Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Tro;an: More Sanders-vs.-Corbett Causey Puts Best Shoe Forward By Art Loya SOUTH GATE , CAL. , Mar ch 16, 1972 With o nly eight lap s d own, Sanders began t o lap th e fieldas newcomer, Bob - In major league sports, the grudge mat ch today isn't what it us ed t o be, Brown, 17, (Ri c), w orked his wa y fro m principally because there is so m uch sixth to th ird by the tenth lap. At this point, one of the best passing records cas h around that it has replaced vengence as the main issu e. for one evening was in progress as Tom But when Bob Sanders an d Dan Warren (Bul) mo ved to eleventh Corb ett get togethe r , the st akes are st ill posit ion fro m nineteen th spot. prestige and reven ge. In short , t he A t the half-way mar k , Sanders le d grudge ma t ch still lives at Trojan Bro wn , who h ad taken seco nd on lap Speedway wher e T h ursday night 18 , but was lo sing gro un d to the brash Sander s, who had j ust returned from litt le rid er making his first appearance in TT and nat track competitio n having co m p eting at Daytona, and Co rb ett , resumed t heir hi ghl y t outed raci ng d u el , co m peted in mo to cro ss action o nly . but this time Sanders aboard his Holt held th ird with Do t y ha ving dropp ed b ack to fourth . Corb ett , unabl e Kawaski , came off with th e seaso n 's to get h is Kawasaki mo unt t o respo nd, b iggest w in w ith a ·..ictory in the 50-lap 10 0 ·12 5 TT Main Eve nt, whil e both appeared t o b e having a problem rider s scored a victo ry over eac h other h o lding fifth as Warren started t o probe in 25 0 Main Event ac t io n. for the p ass fro m sixth. T he win in the 5 0-lap per did n' t co me . On lap 27 , Brown ex p erie nce d spark plug tro ubl e k nocking himself out of eas y for S anders desp ite lead ing the d ist an ce fro m start t o . finish. With fron t run ning co ntentio n. O n lap 30, Brown faded to fourth, awe so me precisio n, Sanders was forced to th rea d-t he- need le th rough the b ut still re maine d amo ng the o nly five 20-rider field traffic on th e sh ort ov al riders to r emain o n the same lap as the while doing wh at comes naturally for lead er . Doty, ap p eari ng to be "play in g the Whitti er ace, leading. possu m " until th e final stages o f the Although Sanders nev er was seriously ra ce , and regai ned second o n lap 3 2 . pressured at anytime , T om Doty and his With ten laps remaining, Doty st arted Honda , never once lost sight of Sanders to close the gap o n Sanders' lead, but w hile running second for most of the lost his ad van tage on lap 44 when he entire grueling eve nt, and right down to miss ed a gear co ming out of the second the checker ed . dog-leg and Sanders took the win. (Results on page 32) By Lo we ll Stol ze . EL TORO, CAL ., Mar ch 24, 1972 - It to ok an acciden t to keep ace Bruce McDo ugal from th e USM RC p urse at EI Toro Speedway. Bruce was inj ured wh ile riding in the Mint 400 and will be out of action for several weeks and in his absence Frid ay night , Bru ce Baron, Mik e Causey, and Gary Co ch ell of Cyp ress won th e 12 5 Ex pe rt, 25 0 In t erm edi a t e / E x p ert , a nd 500 I nt er m ed i a t e /E x p er t clas ses respectively . Baron (Pen) wo n the fir st two m o t o s over Davey Carls on (Yam) and in th e last finis he d th ird b ehind J ohn Volkman (B ul) and Ca rlson, but co mp iled eno ugh points to gamer the overall win over Carlson's three runner-up finis hes. The final was a thriller as Ca rlso n tried to slip under Volkman at th e lin e but fe ll short by a wh eel. In his best perfo rmance of the seas on at EI Toro, Causey (Ya m) won all th ree heats d efeat ing Baron (AJS) and Mark Tyer (Yam) overall. The first moto saw a near d ead h eat b etween Causey and Baron, w ith a sligh t ed ge go ing t o Mik e, b ut h e h ad a littl e easier ti m e in th e second , winning by 25 yards o ver up and co ming Ri ch ard Duncan (Mai) . Duncan literally e xp loded o ff the line in all th ree heats and with a little mo re ex perience in the Int ermed iat e / Exp ert class will b e a front runner. He went do wn while leading th e first moto and \ l NEWELL SKIPS Skip N ew ell has b een named Pu blic R elati ons Manager for Kawasaki Mo to rs Corp . Newell mo ves to Kawasaki from N . W. A yer/Jo rge nsen/MacDo nal<.. where he served as Account Executive c.. rhe Yam aha acco unt. Previo usly, .5 National Advertising Coordinator for P et e r s e n Publishing Co mpany's Motorcycle Sport Quarterly , h e a lso worked on Hot Rod Magazine an d Surfing Magazin e. He has an extensive background in cycl ing an d special interest