Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

A MA AM MOT'15CR OS S Ari z ona Cycl e Park Jan.23,197 2 r~oS~I~~'~eBa il ey F r ed v tncccrc S~,~: ~~fIYand B i ll Nichols K.C. Scott 12S E X PE R T Mike Mosher Bru c e B ar t o n 220S:LjQTOM :1M:) SCRAMBLES Oa kdal e Rodeo G r ou nds O akda le. Calif. Hod R ic H en Yam 5uz Jesse Owens H on Kaw Car Pu c Pu c S id Lev ere t t Ya m Yam Yam Suz Sac Mi ke Delich Ga ry Hickerson 12 5 Novice D o u g Smith Pat Walker Lee Nobill Roland Mereado 2 S0 EXPERT T i m Hart Doug G r an t R icha rd E lrstead M orris Malone Chuc k Lamoe 2 5 0 NOV I C E M a rvin B rau n Bob Wh art on Pa u l R ed m o n d Paul Lax N o lan Schabacher OPEN NO V I C E B ill Geltch R o y Fra nk J o h n Holmberg Steve Wilks N ic k M urphy OP EN EXPERT T i m H a rt M i ke Cra m B ria n R oss B yr on B oa z M a r t y St. Ma r ti n Mal A JS Mal AJS AJS AJS M ai Ma l Gre Mal M al Yam BSA Mal Hus Mai Mai A JS Mal Hus S RA E UROPE A N SCRAM B LES Adel an t o . Cal if. Ja n.15 ,1972 B y Lo u Whit ney SOO NOV ICE Bob Wa dlow cz Jerry B lac k H us D on T h u l i n H us SOO B G N R S. Kaw Di e t er Altm an n Dick A t n ip Hus Hus Cha r li e Thomas 2S0 N O V I C E Ray Est r ella AJS John R oge rs Hus OSs sa m Wes ton 17S NOVICE Yam S t ev e Hutch inson Kaw Sam Lyman 125 NOV. AE Dave Da vidson Ri c Manny D aub n er 100 NOV. H -O Jack Boo ne Hod La ch lan Stewart 2 50 B GN R . M ar k Mitchell Oss John N eb l tt OSs Stev e Grant 12S B G N R .· 16 Yam K en Je nsen DKW Casey Per k i n s 175 B GN R .· 16 Y am G reg L Udl u m 10 0 BGN R .· 16 Hod R ol and R odm an Y am Ph il Ra ma ge l sI G IR L Nan cy De s R ose r l rs O ss 175 BGNR Ka w Sam Lyman Bill Joh ns on Y am 125 B GNR. Yam G eo. N ewman H on Glenn G allegly 100 BGNR . H od Law . M ac Q uee n H od G en e K en t MOTOCROSS Redwood Acr es Jan .16,1972 T~O~~eN~~~tE Don Swanson Larry Fryar K ev in Bognud a 125cc NOVICE John Ma ss Jim Moffa t R ichard Morris 125cc AMATEUR Jim Johnson Barry Anderson 2S0cc NOVICE Bob Freema ntle Gary Em erson Leonard Porter 2 50cc AM/EX AMATEUR Lonn ie Foster L onn ie Foster EXPERT Br ian Lee OP E N NOV IC E Richa r d Pawl u s ChuCk L oc k ett R icha rd M ill er O PE N A M /E X A MATEU R ~::~E~~ ard Ja y St rad le y M I N I B I KES BI G WHEELS Lance Burgess N el s Anderson Davie C OOk SM A L L WHEELS K enneth R oc ha A nd y G ray C O N S . R ACE Ri ch a rd Mil ler W il lia m JOhnson CMC MOTOCROSS Lion s D ra gstr lp Wil min gton. Cali f . Jan . 