Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

~ N 0> '" '" Cl " 0.. N SECOND BAJA BASH 300 O FF-ROAD RACE M N ~ Following t he h igh ly su ccessfuillotel :;; Luce rna 250, the se cond even t of the Baja C ha m p io ns hips an d Baja ~ Manu fac turers Trophy Series will be the ~ Ensenada 300 on Augus t 26 . 1972. w The start a nd finish will be at Santa e:! T omas, 28 mile s south of Ensenada. The ~ course is 73 miles in length an d four laps will be run . More t han half of the cou rse is alo ng o r wit hin sight of the ocean, T he co urse is even ly divided between very ro u gh and c ro o ked sections. fast straigh t ro ads and sweeping fire roads. Gas will b e furnished at Santa Tomas. Rad io co mmunications will be main tained b e tween the sta rt -fin ish an d th e check . Sec map bel ow. The entry fe e will be S 150 per vehicle . BRA m e m b e rsh ip required. T he purse will be 10 0% of th e first S5 000 received in e n try fee s less Davidson Takes Smoo'hie in surance co sts of 50% o f th e entry fees, whichever is greater . CLASSES WILL BE : 1. Production 4-wheel drive. 2. Single seat ve hic les :;. T wo-wheel ve hi cles. 4. Production sedans. 5 . Two-whecl drive utility . 6 . 125cc motorcycles. 7. 250cc mo torcycles. 8 . Open class m o torcy cl es. Veh icle in sp ection wi ll be a t th e Hotel La Pinta in En sen ad a be ginnin g a t 2:00 p.m. Friday, A ugust 25th. Drawi ng fo r starting positions will be August 5th at the Hotel La Pin ta. This wo ul d be a good weekend for p re-ru n n in g the co urse. Tou rist cards w ill b e re q ui re d b y Mexi can au thorit ies. There is an air st rip and excellen t camping area o n the beach at La Bocana west of Santa Tomas. By James Bram m e r fin ish ed respectable second an d third VALLEJO, CAL., April 28, 1972 places over a field of riders with longer Scrambles winne r in the 250 Expert experience in the Exp ert class. class , Butch Davidson (a ss) passed Novice rider Bill Bisel twice scored Dennis Robinson (Bul) o n the inside of wit h a first p lace win in 125 class and the bu m py co rner enteri ng th e infield second spo t to Fred Po l; in the 250 class du ri ng th e secon d lap of a 10-lap fea ture wi th James Nice ly finishi ng th ird . Bo b race a t Va llejo Speedway. R o bi n son Hermesky finished third, as the previous closely raced with David son th rougho u t week, in the 100 Novice class. Wade the feature eve n t bu t never regained the Boyd w o n that 100 cl as s with Mike lead . .Larry Drew (a ss) was comfortable Faria in second. in third u ntil about h al fw ay w he n R on George Kee ran fro m the Oakland Ko le p assed t o ta ke the th ird fin ish in g M.C. o ut on h is b ig H arley w as good positio n. en ough fo r first place in the 650 J u n ior Finals in other classes were lim ited to class over so me of the finest British fo ur laps to successfully complete the prod uction m o to rcy cles. evening program for about 3 70 riders Bill T rumb ull of th e promoting club before II o'clock curfew. Comp le ted 45 d oesn ' t like to be quoted for facts, but min utes early, the p rogram was wi th those officia ls around in a Napa successfu l con tras ting to opening ni gh t's C ou n ty ca r a nd w ith a deci be l m eter in co n fusi on o f th e prev iou s we ek. use o n the gro unds, it was co mforting to Jim Sa itone (T ri) led from the first overhear T rum b u ll te ll Bob Hermesky co rn er to w in the 650 Expert class that we will be racing every Friday without bre aking away from the pack. night for the next 2000 y ears ." Mike Kalamaras a nd Ph il Anderson U •• • Oregon .ShoesStomp BEND, ORE., April 2 3 . 