Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

J " ~ rell ai By Kar en Oller '" s ELSIN O RE , CAL ., Ap ril 15, 197 2 - A large en th usiastic cr owd of sp ectators an d riders wer e invited to th e riders' meeting for Elsi nore Raceway 's sem i-an nual presentatio n o f high point awards . R o ger Dobbins and Ed S teppen tied for fo ur th p lace honors. Hal Ch eetwood rack ed u p the thi rd hi gh est > ~ Z W ...J U >- U J McEwen Racks Up Hi-PQint Honors " '" '" e, N w [ nu mber of p oints, Troy F ishe r was th e second h ighest and th e high point win ne r fo r th e past six m onth s was Ro b by McEw en. The winner s recei ved clock trop hies, and an additio nal $5 0 cash award we nt t o McEwen. New numbe r p lates, mad e by Mr . McEwen, Robby's fath er we re also given to Elsinore Racew ay 's high point win ne rs. Im me d iate ly fo llo wing th e ce re mo ny MasonS hatters Track Record By Elain e J on es PE RR IS , CAL ., Ap ril 15, 19 72 - Doug Mason n o t only broke the tr ack record Sa tu rday night, bu t he go t d ow n righ t ob noxio us ab out it. T he 250 Am ateur/ Expert class saw Dou g tum the sizz ling times of 3 7.5; 37. 7; 3 7.9 ; 38. 2; and 38. 5. The ol d tr ack reco rd belonged to J eff Sext on at 38.5 on a 5 0 1 Maico. It may b e a lon g tim e before an yone ta kes on th e n ew one. It's pretty h ard to best a guy who's bi ke never touches th e groun d. Condolences to Mark R eichert an d Don Fr auenberger, wh o ran second and third and add a tear or two for Jamey Blunt wh o came off the line in a tight squee ze with Doug and lo st six sp o ke s ou t of h is brand new e xpensive Os sa. Jamey fared mu ch b etter in the 175.200 cla ss winning all three afte r a handicap , sel f-imposed . J erry big Re ynolds was second an d Bill Bees on third. Walt Foster is ano ther o n e wh o pulled all th e st ops in th e Amateur/ Exp ert moto. Walt tied the old reco rd of 3 8. 5 but h ad to push it in the third rno to to catch second place V ince Graves. Paul Lamb ert had enough fo r th ird. Wes McG ee , lo ng overdue, made it to the winner's circle in the Novice Mo ta II. It lo ok ed as if Jim Clubb h ad it all sewe d u p b u t lo st his th ro t tle assembly in the last heat and fou n d hi mself watch ing th e parade go by. Eu gene _Ka G- . . .engineering _II1II FRAME MODI FI CA TI ONS Pro d uctio n prices no w ava ilab le f o r Miles took over th e seco nd spot leaving J im with third. Ol d rivals S teve Rob b an d Mi ke DuB ont were doing their thing in the Novice Moto I. T hey mu st have it all worked ou t. Mi ke wins at Coro na an d Ste ve wins at Perris. Dean Mackelp ran g wi sh ed they b oth would get prom oted and leave th e class to h im. . (Results on p age 44) to match his carro t colored hair, topped off with the funkiest,;nost beat u p old helmet you've ever seen. If the man in Esco nd id o is reading, so m eone should le t him kn ow h ow b ad ly John needs a nice, new h elmet. An International Orange Bell Star would b e nice. McEwen (Yam) w on the 500 Open Amateur/ Exper t class. Vic Hannan was b ack from a co u ple m onths layoff to give R ob by some real competi tion, the b ack h ow ever , a sp ill on straigh taw ay put him o u t o f con ten ti on . McE we n then brought h ome another w in in the Sp eci al Expert class, followed by Chu ck S oderstrom (Bu l) second and th e Sweeper was wo n by, who else ?, Robby McEwen (Yam). Th ose o f y o u wh o h aven 't been out t o the Elsinore track for awhile will be ple ased t o see th e re cent improvements in ligh tin g and in the pit area. The Iigh ting will be getting even better as more Iigh 18 have been purchased and will b e installed sh ortly. (Results on page 44) Causey Beats 'Baron at EI T oro By L owell Stolze EL TORO , CAL ., April 21 , 1972 Surprise ! Surp rise! Bruce Bar on d id not win th e Intermediate /Expert class a t the USMRC moto cross at EI T o ro Speedway Fri day nigh r, Bar on los t a chance fo r an o th er wi n wh en he fe ll o n th e last lap of the fir st moto as he tried to