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Tommy on the lo cal West Co ast sce ne
wh ile th e more experienced trio of
Marty Smith , Rich Eiers tedt and Pierre
Karsmakers slung their stu ff o n th e
National circuit.
Bu t las t weekend Croft teamed up
with neighbor Smith and dominated the
12 5 an d 25 0 Pro cla sses, each winning
one class overall. If that go t the Ho nda
he ads to wo nd ering, this week Croft
banged o ut th e I 25 ce Pro class win and
then took second to Sm ith in th e 250cc
Pros. And in each class wh o should be
th ere but Gary j o nes o n th e fact ory
Can -Am!
What it adds up to is that Honda may
have gotten more than they had
expected in the rather quiet y oung man
from Sa n Die go. F or Croft 's
dist inguis hi ng a tt r i b u t e is his
co nsistentl y superior starts, something
Smith has yet to per fec t. In all four
mot o s en te red this race me et ing. Croft
was in th e fron t or with in t wo o r th ree
positions of th e lead. Co mparably,
Smith had to co me fro m about 23 rd on
lap one of the first 250 moto to finally
finish second , from abo ut l Oth in th e
second 250 to win, and about eighth in
th e first 125 to win. In the second 125,
Smith ca used a delay at the st art when
his gearbox co uld n' t hold a neutral, He
finall y got underway a t mid pack, built
it to ab ou t third onlv to have the entire
sidec ase blowout. Of the entire Honda
t cam,
only Kars ma kers ha s more
co nsiste n tly go o d starts.
Smith and Croft tied with a first a nd
sec ond api ece in th e 250s, Smith gett ing
the nod with a final moto fietory . john
DeSoto (O ss) rode an o th er strong race
for th ird overall. He was never really o ut
of con ten tio n.. Fourth was a consistent
Bruce Mc Dougal (Yam) and fifth a
surprising Raben Han nah (11 us ), a
newcomer to So Cal CMC. Gary Jones
(C·A ) was third in mo t o one, but had
troubles in th e second and was lapped
midway through th e final.
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Resul ts in Resu lts Section.
West takes second
straight; Staten
chasin' CMC No.1?
By John Bethea
Maico
IRWIND A LE , CA L., jAN. 17
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Th at headlin e o ugh t to have
gotten your att en tion. Un confirmed rep orts have sta ted that
Hond a's intentions were to ke ep
714-525·7606
'Veteran J im West of So uth
Pasad ena, Califo rn ia , who is closing in on the rarely -ach ieved 50th
career C \IC victory, didn't give up
despit e a c ollapsed fron t wheel
sustained on the next to last lap of the
500 Pro fin al and emerged as the overall
winner fo r the sec o nd week in a ro w..
West won th e first two mo tos and then
took second to Rex "The Ro cket"'
Staten, also Maico mounted, to ea rn the
top spot. Staten, me anwhile , only
tallied fourth O A when h e had his
troubles in the second round and
finished dead last in a field o f 10 .
Staten, however, is reported to be
chasing the CMC No . On e plate fo r
1975, givin g ru mo rs that he'd be
dro p ping off th e AMA National circuit.
" No t so ," states his father, Slim S ta ten ..
" We wiII try for No. One , but by
making as many of the C:\IC events as
poss ibl e . We st ill intend on hi ttin g the
Inter-Am, Trans -Am and the National
circuits. ,.
Se cond overall to West was t he
youngster no w o n a CZ , J eff j ennin gs,
who is a co usin to CMC No. On e Mike
Bell. Despi te a crash in th e fi na l, wh ich
left him six t h at t he finis h lin e, he still
had o ne- po int o ver Jeff Wrigh t (CZ ), the
gu y who st ill owns t he C~ IC 125 Asco t
record bo o ks.
The 250cc Pro went to Will Harper
(CZ) , wh o never wo n a mo to, yet was
, co ns ist en tly in seco nd each trip . J eff
Vidi c , wit h a 3· 1 showing headi ng into
the fin al. had th e lead but crashed on
th e final lap and tumbled out of the top
four. Val T am ie tti (Mai), who had a b ad
sec o nd mota, won two rounds for
sec o nd o vera ll.
It to ok awh ile, bu t everyone knew it
had to happen so on er o r lat er . Mike Bell
wo n the 12 5ec Pros, bu t it wasn't by
th e o ld sweep method. Bell , Don
Bongiorno and Da ve Taylor. all o n
Hondas , ea ch h ad a chance at the overall
win heading in to th e final lap of the
fin al mot o. A razor c o uld n ' t c ut the
diffe rence finer when sudden ly Taylor
(who had a third and a first ) collided
with Bongiorno (wh o h ad a second and
third), leaving a m inute h ol e which Bell
(with a first and a second ) found and
nip ped thro ugh to win. Ra y Lopez
(Han ), after two fou rt hs, sudde n ly
fou nd himsel f in third for second
overall. Bongio rn o, despite finis hing
10th in that dismal ro und, was st ill third
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on poin ts.
Results in Results Sectio n.
Riffle insid e Beeson at Dist. TT.
District's first TT
scrambles & money
race. A success.
By Maureen Lee
ELS INO RE, CAL., JAN . 19
Dist rict 37's wan ing scrambles
scene got a shot in the arm last
Sunday , wh en Sandak Racin g
Asso ciat ion in cluded a sem i-pro
class in th eir pr ogram . T here wa s a
hund red d oll ar pu rse an d if th e
class gro ws, San d ak h as visions of
$ 200-$3 00 go ing to th e rid ers.
An y rider ma kin g th e main go t bac k his
S5 entry.
Don Grigsb y ra n away wit h th e first
heat. nursi ng some nasty head injuries
