Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

WHAT'S IN YOUR No vice "IT m ain . Plac ing seco nd behind Ingoli a in th e Sh ort Track main was Ka wasak i-m oun ted Mark Scroggins of Gle ndora wit h Cha rles Hart takin g third . In th e IT m ain , In goli a 's vic ti ms wer e Ed d ie Dr a ke, aboard a Kaw asaki, and Hart , as th ey finis he d second and third respectively . An other Novi ce rider th a t fa red quit e well last T h u rsday at Co ro na was Garden Gr ove's George Sm ith. The l Svyear-o ld Su zu ki rider ca p tured m ain event wins in th e 250 Sh ort Track and "IT. Smith dominated th e field , win nin g both the heat races and the m ain events. In the Short Tr a ck m a i n , Yamaha-mounted Te rry S tatu m fi nished second )Vith Ke lly Morriston taking the third spot. Bultaco- mo u nted Mike Jones grabbed the second spot in the "IT m ain, while Statum rounded out the top three positions. Out of all the riders that ra ced at Corona Thursd ay night, one rider c ontin ues to be the stand o u t in an y clas s he rides. Fifteen-year-old Eddie Lawson o f On tario has really proved wh y he is co nside red b y many to be th e next Gary Scott of the Southern California a rea. Takin g a b reak from th e 250cc classe s. Lawson d o min ated 125 Expert classes b y tak in g th e t o p spo ts in bo th th e hea t races and the m ain s. In t he TT m a i n , La w son ' s o n ly c o m p e t i t i o n w a s h is 12·year- o ld team m ate, Mik e Tidwell of Montcla ir , as M i k e pl a c e d seco n d to Ed die . Yam ah a-moun ted Frank Ridlon took thi rd . e fUTURE ?????????? GET IN ON THE J\.::::c =-r ~I =0 -N Be a CERTIFIED motorcycle mechanic. Earn $7·15,000 per year. Train noli with AM I the recognized leader in the field of training metercycle mechanics. Home study course...or resident training course at Daytona Beach, Florida, the motorcycle capitol of the world. Results TT FllEE SET PROfESSIONAL MOTORCYClE TOOLS J DYNAMOMETER INSTRU TION C J ROTARY ENGINE TRAIN ING START YOUR CAREER NOW! LEARN THE FACTS Charlie Soderstrom (Bull is back to his w in ning ways - as usual - taking the 250 Expert at Elsinore. Write or Call Toll Free 800/874·0645 Florl do Residents Call Callect 904/255·0295 AMERICAN MOTORCYCLE IN STITU ----_ . TE ~.- Student Di'ision Dept M P.O. Box 2628 Daytona Beach, Ra. 32015 Name . Address . C ity .. State Zip . Home Phone Age . I Am A Veteran (J 127 SALE On all cycle boots Up to $70 Value $39.95 NOT Seconds Mos t Major Nam e Brands Georgia Giant only . . $ 23.9 5 Harness Boots $17.9 5 Acme Boots $ 17 .9 5 Hercules Boots . .. • . $49.95 v e n er amtn t , Ca rol ina, Chippewa, Geo rg ia Gi ant. and Rall y ri d ers . W e fit be tt er a n d we nav e sizes . Disco unt Prices! Work Shoes Unlimited 18 12086 Brookh urst, Ga rden Grove, Calif. 92640 (7 14) 537 ·65 3 5 AND 125 2 2 West mins te r be tw een Harb or & Fa irvie w (7 14) '53 1-6555 Elsinore TT Story and Photo by Gary C. Jones ELS INORE , CAL., FEB . 