Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Donna Dons Body Cast; (No sex objec t , s he !) 200 Junior T erry Di xon (2 2) has a specta cular style, good enough f or t h ird in hi s class. Ma Na ture 'Can't Stop Them Race rs By Spor tph ot o HANFORD, CAL., J an . 23 , 19 72 Neith er de nse fog , icy wind nor rain could d eter o ver 200 avid scram bles racers fr om b eing present at Kings Club's seas on Co unty Motorcycle opener . The track, t aking th e very ad ve rs e c o n d itions in to consid er ati on , w as super, a n ot very unusual cond itio n for th is tr ack. Alth ou gh th e weath er was c o ld, the ac t io n on t he tra ck wa s qu ite he ated . A couple o f local riders wer e doi ng s om e tuning an d adjust ing in preparat ion for th e upcoming Houston Nati onal. Tim Thomas was ge tti ng used to a 250 aga in and Steve Snid er was finding ou t ab out h is brand new T rium ph . In t h e 250cc Expert Main , Col e Campbell jumped int o an imm ediate lead, w ith Ri ch Pereira, Rand y Griffith, T im Thomas and Kirby Shropshire all close be hind. Griffith moved to the inside and zapped Pereira and Campb ell goi ng into turn tw o, taking th e lead . Thomas d ived insid e of Pereira going into th e righ t-h ander, m ov ing into third, th en we n t to the ou tside to slip aro und Campbell in t um tw o of lap th ree . At th e ch eck er Griffith held a margin al lead o ver T ho mas , wh o was foll ow ed b y Per eira , Campbell an d Shropshire. Ca rr ol J acks on ca me off th e lin e first in t he Open Expert Main, only t o have arc h-r ival Jim McCr ack en get a better drive co ming o ut o f th e first tum and mov e b y and into th e lead . Steve Snid er me antim e , wa s having h is hands full with a determined Darrell McCaull ey , wh o slipped u nd er and by Snider in th e Snid e r h au nted r i gh t -h a n d e r . McCaulley 's rear wh eel, unable to find o r ma ke an o p eni ng un til the last lap . Exit ing tu m t w o McCaull ey slip p ed jus t a h air wide a n d Snid er mad e hi s move. Dri ving into a h ole th at wa sn't re ally bi g enough , Snid er an d McC au lley cl attered and banged into each o th er clear into th righ t-h a n d er , w h ere Steve re gained enough co nt ro l t o move ah ead. At th e finish McCr ack en led, follo wed b y Jackson , Snider, McCaull ey a nd Ray Comer. (Results o n page 32) By Margaret Ea rnes t SA NT A MARIA, CA L.. Jan. 16 , 19 72 Wom an 's Lib eve n str ikes in th e m otorcycl e wo rld but fro m the results o f tod ay's Lompoc Slo- Pokes MC MX it see ms to h ave b ackfired. AMA Na tional Compet it ion Con gress d eclar ed no race m a y be r u n wh er e th ere is sex discrimination wh ich me ant t od ay's MC wa s ru n with no Powder Pu ff, all ran togethe r , male and fe ma le. One gal, riding a 25 0 CZ, is not so sure Woman 's Lib h ad the right idea . Donna Ea rnes t, 25 0 J r ., running n inth in th e first lap, was cut off on t h e d og leg approaching the jump and became airbor ne b u t miraculo us ly was n o t run over by h er pursu ers. T he next several weeks wearing a body cas t will probably make her ra ther anxio us t o rever to the old way , in he r words " th e heck wit h \Voman's Lib." Fewer rid ers t urned o ut and grumb ling was h eard regard ing the co nditio n of th e track. Spill wa y Park has a lo t of potential bu t changes m ust b e made to c ut d own o n acciden ts; the co urse n eed s to b e slo wed dow n. On e big com p lain t a mo ng t oday 's rid ers was th at th e wat er truc k became st uc k and th e dri ver released all th e co ntents o n the hairpin turn! One of th e m ost fa n ta st ic rid es o f th e day was pu t o n by Scott Victor in the 100 Jr. class. Asleep w h en the n ag was d ropped, b y t he end of the firs t lap Sco t t work ed t o fi fth and eve nt ua lly t oo k the wi n in th e firs t mo to! T hird tim e o u t t he lead change d back and forth b etween th e tw o Suzuki rid ers. Scott a nd Dan Wall er, foll ow ed b y Honda mounted Andy Anderson . Sco tt's chain ca me o ff a nd Walle r jumped to the lead . Scott put th e chain back o n just as Anders on p assed him he ad ed fo r the fin ish. Scott to ok a sec ond overall . for th e day with Waller an d Anderson first and third. The 250 Srs , found the lead cha nge d be tween Johnny Grossini (lI us) and Sh erman Sch nellar (CZ) . Spills and crashes b y both slo wed them but th e gold was fin ally nailed by Gr oss ini wit h Schnellar second . PATRAC 0 CLEAN SWEEP! H I-PERFORMA NCE EQUIPMENT Open Seniors saw Larry Gree r, usually a 125 Sr., goi ng o n hi s Maic o in th e lead . .lnterm ediates had to ride wi th Sen ior s a nd Har vcy Wynn e (Suz) too k a third o verall b eh ind J oe Cushaway (CZ) and Greer. One o f t he rid ers in conte ntio n fo r a troph y in th e 12 5 cla ss swit ch ed machin es an d was disqualified . (Res ults o n p age 3 2) Ramos ,New Official By Bill Sp en cer WALNtIT CRE EK , CA L. , J an . 2 3,1972 - Distri ct 36 hel d its an nual me et ing in a smo ke-filled room h er e today and to n o one's surprise man y n ew n am es were to rebound the wall s as officia ls. T h e b iggest change came in th e h ighes t office where Leroy McDonald wa s replaced after se rving two years by Jo h n Ram o s. McDo nald , a lo ng time AMA m emb er and m emb er of th e Pol ka Do ts o f Sacram en to, had lo st support fro m man y of th e clubs d ue to an appar en t comm u nicatio ns d ifficulty. Ram os ca mpaigned heavily o n th at issu e and was very p opular wi th the Road Rider clubs as well as the dirt co mpe t itio n clubs. Ram o s has b een a p ho to gra ph er in th e district for m a n y years a n d wa s a Cy cle New s co rres po nde nt. While most of th e Distri cts Sportsmans Committ ee m en returned, two n ew names were added with Bob Holl o way and G er ry Carr j oining t he list. Int erestin gly eno ugh, McDonald received the m os t numb er o f votes for Sportsman Co mmitt ee mak ing him top man in th at d ep ar tment and also first success or to th e top job . Considering the fantastic growth o f th e d istrict, all j ob s will h ave to wo rk closel y to ke ep the rac ing alive. This point wa s accent uated by the fac t tha t tw o o f AMA 's top staff m embers were on hand t o lend c redenc e to the sit ua t io n o f m ot orcycling. 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