Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

'"o c NORTHERN CALIF . SPEEDWAY ASSN. MEETING " '" ~ By Bru ce Young The Northern Calif. Speedway Racing Assn. held its first meeting o f th e new year aft er a very success ful racing year last year with about 100 in attendanc e. T he m eeti ng was co nd uc te d b y AI Lauer, A rlen e Lauer and Steve R o on ey. T he m ain new s of th e night was th e an n ounceme nt of fo ur new tr acks. Contra cts have b een mad e for Sacramento, Ren o, Nap a, and San J ose. T h e fir st th ree are d efini t e with San Jose still p endin g. All the trac ks will o ffer the customary S 1000 guaran tee purse and all o ther great asp ec ts o f Speedwa y racin g. • Th e Cal Expo Sp eedway progr am will b e headed by Lau er o n each Friday night st arting in May. May 17, 1972 will be the firs t night for Reno, Nev., a t the Wash oe Fair Gr ounds under new management of Alan Cristion, an old timer in the speedway gam e. Reno w ill run fo r 22 weeks. The Napa race track wi ll put together by G us Lauer a full racing p rogram for the su mmer (details to b e given a t a later date). The Sa n J ose racing p rogram will , if passed, b e head ed up b y Bob Bar kh im e r, Cyclelan d Speedway in Ch ic o , Cal if. ac k no wle dged that it is in t erest ed in p uttin g toge ther a prac tice t rack for the riders with t he possibili ty of ano ther race t rac k being developed. For additio nal information write No rthern Director Speedway Racing, Rt, 5 Box 55 10, Au b urn, Calif., 9 5603. N .... ell co .g U. til ;;: W Z W ...J U >- U Rock y Matvan , w inner, leading i n feature race of Amat eur indoo r sh o rt t rack at Santa Rosa . North Bay M. C. Plans Hare Scrambles Near Upper Lake By James Bramm er SANTA ROSA , CAL., Jan. 23, 1972 Chuck Fleming of th e North Bay Motorcycl e Club has anno unced plans for a Hare Scramb les t o be run rath er than their ann ual Sawmill Enduro near Upp er Lak e, California. Sign-up p oint will be at th e Middle Creek Camp grounds near Upper Lake from 9 Jim Pom eroy to I! in .the morni ng o f February 27. Starting nme IS no on. The pl an is for a 3-ho ur run over an 8 -mil e course . T ime permitting, it should be three laps . Th e Middle Creek Campground is th e sam e p oint as th e start o f last year's Sawmill Enduro. Upper Lak e is a t the north end of Clear Lake. £.T. CYCLE SALES !4 151 96oHi622 2268 EI Ca m" IO R"" . • remains undefeated on his 1972 PUR SANG 250MX Now availabl e at all Bultaco dealers MI . V UfW.Ca. 94040 BA Y AREA OIRr BIKE HEAOOUAR rERS COLISEUM CYCLE r----- 50 cents - - - - . . , ORDER ACCESSORY CO. ~ KAWASAKI -----. MOTORCYCLES 3958 E. 14th ST ., OAKLAND , CAL. (4 15) 534 -5461 94601 • • Suzu ki • Ka wasa ki Winner at Santa Rose. Rocky M alv an from San M ateo (2 3 W). You w o uldn 't be i nterest ed in th e pretty miss's na me if we knew. Sh e's K im Seid ler 's gi rl friend . and he is six fee tal l. Santa Rosa Indoors M on tesa • BMW' Selby Motors fo r addi tio nal informa t io n write : Bultaco Services P.O. Box 433 Silverado , Cal ifornia 92676 and MAIL Sa les Service 34 6 EI Cam ino Real R edwo od Ci ty . Ca li f . (415) 369-4112 Cow Trail Your a a ENDURO SPROCKETS 2 TOO TH CZ Co unter Sproc kets 59.25 Cal. res . ad d 5% sales tax . C&M SPECIALTIES -P.O. BO X 717 MOUNTAIN VIEW CALI F. 94040 ACK PRODUCTS, 6 76 Au zerais Av e, San Jose Ca 95125, 408-293-5111 I De et lt~ r IIIQllt r lC '.o IIlVll l ~d Sales * Service c ust om work * all ma kes SUZUK I TROPHY PUCH MAICO 184 Sa n Rd . CYCL£S Mt . View,Antonio4040 Calif. 9 941·73 17 Bay Area's I A&A7 2 Ef'Camin o Real Red w o od Ci ty. Ca l i f orn ia 3 6 6 -17 55 3 66-38 14 I By James Brammer SANTA ROSA, CAL.. J an . 16, 1972 Santa R osa is th e curr en t scen e fo r the ind oor carnival of motorcycle racing in northern California . Promoters Bob Barkh irne r Associat es and J ohn So are s ar e backing a c u rr e n t Amateur Ch ampionship seri es with the Son oma County Sport Cycle Associa tion (SCSCA) running the AMA san cti oned program. Over a field that included at least seve n bl ac k p late en tries, Rocky Ma lya n from San Mateo won the 250 Expert Main in the th ird meeting of a seve n-race meet series. Black plate n um ber 6, Larry Dr ew ca me ac ross second w ith the remain ing b lack p la ters lined up behind har d -eh ar gin g Carl Blackledre in third in th e eigh t-la p feature race. Blackedre pulled off an exci ti ng r ace and drew loud protests from spectators before officials rejected his win in the 12 5 Expert final. He had won qualifying h eats in. b oth 125 and 250 classes. He lost the lead of the 125 final on the first lap but kept ch argi ng t o re gain it and o n the seventh lap alleged ly knocked down th e leader in th e pro cess. Boos from spect ators expressed their protest as he crossed the fi nish line first. Officials declared George Karama ras the winner. Karamaras had been running a quarter-lap behind the dice fo r firs t. Other 250 Expert heat winners were J erry Kol c a nd R ock y Malyan and Xick Nazzisis won th e six -lap semi-fin al. At the finish o f th e 250 feature, Blackledre acc ep te d h is tr ophy fo r third bu t didn't lin e up in the w inner's c ircl e. Luther Ho lbro ok p assed Mark Hendrickson to win the 100 Novice fin al. In th e 100 Junior fin al, Wayne Lawrence fro m Salinas moved into first on th e second lap by passing Leo Perry and th en we n t on to win by a half-la p lead over second place fin isher Karl Cleet on. Man uel Datan from Seas ide gaine d th e lead in an ac tio n fil led 250 Junior fin al and th en held off compet itors Terry O lton an d De n nis Drew fo r firs t. Th e in door championship series is for Sunday af ternoons sch ed uled thro ugh February 20 in the exposition pavilion at th e Sonoma County Fairgrounds o n a sp ha lt surface. Midget au tos race th e same co urse on Friday nights p olishing and putting down a rubber co at ing over th e asph alt that provides smooth t rac t io n on an otherwise rough surfac e. Competition lik e Santa Ros a is o n e o f the re asons Bay Area riders are doing so well in the bi g time indo or ra cing. Accordin g to Bill Spencer, they won five of the ten Main Events in the Mad iso n Square Garden even t last year with A l Kenyon. then a black plater from the Bay Area winning th e feature . (R esu lts on page 32)

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