Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

What ist e Sprockets' GWMRF? By Rod Bishop BAKERSFIELD, CAL ., Ap ril 16 , 197 2 - An eight- track tap e of Ch icago rocked through the public address speakers, beautif ul gir ls wandered ab ou t be neath the warmth of the summe r sun, some kids p layed mo tocr oss o n the ir stingray bicycles, and a c ou p le of hund red mo to rcycle riders prepared their b ikes for some friendly competition whil e participating in the Sprock et's G irl-Wat chers Motorcycle-Roc k-Festival. Midway thro ugh th is fantasti c festival , the Main Eve nts began lin in g up, and the Open Experts rolled to th e st arting line for the feature race . As these muscle ma ch in e s began to ro ar away, the green flag wa s approp riately waved, and Carrol J ackso n grabbed the lead. His Triumph was soon passed by Jeff Sperry on a big Harley th umper, but then Jeff was again passed by Carrol. Back an d forth, lap after lap, these two guy s exchanged th e lead. Sperry put his bike in front at the finish. J ac kson took a beautiful second, and R ay Comer held third all the way . Gar Sa lm on caugh t sigh t of the gre en first and pulled away in the 50cc Main , Ricky Pearce took out after him with Jeff Cr avens in th ird. Ri cky kept ch asing Gar, but found tr action a little slic k for his rear tire. Ve rnon Sa ylers moved up t o third as Salmon wav e. with Pearce righ t be hind. David Sh arp took th e lead first in the 100 Novice Main , Richard Newman held second . an d Ron Sharp was in th ird . Ron wo rked h is Suzuki pas t Richard and then past David for firs t wh ile Cecil Crowder was moving through the p ack to third. David Sharp p ulled back up and put h is front wheel ah ead fo r the win, with Sharp second and Crowder third. I h onest ly found mysel f a little co n fu sed while watching the 200 Novice Main as b ikes and riders would make nice p asses and then would fall, taking a few fr iends w ith ' them . After all th e cIamme ring was over, Le land Lu ttre ll took first, Don Powell sec ond , and Bob Dix on third. The Sprockets held an other wheelie contest to bring the . curtain down on th is fine festival da y . Trials rider an d 12 5 N ovice Main winn er Larrv Melto n one-wh eeled it farth est as ' Chicago rocked in the su n se t. (Results on page 44) L,· " Hey . congratu lations, Je ff Sperry . on m y left. o n w inn ing th e Open E xpert class." "Y eah , thank s. and co ngra tu latio ns to you , Carrol Jack son , for tak ing second ." We tr ied to th ink up somet hi ng fun ny to say for th is photo, bu t all we could think of wa s: Th i s i s a 125 Nov ice. Rand a ll Lewi s, o n a Puch ... and even t hat's not fun ny . Oh we ll. FO R ENTRIES, DISPLAYS AND CO NTIN GEN CIES, OR fURTHlR INFORMATION, CONTACT G.N .G. RACI NG . INC., 1355 SO. WELlS A VE., RENO, N EVADA 89502-(7021 71 6-25 39 14.M14. I NTl T Il14.N Il Mo ' o, cye l. 1I., ,"lI ;. • d.n~ ou. ,po' l . nd ,... " nd "'"llIned . ... ".nl .., 1o. .... ....1-og•• , ,,. , ... • n ,i .~ of 10.. It..... ;"i " .... .. AM14. No. Ci,., • Zo . .... P'o~,,~ d. m. ~ '0 "' m",lf 0' 0 ' '''''' due ' 0 ."end.~ . nd p. " icop•• ,on i " "';1 ", .nd _ , I.u ll~ ho ld . "-tm l... _ , • •_ibili •., ... 10 ... North l.lo.. , _ .nd o ..... I" ..... It om n Co_ No. "" _ IOO I25·250 -Ope,, - IO.OO ' CI... · 1, -Sport. m_ 1 OQ.12~2~ _I O . OO J _ II _ P..... Cl.ou J_lto Jot,"OeSOOo Mol... c..... SChool _ IOOO 'S."...n' P"bl.c U.,l ••., O" f0 . WEllS 14.VI IE NO, NEV. ll'l50: AMA PROS ENTRIES CLOSE MAY 18 John Desoto motocross school June l(j !. i . t ,, ~ .... , ..., roo '" '" C1. N r- '" ai > ::;: '" ~ W Z w -' U >- U

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