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" Cl '" e, N ..... Cl ~ > '" ::< ~ w Z W ...J U >U Maybe the GP helped but Elsinore still grows... By Kar en Oll er ELSI NORE . CALI F .• April 2 9 , 19 72 They can' t seem t o ge t· en ou gh ! Spectators b y th e hundreds p oured in to th e sta n ds. lined the fe nces an d swarm e d in to the p its a t E lsino re Racew ay afte r a fu ll day. of actio n at the op ening o f th e 5 th Annual Grand Prix . The ride rs provid ing th e actio n fo r the regular Saturday nigh t even t gave th em th eir m oney's worth , and th en so me . There were many more en tries than were expected. T he G rand Pri x riders ex changed pl aces with the d ay 's spectators as the e xcitrne n t got underway. Eigh teen Mini Cy cles raced in heats w ith little David O ller (Han) goi ng wire to wir e in his first heat d irec tly t o t he Main event. Doug Nico l (Ya m) rid ing very well pl aced second. The girl s were also giving lessons as th e Powder Puff go t u nde rway. Debbie J ones (Bul) racin g with a h andicapped start came up wi th the win ov er Teri T anner (Y am) wh o finish ed second . Th ree Wheelers ra ced again !! Winners in the even ts for the T h ree Wheelers we re A. Handa (Mac) first an d B. McRae (DC) second . In th e firs t 10 0 Novice Main Eve n t S . Lyons (Hod) ran fir st. seco nd p lace we n t t o a my st e ry rider. The name on th e e n try ca rd was n o t legi b le , b ut he knew wh o he was. becau se he picked up th e tr oph y.Third p lace h on o rs went to J . Stewart (Yam). T he second Main Eve nt for th e 100 Novice class found. Z . Barre tt (Hod) ou t in fr ont for th e checkered fl ag. S . St eirnsm a (Ka w) second a nd J . llorton (Yam) th ird. 125 Novi ce riders fough t it o u t an d whe n it was all over R . Ky zer (S uz) was first . T . Lovan ( Yam) second. S. Fo rt u ne (Ya m) th ird . D. Wendt (S uz ) was fi rs t an d R . Shull ( Bu l) second in th e 2 00 No vice class. Wendt d ominated all three m otos fo r a n easy win . J ohn Newq u ist (Ma n ) has b een h avin g his share of troubles recently but. tonigh t he p ut it all toge ther fo r th e w in in th e 250 Novice class. Mar k Presco tt (Yam) h as b een rid in g well an d too k h ome second place h on o rs. T he th ird pl ace spot fo und Fred Miessn er pickin g up th e troph y. 5 0 0 Open Novice winne rs wer e \\' . G o od win (T ri) firs t, J. Ward (Yam) second , and M. Bo yle (Ka w) third . Special Nov ice rid ers B. llasford (Bu l) , B. T o lson (Mai) and R . Bowsm an (T ri) finish ed 1.2,3 . for a very exci ting rac e. Th ey ra n wheel to wh eel, eac h lo o kin g for the o th er 's mi st ak e. but th e mi st ak e neve r came . T ro y Fish er (Ka w) edged o ut Sco tt Nico l (S uz) fo r the first p lace spot as they came ac ross th e fin ish line. Sco tt ridi ng a ve ry close second. N o grandstanding, no unnecessary whc eli es , Just pl ain go od hard riding. 125 Amateur rid er s h ad to take a b ack seat to David Rees (Ya m) first , an d J eff Bowles (D KW) second . Experts in the 12 5 class rode ano ther very good ra ce. R oger Dobbins (Yam) first and David Rees (Yam). an Amate u r rider, second. The 200-250 Ama teur eve nts we re, as always. ex citing. Wh en it was allover and the p ain ts were totalled up the winners were: J. Wrigh t first, D. Waffle (O ss) second and S . Parker (Yam) th ird . The 250 Expert events provided an ex citing du el. Ch arli e Soderstrom ( Bul) one of the Elsin ore track's very best was first . foll owed b y B. Butt (Yam ) second. In the 5 0 0/ 0 p en Amateur and Expert. th e Special Expert and the Sweepstak es it was Robby MacEwen all the w ay. It was S cott Parker (Yam) in sec ond pl ace in the 500 Open Amateur and Expert clas s. C. Soderstrom (Yam) to ok the second spot in the Special Expert. (R esu lts