Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

JIM fOLEY HAS WHAT IT TAKES By W. H . Spencer LOD!, C AL., Ap ril 30, 1972 - Still showing th at h e h as wha t it takes to win th e race s. the Distric t's /I:o . 1 p ilo t , Ji m Foley, lo oked good a t th e Lodi C y cle Bowl d espite ridicu lous situa tio ns from the st arter an d h is ever p opu la r ru bber b and . Fo ley has been rid in g Cl ass " C " even ts mostl y bu t to ok a weeken d for a w ork out with the Amateur troops. Fo ley jetted o ff th e lin e in usual fas hion and was t hro ugh the first turn wi th Butch Davidson at h is side . Butch gave i t his all but cou ld n' t get b y th e fleein g Ri ck Schell Y amah a. J ohn Hlebo had go tt en a go od hole sh ot also, but got just th e sligh test bit wide in th e fir st turn and had t o wor k h ard for the third spot. The rest of th e fas t k ids h ad a n oldster in their midst as Rav Hu ff brought o u t his new produ ction o f th e Suzuki Dirt Motors. The likes o f Denn is Spen ce, Mark Asbill a n d Del Smith a re keeping h im b ack, but n ot for long as the 41 .year o ld fa st kid is still with it. How ard Arnaiz b attled frorn ia p oor start to finish se cond in the 250 Jun ior Mai n behind J o h n S olimine. Solomine is ready for the switch as is Arn aiz. Milt Hei m lich made it two for two wi th another secon d in the 250 Novice bash . He won the opener a t Frem ont and got a se cond last ni ght beh ind Bob Rusher. Jus Eager made it look easy in the 6 50 Novice Main with his sn ortin ' Norton . Don Rasmu ssen b eat o ut S teve Spence in the 65 0 Junior Main , but jus t barely . Bill Budde made it two in a row for his super fast Triumph w ith a pass o n Bud Smith that left th e wowers su cking fo r h rc ath . Smith h as the original rocketsh ip in t o the first co rn er, but from the re h e has prohlems. Mark S mith came o ut th e wi nner in th e 500 Expert Main as Brian O 'Hagan he ld th e front for as lon g as he cou ld . O'H agan took a gian t leap a t the sta rt and held an o pc n ing for a few laps, but S mith got a good shot off the corner and got b y. Y oung Bob Salisbury tripped over from Reno to win th e 100 Novice Main over Gary L ong. ( Resu lts on p age 4 4) " 0> '" Q. N .... Cl > '" ::< ~ w Z W ..J U >U Th is is how they p lay follow-the·leader at Lod i. Cow Trail Your a a ENDURO SPROCKETS COLISEUM CYCLE MAIL and ORDER ACCESSORY CO. • ~ KAWASAKI 12 TOOTH CZ Counter Sprockets 59 .25 -----. MOTORCYCLES Ca l res . ad d 5% sates ta x, C& M S PECIALT IES -P .O. BO X 717 MOUNTAIN V IEW CALIF . 94040 3958 E. 14th ST ., OAKLAND , CAL. (4151534·5461 946 0 1 AN ENGUSH ARISTOCRAT. DESCENDANT OfA LONG LINE Of WINNERS. fROM THEORIGINATORS Of PRODUCTION STREAMLINING .... 1 SLEEK,AERODYNAMIC FINEST QUALITY FINISH GOOD AIRFLOW TO ENGIN RIGID AT HIGH SPEEDS MAXIMUM WEATHER PROTECTION R EINFOR ED AT STRESS C POIN TS GET U PBEHIND AND GET OUT IN FRONT WITH AN AVONAIRE! Complete set of hardware and 191/2" blade included in p r ice. $199.50 in Black or White. From all Honda Dealers. or write to: DISTRIBUTING COMPANY P.O Drawer T Walnut Street, Norwood, N . . ewJersey.07648. Phone: (2011 768-1895 Bulta co • ....! Maico . Norton AC K PRODUCTS• Inc . .!:t ~diI ka . Yamaha 676 Auzerais Ave, Ba y Area 's I Ci ~il~g; rnaha dealer '( Jo se Ca 95125, 408·293 ·5 11 1 A & AIVI,C)TO RS 5.1 11 27 1.1: E f C am mo Rt!cll R ed w o od Ci t y , Cal if o rni a 366 -1 7 55 366-381 4 : r - - - - - HOT DOGI - - - ..... Sule -, . Scn IC C Cycle Ne\Ns HOT HATS ' ALLNEW! Only7Scenis Cycle News Dept. CNP P.O. Box 498

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