Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

to .. '" '" 0- ... N en HE'S HUMAN AfTER ALL Hansen Hustles Hernandez at Cow Palace N N .ci " u. ~ w Z W ...J U >- U Juniors mix it up in a shower of sparks. SAN FRANCISCO , CAL., - Dave Hansen showed the Co w Palace troops wh at pro fessio nal motorcycle racing was all abou t t onight wh en h e sound ly drubbed roo kie sensati o n St eve Hern an d ez in the 15-lap finale. The sh ap e of the ra cing for the n igh t centered aro und Hernandez, Ken Ro berts, Gary Lozano and Hansen with th e actual racin g being n othin g short o f specta cular . T he re was n ever a dull momen t, th e wh ole night had its exciti ng p arts fro m h eat s to the main and even some good o ld fashio n booing o f starter Pete Zim m erman. T ha t an d so me rul e bo ok shouting b y Bob Scally p ut th e fan s spirit on edge fo r the en tire night o f ac t io n. Comin g from th e qualifying he ats was fast man Ken Rob erts, once agai n . Rob erts sh o wed all that h e was still in fine fo rm desp ite not having wo n a main event since Houst o n . T hat ma kes for o nly two races, but fo r the speed he has that is so mething. He wo n the first h eat over Rick Ho ckin g with Keith Mashburn holding off John Ge nnai for t hird . Hansen then promp tly lowered Roberts heat time with a very fast win OVer Terry Sage. J im mie Brooks h eld off Hernandez fo r a very nice win the th ird heat and t h en th e actio n got heavy for t he fo u rt h . G reg Hodges was o n th e p ol e fo r th is race but it was Bob Scally wh o led it off from th e o utside. Last week Scally broke a cra n k j ust b efo re th e chec kered flag. T h is w eek it was o nly slightly different. He h ad a ni ce lead com ing off th e b ack tu m but then a sligh t By Bill Spence r t he tu rn s an d gave a little n udge an d vented h is anger writh a third place alt erca tio n wa s noted and the red carn e th en settled b ac k for a spell. The fin ish, again, from th e penal ty line. He out stopping the race . psychological fac tor might had added to was ch eered q uite hardly for h is effort The rest art had Scall y o n th e ba c k so m et h ing as Hern andez rem arked after and will reall y b e read y fo r t he racing row as he false started with a slight t he race th at h e t h o ught h e " got sce ne co me next week. jum p on t h e st arter. T he race wen t to For t he 15·lap Main. it was ano t h er psy ch ed o u t." Whatever it was, a ft er the Lo zan o with Scally a dis tan t fifth and ho le shot fo r He rnandez and whil e so me first five lap s, Hernandez was really banned to the co nsolati o n. This go t th e set tl ed down for t he yo ung Yam ah a slidi ng w id e and Han sen was closing and fans ire up as Scally was re ally hot , But Cup winner t o do his thin g, others making ready fo r th e righ t m o nent he wa sn 't h o t eno ugh to get by en o ugh watched while thres t of the pa ck got which ca me abou t lap eight wh en S teve p eople to transfer to th e semi whil e p os iti oned . Han sen was the o ne th at got slid wide o ff th e back tum and Hansen Lo zan o turned in the fast time for th e t he second spo t with Lo zan o, Ho cking go t under. Dave is very consistent and night. and Rob ert s fighting fo r th e rest , In the the p ass was very smoot h. A t a ll races T h e first semi was a terrific battle pas t th e Suzu ki o f Hansen 's h as not t hat Han sen ru ns, h e seems to be just as betw een Hernan de z and Ro b er ts with been very spectac ular but of lat e it h as smoot h an d very mu ch a pro fessional. th e nat io n' s poin t leader giving lillie appe ared q uite potent, esp ecially since nud ges to the nation 's to p Novice T he d ist an ce from first to second it was breathed up on b y T om Si ft o n . mo ney winn er at every chance. A ll this wasn't much b ut t h e checkered fell wit h So me change s in the fr ont end made it Dave th e win ner over Steve. Lo zano was to no ava il as Hernande z kept th e mu ch b ett er h andlin g and to nigh t th e stea m up and wo n. The sec ond sem i was kept th e rest of the troops at b ay with p rofessio nal na t ure of Dave Han sen was also a great o ne wi th Lo zan o th e winn er Ho ckin g, Roberts and J eff