Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Hrynkiswicz Under the Light seve ra l of th e riders a nd . as is th eir p oli cy, w ill make wha tever changes o r ad d itio ns that a rc reco mme n ded by th e rid er s. In f act, so me of th e rid ers volun tee red to come to th e trac k Tuesd ay ni gh t to aid in getting the ligh ting j ust righ t. G ay lon Mo sie r to o k to the Co ro n a cou rse for t he first time tonigh t, making h is d ebu t a wi nn in g o ne. G ay lo n to o k hi s M ai co t o first o ve rall in the 250 Expert class, R ay T opham w as secon d on hi s CZ, a nd David Boydstun t ook third on h is new Yamah a. J oh n lIryn k iswi cz return ed t o Coro na af te r a cou p le of weeks absen ce. He m ad e it a j oy ou s re tu rn for h im sel f b y topping the 125 Expert field on h is Bultaco. R ay T oph am was seco nd overall in th is cl ass, as h e was in t he 250 class, bu t this time w as h erding a D KW. ( R esu lts o n page 3 6) By Buzz Baty CORO:-:A , C A L.. May I I, 1972' Beautif ul Coron a Racewa y , h avin g sw it ch ed from S a turday d ayti m e racing to T h u rs day nigh ttime racing, w as blessed w ith o ne o f th e prettiest, w ar m, com fo rtab le n igh ts of th e y ear fo r th eir in augu ral n ight ti me show. It w as shi rt sleeve we ather all nig ht long. N ot on ly did the y c h ange from d ayli gh t t o oigh tt im e , t hey ch anged th e cou rse con side ra bl y , ad di n g two jum p s t o th e in fiel d p o r ti on , addin g beau tif ul banking and radii to two existing t urn s an d m ad e some re ally n ea t c h ang es to the h illside p ortio n. Every rider I tal k ed to ha d n o thing bu t p ra ise fo r the cou rse an d I'o r th e fine j o b tha t R on lI a tendorf di d in preparing the track . There were some com p lain ts of poor ligh tin g in abou t fo u r spo ts , so the ow n ers of C o ro n a Ra ceway go t t o geth er wit h M N > '" :< ~ w Z W ..J o >o Flying High Wnh CRC R o be r t J ones m an aged to keep ahead o f the pack an d take Open Novice h on o rs o n h is Suzu k i w h ile Curt Cook (H us) w as firs t for th e Open Begin ner s. O ut o f the m u lti tude in the 25 0 class came Don Stenerson on a CZ to grab firs t pl ace. The action w as fast an d furio us w ith b ikes and bodies flying all over the pl ace giving th e flagmen quite a wo rkou t. Puch m o un ted Dave Gunn showed th em ho w to do it in the 125 class bu t almos t blew it in the third m o to with a fron t w heel-fee t ou t straight-tight rope act. In the 10 0 Be ginner under 16 class Traey Freeland an d G o rd on Tam rn , bo th on Yamah as, were especially q u ic k. w inning their res pective divisions easily . C R C action mo ves to Rawh id e Park on Ma y 2 I and beginning S a t.. :\Iay 20 th ey w ill b e h o stin g a wee k ly m oto cro ss a t th e n ewl y opene d Runn in g Sp rin gs cou rse. ( Re su lt s on page 36) E LS IN O R E , CAL. , Ma y 7 , 197 2 Beginn ers and l\' ovic es to ok advan rage o f warm we ath er an d good trac k conditions to d ay to thrash th emsel ves an d th e ir machine s around the modified Elsinore Racew a y. • The rna L cr oss. one in a se ries fo r a Begi nners/Novices , w as sponsore d by the Cali forn ia Racin g C lub a n d was ru n e ff'icien tly giving everyone an oppor t u nity to enjoy themsel ves . The OIdtim e rs race was h igh ligh ted by a battle b e tw een Bill Brown (H us), Franz Fromme t (BSA) an d Gary Schooley [Mai) with Brown taking the top spot ove ral l. J oh an n a Stene rs o n ran off wi th I in the Pow d er Pu ff class on h er DK\\·. Ch rist in e H opkin s was second (Yam) an d Ka y S chuetze also o n a OK\\' fille d out th e t op three. T he Min is an d Du n e Cy cl es mi x ed it up to geth er w it h Tod d Pe te rso n (Ind) ge tti ng fir st fo llowed b y Mi ke Gilm ore and l\l ik e Bo lo t , Dun e Cycle C ha mp was A.C. Lan ier an d Bo b Morse was second. "'0 . : : rn e rtco ..