Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Johnson W LVMC Crowd ows .' . Phil McDonald leads Gary Mikkelson in 250 Expert class at Salt Lake'. CMAMX ca n ' t b e read. Att ri ti o n was fie rce a ll d ay . Open Novice rid er Dou glas Sh elb y w as the o n ly r ider to sweep hi s class an d he'll probably be re ward ed with a promotion t o go alo ng with hi s troph y. Sunday Wa s for th e Amateurs and Experts. It was qu ite a con tras t. A number o f riders headed for a money desert ra ce, so th e turn out was relatively sm all - but sw if t. S corin g was n o pro b lem, b u t the course was very chewed up fro m Sa tu rday and d ust b ecam e a p ro blem. De spi te the proble ms . spec tators were sti ll trea ted to one o f the best mo tocross rides o f th e se ason . Phi l Mc D o n ald overcame a first moto crash to de cisi vel y h eat Bob Brown and Gary Mikkelson in the 250 Expert class . Phil wasn't super smooth Sunday, bu t he was sure super swift. O verall, i t wasn't a bad tw o d ays of raci n g b u tit wasn ' t as good as has come to be exp ec ted, wh ich h ap pen s o nce in a wh ile . Problems are bein g wor ked ou t however, an d th e ne xt ra ce, ~I ay 2ll -29. wh ich m ay feature a special "horse vs. cv cle" drag race, sh ould be a good one. ( Results on page 36) By La rr y Kn op Ph oto s b y G ary Pa yn e SALT LA KE C ITY , UTA II , March 22·2 3 , 1972 - Pro ble m s , has sles, and some damn good ra cing were fea tu re d at the April 22 -23 m otocr oss co-sp o nso red by the Continental :'\Iotocruss Association and th e Desert Striders. S aturday , th e 22ml, was No vice, Min ibike, and Po wd er-Pu ff dav , Th e Po wd er-Pu ffe rs didn't show up , th e Minib ike rs did, and the Novi ces ov erdid. T here were ~ o vices a ll over the p lace . Kic k t he top off any of the berms. and th e re ' d be another Novice grin n in g up a t you . T he sheer n u m b er s of Novices guaran teed some wild raci n g. and. in fact , scenes of the first come r cou ld n ' t he sh ow n o n TV becau se of the crackdown on excessive viol ence . Actually it was n 't that had , but there was so me w ild action . T he n umber of ride rs also hro ugh t a n u mbe r of p ro ble ms. p arti cula rly in sco ring. A c o up le of pl a ce s on th e course we re we t , and the att raction b etween Xovices and mud is irresistible . The first moto was partic ularl y bad . an d even with three sets o f scorers, muddy nu mber plates SADDLEBACK YMCA BUILDING FUND MOTOCROSS / TS IE M ~' - GATES OPE N - 8 a m T he continge nc y p rizes to be awa rd ed t o t he rid ers have been donated b y the fol lowi ng m erchan t s : Crown Valley Su zu ki - Laguna Niguel, Calif . Niguel Yam aha SIGN UP CLO SES - 10 am RACEWAY Tim Allen, No.2 H vywt .• gets his Mai co ai rborne i n L V MC action. NOTE NEW , -- EL TO RO By R. Miller almos t di d th e tri ck o n h is Suzuki 400 LAS VEGAS , N EV .. May 7 , 1972 but J ohn' s Bultac o stayed up right J ack J oh ns on a tt em p ted to defen d his lo n ge s t to win t he 50 0 Novice race . titl e o f Nevad a's top all aro und Th e la rgest Am /Ex race was in the motorc ycle racer to d ay . J ack had ju st 250 class. With the E xpe rts bei ng go t h is ne w 400 CZ Sat u rd a y . In han di capped , it made for su pe r hard p rac tice he was rea lly smo k ing arou n d raci n g. Kimme I ro de hi s AJS alm o st o ff th e co u rse which, b y th e wa y, was in it's wh eels b ut only ga ined a 4 th ove ra ll. super shape with b ig berms in al l th e G ary Stand ridge ( Ya m) kep t h is bi ke in comeTS. front fo r two out of th ree h eats to wi n . J ack said he th ough t th e tr ack was Yam a h as we re th e b ik es to bea t in th e best L V;"IC h as perpar ed , Race the 250 Novi ce class. Bill Dockery rode promoter, Bobby Williams , told us th a t a b eauti fu l ra ce to win fo r th e d ay . On ly eve ryo ne c o u ld expec t th e sa m e nex t cons ist e nt co m p etit io n wa s fr om Ge orge we e k. After n e x t week's race th ere Wagn er. Ray Ch arl esw orth w as fi ft h in won ' t b e an y m ore racin g u ntil we ge t each heat b u t en d ed up third fo r the ligh ts up or co o l we a ther retu rn s. d ay . Du e to w a tering th e 500 Am /Ex c lass Daryl Mason and Scott Hardin had was allo we d a pr actice lap before everyone in th e stands sc ream ing for starting their fir st race . Halfw ay around, o ne o r the o ther. These two 125 J ac k' s b ik e qu it run n in g and would n o t E xp erts p ut o n a hell o f a ra ce fo r fir st start agai n . p la ce . Go in g in to th e third hea t th ey Unfort u nate ly, h is not runn in g the bo th had a first goi ng fo r them. After first hea t kn o ck ed him ou t of any swi tc h ing the lead several ti mes Sc o t t cha nce for first place fo r the day. But, ca m e across th e fini sh lin e first. not be ing a quitte r h e s till c a m e out for Scott Cannon on a S uz uki mad e it the remai n in g tw o ra ce s. th ree in a row. T h is kid is on ly I I yea rs li e gave th e over flow gran dstan ds a o ld b u t he really makes hi s little 100 show of ridi ng th at will lo ng be scr eam . I thi nk his big b rother Randy remembe red . In the sam e class Jim has been help in g him a litt le . Ran d y is Keeton ( the lI usky ridin g school temporar ily a m ember of the wh ite boot tea cher) out p ointed R ick ~li11er (:'\Iai) cl ub . but watch o ut, wh en he gets that fo r firs t place gold. cas t off h is leg , h e"ll be winning again . J ohn Marroquin made it two fir st ( Result s o n p age 3 6 ) pla ces in ' two weeks. Do ug Colton Lag una Niguel, Ca lif . Mission Honda Lagu na Niguel, Ca lif. 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