Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

M Hart, Tripes in CMC Showdown CARLSBAD , CAL. , Jan. 9 , 1972 - Tim Hart an d Marty T ripes put on a spar kling sh ow at Calr sb ad Sunday . The motocrossers spli t wins in th e first two m o to s, Tripes taking th e first. Hart took off in the lead in the seco nd moto, leavin g Tripes d ead last . The amazing Tripes worked up to seco nd p lace before the five- lap race was over to p ut h im sel f in a de adlock for the overall win. T he tiebreak er went to Tripes. Hart stayed with him for a wh ile but fade d slightly at the end. Hart did h ave th e b est day am ong the Experts h owever , add ing to th e 250 class second , h e be at th e hustling Gary Harris for a win in th e 5 00 clas s. Mark Nohr led m ost o f th e way in the first 500 Exper t m oto until Hart got b y on th e last lap. Harris stalled in th e firs t turn and started th e race in de ad last . By th e tim e Hart pas sed Nohr, Harris Sleeper ai '" c.. '" was in third p lace. ~ ohr led th e se.cond moto brie!1y until a fall took h im an d Dave Smith out. N ohr worked up to fifth a t th e finish wh ile a dis gus ted Smith threw in the to wel afte r h is second crash of th e day ",Mean while at the fro nt of the p ac k, Harris t ook over th e lead from Hart an d wo n th e moto to a~i n m~ke . t h in gs to ugh o n Hart, forcmg him mto a must-win situ atio n. The third moto bel onged to Hart, Harris challengin g until his pipe cam e loose a nd forced him to se t tle for second. N o hr cam e fro m last to th ird to earn third overall b eh ind Hart and Harris. Chuck Bower an d Jim Beau ch amp h ad th eir o wn batt le in th e 125 Ex pert clas s and -Bower w o n out. T hings looked b ad fo r Bower in the firs t m o to when Beauchamp stalled, an d Bow er go t h ung in the snow-fencing try ing to avoid him. ..... '" '" r t; c ..., '" ~ w 2 w oJ U >- U Lions for DeSoto By Eri c Raits CAL. , Jan. 7, 1972 John DeS ot o h ad ano th er eas y n igh t at Lion's Drapstrip and Motocross Emporium this Friday . DeSoto r ode o u t fro nt all eve ning ex cept fo r a b rie f h oi zontal m oment in the sec o nd m oto. DeS o to w on th e first race, then fell in th e first turn of th e nex t rnoto. Fr om appearances th e Haw aiian was kn ocked cold o r in so much pain he could n't move. Fortunately h e was fully rec overed b y the time the ra ce was halted and briskl y made it over to th e sta rting gate fo r th e restart. He won that rac e and the nex t o ne h andi ly. Tim Hart finished behind a p air of top riders, getting a second to DeS oto in the 500 class and to Bill Payne in th e 250 's. Payne led a three-Maico sw eep o f th e 250 class to ge t firs t ove rall. Hart was ab le to b eat Darrell Allen a fte r All en led WIL~lINGTON, Ron Blanto n, second 250 I ntermediate, beats C. Meyers over th e jump. .....--. ., '" the last moto for four lap s to gain second. Allen was third o verall. Payne add ed a th ird in the 500 class to hi s night's efforts. Ken Zah rt topped ano th er manufacturer 's sw eep in the 125 class; this time three Bul ta co 's took th e m oney p ositio ns. T om Co o k an d Dave Rodger s were second an d th ird. Tom Bro ok s and Sam Lop ez p laced one-tw o in the firs t mo tos , then tangled in the th ird o ne , mak ing an unsi gh tly he ap in th e fir st turn. Bro o ks go t go ing first , c ouldn't straigh ten an ailing shifter an d j ust push ed his bike across th e finish lin e. He t ook h ome a fir st overall for himself and Carabela. A Co ok e wa s second and the unfortunate Lopez salvaged a th ird . of speed way Bru ce Flan d ers racing-an n ouncin g rep ute mad e hi s m otocros s d ebu t a t th e mic roph o ne. H ~ d id a fair job w ith th e exception 01 some stupid remarks about Mexican steel when Bro o ks pu sh ed h is Carab ela across th e line. Darrell Prim ro se should have stayed home Friday nigh t. He was victimized by an over-en thusias tic Junio r wh o ex ited a co m er comp lete ly o u t of co n trol a nd lea ned way ove r. T he tyro stayed lean ed over o n th e st raigh taway with only th e wind h oldin g him up until he came alo ngside Pri mr ose a nd gratef ull y lea ne d h is bi ke against Primro se's. Primr o se trie d to ge t away bu t cou ldn' t. He was be ing used as a bike sta nd at 30 mph and the lea ne r's