Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

co By Art Loya Photo by Dennis Greene Q. SOUTH GATE , CAL., Feb. 3 , 1972 The intrigue was unbearable in th e pits N .... prior to th e even in g' s Main Events here Cl at Trojan Speedway tonight , en ough to &D shake th e ca lmes t rider . Wo uld Bob Sander s repeat last .ci u. " week's performance b y sw eeping all Main Eve nts? T he chances for th e ~ leading Mai n Eve n t win ner looked good. ~ Tha t was absolutely the o n ly suspense w th at su rro un ded the st rong co n ti ngent of riders that in cluded Bill Cain, Col e >- Camp b ell and Paul A nd erson a nd U sp eedwa y Clas s A st a r , Larry Shaw , who all showe d up t o stop Sander's dominatio n o n the fifth-mile clay o val . T a k in g t he lead o f the 100 TT Main, Sanders lo o ked like a shoo-in onc e again while littl e Ch arles Summers (Ka w) , a top J unio r wh o is lit er ally ea rn ing t he tag o f th e "Little Dy namo", and Swett , w er e giving th e fans a top show fo r seco nd positi on. Mid-way in th e l G-lap featur e, S ande rs enc ountered me chanical p roblems a nd was attempt in g t o nurse his ailing bike to respond but to n o ava il as he he aded into th e pi t area where it was discovered th at hi s bike's sh ift in g ann fai led to function. Sensin g a m uch -desi re d vic tory with Sander s in the pits, Summ er s co ntin ued to lead "B uckwh ea t" for a no ther two lap s, b ut going into th e sec o nd d og-leg of th e do uble-j u mp TT co urse, Buck wheat shot a lo ngs ide Summ ers and appear ed that h e h ad o ver-c harge d as th e game rider was seen figh t ing to keep control as he h ead ed into the backstretch. Pu llin g it off, Buckwheat garnered his first m ajo r victory of the season. Taking an early lead in th e 125 TT Main , Sh aw, who earlier in the d ay had made o ther "speci al m o d ifi ca t ions" , sho we d the fiel d h is win ni ng fo nn that is so fami la r in sp eedwa y co mpetitio n. T he 250 TT fea t u re eve nt was a th riller fro m th e start. That is, fr om the first o f three st a rts . With a field of twelve r id er s chargi ng into th e fir st comer, S anders grabbed th e lead go ing into th e fir st dog-leg, but Ric k G oad e (Bul), wh o cam e charging th rough a tight-packed field, was h it from beh ind and in tum rammed in to Sanders sending Goade a nd h is m ach in e N ~ Somebody Rains on Sanders' Parade d Tom Dory (781 ed9"S ahead of lour-time champion Bob Sanders sprawli ng to the gro und. With o nly a slig h tly bru ised elbow, Goade lined up for the restart . As th e field o nce again h ea d ed into th e first corner, a spine-t in gling three-rider sp ill occu rre d as Mik e T homas, Rev els, a nd Mike Clarke, fell in a mass o f m en a nd machin es. A ft er a tracksid e ch ecku p o n Clarke's injured le g, all three riders were remounted for a second rest art. Taking com m a nd of th e lead, Sanders was unable to shake o ff Ni ck ", r ~ 10 3 2 W. BROOKS ST.' ONTARIO,CA 91762 ' 7 14 983-5871 ,rItedj4ff W;IN& &ASTO' "B lendzall" . Corporation has posted a total of $1 5,700 contingency award mo ney for 1972 A.M.A. National winners that win with " Blendzall" and display the "Blendzall" stic ker . The awards to cover T.T. , short track. road race , and motocross national events. w inners received 1971 Trans A.M.A. "B lendzaU" DIS PLAY ADVER TISING DEA DLI NE WE DNESD AY, Spm awards totaling $3150.00: Sylvain Geboers, Roger De Coster, Joel Robert, Adolph Weil, Werner Schut z. Sanders eas ily accou n ted for the 125 F.T . Main winning o ver Maxwell ( Bul) , a nd Steve Okuda (Ka w). ( Res ult s o n page 3 2) MOLLY BLUE gives you more ~ W than you expected to get ... from a chain lube For ISSUE No.8 On Sale Mar. 1 HUSQVARNA PUCH Griffon s Authorized d ea le r parts & services Draco's Motorcycles 16 29 S . Standard Ave. , Sa nta Ana 714 543-9 6 8 8 ,., . _. YWHA of COlONA 1101 E. 6th St, - Corona (714) 135-1721 RACER S COMPLETE MACHINE SHOP (213)785-4280 OKW th e sn ow fro m Sa nde rs with a n . o u tstandi ng effort o f sho wma nshi p of chasin g the fo u r-ti me cham p io n aro und th e fifth -m ile clay o val for the en tire l Il-laps, Summers was fo llo we d b y Mead (Ka w) , Dave Lujan ( Ka w) , a nd Stewart (Ya m) . FEB. 23 WE SPECIALIZE IN DESERT AND OTOCROSS RACING --~ following Steve Okuda is in the background . SPARE TIRE CARRIER Ca rry your spare tire i n si de y o u r p l ck~p b o x . End un handy, u n d er-t h e-t r u c k storage o f your spare t i re . E limi nates t h e n ec essi t y and dange r o f crawling und er y our truck, struggli ng w ith mud and rus t t o get y o ur sp are Ure o ut. Installs easily Ch evy, F o rd , and G.M.C. trucks . M oney back guarantee. Send o n l y $ 2.00 , pay postman o n l y $ 8 .95 PlUS postage. Or sen d $10.95 cash, ch eck, or M.O. f or Immedia te shipment. KENCO,6329 Jaynes Street , Omaha, Nebr. 68104 The ( 1). Voge ( Bul) as they twisted an d b ro ad sid ed aro un d th e course , while " Iron :'Iike" Clar k e, d esp it e a la cer ated knee a nd b ruised leg , gave a good acc ount o f himself while b attling for third with Goade. At th e c heckere d it was Sander s o ver Voge , G oade, Clarke (Bul), Dan Corb ett ( Bul) , fo llo wed b y first Junior rider, J oe Brown ( Bul) . While Sanders busied himself to winning the 100 F.T. Main , th e "Little Dynamo " (Summers), wa s busy stealing • C H O PPER S • STOCKt!:RS JO HN'S RACI NG CVCLES A CCESSORIES . ""ARTS . E X P IER T S I!: R V IC E C O M P L.ETE M"'C ~ IN IE S H O P 22S!5 H ....RBOA e L.VO C OST A M I!:SA, C ..... .U.. L JOHN CALICCI-lIO ~ ... _ e44-4l5S8 Bob Ewing's Motorcycles " Blendza ll" aw ard s rece ived totaling $600.00: Kenny Roberts, Ginger Molloy a nd Howard Lyngaard. 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