Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

. '".'" , C> "- N .... en ~ Top 'Crossers Trek to Laguna Seca ~ ~ W Z By Monte Evert MONTEREY, CAL., March 12- After a positi on un til h e saw the white flag. His few laps, one appreciates the fe eling of a style changed to serious determination co ol breeze from so mewhere up above. but could only muster up a third ov era ll Such was the case at Lagune Seca Cy cl e and gas money home . Ran ch. MRA brought in a The open Expert Division had th e co nglo meratio n of riders fro m way breeze turn to sma ll cr aft warnings as down San Luis Obispo and as far No rth the soft sand turned into gagging, th ick as Santa Rosa. The help from ab ove dust. Being the last of the II runnings, came from the beach three miles awa y the freshly plowed track brought o ut that provided perfect mota crossing the h ankies and war surplus go ggles for co nditio ns fo r riders and lookers alike. th e seniors. Except for Bob Bowers and J eITY Johnson c an vouch for the his "huffin Husky", who never saw dus t breeze for his S uzuki needed it as much until he looked around. When he did, as h e did when being ch ased by Martin Rob N o rgarrd was within reach, Towne o n his CZ . This 250 Expert class tracking o n his CZ . Tracking Norgarrd had been dominated by these two riders was Rich Long trying to match his CZ but positions were near ch anging in but h ad to settle down for a third. berms and jumps. As it cam e o u t, T he Senior Division that raced were Johnson took two firsts to gather, th e somewhat disappointed b ecause o f th e absence of some fellow members. Billy cash . Pat Legge in the same class seem ed Grossi still has his upp er to rso in a sling, Ron Self with his pinky mangled and so mewhat unconcerned about h is W ....l U >- U . "-,. --,.., . )~ . -- -. ~. · .'. ~"~';'~ ' ~ t:.::... . f':.~y.,' ~. ~ .~ " ;, :'" U . 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'&4 • Kawasaki Rickman • ACCESSORY CO. 2 TOOTH CZCounter Sproc ke ts $9 .25 • Suzuk i 366·3814 COLISEUM CYCLE a ENDURO SPROCIETS : -ORS .' 'E ' ami no Real Redwood C ity. California 94 1-73 17 Cow Trail YOfIr Maico. No rt o n 4':Jtt~ka • Yamaha Area's m· .l(;"~aha dealer J H· ! l e .. ~ ~ ~r' - ACK PRODUCTS, 676 Au zerai s Av e, San Jose Ca 95125 . 408-293·5111 1 Dear er m q urrie s mv u eo [ r----- 50 cents - - - - . , Ron Bass with a boo-boo o n his , bike. What's nice about motos is that the sea so n nev er ends, and the riders keep comi n g back for sec onds. (Results on page 36) Spillway Scoring Benefits Consistent By Ken Hyland SANTA MARIA, CAL., March 5, 19 72 - The days of th e sp oradic hotshoe winning one or two races and taking home all th e trophy go ld are over. A new scoring system adopted today at Spillway Park, n ow gives the st eady, co nsisten t rider the honors he deserves. The new system, which has been used fo r some time at Indian Dunes, passes out one point per place per mota, the one w ith the least number of points wins. It doesn't harm the strong, fast racers, but it prevents lucky flukes from happening. Under the old sytem, large numbers of points were handed out for first place and less d own the line. It was quite possible for a rid er to win two ra ces and then barely fin ished the third o ne and take home 't h e top honors. A nd it h appened more than once. Most of the riders welcomed t h e ch ange. It made the most changes in the Junior classes. The top riders in the Senior classes are pretty we ll established and always fast. So there was little change there. • Today was just super hot. The near ninety-degree te mperature hampered both the bikes and the riders. Not only did the mach in es sputter a lo t, b u t ma ny of the usual racers decided t ha t the beach was a cooler place to be. Temperatures are not expected to hamper the participation this week. It will be the first race sp o nsored by the San ta Maria Motocrossers, an offshoot of the Lompoc Slo Pokes. They recently received their charter along with a few sanctions for the park. T he Sio Pokes will be back on April 9 to ho ld their big, double-points, AMXT benefit. All the proceeds from the race and a bike giveaway will go towards the worth y cause . (Results on page 36) 600 Converge on raft Hare Scram By Bob Bledsoe TAFT, CAL., March 12, '19 72 - With approximately 500 spectators and 100 competitors, th e Taft Mo