pass leader Mike Ca u sey and the mishap le ft th e door ope n for S anta Ana' s Greg Smith. Sm ith had a second an d two th ird s t o Baron's firs t and second. C au sey wen t o n to win th e first heat and Ri ch ard Duncan got a tremendou s sta rt in th e second an d w as ne ver headed, alth ough Smith tri ed to sneak by a t th e lin e an d went wide allo wing Baron t o go inside to get second in a b lan ke t fin ish. Wayne Mel an so n got the jump in th e third moto and led tw o rounds befo re givin g way to Bar on, wh o wo n by ten yards . Smith continued hi s hot ridi ng in th e ~ .. -~ : Yamaha &: . .. : Triumph : : of Fontana : It's Cheap Whe n You Buy The Best From Jim Davis Moto sport Yamaha DT-1, RT·1, CT-1. AT-1 & Suzuk i 400 & Hodaka 100 Chest prot aclO.., Shouldlll' pMh- Other makes & model s altered .pe r your specs at sligh tly 9.7 5 14.3 0 Shin 9\Jard~ .•..•. 15 .95 Moulh gIl,r $. .... . 4 .50 : Sales Par's Sen;ce : Knee pads • • • • • •• 6.00 And lots m o re available . hig her cost Check 500 class as he easily swep t all three h eats. The best ra cing in the class was between Gary Cochell and Ben Del Camp o for second with Cochel1 winning out. . Baron got back in the groove in the 125 Intermed iate/Expert division by taking all th ree mo tos from his usual competition, Dave Carlson. Mike Pau lsel1 rode wel1 but he was some distance behind the pair and the last heat was showboat time fo r Baron and Carlson as they performed wheelies half way ar ound the co urse . The Schoolboy class was won by Mark Shader of O range . . A Powder Puff division was co n test ed for th e fi rst ti me this season and J oh an na Stenerson rode her new DKW to wins in all h eats ove r Marcia Hol1ey. Tim Carmack lo st a chance for a sweep in division o ne of th e 125 Juniors when he and J eff Hind ma n tan gled a t -**************** . WHAT PRICE SAFETY? ':)71"''''', Elbow pttcls •• • . • • 9 .80 2353 SJn Fernando Rd. P.O. Box 65735 Los Angeles, Calif. 9006 5 (2 13) 222·8778 began an evening o f fast ac tio n and fierce com p eti tion. Our ladies gave the fellas a run for th eir money throu ghout the eveni ng. T he Powder Puff fo und L. Petti t (Yam) firs t and T . T anner (Yam) in second place. J. Hor t on (Yam) made a clean sweep for first pl ace h on ors in the 100 Novice First Main. Bu t, in the 100 Novice Second Main it w as one of o ur gals , D. Jones (Ka w) wh o showed th e way t o victory to th e gentleme n . In th e 100 Amateur/Expert clas s T . F isher (Ka w) , wh o won second p lace high p oin t h on o rs for th e past six months at Elsinore Ra ceway , brou ght in an o th er fir st, foll owed by S. Nic ol (Su z) second . J ohn Porter (Ya m ) won th e 200 and 25 0 Ama teur class. J ohn has b een riding very we ll fo r Don's Yamaha of Escondi d o. His sty le is relaxed bu t well con trolled . For the past few weeks he h as co risiste n tl y p laced well. J ohn looks great all de cked out in orange leathers your local de aler , or send 25c for ilIus· tre ted cllT alog to JIM DAVIS, Ro_ 100:2, Burb.nk, C.li forn i. 91505 W ITh - Maico, DKW, CZ, Hodaka, BMW_ 9008 Sierra Ave. ~'.... _ .~. _ _ Fontana, Calif. .. (714) 822·2252 .. - - • ***• * * ** *** *• * **- the start and both went down. Tim fin ished sec o nd to Dave Bobp, who parlayed a win in moto number two and two thirds to the top. Ty Scott turned in his best . performance of the new season as he captured division two of the 125's. Some of the best racing of the nig ht took place in division two of the 250's between Ernie Floyd and Bob Perlof. Bob won heat one as Ernie had problems but the next two were both photo finishes with Floyd winning by a bike's length . Perlof was overall winner. The Expert field was up nearly double over last weekend and reports hav e Chuck Bower coming b ack .10 El Toro for next week's card . Bruce McDougal thought he might b e back in action soon, but a trip to the doctor revealed that it might be sometime before he is in riding togs. 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