Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

o By Bruce C. Young checkered fla g. In th e 250 class a n o ther Pacific J awa rider, Carl Cranke, fin ish ed in th e second spot in eac h mota wi t h Russ Po we ll o n a Husk y th e o nly real co n t end er fo r th ird place . Ro b Norgaard (CZ) finished seco nd in th e Open Senio r class with a fine p erforma nc e in the fin al m o ta . R ob ma de seve ral ch arges to catch Lac key ,..: LI V ERMORE, CA L., Feb. 20, 1972 ~ Brad Lackey sh o wed wh y h e is rat ed sec o nd in the natio n b y winning b o th ~ th e 250 a nd Open Pr ofessional clas ses in ~ this second CMC No rth ra ce o f t h e w season. Bad Brad, ridin g for Pacific d J awa, took co m m a nd in each class a nd >- each mo ta right from the start t o th e o Lee Leads at Redwood won th e first p lace troph y wi th a 2-2-1 as h e won third m oto . Bri an Le e (Mai) was b eat b y Amate ur Pat Ric hter, in the first two m o t o s of t he Open A mate ur class. Lee was the first E xp ert ac ro ss t he lin e each t im e, and edged R ichter b y only inc hes in the last m o ta. Lee was u nb eat en in th e 250cc Arn a/ Ex. class, th o ugh . Mik e T hrash (Yam) led th e first m oto until he lo c ked h andleb ars wit h Mario n Matlo ck (Mai) ju st b efore th e w hite fla g. T h e rest were easy win s for Lee. (Re sults o n p age 40) By S ue Bailey EU RE KA , CA L., Feb. 20 , 19 72 - Even th ough Dave J ackso n h ad a 2-3 -5 overall score, th e win s w er e so spread out in the 250 Novice, first d ivisio n, h e still took ho me a second place trophy. N umber o ne w en t to J o e Mey er s and hi s Bultaco, .with a n overa ll of 1-2-1. A t th e b egin ning of th e first m o t o, six tee n rider s sa iled o ver the th ree foo t jump wi t h no fallen m ach ines. Meyers was in pole p o sti o n w ith J ackso n co m ing u p o n him. William J ohnso n (Yam ) b eat Joe Meyers by a m ere wheel in t h e second mo t o. Meyers started th e m o t a in fo u rth positio n b ut aced out Rich a rd Mille r a nd Dave Jackso n on th e ju mp in t he f ourt h go -around . He t he n proceeded to close in o n Johnso n. If he'd had a nother few feet, he wou ld have made it. First t ime A mateur rac er Jim Moffat (DKW) battled it ou t with the seasoned Amateurs in the 125 Amateur division. J im Johnson (Yam) dominated the lead w ith a go o d 20 yards o n Moffat until th e last inside turn. J o hnson's b ik e quit ; Moffat won. J ohnson got it st arted aga in in t im e for th e second spo t , w ith De nnis Axelsen (Han ) taking third. The first three laps of th e second wer e A xe lsen's . J ohnson then took over, wi th Axelsen hot o n his tail. That Yam ah a re all y was pullin g it o n t h e straightawa y . Axelsen pu shed hard making J ohnson lose c o nt ro l on the three foot ju mp . lie laid it d own. Ray Olsen,Jr. ( Ric) passed fallen J ohnson for second, u ntil the inside curve on th e last lap . Olsen fell and Jo h nso n was second again. J ohnso n Hod a ka "~J Mon tes a T he firs t official general m emb ersh ip m ee tin g of t he Sp eed wa y Raci ng Association fo r 19 72 will be held Mo nday n igh t , Mar ch 6 at 8 p. m . at 125 W. Union S treet, in ce n tral Pasad en a. 19 72 membership applications will be avail abl e fo r prospective members as well as th e cu rr en t member s wishing to r enew their affiliatio n with th e speedway m ot or c y cl e r a ci n g organizaion. " We hope to proc ess th e bulk of c u r re n t ri d e r s fo r their 19 7 2 membership immediately in order to prep ar e for the co mi ng season ," d ec lared S RA president Pet er Palmer, hand we hope to en courage assoc ia te member ship among sp ecdw a y enthusiasts and co mpanies rel ated t o this sport " . . Additional SRA patches and d ec als will be ava ilable fo r sa le at this m eeti ng. _......... .... . Motorcycles (114) 893-1051 7219 Westminster Ave., West minster. Ca . 