1972 Deschutes Cyclc Park, Ce n tra l Oregon's ne w es t C. M.C . tr ack . h eld its secon d mo to cro ss of the season. The un ique track h as an u nd erground sp rinkler sy stem whi ch mak es it free fro m du st an d mud. ' In last week 's issu e o f Cycle New s, th ere was a c halle nge fro m Central Orego n riders to o th er sections of th e s late . and o u tside the s ta te. m o st ly to stir u p a little fun. a nd testin g of rid in g ab ilit ie s. This cha llenge was met by a con tin gen t of riders fro m th e V alle y who braved th e h azard o f the Santiam Pass , to lake on the Central Oregon b oys. Th e Central Oregon boy s turned th em back rathe r easil y by w innin g e ight o u t of t he ten events. Keith Ners eth of the Valley e ked out a victory ove r Doug Aiken in the Open Expert, ' . b ut o n ly in an all o ut effort. Races a re televised. Drew,DringDouble atV NEW f OM lAy/• • THE HONDA-750-4VgBAllm1ii: AN ENGUSH ARISTOCRAT. DESCENDANT Of A LONG " . LINE Of WINNERS. fROM THE ORIGINATORS Of PRODUCTION $ STREAMLINING SLEEK, AERODYNAMIC FINEST QUALITY ANISH GOOD AIRFLOW TO ENGIN RIGID AT HIGH SPEEDS MAXIMUM WEATHER PROTECTION REINFORCED AT STRESS POINTS GET UP BEHIND AND GET OUT IN FRONT WITH AN AVONAIRE! Complet e set of hardware and 191/2" blade incl uded in price. $199.50 in Black or Whit e, HAP JONES , . ", ,. ' -. - , DISTRIBUTING COMPANY P .O.Drawer TWalnut Street, Norwood, New Jersey.07&48. . Phone: [2011 7&8-1895 . By J am e s Brammer V ALLEJO, CAL .. May 5 , 19 72 w ins in fou r races ta king h is h eat lead Having re cove red from a fall in a 650"" fro m Den n is R obinson (Yam) in the scramb les heat at Vallejo , Harry Dring 500 Expert class on a Bul taco. He later (Tri) h ad everything together fo r a had to hang on to the lead in a dice w it h spectacu lar ride to w in the 650 -Expert Bill Ca lic ura (BSA) . D itto with Calicura final by a w ide m ar gin over J im Sai to n e in th e fina l whe re it ap peared th a t (T ri) w it h Ph il A nde rso n (BS A ) in t h ird. Cali cu ra ev en tu all y would h ave p as sed . The five- lap race w asn 't eve n close with On a n Ossa. Drew ra n a way wi th the the ra cer-sized Dring m aste rin g the b ig 250 races w it h Dring ( Bul) in second in Triumph across the jump and sliding the 'fin a l an d Allen Ya rrow (ass) ta kin g into the fo llowing corner w it h q uick th ird fro m Denn is Robi nson (B u l) . shifts to charge as soon as h e was in to Kell y Mc lsaac fro m Nova to riding hi s th e sha rp rig h t turn . His fa ll-off fir s t race as a J u nio r w o n th e 125 J unio r , occu rre d in -th e first lap of h is h eat race clas s. . w hile in second spo t to h ea t w in n er Phil Dave D otson (B u l) m ad e two A nde rs o n a nd wi th Jim Sai t on e rig h t con secutive w ins in the 250 Junior class behind. Dring dropped the Triu m p h whil e Wess Co o k (Oss) passed D uane killing the engine in t he left b en d Ya rrow (Ya m) fo r secon d . com ing o u t o f th e in field. H e also , Fan s sta yed o n t he damp cold 5 0 p icked u p a 2 50 heat ra ce an d sec ond in de gre es ni ght to watch th e ra ce s th a t th e 25 0 Expert f in al o n h is Bultaco . fin ish ed with Drin g' s 6 50 win a t 10 : 15. Dairy fa rmer, Larry Dr e w h ad four All classes had five-lap fina ls.

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