Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Troy Sees'ST Prep SOlITH GATE, CAL., Jan. 13, 1972 - . Many of th e names an d fa ces are th e same a t Trojan Speedway, but the Trojan Renegade riders are still a different con t ingen t o f c om petitors compared t o last year. Today, they are one year o ld er with h ard-won ex perience. Two of th e mo st o utst and ing riders t o date are four-time ch am p io n Bob Sanders and Dan Corbett wh o are resp o nsib le fo r some of the h ottest two-rid er duels seen o n the fifth-mil e clay o val. Of th e las t twelve ma in events, Sanders has accounted for nine and Corbett for three. . In tonight's action, Corbett won b oth the 250 TT an d F.T . Mai n Events in a breeze , while Sander s, a lthough winning four features, h ad all he co uld h andle in scoring h is victories over his t op riva l, Tom Doty (lion) in both 12 5 TT and F.T. Mains, and was h ard pressed in t he 100 TT Main by Steve Okuda (Ka w) . Even an impartial spectator would have to rate tonigh t '5 actio n as som e of th e best in short-tra ck competition, eve n t o th e extent of forgetting ab out th e chilling n igh ts in So uth Gate. Whil e Corbett was b usy win ning th e features, Ron Powell of 10 -lap Palm dale , a former track champion who is using these events to sharpen his reflexes before flying to Houston, Texas t o co mpet e at th e Astrod ome January 28 and 29, was in the pro cess of findin g ou t ju st h ow t ough this bunch of rider s can be to beat. In the 250 TT Main, Powell held second position for six laps befor e o ver-shoo ting th e second d o g-leg while under pressure by d efendi ng ch am p io n , R ick G oade (Bul) . a nd Sanders (Ka w). Droppin g b ack to fo urth, Pow ell hi t the dirt on the eight h lap in th e second co m er wh ile attem p ti ng to make u p lost gro und. At th e chec kered it was Corb ett (Bul) , Goade, Sa nders, J oe Brown (Bul), and Pow ell (Bul). Th e 250 F.T. Main saw Corb ett going for th e win wire-to-wire, but th e real race was for second position as first Mark Revels h eld the sp ot fo r five lap s before h aving t o give gro und t o Goad e on the sixth lap. Startin g o ff in fo urth p ositi on at th e drop o f th e sta rti ng flag, Goad e, using every form th at carried him t o last ye ar 's 250 championship, had to o verc om e a much in sp ired Sanders as both riders exchange d positions in a ro yal b attle for th e runner-up spot. In the thick of this private batt le (or maybe not so privat e), was Revels (Bul) and Powell (Bu l). The fin al outcome of this thriller was Corbett, Goade, Sanders, Revels, and Powell . (R esu lts on page 28) orbett J Troy: Sanders 6, C SOUTH GATE, CAL., Jan. 6 , 1972 Some o f the b est racing duels a t T rojan Speedway ar e b ecoming a traditi on between last y ear's four-time ch ampion, Bob Sanders o f Whittier, and Downey 's Dan Corb ett. Thursday night was n o exception when Sanders' spectacular performances resulted in a near clean sw eep of all Main Event ac tion while Corbett, p layin g th e rol e of th e sp oil er , upset Sanders in th e 12 5 TT feat ure a fte r a see-saw b attl e righ t d own to t he wire, It was o ne o f th ose typical Bob Sanders' ni ghts when the Whittier Flash could d o n o wr ong as the mod-lo oking California High Sch ool student , whose brief career has already carried him t o numerous ch ampionships, chalked his b iggest win of th e nig h t in th e 250 TT Main by defeating defending ch am p io n Ric k G oade, Sanders and his T & Rind. Kawasak i w er e forced to go all -out in one o f his rare ap p earanc es in the 250 O C MO REWMONOPOLIZES BAYMARE By Art Cox MOORPARK, CAL., J an. 16,1972 - A regular day o f m otocross produced plenty o f ac t io n fo r both specators and $100 POST AWARD In th e Sportsmans Riders Associatio n 1st Fun Run Enduro at Californ ia City , Dec. 5th, Larry Born hu rst's Kawasak i 350 Bighorn picked up all the marbl es. And a $100 merchandise award from the L.A. Area Kawasaki Dealers . Assoc iation. Then th ere's the winning tale of Bobb y Sand ers, 19 71 Dist rict 37 TT Expert champ on his 100cc Kawasaki Cent u r io n . For h is perfo rma nce, Bob received a $5 ,000 merchandise award from L.A. Kawasa ki Dealers Associatio n. Using part of t hat loot, he's now into the 250cc class aboard a Kawasa ki F8 1-M. (Bob didn't waste any time getting the feel of it first two times out, he copped 1st finishes in both the TT and Flat-Track, South Gate Raceway, Jan . 