Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

N .... en West 01 Mlssi sslppi ~ ... COOPER MOTORS 110 E. Sa nlll An ita Av•• Burba nk, Ca. 91502 :0 ~ III e ttc ·0···········_··· MAI CO PENTO N Bill Landsborough Wants A Four ll By Bill Spencer FREMONT, CAL., Feb. 27, 1972 Warm temperatures and dry breezes greeted nearly 300 Bay Area scrambles rid en for the second running of Fremo nt Raceway's winter scrambles series and it was definitely not a rough winter scrambles. The track was smooth , mostly, and dry. Those rid en that had been watching the weather knew that when it doesn't rain for four weeks, it's time to get out the K-70 's and go flat-tracking. With all the dry weather, the guys running for the top black plate were on hand and it in each division of Experts, it was the black pl ate riders th at w ent home with the brass and the p oints. The man with the mostest for today's run was once again, Dennis Spence. Dennis got two gre at st arts in the 250 Expert ra ce and led it from wire to wire. Mike Van Lienden was running in third at the onset but he got int o an altercation with Craig Michie that left both ly ing on the ground when Craig's Bultaco came out o f gear going into ~ tight left hander, While Van Lienden didn't get any p oints in th e 250 run he wiped out th e field in the 500 w ith a good win ov er Larry Drew. The race shaped up to be a one-way battle between Steve Foster a n d hi s Astrodo me trained Jack Lancaster Bandido , but in Steve's own inimitable way, relegated himself to a third place finish af ter a bad bobble. Another veteran turning in the wins is Glen Hall on a 350 Honda. Glen won the 500 J unior affair after a slight bump into Ernie Vick, T he Honda survived best and "Lying" Ernie was forced to keep his distance in second. The Sanchez broth en' Mexican racing team did its things once again in the 650 Junior division. Raul and Henry fought the six-lap Main out and kept the rest of the troops at bay to win by wide margins. While they are great at this IT racing stuff, if they keep it up, they will have to do it against the Experts. In the 650 Expert bash, it was Bill Landsborough on the Selby BSA coming in with the wire to wire win. Landsborough is one of the few riders in the district that carries a variety of classifications for each type of racing. The District now has four ratings, Scrambles, Motocross, Hillclimb and Enduro. Bill is an Expert in Scrambles and Hill clirnb and has a gr eat desire to be an Expert all the wa y across the slate. No t to many o f th o se gu ys aro und though. The sport is a very specialized one and co ncen trat in g on one is a necessity. (Resu lts on p age 32) DISPLAY ADVERTISING DEADLINE Husqvarna Penton WEDNESDA Y, Spm loeleers Sales & Sen;ce 6624 Mar. 8 .............. * CARABELA ~ **HODA KA ST EEN Nick Nichol son Motors For Issue No. 10 On Sale: Mar. 1S 11S73 Yanowen, No. Hollywood, Ca. (213 ) 764-8674 26 ye ars experience Parts & Accesso ries - All Mak es Track Stays Despite Wind TIRIS MOU.TID FRII FLATS FUUD $1.50 By Mike Hanson SUNNYSIDE, WASH., Feb. 2 7, 1972 A strong wind just ab o ut bl ew t he track away at the motocross today. T he high winds a nd biting sand didn 't slow any of t he riders, esp ecially in the Open class. Glen Lowrie, riding a Maico, ch arged hard in all three motos to come up first for the day. Don Mclntire, on a Yamaha, battled with Lowrie in every race, but had to settle for second. Ron Kroger was third and Verne Siromons was fourth, both on Maicos, Also , contrary to popular b elief, there will be another race in two weeks, despite the unfounded rumors that the track was blown away. (Resu lts on page 32) CYCL E SHA CK 1645 W. Ch ap man Ave•• Orange. Ca. ( 714) .6 3 3 -7 6 4 4 surplu s sale N EW 26mm MIKUNI clamp mou nt $8.00 each By N. A . Williams WOODLAND, WASH., Feb. 