Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Mud-o-cross John Evan s (55) lea d s i n th e 1 26 -3 50 F in al at Sweeney on hi s spee d v Yamah a. TEXAS SCRAMBLES By Ri ta Gu n ter Ph o to s b y Tommy Gun ter SWEE:': E Y , TEX ., Ap ril 3 0 , 19 7 2 The Sweeney Enduro C lub spon sored a scr ambles a t th e ir fine t ra ck, w hic h is bu ilt o n tw o levels, righ t o n a tree -lin ed river b an k. Onlv o ne h e at was h eld in the 0 ·100 class. 'Ma r k Shuman (Hon ) and Mike Pu gh (Yam) wer e n ec k an d n eck , du eling o ve r first place fo r four laps u n til Mike fe ll allo wing Mark to se w up fir s t place. Bill L uder (lIon) pl aced second w it h Ch arle y C ro use rid in g h is Ho n d a to third. T he fi rs t h e at in th e 125 class was wo n by Y amah a m ounted Way n e ~IcC ann , with Tommy Dennin g, ridi ng a CZ , com ing in secon d. Ed J ames finished third o n hi s Yamah a . The sec ond heat of the 125 class w as won b y Mike Calgin (Ya m) , tak in g the n umber o ne slot ri gh t off th e sta r t lin e and s taying the re all th e w ay . R oge r Orme sh e r (lIon) an d J oe Kelley , also on a Hon da, fought fo r the sec ond p lace p o siti on . R oger za pp ed ahead t o ta ke it, le avin g thi rd to J oe. The 12 6 ·350 class w as res tarted afte r a co up le o f accide n ts. Bob G unter ( Bu l) injured h is shou ld er se r iously in one of th e m ix -up s, Afte r the rac e:' w as res ta rt e d th e secon d time , all th e r iders went d o wn a t th e b ottom o f the hill com in g o u t o f th e fir s t tu rn . An other re s tart, a nd all w ent well w ith th e o n e . tw o, an d three finis hers , William Lourance , Daniel Fair child and Ed Qu inncy . T ommy De nn ing z ipped in t o firs t pl ace on hi s C Z in th e 35 1·0pen class. lIe gra bbed a b ig lead in th e firs t lap and stayed w ay a head to take th e chec ke re d flag. Lowell Moomaw t o oled - hi s Yammie in for second an d T ed Mee k . (lIus) p la ce d th ird. The 10-lap 10 0 fin al 'w as easily wo n b y Mark Shuman riding a H onda . Mi ke Pu gh (Yam) , C ha rley Crouso (lIo n) an d Bill Luder (lIon) fini sh ed in th at order. T ommy Denning (CZ) t o ok ano the r com man ding le ad in th e 125 f inal, finis hing first. Yamah a-m ounte d M ik e C al gin to o k sec o nd pl ace , fo llowed closely by ano ther Y ammie rider, Way ne McC ann . J o h n Evans (Yam) gave G arl an IIi nman (Hon) a bad time for five laps of th e 12 6 -3 5 0 class final bu t Joh n goofe d so mew h ere along the lin e an d G arlan got a le ad on h im. Will iam Louran ce, ridin g a H onda, tried to sneak by J ohn b ut d idn 't q ui te m a ke it. Willi am finis hed thi rd . Wh en th e 35 l-Open class gr oup lin ed up 1 th ough I'd fi nally zo n ke d o u t of m y m ind. S u rely th a t w as n ot a b ig , big Harl ey si tting o n th e s tarting lin e ! T he decibels, d irt a n d su n had not gotten to m e . I t w as a bi g H arl ey ! 1400 co' s w o r th of H arl ey! Th e guy rid ing it , Billy Sto ckton, e ven m an aged to hold o n to thi rd p la ce fo r a wh ile. Meanwhil e , Tom my Dennin g (C Z) was ru nning in fl rsr p lace a head of Ca rl Bynum (Duc) . Lowe ll M oomaw (Y am ) slipped by Ca rl o n th e se ve n th lap an d cinch ed secon d p lac e , lea vin g C arl to finish third . By Lyl e Fe rgu s LAWRE"CI::, K,\;\;S .. Ap ril 3 0, 19 72 Th e sun did not sh ine Sund ay for th e fourth \\' he e lsp o rt motoc ross in 'i~ at Ba ld win Mo to cr o ss Par k. T h e t rack w as m u dd v; the ki nd of mu d th at m ight d ry off a nd become . tach' and ru tted o r become ve ry slick, deep and slimy. The wh eel sp orts h ave h ad good luck wi th M o th