·········:; e M Patrick's · ike YAMAHA of COlONA ::.. M AI CO • 1101 E. 6th St. - Corona (714' 135-1121 ' .. ' til in k.... me tt co san ta fc avc, compton. ca. 90 'U I 1528 S. PEN TO N . . ( 2 1 3 ) 6 3 6 -6 14 4 Ed Sha ver 's WEST CYCLES Newhall /7 Grif f on s ij;" t:!..!J'~ Auth oriz ed rvic es J dea ler parts & se • _ Gaylo n Mosier in h is first visit to Coro na . ~ • J Bru ce Baron and 'j' im Hart ba ttle d it o ut fo r the 250 Expert h onors. T im w on the first mo to on hi s Mai co ove r Bar o n's Ya m ah a an d Pessy 's Ossa. T he res t of th e ni ght w as a qu it e di fferent story however, as Bru ce Baron, wh o is lo aded with talen t an d ab ili ty , go t a ll the ge a rs w o rk in g ju st ri g-ht, winnin g th e n ext tw o mutos in reall y grea t st y le. H art , as in th e 125 class, se ttled for sec ond p lace ove ra ll. Bob ll osfo rd , wh o h as be en lo o kin g pretty good on th e n ew H o nda 250 X L , ' vas ano ther rid er wh o bi t th e dus t d u rin g p rac tic e, b adl y sp raini ng hi s w rist , an d a lt hough th e !I ond a suffered no damage. Hosford's wrist w as too sore to compe te. D avid Pessy won the 500 Expert class tonigh t, con ti n ui ng h is string of vic to rie s that h e sta rted las ; week. T im Ha rt d id n ' t ride th e 500 ciass, his b ig Maico suffe red a b ro ken frame up in Idaho, and Ti m had n' t h ad a chance to repai r it as yet. A I Blain on h is Ka wasa k i got secon d overa ll and h is second p ayday in as man y we e k s. Bob Messer o n th e same CZ that he b orrowed last we ek and won w ith , co u ld d o n o b ette r th an third overall ton igh t. , _ • • •• ( Resu lts on p ~ge . 3 6.) .• , ~-~' , tJ ' Draco's Motorcycle s MX in the Dark? By Bu zz Baty G A R D E:-:A , CALI F ., May 10 , 19 72 M otocr o ss , racing in th e sou th lan d re tu rn ed to n ormal t o n igh t. Mo st o f th e t o p ri d ers m ade it b ac k fro m Id ah o in good sha pe even th ou gh so me of th e m achine ry di dn ' t .Tim 11 ar t ro d e two classes t o ni gh t , w hic h is no t un usu al as T im usu a lly d oes ride two classe s, bu t ton igh I he ro d e the j 25 Expert an d 250 Exp ert in stead of th e 25 0 an d 500. In th e 125 Expert cl ass, J eff Wright aga in d em on stra t-ed h is clear cut su p re macy of this class he re a t Asco t, w in ni n g firs t overall in a virtuall y u nco n tes te d ma n n er. Je ff 's Pu c h seems to have a ll the horsepowe r h e needs any time h e turns the tap. Tim lIart's little Maico w as clearly down on horsepower. o r it cou ld be th at T im , a t a h u n dred an d sev en ty -five p o u n d s, is ju st a little to o h eav y to b e competi tive on a 125 . It w as only Il a r r's skill an d effort th at ea rned h im the second overa ll spo t be h ind J e ff and ahead of Ken Zahr t 's Bu lt aco , Dann y H ock ie got o ff in p ractice an d eviden tl y did enough damage to h is Oss a th at all h e co u ld d o w as lo ad u p and fo rge t a b o u t racing tonight. With Hockie and his O ssa ou t of ac tion, usqval'n I ' ' ~; . 16 29 S . St andard Ave. , Sa nta Ana (7 14 ) 543-968 8 SALES * SER V ICE * PARTS * SET-UP AVAILABLE (805 ) 255-1335 '. "';~;~~;'~iVi"ONT~ESA ~ o l ore;~;~. ~ WILSON M OTORS '..... 9000 SEPULVEDA BLVD . SOllthofNo rdoff inSepulveda,Ca lif. 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