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By Buzz Baty
CO RO NA, CAL., Mar . 4, 1972 - It
did n ' t take lo ng. Today saw the Corona
Raceway p lay host to a gaggle of
California' s finest motocrossers as they
staged their first money event. Was it a
success? Is the Pope Catholic ?
Brad Lackey (250-500), Mike
Ru nyard (250), Bruce Baron (125) .
Bruce McDougal (12 5-250), Mike Cram
(500) , Morris Malone (250) . and John
Vo lk man (125) were there.
Since this was the first time that any
of the above had ridden Corona I
wa n ted to know what the y thought of
the co urse. Without ex ception, they said
it was a great course. All thought that
the way the course was maintained to
keep t he dust to zero was the greatest
th ing since s e x .
Brad Lackey was a rea l paradox , hc
rode the 500 class on his CZ attacking
the co urse every inch of th e way, he
loo k ed as good as it's possib le to look .
Mike Cram push ed him in every mo ta
with his Maico bu t had to settle fo r
second w ith Bruce Torbett in for th ird .
In th e 250 class, Brad couldn 't hit his
fan ny with both h ands: Didn't show in
t he top three. Mike Runyard came back
to
wi n
after
last
week's
crash
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McDougal picked up second and Malone
got up for the sho w spot for the 250
Expe rts.
T he race of the day was the 125
"Experts with Bruce Baron and Bruce
McDougal, both Pen to n mo un ted, going
tooth and toen ail fo r six full laps . Over
t he 1.3 mil e course th ey passed eac h
o ther (by co unt) nine times . T he last
h undred yards saw the lead cha nge three
tim es. The Co ro na spectators were go ing
wild as Baron mad e the las t pass 30
y ards fro m th e checker an d held o n for
th e win.
(Resu lts on p age 3 2)
Craig L ee managest o squeek by an unloading Bruce M cDougal in Co rona Motocrossaction.
Novices Awe .Bay-Mare Crowd
By Art Cox
MOORPARK, CAL. , Feb . 27, 197 2 _
the large trophy with Janson taking •
Summer arriv ed early today at this top
s~cond be st with a 1·2 ·2 . T h ese tw o
rid ers held th e spe ctators breathless
So uthern California motocross track. A
warm sunny da brought out a large
numerous times wit~ th eir fin e riding
g"illier.ngof spectator s to - wa tch th e • style and s~ow".'anshlp . .
beginning and experienced Novices
Steve Pinneri (Hod) has got to ~ e .th e
com p et e for 50 % trophies.
Joh,? DeSoto ~ f the I~Occ Pro~lc l ent
T h e most exciting event of the day
NOVIce class . H l~ name IS always. m th e
\Vas the 250cc Experienced Novice class .
motocross spothght . as. h e contmually
During the first mota , Paul Cu nningham
does a great Job o~ wmnmg.
.
Today , Pmnen grand-slammed with
(CZ) shot out into the lead only to be
passed by Ken Janson ( C Z ).
three ~ ins f~r the :'Biggie Brass."lt wa s
Cunningham looked like he wondered
a family affair as hIS brother Tom (Hod )
where that other CZ cam e from as
took second overall with a 3-3-6. Russ
Janson zapp ed p ast. Evidently this
Ferlr:'son (Hod ) barely managed to grab
sparked a brain wave in Cunningham. ·a third o verall from Randy Meacham
After taking a second in the first
(Yam).
mo ta he made sure h e was first over the
Moving ou t on his 125 Puch, Fr ed
J o ehnck turned in the best rid e of th e
st art hill in the last two motos. Holding
first spot was no easy ch ore as JarlSon
day for ,h is class. Joehn ~k w? n first
ove rall Wit h a 3·1 ·1. Dennis Hail e ( B~I)
rode Cunningham 's rear fend er fo r the
fuji p eriod during each mo ta. When
Pout uJ:> a battle f~~ lTrSt brass With
both CZS cam e across the finish lin e for
Fredrick the Great but It was to no
the checkered flag, th ere was nary a soul
avail. Haile took home a n ice-sized
second-overall trophy.
close behind.
