for the time being. They staged a anyone was the hacks. In clear protest that was something else. The dominace was the No. 5 hack of Oagman stepped up to the circle and Wahl/Hudspith. Sorry fellas, but I didn't dropped the green flag. Off in a roar and get any more names as we had this a cloud of dust, they (to a man) made a problem ... left tum and proceeded down the track Back to the 125 Experts. Lloyd backwards. It was a sight to behold. Quintard, T&O Yamaha won MOlOS one Of course, they were black flagged and lWO, but was unable lo hold off and as they returned to the line they hard riding Larry Bird in the lhird. were informed in an emotional manner Larry came close lo breaking .it as he thal they were disqualified for the new around the track. Bird rides the entire evening. The protestors kind of colors oJ La Habra Yamaha. felt that it would happen and were not Results when we get them . , . "!"" f: . '!~ '".~~; '/IIH'y "".- There was one fast line through this comer. Experts found it, and used it.