e r Xature th is year. h u t luck ran a u t and th e track got wo rse . The smaller bi ke s were having the w o rs t time ge tt ing arou nd the tra c k. fron t wheels locking up , sliding , a n d all the other prohle ms caused by deep m u d . The la rge r hikes ~o t arou n d b ette r u n til i t s tar te d raining an d th en no body Ro t a ro und very we ll excep t ~I ik e Kre b s and h is C Z . C ha rles Rensh aw fe ll in th e sec o n d mo to o f th e Open Junior a n d dislocated hi s kn ee . G e orge R ad ea ckc r w on the firs t 125 moto, ~I arvin Whitham th c se cond a n d Ray Kohout won the third a n d th e overa ll. Geo rge likes to win the first m oto , so he won th e firs t 250 Senior race also . Tony M ar ti n do m ina ted th e se cond m o t o by le adin g fro m s tar t to finis h . George gra bbed the le ad again in th e th ird m oto a n d kep t it unt il Ke it h C obb too k o ver for th e win . T ony ' s c hain came off in the third mo to wh ich le ft h is second o ve rall, Ke it h C o b b first. Mike Krebs com p letely d omin a te d the Open Seni o r b y win n in g all thre e m o to s. lie lapped the en tire fie ld in the thir d m ota. Two secon d p lace s gave N ick Wa rre n second o verall an d third overall. Je rry Cobb was a lways in the top four. Ma r k Ne llier won th e last two rnotos in th e 10 0 Junior for th e overall victory, second p lac e A lan G ree r won t h e first m o t o , First p lace Dan Dowdy won two m o to s fo llowe d b y D an G ray wi th o ne w in. for th e 12 5 A J unio r. 125 B division h ad th re e d ifferent wi nne rs, but Verle Vallie r came ou t o n t o p b y w inn in g the tie -bre ak in g th ird rn o to . The 250 J un io r was also di vid ed. Jimmy Ba rre tt w o n the A division . Winning two m oto s ga ve Chuck Schle ichen fi rs t p lace in the B division . J am e s Barre tt (head of the Barrett racing team ) ' ...ro n the overall in th e O pen J un ior b y s taying in th e top t hree p la ces. S ec ond p lace J ame s Se lf w o n the fi rst two mo tos and h ad some had luck in th e th ird m oto, ~ . (~ "ti ~ l\J!.L"" ""VJ * CARABELA * *HODAKA STEEN South Slingers By G e orge Ra u ,J r. II ELOTES, T I::X.. .\p ril 23, 1972 - A ll of th e m ud an d wa ter nu ts w ere bac k at th e Fa m ilv Circle Ranch for the m o ruh lv meeting of the mud-slinge rs o f ou th Texas. As us ual t h e w e a th er \v s ·a beautiful and the trac k a bit damp in places . An understa tement . Rider attenda nce was down sligh tly from las t month due rno stlv to the motocross in Loc kh art , Tex ~s. but spectator a ttendan ce wasn ' I. The 100 class had :?6 riders signing u p . ,\ H o nd a-Yam ah a bern-Fit would be a more ap p r o p ria te description. After the dust settled, it w as Mar io n D . Inman that came out the vic tor. Pen ton ri de r Ed Lavin and l l o n d a- rn o u n led Be nnie Uarker ac cou nte d fo r the act io n in the 12 5 class, Ed led m o st of the ten la ps . Well , almos t an y way. Seems as th ough ~Ir . Barker m an age d to get b y Ed a few y ard s from th e finish m ovin g Ed b ack to second place. For the first five o r si x lap s it was a tossup in the hotly con tes te d I is class , w ith spills seeming 10 be the rule ra th e r tha n the ex ce ption . Win n er lI en ry A rncckv ro de a fine race with a con vin cin g lead at the finish . Henry was so far out front everyone thoug h t tha t cra sh an d bu m rider Pean uts ~l eC om b s w as in the le ad . After p lac ing secon d , ~ l cC o mb s was m ovcd back to fou rth p lace . Se e ms a fello w com peti to r p ro tes ted Pe an u ts choice of sile nce rs. \\'ild m an Sam Bennett j umped to a n ea rly