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CD M Monterey Short Track _ "g o.. N ..... '" ...... " o ~ w Z W -J U >U by Lance Baird Photo by EwelJ E. Cole MONTEREY, CAL., Sept. 23, 1972 The final series of the year at the Monterey Fairgrounds began tonight. Due to conflicting dates in the Bay Area only about 120 riders snowed for the fir:st race in a series of five slated at the fairgroimds. The fast, eighth mile oval proved to be more than some of the out-of-town riders expected, as evidenced by the number of Monterey-Salinas riders in the winners circle,. The most exciting race of the night was the 250 Expert Main. The race had to be restarted twice due to fallen riders in the first tum. As the bikes rolled off the line for the third time the crowd was at a near frenzy. Going into the first turn it was David and Steve Pestoni side by side about one bike length ahead of third place Manual Dayton. By the end of the first lap the Pestonis had opened up aboll t a five bike length lead over the rest of the pack. For the next eight laps it was the two Pestonis batteling back. and forth for the lead. As the checkered flag dropped it was David Pestoni a half bike length ahead of his cousin Steve. Taking third place honors was Manual Dayton (Yam). The 250Junior class saw Bill Graham Jr. jump into the lead going into the first turn. Going -into the next tum Graham slipped the groove and his first turned into a fifth. At the end of the race it was Mike -McCormick (Yam) of Salinas going away with the win. Second place wen t to Bob Lucero. The 200 Novice class saw young Ricky Graham jump to an early lead he never relinquished. Graham has to be one of the best and most consistent young riders we have seen in many years. Second place wen t to Kevin S tally and third to the "Great Pumpkin", Don White. Fred Bennett (12m) fights for the inside line during the·250 Expert Main at the Monterey Fairgrounds. Oakdale Short Track ...;;,at,;.;,th..;e..;b..;a..;c... o..;f_t..;h..;e.:;p;,;ac;;;;,k..;S;;,t;,;e..;ve;;.;.P..;res;,;,:to:.;n..;j..:(.:2.:.1J~·)..:f.:.:in.:.:i:sh.:.:ed::..;s:::e.:.co:.:.nd;;;;,;' k... . by Bill Spencer OAKDALE, CAL., Sept. 23, 1972 Dennis Huff was a very surprised 250 Expert when the checkered flag came ou t for him at the last nigh t short track at the Pioneer Rodeo grounds. The Expert Main had started witll Carl Yerby leading and then Mark Muscio fighting to the frontwith"the 41 year old fastkid, Ray Huff. Huff held the advan tage from the first lap to the. sixth but was the victim of mechanical iUs and fell off the pace_ Muscio then took over with some feet-up slides_ When he found one rider getting underneath him, he had to take a closer line and coming off the fIrst tum on the last lap h is only opposi lion to the fron t was Jim Ferroni_ He was taken care of in the last turn. Muscio clipped the --'- inside of the comer getting undemea th Ferroni, but Ferroni either slipped or was helped, and he bailed, giving Muscio a shot at the checkered. But he got wide himself due to the faJl. So Huff found himself in command, the starter J .R. Trammell did the wave with a smile and that was that. It wasn't all sad for Muscio who won the 125 Expert over Teddy Davidson _ after some fierce dueling with Skip Aksland that left Aksland doing some l1ying W's tank slappers. The increase in mini-bike activity has been pbenominaJ and the rest of the season's races for the daytime both at th e Pi 0 neer Rodeo grounds and Fremont Raceway's scrambles track will host Y-AMA mini-bike races. Parents, get the kids signed up and come on out. -I Salel"> Service CU ..rCIIll work :.I: .ill make..; ~ftphY CYCLES MAICO 18-1 S"n Antonio Rd. Mt. Vicw, C,lif. 940-10 941-7317 1;. ACK PRODUCTS. San Jose. Ca 95125. 408-293-5111 CO. Trail 'Nr a a ENDURO SPROCIfTS 2 TOOTH CZ Counter Sprockets $9.25 Cal. res. add 5"; sales tax. C&M SPECIALTIES-P.O. BOX 717 MOUNTAIN VIEW CALIF. 94040 , COLISEUM CYCLE and MAIL Fremont Short Track - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . , . . - - 676 Auzerais Ave.• ORDER ACCESSORY CO. .