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. ~ Oliver Returns With Fine Ride 0.. N .... ell to .0 " u. ~ W Z W ..J U >U Spinners Begin on !B Track' est Fran t ica lly pushing. By Sportphoto PORTERVILLE, CAL.• Jan. 30.1972 On what most riders opined as "the best track surface ever see n in Porterville", the Spinners M.C. began their scrambles season today. Although a few unavo idable bumps kept reappearing. there was absolu tely no dust and the traction was super. One of the high-lights of the day was the 100cc Novice Main. which saw diminutive Kim Shropshire leap out into an immediate cQmmandin& lead. was :fiu;1rs :;._~~~~~!i'!~~r'" =u~ed rou t /; Ifst t Ii ' :e:rc ~e!r-""';~~~~ Ron Hirdin } Va Myron Mull ictlo' . no J :"a. a rNe In th'e ree II putting it all on the ground going up the jump. Hardin blasted into second, d ropping Pierce t o third. Mullican slipped under Warren in the last tum of lap one, then Warren returned the favor in the fo llowing lap. same tum. Kirk then go t u nder Mullican st artin g lap three. taking fifth. th en really caught fire and zap ped both Warren a nd Pierce in the following righ t -hander, moving from sixth t o third in two turns! O n th e last lap Shro psh ire . with a giga ntic lead , h ad d isast er st rike. S tr o king it in to th e right·hander. his engi ne suddenly died! (Resu lts o n p age 32) .' ,., • • Suzuki . , ... • KawasakI Rickma n Sales Selby Motors • Serv ice • ~ = = ~ ~ ~ Parts 34 6 EI Cam i n o Real Re d wood City. Calif . • '. Bultaco • Bay Area 's By Larry Ulrich BEND, ORE.• J an. 16, 1972 - Twelve mi les of very fast desert trails. dolled with super fun sand whoop-de-docs. By very fast. I m ean 80·90 m ph. Your reporter was practicing during the week with a speedometer and was h illing speeds of 60 plus. I do n't ride near as fast as l fi-year-old Rand y Limbeck. Limbeck. riding a 400 Maico out of J& R Recreational Sales final ly unseated the king of t h e desert . Ken Hab eck. Limbeck was overall wi nner. The course mu st have b ee n too fast for desert fox Ha beck, as he could o n ly manage a fifth overall and fif th in class. O ut of th e first 17 finis hers, 15 w er e Open bi kes, wi th Ray Cra wfo rd winnin g the 25 0 class aboard a n ew Yamaha MX rid in g o ut of Yamaha o f Bend. Tom R obinson, riding a DKW. was 15th overall and firs t in th e 125 class. Fran k Su nada (C Z) passed Li m b ec k at a gas stop and reports from spectators say Limbeck passed Sunada back in an unbelievable spot. The J&R Maico t hat Lim beck was riding was just about de molished at the end of the 72 m iles. One shock co mpletely broke lo o se . the other one broke bad enough that the rear tire wo re a big hole through the fen der. The course was fast, b ut was demanding. Vay choppy in p laces and very few places to sit down and relax. Many r id ers not fa milar with th e t err ain we re afraid to pass on the n arro w trail. This 12 -mil e course was ro ck-fr ee a nd a p ers on could rea lly charge thro ugh the sage brush. T his course will get m u ch b etter with more ri d ing as th e riders themselves will widen it. Nex t Cas cade Motorcycle Club event will be held Feb . 13 and will be a 90 mi le Cross-Country on a 4 5 'miJe course. (Res u lts on p age 3 2) JIM DOOM IN '71 . KEN ROBERTS/MIKE O RIEN IN '72 'B ~ (41 5) 369-4112 Limbeck Unseats !King' Habeck ASTRO SHORTTRACK WINNERS AGAIN ON ~ Montesa' BMW' By Janis Randall their tai ls for third. McClain didn't have ROSE BUR G . ORE., Jan. 15, 1972 any luck in his heat race when he and Roseb urg held its third first successful short track for the n ew year. Ma ny another racer crashed into each other, riders from all around the West Coast putting ~IcClain in the middle of the showed up for this well-run race. A track, causing another rider from behind Junior rider from San Francisco. Bob to run right over h is back. ~IcClain Bellino, came along with Randy Scott seemed to be okay, except for a very from Corvallis. an Expert. Both rode the sore back. 250 class and fared well. The rider of the night was Ron Parry Tonight's 100 B Main was Rick who took home three trophies. One in the 250 Trophy Dash, the second o ne Oliver's first ra ce since his bad crash at Benton Lane last season when he was won in the 200 A Main when Ron fractured an arm. Rick just couldn't get and his Bultaco took first. with Jerry around the fast Honda of Ron Dign so Henson (Suz) and Russel Johnson (Bul) taking second and third in that order. he and his Suzuki had to settle for second, with Ron taking first and not The third trophy was won in the 250 A too far behind was Al Amyx riding a Main. There were numerous riders in the Hodaka. 250 class as seen by the A, Band C The 150 A Main saw the likes of two Main Events. As we said Ron Parry and or mo re restarts with no rider getting his Bultaco won the 250 A Main in a past the first corner. Finally the race got fantastic battle with Bill Oliver and his underway w ith Dan Daniken (Mon] Bultaco. Third was Craig Randall (Hon) taking the lead for first and fo llowing followed by Randy SCOll on h is him was D on Goddard (Bul) , wi th Bu ltaco, Charlie McClain (Suz) riding on both of (Resu lts on page 32) Jan . 29 . 1972 Houston . Texa s .Ex pe rt Main Even t _I'l~ 1st Ken Roberts 2nd Mike Kidd 3rd Dave Han sen 5th Eddie Muld er Maico . No rt o n ka . Ya ma ha ie' A&A ' • ACK PRODUCTS, 676 Auzerais Ave. San Jose Ca 95125. 40 8·293·5 111 I Deater 1I 1QUl r ie '5 .nvu ec Junior Main Event 1st Mike O'Brien 4th Jim Fol ey I Sa les * Serv ice custom wo rk * all rna kes TROPHY SUZUK I PUCH MAICO CYCLES Mt . 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