Cunningham fin ish ed with a 2·1-1 for
(R esu lts on page 32)
Baron Reigns Supreme
By Lowell Stolze
EL TORO, CAL., Mar. 3, 1972 - The
USMRC Intermediate/Expert field at El
Taro Speedway Friday night was loaded
and competition was fierce . When the
smoke and dust cleared, Costa Mesa's
Baro n (Pen) reigned as king .with great
starts in all three mo to s and subsequent
victories in the first two. Baron and
McDougal (Pe n) tangled while leading
the ten bi k e p ack in th e last heat and
both we nt down giving the wi n to a fas t
impro ving Davey Carlso n (Yam) and
Volkman (Bul) was th ird. Overall ,
Davey added a third and fo urth to
annex second spot over McDougal, who
had two seconds and a fourth .
In the to ugh 250 class, McDougal
(Yam) p ut togeth er two firsts and a
third to edge Morris Malone (AJ S), who
had a first, second, an d a fifth in the
three motes. Dave Boydstun (AJS) was
third o verall and did a great job in heat
one, leading the first four laps before '
yielding to McDougal at th e checker by
ten feet . Boydstun also had a fourth and
fifth to enchance his point total.
Entr ies
in
the
500
Intermediate /Expert class were sparse
an d th e riders ran with th e 250's and as
per usual, Mike Cram (Mail prevailed,
this time over Bruce TorbettIblus] fro m
NationaJ City.
The Schoolboy class saw three
different winners, and little Jeff Ward
(Yam ) nail ed down the top spot over
Brad Dutoit (Yam) and last week 's
winner, Mark Shader (Han) . G ene
Woods (Han) won the first mota, but
bike problems fo rced hina o ut of t he
second heat while leading and in a good
sp ot to sweep.
Ken Smith (Yam) won Division Two
of the 100 J unior. class by virtue of two
win s and a third. Phil Ny land (Hod)
grabbed the firs t race after Smith went
down while in front.
In 125 Division Two, Brad Salata
do mi nated with three wins. Brad looks
good and may soon be riding
Intermediate.
The 250 Junior (Divisio n One) class
had three different heat winners ; Tim
Morgan (CZ), Joe Dyer (Gre) , and John
Paulding (Hus ), but Dyer add ed tw o
seco nds to take o verall honors.
Robert Crecelius (Gre) walked away
with the 500 Junior event, winning th e
firs t two heats b y huge margin s and th e
last b y ten yard s over Zach Lindborg
(Suz).
(R esu lts on p age 32)
Ron Hamric (1411 gets the jump on fellow 500 Jun iors Marvin Creed 1
851and Jim McDonald (741
Soalcin' Up The Bay Mare Sun
By Art Cox
MOORPARK, CAL., Mar. 5, 1972 Last Sunday was like a warm June d ay
as the majority of Novic e motocross
riders (m inus shirts) soak ed up some sun
between each o f their th ree 15-m inute
motos.
"S uper J oe" Root on a new super
fast 125 Bultaco Pursang ran away with
the large Proficient Novi ce trophy by
winning all th ree of his mo tos. The only
rider that gave Root any comp etition all
day was Larry Robertson (Bu l) who
took home second p lace b rass with
three seconds. These fine No vice riders
seemed to move out from th e rest of the
pack as though they were riding a 250
or larger bike.
With the e ve r-w inning Pinneri
brothers visiting Bay Mare minus bikes,
th e 100 Pro ficient Novices p roduced
Steve Rawson (Suz ) , Mike Po rter
(Hod), and Kevin Love (Ho d) fo r first,
second and third respectively . These
three rid ers sh ould go to law sch ool, ge t
together an d then form a p art nersh ip .
Do n 't they so und like a typical law
firm? Rawson, Porter , and Lo ve.
One of th e finest proficien t 2~0
Novi ces ob served at Bay Mar e th is year,
Ken Janson (CZ) cap t ured first overall
again today with his smooth , fast style.
Ho wever , Richard Kaeding (Mai) made
J anson work extra hard.
A glutton for punishment, Bill Kelly
(Hus) another one of Bay Mare's top
riders, rode the Viewfinders Grand Prix
at Indian Dunes for 45 minutes, packed
up his b ike, and hauled over to Bay
Mare in time for his first mota in the
Open Experienced Novice class. Kelly
was first over th e start hill in th e first
mota, but had to settle for a sec ond as
Mike Pace (CZ) scooted by for the win.
Pace, on his fast vehicle won all three
motos.
Next weekend Bay Mar e will host a
regular da y of mo tocross wi th cash
going to Ex p erts and trophies to
Juniors . Only th e Experts will ru n on
t he super-large hill th at usu ally provides
plen ty of thrills fo r co mpetito r and
spectator alike. T he " Old Ti m ers"
(m otocro ss club limi te d to members 40
an d o ver) will also run .
(R esults o n p age 32)
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