By Eddie LaPlante
REAT A PASS, ARIZ ., Mar ch 12 , 19 72
- A few mil es north east or Phoenix was
th e site of th e Rock y Rod e T ria ls. The
day was pe rfec t for ridi ng with
tem peratures in the m id-ninties. Cen tral
Ari zona Trials Club encourages family
participation, and ma ny people ca mped
out at the trials site the night before.
There were many people co ming fro m
the Tucson area in So uth ern Arizona.
The trials course consisted mainly of
h ard granite and sand. There was a
minimum of mar k ing with mos tl y
natu ral boundries used . T he course was
made up of fifteen sections, all whi ch
wer e wi t hin wa lking d ist an ce of th e p it
area. Everyone rode the first te n
sec tio ns, then th e Exp erts ro de five
sp ecia l sections with the Amateurs and
Novi ces acting as observers.
T he Expert sectio ns were d eceivin g
wi th off-cambers and steep down hills
used to mak e th e secti ons loo k harder
th an th ey were. O f t he fifty-n ine entries
ther e were o nly nin e non-finishers.
Going into thei r sec o nd year th e
Central Arizona T rials Club p ro mises
mo re exc elle nt trials and en dure s.
(Result s o n page 56)
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7-year-old Scotty Clark learns t rials the ri ght
w ay an Montesa's min i.
A cotHalf-Mile
Start April 7
Rid ers wh o domin ate th e professional
Nat ional cham p io nsh ip circuit ca ll
Asco t Sp eedway th eir home tr ack. The
newly-remodeled plant in Garden a will
be op en an d ready fo r the fas t half
milers th e first Friday night in Ap ril.
T he trac k has new ow ners and a new
name , ch anging fro m As co t Par k to
Ascot Speedway . It also finds J .C.
Agajanian in the role of track man ager
fo r th e first time in his long an d co lo rful
career in racin g. Aggie heads up a
combine of b usinessmen who p urch ased
contro lling in ter est from Harry Sch ool er
at the en d of last season.
California riders have alrea dy won th e
first th ree AMA Na tio nals of the ne w
season an d the April 7th opener will"
have all appeara nces o f a N ati onal rac e.
As cot 's ' 7 1 Natio nal w in ner and track
reco rd b reak er T om Rockw ood will lead
a Trium ph entry t hat will incl ude Gen e
Romero , John Hateley , and Don Castro .
Da ve Aldana and Don Emde h ead up
th e BSA ef fort with the Harl ey -Davidso n
tri o of Me rt Lawwill, Mar k Brelsford
and Cal Raybo rn ready to mak e a
d elayed comeback effort.
Ascot p oint champio n J ody N icholas
and hi s p art ner Mel Lacher will again b e
as tr ide the p owe rful No rtons th at won
mo st of th e regu lar season und er th e
ligh ts events last y ear. T erry Dorsch will
also d eb ut on a No rto n .
Yam ah a will field th eir b est -ever
effort wi th ro okie Ken ny Ro berts and
vet rans Jimmy Odom and Keith
Mashburn. T ak ing his first half-mile rid e
as an Expert alo ng w it h Rob er ts will b e
T riumph mounted Gary Sc ott, who had
t he best record of any Junior in Western
racing a year ago .
When th e season o nc e gets u nd erw ay
on th e seven th it will b e hal f-mil e racing
every Friday n igh t un til next Fall, with
th e except io n o f o ne o r tw o time o uts
for a T I' along the wa y. Asc ot is also
sla ted o nce agai n for two Natio nal ra ces,
a TT on Satu rd ay night, May 6, and th e
annual h alf-mil e Na t io na l in late
September , th e w eek b efo re t he seco nd
annual Ontari o 250 m ile ro ad race.
H ateley, Roberts an d Emde are the
three National winners to d ate at
Houston and Daytona but the Ascot
hal f-mile opener will prove to b e more
competitive for them than any of the
three National ra ces run to d ate.
Scott Brelsford and the rest of the
top Novice riders from last season take
their first rides as Juniors on the big
750 's and the new crop of Novices is
still a big question mark as they try the
250's fo r the first time.
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
MOTORCYCLE
DEALERS ASSOCIATION
OFSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, INC.
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