Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

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Rac inq a t Noon . - . - .-- - _ . ~ .. __ ._ .. ~ - - --- - By Bob Swenson SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, April 9 , 1972 - More than 1200 spectators were tr eat ed t o th e finest m ot o cros s rac es th is wri te r has see n staged in Utah to dat e. The tr ack a t Fulle r Racew ay was in su pe r co nd it io n a nd exc eedingly fast acco rdi ng to t he resp onses of th e 9 S attend ing riders. C.l\I.C. Utah has insta lled a new speaker sys te m which can b e h eard a t a ny p oint o n t he tr ac k a nd also put in a score bo ard which sho ws th e resu lt s of th e p revio us races and the order of th e upcoming races. T he day's eve nts started w it h the "Dash fo r Cash ", a h undred do llar bill will go to the rider w ho posts t he fastest lap time ove r a five w eek p eriod. Don Fu ller set th e fas tes t t ime, I :54 .5 on Mar ch 25 . Today th e firs t rid er, Fran k Me ye rs (Ma i}, lower ed Fulle r's reco rd t o 1:51.7 . Den n is Pack ard sta rte d h is great day o ut by d ropping it even fu rt h er b y po st in g a fan tas t ic re cord fo r th e 7 /8 mile tr ack of I :49 .4 . Don f ull er had a no t he r crack a t it cran king o u t a 1:5 0 .8 first lap, a nd sp in n ing o u t o n the sec on d . Too mu ch sp eed in th e pits caused t he o nly m ajor inj uries o f th e d a y. One rid er ha d j ust finished hi s race an d was returning t o his p it. T h e o t he r rid er was hurrying to get t o th e start ina lin e. Th ey in to eachothe r, res ult ing cras hed in b o th rid er s h avin g to b e ta ken to the hospital b y t he am b ula nce . Fu ller (Ya m) , so me times k no wn as th e " Old ~I an " (he is only 28) figu re d heavily in t he d a y's h igh lights which consisted of th e 250 an d O p en Pro classes. He, young Terry Fowler ( Bul) a nd Phil ~IcD onald (H us) put on o ne o f th e b est displays o f ridi ng sk ill seen in t hese par ts in a long tim e in th e 250 class. Fuller, w ho always seems t o b e th e firs t rid er off the sta rt ing lin e, gra b be d the first m o to , Then l\lcD on ald wo n t he seco nd a nd t hi rd . Fo wler t o ok second in th e in tia l tw o m ot os and was leading th e th ird b y a substantial m a rgin win when he w ent d o ....." hard. Fuller and McDonald then exch anged leads twice with l\IcDonald coming out on t op. They reall y left the cro wd clammering for m o re . Th e Op en Pro class was not t o be out done as they o u td id everyone. fuller, this time on his 3 6 0 Yamaha, put hi s sk ill agai nst th at o f Packard (H us) . The first moto saw Full er ge t o ne of his patent start s with Pack ard o n ly in ches sway. Fuller ca m e into a co rn er a little heavy a nd dropp ed it with tw o rid er s ge tt ing by . He q uick ly worked h is wa y back up a nd regained th e lea d fo r th e W In . T h e second moto was a lm o st a ca rbon co p y o f th e firs t but t his tim e Full er laid it d own on t h e last lap and Packard went o n to wi n. The third mo t o Pack ard and Fuller reall y char ged riding o n th at thin edge . On the last lap they bo th went off the co u rse togeth er in a turn, slam med into the b ack of the so u nd trail er. wh ic h resulted in the whole b ack o f the trailer bein g pushed in, but neither riders nor bikes were hurt . After t empers subsided, Pac kard jumped b ack on his Husk y and went o n for the o vera ll wi n. The three Plumb broth ers d omin at ed th e 100 Pro class on th eir Hodak as, Jerry Da vis (Ya m) and Bob Plumb had quite a duel in the 125 's . Plumb's DKW was sour so h e raced his 100 Hodak a a nd had tw o seco nd s and a first b ut . Da vis h ad just th e o p posite. 1 Honda Wins Open C 75 lass By Rita Gunter VICTORIA, T E X., Ap ril 9 , 197 2 Moto cro ss races wer e h eld at t he Iro n Ma n Moto c ro ss T rac k h ere today. Th is tr ack is a rough, d em anding co u rse laid o u t o n th e site o f a n o ld gra vel p it. It runs a t the edge 0 f a la ke in m a n y p laces so th e rid er s have to b e on th eir t o es to keep from taking a n unwanted bath. This cou rse has deep, loose sa nd , a seri es of st eep hills , a co up le of sweepi ng turns and more loose, deep sand. The 125 Junior class turned out t o b e th e biggest fie ld o f th e d ay . T hey all d ived in t o the first corner in a cl oud o f dust with ea ch m an trying to co me o u t of th at sand in th e n u mber o ne position. Robert Bos ar t , rid ing a Yam ah a, was th e fir st m an o u t an d kept his lea d t h ro ug ho u t t he first m oto . Greg H endricks, Mich ael