Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

.Hold onna ya helmet Fred cuz Fremont's a-runnin' again By Bill Spencer FRBIONT, CAL., Ap ril 15. 1972 Opening its d oors for. the first o f 22 night ev ents, Fremont Raceway was deluged with 547 entries. The scrambles riders of District 3 6 were greeted with man y new c hanges o f wh ich all weren' t the grea tes t. The c u rfew of 11 p.m. required a sh orten ing o f laps, but th at will c ha nge as th e en tire sh ov.. w as run · in just 4 h ours and 15 m inutes, a record in it self. Th e sy ste m o f ge tting to the racing h as improv ed an d w ith th at, the length of t he ac tual h eats w ill b e len gth en ed. Wh ile th e record number o f rid ers we re signed in the usu al ove rly large Ex pert class o n ly produced 3 7- rid ers. Just tw o w ee k s p ri or, ove r 50 sign ed up a t Lodi nece ssit ating tw o di vis io ns of the fast guys. Th is w ill p robabl y change as th e se m i-pro tro op s stop their regu lar forays to Ascot and ge t w it h t he h lack p la te pro gr am . Ton igh t's ru n went to :'I ar k As b ill, fo rme rly re ferred to as the terror o f th e Valley , but now just as a regul ar terror. Between he and Butch Dav id son, th e y just abou t h av e th e 150 an d 5 0 0 cl asses rack ed up . Th e Main as w ell as th e wh ole ni ght w asn't exac tly Davidson' s likenin g as h e w as put in th e b ac k row o f the 25 0 Main, cras he d in th e fi rst c o m e r a n d in th e 5 0 0, seized h is l\l ontes a. No twi thstan d ing. h e st ill lead s the black p la te con tingen t by a ton while Asbill worked closer af te r an addition of e ight p oi n ts from t oni ght's effort. Mark's only compe tition came fr o m l\li ke V anLien d en who pressu red the 15 -v ea r-o ld ~l od es t o an for the distance. V a~Lie n d e n is h ot fo r the n u mber o ne plate. T h e 500 E xpert bash was all Rick Hoc king's. He is as unbeatable as th ey com e at Fre m o n t and proves it in b oth Ama te ur and Professional co mp e ti ti o n. He h an dil y bea t r a t Hennen off the first com er an d then p ro ceed ed to open up a h uge lea d fo r th e dis tance . Da n Hu gh es m ad e a rare a pp earan ce at the scrambles scene tonight a nd won the 650 Expert event in front o f Denn is Spe nce. Hu gh es an d hi s im macu la te T riu m p h a re a lways tough and if h e makes a regu lar part of his racing here, h e will most likely be in line for o n e o f the huge high point trophies given o u t in O ctober. The 250 Novice class resumed its large proportions with 73 riders signing in and for the next series o f race s the y will have to be split in to two di visions. Jim H arv ey tripped over the hill fr om Stockton an d beat all th e com petitio n . Eight trophies were o n h and an d Andy Ahlgren had to w ork from a sp ill o ff th e sta rt in g line t o get th e eig h th spo t. A s h e left t h e gri d h e Rol sidesw iped h y a rider and lo st control going down the straight but re covered well enough to get it all back in gear a n d pass through the p ack for th e eighth spot. I think I got it correct now; Dan V an Nieuwenhuyzen w on the 12 5 N" ovice class a n d if h e ever makes the big time, h e is go in g to have to shorten his n am e or get the papers to print bi gger paper s He won easily tonight over Skip Aksland who had a terrific battle with Craig Michie a n d Carl Blackledge that ended up with the co mp e tit io n lying on the sid e of the tr ack . Di ck Gracia b orrowed o ne of the in famous Brown m o torcycles an d had a tight duel with Larry Alexander with Gracia getting the win. Gracia is rather new o n the scene an d will have to gra d ua te .to th e E xperts b ef ore the y ea r is o u t , but will d o so in grand style. (w e are, tig er: th is is a 5 2-pager... Ed. ) In th e 125 Expert cl ass, G ary Comphel is ce rtain ly glad th at th e Davidson b oy s have go ne on to h igger thin gs as h e n ow d o mi n ate s th at class. ( Results on p age 4 4) Be nt on d efeatin g, Craig Mic h ie (3 0 01 , Carl Blac kled ge (8 6 U a nd S k ip Ak sland h ave at it at Fr emont open ing night. A ksland ripped off sec o nd . Maico Norton • H6&ka •• Yamaha Bultaco , f" " Ba y Area 's Ic:l2i. g;t'amah a dealer A&A :~OT OR S 100% Financing 2 7 1'~1' E r'e.a m l no R eal Red w o od Ci ty . Ca lifo rn ia 366· 1 7 5 5 366·3 8 14 /f5 ACK PRODUCTS, Inc . 6 76 Au ze ra is A v e, a I O t ' , t tt'f Iflq Ul f I"" II. YIIl.·ll ......... -vtawasaki SE LBY MOTORS Jose Ca 9 5 12 5, 408·293·5 11 1 A good place to buy a grea t m otorc ycl e 5< 1t1 rodueu .. I n.c. 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