Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

.. . C.R .A. MX at DeAnza feet more lead each lap and took the win. [n the Beginner class, Keith Patten chased Ken Shea for eigh t laps until his sparkplug gave au t giving Shea an easy M . " '" Q. N .... en ~ ~ ~ ,; 0 z (J) ;: w Z W ..J U >U by Barge Charger RIVERSIDE, CAL., Oct. 22, 1972 Today,' C.R.A. threw the first of their weekly motocross races at DeAnza Cycle Park, ten miles east of Riverside. These races alternate each week between Saturday and Sunday. The next race is Saturday, October 28, and if the turnout is as light as today's it should prove to be a sure trophy for some of the local Beginners and Juniors. After several days of rain and one day of sun, the track was in perfect condition. Several of the riders were asked, after the race, how they thought the course might be improved and most replied, HLeave it just as it is! ,Jim MacDon'!1d led the first 125 moto from the start and his only serious competition was Bob McCarter but McCarter bumped Jim's Yamaha in a turn and killed his engine. After restarting, McCaner managed to work his way through the other riders to finish second. Max Aldrige led all three motos of the Beginner class and was challenged only by Tom Ruvolo who made a real race of it in the turns but Max had the power and took the win. MacDonald again took the lead in the second mota but the- fifteen-minute motos worked in Bob McCarter's favor and he took the lead in the fifth lap and pulled away for the win. McCarter led from the start in the last moto but missed a shift coming out win over Morris Sammons. Bob McCarter doesn't have a unique style, ask Paul Smart? of the last tum and MacDonald took the lead. Two laps later, McCarter tried to pass in the same tum and wen t down giving the win to MacDonald. Gary Yamashita and Guy Nelson headed up the 250 Junior class and went into the first turn side-by-side with Yamashita coming out of the turn in the lead. Nelson passed Gary in the next to the last tum of the first lap but Gary was geared better for the track and repassed on the uphill straight with Nelson passing going into the next turn and Yamashita once again coming out of the turn ahead. • Gary now began to pick up a few Nelson jumped in to the lead in the second mota but Gary took the lead in the fourth lap and wen t on for the win. Morris Sammons led the Beginners for a lap and a half when Ken Shea passed and went on to win. Yamashita and Shea led their respective classes in the third moto from start to finish· for the overall wins. The Open Junior class was also dominated by Yamashita and elson although it looked for awhile as though Jim MacDonald migh t be ab Ie to take a win as he pulled out to an early lead but succumbed to mechanical problems leaving Yamashita in the lead. Nelson put on a determined effort and lost by only a wheel at the finish, which was as close as Nelson came to passing Yamashita in any of the three motos. The first two Open Beginner motos, Doug Larson led from start to finish followed by a determined Phil Patten. Patten's determination paid off in the third rna to as Larson crashed hard on the back straigh t. C.R.A. did' a fine job on their first race with all the motos being run off quickly and much of the credit for this much also go to the riders as none of them jumped the start and were on the line on time. Be sure and watch Cycle News for results of the coming C.R.A. events. USMRC M X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - by Pat Gross EL TORO, CAL., Oct. 20, 1972 Fortunately. they didn't have to put up with any meteorolgical harrassment for today's USMRC motocross, but only that of the local competition, which can be rough enough. But not rough enough to prevent three Expert classes from being swept. It started in the 100, which Dave Carlson tackled in his inimitable style.. (n other words, he hauled his Yamal13 around so fast that Rick Weber, the only other Expert, was left sitting in the dust. Weber was out after the first race, so that Carlson's closes challenger CRC MX :-::::::--::::--:-_::- by "The Shadow" ELSINORE, CAL., Oct. 22. 1972 Water is now everywhere at Rawhide Park, and what the sprinklers don't get, ho.es do. I t only takes a few momen ts between motas and a drying course is transformed in to a perfect track. Not only that, fans! Camping is the next thing coming to Rawhide Park. Who knows, someday there migh t even by hot and cold running water in the bathrooms. lronman of the day award at Rawhide went to Richard Padgett, who now pilots the Ray Bevans Yarnalla 90. Padgett, out for his very first race, was involved in a crash with a bigger bike during pre.practice festivities, which had nothing to do with the race. His entire left leg was turned into a mass of abrasions and cuts from the knee down to the ankle. At first it was thought the ankle might be broken, but the track ambulance c

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