lead in the 250 mud bath but afte r a coup le of lap s the le ad w as tak en over by Hus ky ride r William C lark . Li ke ab le Sam lay in second place for severa l laps u nt il for so me unk nown reaso n Clark and h is H usky q uit for the day. Al ways the crowd pleaser, Sam gave h is fa miliar vic to ry cry while taking the ch eckere d flag . Sam and his Pu r - - san g beautifully all day . I f you guessed M ilt on Wen drock, for the umptee nth time in th e Open class, you' re righ t. J ohn J e rnigan and h is 360 Ya ma ha le d for the firs t six la ps giv ing Wen d rock th e be st com petition to da te . ~lilt o n ro de the sa me 3 60 H u sky h e u sed in the IS DT qualifying r oun d in ~ li ss ou ri t he previous w ee k . ( Results on p age 3 6 ) Have your van Nick Nicholson Motors 11573 Van owen , No . Ho llywood , Ca. (2 13) 7 6~ -8674 26 vears experience converted the way YOU want. HIJLIIJAY 'HEELS 72 96 Murdy Circle Hun t ington Beach, Calif . (714) 842-8787 w rit e f or free broch ure ( y(lists Support Building fund By R ita G unte r I'h oto s b y Tommy & R it a Gu nter A i'\G LET O N , T EX., Ap ri l 29 , 19 72 S cramble s, sponsored by the Angleto n M oto rc ycle Club. were a t th e Dann y Pel t Speedway in Angleto n , Texas. Pro ce eds from t h es e ra ces, h el d in conj u nc tio n wi th the Angleton Sprin g Jub ilee, arc to go in to a Civ ic Center bu ilding fu n d . The tw o day s o f solid ra in p ri o r to rac e-d av c u t down th e n u m be r o f ri de rs in a t ten dance plu s m ak in g th e track a littlc co bby in p laces, Even wit h these minor prob lems . races were h an dle d smoothly and effic ie n tly by th e sp o nsors . The 0-125 class was the o n lv one with enough r iders to make up tw o heats. The first heat, afte r many sp in-outs and bashings in the turns. was won by Ed J a m e s (Yam). Ed was foll o w e d closely by R oger Ormesher (lIon ) and , Lindell Barham riding a Yamaha. The second heat w as won by Yamaha-mounted Way n e ~IcCann . C raig McC la in (Hon) took second wit h Tony Da ff r, on his Ka wasa k i, laying claim to third p lace. • J oh n Ev ans (Yam) got a good lead right a t th e s ta rt of the 12 6 ·2 50 class race a n d hung in th ere a ll the way . Bob G u nter ( Bu l) and M ike Dento n ( Kaw) b oth w anted secon d a n d rode h ard for it. Mike slip ped an d Bob dived in to wrap up second. J am e s ' Vise o n a S uz u k i, fi n ished up th ird . C arl Hy nu rn (Duc) and Les Forte n be r ry (lIon) h ad a n car h e ad -o n crash (hard to do wh e n yo u're hoth sup posed to be h ead in g in th e same d ir ec tio n ) in the first turn o f th e 25 1·500 cl ass and both wen t down hard . After prying the motorcy cles apar t. the race wa s restarted. Vic Martin . rid ing a big II usk y z ap p e d by th e o th e rs to take a good lead , which he held com f'o rta b lv a ll during th e race. D.L. Kinse y (S uz] and Carl Bynum (Duc ) wres tled o ver third pl ace for five laps. Ca rl caugh t a h ay bale and it dumped him but still managed to take third pl ace. All cla sses ran together in the eigh t lap troph y dash. Boh Gunter on his big Bultaco won this race with n o sweat. The consolation race was won by Wayne ~ lcCann, riding a Yamaha 125. -ATTENTION-ALL MOTORCYCLE DRAG RACERS Plan Now To Race The Bike Brackets AtThe 4TH ANNUAL JAVAMX "CHALLENGE DAY" '72 WIN THE MOLLY BLUE TROP HY Plus $500 IN CASH & MDSE. A WARDS Orange Co. International R aceway GA T ES OPEN 9 A .M . Sunday May 21 ENTRY IN FO: JA V AM X 7100 CERR IT OS. #31 . STAN T ON. CA 90240 III '" '" '" 0.. N r-. Ol M N >- ::;: '" ~ w Z W -J o >o

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