21.1972 B y B uz z Ba t y 1 0 0 JR. T . B ragoon R. H amada F . R ober t s 125 JR . V . T am i ette D.Sp ae t h e D. Cou l t er 125 1NT' G . C oll in s F. Munoz J. K ava n au gh 125 E XP T o m Ra pp B r u c e Bar on Chuck Bower :2S0 J R . B . La n k f o rd R. Spencer J . H ale 250lNT L . Stt')kev R. Fagh n R. 8 u anton 2 5 0 E XP T om Rapp R. DeS o t o B . H o lc om b 5 00 JR J. V an Dellon B. Sm i t h R. A le x an d er 5 00 iN T J. Kavana ugh G . Oranow R . Pal mer 500 E XP R. Hershey J . D eS o t o J. C o o k e CynB}lrs~:~~er MINI -MAI N " A" Rodney Greener Mike B ow li n g Da vld Vea rgen M INI-M A IN " B " Mitch D avidso n B r ian Sanders MI NI·MA IN " C" RICky Bap ti st a Chuck A ksla nd C hu c k Wlttebort 100 NOV . Dan Carlyle K en Jones Jim Harvey 100 JR/EX. Larry Burton Jack Hammer 125 NOV . Billy C uelt John Willis Mike Runnels 12S JE. Greg Green er Ski p A k sl an d 125 EX. B u t ch D av i d son Ted Davidson Gary com cner 175 N O V . Fred Yaw T om Cargill M ike Mil ler 200 NOV. C het Ar mstrong 1 7S-2 0 0 JR. Ste ve H oll i n gsw o r t h 250 N OV. Steve A mes Greg Asbi ll J err y Wayne 25 0 J R . R ic h M ac M u rray L arr y D unn agan D av e Mathers 25 0 EX . Roy Winters J err y B lan d J O e Simas 350 NOV . Gary Winters Steve Noakes 5 0 0 NOV . Jerry Stelle Bob Perkins 5 00 JR. Gary Trammel Allen Sagouspl Carl Rodrtcjc 5 00 EX Mark A sb ill Butch Davi dson Su z Yam Hon Hon 51e Yam Y am Yam H od Suz Kaw K aw Hon Yam Ka w D KW Bul Y am Pen Pen Pen Kaw Oss Yam Bul Bul cz Ya m Ya m Ya m Bul Bu l NRA M OTO C ROSS Me dford. O r e. Ja n . 9.19 72 By Mike S ta rr MONEY R ACE Carl Cra nke Bill Oli ver Ken B u i r ley MIDI Ma rk Mattheisen Ro cky Sh at z G re g G reb KiDS 100 Ron Pap st Terry H o l m gr am K evi n C o ff m a n 125 J R. Todd Puett Gary Ce o Pauf Hug 12S SR. earl Cranke Ron Pa rr y Ken Buirley 200 Mike D ec k er J oe Williams Mark James 250 JR . Gar y Emerson Allen B r en t o n Da ve Godard 25 0 S R. Carl Cranke B r ian Lee B ob D ec k er O PEN J R . Rick Paw l us Roger T wed ell D en n is Sh o f f O PE N S R. Jac k Ce R oy Robert L a F on t ai n e T ed L a F an e Mon Bul Bul Mal Y am Mai BS A BS A Mon Ma l ~~~x~Owling BSA Ma l BSA Denn is Spence Tr l ROUGH SC R A MBL ES Ad elan t0 1. Call f .Adel an t o, Calif. Ja n . 2 3 h72 B y Ed Drechsler 50cc COM B Suz O . Nichol Suz J . Monohan Yam D . Honore 100 N O V Yam B. K i n g Kaw _ R. Whisner H ·D J. Boone 100 A M / E X Ka w R. MOrrison Ka w R. Mloner Kaw B . Sanders 12 5 NOV Y am S . Ch risty Y am R . Conner R . Sc o tt 125 A M / E X Yam S. Sm ith Pu c J. R ic e Y am E . S te ffen 175 f 2 00 A M / E X Yam L Qu l n tard Bul S. L u d w i g B ul F . Bald o zl er 25 0 NOV H us B . K ing Kaw G. Barr ett Bui R. W i lli ams 250 A M /E X Y am B . Hosfo r d Yam M . M yers Bu l D. Fra ven b erge r 500 N O V Hon B . L uc k e Hus J . S ta t u m C . Call ender Su z 500 A M M ai M. J enn in gs W . Rutledge BSA M ai D . Rich 500 EX J. Sex t on Mai E. St e ffen Mai K. R edd in g 650 C O MB Tri J . Spra gu e Trl R . M a rq u is N BL D . H ar v ey S IOEHACKS Hon S t ev en sfSaw n er Hoo Davis!Sex t on Trl Wah l/H udsp eth car era ?.3.J R M O,s:I.:l ? SJ3TII1 1W TT/SHORT TRACK Yam Hoo Hod Yam Hod Yam Yam Mon Suz Bul Pen Pen Yam Yam Bul Ma l Mal Bul Bul Mal AJ5 Mal C·Z Suz C·z Suz C·Z TT fH ALF-M ILE 395 Cy c le Par k Adel an t o, Ca lif. i"or'c/;i~bt Bul Bul Pen Bui Bul Hod Suz DKW 5ux Bul Pen Pen 5uz Yam Yam CZ Mal Ma i Bul Ma l 5uz Mal Yam Mal Y am Mal Hus M O T O C R OS S Ar i zona D esert Rac ewa y Ph oen i x t Ar iz . Dec. 12 , 1971 By Mi k e Murph y POWDER PUFF Barba ra K eem e M al Ca r ole Bulitta H on Patty Redma n 5uz B EGINNERS Scott MeA fee H on R onn i e Martin ez H od Rled Soss ong Hod 100 NOVICE Ba r r y Nobli tt 5uz K .C. Soctl S uz Michael St rokes Hon 125 NO VICE Jim Lawren ce Bul M ark Spu rl OCk · Bu l Joe Sch iele B ul 25 0 NOV ICE DArry l Tussing Kaw Er ic Bla tt H us Don Bull tta OSs O PE N NOVICE De n n is Chamber l ai n Suz t-ierb Fors t Su z Tod Sall y Vam 25 0 PRO Dave M iller Hus Jerry L. Batema n A JS B U DDY RACE Jer ry Ba teman/Sc o tt McAfee Bs r ry Nobliit t /Lee N Oblitt Darryl TussJ n9lGary Tussi ng . See the MOTO RCYCLISTS' Chevrolet Dealer for VANS, EL CAMINO'S & HEAVY CHEVY 'S Call BOB HUNTER Dist . 3 7 M X No . 12 8 (2 13 ) 264 -5400 _ A rrow Chev role t 1240 S . Soto Los A n el es CZ * MAI CO We'll t u rn your mail bo x into a parts depanm ent ! A~.'7 (@I 1550 Salbn SI... Van Nu,.. Cal m05 . Zll - lIS-Wi Trojan Speed w ay Southgate. Cali f . Jan . 20[ 9 72 1 By A r t oya 100 T T B ob Sanders Kaw Stev e Oku da Ka w A ll en Swett Hoo Rick A n derson H on Richard Riley Yam 125 TT Bob sa nders Ka w Tom Doty Hon Robert Crecelius Y am R ic k A n d ers o n Hoo Allen Swett Hon 2S0 TT Dan Corbett Bu l Bob Sanders Kaw RICk Goade Bul Barry Love Su z Chris Sm ith Mon 100 FT Bob Sanders Kaw Jim Stewart Yam Richard Riley Yam R ic hard K y z er Y am 125 FT B ob Sanders Kaw Tom Doty Hoo Robert Crecelius Yam Vern Maxwell B ul GreQ Mitchell Y am 2 S0 FT Rick Goade Bu l Bob Sanders K aw Dan Corbett B ul Ron Po w ell S ui Barry Love Su z 250 F T TRO PHY D AS H B ob Sa nders Kaw D an Corbett But Jim Mi ller Oss Loe Bl ac k Ka w Terry Stan nart Kaw Eric Arras Kaw Craig Roloff K aw 125 NOV T T Leo B la c k Kaw Ter ry Stannar t Ka w Joe B laCk Kaw Yam Ga ry Roderick 2500PEN NOV TT Tri Pat Dale H -D Thomas Howe Tom Warne Yam Suz Dan Rees 125 X TT Kaw Richard Sweaney Kaw Terry Sunnart Yam Hank Scott 250 OPEN X TT Trl Tom White Trl Tom LaFortune Bul Mike Danel! TT MINIBIKES Craig Dale SCott Scnweiqer Jim Roderick ArthurMartinez 100 NOV H ·M K aw L e o B lac k Ka w Terry Stannart Ka w Toby Sw ean ey K aw Craig R Olo ff 125 N OV H·M K aw Leo Bl ac k Ya m Gary R od er i c k Kaw Te rry Stan nart Kaw Tob y Sw ean ey 2 5 0 OPEN NOV H-M T rl Pat Dal e H·D T h oma s Howe Da n R ees Ya m Tom Warn e HALF ·MILE ALL EX Trl Tom W hi te Mike Dann ell Bul Ear l Roloff B ul Kaw R ic h ard Swean ey 2St:i?