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1975 Openers High SchoolMX OCIR - Thurs., Jan. 30 Open to all High School st udents OCIR - Sat., Feb. 1 High Schools by reservat ion . Gates open 5 p .m . First race 7 p .m. 30% t rophies foll owi ng week . For informat ion call (7 14 ) 559-0s80. Corona Raceway - Sat., Feb. 1 Pit gate 8:30 a.m. Pract ice 9 a .m . Fir st race 10 a .rn. 30% Troph ies following week. For information call (7141735·17 05 . Carlsbad Raceway - Sat. & Sun., Feb. lS-16 Bullish: Jim Conno lly 1125 Expert) starts a Bultaco sweep of the Expert classes. Dirt Diggers' AMA D-37 .MX By John Huetter MOORPARK, CAL.,JAN. 19 After a slack three seasons, AMA District 37 motocross competition seems to be coming on strong. Las t Sunday's club-sponsored event at Valley Cycle Park saw hundreds of riders turn o u t for points competition a n d seems to be an indicator of the tum-around. The proliferation of motocross promoters in the last few years detracted from the rider population available to fill a starting gate at a D-37 event but indifference, badly p repared , repetitious courses, and escalating entry fe es from those same promoters seem to be respo nsible, at least in part, fo r t ru e sportsman motocross competitors co ming back to the District events. It was refreshing to pay a five dollar post entry and, if you didn 't have district numbers, be handed a set of pie-plates to tape a li yo u r scoo te r by smiling ladies. The Dirt Diggers Club and Valley Cycl e Park consp ired t o re -work the usual c o u rse to in corpo rate more tight , off-camber turns, a tricky dropaway and one mo re gnarly . horsepo wer uphill -ma king th e circ u it n early a m ile and a ha lf long and. gen era lly , mo re o f a riders' course. We heard only go od word s about a circu it th at ha s go tten eve n m o re ve r t ical a n d , as a res ul t , m ore like wh at m o to cross (as op posed to scra m b les ] is all about. It wa s dust y , but no t impo ssib le, Mo st of th e riders seemed t o be th er e to go fast an d have fu n. Th er e is hap p ily little of the I b w -j h o ther-gu y's-hcad racing . Th e seco nd po in ts-pay in g m oto cro ss of th e 19 75 season reflect ed a lo t o f wh at had go ne o n the year befo re. Nu m ber One plate h older Mik e Han n on (Bul) wo n th e 5 0 0 Ex per t class b y bein g fast a nd co nsisten t wh ile 125 cc Num ber One Jim Connoll y (Bul ) won th a t class by being c o nsisten t a nd fast (an d lu cky in the fin al , d eciding moto) . T h e 25 0 Expert class was no t so d omin ated by one rider as the o thers have been for at least a ye ar. Consequently AI Co oke (Bul) had to go very fast in taking the overall win in a very rapid co n fro n ta tion of over 30 riders . . Two diffe ren t kinds of happenings are changing the co m p lex io n of these D-37 races, incl udi n g this one by the Dirt Diggers, for the better . One is th e growth of the Women 's Division in racing. Cherry S tockton (Bul) seems to increase both her speed and charm with each season and was cruising home an easy winner of both motos until her bike uit wi th a la p to go. She still e o n - t c-r ibs , ru n - o v e r -t h e - Pit gate 8 a.m . Pract ice 8 :30 a .m . First race 9 :30 a .m . 30 % T rophie s following wee k. For information call 1714) 744·2 16 1. OCIR - Sat., Feb. 22 salv aged a respectable position with a sprinting push of her 125 t o the checkered. Consistency and passing ability ne tted Lori Payne (Ho n ) the over all w in . John Maroney, Sr. continued to demonstrate that he's the fastes t ov er-40 motocross ra cer in the Distric t. He re-makes nice d a mpers, too. The other n ice feature of these AM A-sanctioned club race meetings is the ease with which non-license holders ca n enter and ride, something th at wasn't true until very recently. Both contribute to make the racing more o f the down-loose kind which , for a lot of reasonable sportsmen, is what a ttracted them to motocross in the first place. h 's where a good time should be had by all. Garden Grove All City MX Contest . Gates open 1 p.m. First race 2 :30 p.m. 9. Husqvarna International Training Center presents' 1975 Schedule February 4 thru 7,11 th ru 14, 18 thru 21,24 th ru 28 These classes all to be held at Carlsbad Raceway Dorothy does it again By Tom Blattler CORONA, CAL.,JAN. 15 Special Easter Vacati on Classes March 25 thru March 28 and April 1 thru 4 Carlsbad, Californi a Many o f th e top riders in Sou thern California, led b y AMA Professional Expert John Sperry , wer e among over 175 riders going all -out o n the fast half-mi le a nd short track dirt ov als. Sperry, riding Do n Green's super-fas t 5 0 0 Suzuki, won th e Open Expert class on the quarter-mile, af te r fightin g hi s way through the pack in th e earl y stages o f the feature. Li tt le Mike T id well was back in the spotligh t as h e ca p tu red th e I 25 cc a nd 25 0cc E xpe rt Half-m ile Main Even ts. Ma kin g it two-for-two in the 19 75 season, Doroth y Ro we again co nq ue red th e 250 A mate ur Hal f-mi le featu re . com in g from back in th e pack to d efea t th e boys, Dorothy , who rid es a 250 Yam ah a YZ fro m Oa kley's Yam ah a , di d no t get a very good start . b u t moved th ro ugh the fie ld fast to ta ke o ver the lead b y the en d of the first la p . Then th e 14 -ye a r-old fe male fro m Sa n Diego was a b le t o h old off Yamah a-m o unted Greg Ze h ner an d flash ed to her second st raigh 1 wi n a t Coro n a Race way. One of t he fine st races of th e nigh I came in the 25 0 Expert Short T rac k fea tur e', a s Eddie Lawson , Dan McWh o rt er , an d Mik e T idwell ba ttled wh eel-to -wh eel for alm o st th e whole five-lap dis t an ce. Tid we ll t ook th e lead a t th e st a rt but Co oper-m o unted L aw s on and M o n t e s a-m o u n t e d McWhorter hung h ot on hi s heels. T id well was using th e low groove as Lawson and McWhorter tried it hi gh . Fin all y, o n the final lap , Lawson got th e dr ive out of the fourth tu rn to take the victory . Th e 250 Novi ce class saw the return of D ave J ohnson to the win ner 's circl e , as Johnson rode his K & N Motorcycles Yamaha-twin to victory in both the half-mile and short tr ac k features. Yamaha-mounted Stan Kinsey finished sec ond in both main even15. • Results in Results Section. March 24 thru 28 Boise, Idaho Ap ril 7 thru 11 Vacat ion April 14 thru 18 Lake City, Ut ah ~I! April 21 thru 25 Grand Juncti on , Colorado For info w rite: H.I.T. 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