Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

------- .. I a: u "' Z "' Co '" i ~ John Gennai put the stops on 0·36 Numero Uno short t racker Rick DeLacy at the San Jose Indoor. Bo th motos of the 125 B class were th rill er s an d provided some of the best raci ng around. The main attractions were win ner Clint Calh oun (Yam), second overall Ed ] os t ies (Ya m) and Honda mounted Roland Miller . ] osties wo n th e ope ning han d, taking the lead o n lap three and riding a su pe r good m ot o, When the ga te fell for the seco nd ti me, Miller gra bbe d th e lead and rod e a beautiful race until a "Laugh In" fall on th e fini sh jump ju st b efo re th e white flag. Miller was down long en ough to let Calh oun and ] os ties around, in th at o rde r, with th e overall s scoring th e same . • Re sul ts in Result s Sectio n. * Try it in your) ( 'trannie' tooll ./ Consumers agree •••• "it really works" HRLINC. • _ ~ o '~\'~ MOTORCYCLE MECHAN ICS INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA I "1 U l U sC'luul ,:~. ,,: r; ''I or dur.r r v ;l() cit: rl~ e c rll.J II I C:~ . \"'./e l:re :he »est 1 \\'1' tr .un Inc !' v. ho v.m t t o I'"cun'" Pro tcss.on.ils G ET THE WI~ EEL S OF YOUR F UT U R E ROL L ING TOD A Y I Clil Pi lli Mishler at ; 1·, 80 8 6 6 09 o r be t ter y et, \ .s.: t i'e (, II'lilL IS dt 15532 C\):":)LJt.~'r L,llH:, Hun t mq t on f3t:,IC' C.,I If Join t he 32 .;;,' ute~SI()rld!~ :l(.)';.'I By W. H. Spe nce r Argyll Park/B.O.S.S. CMS MX combine forces SAN J OS E, CA L , NOV. I By Sallee Hilt on Gennai opens . i San Jose with win 260() E.Nutwood A vee I !.uJ.'!!.':!.~.s~ !~~!. J Rod Spe ncer took home the 25 0 clas s money , as Chuck Miller and Bob Silva followed close behind. Fred Merkel garnered so me valua ble points in the Min i 80 Expert class wi th a win over Jim Cun ningham an d Torrey Argue llo . He ca me back for an other troph y with a th ird in th e 100 Expert.] imbo Filice took the win o n a J ensen Su zy , Cunnin gham once again fini shed second. Elder st atesman A. ]. Park s won a crash in fested 100 Nov ice class . Onl y tw o ri de rs, o ut of fiv e took th e ch ec kered . The kids h ad be tter wa tch it or th e girls will prob ably sta rt winning. • Resu lt s in Results Section . Bultaco ace J oh n Gennai showed tip for the premier o f the annual San J ose riots, an d easil y downed D·36 Number One vsho rt tr acker Rick Delacy . Gennai took the mon ey main an d an early lead in the nin e race high point series that will have a poi nt payoff aro und th e S 1000 m ark in m id-] anuary . Gen nai came o ff the line in fo urth and picked his way throu gh th e mob until he caugh t the fast fleeing Delacy, who is st ill thinki ng number one fo r next year. On the fo u rt h lap Gennai snoo kered th e Canccilla Yamaha rider and slid underneath for a slick pass. Trouhle put Delacy dO....T1 amidst cheers wh en he crashed try ing to save a high line co rn er exi t. Rookie Bo b Go me z too k the seco nd spo t over Steve Ek lun d . The 10 man events institut ed t his year seem to work be tter, resul ting in less crashes and res tarts, It also makes for so me dynamite racing as wi tne ssed with Gennai's unca nny sense of ba lance, passin g in traffic o n the 1/1 2 mile conc rete o val. DlXOJl(, CA L., NOV. 9 Fo ur 125 Expe rts were combi ned with the In termedi ates, resulting in some red h ot, wh am , bam action . In th e first moto Brian Manl y j u mpe d to the lead and fo rgo t th e oth er three rid ers for the rest of the race . Robert Norton pulled from fo urt h to sec on d and spent some tim e dueling with Ron Knarr. Knarr passed No r to n th en crashed. Norton cou ld n 't retake second bec au se his bike had seize d . Lon Wardell th en moved into second , whi ch he held for a few laps b efore crashi ng. By this time Knarr had recov ered and was right there for the ta keover. T he second moto started with Wardell taking the holeshot but Manly was qu ick to take the le ad away from him . Knarr crashed and lost so me gro und on th e o the rs who were all close together. No rton b obb led j ust en ough to give Knarr time to close th e gap , an d the four riders started to sprea d it o ut. Bunc hing up aga in, No rton passed War dell , Kn arr fo llowed, and Manly disappeared, leaving Norton in the lead: With a new burst of energy Knarr took over th e lead . Manly wa s now coming back in to the ga me after replacing his ch ain, and the ch eckered flag was in sight. Manly duc ked under Wardell just in t im e fo r it to co un t. th e fla g deciding a finish in g order of Kn arr, Norton. Manly and Wardell for this one. The purse went to Kn arr. • Alex] orgenson (C. A) didn't get the best of st ar ts in t he first 250 Expert moto, but he didn't ne ed it. In the b eginning o f th e first lap he was running abo u t ei ghth , and by the en d of that lap he was in t hird and still ch argi ng . By th e end of th e th ird lap h e w as way out in fro n t an d in no da nger of los ing it . ] orge nso n didn 't have as far to travel to take th e lead in th e seco nd moto, but this time all eyes were o n Floyd Davis. Afte r a sixth place fini sh in th e firs t moto and a last place start in the seco nd, he started c om ing on strong and pas sed everybody o n th e tra ck excep t ]Ofln' in the firs t th ree laps. • Chico hosts the "Rice Bowl" By Donna Fowler CHICO, CA L., NOV. 16 On e hundred twenty riders braved three days of rain and six tons of rice hulls to open the Winter scrambles season at Cycleland Speedway. Manager John Sudberry had spent the week mixing dry rice hulls and water in an attempt to get a good, deep; cushion on the track surface. Mother Nature then dropped her bomb in the form of three da ys of rain turning the entire track surface into a wet , soggy challeng e for anybo d y berserk enough to give it a try . On Sunday th e sun ca me out and J ohn 's efforts were rewarded with a good day of rough scrambles. The race hulls and water hol es messed up goggles an d number plates, but didn't damp en the spirit o f the riders an d spectators.

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