Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

9. Local MX hotline Husqvarna International Training Center presents 19 75 Sched ule January 21 thru January 24 Carlsbad, Californ ia and Ocala, Florid a ' Special East er Vacati on Classes March 25 th ru March 28 and April 1 thru 4 Carl sbad, Californi a March 24 thru 28 Boise, Idaho Ap ril 7 thru 11 Vacation April 14 thru 18 Salt Lake Cit y, Utah January 28 thru January 31 Carlsbad, California onl y February 4 t hru 7, 11 thru 14, 18 t hru 21, 24 t hru 28 · April 21 thru 25 Grand Junct ion , Colorado These classes all to be held at Car lsbad Raceway For info w rite: H.I.T.C., 1320 Grand Ave., Suit e 12, San Marcos, CA 92069 714 -744 -216 1·or 714 -729-3492 ~IHECKEL PVC Boots from Miura Ride into Gaylon (1M) Mos ier has the edge on Tommy Croft here, bu t Tommy is really fly ing on his new Honda facto ry ride. the future. CMC big-name dropper By John Bethea CARLSB AD, CAL. ,j AN. 12 It m ay h ave b een just a loc al event for South ern Califo rn ia , but it turn ed o ut as an extravaganza for mo tocross fans w ith j u st about • • • • Long lasting PVC Construc tion Articulated Ankle Ultimate Prote ction Available from a ll Bultaco/Miura Dealers P.O .•Box 62148 , Virginia Beach. Va. 23462 is&LYamaha !~ ~ » 5938 Pacific Blvd. Huntington Park, CA ' ~ Yamaha YZ 360 Bs in stock » i (Ii; & a full line of Yamaha '74 (Ii; ~ MX models. Yamaha part s, ~ ~ ac cessorie s, & app arel. ~ » Yamaha sty led ski sweaters & (Ii; ~ gloves. Munari MX' boots & ~ » leathers. « » » ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Husqvarna dealer '74 mod els available Come in & meet th e new manager . . (Ii; (Ii; ~ ! '" ~ « 213-587-7244 ~ 'The front end that works! or your money back. These Front End D a m pening U nits are designed for RACING over rough terrain. They will give you a ride second to none l No modifications. just bolt in the new units. CZ t " more travel; YAMAHA 250/360 & YZ 8" travel; KAWASAKI 250 or 450 8" travel; 'SUZUKI 250/400 8" travel; 8ETOR dampening rods for 8" travel. TERRY INDUSTRIES P.o. Box 1321,,Hesperia. cil 92345 . 714-244-3139 E.C. & WALKF ' ~~ work ShOP~ The Ra cers E.C. & WA L K E R 50 9 In d u st rial Ave. Boynton B each, F L 14 (714) 830·5720 (3 0 5 1 7 3 7-6 9 1 7 o r 732 ·1 890 Dealer Program Available ~ • " .. . • 'e eps ya putt In I every majo r top-named pro in th e co untry signed fo r th e CMC motocr oss at Carlsbad Racewa y . Who ? Well, to name a fe w : j immy Weinert (Ya m ), Marty Sm ith (Honl ' Gary Semics (Yam ), j im West (Mai , Gaylon Mo sier (Mai), Bru ce McDougal (Yam ), St eve Stac kab le (Kaw) , Ron Pomeroy (Bul ), Rex Stat en (Mai) , Doug Sherman (Mail. Mik e Bell (Ha n ), Billy . Gro ssi (Suz), and lastly , Honda's latest factory ra cer , T o mmy Croft. Croft , who last w ee k failed miserably in his firs t factory outing, went home the u nd ispu ted star of th e day against t he two Na t ional ch ampions in a tte n da nce . T omm y , ( for m e r Fran ks-proto racer) tied th e Nat io nal 125cc Champ Mar t y Smith on points for th e ligh tw eigh t vic to ry, but was ousted fro m th e top slot- wh en Sm ith won th e fin al even t. An d Marty mad e it tigh t, crashing in the first mota in the seco nd t um and re mounting th ird fr om last to finish second . In the final, Smith again cras hed and later to ssed a chain yet still emerged th e vic to r. When th e 250ec Pros began, it quickly developed in to a battle b etween Croft , Mosier, Billy Payne and Rich Grafton. Payne sp un o ut o n th e th ird lap and left Croft and Mosier in a dice th at lasted no t o nly to th e fin ish of th e first m o ta but th ro ughout th e entire second! The lead changed 10 times in th e t wo motos wi th Gay lon takin g th e win in th e first event and Croft th e seco nd. Croft lost th e first event when he tried an in sid e pas s on Ne lso n White hill (C-A) in the final tu m of the last lap but . was stymied. Gaylon, m eanwhile , chose the outsid e, found th e line and nipped Tommy by a b ike length at the finish . In the finale , Gay lon again attemp ted a pass in th e final turn , pulled alo ngs ide and lost a t th e checkered by a mere four fe et, Said o ne spectato r, a relative of o ne best in th e co untry t " I' ve seen a of great ma ny Na tionals, maybe 25, and th at 25 0 was by far th e be st I've ever seen. Period. " . Back on Maico for th e fir st time in over a year, an d after a two weeks vacation, Rex Staten showed his old prowess by bestin!l the 500ec Pro class over Sherman (Mai), Wein er t (Yam ) an d Stac kab le (Kaw) . He sw ep t both mo tos, , It w as Weinert 's firs t time o ut on th e new Yamah a machines an d h e ad mitted th e mono-shocks h ad h im off balance. ''They han dle gr ea t. I've jus t go t to adju st to them, th at's all." A sec o nd and a third, in that o rd er, left him third overa ll tied with second spot Do ug Sh erman . He lost it in th e final wh en he was huggin g clo se to St aten - with in a wit h only several lap s second remain ing, only to lo se con tro l and drop to third. Sh erman, wh o has domin ated CMC at Saddleback in the past tw o month s, pounced upo n the error for second o verall. Steve Stackabl e, th e Texan ace who co pped cro wd -favo rite h o no rs at th e Kn ievel Snak e River Motocross, was flow n o ut by Kawasaki fo r a test ride and managed to look' strong er lap by lap whil e earn ing " fo urth. Ohio 's Gary Semics, wh o is temporarily se tt ing up resi de nce in SoCal, d idn't me asu re up to last week 's fourth ove rall o n th e Kaw as he fell to the lo wer portions of the tor. 10' in th e st ellar fiel d . j im West (Mai , an o t her top contender, end ed hi s ch ances with a cras h in th e second moto . Bill Grossi oversh ot a be rm m id way through th e first moto and banged into a fence, toss ing him off his bi ke and over the to p port ion of the fen ce, scratch ing up h is throat (he didn 't clear fence ). He said la ter , " I was luc ky. I th ought it cu t my throat !" It wa s his first ride 'o n the Suz uki factory bik e _ . . " sligh tly underpo were d " says jojo. Also o n hand, b ut no t riding, was Marty T ri p es , wh o ap peare d downhearted and disgusted with racing. " I'm j ust tired o f racing an d the travel . I do n ' t expect to b e racing m uch this year. I j ust wan t to take it easy for awhile." Ho wever. th ere were me ntions the

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