£l\~~ i:Es Spr OCk et s Par k Bakersfl eld L C ali f . Jan. 16, 19/ 2 B y s porte notc 5 0cc N O V / J R. M i k e L em ing Ga r Sa l mon Sco tt Ran da ll Mike Taylor Vern Salyers 1 0 0 c c N OV . K i m Shropshire Joh n K i rk Tony Bradley Dan Johnson Jack Deil iplaine 100cc JR' B ob Boswell Ken Parker Bryan Rietz Jeff Gruber Mike Delliplaine I OOcc EX. Jack Jones Bill Johnson R od salmon Don A n d rea tta Tom J o n es 12 Scc NOV . Davi d Smith Richard Horton Ran da ll Lewis D an D las Elai ne Smith 125cc JR . Pau l An derson Crai g A le x an d er Homer Tay l or O ren C oo k Bu c k Horton 125cc E X . Cu r t L an ge Bru ce Ba esem an n M i k e K eit h D av id Mathews Eric Gifford 2 0 0cc N O V. Cec il Wi lliamso n Bryan Rai n s T o m Parcel Davi d Ba k er Earl Coon 200cc JR/EX. Terry Dixon St an Cham plin Vince Foster Da vid Pi ttm an S te ve Gray 250cc NO V . Ji m Christop herson Cecil Crowder T om Shumard Wayne King Joe Romagno 250 JR . Fred Wells • Wally Kinchen Jerry Hammack Mark Ives Shawn Leipol d 250cc EX. Joe Brown Ron Tobey Mike Keener Jack Jones Kirby Shropshire 500cc NOV. Jay D a vi s George Ferrell Rocky Morales Jack Bell L er o y Tendrer 500cc JR/EX . Mike K een er ~1~lu~aw~:ete r St e ve ~ray L yl e Moore Suz Yam Su z Hod Hod K aw Kaw Su z Su z Hod Suz Su z Su z H od Yam Yam Yam Puc '" '" "'" C> Q. e'" '" .ci " u. ;@ w Z W ...J U >- U Mon Yam Yam Yam Ya m Y am Ya m Y am Bul Su z Ya m Y am B ul B ul B ul Bul Yam Bul B ul Bu l B ul K aw Su z OSs AJS Mal Su z Yam Moo Oss B ul OSs Yam B ul Bul Suz Bui CZ Mal Hon Yam Kaw Ya m Mon Mal Su z Bul MOTOCROSS Desert Scramblers M .C. GRANO Junction . Colo. Jan . 16 , 1972 By M ax Dawson 125 B Su z L on n ie H arris '* Mon M i k e Ne vins· Y am Leo n B r o wn .. Ti ed 12 5 A Yam Jim T Atum Kaw Fra nk Rose 2S0 B Mal L ee Be mis Y am L on n i e Berg Mon Ste ve Bommell 250 A OSs Ray Pa tt o n Hus Tri p Wheeler K aw Leroy Meador O PENB Hus Tom Ga m m ell Hus Ste ve Crow ley O PEN A Hus San dy Harris Suz Tony P lese k Hus Leroy Blackshear MOTOCROSS Grand Junction , Colo. Dec. 5. 1971 Tl5M~x P. Dawson Roger Jensen Mike Nevins Leon Brown 125 A Carl K och Pau l Rice Jim Draper 250 B Jim Hixson Kenny Lee C li ff Euler 250 A Ray Patton Roy Vetescuez Galen Clutter O PEN Ret tie Cate L er o y Blac ks h ear T om G amme ll Y am Mon K aw Pu c Y am Pu c Oss Bul Mon Oss CZ Ma l CZ Hus Hus Motorcycle Parle Plans Dropped .. No Inter est CALIFORN IANS BIG WINNERS As th e Indo or Short Track circ u it heads eas t in th e buildup for Madison Square Garden's Indoor J anuary 24. th ree ST were held this p ast weekend an d th e Gol den State's A I Ken yon (Bul) and Pat McC aul (Bul) reap ed in th e w in n er's cas h. Kenyon to p ped the tr oops at R oanoke, Va., as he prepares to defend h is Yamaha title secured last year in New York's famed