Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

N ." '" e, ... N '" ",,' By Mike April 2 9·3 0 , 1972 Th e Mot orcy cle Rider s Ass o ciati on , In c. h osted th eir fin al event o f the se ason , th e Or e g on State Mot o cr os s Championship s a t ~ledford ~I ot ocross Park this we ekend. Exten sive work h as been done to the tr ac k an d b y practice time S aturd ay , th e tr ack was fast and somewhat dry . Racing Sunday go t underway a t I I :0 0 am with th e u sual min i-bike classes and th en ju m pe d ri ght into th e fir st 3 0 minute m oto o f th e 1.000 purse pro race. Local ride rs j u m p ed immediatel y in to the lead . J ohn Schwender an d Bob LaF ontaine pulled awav from th e c ro w d an d pro ce eded 10 put ' on quite a sh ow . S chwendener's throttle st arted Slic king and he rode th e last of th e mo to a t ab out 2 / 3 thro tt le. All o the r cl as ses were run o ff in sm o oth pro gressi on, 100 Kids, 12 5 Junio r a nd S eni ~r, 250 J u n.io r .~ d Seni or, Open j unior an d Scm o r. I h e second round of moros included one ten minute blast k no wn as th e "Old Man's Race". 3 9·ycar o ld Ar chie Billin gs ab oard a Yamah a t o ok th e le ad a way fro m Fr ed Moxle y an d pi c ked up first pl ace go ld . Moxle y. bet ter kn o wn as Mr. Pen to n \Ve st (he is th e wester n di st ribu tor fo r Penton ~l ot ()rcy dc s ) lo oked mi gh ty styli sh, b u t a tad b it o ut o f shape. In any case it wa s good to see h im as tra d d le a bike once agai n. T h e secon d round of th e pro cl ass again saw lo ca l ride rs p ic k up th e marbles. Dave ll elJic k, ridin g for th e \l' est e rn U.S . CZ d ist ribu tor, gra b be d th e lead o n ly t o ~IEDFORD, ORE .. N > ::;: '" ~ W Z W ..J U >- U Th e rubbe r band snaps and the tr oo ops ch arge at t he Oregon S tat e C-hamps, Med ford Mot oc ro ss Park. ~omeroy Shines at Goose By Jerry Shipman COOSE. HOLLOW , OR E .. April 30, 19 72 - Wow ! C ro ovy ! an d Super ! wer e some of th e su perla tives h eard today a t the C o ose. Righ t off, th e 125 Sen iors reall y hung it o ut w ith Pabacto e ng ineer lI ar ry Tay lor's Supe r Super Rat rip ping off th e lin e n ever to b e h ead ed , d esp ite charges hy Ke n Buirlcy ' s Pen IOn. In th e second mo to , Taylor again look first with lIui rle y a n d But ch Way m ire behind. Bu irle y tr ied an in sid e sho t o n an uphill co me r b ut a ll he gOI w as a face full o f b an ne rs and lo st abou t five p ositio n s. li e reatt ac ked th e cour se an d almos t cau gh t Waymire in se cond. T he third rno to was top s wi th T aylor leadin g, then Bu irle y a n d Way mire. With abou t five laps to go, Buirley forced his w ay a ro und Tay lor and led to the checke red. In the 250 In te rm ed ia te, Glenn \\"ie n z was never in seriou s tro uble a ll day despite this bein g hi s firs t y ea r a t ~I X . At last, the 250 Ex perts. Right off, it w as Porne ro v 's !lui foll owed bv th e ~I aico s o f Cook and Paulin . :-':~ilher Ma ico co uld come cl ose e nough t o d o any damage. Dan Zlack's Ossa broke fro m th e pack an d started hau ling in Coo k a nd Paul in. In the second rnoto , it PfN10N H A . ... Y CHO PP ' •• , ,...,-. . W ILDCATS ~ . ~. .r w as Pome ro y aga in fo llo we d hy Co o k, Ziack and Paul in . Disast e r str uck wh en Pom eroy ' s ch ain p arted, le tt ing th e three pursuers by , bri efly , Jim go t h is c ha in b ack o n an d starte d he arin g d o wn. He lo ok secon d a fte r C ook 's bike gave u p . T he thi