Lyons, and Joe Powell p u t o n a t errific ra ce fo r second , t h ird a nd fo u rt h . Th e last h eat had to b e re st arted afte r o ne o ve r-an xio us rider j um ped th e gu n a littl e, h itt ing the rubber b and w ith h is h elm et a nd jerk ing it o u t o f the st ar t er's hand. Th e rubber b and wrapped aro u nd the rider's neck. Bo y , what a surp rise. This d ivision was won b y Rob ert Bo sart , fo llo wed b y Greg Hendricks on his Ri ckman a nd Pat ri ck Peyton rid ing a Bul ta co . ~li ch ael Ra u to ok firs t place in all three moto s in th e 12 5 Senior clas s. Bruce Miller, Honda-mounted, t o ok second o vera ll with Dennis Pesek (Bul) end ing up in th ird pl ace. T he three motos in th e 250 Senior division were duplicates o f ea ch other. Ea ch man in th e top three positions finished in the sam e position in each moto. Lonnie Plough (Ma i) took first p lace, Robert Abb ott (RA) placed sec ond o n his Yam ah a and Ed Culpepper finished third . A 17 5 Honda, ridden b y Mike Roll ett e to o k th e numb er o n e spot o vera ll in th e Junior Open class . Gilbert Sw a in o n his 36 0 Husky too k second a nd Yam ah a-mounted Ch arl es DeR ago fin ish ed th ird. • T he Senior Open divisio n was won b y James Morris o n a Yamah a foll owed closely b y Lonn ie Plough an d th en Ha rold Wright . Mich ael MacFarl a ne was top rid er in th e mi n i-b ike class. Lesli e Eas ley pl aced second and Douglas ~I a rt i n came in th ird. ( Re su lts on page 40) Kr af t Gets Two at Manzy E n t r ie s a t tra c k 5 10 plus 52 p er additional bi ke . Fre e pass for r ider and h elper. ' 7 2 A F M I A MA merrbership app lica t ions a vail ab le at trac k . Inqui ri e s (71 4) 979 -8761 . --..._-_.. Packard '8 Day at Fuller -- -._ ... -- ------.--_.-. By J eff PHOEN IX , AR IZ., April 5, 197 2 Rick K ra ft to ok his turn a t th e wi n ners circle Wednesday nig h t a nd in a-real b ig way . Alth o u gh th e races were m arred b y quite a fe w cra sh es t he cro wd sa w some reall y great racing. Mo st of the riders ar e ac ting like it's the end of th e seaso n a nd ever y race is the last one. T here aren't m an y run-away wins any more. J o n Sell ers ek ed o u t a very close win in th e Open Expert he at. Butch Beard was tied t o J o n 's rea r wh eel all five lap s and t ha t 's th e way it en d ed with a new Ex pe rt Dave Bat eman in third. The 2 50 E xp ert class go t off t o it's usu al sta rt with a c ras h in the hairpi n o n th e firs t lap . Art Fredenburgh wen t d own afte r h avin g the fron t wheel of hi s Bul k nocked ou t fro m u nder him. O n th e res ta rt T o m Halford wo rk ed h is wa y up to the front and held it to th e line. Bu t ch agai n took second. Mar k Mitsch ele wo rked his way past Pat Klie n in the 125 Ex pert class and held him off for the win. Mark is sha ping in to a real fine racer, Cl ive Frayling and Ken lIagland are another pair th at ar e tied to each oth er o n the track. Ke n won t he heat in th e 5 0 0 Amat eu r class w ith Cli ve in se co nd and J im Hess in third. In the ~I ain Ken an d Cli ve tra d ed pl ace s wi th Hes s aga in in third. Dave Meeker looked like Expert .. Co ker ma t erial as he st aged o ne of th e fe w run-aw ay s of th e n igh t in th e 250 Am at eur class . By t he time th e las t lap ca m e around in b oth the h eat and the Main Dave was a lo n g wa y ahead o f everyo ne els e. By th e time th e 2 5 0 E xp ert m ain roll ed aro u nd tension was reall y high. Th e 250 Novices had · b een sent t o th e pits. t o co o l d own from a few to many fla se false st arts, and the Experts were su ffe ri ng from the same problem . Again th er e was the c ra sh in the first turn foll o wed by the ambulance followed by ano the r restart. This t ime Pat Klien was scratched up but he d id manage to make t h e rest a rt. During the main Jim Boat h igh sid ed a nd w as h auled o ff to the hospital. T o m Halford b lew the engine in hi s Bu l. Butch Beard and Ma rlow Parks were disqualifi ed for rid ing different ma ch ine ry. It was just o ne o f t hose ni ghts. Anyway Rick Kr aft wound up on top with Byro n Boaz and Mat Tipton in seco nd an d third . The Open E xpert class had to b e o ne o f t h e fin es t races eve r held at Man zy . From th e start R ick Kraft a nd Jo n Se llers were side b y side, nei th er rider giving a n inch . Ric k se emed t o lea d mo st o f th e race but it reall y is a to ss u p as to wh o was in fr ont the most. The cro wd was o n it's feet most o f the race screaming like m ad . Rick won the race but not b y m uch. ~i •• ~J"

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