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McDougal SPEC I AL ~ ~ LUBES •77 For DIRT and TRACK •88 Fo r H IGHWAY MODERN INDUSTRIES, INC. • VISTA · CALIF. 92083 001001ססoo100 _ By Lowell Stolze EL TORO, CAL., March 10, 1972 Bruce McDougal invaded EI Toro Speedway with three different bikes at the USMRC motocross Friday night and rode to overall wins on his Penton (125 class), Yamaha (250), and grabbed a third on a Greeves in the 500 IntermediatefExpert events. The 125 Expert class was no con test as McDougal won all three motos handily, the first and third over Bruce Baron (Pen) and the second over John Volkman (Bu l). Baron was runner-up overall and Volkman . third. A fter an apparent line violation in the second heat, Baron was forced to tum his bike around for the start and as a result finished far back. Bruce had problems in the first 250 Intermediate/Expert moto as he and leader Dave Boydstun made contact as the pair was battling for the front spot. The incident forced the Orange rider back to third where his finished behind Boydstun (AJS) and Jon Derhammer (CZ). McDo uga l came back strongly to win the final heats over Boydstun and Marv Bra un AJS). Dave had a good shot for an ove rall win go ing into the last moto, but he f i nished a disappointing fifth, and when asked what happened, responded, " I don't know " . Again in the 500 Intermediate-Expert races it was all Mike Cram and his Maico , Mike has romped to overall wins five weeks in a row and n obody appears to be able to run with h im. although to n igh t Glen Lund (Hus) and surprise £*:~~*GREEYES**;;*,:**a .. \ llfife * * t f * * t NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW ~ JI!( ' JII(. ~ 175cc 6 speed Enduro, Puch engine 250cc Enduro with lights. Mot oplat Ignition 380cc Enduro with lights. Mot oplat Ignition 250cc Moto X, low frame, new big end, etc. 80cc M o~o X,_~s above ~ * ......................* ~ ~ "?' Im~Prt!r ~l~~~t!r !~~~t~!!!~~t!~~c. 11573 Vanowen, North Hollywood (213) 764 -8674 26 YEARS EXPERIENCE - ".. ~ RAM BLER S LEADERS - E L ECT 197 2 ltl M ins 2 of 3 :" i'-- C1. entrant Dave Aldana (Kaw) gave it the old college try. Aldana was a crowd pleaser and rode hard, but he had problems with the big bike and fell in the fITSt two rnotos. He managed a third in the final he at a fter McDougal forgot to turn o n his gas and crapped out on '" ~ '" :; ::;: ~ ~frdu~~~~p,:~ ~r;,a.mle':i~:~~~~:':~ ~ when he mis-re ad the flags and pulled ~ up after ta king the " o ne lap to go" u bunting. Befor e h e realized his mistake ~ and set after leader Lund. he was a couple hundred y ard s back and had to settle for second. The 125 Intermediates ran separately tonight and Don Smith (Yam) captured the final two races to defeat Scott Miller (Pen). Miller won the first but faded to a fourth in the finale, Smith had won 125 Junior honors on three previous occasions and . tonight was his first ride as an Intermediate. Brad Roberts (Hon) swept all three heats in the 100 Junior (Division one) category, this time it was Ken on a Yamaha. He won the first heat by 100 yards, but fell on the downhill portion in the second and ran behind Clay Musolf (Yam ). who returned to action after sever al weeks off due to an injured sh oulder. Sm ith cam e b ack to win the third. In th e even ing's fin al co mp etition, John Clark (Ya m) ad ded the 500 Junior laruels to cap a.b ig night. John won heat one, ra n seco nd to Zach Linborg in number tw o, and was leading th e final when h e killed his engine. Randy Jordan (Mail took second overall and Lindborg was third. (Res u lts o n p"!:e 3 6) Speedway for Indio The Salinas Ramblers Motor cycle Club, ac tive since 1933 , has ele cted its officers for th e 1972 season. Pres ident is George Hignel : Vice President, Dale Ralph ; Secretary, Wanita McBee: Treasurer Cathryn Ralph : Road Captain, Bill Seta: Assistant Road Captain, Ed Cottage and Referee, Chris Nicholls. The Ramblers.•were named No . 