rd mo to was all Pomeroy , w it h Pa ulin, Co ok, and Zi ack try in g to catch up . Ken t T ackrell an d Bo lI art, bo th o n 400 CZ ' s seemed to b e th e o n ly h igh p o ints o f th e com b ine d J unio r/In ter moto s. They swa pped th e Icad sever al tim es, .b u t Tac krell h ad th at so met hi ng ex tra th a t a lways forced Bo in to a goof o r a sp ill. The O pe n Ex pert class featured so me fas t com pany wi th Bo b Leach (C Z ), Po meroy's 25 0 Bu\. and Cook and Paul in ' s 400 Maico s. !lill h ad h is ~l ai c o cook in wi th Pa u lin right on his knobby a n d Pome ro y ridin g an im p ressive third. At the last In te r-A m in Sale m , O re. , Pomeroy go t a fourth overall, splitting th e European s, an d o n a Ilat tire to boot. T h e rest of the m ote s were almost a ca rb o n copy of the fir st with the e xceptio n of the third, wh en Cook fe ll or st alled , letting Paulin in for a first h u t h o ldi n g off Po meroy to get a so lid second. ( Resu lt s o n p age 3 6 ) Hand Washa ble Stay Soh ,. ~ .'.~ ~ ; ~~ ~ ". Ot hman Disttibutlll g Co , D & R CYCLE, Inc. 18227 Ludlo w St . DO H " Jl81 WESTM lN 5.TrR AV[NU E V ty l A N WE STMIN ST ER, CA LI FO RN IA OUI 89 4 ·2 613 No rt hr idge. Ca. 9 1324 . .. . . ., Century Un ited Agencies 1888 Century Park East, Suite 1015 Los A ngeles, Calif. 90 067 - (213 ) 553·3511 I • Riding • Racing • St reet GLOVES Dealer Inquiries Invit ed 12131 363-6230 Spectator liability and riders medical insurance for track owners, promoters, clubs and recreational parks. S. HARRIS PINSKY Starr hav e his chain come adrigt, This tim e S chwendener h ad his th rottle well o ile d and was able to co llec t first place points. LaF ontain e, on th e o ther h and, dumped in th e first turn an d h ad to ride a very, very h ard m oro to p ick up a few p oints, knowin g full th at i t w as go ing to be a ll or noth in g in th e th ird rnot o , When th e rubbe r b an d dropped, Schwendener and LaFon tain e gra b be d th e lea d and p ro ceeded to loc k handlebars fo r 3 0 so lid min utes o f so m r o f th e most fa n ta stic racin g acti on ever witnessed a t th is tr ac k. I~ the ea rly p art of the mo to , Lal-ontaine led Schwenden er, On e rider w ould go hi gh , u sing th e b erm to change direc tion s. T~ e other ri?er w ould div e I .ow try in.g to ga m a preci ous fOOL o n his arc h rival . S chwenden er and LaF ontai ne, utilizing the european techniq u e of hitting th e be rm s nat o u t and usin g them 10 c ha n ge d ire ~t ! on o f tr av el! wcr~ spcc tac u l~.l r. . \\llIle a ll of tht~ ac tion was go mg o n m th e b attle for fir st a n d sec o n d place, Bob De cker, ab oa rd a 400 Ilusqv arn a, wh ittled away a t Keith Ne rse th . In th e ne xt to last lap, Dec ke r m an aged 10 n ip by Ner se th a n d slide int o third spo t. Th e irnportan t th ing is t h a t Deck er, through so me ve ry consis te n t p erforman ces , had p ic k ed up e no ug h p oints with th e third pl a ce wi n in th e third rno to t o pull off firs t o ve r-a ll in th e p ro cla ss an d lak e ho me th e $40 0. T he fin al fin ishi ng o rd cr wa s Bob De cker,J ohn S chwenden cr a n d Bo b LaFo n tai ne . ( Re sults on page :, 6 ) BROKER INQUIRIES INVITED 1001001001001001 00 g STREET OR TRACK? ... SPECIAL 0 ~MULA ~ 0 ei{1 CHAIN LUBES ~ 0 #77 For Dirt and Track 8'" #88 For Highway ... M O DERN IN DU ST RI ES, INC. V ISTA · CALIFOR N IA 9 2083 8 100100100100100100 Maico·mounted B ill H o ll ow. Whattoodo after finishing the