Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

-I ------KOOI:Ai~- - fOr ~ocking FMC Does W II Despite Problems '"" ' '" '" e, N .... - ~ N > '" ::< rJl ;; W Z W ..J U > U A new foot-up sliding style was seen at Fremont. By Bill Spencer FREMONT, CAL., April 14, 1972 Novice Rick Hocking was well in control at the conclusion of the first short track of the season here. With 120 riders making up the program and a super fast track to boot, the action was absolutely superb. . The first qualifying heat looked like a National, and the regular heats and simi's went even faster as the track got better. Al Kenyon and Joe Henry, last week's Cow Palace winner, diced throughout the first 'q ualify ing heat and I made it worth the price of admission with beautiful close action slides through the comers. First off was Kenyon with Henry coming up to p ass aft er the th ird lap . From th at point, th e lead seemed t o ch an ge with every corne r. Taki ng th e checkered was H enry as Ken yon's motor seemed t o sour. T his w as t o spell doom for the kin g of t he short tra cks. He couldn't sta rt th e heat and was out for th e night. In th e fir st h eat , Jim Ri ce ro de his Sonny Ken y on tuned Astro t o a very co nvincin g win o ver Del Silva an d Mark Brelsford. Silva , a second year N ovice shines at this t rack and the two N ational rid ers co uld n't sh ade the Ossa mounted pil ot. Brelsfo rd was here as his fac tory road racers weren't read y, and h e p ut o n a gr ea t sho w up until the semi when h is moto r so ured and he had to pull o ut . Ho ck ing set fast ti me of th e ni ght in th e second h eat and showed wh y he wa s th e sho rt t rack ch am p h er e last -y ear with a w id e five second w in over Rock y Malynn. Pat Hennen rode a very smooth third heat on a new Danny Fodge/E.T. Cycle Ossa. These new frames and motors ar e fast becoming the rage for new racers to jump on and race. It's interesting to note that with all the frame manufacturers around the little independents' are fast. coming o u t of the . woodwork although Doug Schwerma (Owq>ion frames] sa ys that he is deluged with o rd ers. Fo r the semi 's it was Rice an eas y winner in one and Hocking the wi nner in the o th er. Sil va gave R ice competition. J oe Henry came up to try to give Hocking some trouble but co uld n 't quite get to him. The t h ree lap trophy dash was all Rice 's . Pat H en nen ' t ook th e start but Hocking an d Ri ce were righ t on his ta il. O n th e second lap it was Hocking with Henne n righ t o n his tail and R ice cl ose in fo r t hird . O n t he fo urth lap Rice got by Hennen and th e tw o Sonny Ken yon Bult acos were o ff t o t h e races b y the mselves. Rick 's spo nsor, Mt. View A uto Stereo were play in g th e right so ng th at night and the former BSA factory rider see me d co nt ent to keep a good second after three lap s o f tryin g t o catch the fleei ng No vice pro ved fru it less . Ri ck was presented a fine trop hy at to p the th e co ncl usion and to Bu lt aco-American rep Jim Baird brough t 0 1,1t a b ouncing beau ty an d a magnu m o f fin e ch ampagne to h elp in t he festivit ies. Of co urse Ho ckin g had Koo l-A id . By Sportphoto CHOWCHILLA, CAL., April 9 , 1972 The Fresno M.C., forced o ff their regular track b y some legal problems, came to Chowchilla to run o ff a double pointer. Alth ough most o f the members were p ooh-poohing their efforts t oday , a sincere congratualtio ns is definitely due the FMC for a j ob very well done. Al an Sagauspe put his Import Cycles Mo ntesa right in to the lead of th e 5 0 0 Junior Main , pursued b y Bud Weaver, Bill Jamison, Von Gentry and Dennis Watson. Exiting turn o ne, Sagauspe go t co mpletely cro ssed up, which allowed Wea ver to pull into the lead, th en in the last t um Wats on experienced so me motor problems which put J ohn Oli vera into fifth . Olivera d rove in under Gen tr y P U M F R EY B U LlaCO COLISEUM CYCLE and MAIL ORDER ACCESSORY CO. ~ KAWA SAK I ~ MOT OR CY CLES 39 58 E. 14 th ST ., OAKL AN D, CA L . 94 601 (415) 534-5461 $.15,000 United States Cup Mot ocross Series (A MA National) May 20·21 Sa d d leback Oran ge C o . en t ering turn o ne of lap tw o to nail down fourth . Weaver lo ok ed t o h ave the win all clammed up w hen, drivin g out of the last tum, on lap tw o, his drive chain wen t astray , dropping a ve ry unhappy Weaver out of th e hunt. Sagauspe was now b ac k in to the lead he held to th e finis h , followed b y Jamiso n , Olivera and G entry. J ack R o thstein came from a last place, start fr om th e penalt y line to bring home the w in in th e Open Novice Main , just edging out Larry Ro gers in the last tum. Jim Chisum led a parade of 500 Experts home with the o n ly four stroke in the field . Sp ar kie Ed mo nstro n was right o n Chisum 's rear wheel , h oping in vain for some small erro r. (Results o n page 36) Ma y 2 7-28 C a r lsbad San Diego P.O. Box 13369, Sacramento, Ca. 95813 ACK PR O DUCTS, Inc. 6 76 Au zer a is Av e, San Jose Ca 95 125, 408·293 ·51 11 Porting & Service available on all major brands. Special I ntroductory rates . Home o f the fa st est d irt bike i n US A 21819 Sherman Way, Canoga Park , Ca .91303 (213) 887-7696 MAIL ORDER Cow Trail Your a a ENDURO SPROCKETS 2 TOO T H CZ Co unt er Sproc kets 59.25 Ca l. res . add 5 % sales tax , C&M S PECIALTI ES - P.O . BO X 717 MO UNT AIN V IEW CALIF . 9 4040 OSSA DKW CARABELA Now at E. T. CYCLE SALES Yankee 500 Z Bultaco • Maico. 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