Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

I·S/MI" VALLEY M~ c. " OLDS'DESERT"RACE! r. H Pit race rs weren't a problem . By David Swift FOUR CORNERS, CAL ., April 30, 1972 - CZ h as finally established itself as a m ajor force in the prestigious Southern California Desert. For the past two weeks CZ won the overall w it h Heavyweigh t ace Jack Knebel at the bars and now Jim Fishback, a motocrosser for so me time, made it three in a row for CZ on a 250 five-speed . It ap peared as if Jim had most of the rMlw, [h COMPRESSION RELEASE UIJUIA\"QLB L O C K S DIRT ~~~~~~ ~~; J~~~ ~ il sa,es 2r~ :~oes;"~t~nM I:~~d~ NJapa"ese~ :' SEND 25c FOR BROCHURE m race his way. At the home check h e barged down a crooked path like it was the start of the last mota an d b ar e ly b othered to stop long enough to get his tan k card marked. A few m ome n ts later tough Bill - P E IS R C I(-)N] m an utec t u re rv' la c t ory d lNet w are house b ac k s you . UP wI t h t he mos t co m p lete r an ge o f M / C n ct t s an d . n u ts In U S .' Th IS Is a bi g e ){l r ll pr ofit o p port u nity . f or sales lTlen n ow ca l li ng o n d eal er s. Th e B oH Kin g, , $ . shop lOlA / 1069 E. Edn a Place _; 6057 111S a n V ice nt e. L o s A n gel e,. Ca . 9 003 6 . (2 13 1 " 9 34 -1517 . ~ ( __ 0"'Ii;,;_ \.;.. r~'" \~ .(,•JI ,.~ -,",,~ !'i'~iA. _!-," ~ \.;..JUll ./i'; w_ '"'" Covina. Cal ifornia 9 1724 NOW AVA ILABLE 1972AMXT ~r @)~ CALENDARS o& $3.95 DON & Send check or money or to : R CYCLE, Inc. 7181 WESTM IN STER AVENUE we STMINSTER , CALIFORNIA (11 ") 89-' -:0'6 13 " rv I A ~' Help suppo rt the Ame rican Mot ocross Team CYCLE NEWS Products .Box 498 Long Beach, Ca. 90801 Dept. CNP WIlDCATS HARLEY CHOPPERS PENTON TRIUMPH -SUZUKI ~ MOTORS I§I 1049 W. Missio n (714) 629-8642 POMONA Wo r ks Mech a n ic Ossa DKW Pen t o n St ee n s ... ~ • ~ LEAK PROOF FOR K SEALS .. GU A RA NTEE D 1 Y EA R • 'I . ~ r, ~ ... ' I r, International CyCle House . 126 7 Nort h Wltlo n PIne€." • Los Anqejl!~ C,: h!o fnl i-1 9003 8 t PhO (2 13 -I6 7 3U7·1 re FLYWHEEL eN I' 0 u o - 9b 1=1... 110 . C.lll' 9 2 31 6 Friant and the rascally 175 Puch hustled in wi th Tom Smith hot on h is h eel s. . Poor Bill k ille d h is bike a t the check and was passed by Smith. Ken Buckspan was the fourth at the h alfw ay point, foll owed by Tom Dillo n, Bill Saltz ma n, and current Lightweigh t ch am p io n Larry Pfutzen reuter, who obviously wasn't fee ling his oats. Fishback, for w h atever trou ble had h ad from Frian t and the others du rin g th e first h al f, com m a n d ed a big lead in the se co nd and ca me h o me with a heap-b ig lead . Smi th maintained h is ho me-check advan tag e to second overall for Kawasaki, Frian t, after the lon g 80-mile haul, his third ch a lle n ged by Bu ckspan. He and Ken ended up scattering the fini shing-lin e sp ec ta to rs an d a t leas t o n e. rep orter as they WFO'd all th e w ay to th e wire . Fri ant won, 1 w as told af te r I opened m y eyes. S altzman m an aged to m ov e up a fe w p o sitions to fift h , foll owed by Mike Pa trick, an d on d own. S ee the resul ts. Mike Caudill o sneaked in as first Amateur at 17 th overall. A good showing cons ideri ng the c o u rse was sai d to b e qu ite rough throughout. S tan le y Bal dw in , w ho was grum py at C-l" for having listed him as merel y " I Ol x" las t wee k, was secon d Amateur an d firs t Heavy we igh t A m. 1 forgot to see wh at he w as ri ding. L.G . H earn stopped me to say h e w as th e first Novice, I thou gh t T ad Cornish w as firs t N ovice" a t abou t 70th ove ra ll. Hearn sa id, " Be su re to say I ri de for Endura Vi tamin s." UPills? tt "Yeah, eve ry b ody u ses them. T h ey' re legal." A ft er he gave me a h it off his frostie 1 believe him. Hearn rides a new 3 5 0 Bul , Cornish rides a H usky, I'm p retty su re. Next Novi ce was yo ung Dave Cheney and his friendly Ya maha, th en Walt Morrison . "S ay 1 rid e out of Sweet Du ck Suzuki, " sa id Wal t. First Trail Novi cewas a d azed- looking (Novice s tend to lo ok d azed, especia lly if they win) Byron Wrigh t. Trail N ovi ces on ly got to go one lo op th is time . T he Si mi V alle y M.C . h ad a n ovel approach to the smokeles s sm oke b omb - a mirror. S omebody was o ff in th e di stan ce re flec ting light in to th e faces of th e rid er s, h oping th e b eam w ould gui de th e w ay to the trail. I sus pe cted it wou ld be a d isast e r bu t 1 c ou ld n ' t coax any compla ints o ut of the rid ers. In fact. the wo rs t c om m en t ab out th e wh ol e ra ce was "pretty "i-o u gh ." One guy wh o has b een racing for four y ears said , "Th is was th e bes t in a year an d a h al f." (R esu lts o n p age 4 4)

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