Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

N .:!i. Q. OFFO seRA BLES N .... '" M N . > ::; ~ w Z W ..J U >- U T riumph mounted team of Part i/ Jamison (40) get the jump off the line to become event ual overall winners . King tried hard, bu t Rick Milner ended up with an overall win . Rob Mo rrison, hero of Saturday nigh t's IT finished fourth overall on a tired engine. Unicorn Bul taco h as been fielding a good team of ride rs lat ely , o ne of whom is Re x lIailey . Rex d id in hi s 125 Ama teur bro h ters to take an overa ll win. Wat ch J im Wrigh t in the fu tu re . On ly an Amateur an d he is th e o nly one to give Charlie Soderstrom serious t roub le in the 175 -200 class. He also ca me back to take third 250 A ma te ur. T he S ide hack team of Parti /J am ison prevailed o ver all opposit io n. T he average tim e of th e hac ks was o n ly abou t three secon ds slow er than tha t of the Ope n Ex pe rts, and th at's hau lin g! Wahl and lIudspith h ad engine p rob lems and fins ihed third be hind Per son and the point leadin g mo nk ey fro m last year, Tom Darb y. On a solo bike yo u tu m left to go righ l. At speed , on a hack, yo u t um left, righ t, and straigh t ah ead while applying co nst an t body eng lish. F un ny thin g abou t today' s scrambles. T h ere was no Powder Puff class. The Lightwe igh ts ~ I C is thro wing their anniversary race nex t Sunday at the Perris Racew ay . S ame tim es , etc . Big thing here is tha t th ey arc giving away to n s of prizes in cludin g helme ts an d o ther goodie s jus t to ce leb ra te their firs t year. J erry Burto n h as changed the things co urse sligh tly to ma ke in teresti ng an d th ere is p lenty o f seatin g fo r spe c tato rs. (Resu lts on page 36) 1972 Motorcycle C ompetition Guidebook for California (first edition pub li shed by CYC LE NEWS, Inc.) 10,000 names and riding numbers! including A MA Nat ional numbers. A MA District 36 & 37 MX, Enduro , Scrambles & Desert numbers, Plus Calendar of Events fo r 1972 ! District 35 & 38 Earned Num bers. AMA National po in ts scoring t able. COMPL ETE CMC rid er numbe rs to date , ACA , T rials Clu bs, A FM, CERA , HRA , USMRC , Sidehack & Speedway Racing Association names & numbers, PLUS comp lete Californ ia CLU B GU IDE and much , MUCH MOR E. Send for your copy NO W Y complete program our for all 1972 California O.K. Fellas, when they drop. you go. A mateur and MINIS BIG AT ELSINORE By Karen Oll er EI.SINO RE , CA LIF., .\ Iay 6 , 19 72 The small riders in the Mini eve n ts h av e been giving fans more than thei r share of e xci trne nt and entertainment at Elsin ore Raceway. T hese litt le guys ride th eir hearts ou t learn in g and perfecting the sk ills ihat w ill ma ke t he m professionals in, th e fut ure. Man y of the kids who ride in th e Min i clas ses alsu ge t out there o n the tra ck in th e 100 Nov ice divis io n an d do very we ll. T his week it was Ro ber t Mur ray (lion) in th e wi nne rs circle. David O ller (lion) took h ome th e sec o nd pl ace trop hy an d Bobby Huffma n (Yam) wo n th ird p lace h un ors in th e Min l class. T here were o n ly fou r girls in the Powder Pu ff e ven t th is week . Teri T anner man aged to ho ld o ff th e cha lle nge o f Debbie J ones as th ey fin ished first an d seco nd resp ectively . In th e 10 0 No vice it was Z. Barr e ll (lIod) first , J . Gou gh (Yam) secon d , D. Butt (Hod) third and B, Cole (Kaw) four th. Dic k J en kin s ( Bu l) an d ' Don Wendt (Suz ) finish ed o ne/ tw o in th e 200 Novi ce e ven l. K. Moss (Ya m) was first in the 250 Novice class fo llowed by B. Savage (O ss) second, M. Prescott (Ya m) thi rd . D. Nelson (Ka w) fo ur th. an d M. Devereu x (Bu l) fift h . The 5 0 0 Open Novi ce was a hotl y co n tes ted race with 13. Woot ton (lI us) firs t and B. G oodwin (T ri) in secon d pla ce . It was Mark Upton (Kaw) out in fr on t for the ch ec kered flag in a ll t h ree mo tos of th e J 00 A mateu r and Expert. Scott Nicol (Suz) battled his wa y thru traffic to pu t th e press ure o n the leader. li e co u ld n' t q u ite pu ll it off and ended up in second p lace . Mar k Reich ert (Ya m) m ad e a clean sweep of th e 100 Am a teur d ivision . Charl es Williams (Yam) too k h om e the seco nd place honors. Th e 125 Expert riders h ad th eir stuff all togethe r fo r a nice cle an race. Roger Dobbins (Ya m) first , Scott Smith (Yam) second and Bobbie Hill (Yam ) was th ird. J immy S tein (C Z) won th e 500 Open Am ate ur and Expe r t. beatin g Robby ~l ac E wen (Yam ) by a dip st ick . Char lie Soders tro m (ll ul) tu rne d in an o ther excellent performan ce winnin g the 25 0 Ex pert . Mark Porter (Y am) was second an d Bo bbie Butt (Yam) was th ird . Ch arl ie Soders tr om (Bul) did it again, w innin g the Special Expert (with Robby l\-1acEwen (Ya m) seco nd; Jimmy Stein (C Z) th ird) and the Sweepstakes race to co mp le te another great evening o f raci ng. (Resu lts on p age 36) Professional races! - - -(cut o ut a nd ma il tod ay ) - - - - - - 1 0 CYCLE N EWS PRODUCTS P,O, Box 498 Long Beach, Calif. 90801 Please rush my eo py (s) of t he 1972 Moto rcycle Compet it io n Gui debook fo r \ Califo rn ia . I en clos e $ 1 fo r eac h copy . -I. NAME ~ I I I I A DD RESS CITY STATE Z IP SA TISFAC TION GUARANTEED OR YOUR MONEY BACK _ ----- - - - - - - - - - --- -------- ----- - - - - - - - I I I I I I I

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