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Cycle News 1975 05 13

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Local hotline Williams captures 125s, Staten takes 2505 and 5005 By Andy Hayt IRV INE . CAL., MAY 4 Rex Staten once again entered two Pro classes and won both of them. Staten took firsts in each 250 and 500 Pro moto and was never threatened by anybody in his classes. The first 250 Pro race was led by Bob Stem (CZ) for one lap. Staten, who was in fo urth p lace, passed LaPorte (Fra), Vidic (Mai) and then Stem. to grab the .number one position. Rex stayed up front and cruised to an easy victory. Danny LaPorte, who had moved into second place , soon dropped out with a seized motor, leaving Bob Stem second and Jeff Vidic third. In the second ro und Staten grabbed the lead at the start and motored on away. Gary Ogden (Yam), Vidic and Stem trailed Staten at the start, but at the finish it was Bob Stem in second and Bob Elliot (Hus) third. David Williams (Hon) collected his second CMC win of the year in the 125 Pros. Williams had to get by David Taylor (Hon) in the first moto to take the lead . On the first lap Williams passed Taylor and opened up an enormous lead. At the checkered it was Williams first, David Taylor second and Mike Bell (Hon) third. The second round found Williams once aga in in the lead un til lap th ree . Team Yamaha rider Bruce McDougal t he n went to work on Williams. He rode right around Williams and then proceeded to run away from the field. Bruce took the mo to and second overall while Williams' second scored for the overall win . Rex Staten dominated both 500 Pro motos. Rex led the first moto from start to finish and Doug Sherman (Mai) took second. • Results in Results Section. Dinosaurs make the earth trembie By Maureen Lee PER RIS. CAL.. MAY 4, 1975 was Crater Bowl. Consoley Springs. Rusty Nails, Pardo Park and Spencer allover again . Close your eyes as 206, yes, 206 real honest-to-God big bores warmed up and it was back to another era in racing. Gave you the chills , it did ! It Practice started at eight on the dot and the dinosaur growl didn't cease until almost six o'clock. Three heats of Open Experts, gobs of Amateurs and Experts in the 500 classes. It was just all too much and the day breaks down into extra-special fragments that stand out. There t hey were. marvellous machines still fullfilling their destiny. So picture with us, at the line- up ... an old Ariel heavy but functional looking . .. . a Velo warming up with that odd coughing bark that makes the m sound like no ot her . .. just like my beloved Goldstars sound like n o othe r bike eve r . . . what's this coming up? It's a 19 26 J D ridden by Ch ief Mor ley which has to be the most ancient of the dinosaurs p resent and contrary to Chris 's predictions Chief was still up and running and didn't fall on his er-posterior. Another beautiful Harley is the alloy an d ch ro me one b ro ught all the way from Fresno by Marsh Runyon and which used to be one of Joe Leonard's moun ts. Marsh. in the Open Novice class had the bad lu ck to lose his pipe Bruce (27) McDougal gets a dr ive going. mounting and everything started dragging b ut you never could get those old hogs down so it was into the pits for a quick bit of wire and back to the wars. For Matchless lovers there were several. Willie Hockie was having a gas on his 500 but kept looking like he was trying to leave his left leg behind as he flew down the downhill to the back section. Then there was Barney Koogle doing his thing, missing a transfer to the Main bu t so happy he was floating several inches above the ground. Y!'u might have th ought you were having halucinations when the Lost Angels group showed up. one o.f them Vic Dark (Ric) to ri de had a dinosaur head on his helmet. Made of paper mache it had glass eyes and no doubt brought extra attention to Dark and Chris Hyten as they played at cu tt in g course lap after lap, but fun is what this day is all about. Ken Maeley, cele brating his 25 years of making steel shoes which has him in bus iness before some of t he dinosaurs were hatched. was on ' hand to do any welding and because it was his anniversary his services were free . He was kept busy too as some of the old war h o rses developed chin ks in their Dave (51) Tayl or must have felt a nudge , as he looks back to check. It 's just Mike Bell, wiping ou t. armour. Not on ly were the old bikes there, the riders dug in their closets and fo un d the old "On Every Sunday" uniforms. Black leathers man, none of that fancy dude st uff t he kids wear now. Lineman '5 boots, and in some cases a tired but proud o ld jumper bearing a name like West L.A . MIC and Diamonds. Watc hing riders like veteran Jim Hayes (Tri) sitting quie tly, arms folded on the ready line his appearance and gear b rought back a quick flash of fading photographs of lineups for Catalina and t he Big Bear. The Dirt Diggers are starting two perpetual trophies, no n-re tireable to be held with pride by winners in these annual events. Each will honor a m an who had a great deal to do with furthering t he sport, and, if still with us, would no doubt have been present. One tro p hy will bear the name Jack Baldwin and the other Norm Reeves, so that names of four-stroke people like these I- > c( :r > Cl Z c( > III VI o o I- :r 0. """""-'==""'''"'«-::::.'!! 21

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