multi-storied sardin e can. McCaul took up th e ch arge Saturday ni ght in No rfo lk. Va. w ith h is firs t win , and d oubled up Sunday afte rnoon in Char leston. W. Va. with ano ther. Larger than ex p ec t ed crowds at each p ro m p te d promolers 10 dish up a few extra buck s when it came to p ay ing o ff, ma king th e winners quite h app y _ TROPHY Pick Up Each listi ng $1 .00 per week. Send to Cycle News. Box 498, Long Beach , Calif. 90801 . DESERT TURTLE TROPHIES - c l aim b y 2/1 5(72 or f orfell. (213) 323-9894. Join the Noise Pollution Revolution Y am S uz S uz Yam Su z co ICE RACE Rainb ow Falls. C o lo. Jan. 16. 1 9 72 By Ji m Ben sberg M I NI BIK E E lli o tt Sc hultz L ee M orr is T yler Messenger 125 Pau l B ra tz le r D an G eick Bi ll Willia ms 175 Grodon L ove Den nis Korth Gerald Cameron 250 Bernard Burdett Don Palmgren Ed RoderiCk O PEN Norm Sparks Merlyn Ptumlee Gary Wovlsey 175 T H I RO WHEEL Jer o ld C op esu i r Walt Jantz J oh n Cameron O PEN TH I RD W HEEL Ber n ard B urdett Joe St o n eb rak er Fred McGlochlin HUNTI N GT ON BEACH , CAL. , J an. 12, Plans fo r a city-operated 1972 motorcy cle p ark h ave b een scu ttled b y members o f th e Huntington Bea ch Recreation and Parks C ommission. T h e d ecision, rea ched b y a sp lit 6·2 vo te Wednesd ay n igh t, was based on an alleged lack of interes t amo ng d ir t riders and excessive insurance premiums necessary for the o peratio n o f th e park. Re creati on Su p ervisor Rip Ribble said more th an 20 ,0 0 0 registration forms had been distributed to bike en th usi as ts but th at o n ly 4 20 had b een returned. Commissioners declared earlier that 500 of th e fo nns were needed t o j us tify construction of the eigh t-a cre fa cili ty . 'The co m m ission fe lt that the ins ura nce premiu m was simply 10 0 hi gh, " said Ribble. " We figure d th at we would h ave to ad mit 63 riders a d ay a t a $ 1 charge j ust t o p ay fo r it. " The park was 10 h ave b een lo cated in an abando ne d gravel quarry near Gothard Street and T albert A venue. Cit y aides w orki n g on t he project said the quarry was an ideal site sinc e both dus t an d n ois e wou ld hav e b een contain ed with in its walls. Motorcycle en th usi asts exerted considerab le pressure o n th e Huntington Beach City Council in June. 1970 t o find a suitable riding area shortly afler the • co uncil passed an ordinan ce prohibiting the use o f cy cl es o n pub lic and priva t e property . Th e quarry was t o have been used b y riders for a tw o·year period unlil th e ci ty fo und fu nds 10 convert it into a botan ical garden as part of th e Cen tral Cit y Park. The o nly commiss io ners vo ~i ng agai nst abando nment of th e proj ect w er e Jim Curran and Patty Truesdale.

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