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fRIANT, PUCH GET OVERALL ATBUZZARDS ., ~ ::;; ~ w Z W ...J o >o By Bill and Dee Elam FOUR CO R NERS , CA L ., March 19 , 1972 - Hot pants , bikinis, and cold beer were the hot set-u p for the annual Buzzard's M.e. Flight. It was hot, but great racing weather. The Buzzards spent nine week working on the course, and it showed it. It was a rider's course and had a little of everything - uphills, d o w nh i l ls , sandwashes, motocross sections, rocks, fireroads, and fast and slow bush country. If you were go od at all typ es, you had fun and did well. There was the usual sn iveling, but if you want to rac e desert this was a go od example of it. If you can't hack it, go back and play-ride with the ladies. Bill Friant on his 175cc Puch showed he could hack it by placing first ov era ll. "I 'm ti red, I'll say t hat," he said afterward . Lar ry Pfu t zen reu ter placed second overall o n wh at must be a very determined 250 Bultaco. " I crashed once, and sto pped twice. It just wasn't HA R E SC RA MBLES Bu zzar d s M .C . F o u r Co r ners Mar c h 19 ,1972 B y B ill & D ee Elam 1. Bi ll Friant 175Puc LWllEx 250 B ul 250 Bu l 2 . Larry Pf u tze nr e uter 3 . Tom Dillon 4 . Bob Riley 5. Dou9 W inch ell LW I Ex LW I Ex 400 H us 250 Su i 250 Sui 6 . Steve E llsworth 7 . Jay Jones 8. Tom Potee t it Jee;fole~:i~: 250 405 250 400 125 16 . Max Wade 17. David Petersen 400 1 75 2 50 250 9 . R alPh Ga rrett 1 0 . Rick Lee 13 . J . K l ndsy oQel 14 . Pau l C raw f ord 15 . Dal e Co n ner 250 AJS 18 . W. C OOk 19. W . Wa t ers 2 0. Dea n Dailey 21. R o ger Sanderson 22. R i ch Rego 23 . Je ff K i r k 24. Craig Fornay - 79. Jack St on esi f er 8 1. Ray L o w e 14 1. Ji m Heath 144 . W ayne C lose 1 5 1. Pa t Pat ry kus 1 5 4 . Cra ig Kerd us LW I E x Hus H W Yam LW Y a m LW Sui L W Ex II A m I Ex I Am LW II Ex H W Ex 100 Hod T rail A m 1 0 0 Hod Tr ail A m 2 5 0 Su i L W I A m 360 Mon HWAm 100 Yam T r a il E x OVER ALL 83 . Ron Music 91. B . Pa dilla 94 . Pat Stain 95. A rt Bartle 106. Pat N obl e 130. Sna ron Rose nauer 132 . S t eve B ish op HW E x HW I E x LW I Ex HW E x Sui LW I E x Hus HW E x Hus LW I Am Hus HW Am Y am LW II E x 40 0 Suz H W N Ov 2 50 Y am L W I Nov 250 B u l L W I Nov LW I N ov 4 00 Hus H W Nov 400 Hus H W N ov 12 5 S uz LW I I Nov S uz Girl 125 OKW L W II Nov Y am LWLW II Nov 1 00 Y am T r ail Nov 1 0 0 R i c Trail N o v Tra i l Nov my day !" For all th e ti me he spen t stopping and checki ng th e b ik e, second overall and first Lightwe igh t Ex pert is not bad. I guess Larry plans on kee p ing that I X plate. The Lightweights, in fact , seemed to rule the day with only eight Heavyweights in the top 30 finishers. Some of the hot-shoe Heavyweights were notably absent, which may have accounted for this. First Heavyweight Expert was Bob Riley on a 400 Husky, who finished fourth overall . The next Heavyweight was Jay Jones o n a 400 Husky a relatively distant seventh overall . Tom Poteet ap pears to be coming back in earnest. He seized his 250 Bultaco just short of th e finish line, took his plate off, and ran across the finish line eighth overall. T here is a lo t of us t hat want yo u back, Tom, so get it on! . Dean Da ily and Roger Sanderson, first a nd second trailbikes, are o nly Amateurs. T hey managed to ace out Craig Forney, first Trial Expert. A notable effort on a rid ers' course. Lightweight d o min