3 Starting o ff t he program were those po or guys in th e 100 Novice cla ss. The reason they are poor guys is, afte r practice is co nclude d, the track crew goes o u t and w aters d own t he co urse . It has to be done fo r obvious reaso ns , o ut st ill it's too bad they can ' t hol d off a lit tle w hile before th ey send those u n fo rt una te ligh t weigh ts ou t to d o battle o n th e "grease ." It's fun th ough wh en yo u' re ou t in fro nt be cause you ge t the chan ce to throw mud into ever ybody else 's face. Tak ing th e mud-throwing honors toda y was th e pl easu re of Troy Ingoli a o n a Yamaha. Placing second with tw o se conds a nd a firs t was Paul McPh ers on a nd ta kin g th ird w as Dan n y Sattl er . Th e 10 0 Amat eur-Expert class saw so me re al close co m peti t io n. In t he fir st he at Mik e Minn ig of South Gate score d a close win over Doug Nicol with Tim McWhorter pla cing th ird. T he second heat was a ca rbon co p y of the first in the res ult co lum n . This evidently got a little boring for Doug a n d T im be cau se in th e third race th ey both za p pe d Mike by ta k ing fir st and seco nd respect fu lly. And to add ins ult to injury , J ef f Middleton ca m e up th rough th e ran ks t o ta ke th ird awa y from Mr . Minnig, th er eb y kn ocking him o ut of first ov erall h onors. Walking around in th e pits befo re th e ra ces I overheard one of t hose typical fathe r-son conversations ; y ou know, th e ty pe wh er e d ad is giving son so me fa the rl y adv ice. It we n t some th in g like this: SON - " Well Di d , I d on ' t know. If I race in this class I can score m or e po ints , and be sid es, I' d ha ve to ru n wit h a n Am at eur in tha t o the r cla ss. " D,\D " Well I think yo u should ru n in th at o t he r cla ss a n y way , and if th at Amat eur ge ts in yo ur way , run th e (Blank, Blan k ) ove r !" How 's th a t fo r some good fat herl y ad vice, rol ks? ' _,' _9~lt!~g back 10 . t_ ~<: I i on , . the big h!, 65 0 's had a class all to th emselve s this week. If yo u ever need yo ur field pl owed , j ust cal l T om Fort u ne and he'll send a road cre w o ut th a t will ge t th e job done in about fi fteen minutes, give or t a ke a co u ple o f b eers . T hese bi g fo ur s t r o k es a r e pu ttin g o ut so me unbel i e vabl e hor sepower . Th ere's n othing quite lik e th e sound th ese babies put out co m in g o ff th e line. Making th e m o st of his t hrottle pow er was J o h n Spragu e up o n a (you ready fo r th is? Not Yamaha, but - ) Triu m ph! Dennis Jun ker was havin g fun an d fini sh ed off the d ay b y scoring e seco nd p lace . 100cc NOV : 1. T roy I n go li a ( Y am ) . 2 . Eddie D r a k e (Kaw ) . 3 . C h arles Hart ( Kaw) . lOOce AM/EX : 1. Rick Nagmola ( Yam) . 2 . Mike M innig (Kaw). 3 . Mark U pton (Kaw) . 12 5 c c NOV : 1. Stan Kinsey ( Y a m ) . 2 . Mar k C ra wfo r d (Pu c) . 3 . Mar k Wi lliam s (Hon) . l2 5 c c AM/EX : 1. E d d ie Lawson (Yam) . 2 . M ik e T idwell (Y Z ) . 3 . Fra nk R i dlon ( Y a m ) . 2 0 0 c c COMB : 1. S teve Boles ( B UI ). 2. M ar k Cra wfo r d (Puc) . 3 . Randy Hoggar d (Bu l ) . 2 5 0 c c NOV : 1. Ge orge Smit h (Su z) . 2 . Mik e Jo ne s ( B u l ) . 3. Ter r y S ta tum (Yam). 2 5 0 c e AM : 1. D e w e y Seaver (Yam) . 2 . Da le Morgan (Han). 3. R i ch Warren I Bu l) . 250cc E X : 1. D an McWhorte r ( M on ) . 2 . Jerr y Gree r (Yam) . 3 . M ike T idwell (Y am) . OPE N COMB : 1. Clyde Den ne n (S UZ) . 2 . Vern Maxwell (Bu l). 3 . Dave Racine ( Yam) . ' S H O R T TRACK MINI COMB : 1. Greg F au l k ner (SU Z) . 2 . RUd Y Dic k i ns o n (S uz ) . 3 . Joe Breed lo ve (Yam) . 100ce NOV : 1. Troy I ngolla (Y am ) . 2 . Mar k S crogg i n s ( K aw) . 3 . C h ar les Ha r t (K aw ) . l25ce NOV : 1. Mark Pr esco tt ( Y Z ) . 2 . B ill Dav is ( Pu c). 3. Ma r k C rawfo rd ( PUC). l 25c e A M : 1. Mar k Upton ( K a w ) . 