on p age 44) CLEMENTS TOPS TRIBE By J ohn Grout VAL ENCIA . CAL. . April 3 0 , 1972 Bill Clemen ts rode a p air of Husqvarnas t o p ro fess io na l divi sion vict ories d uri ng today 's all-cla ss, AC E racin g program on th e Sh ad ow Glen co urse a t Indian Dunes Park . Riding in b oth 250cc and Open an d with a broken ' shock du ring the late stages o f th e fir st 25 0 m o to Cl ements won th ree of four 2 0-m inu te he at s wi th convincing ease . T he o nly race in which he w as en tere d tha t Clemen ts didn' t win was the first con test fo r Opens. In tha t. Bill Payne ( ~ Iai) won wi th Clem e n ts slid ing DIFFBRAKE COMES TO CALIFORNIA Dolly DiffBra ke will be at all three Pacific -AMA motocross series events to give champagne to the winners. See her May 13 & 14 at Sac ramento, May 20 & 21 at Sadd leback Park and May 27 & 28 at Carlsbad . to within a co u ple o f bike lengths of th e lead er in th e las t lap . When the se cond m o to ro ared fr om the s ta rting barrier. a n n ih ilat in g the cre w until less th an tw o laps Clemen ts got nasty. C lemen ts w as com b u stivel y in fron t by an approximate quarter-mile margin! Ove rall ru n ners-u p were Payne , Bob Hershey (C Z), Steve R au ch (CZ) and J oe Cu sh aw ay (CZ). The first mo to for the 250 Pros featured a he ated b attle amon g Maico-mo un ted Pay ne ; AJS rider. Bryar Ho lcomb ; He rsh ey ; Larry Watkins. ab o ard a new Maic o ; Greg Robertson and Dic k Franklin . bo th CZ thro ttling; an d . of co u rse . Clements. astrid e still ano ther H usky. After seven ci rcles of th e Gl e n ci rcuit. it beca me a Clemen ts-induce d migrai ne for all o thers involved. And it p reviewed what was to take p lace in the final hea t. In that. Holcomb trucked o ut a tre mendous pace at the fron t-en d . during which he set a new track record of I :40, before fina lly tiring and su ccu mbin g to the Clements' charge. Bryar, h owever . was secon d overall in the scoring wh ile Robe rtson and Pay ne finis hed third a nd fo urth . After a black-flag beginning in the first for the 125 Pros. Ke n Zah rt (Bul). Kenny Cook ( Bul) . Jim O 'Neal (Ric) and Don Emler (Z u n) crossed the finis h lin e al most as a te am, D uring th e se cond heat , Cook fle w to an imme n se lead while Zahrt an d Aceved or (wh 0 was ta k ing h is firs t for th e p ro fessio nal ride) waged runner-u p spo ts. I t was not until th e final lap th at Aceved o r go t past Zah rt for keeps. And th is gave Coo k a well -deserv ed. ove ra ll win . J eff Blix , who was st ra dd ling a Yam ah a prepared by Cycle Parts of Santa M o n ica , accou nte d for two win s wh ile scoring an overall vic to ry among th e J u n io r ride rs in d ivision " A" 10 0. J im Hale (B ul) raced a bitter du el with others in th e 250 Seni o r o uti ng. before final ly finish ed on top . Randy Scott. mounted on a Yam ah a. wh ipped the l 25 cc SEniors. Overall win ners in the two d ivisions o f 12 5 J un io rs we re Pau l All u m ( Bu l) and M ike Barnett ( Yam ). Whil e th ree differe n t d ivision s of 250cc Ju n iors we re beaten by Tim Sarian (Ri c). Steve Boyum (Ric) and James Donel so n (Mai). Pa t Young (1\Iai) gra b be d a narrow verdict to w in the Open Senio r c on test. And Randy Sch mi tz go t a pair o f vict o ries to defeat a fu ll field of Open Juniors. 7 1 ISDT TEA MS FOR VEGAS TR IAL Particip ati on in th e Silv er S ta te Three D avs T r ia l bv m ost of America's rid e rs Win or lose, DiffBrake has something for you . If you break, or want sornethinq fixed so it won't break in the next mota, look for the DiffBrake Winnebago . Gene and Dolly will be there to help as much as they can . They have welding equipment, grinders, and other tools to help you get bac k out there and compete . 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