CRC
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Rawhide!~-------------------
by The Shadow
ELSINORE, CAL., Sept. 24, 1972 - A
massive turnout approaching 275 riders
was on hand Sunday at Rawhide Park,
near Elsinore, as the California Racing
Club hosted an all-day motQcross.
All-day really meant all-day, as things
got underway with practice at 8 a.m.,
and trophy presen tations un til well after
6 p.m.
Fat was the word to describe most
classes Sunday, as practically every one
was filled to capacity. The turnout from
the Old Timers Club was especially
great, and CRC President Jerry McNeal
was extremely pleased with the large
minibike class.
Because of the super turnout, McNeal
broke the minibikers into two classes,
one for those 12 and older, and the
other for those under 12.
Even with 12 races, several classes
appeared too large for the starting line.
This included one that was already two
divisions, and could well have been
three divisions.
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Rawhide
Park
is
under
new
management, and compliments have to
go to the new owners. They really tried
to layout a new course, which
everybody would enjoy. A tip of the hat
for the effort. Big bike riders seemed to
enjoy the entire course, but those on
smaller bikes, from about 125cc and
down. found the going tough, especially
on one big hill, which was almost too
big for the small bikes.
Wins went to R.O. Waldron (Kaw),
and Mike ~icker (Pen), 15. Waldron
really pu t in a day's work, competing in
the Veterans, 250 cl3Ss, and with the
Old Timers Club Expert class. The
Palmdale "old-timer" won the Vets class
with two firsts and a second place. He
ran in to trouble with the Old Timers
Club, taking a second and two sixths,
good for fifth overall.
Ric ker won the 125 Novice, under 16
class, with two first place rides and a
second. It was just enough to ace out
Danny Knott (CZ), 14, who grabbed
two seconds and a first.
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WSM at Muntz - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - by Mark Milford
MOORPARK, CAL., Sept. 24, 1972 WSM deviated from their seemingly
endless all-J unior schedule to host a
Junior/Senior day at Muntz Cycle Park.
But, after repeated light turnouts, you
may ask, "did the $500 purse and nifty
track draw any Seniors?" Ha! Does
honey draw bees? Indeed many of the
more famous 'shoes showed up and the
Expert action more than made up for
the weeks of "Beginners".
The spectacle started with the 125 's,
as in the first of the two 20-minute
motos, John Rice (Puc) led for about'
half the duration. At that point, he
suddenly discovered a new line through
one tum ...on the other side of the berm.
Not finding it to his liking, he re-entered
the course, only to find that Chris
Morgenson had gotten by. As if this
were not bother enough, Tom Zahnter,
mounted on a Hodaka Wombat, began
pestering him from behind. But Lo, in
shades of Ascot action, John then
trickily swatted Tom's front wheel out
from under him! Unfortunately, he
threw his own chain in the maneuver
and dropped well back.
The second moto, led by Jim
McDonald (Pen), became not a battle
for first, but rather a dice for second
between Zahnter and Morgenson. After
varied finishes and much tabulation,
McDonald became the richest at the pay
window, as Zahnter and Morgenson
took up the nex t two spots.
The 250 Experts were led briefly by
Billy Paine (Mai) but after Greg
Robertson
(CZ)
got
by,
Paine
over-smoked it, crashed, and finished
around sixth. Billy, though did not get a
second chance to con test the overall
results, as he left to attend his mother's
wedding.
In the second go, Robertson again
went virtually undaunted, taking the
overall.
In comparison to the Open Expert
class, though, the 125 and 250 action
looked like a scene from Romper
Room. The Open class not only
provided the most excitemen t but also
gave the ambulance crew the most
frequent excuse to take a ride. In the
first moto, Gary Nixon (CZ) and Bob
Hershey (CZ) led the pack-around at a
mind·boggling pace until, in the second
lap, Hershey produced what one
spectator called "the bitchinest crash
I've ever seen!". Bob came off the
straight at speeds that you would expect
from an Open class bike (VERV fast!)
when he bobbled, one of his hands left
the handlebar and he merely ...went
straigh t. That is, straigh t over a four
foot berm and straigh t in to the air
(conservatively estimated at ten feet
high) where he soloed over 30 yards
downrange. Bob's nickname should
perhaps be· changed from "the Candy
Man" to "the rubber ball" however as
he walked away with little more than
a bloody lip and various bruises.
Bob, understandably, failed to make
the second moto, but his competitors,
not to be outdone, had their own try at
"crash and burn". The first two riders
into the first comer followed Hershey's
path, bu t less spectacularly, over the
berm. To encore this, two riders in
about fourth or fifth place went 100
yards further, collided into each other,
and the whole pack, in turn, collided
into them. The ambulance rolled again,
but out of the mass of bodies came Jim
Dawson (V am), Ken Zahrt (Bul), and
Joe, Veillon (Hus). Dawson soon.slowed,
and Zahrt, relegated to s«ond) >b"
Veillon, could do no better then second
overall. Veillon (naturally) was first
overall.
All told, it was a memorable day for
spectators and a fWl one for the riders.
After the racing was over, everyone and
anyone raCed each other around the
course and then packed up and left to a
certain partv.
Muntz action in the 250 class.
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