Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
Issue link: https://magazine.cyclenews.com/i/125831
October 23, 1973 fight was still on with Gary Moore leading with 20, Eric Watts with 17 and Chris Fisher with 15. These three were all in the main as was Dwayne Fisher with 13, who was eliminated mathematically, but still involved. The night's race was for four tropbies and the title was up for grabs providing Moore didn't win. He didn't, but still won the high poin t. Fisher and Ellis went out and really - wailed while Wes Blackwood held off Moore for the third and his first trophy, while the fourth for Moore was enough to fend off the Fisher charge. It was Fisher 20, Moore 22. Ellis' second brought him up into the picture for a tie with Watts for third, and all this is just the beginning of what will likely be some great minibike racing for the future. Point Race at Vallejo By James Brammer VALLEJO, CAL., OCT. 5 With the season closing soon in District 36 short track, the point race is tightening up with keen competition for high finishing positions in the Expert finals. All who placed at Vallejo are within the top twenty and that should make the current list obsolete. Two low men in the top twenty, 250 Expert winner Kelly McIsaac and Mike Kalamaras both finished ahead of Larry Drew, the point leader who finished third, Kalamaras practically has number two black plate in scrambles secured and now he's after a white plate. Rick Delacy led the early laps of ~e 250 Expert final with Kelly McIsaac closing in. When McIsaac attempted to pass on the inside, the two c.ollided with Rick Delacy taking his second crash of the evening. McIsaac was then well ahead of the pack. Black platers, Kalamaras and Drew finished second and third with Mcisaac continuing to move up on the poin t tables. In the 360 main, winner Dennis Robinson and Ron Kole led through the first corner. Ron Sarver hit the inside bank of the track, saving a fall, but he slipped to sixth spot in recovering. Kole took a wide slide from his second spot to back in the pack but recovered to third spot during the race. Terry Otton stayed within inches of winner Dennis Robinson who was spinning excessively on a very slick track. Robinson and Otton hold their second and third place in the top twenty while Ron Kole is about fifteenth. Eddie Hegarty, who lapped most of the riders in the 250 Novice class the previous week, was proved legal under protest but caught enough attention to get advanced to the Junior class. Page 21 Tonight Eddie proved himself again. This time he had an easy win on the same OSSA in the 250 Junior class ahead of Brad Kotsaris and Craig Van Dale, both experienced riders in the Junior class. ~ ·',. GRAND PRIX *~,.~ lTf!!~M~!!rrn~~£!},!!AY 1 SAT & SUN OCT. 27 & 28 Maratfion Madness By Bill Spencer 1 Man 1 Hour 3.5 MILES Pavement, TT, Mud, Yo Mile Dragstrip Party Satu rday FREMONT, CAL., SEPT. 30 _The continuing madness of marathon' racing brought 126 teams out to try the new 1'.4 mile track at Fremont Raceway and the prelude to the grand prix, scheduled for Oct. 27-28, brought out some super close racing that the large crowd could follow. In the 125cc event the teams of Scott Austin and Dave Rosenquist just beat out Greg Tuller and Pete Scarlett, both riding Cycle Center Hondas, on the last lap. The seesaw battle had raged for the entire two hours, with one pit stop costing one team some trouble and a fall causing the other the same time problem. Austin took the lead on the second lap with TuDer bringing up second on the fourth go-round and then keeping a train set-up for the next 16 