~ KAWASAKI MOTORCYCLES 3958 E. 14th ST., OAKLAND, CAl. 94601 (415) 534-5461 WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE by Bill Spencer FREMONT, CAL., Sept. 20, 1972 Rick Hocking wrapped up a six week session of amateur short tracking with his fifth win, and again was the dominate man at the Fremont Raceway one-fourth mile. The J 0 series was led by him throughout and he still remains just about undefeated. The ten lap main was all his and except for Gary Tonda running second for five laps, the man that followed him around most was Pat Hennen on the Mt. View Auto Stereo Bultaco. Hennen had won the previous week and pulled the point gap to within two points. To top that off, the Astra engine had been legalized and it was tense un til the flag flew. Hocking got a terrific start that just couldn't be overcome. While Hennen was closing at the checkered, the time. to pass was too short, so the batLie of the Astro and the Yamaha twin will have to wait for the Sacramento half mile, October 8. The legalization of the Astra engine was possible through the efforts of Steve Doi, sponsor of some four bike. and the owner of Mt. View Auto Stereo. Doi took the AMA to task in Federal Court and won the righ t to ride his bikes. Not too many peopkhave sued the AMA and won, but he did just that. The win for Hocking was worth some migh ty fine brass and a brand new set of leathers donated by Jim Odom and ABC leathers. The other high point winners received oil from Castrol, helmets from Bell, sprockets for G l' Alloy, gift certificates from A & A manufacturing and ChampionjSchwerma products and John Escamilla won a sei of K-70'. from Selby Motor's for being the high point man in the 250 Novice class. Pat Hennen, for his second place effort got a free water bed. Not bad for second. Also receiving their dues for the series was Roddy Wartzok and Andy Ahlgren. Both were turned to Experts by Competition Committeeman Walt Masterson. Good going, fellows. Fremont Scrambles - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - E.BAY AREA DIRT BIKE HEADQUARTERS T. CYCLE SALES OOPS!! SHOULD HAVE READ "ESCAPE BY TRAIL BIKE" parts sales service mail order selby motors A Good Place To Buy A Great Motorcycle 346 EI Camino Real Redwood City, Ca. (415) 369-4112 ~ /1 WordS, pictures and d.iagrams worth their weight in gold. Bill Brokaw and Wiltz Wagner combine their talents to provide an introductory into the off~oad world. Should be mandatory reading for all beginner cyclists and recommend reading for even expert riders" Limited edition ~3.00. Cycle News PrOducts. P.O., Box 498 Dept. CNP. L.ong Beach, Ca. 90801. by Bill Spencer FREMONT. CAL., Sept. 22, 1972 Alex Jorgensen closed the District 36 pain t gap a.nother two notches tonigh t despite having the races called after the 500 Novice Main due to c u.r few . Some organizational problems and much to much cr.,hing caused the night's acLiviLies to be shortened, al though no major injuries were reported. Jorgensen and his super fast Kawasaki did the racy thing once-again with second place chores being handled by Pat Brawn on a converted Sonny Kenyon 200 Bultaco. Third went to point leader Butch Davidson on the Zakarian BullaCo. So the fight for the top plate gets narrower and narrower although Davidson still has a commanding 30 point advantage. With the smooth scrambles season almost over, the bid by Jorgensen might-fizzle. Bill Phillips was moved to the Junior ranks of the 350 Division when he showed up for toni h t's race and promptly won that race with no problems over second place John Tavis. Tavis moves in to the lead in that division 'for high point trophies over Dennis King, bu t the one poin t advantage could easily be wiped out as the last of the three point races will all have a 350 Expert run, and King is certainly the King of that. The lengthening of the show by crashing and other mishaps brought every thing to a close in the 500 J Ullior main when Tim Burke fell in the first turn and was run over by a closely following Jim Peter. Peter did a super getoff number l-timself but remounted while Burke ""cnl ofl" in the meat wagon to have his head examinied. It was. and he should be back in action soon. Burke is one of the regular racers in this area and has added lots of color to the 500 class of lale. The trip by the wagon at its time was late enough that the decision to stop running had to be made by track manager Harold Murrell as the 11 PM hour had passed and there was no ambulance at the track.