Hamm ond quite preval en t. over Hansen. Bot h we re fighting righ t making the n ex t gr ouping. First, between the semi and the main , down to the wire with Lozano again With action b ein g wh at it was for the rea r tire of Hernand ez's Ossa was turning in a slightly faster time for the to nigh t's races nex t w eek should be swapped as it m ay h ave appeared to pole in th e Main . even greate r as t he wo rd is out that so me that it was not d o ing w hat it was Meanwhile, Scally had b rewed awhile Mark Brelsfo rd is preparing to ret u rn to supposed to, t h e idea was th at in on his troubles and carne stage center to th e concrete at the Cow Pa lace . putting the ne wer side do wn wo uld inform the referee that t he re was indeed Com p eti t ion is tought bu t t he young make it work better, 1L did n't , From t he Harley ace is used to t hat and was one an infraction of the rulebook , T he one first lap, it looked as if Steve was having of the greatest indoor men to eve r rid e. where it says that when a race is traction problems although no t really Stayed t une. stopped after the first laps has bee run , bad ones . Hansen worked up close off (Results on p age 40) the restart will b e an inline one with spacing as per the p revious lap. If this h ad been inserted rat her than a comp lete restart,' Scall y mos t likely would h ave made th e semi a nd so fou rth. This onlv made th e crowd m ore By N. A. Williams unhapp y and when the st arts o f so me of WOODL:AN D, WASIl. , J an . 30, 1972 the Dash , while Bill Ehrens (Ka w) took th e races were q u esti o nable, the bo os Ma ny ride rs fo un d th e hard, frozen first in the A Main . Bill also won the wer e also q u ite prevalent. • track slick an d man y o f them we re 360cc Troph y Dash and fin ish ed third In th e 10 lap co nsolation, Scally do wn during p ractice and th e rac es, b u t in th e A Main . A Main winner was Bill Oliver (Bul). no injuri es wer e reported. T he Open class win again went to J irn Do n Dodge (Kaw) o nc e aga in too k a do ubl e wi n in the 100cc class - winning Her schback (S uz) . Jim to o k firs t in all three legs of th e m otocr oss. b o th th e T ro p hy Dash and A Mai n. H ow ard Bushma n (BSA ) too k second R upert Dykstra ( Bu l) p laced first in the 20 0cc Trophy Dash a nd A Main. in tw o legs of the m oto while th ird pl ace was taken b y Walt Dr ak e (H us) . T he hono rs w er e sh ared in th e 2 50 cc (Res u lts on p age 40) class. Charlie Bro wn (Ya m) to ok first in Woodland Scramblers Find Ice Self Swipes CMCNorthOpener Kenny Roberts chases Steve Hernandez, who got beat for the first time ina long time. Gosh. what will happen next week? By Bruce Young LIVERMORE, CAL., Jan. 23, 1972 veterans slid under the wir e to race in th is class. Ron Self on a big Maico stole th e sh ow with bi g wins in the Open Senior class The Open Beginners class was won by to ta ke all th e money in this th e first o f a 16 -year-old rider in his first motorcycle race of his life , Rod Brooks ser ies o f motocrosses th e new CMC North w ill b e putting o n during 197 2. of Liv ermore on his favorite Bultaco, This is quite a feat when many of the T he new group that has tak en o ver C.\IC No rth did a fine j ob , receiving ov er riders h e competed against have been 400 riders in their first race this y ear. riding for a long tim e. Rod won both They h ad to tum riders .aw ay and th ere motos in front of Dallas Cook. were few problems once th e races go t Maico can be very proud o f their go ing. The o nly problem th at came to latest addition to the motocross game, light was the problem of classification Ron Self a mu ch-seasoned rider. He of rid ers , with many riders not knowing rode like th e wind to take top honors in h ow to sign up properly in th e CMC today's Open Senior class . program. By the next ra ce th e CMC His closest competitor was J ohn boys will b e o n guard. Franklin , also on a Maico . John tried The races st arted o ff with b eginning very hard to ca tc h Ron but had a plug riders with supposedly less th an four wire come ad rift while leading, (R esu lts on p age 40) races under their belts. Several seaso ned

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