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.. ltl ltl '" :. ,.. N Ol ~ The spectators were using lots of body English to get riders through. Cal Poly Trials It"s slovv" but it isn"t easy. _ by Christopher Ostlind SAN LillS OBISPO, CAL." Nov. 12, 1972 - Looking forward to a terrific day of riding and a crumby day of weather I entered a Cal Poly Penguins M.C. sponsored Trials and ended up with neither of the two. To begin with, the weather was just plain out a site. The sky was perfectly clear and totally smog free. The earth had wonderful smells of growing grass and fertile soil and the sun was shining brightly and warmly on eveyone's bodies. When I got there, the Penguins were already doing their thing down in a tree filled gully. The Expert riders were busy negotiating a section with a huge houlder in it followed by a nice climb up a loose earth hill. The rock itself seemed to provide the biggest challenge as all the riders took a dab after they negotiated the two and a half foot face and had to make a quick left hander on the top of the boulder. The s"cond time through everyone seemed to have found the secret as quite a few cleans were recorded. Although the SLO area riders are not really on a par with the other California Trials riders yet, if more competi tion can be provided for them, they could be. Eve rybody had a very aggressive attitude about Trials, and even the spectators were using liberal amounts of body english to get each rider through the sections without any points. . The Expert class was won by B. McCaly with 43 points. He just beat out J. Parsons who had a 46 and R. Cox with a 49. Some very fme riding was displayed by these guys and the crowd showed their approval after every rider made his attempt. . The next scheduled Trials event will be in the spring and it looks like some sort Of Enduro is in the works. Whatever, I'll be back for the Trials event and I hope to see some of the Pengu.ins at the other events where we can all practice. Bodaka. II WOD'I ruD oal of 'gals before Wouldn"t you like to see something where you wouldn"t have to wear ear plugs? Medford Cross Country by Mike Starr MEDFORD, ORE., Nov. 13,1972 - As soon as the Open class bikes exploded from the start it was obvious there was going to be some dead serious, no holds barred, racing. Bob LaFontaine must have the world's only radial rm, electric start Maico! While the rest of the class stroked, stroked, stroked, Bobby just looked at his kick lever and blasted off with the front wheel only along fot: the ride. By the time all classes had started on thirty second intervals it seemed like only minutes 'til the roar of the first bike coming in could be heard. Guess who? That's right, Bobby LaFontaine, followed immediately (by about two feet) by Jack LeRoy on his Yarnaba 360 MXer. The next rider was Jerry Douglas aboard his super swift 250 Husky. Right, a 250! The thirty second differential between class starts might just as well have been thirty minutes. Douglas is one of those, "God I wish I could ride half that good," riders you just love to watch. So, so smooth and faster than a love-sick antelope chasing a lady in waiting. The rest of the riders funneled through on their flrst lap and before you knew it here came LeRoy, Douglas, and Lafontaine, apparently Bobby missed a tum. The day wore on and, you guessed it, the fmished order was Douglas, LeRoy and LaFontajne. A special class, in keeping with the Motorcycle Riders Association concern for our senior citizens, was included in y01l do. _ the even t. The "half-fast" class was no shoo-in however, seems like when it gets down to who gets the shiniest marble, the throttles just seem to run themselves. To a man, riders loved the course. It was a fun type layout with just enough tricks to keep riders on their toes. What seemed like five million Webco arrows and a mile of flagging marked the course to insure few oJf~course excursions. The Motorcycle Riders' Association next race is a motocross on November 26th followed by the grand opening of "s trawberry Hill" December 10th and another cross country December 31. Broadcasts Slated ., _ The most complete lineup of motorsports events ever planned for national broadcast coverage was announced by Motor Racing Network Executive Producer Roger Bear. The 1973 format will include the following American Motorcycle Association races: Daytona 200, Daytona Inti. Speedway, March 11 - Laguna Seca road race, Laguna Seca Raceway, July 29. New to Motor Racing Network's coverage in 1973 are capsule reports from major American Motorcycle Association national championship races during the live broadcasts of major au to races. MRN will report the progress and results of classic two-wheel 'competition at Ontario Motor Speedway, May 6; Loudon, N.H., June 17; Columbus, Ohio, June 24; Peoria, Ill., August 5; Terre Haute, Ind., August 12; and Talladega, Ala., Sept. 2. The Hodoka is built for one purpose. To out-last and oul- _ perform its competition. How is this done? By relining the same basic, superior design year alter year. Perfecting the little things that multi-model man}J1ccturers don't have lime to notice. Carefully examine the new Hodoka. Notice the trip-set odometer. The feather-light clutch operation and spring protected throttle cable. And the rubber mounted gas tank. Little things that add up io big things. We only build one bike. But we build it ·beller than anyone else in the world. THE BOOGIE THEM MACHINE PUTS IT TO Hodaka mounted Jim Evans won the l00cc GP class at ACA Road Race, Carlsbad Raceway, Carlsbad, Oct. 15, 1972.