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Corona Short Track and Half-Mile
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wind
all da b L I ked liked
they were going to give the racers a
reprieve 11t'cdllesday lligh1:.-Irwas-not to
be and after one moto they came back
again stronger and colder than ever.
Didn't slow down any of the racers but
it Was uncomfortable from a spectator
stand poin t.
Gary Wells was on hand getting back
into the racing scene more and more
after coming off tour. He also was
responsible for starting the fad of the
evening. [n the Open Expert Short
Track, Gary only gave up on heat to
Earl Roloff on his way to the win and
the wheelies on the straigh t-a-ways
started a contest that was to last all
night among many of the riders. Gary
Davis, Gary's teammate and a jumper in
his own right Was third behind Earl.
Gary "D" had all kinds of problems,
mechanical and otherwise.
In the Open Half ~1i1e go it was Gary
again in total domination, even though
Paul Lambert gave him a good run for
his money. Chuck Fq.lchey was third.
There were two 250 Expert Short
Tracks. In Division I, Rob Morrison,
rode a new Yamaha he had just taken
delivery of that night. The bike was
stock except for the pipe and if he can
go as fast as he did Defore any fine
tuning is performed he will be able to
fly when he gets it set up the way he
wants it. He wasn't running against any
slouches either with the likes of Pat
Guthrie and Randy Bailey running
second and third.
Danny Hockie topped Earl Roloff
and Carroll Heiland to win Division n.
Gennai
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Up
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Guthrie was third. .
JIm wnght mus~'e t onesome
out there not having Charles Soderstrom
to content with in the 175-200
Amateur-Expert Short Track. He rather
had a cake waIk with Barry Tolson
second and cott Flint third. He also
did the same thing in the Half-mile with
Barry and Scott finishing in the same
order.
Brian Garcia was very definitely the
winner of the 250 Novice Short Track
Division I bu t three riders had a heck of
a time deciding who was going to be
second and so ended the evening in a
three way tie. The three riders were Art
Close, Rick Draudt and Norm Blake.
David Zeiders had ·the distinction of
being third.
Don Remp won the second Division
from Travis Patton and Leon Autry.
Steve Bales again ran as a Novice and
blew tbe 175-200 Novices in the weeds
in the Short Track. It seems a shame
that a rider of Steve's caliber has so
little confidence in his ability t<;> ride
against Amateur riders. He's definitely
not a Novice. Mark Costilow was second
and John Shipley third.
Mini-cycles were allowed to run with
the mo torcycles beside their own class
and some of them did very weIl. John
Erickson aboard a Kawasaki won the
classes and Rick Naymola who has given
up the Mini-Cycles even though he does
ride a 100 in a Mini-Enduro frame was
second. Rick Younger was third.
Floyd Petton won Division n from
Marty Miller and Jim summers.
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MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., Dec. 1, 1972
- John Gennai picked up his second
win in the Indoor Championship series
and his seventh in the last ten events.
The third points event of the series was
another California show with six
westerners in the final ..
Gennai took the lead 'on lap three
from Dave Hansen and proceeded to
Top riders TUNE IT IN, then tum it ON !
motor away from the field leaving
Hansen and Rick Hocking to battle for
second with Hocking displacing Hansen
near the midway point. Jim Foley and
Mike Kidd rounded out the top five.
Hocking still holds top spot in the
points race but by a mere 10 points over
Gennai with Dave Hansen, Mike Kidd,
and Jim Foley holding the premier
spots.
Hand
Washable
Don Remp goes Ossa-jng.
EI Trial Nears
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Final preparations for the Third
Annual EI Trials de Espana are nearing
completion at Escape Country
Motorcycle Park on Trabuco Canyon
above E1 Toro in Orange Canyon'.
Finishing off a very successful year
for the trials riders of Southern
California, is the annual even t from
which the proceeds are used to send the
top riders of the area to Spain to
compete in the Spanish Round of the
International Trials Competition.
Although EI Trials de Espana is
primarily a fun event in which any rider
of a muffled motorcycle may enter,
there will be sections for Expert and
Mast~r class competitors which will be
located wi thin easy access of the
spectators. These sections will
undoubtedly hring the hi saw it but
can't believe it" reaction so typical of
first time trial visitors.
With riders such as Laine Leavitt of
San Francisco who has won the event
the last two years, fourteen year old
Marland Whaley of San Diego who is the
new State Champion, Richard Bledsoe,
Mark Eggars, Masters all, the exhibition
sections should prove ou tstanding.
To make the occasion even more
festive, three trials motorcycles,
donated by the Ossa, Montesa and
Bultaco factories will be given away to
holders of "donation" tickets. The trial
will start at 8: 00. a.m. on Sunday
December 10 so get ou t those scooters
and h ave a ball.
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Perris TT
by Elaine Jones
PERRIS, CAL., Nov. 11, 1972 - An
unexpected added attraction were three
visitors from across the waters, members
of the side-car racing fraternity, Bart
Notten of Holland, Samuel Haller of
Switzerland, and Hans Georg
Peppinghaus of Germany. The trio Was
very impressed with the American
variety of dirt racing, and all thought
they would like to give it a try. They
were most interested in getting a closer
look at some of the larger machines and
even th ough only one spoke English
they had no problems communicating
when it came to bikes and their engines.
Little Ricky Hart, after a year of
trying to make it to the top, won his
first. trophy on a motorcycle in the 125
Novice class Division II. Ricky really
looked like he had it all figured out as
he put it to Mike Thayer and Conrad
Weber.
Richard Beck, another one who has
really gone through a lot came due in
the 125 Novice 1. Richard has coped'
with just about everything that could
possibly happen and then some and it
was a very satisfying thing to see him
fmally get his win. Second place
Richard Kyzer who hasn't. been around
for a long while got back into the racing
sc~ne and looked like he will be giving
them fi ts as he finished second.
Debbie McGregor lost a heartbreaker
_
in the 100 ovice 11. In her first moto
her bike broke, and she DNFed. The
next two heats saw her out in front all
the way the way but it wasn't enough,
and she had to settle for second overall.
Walter Hall edged Debbie out fo~ first
and Robert Christ was third. Rick
Naymola took the win in Division I.
Vern Maxwell is making a habit of
winning as he did it again, this time in a
combined 125-175 Amateur.Expert.
Eric Engen and Randy Smith were
second and third.
A weird thing is happening. Doug
Mason has moved up to the big. bike
ranks to challenge Walt Foster and Walt
has returned the favor by going down to
Doug's 250 Expert class. Doug wasn't
there Saturday but Dennis Creeson was
and held Walt to a second. Bob Graves
was third.
Jimmy Johnson is looking a transfer
to the Amateur ranks righ t in the eye, as
he ran away from Bob Grant and Jerry
Renner in t1ie Novice Moto.
Jack McCafferty learned how to
square his comers and it lead him to
victory in the Amateur-Expert Motos.
The first race was a photo f.. .n ish
between Jack and Dennis Junker with
the nod giving it to Jack. In moto two
Jack had a clear win and was looking
good for the overall. In the final go,
Dennis carne back strong and collected the first but with Jack right behind him
it wasn't enough. Bob Herrick was third.