2 . F r an k R id lon ( Y a m ) . 3 . John Stiemsma ( K a w ) . l 2 5 c c E X : 1. Ed die Lawson ( Y am) . 2 . R i ck Navmota (Yam) . 3 . M ike Minnig (Kaw) . 2 0 0 c c COMB : 1. Mar k C rawford ( Pu c) . 2 . AI Glover ( K a w ) . 3 . B ob Triug (Ka w ) . 2 5 0cc NOV : 1. George S mith (SU Z) . 2. Terr y Statu m (Yam ) . 3 . Ke lly Morr iston (B u l) . 25 0 cc A M : 1. Bruce Reynold S (Bu l). 2 . Kir k Doyl e (Y a m ) . 3 . Dale M o rgan ( H u s) . 2 5 0 c e EX : 1. M ike Ti d well ( Y am) . 2. D an M cW horter (Mon) . O P E N C O M B : 1. Vern Ma xwell ( B u l) . 2. Cl y de D e nnen (Suz ) . 3. Ti m M c W tl o rter (Y am ). Results 100 N O V : 1. Tro y I n go lia (Y a m ). 2. Paul McPh erson ( Y a m). 3 . Danny Sattler. 100 AM /EX : 1. OOU9 Nic o l ( K a w ). 2 . Mike M inni g ( K a w ). 3 . Tim M cWh orter ( K a w) . 1 2 5 AM /EX : 1. R ick y N a v m or a (Y am). 2 . J e f f Spri ngman (lOd) . 3. E d d ie Lawson (Y Z) . 1 n . ·25 0 AM/EX : 1. Mik e Mye r s (Bul ) . 2 . Ha l C heet w oo d (B ul) . 3 . R and y Hogg ard (Bul ) . 2!?O N OV : 1. Larry Han son ( B u l ) . 2 . G re g Wil h i te (Yam ) . 3. R on AgUi rre (BUI) . 35 0 A M: 1. M i k e Myer s ( B u l ) . 2. Ji m W r igh t ( B ul ) . 3 . James F oxe ( B ul ) . 350 · 500 NOV / AM : 1. B rian .r otson (Mai ) . 2 . B i ll C ar pen ter ( Yam ) . 3 . K e ith Moss (Yam ) . 350·500 EX : 1. Ma r k Reichert ( Y am) . 2 . Steve Nichol ( Vam ) . 3. D on G r igsby ( M a il. OPEN EX: 1. Joh n Sprague (Trl ). 2 . Denn is Junker (Yam) . 3 . Paul Lambert (Yam) . 1 25 NOV MA IN : 1. Mark Prescott (Yam) . 2. D a ve B utt (Ya m) . 3 . St ev e Miller (SU l) . 250 E X M AIN : 1. Cha s. Soderstrom (SuI) . 2 . Dan M cWhorter (M on) . 3 . Larry Bird (Mon L . 250 AM MA IN : 1. K i r k D oy le ( Y a m ) . 2 . D on Waffee (Yam) . 3 . Clint Palmer ( 055) . NRA attacks cherrypickers at Baymare, By The Shadow For th e first tim e in man y . mo on , a racing promoter actually produced something new in th way of an effort to kn ock of) " cherry-pickers" in the No vice Beginner races. We' ll have to wai t a bit L co me up with enoug o co m ments from co mp et ito rs t t Corona Short Track and TT By Tom Blatt ler CO RON A, CA l. . , FE B. 7 In th e th ird wee k o r th e "Super Cycle Com bo, " three rid ers stood o ut in the sho rt track and steep le, chas e program. Eleven-year-old Troy Ingo lia o f F ullerton pulled o Il o ne o f th e thre e double wins of th e n igh t, as he ro de his Yam ah a to victo ries in the 100 .No vic e - S h ort T ra c k mai n an d th e 10 0 .. 4 . ... . ~ • j udg e whe th er o r no t th e a ttempt w s .. a su ccess. .II Briefly, the Riversid e-b ased Natio iia Racing A sso cia tion came up wi th a id ea , to wit the top 50% of finish er s! eac h d ispl acem ent d ivision would B classed as Novi ce s, w hile the bo tt o half o f th e fini shers would be listed . Beginners. T his theo reti cally lef t Iittl ' roo m for ho rse play , as y o u really .re.e kn ew who y o u w ere co mpe tin g agai ns - esp ec ially in th e m iddle of the pad: Regardless o f whe th er or no t th, NRA ex pe rim e n t was a co mp le t succ ess. a t le a st it w as a tr y a t k n ockin o ff th e j er ks o ut fo r th e easy tr ophy a th e ex pe nse o r yo u nger rid ers. A n . p rom o ter's attem pt at d eal in g I will ch err y- p ic kers w oul d seem w elcom e th es~ d ay s:

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