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:: ~ C rankeGets C MC til i: ~ w North Non-stop Win ..J U By Bill Sp en cer >- LI VERMORE, CAL., Mar ch 26,197 2 - U Carl Cranke rode an excep tio nal ly fine 125 com b ine d eve n t fo r th ree bi g wins o n his n ew Penton and total d ominat io n o f th at class. The new motor is exq uisite and Cranke's h andling of th e machi ne mak es him nearl y unbeat able although he h ad h is challengers. Bo t h Ro ry Mus cat el and Mark Muscio gave Cr an ke a ru n fo r h is money but even with short mo to s, th ey co uldn 't hold h im b ac k. Mu scat el is o ne of t he las t of the little guy ho ld-ou ts wi t h Cran ke. Both have b een ridi ng th em for ove r five years and wh ile Muscat el has o u t grown the size of th e bi ke h e still fe els th at h e ca n rid e th e littl e o ne wh ile th e big o ne s are riding him. In Muscios case, he just rides wide open most of th e time and wheth er he ca n stay o n or the bi k e holds up determines h is finis h ing sp ot. Today he held o n for the third overall behind Muscatel and Cran ke, Ed Williams w on th e Novi ce O pen a ffa ir with eas e and h e still amazes m e. I don't ge t t o o much chance t o d o motocros s but I still feel that I know mo st rid er s b ut him I don't and so he must h av e just come o n the scen e but h e has done it w ith ap lo mb becau se he wins all the o ne s I go t o. The com bi n ed Open affair was a total runaway for T rophy Cycle Maicos with Ron Huffman and Ron Self lit erally running away fro m all comers in b oth motos. Huffman has hit th e scene rather fast o f late and will j o in the pros j u st as soon as h e ca n get his license. He won b oth motos easil y while teammate Self nursed a sore body around for se co nd with only sligh t co m p etit io n from Canadian Wayne Schuler, Huffman was clocked well w ith the leaders of the pro event that came ..... ...•.•.....•••..•••.•...•....••.• 100% Financing fTLJ:::::< ~~ _ _ ..J ~ki -..- SELBY MOTORS 1\ good place to bu y a great mot or cycl e 346 E I Cam ino, Redwood City ( 4I S) 369-4112 ~\.l~~~N'_-~~~wt Isas s anl l ~~~:~I Ma " ""ta c1Uu " g 1117 Fountain Way. Ananelm , Cal . 92806 .. ........ ......... ... .........•... .. . DISP L AY ADVER TISI NG DEADLIN E WEDNESDA Y, Sp m APR.S For Issue No. 14 On Sale: Apr, 12 Mini-enduro head f o r Yamaha Bult aco • Maico . Norton ka . Yama ha COLISEUM CY CL E an d MAI L ORDER ACCESSO RY CO, • • • • High co mpression Dr illed for co mpressio n release I mpro ved coo li ng Fully mach in ed combustion cham ber • Black anodized fin ish Delivered anywh er e in U. S., 519.95, prepaid. 1- K ACK PRODUCTS, ~ KA WAS AK I • ----.... MOTORCYCLES 395 8 E. 14th ST ,. OAKLAND . CAL. (4 15) 534-546 1 9460 1 100% Financing 67 6 Auzera is Ave.• San Jose, Ca 95125, roduds ... . I D e al er 4 08- 293·5 111 Inq vlri c !> 1I1 ll l :d v I SELBY MOTORS A goo d place to buy a grea t m otorcycl e 346 EI Ca m ino, Re dwood City IS1 - . (-4 . 369·4112 . - later in the day and if he can keep up his hard charge for 30 minutes like he docs for 10, he will definitel y be a wower at the races. The same goes for Self when h e is we ll but he isn't qui te the same in all-o u t speed. Huffman is a real b anzai, with style and wi th time migbt get to look a lot like Brad Lackey, who is now one of the real bad mo to cross dudes. Finishing a respectable fifth in the last moto was Ricky Lewis on the 250 AJS that is . keeping him in trophies lat cly. While the scoring was just o n t he Open basis, Ricky was seen passing a whole bunch of larger equipmen t wit h no difficulty. While his times we re n't, those of Bryar Holcomb, this kid deserves some wat ching, right Mike Jackson? (R esu lts on page 56 Frazier Outlasts Fremont Marathon on a Dinosaur By Bill Spencer FREMONT, CAL., March 25, 1972 John Frazier and his mammoth dinosaur Triumph d id tbeir thing at today 's Fremont Marathon that had a total of 110 bikes tour the one mile course. Frazier has been a consistent entrant and just last week placed ninth to show his consistency. While John is not one of the ac t ive scramb les guys, he stills shows up once in a while to keep the troops honest . With Frazier came two other hot entries from the Los Gatos M.C. and between the three, they also managed to cop the Club trophy with finishes of first, fifth and eighth . The last trophy went to Louie Garcia who though t he was right behind Frazie r at th e end but a rech ec k of th e laps showe d him to be two lap s dow n. Garcia and J err y Ch adi m , the p resident of t he club as w ell as Frazier all rode the two ho urs by themselves and this really goes to show what kind of club these guys are. Besides being one of the hardest drinking clubs, th ey also go pretty fast. The second two-hour affair of th e day was the 125 class and Carl Rodrick sewed it up after R ick Hocking broke the primary chain on the Woodard Bultaco. Rick is about the fastest thing out t here but the Honda's of R od ric k and Bruce Hanlon managed to keep him in check until he finally went out. Rodrick and Hocking would dice fo r lap s on end an d swap th e lead like five t imes in one lap. Combine th is with Ha nlo n's su p erb effort and t he result is one-great race. Hanlon had his p ro blems toward the end but still managed to be credited with seventh place finish ing . Second to Rodrick was another Team Cycle Center entry of Longboya and Souza and they are alw ays in the thick of it, it seems. Newcomers Jay Scherer and Leonard Mc l ntre took a credible third despite a lo t of falling dow n ea rly in t he race, while the brothers, Alan and Fred Wood also had b ik e problems at the o nset but overcame t hem for a fourt h p lace. The 250 run once aga in went t o the Turner boys on a Selby Rickrnan-Montesa. These guys are the whiz kids of this track. One is a first year Novice while t he other has o nly been racing a few m o nt hs yet they really get it o n. T he seco nd spot went to lo ner J ohn Gennai w ho rode an 1\ & A Bult aco fo r the en tire d ist ance by hi mself desp ite a very st iff an d so re ankle. Ca rl Rod rick who had j us t gotten off a 125 Honda and was really h o t on his new 250 Maico came in third. That is really so mething. Four constant hours of on the gas can really keep you in shape. Fourth place would have gone to Dave Lewis on th e AJS but he teamed with Pat Brown and they got disqualified fo r riding two Experts, which is a no-no. Larry Darr also got the no-no sign for riding two motors with Terry Fish slipped in for a fourth, T he famed Marathon Madness w ill run once again on Saturday April 8, witb the Opens off first, then 125 's and 250's. , . ' (Results on page 56) .... •