Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

rn :-= ~ IlQ Gary ~ .. IlQ #, .. ...:I g Scott • ,. • ;... g Continu ed f ro m page 13 ~ f'o • O"l >n .... .0 ,.. C,) :: C,) > 0 z . . . Okay, Professor Baile y . What am I d oing wrong? Sage Park MX By Caro l Benton RIDG ECRES T . CAL. , OCT. 20 .. T roy Ho llis, 21 -year-old hot shoe from Barstow, rode his 400 CZ to an easy moto cross victory in the Open class at Sage Park Sunday. Expert desert ra cer Billy Becker threatened during the second mota bu t was foiled b y m ech an ical problems. lIollis' recen t challe nge to lo ca l Open Senior racers went una nswe red as he dusted out of town co mpetition to co llect his first place trophy . F our t e e n -year-ol d Novice Brent Peterso n was back from Tehachapi to th rill the spe ctators by fi n ishi ng seco nd in th e 125 class . Bre nt fel t he sho uld have won th e race. He was victi m of a poorly -marked sec tio n of the co urse and tw o pretty sharp racers. Park officials have announced their d ecisio n to ho ld o n ly one race per mo n th . Until fur th er notice, race s will be held on the third Sunday of ea ch month . Next race November 17. • HRA is back! England Motor c y cle D e al er s' Association to di scontinue sponsorship of the annual national ro ad ra ce s, Keith Bryar, owner of Bryar Motorsport Park . announced todav : that he and well known cy cle de :.Jer and race sp onsor John Jacobson, o f Boston Cycles, h ave entered into an agre ement to co n tin u e this famous event. • Gaylon Mosier wins on new Maico By Fred Klugman ORANGE, CAL., OCT. 19 Gay lon Mosier, former learn Honda rider, made a successful deb u t on a new Maico by 'taking the field of 250 Experts. John DeSoto (Oss) ran off the track and slid do wn the berm on the first la p of the firs t 3 0 minute m o to . By th e time Jo hn got his hard starting bike fir ed again h e had a co m m a nd ing grip o n last pla ce. Gunning it all the wa y DeS ot o rep asse d the entire field exc ep t for Mo sier and Pete Mal y (CZ) before time ran o u t. In the second m ota a fter a 15 minute hound a nd hare chase DeSoto finall y By Sir Lo in ADELANTO , CAL. , OCT. 20 IT and haIf-mile racing returned to 395 Cy cle Park following a five mo n th absence. The action was fast for what looked to be a re cord crowd as 150 entries fo ught it out on the sm o o th , sun-baked clay track. Racing on the TT and half-mile will be held the first and third Sunday of every month for the re mainder of the winter season with 25 % tro p hies. See you on Novem be r 3 rd. • Loudon-Laconia still a possibility for '75 LOUDON, N.H., OCT. 18 Nego tiations are in progress to save the world famous Al\IA National motorcycle races whi ch have been held in New Hampshire • 36 for o ver 35 years. With the final decision of the New " Tuning u p " for the Trans -AMA, Gav lo n Mos ie r exercises h is ne w sponsored rid e. broke a way from Mosi er to ge t a clear win in the mota and a seco nd o verall . Pet e Maly finished third in both m otos getting an o vera ll th ird. M o s ie r , now ridin g fo r th e Wheclsmith team , d escrib ed the ra ce as a " tu ning sessi on " fo r hi s bike and body for Trans-AxfA co m pe ti tio n. • Results M i n i : 1. J ohn B i rd sell (H On); 2 . J im Mason (H o n ) . 1 2 5 Beg : 1. Pat Dre scar m (Hon) ; 2 . Drew F u n d er bu r k (Hon) ; 3 . Sc ott Q u ar ry (Ha n). 1 25 Jr : 1. Gregg We ston (Han). 125 Nov : 1. Huff Hadl ey (OG); 2 . D oug Kin ne y (Hon) ; 3 . Mitcn Ma xwell (H on) . 1 25 Int : 1. D o n M civer (Han) ; 2 . Steve B la zer (S u z); 3 . David La u n i us (Hon) , 125 E x: 1. Mike Johnson (DG). 2 5 0 Beg: 1. Mark Ha yes (Han); 2 . Ton y Car o n (Mai) : 3 . Gl en Scr ivens (Honl ' 2 5 0 Jr: 1. Luce De Ley (C Z ; 2. R i ck Siema n (M a i) ; 3 . R odger Hill (055) . 2 5 0 I n t : 1. Mark Brown (Mai): 2 . J oe Bonnette ( S uI) ; 3 . Mike Ward (Hon) . 250 E x: 1. Gay lo n Mosier (Mai); 2 . John DeSoto (Oss); 3 . Pete Ma ly (CZj . O pe n Beg/Nov/Jr : 1. Greg Dool in ( Bu l) . Open In t : 1. George We gner (CZ ) . Op en E x : 1. Do ug She rma n (Mai); 2. Jeff Withe rell (CZ ) : 3. J o h n Maroney. Sr . (Mal) . again , because you 've ch anged so much in th e m eantime . You should never think yo u 're through." It's cle ar he 's had a lar ge amo u n t of infl uenc e in setting u p hi s l larl eys , a t least in part. he ad mi ts , beca use th e cha nge from Triumph to lI arle y-D avid son was a lot bigger jump th an he had originally anticipated. lI e dis covered he did have to have bikes set up to suit him ex actly. I'm cu rio us abou t what m akes a ra cer 's season and ask him wh at th e hig h po int of th e one just ended was . " It was pretty nice getting back in the win ner's ci rcle at Na t io nals ," he re plies with littl e hesitation, "and I was ge tting pa id mo re for doing it than eve r before. " I' m st artled whc n he lists th e Talladega ro ad ra ce experien ce as h is personal Bummer of the Yea r. lIe seized two R R-2 50 en gines , one o f them fro m Wal t er Vi lla 's cham pio nsh ip bike , wi thin fo ur lap s. lIe also got a b roke n co llarbo ne o u t o f th e deal. "I was reall y pretty d own aft er that . There I was at th e race, spectating. The Yamahas we re running 1-2-3, I think, in the Combined and all I co u ld think was 'There they go . There's nobody out there to stop th em.' Th at was a real bummer. "You kn ow. 1 wish I co ul d think o f something interesting t o tell y o u for your rep ort ," Gary sa ys refl ectively la ter in th e d ay . It oc c u rs to me that he d oesn 't think a ny o f our talk has be en in te re sting because it 's mostl y abou t him a nd he 's live d it alre ady . "Gary, don 't wo rry a bo u t it," I sa y . l ie is st ill trying ver y hard to be correc t a nd ex p lici t. We talk so me a bo u t ph ysical cond it io n ing, wh e th er it 's even nece ssary for Half-mil e , road racing, th o se kinds of basicall y "sit-down" events. "I like to play ha ndball and a little tennis ," Gar y says. " On ly there's nobod y aro u nd here wh o 'll pl a y te n nis with m e becau se I beat 'em . But I don't think they're ver y good," h e op ines . "Handball, th ough, tha t' s a good wo rkout. I' ll tr y fo r an ythi ng that 's st ill moving, a ny sh o t. t. Can this be T roy Holl is, 21 -year-old hot sh oe fr om Barstow at Sage Park S u nda y ?

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