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g i Q. M .... en en' " .., '" ~ w ·z w -l U > U Tracks Shape Up and So Does the Racing Escape Country MX by Mike Capalite TRABUCO CANYON, CAL., Dec. 3, 1972 - A fast track greeted the riders today as the rains the previous week had left the track in beautiful shape and the riders were getting around it in jig time. While the rider list was down a little due to the Trans-AMA being held the same day, tnere was plenty of racing for everybody as most of the classes were filled. Jim Kennedy topped the First Day class Mini and Rick Parker won the Beginner, both on Hondas. The 100 class was really filled up as usual with the wins going to Bobby Crook (II ad) in the First Day class, Pat Baadilla (Yam) in Beginners, Mark Springer (Yam) in "'avice, and Dennis Sexton (Hod) in the Amateur division. The I'owder Puff class which is beginning to grow into a real competition class was topped by Kathy Brockman on her Suzuki. Kathy, who works on the Queen Mary. garnered her winning score by virtue of two firsts and a third. The 125 First Day went to Don Bazmore on his Yamaha. A 125 Husky carried Todd Carlson to victory in the Beginner ~!ass while Mike Edwards did CU~OMDES'GN it in the , OVice class aboard a Suzuki. The 125 mateur winner was John Breukelen who was Bultaco mounted. Suprizingly enough, the 250 class was only Iowan riders in the Amateur and Expert class, no doubt due to the Trans-AMA, but the remaining divisions of the 250 class were well represented. 11 was Jeff Mosby who took the First Day win. IJe didn't put down on his entry what he was riding, so 1 imagine it was his trusty Allstate. His brother Tom was second on a Bultaco. Curtis Newquist (Husky) got the gold for the Beginners while Greg Sokol (CZ) did it to the Novices. First Amateur was David Messersmith (Yamaha) while Jon Derhammer was the super-Expert who thrilled the fans with his special line over the hill at the finish line comer. The Open class had Bah King on Maico in the First Day class with Fred Cline (CZ) in the Beginners raking home the brass for first place. Open Novice winner Charles Beck on his Husky with Bill Stubbs bringing his Yamaha in for the win in the Amal.eur class. Jack Wright (who also didn't Jist what he was riding, so we figure it must have been a Tohatsu) did the job in the Open Expert division. USMRC MX make up places lap after lap until that final lap where all his hard-won ground went down the drain in aD:'oIF. Dave Smith was home free with the win, but lI'1orris still got second overall. The news spreads quickly at the tracks: Bruce McDougal is back in the saddle and a definite threat to all Experts. He quickly got down to business, polished off the 100, and set off to tackle the 125. ' There he met up with EI Tor talent Dave Carlson, and, though he came close, McDougal could never make the pass. Carlson swept the class. Dale Andersen has the Jntermediate classes all nailed down, at least the 12'5 and 250, both of which he swept. In the 125 it was over Jim Dean ( uz) and on a Yamaha. In the 250, Dale was Bul-mounted and Dave Wilson (CZ) was the second placer. The only Intermediate class Andersen didn't take wdS the 500, and brother Nathan kept it all in the family with a sweep over Paul BelisJe. Another team of brothers handled the 125 Junior divisions, the brothers Marinez. Mark took over Division [ and Rich swept II, both on Bultacos. by Pat Gross EL TORO, CAL .. Dec. 15, 1972 - Hey, all your motocross cats! Only one more week remains to make Lhe scene at EI Taro before the track closes for the holidays. I have it nn very good authority (Rudolph told me) that Santa is bringing lots of goodies for all the good little boys at the Bullring. lew lights, new sprinklers, new dirt, and brand-spanking new course. US:\IRC will be something to see. Taking advantage of the old course were a crowd of exceptional Experls, but Dave mith and his CZ took the hest advantage over,ill. It was Dave's nigh t to shine as he took a handsdown sweep of the 500 with a well-fough twin in the 250. The 250 had over a dozen racers entered with Morris Malone (AJS) leading easily at the end of the second race. So how did Dave Smith, wit..h a first and a last to his credit. catch up with Malone's urst and second combination'? .Grabbing the lead in the last moto got Dave off to a good start. . 'leanwhHe :vlalonc was working his way up from seventh. Morri. continued to _ ~ont~~~mp.e2~ section ( ee illustration.), in order to present the broadest and most stable can tact patch tn the road when cranked way over in a comer. The narrow cen teT rib is subject to excessive wear if you do much straight-up riding. Also, in anything less than racing, the triangular skins feel a bit spooky in transition, so they make a poor choice for everyday road riding. The best bet is the new style of Utrigonic" road tire developed for the latest generation of superbikes. These tires represent the best workable compromise between the round-section street tire dnd the triangular pure road racing lire (or day·in, day-out, high-performance riding. Finally, there's the fairing. Since nearly all the common factory-built fairings you can buy are designed for s traigh t-up tourinl( with American DISC BRAKE FOR YOUR . AT HALF THE FACTORY COST BY USING h:l.I1dlebars, the Street Roadster is still pretty much on its own. The lovely Stilcar (Barcelona) fairing that used to be 'Jptional on the Bultaco Metralla may still be available. The basic fairing is quite versatile; I've even seen one filled to a lIonda CB450 with a minimum of hacking and there is the Norton "Silverstone" half-fairing, also. What about customizing costs? 1t used t6 be that road racers were considered pricey bits of equipment and choppers relatively cheap. That's no longer true today, because the tremendous demand for choppergoodies has created' a large extablished custom parts industy with prices to match. The bolt-on custom equipmen t is selling at the prices asked, so modem chopper people at least start their projects with a certain amoun t of store-bought equipment. Take forks. The goodies catalogues usually feature at least one brand of' chromed, stylized springer forks with prices ranging around 225 and up. By contrast, t..he heavyweight road racing forks kits from Ceriani, Betor. Baroni. or ~1arzocchi range above and below 180 retail. Take front wheels, with Or without brakes. The ch opper builder starts wi th a spool hub ($20 - $40), a set of chromed spokes ($ 1 0 - $20), and a seventeen to twenty-one inch rim (steel. 20, alloy, $25 - $30). If he laces it himself, he saves money. Otherwise, it's another $15 to 30 for somebody else to do it. 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