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H o m e of So u t he r n Cou nties Rac i ng T eam N o. l - ·71 ACA MX .Team ... Ducati '* O ssa ... Norton .. A JS '" M ot o Guz zi '* Pen t o n ... All t y p es of u sed b i k es ... D K W * Po rt i ng by Ralph " T he Gi ant K iller" Hud son tl!hl (fI" t,l~';t/jrj, ~, $10.00 T OW MONEY FOR ANY CALIFORN IA RID ER . PRE-ENTERED the b egin n ing wi th Mi ke close o n h is heels wait ing for h is chance to ma ke a move. R ick, who rarely m akes m ist a kes , made a lu lu one lap from the finish . As he charged past the p it a rea, approaching a heavily rutted turn, h e lost control and flipped to the gro und. Mike Welch went on to win the Open class wit h J De McKenzie second an d Chris Akerldade third. The n ewly formed Sag e a nd San d MIC C lub, who sponsors this track , has promised to strive fo r b igger and better races in th e cen tral Washington area a nd they are off to a good start with so me fine motocrosses. They are also b uilding a 1/5 mil e F lat T ra ck at this site w hich they hope to h ave comple te d b y mid-March. (Resu lts o n p age 4 0 ) ~awasaki Temple City Kawasaki Or move over for those who have. • ~IIP'~~~;~-~ on the concrete m 8•·00 p• • By Mik e Han so n SUNNYSIDE, WASH ., Fe b. 13,1972 Almost 10 0 riders competed at th e new motocross track Sunday, February 13. If th e ac t io n las t S unday was an y sign o f th in gs t o come, there should b e lo ts o f ex ci ting ra ces in the fut ure . The 100's st arted the day out with three riders sweeping the competition abo ar d some very fast Yamahas, Ron Pomeroy Uim 's y ounger brother), Dave Cummings, and Ed K u y kend all ran one, two, three, in all three motos. Talk abou t consistency. The final m o ta in the Open class and of the day, p ro ved an e xci t ing fin ale t o an exciting da y of races. Rick Poulin and Mike Welch . the fast , st eady rider from Ri chl and, w er e t ied for firs t. I n th e last mo ta , Ri ck led th e fiel d fro m - ~t:- .. vf' ~ { ~'~1~ Ken Martin (D KW) fo r D & R Cycles wo n th e 125 Junio r Di visio n T wo class w ith Steve Fin ly (DKW) in second sp o t. Th e 250 J u nior Divis io n One class was a runawa y b y H usky rider D. DeC o sta with wins in each m o t a. Gary Ceo (C Z ) fin ish ed second. H usk y rider R . Davis wo n th e sec ond divisio n of th e 25 0 Jun ior with a go od placing in the seco nd mota . Second overal l was an AJS rider , D. J o yce. T he b ig bikes we re th e greatest amo u nt o f en t ertai n m ent wi t h many o f th e rid ers not b eing able to han d le all the ho rsepower. T he first D ivisio n co m manded b y R it chie Lo p ez w ho had h is su per Yamaha in com p le te co n tr o l t o take the w in in th e final mota a nd a first overa ll. Maico rider B. Obrain was second a nd th ird was co llected b y A . Ge issler o n a Yam ah a. Mr. Geissler ro de a T.T . p re pared Yamah a a nd r eally d id a beautifu l j o b of rid in g. Jim Mis ervi on his Maico easil y wo n bo th m o t o s in t h e Open Junio r Division class. Se cond was gathered u p b y G . Doran o n a 400 S u zu k i. T his race was o n ly a prelude to the b ig CMC North $ 12 ,0 0 0 C ar ab ela series of race s th at will start Mar ch 5 . Wat ch Cycle New s for information. ( Res u lts on page 40) Talk about consistency... ~

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