torcycle Club and the California Anglers Assn. held their Hare Scrambles on land belonging to the Hartford La nd Investment Company last Sunday. It was a beautiful day and except for the dust, the riders throughly enjo yed the co urse. There were a lot o f dirty teeth behind the big smiles of those who picked up trophies. Riders were entered from as far away as San Fr ancisco , and even with all this co m p et it io n , the Taft riders faired OK . The first class run was th e 0-125ee class. The Novice class winner was Bobby Griswold from San Luis Obispo; th ird place was Patty Williams - a lady fr om Bakersfield. Winners in th e Am ateur cl ass were: First pl a ce , Al Hinric hs fro m San Luis Obispo; second place, Nick Rehorn from Atascad ero. T he Expert class winner Le o Fed wa, h ad a five m inute lead on the rest of th e pack by the th ird lap and went o n to mak e an easy w in. Carol Davis (anoth er lady !) from San ta Mari a was fourth. The next go-around was left up to those rid ing m o to rcycles wit h 250ec, an d more. T he 2 50ee Ex pe rt class was won by Perry Kl assen from R eed ley , and the A mateur wi nner was Paul Beck fro m San Luis Obispo. The Novice class wa s wo n by Way ne King of Bakersfield. The Open Expert class was won by Mike Keen of Ba ke rsfi eld. The Open Amateur class wa s wo n by J im Bellae h of Ke rman. The Open Novice class was wo n by first-time racer fro m Taft, J im Evans. The Taft Mo torcycle Club and Calif. Anglers Ass n. wish to thank everyone who atte nded and supported the races and also the Hartford Land Investment Company for the use of the land. Spillway MX action. Four-Strokers Top Motocross By Bruce C. Young DIXON , CAL., March 12 , 19 72 - The sound of th e big four strokes dominated both the Expert and Amateur Open class of the Polka Dots motocross with two top riders d oing their best to keep the breed alive. In the Expert class it was Alex Jorgenson who ma de his big BSA super scooter stomp all comers. Charlie Marshall (BSA) in the Amateur class did the same thing. T he only close co mpetition to ei ther of these stars was Allan Yarrow (Mai) who was considered by many to b e the ma n to beat. Allan won the first m o ta with Charlie second and Alex third. In the final mota it was Charlie who ga thered first with Alex second and Allan third after a fall on the front sweeper. The track was p ut together expertly by the Polka Do ts and even tho ugh it did get a little dusty late in t he day they can be commended for a real fine race. The race was run as a reverse program wi th big b ikes going first and little ones last. Everyone ran two m o to s and all went home early after having a real great d ay at the races. The w inner of the Op en Novice Div. II was Steve Deckard on a Husky, with James Harlan second overall. Paul Smilanick wa s the top ru nner in the Open Novice Div. I class on a Suzuki. Ronald Hjart ended up second. Now we come to the 250 Amateur/Expert class event t hat was dominated by no n e other than Allan Yarrow on h is favorite Oss a. A llan ran away from all others, but back o n the track there was a real battle waging for second place. Scott Pepper, CZ pilot, collected second by the better showing in the second mota with Guy Marcom of Vicker's Honda on his Yamaha t hird overall. Guy is a much improved rider whom everyone better look o u t fo r in th e fu t ure (even Brad), Guy says. One o f t he best race o f the d ay was the 125 No vice Div. 11 ra ce b etween Jeff Dumm (Pen) and Way ne Morrell (Pen) . Wayn e won the first m ota with J eff fin ishing second. Wh en it ca me to th e second mota Wayne jumped in the lead with J eff in h o t p ursu it. It to ok J eff the entire race to catch Way ne, and h e did by abo ut a half a wh eel on th e fin al ru n to the checkers. J ef f was t he win ner overall w ith Wayn e second. T he 125 A ma te ur/Expert event was also a good one. A battle de velop ed between He nry Ha lback an d Danny Turner. He nry fell in the final mo ta , and Danny too k o ver the lead an d the overall win. He nry got back up in to second at t he end of t he mo t a and took second overall. T his race was ru n expertly and it is only a sample of the way the Po lka Dots M.C . run ra ces. Re me mber th eir biggie, the an nual 4ger Enduro , is coming up April 16th. (Results on page 36)

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