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TROJAN - --RE-NAME ITAFTER BOB SANDERS t
By Art Loya
SOUTH GATE, CAL., Feb. 17, 1972 Some of the riders are beginning to call
it Bob Sanders Speedway. And why
not? Tonight, Sanders wrote a new page
of history for the Trojan Speedway
record books by blanking out a field of
over 50 entries in making a clean sweep
of all main events (six) in the combined
TT and nat track motorcycle ra cing
program.
It wasn't so much that Sanders and
his T & R Industries' Kawasakis made a
sh ambles of all the major events, but
the astonishing part of it was that he
was doing it for the' second time in less
than a month . Sanders became the first
rider in the track's history to tum this
trick onJ an. 27.
NEW RECORD
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Even
in
the
moment
of
unquestionably his biggest triumph,
Sanders gave much of the cred it to his
tune-up man, Richard "Rip" Sweeney.
"Without him, I co uld not be able to
perform in the manner of the past 14
By Dave Brown
APPLE VALLEY, CAL ., Feb. 6, 1972
- With six other o rganizations throwing
races, Deadman's Point still drew a
whopping 3 18 riders . It was a beautiful
day in the desert and everyone enjoyed
the track . The only problem was the
mo tos had to be cut down a bit but the
last of 60 motos was finished up just
before dark .
Sharon Staten once again won the
Powder Puff class with her Ossa. Dottie
Frost was only able to m uster a third
place in the P.P. but she captured the
wi n in the 60cc mini-bike class aboard
her Yamaha,
Lee Peterson took his 60cc Yamaha
to the win in the 70cc mini class.
Roger Dickens brought out his CZ
and once again put it on the old timers
division.
The 100 Intermediate class started
with only three riders, but finished with
a three way tie for first. Steve Aageson
(R ic) . Morgan Malloco (Yam) and N.
Wyckoff (Yam ) were the riders.
The speedy Suzuki of Tracy Walt ers
was again put to good use as he won the
125 ' Intermediate
class
by
also
whooping it on' all the 125 Seniors.
Troy Breker took his Yamaha to th e
Senior win. ~
Mike Faulkner broke the frame o n his
Husky in practice so he borrowed a CZ
and won the 250 Intermediate class, as
Rex Slaten took his CZ to an
months", said Sanders .
The fast start enabled Sanders to hold
off Mike Clarke (Bul), Dan Corbett
(Bul), and Mark Revels (Bul) all the way
to the ch ec kered in a field of 12 in the
250 TT Main, and then followed up by
lit erally giving the likes of Corbett, and
speedway Class A riding star, Larry
Shaw (H .D), a riding lesson they will
not soon forget in the 250 F.T . feature
event.
"The best thing I like about these
riders is that they don't give up. Sure,
they get a little dis couraged when they
have to chase Sanders, but they are still
in there trying hard and any given
number of riders have the potential to
beat Sanders with the right riding
equipment," stated Rene Armenta,
track president.
One of the best heats of the evening
was staged with riders Joe Brown (Bul),
Jim Mill er (a ss) , Paul Coberly (Bul) , Bill
Wright (11-0 ), and Bill Adargo (Bul). All
outstanding Junior riders, Brown and
Miller provided most of the fireworks as
both battled for the lead. Brown led the
first two rounds, but Miller the superior
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BELL, CAL., Feb . 15 , 1972 - The Los
Angeles Chapter of the American
Federation of Motorcyclists held their
first general membership meeting of
1972 here last week and elected a board
of directors . New AFM President is Dain
Gingerelli, Vice President is Dave
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national
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Over
50
members
attended the meeting.
Negotiations are underway for the
site of the first AFM road race of 1972,
set for late Mar ch .
N ext chapter meeting will
be
February 24 at the same lo cation of the
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undisputed Senior wi n.
Steve Bebeck took his Maico to the
win in the 500 Intermediates as Bryan
Breker did his thing to the 500 Seniors
aboard his Husky. Bryan and Troy are>
both sons of Dick Breker , t he desert
ace . T hey are apparently learning well
from dad.
The next race will be held the first
weekend in March .
(Results on page 40)
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Shaw and Van Hom coming fro m
behind to win the Buddy Race over
Corbett and Brown.
Featuring one of the best fifth -mile
clay ovals in California, the lease fo r this
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only to promote events on Friday. ,
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by Armenta. With ch o ice days, or nights
such as these , it should be made to
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(R esu lts o n page 32)
Mo ir (ass). However, R eon did no t fa re
so wcll in Ma in Event co mpetition as
she trailed in the field a t the checkered,
but vowed that she would do better as
she gets the feel of the track. This was
Reon's first on the fif th-miler.
o t h er standout performances
included Jerry Mulkey's two second
place finishes behind Sanders in th e 100
TT and 125 TT Mains, Charles
Summers' victory in the 100 F.T . Main
in the Junior class, and the team of
of the five, took th e lead from Brown
on the third lap and held on for the win.
Women's Lib also had its fling here
tonight when 17-year-old Derra Reon
mixed it up with the boys and no one
pulling any punches. She fought her
way into Main Event competition in
both TT and F.T. events. In the 250 TT
heat, Reon finished sixth behind Shaw
riding her Bultaco. In the 250 F.T. heat,
she finished a very respectable fourth
behind Van Hom, Crecelius, and Steve
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