1 cycling club in the nation in 1967, No. 2 in 1969 and is presently among the top 10 in the 1971 balloting. INOIO , CAL., March 13 , 1972 - The 1972 Sp eedway motorcycle racing season opens here at the Indio Fairgrounds on Saturday night, March 25th with a full compliment of riders scheduled to take the track in a fully sanct ioned Speedway Racing Association event. Indio 's favorite rider Sonny Nutter will be the odds-favorite to repeat his victories scored on the fast, clay oval on the modern Fairgrounds track. Also on hand will be 1971 National Ghampion Mike Bast, Dennis "the MIC PRESS RELEASE . Mouse" Gildehaus, Rick Woods , Bill WASHINGTON, D.C . - The promotion • Cod y, Ed Williams , Sumner McKnight, of Raymond W. Lucia to the position of and the two Haserot brothers, Bruce Assistant Executive Director of the , and Greg. Motorcycle Industry Council, Inc. was Just back from a month-lo ng serie s announced to day by James B. Pott er, of racing dates in Australia and New Jr., Executive Director of M.LC . Zealand are Nutter, Mike Bast and Bill Lucia, former Director of Legislative Cod y. Steve Bast, unfortunately, will Activities for the Council, will retain his forego the 1972 American racing seaso n responsibilities for Federal government and will join the Exeter Team in liaison in addition to his in creased England. Assistant Executive Director. duties Racing on the Indio Fairgrounds The M.I .C. plans to fill the vacated track will be run every other Saturday legislative activities slot, but night starting Saturday, March 25th. responsibilities will be ' directed Events will be run April 8th and April primarily towards state legislative 22nd: May 6th and 20th. Danforth feels analysis. that inclimate weather sets in at Indio about mid-May and it is doubtful if ~ I F YOU WANT TO RACE AND racing will continue after May 20th. as MONEY IS TIGHT.•. CORAL S PRINGS, FLA. - Cyclists across the nation will gather Saturday, March 25, for the first Coral Springs Bicycling Grand Prix. The big bike race will begin at 9 a.m. at th e Coral Springs Golf and Tennis Club at 10800 West Sample Road. From 9 a.m, till noon, there will be a 31ll mile race for entrants under 12 years of age, a 51ll mile race for ages 13 to 16, a 161ll mile race for ages 17 to 29 , the same for ages 30 to 49 , and a 51ll rniler for ages 50 to 9 9 . SUPER JOE UP & AT 'EM Super Joe Einhorn has announced that he will be performing at three California motocrosses for Leisuretech, Inc ., for a total of six jumps in three weeks. The three weekend events include Cal -Expo in Sacramento, May 13 and 14, Los Angeles Coliseum, May 20 and 21 ; and Carlsbad on May 27 and 28. Super Joe is set to jump on both Saturdays and Sundays on each of the th ree weekends. Plans are also underway for the young stuntman to perform in Paris, France. Super Joe announced that ramps will soon b e und er construction in France and that he will be performing on the we ek end of Ap ril 15 and 16 in Paris as part of a b ig "motorcycle happening" surrounding th e premiere of a road racing d ocumentary fea tu ring World Champion Giacomo Ago sti ni and Jack Findlay. The p roducers of th e film , ent itl ed "Continental Circu s" , claim th e do cumentary will b e the official French entry for the 1972 Academy Awards. OVER 1% MILLION IMPORTED LAST YEAR M/C'S Reflecting a tremendous increase in demand, motorcycle imports zoomed again in 1971, according to E.W. "Pete " Colman, President of the Motorcycle Industry Council. By the year's end, Colman said, motorcycle imports had risen 41 percent over 1970 to a total of nearly 1,539,000 units. The value of 19 71 imports i n c r e a s e d even mo re dramatically, 61 percent, and reached a final amount of $495 million. The calculated duty p aid on mo to rcycle imports expanded the coffers of th e U.S. Treasury by nearly $30 million. The M.LC . believes that the west coast dock strike during 19 71 was at least partly responsible for import figures not being even higher than they were. Colman pointed out that the number of imports dropped only in one displacement class, under 50cc, to a total of 127,000 compared with the 163,000 imported the previous year. All other classes showed moderate to substantial gains bo th in number and valu e. Ex ceptional increases were noted in the 90cc to 190cc class, which soared • from 241 ,000 units in 1970, to more than 419,000 units in 1971 for a wh opping gain of almost 74 percent. The largest class of mo torcycle imports was th e over 29 0cc gro up wh ich regist ered a 5 7 p erc ent rise from 299 ,00 0 to over 4 69, 000 . Valu es went up ro ugh ly in proportional amo unts. . , ~

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