6) Topp ing 685 entries, Larry (43 years old) packed all his 190 po unds on his box-stock Bighorn . Even the muffler was strictly standard. Only the handlebars were changed. Also competing in what was sure no cherry-pickin' event, were Malcolm Smith and the entire CEA Club, promoters of the Last Chance Enduro . Larry joins George Walker and Jim Sovie as recent post-award winners on Kawasaki Bighorns. Big Old Larry Bornhurst Wins Big on a Bigho rn . So the moral of our story is, not on ly can a 43-year-old family man like Larry Bornhurst find happiness among the hotshoes on a Kawasaki Bigh orn - almost anybody can . And the winning K-men get even more reward than a hot ride on a great bike. Support Your L ocal Bighorn Winnersl (We are.) Los Angeles Area K saki Dealers Association - Bob Nelson, President. awa Phone (213)285-9494. .-.....c awasaki :urtr 10 class in turning b ack th e b est challcnges o f Goad e (Bu l) , Nic k V oge (Bu l), Ronnie Hannah (Bu l}, an d J oe Br own (Bul), as they crossed the fi nish line in that respecti ve order. In 25 0 F.T. Main Even t ac tio n, Sanders' class p roved just to o much for the li kes o f top ri ders J amey Blunt (Oss) , G oad e (Bul), Mark R evels (B uI), an d Voge (Bu l), who wer e unable t o avoid Sanders' Kawasaki's dirt and fum es all th e way to the checkere d fla g. The 100 TT M ain saw Sanders o u td ista nce Co rb ctt (Ka w), an rid er , little up -and-coming J u nior Ch arl es Summers (Ka w ) for top honors, but Corb ctt, refu sin g t o pl ay second fiddle in th e 125 'IT ~lain afte r b attling Sander s every in ch o f th e way , Cam e b ac k to w in in a big way . Besides h is five b ig Main Event wins, Sanders was also t he b ig gu n in sc oring a vict ory in th e 2 50 F.T. t ro p hy dash . (Resu lts on p age 3 2 ) mOl'f,la~:l:K1aa~:II:K1aa=-Klll:laa=-Klll:laa=-Klaaa=-lI:Iaa=-:II:lI:IlI:Iaa=-Klll:laa:ll:ll:lam:l:K1aa~1 participants. Three 20-minute m otos per class gave the riders plenty of time for on track physical conditioning. With the Junior (N ovic e) riders com p et in g for troph ies the 100cc class was easily won b y a very consi sten t rider, Steve Pinneri, o n a Hodaka with a I, 2, I. Second place o vera ll was Bruce Ganson (H o n) . Ridin g on a very fast Rickman sponsored b y Omo Cycle Sales in Ventura, Jim Byrd ran awa y with the first pl ac e 125cc Junior h onors with a I, 2,2 . " With th e Senio rs being paid to the first three pl aces overa ll, J im Dawson (Yam) to o k the lead during the first 125cc Senior moto and start ed to stretch it out when h e bl ew a tire forcing him o u t of the money. This allo w ed R ay Byer s o n a Penton to take first ch eckered in this mo to. Taking a sec o nd in the first m oto, Yamaha tamer, Tom Grant managed a first in the next two motos to take first o verall. Byers, also riding for Omo, finis hed second overall with Yamah a jockey, Johnny Grant winning the 125 Se nio r third spot. T he largest class , entry wise, the 250cc Juniors, produced another fine co nsist en t rider, Ken J an son (C Z) who fin ish ed with a I , 2, I to take th e first o vera ll troph y . R and y Schmi t z (Yam ) grabbed second . Mr . Ossa , Dave Pessy, af te r gra b b ing th e lead in th e 25 0 Sen io r clas s first m oto , seized h is engi ne an d h ad t o call it quits for the day. T ak in g over firs t spo t, Mark Cook (BuI) shot o u t in fron t of th e p ack to take first in this rno to. Co o k also won the next two for the overall. Frank Math ew s, who came in second in all three motos , gave Cook so me stiff competition during the th ird ro und by staying on his tail for the w hole p eriod. Steve Muehle r (CZ) and Ra nd y Berkeley [Mai] tied for third. With 18 riders competing, th e Open J unio r class ove rall winner was Geoff Pelh ar (BuI). Bill Kelly (Hus), another Omo sponsored rid er , wound up with a second overall. The b iggest and usually the most exciting event of the day is the Open Seni o r class. Today was no exception. Durin g the firs t moto, a fierce battle develoJ>ed between two fine rid ers, J oe Irwin (Ma i] an d Joe Veillon (Hus) . After switching p osit ion s severa l times, Irwin ca me down o ff th e start h ill j um p in three pi eces. H e wasn 't inj ured bu t his bike sp lit in h alf. It was so me sigh t t o watch a da zzled Irw in pi ck himself up , look around to see what caused h is spill and th en notice th at h e had two unicy cles o n the trac k. J oe Veill on, also Om o sp o nso red, captured the first p lace overall Senior cash. Gary Martin (CZ) p o ck et ed second m oney with Mike Brown (C Z) taking third. Next w eekend at Bay Mar e th ere will be an "All Junior (Novic e) Day" of mo to cr oss. Riders will b e d ivid ed in to two divisions per class; und er 5 races experience an d over 5 with 5 0% large trophies award ed . Also next w eekend there will be a Challenge Ra c e. A fin e racing enthusiast fo r man y years, C. Friday , wh o h as been with th e AMA since 19 3 8, h as challe ng ed a nyo ne o ver th e age of 6 0 to a race. Bay Mar e will award 20 to the win ner of this event. Bik e size will be lim i t ed t o 100cc: Any ta ker s? (Res ults o n page 28) "' g "N .... C> l(l' c ~ en ;;: ~ w d ~

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