Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Bast Shows Top Motocross Ability at Indio Speedway N '" Ci 4: ~ w Z W ...J o >o Learn ing the ropes ofte n includes going over them. Larry Shaw. By Bruce Flanders Ph o t os b y Dennis Greene INDIO , CAL., April 8, 1972 - Th e seco nd me eting of th e sp eedway season wa s run at Indio Sh owgrounds Saturday nig ht. T he rac es d efin it ely had its share o f p ro blems as befitt ing a ty pical second meet at a racin g p lan t. T h e track surface would have b een id eal fo r farming b ecause b efo re the first race was even run it was obvious that the t op lay er was as loose as a fre shl y p lowed field . Dry was th e o rder of the evening and when attempts were made at wat ering th e su rf ace th en became slippery along th e style of ice racing. A fter th e wa tering a o ne-lap checko ut was made b y Bill Cody who promptly dropped his scooter two ti mes while trying to eval uat e t he safety aspect of the su rface. Vans and cars w er e then p ressed into service t o p ac k the track an d it was d ec id ed to le t the surface rem ain d ry d uring th e eve ni ng. It ended up b ein g very dust y and full o f p ot hol es lar ge If it goes in the dirt,_ we've got it. (If it goes on what goes in the dirt, we've got it too!) \~ . 00(1l£t~=~,~?,~~~ro~.~~.!:"~td. I Lo s Ang eles. Ca li fo rn ia 90064 - Tel ephone : ( 2 1 ~ ) 475·454 1 Sa les - Servic e - Accessories - Pa rts - Riv ett s C hampio n Lea the rs H USavAAN A ' JAWA /CZ · SUZUKI' PENT ON' MZ ' MO NT ESA ' ZUNDAP" · M IN I·TR AIL S . . ope n monda y throug h sa turrta y enough to d rop in a rider up to the an kles . Worthy of no te is the fact t hat at no o ne time was the meat wagon pressed in to service even th ough it lo oked to b e a very scary track. \ T he fans w er e let d own ano ther way also as t h e so und sy stem d ecid ed it was no t u p to servicing th e 2 0 00 peop le in the stands . Dean 's Music Servi c e came to the rescu e of th e an nounc er (me) with a co m plete so und system for a hard ro ck band. The portable so und mo re than did the job but made for o ne excit ing moment wh en I cas ually to uched a metal railin g near the sta rt ing gate and co m pleted a 220-vol t circ uit , mu ch to my su rprise. A rid ers' m eeting during the show almost touch ed o ff a walkout b y seve ral big name riders. To their cred it as professionals they remained and p ut on o ne o f the wildest di spl ays of ra cing eve r seen in Indio. T he Scr at ch Main , th e big -doll ar banan a in sp eed way, was won by S t eve Bast who swap ped places about three ti mes with second pl acer Rick Woods. Wo ods was follo wing th e cu shio n hi gh and o u ts ide wh ile Bast wa s crossing over and straigh te n ing o ut th e corners . Mik e Bas! and Larry Shaw fi nished th ird and fo urt h in t h at w ild even t. The Han di cap Main was w o n b y Larry Sh aw who came from t he 5 0-yard han d icap mark er to plant t he kiss o n the trophy girl. St eve Bast was showing h is rough fo rm b y co ming in second fro m the 6 0-yard lin e. The S econd Divisio n Ma in was a hard fo ught b attle as Dave Garmo ng bested J eff Sexton for th e to p tw o spots . T hird division saw Russ Duronslet , th e newest member o f the Bast Welding t eam getting under th e check ers firs t. It may h ave b een dusty and rough bu t it wa s some o f th e wildest action in racing and th at 's wh at sp eedway is all ab out. (R esults o n Pag e 40) CORONA KALEIDOSCOPE SEATS COMPLAINTS Story by Elaine Jones Photo b y Bu zz Bat y CORONA , CAL ., Ap ril 6 , 1972 Corona's first TT of the season unwittingly outfoxed th e neighbors across the way by finish in g the p rogram by 9:15. The complainers usually start their telephone campaign as soon as the lights go on but T hursday night t heir strategy was to wait and start doing their thing closer to 10 o 'clock and by that time everybody was o n their way home. T h e course has a super fast straightaway but it also has one very sharp right hand turn followed b y a sharp left hander. Surprisingly enough it wa s the bi g bike riders who had the most fun , and it didn't look that eas y bending those big machines around. Mike Pos ey , Walt Foster and Sandy Armstrong had some kind of duel going in the Amateur/Expert moto and p ut on some kind of show. Sandy had been having his problems and they all culmi nated in the th ird m o to when he unloaded leavin g th e way cl ear for Mike Posey who see med at ho me all nigh t , Walt Foster came up with enough fo r second and Sandy was third. Mik e turned th e fast est lap time at 35-plus. The b ig bike rid ers really had a time and the Novices were no exc ep tio n . Division 2 saw Bill Trott and Mike DuBont, Perris rivals, spread that rivalry to Corona and did they ever play musical chairs . Bill would lead down the st raightaway then Mike would zapp hi m through the tig ht st uff, t hen t hey would do it over agai n. The third heat had a tie ball game and it looked like Bill was going to wrap it up but got center punched and was out of it . Mike was fir~t, Steve Robb second, and Bill Trott, third, Casey Callender and Ra ndy Hoff fmished one, two in the Novice Moto I. Mike Myers had no trouble disposing of the 250cc Amateur/Expert class and led all three motos wire to wire. Dick Lew is and Tim Holm rounded out the field. Corona Raceway would like to t hank all the riders fo r co ming out and m akin g the first race a success. T hey w ill get bette r and w e will lis ten to all . sugge st io ns in order to give t he riders th e best p ro gra m p oss ib le. (Results on Page 40)

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