handlebars were stuck around the leanee's so me place carbure tor. They final ly collapsed and th e lean er d usted himsel f off and rode away without a backward glance. Primr o se was treated on the spot fo r a painful hand inju ry. (Resul ts on page 28 ) Bow er and Beau champ ea rned th e spectators pl audits fo r th e amazing speed th ey m an age to coax fro m the small er bikes. T ommy Croft had to set tle fo r three th ird an d o verall third place . Bill Urban and J oh n DeS oto were unable to add to th e exc ite m en t as tb ey w er e b oth forced o u t with m echanical problems . Terry Trach y h ad th e top Junio r day by far, win n ing four races and finis hi ng no worse th an third to win overall in a d ivisio n of b oth th e 2 50 and 500 classes. John Brust, B. Breker a nd Mike ~I aru n ia k all d omina ted th eir Junior divisions with three winning rid es. T rip es announced t his was his last rid e on a CZ as h e is swi tc hi ng to Yamaha. He wi ll rid e stock bikes fo r the ne x t fe w months and will be fu rn ished th e Yamaha m otocr oss prototypes in Ap ril. Trip es exp resse d his satisfa ction wit h CZ but said h e just could n' t tum d own the Yamaha o ffe r. "T h ey w ill fu rn ish me expense money to ge t t o th e race s, th e bikes and sp ares, videotape eq u ip me nt t o ana lyze my e ffo rts and T or sten Hallman will b e tuning th e machines. I want t o beat th e Europeans an d this seem s th e b est wa y to go about it," said T ripes. (Resu lts o n page 28) D. Croyle (A I of Phoen ix joined up ton ight an d beal a ll th e 250 Junia rs. New Years Gets Quiet By Eric Rai ts IRVIN E, CAL., J an . 2, 1972 - Gold en Bill .Urb an , t his y ear's number o ne p la ter In the CMC , su ffered a bl o wn silence (to a de gree) r eign ed a t Saddleback Park's CMC Motocr oss th is engine in the 250 class an d wen t h om e early. Su nday as 19 72's mu ffled racing program go t underway . Jim Beau ch amp score d a sweep in th e 125 Expert class ahead o f M. Roth and Fo r ma ny competitors it was th e first time mufflers w ere necessary and Al Ne wsom. Newsom has been riding today's racing was a shakedown of the 500 Ex pert class b ut recently silencer attachme nt methods . ac q uired a 125 Bultaco whic h h e raves mean t about to anyone w ho will listen. He says L o s in g a s il e n c er it 's m o re fu n a nd less tir in g to rid e th an disq uali fication and the new edic t was fo rcib ly d em o nstr a ted in th e ' 25 0 th e bi g b ike so h e has so ld th e 500 Expert clas s. c1asser a nd will concen tr ate on th e smaller class. G. Parker and Gyl on Mosier struggled T he 500 provid ed its usu al share o f for th e top sp ot all d ay a nd Mosier came exciteme n t, the firs t Junior div ision o ut th e w in ner afte r Parker was d ropp ed to last in th e firs t m o to fo r co ming winn er C. Collins b eing the o nly Junior across th e fin ish lin e sa ns muffl ing to win th ree rno tos. Collins beat appara tus . Richar d Leavell and M. Phillips. In the 500 Intermediate class, G. Mosier ro de the th ird mo to with a transmission which sounded like a Key es and K. Markley split wi ns in t he coffee mill gri nding bottles , stuck first tw o races and left it to the deciding secu rely in secon d gear, and managed to third race to selec t a winn er. Key es fe ll in the las t moto while r unning third b ut win overall. Tillso n Sh uma te was third. Dave Smi th won easily in the 500 ma naged to get up w ith o ut losing a p lace, th en went o n to win th e race an d Ex pert clas s, taking the first t wo m otos, Mar k No hr an d Mark Anderson went garner th e top overall p osit ion. Markley in to t h e third m o to tied for second wit h was second and J . Henry t oo k third. no chance to ca tc h Smith fo r first Dan ny Sch affer w as th e w inner in t he other 5 00 J un io r Divisio n , ah ead of D. overall. No h r o verca me a b ad j u mp off the lin e, passed Smith and won th e ra ce Reed an d G. Burro ugh s. Schaffer a nd Reed went in to th e last race in a virtual to b eat Anderso n fo r second. Smith's starts were te xtb ook af fairs; h e o fte n tie for t he lead but Scha ffer wo n whil e had a fu ll second over th e pack when Reed dropped to fif th . the nag d ro pp ed. . (Results on page 28 )

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