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'" '" c.. '" N .... en N N .g U. ~ w Z W ...J o >o Roller Derby is off and running and Nick Nazzisis (19) is t he jammer. Harold Dring is the one who's geni ng the back of his leg shined. ·Randy Miller Beats the Stars at santa Rosa By James Bra mmer SANTA ROSA , CAL., Feb. 6, 1972 Randy Mille r took a n ea sy win from a star filled 250 Expert class in Amateur FREE THINGS ! Grand Prix Cycles of Santa Clara and Fremont h as a n no unc ed its First Annual Motocross Giveaway. Entries for the free drawing t o be held Saturday, February 20, 1972 are ava ilable at both st ores . There ar e 13 prizes t o b e awa rded ra ngi ng from a 52 0 0 discount on a new m o t orcy cle, t o a p air of Her cules m o to cro ss leathers on t h ro ug h chromoly h andlebar s a nd a k nobby t ire . G rand Prix Cycles has just re cen tl y expand ed o perat io ns with the openi ng o f a second store in Fremo nt, to go alo ng wit h it s original Santa Clara lo cat ion. I n additi o n t o th e top moto cr o ss lines of Maico, CZ-J aw a, Pen t o n a nd Puch, G rand Prix Cy cles carries a co mpl ete line o f motoc ro ss accessories. Grand Prix Cycles is lo cate d at 2450 El Cami no Real, Sa nta Clara, CA 9505 1, a nd 40951 Fre mo n t Blvd., Fremont, CA. Indoor racing at Sonoma Co u nty Fairgrounds. Many wh o were rid ing th eir third indoor ra ce o f th e weekend st arting with the pro races in the Cow Pal ace Friday n igh t. Expert qualifying heats in th e 250 class were won by Rocky Mal yan, Randy Miller, and Jerry Kale. Nick Nazzisis was first in ' th e semi final. Miller led the final from . the start fo llowed by Jerry Ka le a nd R o cky Mal yan who b oth fell coming out o f th e first tu m . Miller h ad con tro l of th e lead from there o n with Larry Dr ew on an Ossa clo sin g in but t o o much o f a ga p sep arat ed him from Mill er for a se rio us threat . Harry Drin g from Oakla nd mi xing w ith tra ffic fi nis h ed th ird. Chuck Kale ridin g with A&A le tt ers wo n the 125-175 Expert fmal wit h Ro ger R obins on fr om Eure ka moving in t o seco nd wh en R andy Bo o th took a sk id d y fa ll. On the wild side, Do u g Hu rl y o n a Ossa to pped the Novice fiel d in the 25 0 clas s. For srnoothies, De n nis a nd Larry Drew have the talent. Dennis h eld a firm h ol d to first in the 2 50 J unio r class with hard charging R on Ka le fro m A&A Moto rs pressin g. Larry is ga thering points f ro m se conds in the Expert fi n als, Debbie J acklin is racing th e b oys again. She proved she is no pantywais t b y wa lki ng awa y fro m a long skidding fall th at ended aga in st th e fence . The fall disabled her bike not her sp irit . While so me of the 146 en tries were hard charging professionals se eking m ore experience for the Frid ay night Cow Palace scene, many wer e from distant points as two Novice riders from Reno , Nevada, h avin g a go at th e slick surface racing for adventure. O ne o f the Reno riders Bill Lambert, made th e 200 Novice fi nal an d at o ne time was second to winner Charl ie Brown. Hopefully , riders from those dista nt points get th e word in time that the February 20 race is off. A nother group has taken their optio n for th e fairgrounds on that date. (Results on page 40) BollingfRichter Top Team at Fickle Hill Motocross By Sue Bail ey E UR EKA, CA L., J an. 3 0, 1972 - The snow was c old a nd th e sun was h ot at Foster 's R an ch o n F ick le Hill today as 79 rid ers gathered for th e an n ual team rno tocros s o ver a thre e-mile trac k. R on Bolling a nd Pat Ri chter of Honda of Arcata's R acing T eam , riding a bi g H us ky, were the numb er o ne trophy w inners . T hey finished the three hour course wit h a total o f 2 9 h a rd laps. Each class of riders st a rt ed off the line separately . T he b ig 25 I-Open class left a mi nu t e ahead of the 12 6-25 0 cc class. A minute later came th e 0-1 25 cc group. Jay S teadley and Lonnie Foster were the early leaders and m anaged to stay for six go -arounds. Br ian Lee and Richar d Pawlus p ush ed their Ma ico into the lead for two la ps. They turned the t op spot o ver t o Bolling and Ri chter who kep t it for three laps. Lee and Pawlus didn't give up until Pawl us " new IfJ !-· "~J. q ,,-q !.-;"jI ' clutch went ou t at th e b ottom of th e hill with Lee riding. That was th e end for th em . T h e b attle fo r t he w in was n ow b etween Bolling/Richter a nd Stradley/ Fo st er. T h e Bo llin g t eam fin ished five la ps ahead o f Stradley and Foster . Th e b eginnin g four la ps o f th e m id dl e class of riders belo nged to Gary Emerson and Patric k McKenna. T hen th e Cr eech es t o ok over u ntil the 11 th lap, wh en G reg Fis h er a nd George A nderson's team passed them and stayed there to the finish . RESU LTS 2S 1-o P EN Ron Bo ll i n g/ Pat Richter Jay S t rad le y /L o n n ie Foster C h u ck L oc k ett / R ob er t Calvert 1 2 6 -250cc G reg F ish er/G eorge A n derson Ji m Creech/S k ip C re ech Bob G lneri ch/Lew ie Weiser 0 ·12Sce Roger Warllck/ Fr estl Sco tt D il lin g Ray Olsen, Jr. (solO) .rosecn T om ich fT om O')f1(tGJ) °'''' h.... / ~ l('• • c: ~l ° IU Winner Randy M ill er gives trophy girl M ary Jane Soderquist a Iii II )1 1J 1JJ H . JJ o";:J:JLJ