fifth •••• By Sue Bailey \l'ILLOII' CREEK, CALI F.. ~l a y 6 , 197 2 - Th e Willow Creek Speedway start ed their six th season o f scra mb ling tonight w ith twenty -three Ma in e ven ts an d twelve Trop hy Dash es. The 100 Novi ces, and the 25 0 Novi ce s were d ivided into three div ision s: th e 125 Novi ces, 200 Novices, 2 50 Amateurs, 25 0 Experts all h ad to b e spli t up in two d ivisions. The weather w as cold . bu t th e crowd was fantastic. lI'e h ad a lo t of spill s, bu t no serious injuries. The 125 Ama te u r Mai n fo u n d Jim J ohnso n ( Bu l) first into th e sweepe r and w as p assed b y C ary Fr ank ( Pe n) co m in g ou t o f it. Then Frank sp u n o u t o n the tu rn comi ng o ff th e jump a n d gave i t b ack to Johnson for a sure win . Ray Olsen, Jr. (S uz ) was h oldin g on to second by a rim. Ray Dugan (Bu l) ch alle nged h ard fo r the second pl ace win , b ut co uld n ' t qu ite make it. Jo hnson finis hed first in the qualify ing heal an d had taken the Troph y Das h . The new cl ass o f 2 0 0 Novices pu t on a good show. In th e first divisi ons, L onnie Mann in g ( lIu l) led t o th e checke re d . Th e battle was fo r secon d p la ce between Greg ~IcKinn e y ( Yam 175) an d Mike Saw y er ( Bul) . ~IcKinn ey m o ved up o n S aw y e r, push ed him h ard, the n fe ll back a little a t th e white nag, p o ured it on, alm o st passed , and ~-p un o u t o n the ne xt tum . T ha t w as th at ! William ~IcKinn ey (Mo n) , afte r b ein g bla ck -fla gged whil e lead in g th e qu ali fy in g h ea t (he fo rgo t to pu th is face m a sk d own ) . went o n to win th e 2 50 N ovi ce. second division. li e ' w as firs t in to the tum wh en James Ryan, Link Ch apman, a n d R ichard Streetman piled up and the race was black.nagged . He was again off the line at the restart and took it all th e wa y. Lawren ce Williams (Y am) fini shed secon d . Kevin Bognuda ( Ka w) held 1st position in th e h eat and a lso wo n th e 100 '"' ovi ce ~I ain, firs t d ivision , foll owed by Jim Beebe ( Ka w}, The nex t scrambles will be h eld o n June 3 , an d th e fir st Sa turday of the m onth , th rough O ctober. Even m ore X orthern Calif ornia an d S outh ern Orego n riders are expected to p artic ip a te . - ( Resu lts o n p age 36) S AD D LE B A C K PJlRK ANNOUN CES LADIES DAY Startin g this we ek each Wednesd ay a t Saddlebuc k Park will b e kn own as "Ladies Day". A sp eci a l ad m issio n price of o n ly $ 2 will be charged , and a "Saddleback Lady" III ca rd will b e fu rn ish ed to ea ch girl rider. Whe n asked w hy the special d ay, J e ff James, S addleb ack Park Public Re lations Director, to ld Cycle News, "Eac h \\'ednesday mornin g ten o r so ga ls w ould co me to th e p ark in a group , th e ir ca rs, trucks, o r van s ja m m ed with bikes. T hey told me tha t th ey wer e tired of b rid ge o r h ous ekee ping, an d as th e kids we re in sc hool wh y no t hit th e tra ils at S ad d lebac k ? I th ou ght it was a good idea, and co nseq ue n tly workeel out a p lan th a t would let the ladies h ave th eir o wn sp eci al day with re duced admissio n price s. I thin k m ore women will r ide S addleback now th at th e v kn ow o th er girl ri d er s will be h er e t o o ~ n ot to men tion th e b o y rid ers com ing up t o watch the girl riders!" Those women interested sh ould come up to Sadd leback Park eac h Wednesday. R5"1ember, helmets a n d spark arresters are mandatory .

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