27,1972 Gary Kap us (Yam) had a bad day at Woodland. Gary wo n h is heat races in both the 250 and 3 60 classes but then the tro uble started, just aft er his win in the 25 0 Trophy Dash . Gary had to dro p out of the 360 dash and had bik e trouble in the 250 A Main and was out of that race. He d id get back on the track fo r the 360 A Main and held the lead for four laps, then lost it t o B ill Ehrens, Ehrens has had a good season an d today ad ded a 360 T ro phy Dash win, A Main fmt (360) and a second place in the 2 50 A Main. Don Dodge (Kaw) collected three more trophies with a 100 Trophy Dash win, 100 A Main first and a second in the 200 A Main. Don also rode in the 250 class this time ·and finished second in the dash and went down in th e A Main. The Open class w as sort of an up set as J im Herschback (Suz) h ad tro uble all day and dro pp ed o ut of th e eve nts. C-Z m oun ted Kent F ackr ell took the win in his heat race and d id a repeat to win th e Trophy Dash. He had a battle with Bill Nobel (Hon) in the A Main. No bel dropped back late in the race and Fackrell collected t he wi n. (Results o n p age 3 2) Ca lif. residents a dd 5% comes w ith a 230 ma in jet overdid it into the right-hander and went over the berm, then Gafner got around Sweaney in the sweeper to take second. The order at the finish was Payne, Gafner, Sweaney, Land and Davis. (Results on page 32) Gar y K a pus hadabad d a y At lan 'ic,8~",Ca . (213)581 ·3983 Sprockets Park Packed with Action By Sportphoto . BAKERSFIELD, CAL., Feb. 20, 1972 - In spite (or perhaps, because) of a very slippery track, the racing at Sprockets Park was super action packed, with all the thrills and spills any spectator could ever desire . One of the wildest races of the day was the 500cc Expert Main, where Jon Sh affer lept into the leap t into th e lead w ith Spar k y Edmonston, Jack Martin, Mike Keen er , an d Harvey Bakker all in hot pursuit. Exiting the first turn, Keener got an unb elievabl e drive and slammed between Edmonsto n and Martin to m o v e into seco nd. Entering the right-han der, Edmonston attemp ted to mo ve around the outside of Keener , only to have K eener slip out in to h im, knocking h iro b ack to fif th. Lap two saw Ke ener drive und er Shaffer in turn one, taking the lead , then in the sweeper, Edmonsto n moved around Lyle Moore th en slipped b etween Bakker and Martin as if they were ti ed to a post. Again o n lap three, Ed mo ns ton attemp ted to p ass K eener o n the o utsid e of the righ t-hander , and o nc e again Ke en er slipped ou t to block, this tim e ed gin g Edmo nston clear off the track! Out into the soft st u ff , Edmonston h '.d his engine load up, putting hiro out of the hunt. At the checkered, the order was Keener, Bakker, Martin, Moore and Shaffer. Stan Sweaney charged right into the lead o f th e 500cc Junior Main, followed b y Ken Land, Jay D avis, Rand y Gafner an d Bill Payne. The right-hander wa s total co nfusion as everyone see med to get there at the same ti me. Exit ing the tum, the order was no w Sw ean ey , Payne, G afner, Davis and Land. Payne seems to have the right-hander wired, as on lap two, he zapped Sweaney there to take t he lead. On lap th ree, Davis th in k.... mettco 1 S2 8 S. san ta fe ave. compton, ca . 90221 (21 3) 636-6144 sales ta x REO ENTERPRISE 5308 Seashore Drive Newpo rt, Calif. 92660 "If you don't ride this groovy track, you're th e loser:' - Buzz Baty, Cycle News * SILENCERS AND 3 NUMBER PLATES MANDATORY Pits open a t 7 :00 a .rn. • practice at 8 :00 . first race 9:00 $ 5 .00 Post entry payable at gate lor Beginners and Juni ors. T ake Riverside Freeway to Pierce or Magno lia turn-off, right o n Magnolia to Buc:hanan. Call (714) 735-170 5 lor further informatio n. ~ w Z W ..J o > o

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