Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

~One ~ w Z W ...J (J >(J unhap'py soul is nigh onto By Bill Spencer FREMONT , CAL., Mar ch 18, 1972 Once again the m igh ty members of the Fre mo nt Mara t hon mo b co nverged to demo nstrate that cow trailing fo r trophies can be fun , although at least one p arent went home unhapp y. The likes of a sporting event such as a Marathon on Saturday was des igned to give non-racing motorcycle riders, as well as regular racers, a chance to do their thing on a simulated rough track and have fun while doing it. The problem arising from such activities ar e small and seem to come from the more serious intended. Fo r those active racers, this sport was not intended. 1t is more like a p icnic and fun ride than a race and those that want to make it more than that shouldn't come. The multitude of riders shows that the idea is good but when the hassles become more apparent than t he go od times, the racing ceases to be, entirely . For the 152 bikes that rode the one mile track, only having one unhappy soul is nigh onto miracu lo us. The gu ys that seem to win all the time are still doing that b ut there always seems to be at least one or two newcomers that ha ve never ridden a ra ce before. These guys are easy to tell as they h ave pie plate letters instead of regular numb ers, although there are some unrated riders th at ride with some of the Experts, but they don't seem to get in much rid ing b ecause th e Experts dominate th e actual race and trying to flag one in when he is reall y doing battle with another Expert is like try ing to tell Dick Mann that he is too old to race; no wa y. The 250 class was off first and after two rigoro us ho urs of mudhole and dust, th e team of Turner(Turner cam e out victorious. T hey had received one trophy so me weeks back and were once again in the thick of it from first lap to last. Their Selby Rickman Montesa led Larry Darr to the checkered an d altho ugh Darr's application of riding was different, his seco nd was well done. Darr's regular p artner didn ' t make the scene an d so to give Larry a breather, other bodies h ad to be sc outed o ut to ride. Taking t he t hird pl ac e trophy home was Scot t Brelsfo rd an d friend Bultaco _ Maico - Norton . ~ :: ~ka Yamaha ._ Ba y Area 's:Jm!l ~ .J(i.-~aha dealer A&A 27 E Red w o od Ci t y. Cali fo rnia 3 6 6 · 175 5 125 w inner Oscar Lopez p lods around the Fremont marath on co urse, l eadi ng a bunch of Hondas. Gary Davis. The young Harley-Davidson factory rider feels that activities such as these can keep a rider in shape for the . upcoming National circuit. The Open battle started out to b e a great race between three Maico's. Rod Simas and Wes Morrell w ere teamed against Trophy Cy cle ace Ron Huffman and Reg Kittrelle teamed with his regular. Mike Thurman. 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(Results on page 36) Perfect Track for MX I By Sue Bailey REDWOOD A CRES, CAL., March 19, 19 72 - T he track was p erfect for a mo tocross to day. Over 125 ride rs p articipated in a full card of ra cin g. Mo stly Novices, they were d ivid ed in to d ivisions. T h e 10 0 class and 125 had two d ivisions each. The 250 was d ivided into th re e. Many of the lo cal A mate urs and Exp erts traveled t o Redding to scramble an d Brian Lee an d Richard Pawlus were at t he Min t "400" in Las Vegas. Lawrence Sorenson and h is Honda were hot off t he line to start alI three of his mo tos in th e first di vision of the 100 r N ovice class . In the fi s t , he led all th e way with Don Swanson in hot pu rsu it. Swanso n 's Honda was almost to uching Sorenson's at the checkered. It wa s So ren son's all the way in t he seco nd one, too, with a lot of groun d between him and Sw anson . But, the third mo to found Swanson in the first sp o t wh en So ren son's mach ine started giving him trouble at the fin ish, The 12 5 Novice, second division b elo nged to Ray O lsen , Jr. (Ric) . It was a no-sweat victory all the way aro und eac h mo to . Joe Rogers (D KW) followed him for a 2-2-2 overalI sco re. Then came Michael Joh nson (Bul) with a 3-3-3 sco re. The o nly deviation was with fo urth p lace Dennis Whitaker (Car), wi th a 4-4-5 . Yamaha rider, Eric Meyers wen t d o wn in t h e fourth lap of the third mo to, and w as taken to the h ospit al by ambulance. He sus tained a very badly injured righ t ankle. That should ke ep him off the track fo r a wh ile . The ra ce was called and scored as sto od . Dan Bradbury went down com ing off the three foot jump in the fir st moto of the 250 No vice class, third d ivision. The Ossa flew out from under h im, he fell backwards, and wa s injured. H e was tak en to the h ospital an d returned to the track la ter w ith a lot o f bruises. K evin Bogn uda (Yam) an d Jeff Hutton (Hon) we re the front runners in the 100 No vice, second d ivisio n . Bogn uda man aged to recapture his early lead in t he firs t moto to finish to p m an , but no t so in the next tw o. He wa s hot off the line in both, but couldn't ke ep it. After Dan a Bray's (Mai) b ad start in the first mo to of the Open Novice class, he stilI w en t on to make a p erfect 1-1-1 overall sco re. He started out the first moto way back in the pack and worked his way up to pole position starting the second lap. (Results on page 36) Davidson P u lls T~rough f o r 250 O a k d a l e Win By Loretta Davidson OAKDALE , CAL ., March 19, 1972 on the checkered flag lap. He got up and Greeted by beautiful sunshine and warm pushed h is bike over the line to take th e weather, over 250 riders turned out for sixth and final trophy. the fifth race in a series of sixteen to be The 500 Expert went to Ale x held here this season. The track as usual, Jorgenson who came o ff th e line like was kept in tip·top condit io n to make it greased lightning to take the lead and hold it the distance. H is o nly serious as safe as p ossible. competitor came in th e form of young In the Expert's fight for the ever elusive Black Plate p o ints, th ere was Mar k Asbill who reall y rode a be autiful mu ch crashing and no ne of th e Expert race to take second. Phil A nderso n took top h onors in th e races w ere started wit hout much 650 Exp er t Main. There w ere o nly six h asslin g. T he exceptio n was the 125 's. rid ers in th is class, but the excite ment O ne ti me w as all it took fo r th ese guys to go , and go th ey di d. David Nelson was t h ere just th e same. Phi l an d Dennis made a clean sweep, beating o ut some Huff di ced b ack and fo rth all th e way of the better riders including J ames b ut D ennis h ad to settle for the second Monegan who mad e a successful bid fo r spot as th e checkered flag ended all th e second. fun. T he 250 Expert Main was a bigger One of the best races of the day came battle than usu al. After th ree tries, they in the Op en Novice. D on Shipl ey an d were off and ru nning. Butch Davidson Allen Sagouspi h ad their own private go t off to a b ad start but before t he first little ra ce far ahead of th e crowd, lap wa s over, got it all together and p assing and being passed fo r the full came t hrough for the w in. Dennis eight laps, Robinso n put up a terrific fight, b ut fell (R esults o n page 36)

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