Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

.. ------------~ ~ --- Attack of the Fog- MonSter llil ., iii' ... or N .... '" -The Sidehackers Strike Back ~ _~K:"'---'" ,; 0 Z til ;: W Z w -' 0 >0 Joe Veillon, out in front of the Open Experts, and on his way to an overall win. by John Huetter ELSINORE, CAL., Oct. 22, 1972 Heavy gray fog hung tenaciously in the hills as the sounds of occasional engines starting, tools clattering and mumed voices came eerily through the swirling mists. Predawn attack on the Afrika Korps? An armored cavalry assault on a Viet Cong position in the Central Highlands? No, just a idehack Assn.-sponsored D-37 motocross, with the would-be racers waiting for the opportunity to get a look at the track. The original good idea of running ligh tweights in the morning and heavyweigh ts in the af~ernoon got a lillle screwed up. It was about eleven before a weak sun burned off the fog and the ligh tweigh ts wen t au t to practice. Now some riders maybe tried to figure out in advance what Kind of motocross course the Sidehack Assn. would layout in and about the Elsinore IT track. Undoubtedly it would be fast, smooth and require plenry high gearing. Or maybe some riders aren't as dumb as this one. Surprise! The three-wheel freaks fooled everybody. The course was tight, rough, off-eamber, and had two mudholes. Only about a hundred feet of the IT ACTION SUPPLY Midwest's Largest Warehouse & Distributo.r for: PRESTON PETTY PRODUCTS - - - - - - -. . 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One of the most consistent performances of the day came from Danny Sanchez (MNK) who repeated his former D-37 motocross win in the 125 Amateur class. Larry Bird was ahead of him to be the first Expert and· Jim Connolly (BuJ) overcame a dead engine, hand-in-the-air start in the second rna to to take second 125 Expert. Cherry Stockton (Bul) was fastest PPer as the ladies ran with the 125 Novices. Mike Sixberry (V am) got- promoted out of the 250 Novice ranks and Guaranteed Immediate Delivery Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma Distributor'& Dealer inquiries welcome Call Collect (713) 946-3004 factory replacement platon ringa • super rings PRECISION CYCLES STRIKES AGAIN MUNTZ PARK PRO CLASS OCT. 21 Jim McDonald 1st place 125 Rickman Chuck Lunde 1st place 250 CZ Thanks to E.C. & Joe for porting & pipes that get the job done. P lteCiSiOtl CycQe 4573 Artesia Blvd. Lawndale. Ca. 90260 (213) 370-8822 Dealer inquiries Invited. Send 50¢ for catalo . proceeded to win the fust Am/Ex mota as Tony Rogers (CZ), current district Number One, drowned out in the sticky mud. Rogers came back in the next two motos and demonstrated how he got the low digit by leading from start to finish. Sixberry challenged, but got over-eager and kept falling in the first few laps. Steve Bebeck (CZ) followed Tony around in the last two gas to end up second Amateur ahead of Nate Sciaqua (Vam). The lo~ Expert 250 turnout assured Rogers the first in that class. John Burr (CZ) riding for the shop of the same name, did a very thorough job on the Open Novices. By the last mota, he had a c1earcut victory in hand. The tight, choppy course didn't seem to bother him at all. Troy Hollis switcbed from Suzuki to CZ and led the first Open Expert mota to the checkered. By the end of the day, however, Joe Veillon had his beautifully. prepared Husky out in front of the combined Am/Ex pack and stayed there to take the overall Expert win. When the points and scoring were sorted out for the big bikes, Ken Markling (Suz) had the top Amateur ride. The back to back Open matos, with just two classes running, had some quick turnarounds, rapid gulping of green stuff, and tired riders by the end of the day. Most local MXers are used to more tharr 20 minutes between motos. Maybe we really are getting soft. It was nice, though, not having to wait around all day to run your three matos, even if a little demanding on the bod. Despite the late start, the Sidehacks managed to finish up by 5: 30 and the last of the heavyweights tiredly loaded their scooters, caked with the drying in....d. into vans and trucks. The "should have dones", mental points calcuJating, and course evaluation racketed around the pits as the real race: for the freeway, began. not only unbreakabla, but chrome plated for extra long life too II now for-Hodaka 100cc dykea, Bultaco 125, Bultaco 250, DKW .. 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