ation was again shown by Rick Lee (first LW Division I Amateur) beating Leroy Davis (first HW Amateur) . In fact, Dal e Conner, first LW Division II Amateur, was only four pla ces behind first HW Am at eur and 10 pla ces in front o f second HW Amateur J effery Kirk. Chris Fields wa s first gir l at 78th o verall. Sh e p ut in quit e a ride fo r th e weaker (?) sex and deserves mention for h er ef fo rts. First and second No vices d eserv e mention. First was Jack St on esifer o n a 400 Su zuk i, aci ng out firs t LW Novice Ray Low e b y one pl ace. Ray siad, "It W d S rough b ut a good course." Thai was an often-heard remark. T he Buzzards h ad a riders' course, as verified by th e ex ce llent injury record fo r the day . Rescue 3 says tha t fast, easy co urses provid e t he highest an d most severe inj ury ra tes . I want to thank all t he Buzzards who help ed m e with t he race coverage. T hey have b een aro un d for 14 years and it sho ws. Larr y Bergquist, Gary Pres to n. Ed Scheidler, Co rd y Piper, Ted La Ro usch , and Andy deserve credit fo r staring a fine club. If I missed anyone or misplaced anyone please except m y apologies. My wife, Dee, takes all the cr ed it for th e mistakes. Thanks, honey! For you snivelers who think the race was lousy or that I'm some slow, tak e-it-easy Novi ce, you're d ead wrong on b ot h co unts. I finis hed 80th or so o n a flat front ti re and thought it was an excellent pie ce of desert racing. Fo r $3 .25 you got a great race, beautiful finishers pins, and a promise of those same giant Bu zzard trophies. Last week we featured the latest dope on T he Great American Motorcycle. It won't be long before TG A M is realized , but in the me an t ime something else will have to d o. Try one of these dreamboats : IFM-AMA ~ , . ROAD RACES ~ A & HAVE FUN SUNDAY , MARCH 26 COME VACAV ILLE . Hwy . 80 between Sa n F rancisco and Sacramento . A ll classes. S ign -u p 8 a . m . Racing at Noon . GENERAL ADMISS ION $2.50. FREE park ing, FREE p rogram , FREE p it pass. RIDERS Entries $10 p lus $2 per add it io na l b ike. Free pass for rid e r a n d helper. ORANGE COUNTY RACEWAY. P lus ' 72 AFM /AMA membership Off Santa Ana Fwy. at Sand Canyon and license if not a p pli e d for . Rd. A ll classes. S ign-up 8 :30 a .m. . In q ui r ies (415 ) 467ยท5063 or (714) Rac ing at Noon. 979-8761 SUNDAY, APRIL 9 FROM RUSSIA Throw a bell-bottom ove r th e Planeta III and yo-o-heave-hol US distributors Soviet Import Export. In c.. 121 E. 31st St.. New York City. claim th e 350cc, $5 95.00 wonder docs 110 mil es per hour! They also claim to have in vented the electric light. FROM ENGLA ND The Intensified Square Four, imported by Joh n (Man fro m Dix ie) wyckoff and Leon Sokolic will set y ou back $2 .500. Is it worth it ? Ne ed you ask ? A cherry Ariel Square Four of the fifties vintage fe tches about as much. but this brand newy is all nickel-plate and alloy. with so many im pro vem ents. lik e oil cooler, swinging arm . double-leading shoe brakes and so forth that we can 't even list th em all here. Engines and gearboxes are brand new, nand assembled in London by a little old fanatic. 18" or 19" front rim is o ptio nal. At I ,OOO cc ( 6 1 cu . in.] it is no t eligible fo r AMA road racing. I::-Z budget terms are available (half down and half when you reach for the key). From Intensified Imports. c/o John Wyckoff, 5273 Ox Bo w R d., Ston e Mountain. Ga. 30083.