rounds. On the first stop, Scarlett took the helm from Tuller and led Rosenquist around for almost ten laps. The gas stop cost Scarlett's team 10 seconds. Tuller ran into some more problems later that dropped him back temporarily but he gave back the helm to Scarlett who regained the lead on the 48th lap. A more than 10-second delay from Rosenquist caused the other Honda to drop back and it looked good for Tuller/Scarlett until the last lap. Coming around for the one lap sign, Scarlett had over a 10 second buffer, but somewhere along the way he got sidetracked and it was indeed Scott Austin, around for the win and Scarlett trying hard and taking a strange second. Someone diagnosed the ills as the fallydowns. Steve Ferroni worked his way into the third overall spot riding a 125 four-stroke Honda by himself. Despite some untimely ills, the first Novice team in was the Noel Bilski/Harold Johnson Honda just beating out Chuck Eastment and Bob Edgren on a Suzuki. Another single rider, Tom Jones, rode yet a similar four-stroke to the sixth overall . and third Novice. Seventh overall and first 100 was a rather unusual duo of Paul and Cam Johnson. The brother leam was in the hunt the whole way and it isn't really too hard to believe since Paul was the No. I scrambler in this district in 1969 and is a National title holder of old. N eit MacDannald returned for Experts: $150.00 1st. $100.00 2nd + Brass $50.003rd Tentative GO·aOce ONLY Minis: O-IIOee: Nov/Jr/Ex 125ee: Novices Jr/Ex 125ee: 250ee: Novices Jr/Ex 250ec: Open: Novices Jr/Ex Open: Min. 20 to Make A Class Sat. Schedule Sun. Sc:hecIUe Subject to change Prac: 9-11 A.M. Minis: 30 Min. P:30-12:00 O·lOOcc Nov. I :00 to 2:00 125cc Jr/Ex 3:00 to 4:00 8:30 to 9:30 125 Nov. 10:00 to 11 :00 Limited Practice 250 Novice 12:00 to 1 :00 open Novice 1 :30 to 2:30 Open Jr/Ex 3:00 to 4:00 For Entry Forms & '"formation Write: Prac: All Classes $10 Pre Entry Includes 1 Fr.e Guest Pass. $15. Post Entry' NO G u.~t Pass. GRAND I"IiIX 14 Camp Evers Ln. Scotts Valley. Ca 95060 Spectator . Admission: $2.50 Each Day ,Jrs. (12-16); $1.00 A.dull: Each Cay Gates Open 8: 00 am -Each Day Under 12: FREE J)OWNJE9N!)J CYCLE CENTER ~~~ SUZUKI . YANKEE from Downey area from Long Beach from Orange County (2131865-8223 (2131 43t:1223 (7141 52t-5343 11835 E. Carson St., Hawaiian Gardens, Ca. 600 Feet East of 605 Freeway, Carson-Lincoln off-ramp ~o~ono~anono~('nOnOnononon t c, • TEAM YAMAHA HATS IN BLUE, GOLD OR BLACK BELL STROKER CAPS LEATHER VISORS WITH YAMAHA OR HODAKA T & 0 YAMAHA CAPS l' E; o 24020 Narbonne Ave., Lomita, CA. 90717. i 0 -- f ~~,~THE~~MAl-fA (') Juniors Bob Stuscavage (52H) and Pete Doleini in the 250 class at Vallejo short track. 25% Brass + Contingencies Finisher Pins t $1.50 $1.50 $3.95 $ .50 r. 0 t r. 0 Phone (213) 534-2311 t~O n () t',,-, 't~') 1'," t'~O Tf:O 't< (;) 'tEO Tf:O 't< (;) tEel 't£O 'n: r COMPETITION SHOCK ABSORBERS • FIVE WAY ADIU TABLE ''1 , -I t. • • • • " DISTRIBUTED BY CHROMED & POLISHED DOUBLE DAMPENING REBUILDABLE STREET OR RACING Sammy Tanner Distributing 734 No. Avalon Blvd. Wilmington, Calif. 90744 Phone: (213)83~ M Betor Forks and Shocks Make the Difference * NEW' DODGE' USED VAN -TRUCKS 4x4's - CONVERSIONS * Lcasing Available, Most Makes Call For APQointment & Ask for Marv Bigman 86R or John Knowles 0·37 Dependable Dodge 21514 Roscoe BI. canoga Pk, Ca. 91304 213·883·9060, (LA) 213-873-4095 ST.· ONTARIO.CA 91762-114 983-5871 On your way to Sdddleback The Bike Shop cz - MONARK - HODAKA Custom Pipes & Accessories 4418 East Chapman Ave. Orange, CA (714) 532-3634 Collins & Son 12G5 E. Lincoln Anaheim (714) 535-5000