magazin es been Advertising an d h a vi ng Pro mo ti onal Man ager for Cycle Worl d at Parkhu rst Publishing Magazine Company . Newell rounds out h is b ackground with three year s as sports co m men ta to r on ABC -TV's "Wide World of Sp orts" in N ew York. AND PRIX "12" i Lots of Brass at CHC 250cc OPEN OLD TIM ERS DINOSAURS Opener at Dead Man's By Jerry McNeal DEADMA N'S POINT, CAL., Mar ch 12, 1972 - Th e Cali forn ia Ra cin g Club (CR C) put on their first moto cross event to da y. From all indicatio ns it was a tr emend ous su ccess. They h ad over 20 0 very happy beginners and novices. The races started righ t on schedule at 9:30 a.m. with the minis. Due to his co ns istency, Mike Young o n a Yamaha won th e cl ass w it h Kevin Hari o ri also on a Yam ah a in second. Lovely Dottie Frost too k third place . Next ca me the prettiest race of th e day. The p o wd er puffers were scored in two d ivisio ns, o ver 16 years o ld an d under 16 . All three mo to s in th e u nde r ' 16 d ivisio n were won b y Sandy Hogue o n a Yam ah a. In the over 16 class, Patricia Drake, Yamaha mount ed , nosed o ut Chris Bradley o n a Hod ak a . There we re en o ugh rider s in th e 100 Beginner under 16 class t o split th em into two divisions. In th e fir st divisi on. Robby Cosner, o n a Hodaka , won all three motos. In th e sec ond divi sion Lee Eide led all three motos with Ho daka-mounted Brad Newell in second. In the 100 Beginner over 16 class, K.L. Chase, Yamaha-mounted, n osed out Jim Boone on a Baja. In th e 175 Beginner class it was Dave Ellis p ickin g up all the marbles. Ric hard Stap p on a very quick Ossa took the 250 Beginner division I class. In division 11, Ma ico-mounted Mike Path em to o k the win. T he O pe n Beginner class was hotly co n tested by Randy Jordan and Jim MacDonald on Maicos with Jordan taking the win. Don Runninger on a Maico and Bill Jordan fought it o u t in the Open Novice class , with Ru nninger winni ng it . Most o f the riders said they enjoyed the ra ces and as ked when the next race was scheduled. .CRC annou nced they wo uld hold their n ext m o t ocross on March 26 at Elsinore Ra cewa y. 40% trophies will also be awarded there. CRG appears t o be a very progressive racin g club . If yo u can make it, try one of th eir races. I'm sure you'll enjoy it. (R esul ts o n p age 3 2) M lost six sp o ts, but st ill man aged a fourt h o verall. T he 500 events were a combined J unior , Int erm ed iat e, Expert affair and the J unior title went to Ben Delamp o (Y am ) for the second week in a row and new co mer Co chel! (AJ S) grabbed Intermediate/Expert honors. Delcampo surprised and won the fir st heat and Co ch ell to ok thc last tw o as t op 500 rid er Mike Cram (Mail an d La Mirada experie nced m ech anical problems all nigh t and finished third o verall. 200 BUCKS I n addition to t he $30,000 purse o ffe red at this year's annual American Motorcycle Association sanc t io ne d Daytona 200, th e following co mpanies paid co ntingen cies to the top finishers: Helmets of Long Beach , Bell Cal if.-$ I ,200; Champion Spark Plugs of Toledo , Ohio -$2 ,950; Cycle News o f . Long Beach , Calif. - $50; Blendzall Additives o f Escalon, Calif. - $IOO; Bates Le athers of Long Be ach, Calif.- $2,100; NGK Spark Plugs of Los Angeles, Ca lif. -$ 700; Goodyear Tires o f Akron, Ohio- $325; Dunlop T ires of Buffalo , New York-$ 300; MCW o f Paramount, Calif. -$250 ; S-K Tools o f Chi cago, 111.-$200 and m erchandise; and Mono-Track Wheels and Brake Systems of Cost a Mesa, Calif. - $600 in merch andise, .'" M EXCITING, CHALLENGING " GRA ND PRIX" COURSE. TEAM WILL RIDE FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR. RIDERS HAVE TO CHANGE A MINIMUM OF THREE TI MES. TEAM WILL RIDE SAME BIKE. . . . , ULE MANS ST RT" Race will be Ie e v is e Ci M ·~i:";--:;;::;-:;-~~~F7"7-'--o;;;;;;;--=-~FAD DR ESS, -::"-'!~=-+~,._~~_:.._,:-!!:.=:_--- PHONE ENGINE SIZE ...,-- _ AGE _ _ INCOM PLETE REGI ST RA TI ON VO IDS ENTRY T H E UND E RSI GN ED EN TRANT AC KN OWL E DGES T HAT TH EY ASSUME ALL RISK OF ANY L OSS F ROM INJURY OR PROPE RTY D A MAGE TO H IMSELF OR TO OT HERS. DUE TO ATTENDANCE AND PART IC IPATIO N I N THIS EVENT AN D SPEC I F ICALLY HOLDS HA R ML ESS FROM ANY SAID L OSS THE BAY MARE RACETRACK. SPONSOR ING CLUB OR ORGANIZATION AND OWNERS O F REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH SAID EVENTSHALL TAKE PLACE. IF ENTRANT IS UNDER 18. PARENT OR GUARDIAN MUST SIGN ENTRY AND IN DOING SO, ACKNOWLEDGES CONSENT TO TERMS OF ENTRY. • f ___= -"...-"... PARENT OR GUARDIAN (If under 18) ---,-"... _ " c, N ~ Ol '§. - U

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