Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

. ,. 1 • • - " LACKEY DEVASTATES TWO CLASSES IN SAND PITS II • By Bill Spencer SA LIN AS , CAL., Feb. 6, 1972 - Brad enough, the large a nd enthusiastic Lac key and h is 250 C Z d evastated all cro wd was pulling fo r Grossi all the comers at th e Salinas Ramblers way, hoping that the yo ungs ter co uld clubgro unds, amidst mir e an d m uck, to handle the pro. w in both t he 25 0 an d Open Ex pert The race shaped up well as La ckey motocross . would p ull a fair lea d through t he first part of th e track , the flattes t and the A new track greete d th e 200 mo rocrossers b ut with the heavy rains smoothest and then hold h is lead in the that h ad d umped an inch, much of the uphill and mu d d y section. O n the area was d eep in heavy mud and sa nd. downhill , Billy wo uld rea lly get it on One such area closer resembled a glue and catch up . Enough so . that at one p ot as th e riders wo uld h it it and get p oin t coming off the bottom, he actual ly got b y b ut going up the first very stuck and require two to three lit tl e h ill didn't prove too fruitful and p eople to assist t hem in getting started. It 's one thi ng to fall in a mu d h ole b ut Lackey had it back. Throughout the wh en you remount an d can't get the en tire t hree mo tos Bill would be be rserking it wh ile Lack ey wasn't h aving rear wh eel to turn, t he n y ou reaIly have problems . to work too hard . The education th at Grossi got m ight prove in valuab le some O ne rid er th at didn 't have any di fficu lties was Brad Lackey . A board h is day when it's time for t he youngster to faithful 250 he won all three motos in break o ut in the b ig time . the 250 class and won the firs t tw o Th orton Smith to ok th e. win in th e Open moto s and got second to Rob Open Junior cl ass and held o n to finish Norgaard in the last. Norgaard is up fifth overall in the last mo to. Desp ite from San Di ego to ride one of Lack ey 's crashing mishaps earlie r in th e day , h e motors in what mi ght shape up to be a h eld o n quite well , especially since hi s Pacifi c J awa team, a formidable o n e a t ba g is scramb les where h e is one o f the th at. It to ok very little time for Rob to b etter 650 rid ers. A runaway win in th e 2 50 No vice get used to th is rough and st range t rac k "A" divi sion went to Ed Williams. His and with a gr ea t s ta rt in the final moto, C-Z sh ot him into th e lead at every he held Lackey at b ay . Steve Corcoran and No rgaa rd both poin t an d he literally ran away wit h all had bett er starts th an Lackey in oth er three motos. At th e end of each m oto motos but neith er o ne co uld contai n th e closest rider wa s nearl y hal f a lap him for long. T he tr ack had so me places be hind. For th at minter, it migh t b eh oove th e Dist ric t to chec k hi s wh ere it was more difficult for the 25 0 to run, but in gen era l Lackey's times ranking o u t as h e su re look s like Junior w ere all very close . ma t erial. In th e 250 b ash, it was only slightly The 125 Junio r/ Expert run was a different as La ckey won everything. b ut super r ace all the wa y through. It seemed that all got off a t least o nc e and in all three motos h e had a very close fo llower and a lo ng t he wa y , even a pass the first three sp ots in the Junior ranks o r two was made. The rid er was Billy loo ked mo re like t h e clay men straigh t out of Ming the me rcile ss. No rman Grossi , riding Dic k Lat hrop's 250 Maico. Denny and Mike Keny o n traded spots Bill, at age 16. is completely different from moto to mo to by merely falling in one of the more convenient water sp ots. from olde r brother Bob, on to ur in Florida. Bill is a real h ard charger and They both were we aring id entical mo to cross shirts and riding 125 fro m the sta rt can be expected to give Bultacos b u t b y the end of the day, the h is fu llest for the distance. T he first mo to was a te n lap per making for over only way to tell them ap art was when 20 minu tes of ex tremely hard rid ing. they got in th eir separate vans . At least The d istan ce separating Lac key an d Bill fat her Jim De nny th ought he had th e righ t kid wh en he left. nev er went past a few yards except (R esu lts on pge 40) ma yb e in the st raig h ts. In terest in gly CAL-CROSS INC. CARNEGIE PARK L IVERMO RE C A . Sunday , FEB, 20 AL L CLASSES (15 Rid er Min.) SENIOR PURSE 100" Payback 10 JUNI ORS Troph ies 1st thru 5th ~ w Z W ...J U >- U Bra d Lack ey broadslides o ut of the sand pit on h is way t o a pa ir of wins. Hare Scram bles Ix-Nayed By J ames Brammer SANTA ROSA , CAL. , Feb. 4, 1972 The North Bay M.C . o f Santa R osa has cancelled their plans for that big Hare Scrambles near Upper Lake for February 2 7. Plans we re co mpli cated wi th o ne la nd owne r backing d o wn o n granting permission t o use h er property whi ch co rnered across a river be d the club wanted to use. T h e North Bay M.C. has firm dates for eight Amateur Short Track ra ces at the Ch ris Beck Ar en a this summer with th e first date being th eir fifth annual benefit race scheduled for May 13 . 1972. Mik e O'Brien, the Ju nior class winner in the professio nal indoor sho rt track at Houston won four o f the Expert finals last summer at the Ch ris Beck A rena. 676 Au zera ts Av e. San Jose Ca 95125. 408·293·5111 IDctl!er Ifl~ l ' l r . L! 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