Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

g Whirlwinds at Trojan Despite Breezes . 1j, 11. .... '" en '" > . ::;; til 3: w z w oJ o >tJ made it b ack-to-ba ck wins. Going winless in IT Main eve nt action , Sanders (Kaw), came back strong to win the 100 and 125 IT Mains. Bob Brown, ended a two week p eriod of frustration due to mechan ical breakdowns, by win ning the 125 IT Main, It had to happen sooner or later, Swett (Hon), who is unquestionably getting better with each race, upset highly regarded Sanders in 100 IT Mai n event action. The Downey rider not only beat Sa nders, b ut m ade it look easy. De spi te any event or p ro gram that is highl y publicized as an outstanding event , the re is alw ays so me dis appo intin g elemen t. T o nigh t it was no differen t. As b ad as th e w inds were, it was o bvi ous to t hose wh o wer e p resent th at th e b iggest dis appoint me nt was the absence of G oad e, th e de fend ing 250 Champion, from 250 Main event c ompetition, Goade .b lew the eng ine o n his Bultaco . The sec ond disappointmen t , was the ab sence o f visiting rid er, and last we ek 's 250 IT Main even t winner, Sc ott Erickson o f Mo nta na. Eri cks on su ff ered a k nee inj ury during a practice sessio n th e p revio us nigh t on th e fifth-m ile clay oval, an d chose to give h is leg a res t b efore co mpe ting at Asco t o n Friday night. (Results on page 36) By Art Lo ya SOlTfH GATE, CALIF ., April 13, 19 72 - High winds that raked the Los Angeles area touching off hazardous driving warnings and downed power lines, did not prevent Larry Shaw, Bob Sanders, Bob Brown, and Allen "Buckwheat." Swett, from creating their own whirlwind performance Thursday night at Trojan Speedway to share the winner's circle as Main event victors in the IT and Flat-track racing program. Aboard his Bell Helmets sponsored Yamaha, Shaw grabbed the lead coming off the second jump fro m Da n Corb ett (Bul) in the 250 IT feature on the first lap . While Shaw extended his lead over seco nd place Dan Corbett , Jim Miller and Les Bomar, made a race of it for t hird positio n as b oth rid ers m oved up on Co rb ett , b ut with neither rider gaining any ad vantage o n t he o ther as far as a serious chal lenge was co ncerned. A t the finish line it was Sh aw over Corbett. The 25 0 IT Main eve nt saw Ward Tweed (Bul ) spill o n t h e first lap coming o ut of tum th ree as Sahw lead the field at the end o f th e firs t lap. Although th e racing surface st ar t ed wi th a well prep ared comb ina ti o n o f wa te r and grad ing, high w inds soon dried out th e track , an d Corbett wh o is always a t hreat fo r th e lead, also sp illed almost o n th e iden tical sp o t where Tweed h ad fallen . Neit he r rid er was injured, b u t were eliminated fro m contention. Shaw I The place to go for I FLYWHEEL PULLER FOR YAMAHA SINGLE S HODAKAS OSSA AJS PENTO NDKW CrJ'l!!l Oueati Norton MotD Guzzi All ty pes of used bikes Porting by Ralph "The Giant Killer" Hudson Tem ple City Kawasaki 5663 N. Rosemead (213) 287-6167 KAWASAKI 90 & l00CC SUZUKI 50 . 90 .120 & 125CC ~1',1;jffinll ..65I 7 , ? , 1 4 ' ~ M:D1AH $ 95 OElIV ERY Hom e of: southern co untiesracing tea No . 1- '71 A CA MX team Corner of Rosemead & Las Tunas Po"t Pilld C.C , PROD UC TS eN PO fi o_ 96 R la l l O, C... ,t . 9 23 16 l TRY USYOU'LL LIKE US I TEAM GP --1972 By Art Cox MOO RPAR K. CAL ., April 16 , 197 2 It was evident that a lot of h ard work we nt into course preparatio n prior to Satu rday and Sunday's Team Grand Prix 72 . Seldom do the hard workers get due credit for the many hours of effort involved in setting up a large motocross event. Hats off to Walt O'Dell and Jim Burgess for preparing what every rider that I talked with called " a fabulou s, birchen course." Using all of the famous Bay Mare Motocross track except th e tunnel jump area, the three-mile Grand Prix course ran hig h into the hills, th en came down th e ex pe rt hill before run ning back to . the rno tacross section. A team consisted of two riders, one Expe rt and Novice or two Novices. They bo th use d one bi ke and ha d to change rid er s a t leas t tw o times du ring the 75-m inute race . The p it area was se t up so ride rs could pull off th e co u rse to change rid ers, refuel , c tc., a t th eir op tio n. On S aturday "broth erly love" was th e th eme of th e d ay . The cons ist ent rid in g of S teve and Ti m Daviso n o n a Pento n gave them he hu ge first pl ace dual trophy award for th e IOOcc clas s. Chuck an d C orky Behrle rid ing a Su xu ki cap tu red secon d, with a th ird go ing to Scott Mo reland and Dou g Eddy (Bu l). 