Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

until he came up on Ted Davidson and then co uld n ' t decide on which way to pass. When he decided to go low, he hi gh-sided into the h ay b ales. Th e 250 E xp er t b ash was exactly th at : a bash. Ra y Huff was in great form an d a fa vo ri t e to win but fell , o nce again, wh ile d oing h is thing. K & N ace Mike Myers was up fr om th e so uthla nds t o give scrambles ra cing a try b ut cou ldn 't adjust t o th e small size of the track . After tw o tri es at getting start ed, Ro y Winters took off an d couldn't be ca u gh t. T he 5 00 Expert wen t t o Mar k As b ill w he n H u ff bl e w u p h is 500 MX , a rari ty in it self. Butch Davidson p ro ved to be the better p ar t of a Maico rid e, b u t just b arely. At o ne p o in t it looked like it was ridin g h im and no t th e o th er way. The 650 Expert h ad only four rid ers for the I\la in b u t th e m ember s were significan t. It turned in to a fa ther-a nd-so n ro utin e with Dennis and Duane Spence on o ne side and Ph il a nd Tom A nderso n o n th e o ther. Phil was th e rage in the h eat wit h ,.-.. .. -~ .'* t .:-:: :i ~·:~:::·.·i· t'I.X" .. .ri G> LL '" ;i: w Z W ...J o r o -.i..- · · ' .. , "0. V> W• • ~ ~" YJl:·m ~ {It 125 E xper t Ma rk Mu s"cio highsides whil e atte m pti ng to pass T ed Davidson. ~. ~;. TUlE fOG GREETS GRIffITH SCRAMBLERS By Bill Spencer OAKDA L E, CAL., Jan. 16, 19 72 Greeted by the fmous tule fog of the Cen tral California Valley, over 200 scram bles riders turned out for the first runnin g of Jerry Griffiths Rodeo Ground s. With track conditions being what th ey are today, this little facility h as al l the potential of being o ne of the great fa cilities with some time a nd work. The riders were all pleased with the track eve n though it needed some atten t ion. Mr. Griffith h as had much background in the ways of motorcycle raci n g and co u ld really make a track for himself with this rodeo grounds. In the Experts ' battle for p oints much crashing was the format fo r the day's operations. In the 125 Expert departme nt, the young Davidson troops cam e out on top on ce again on new Pen tons but not until Mark Musci o put on a great b attle for the win in th e heat. Mark got a poor start and went t o work righ t away. He was passing quite well Kenyon's Frame is Lighter, Anyway Forty-one--year-old E xper t Ray H uff (1 41 hol ds off the tro ops in the 500 Expe rt heat but his mount soured in the Main. By Bill Spencer AI Ken yon will rid e t h e Houston 'IT Nat ional astride a new J ack Lan cast er l ig h t w e ig h t fr am e with th e accom pan ime nt of h is usual BSA 650. T he ultra -Iigh t frame weighs in at just under 2 0 lb s, and is unusually simple in both design a nd acco u trements. Lan caster, an engineer for Stanford Linear Accelerator com p lex, is a m otorcy cle buff and has constru cted frame in th e past fo r short tra ck racing. Man y of the in d o or b ikes fro m N orthern California are La ncaster o rigi nals. Chrom e-m ol y tu b in.!: is used TORSTEN HALLMAN.::~~_ RACING INC..:: 'X :~. th ro ugho ut wi th t itanium bolts. A single tub e cradle a nd very low ce n te r of gravity will m o st lik ely make th is fram e very useful. Do uble d iscs are employed wit h A irheart p ieces sn ugl y h id d en fro m view. A n air bo x sits a top the o il co n ta iner a nd both are sit ua ted belo w the slim seat. Ko n i shocks at an egn ineercd rake keep t h e cen te r of gravi ty parallel to th e swing arm wh ile the front end emp loyed is that of Betor. Testing was done by Harold Ken yon wi th adequate results a nd the b ig test wi ll co m e on the n igh t of th e first National fo r 19 72 . U.S . D ist. for T reJleborg Motocross tires Torsten Hallma n special design leath ers & rac ing equipment. (7 4) 460-6234 1 (71 4) 460·1402 For d ealer i n f o . Dodge Collects Winter Brass JOE S ITN'S By N . A . Williams WOO D LA ND, WAS H., Jan. 16 , 1972 Out of the 185-rider turnout today, Don D odge collec ted a lot of Winter Scramble win s with h is Kawasa kis . Don w on the 10 0 cc Trophy Das h a nd A Main. He went d own wh ile trying h ard fo r the win in th e 2 0 0cc Trophy Dash but d id w in th e 200 A Main a nd th e 25 0 cc Trophy Dash . He wen t down aga in in th e 250cc A Ma in bu t was n o t inj u red . The o nl y inju ry of th e day was to Da le Spen cer (Kaw). Dale wen t dow n in the 100cc practice lap s a nd was t a ken to the hospital wit h a sho u ld er inj ury. Gary Kapus (Y am) w en t d own in h is 250cc heat race but fi n ish ed second to make the B Mai n. He wo n the Band m o ved into the A t o take the w in there also. Gary was d umped in the 360cc Trophy Dash and didn' t finish but cam e bac k to w in the A Mai n . Bill Eh re ns (Kaw) and Kap us had been figh ting it o ut in th e 360cc dash wh en Kapus wen t down. Ehrens was d isq ual ified a nd the wi n went to Chuck J o yner (Kaw) . Due to drop o u ts t he Op en class ra n o nly o ne Main . It was a good, hard riding event w ith Neal Hule t (Ho n) a nd Jim Her schback (Suz) b attling back a nd forth for th e lead. Jim h as been a consisten t w inn er in this class. ( Res u lts on p age 28) Thumpies Dominate LaGrange By "lark Muscio LA . GRANG E, CAL ., J an . 9, 19 72 W h de th e co ld weath er and overcast ski es kept some spectators ind o ors nearly 2 0 0 riders participated in the las t o f the West Side Eag les ' Win ter Scrambles. In th e 500 Expert even t , four-stroke enthusiasts were delighted t o see two BSA MX'e rs lead from st art to finish. First p la ce was captured by R a y Huff, whose throttle hand has been geared to th ese sing les for years. Duane Bowling rode t o a smoo th second p lac e finish , also on a BSA . Roy Winters' Mon tesa led th e brigade in th e 250 Exp er t race from the sta rt, alt h o ugh being p u sh ed by Mark Muscio and Ray H u ff a ll the way. Maico ho rsep o wer proved hard to b eat in the 500 Novice a nd J unior ra ces, with Gary Winters a nd J im Meservy ridin g th e 400 Maico s to fir st an d se cond in th e No vice e ven t. At th e en d of the 500 Junior, Paul Kil d al and his rock-throwing mo nster could no t be denied first place . a ft er Allen Sagouspe tangled with early leader Dule Lenhart. These two riders along with th e winner had enough lead over the pack to enable them t o fin ish second a nd third. w rite or call : 5345 Timken SI .. La Mesa. Cal. 9204 1. 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