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SENQ CHECK M ONEY ORDER TO : 4300 Skylark Dr. IT H E ~~~T,,~~~~,~~~~,';t~~';:'ciE~~SO~t5~ S~ TC LUBRICANTS COMPLETE LINE OF ACCESSOR IES De pt. e N ., 7 OR • p . O . Bo x l OOSt . S A n " , C. li f . 92711 .n'. (513) 836-1119 L B IC N UR AT Ray Byers o n a Pen ton. T hese two h ad o ne of the: m o st efficien t pit cre ws seen all weekend. It was zap in to the pit an d zap out of the pit. One stop wa s tim ed at eight seconds! Winning a second with that previously mentioned brotherly love was the team of Robert and Roc ky Morrison also on a Penton, with brothers Ray and Sam Lo pez on a Bultaco taking a third. With the 250cc and Op en classes co mp e tin g, Su nd ay provided plen ty of excitemen t for everyone, Division B (250cc) produced a 175cc Puch for the win ner's circl e! Larry Burgess an d Danny Wade ro de co nsis te n tly fas t an d smooth with 75 cc less power than th e others in th is class to ca p tu re the large dual trophies. Cr aig Humber and Ken J ansen (CZ) were second with S teve Koh ler an d Mickey Alzola (Ric) h anging in there for third. During th is race a spectacular show for th e cro wd w as provid ed by Gary Lincoln o n hi s Oss a. Coming d own the Se ni o r Hill we watch ed Gary as he produced a huge clo ud of d ust. Lincoln st ayed on th e saddle whil e turning his bike comp le tely aro u nd , (3 6 0 degrees.) to con tin ue d own th e hill. Tal king with a p ale ride r afte rwards , h e (an d every one else ) cou ld no t believe it happened ! T he p its p ro vided lo ts of excite men t du ring th e Open class race. Du rin g th is even t b ikes wer e continually co ming in with fla t t ires, mi ssin g ch am be rs and tire d riders. Sh ennan Andrew s/Rich S tanw orth o n a trusty Hu sky rode good an d stro ng to win th is o ne . T he team of Bob Arche r/Scott Pelk y o n a CZ w on second bu t went home wi th the most! More on that la te r. A BSA piloted by T om Cian cit to j o nn Payne literally flew by a fe w two-s t ro ke rid ers in the st raigh taway s to finish third . The gre at es t esprit-de-co rps effort that this writer h as ever seen d uring a motocross eve nt h as been prevalen t for several Sunday s as well as du ring th is Team Pri x a t Bay Mare. Si mi Valley CZ sponsors a co vey of competitors. The owners, tw o great guys, Al T uc h and David Well s, are always availab le to spirit their CZ riders on. All th e Simi Val ley bikes are lined in a row under the shop flag b etw een m otos. The riders . all being very good, fin ishing in th e to p th ree m o st o f th e tim e , really ap preciate th e trem end ou s en th usias m sh own by their sp onsors. It was a great d ay fo r all riders. Bob Donna S te wart o f Mon arch an d Produ cts were o n hand to award $ 20 0 to th e first Open class team to finis h usin g Mon arc h unbreakable fen ders front an d rear . Bob Arch er and Scott Pelky (C Z) ta king an Open class sec ond, won this contingen cy . Ar cher, an Ex p ert w as han ded a cri sp $ 100 bill and a kiss from Donna, while Pelky , a N ovice, was award ed $ I 00 w orth of me rchandise from Bob Stew art's tru ck . Contingencies were award ed to lOth pl ace in each class, p lus rider drawings were held a t intermissio n o n b oth d ays for nume rous cycle p ro du cts. A specia l th anks must go to th e foll owing co mp an ies - Bardah l USA , Ch ain Life Products, Full Bo re Ti res, Webco In c., J & R Chambers and Sile ncers , Cycle Produc ts West , Mi cr o-Time , ABC L eather s , Internatio n al C ycle Ho use, NG K Spark Plu gs, J im Davis MX Equipmen t, Gary Ban g Dist. Company, Bassani Silencers, Filt ro n Pr odu cts, Champ ion Helm e ts an d Hatch Imp o rts . T heir fine produc ts helped m ak e th e Bay Mare T eam Grand Prix 72 o ne of th e b iggies o f th e y ea r! The team of Ar t Co x (your writer , never having raced a Bultaco b efore)and his son Russ using a b rand n ew 125 Pursang purchased Friday with only one tank of gas through to break it in, grabbed a 6 th on S aturday . Ridin g a 25 0c c Pursan g o n Sund ay the y finished 7th . (Res u lts o n page 3 6) FIM CLEARS ISOT DATES F a llo wing a rep o rt d eliver ed to the Internatio nal Sporting Co mmission of the Fl M in Ge neva, Switzerland, April 9, Am erican Mot orcycle Association Ex ecutive Director Russ March rece ived fin al cl earance fo r the dates of the 4 8th International Six Da ys Trial to be h osted b y the AMA in 19 73 . Th e FIM , moto rcy cling's world go verning body, h as set Septemb er 17 as the actual beginning of th e week-long event, w ith fin al prepartion an d registratio n beginning September 15 , Th e international awards 19 73 . cerem o ny , with as man y as 30 nations attend ing, will cloes th e af fair on the evening of September 22.

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