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Cycle News 1972 05 23

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From Jim Dav ;s Motos p ort ell"' oec iect ces .. 9 .75 Shoul d~ p Angeles, Calif. 90065 MOTO RCYC L ES & PA RTS Motorcy cle Ins ura n ce (213) 222-8778 Fi n an ci n g Ava il abl e M a ster C ha r ge - Ban kam e r i card - 16 2 9 S Sta n da rd SA TSS Factory Road Racin g 12Scc p i pes euueec - B onan za G u azzoni - I I 5 43·9688 BIG BORE MAIL ORDE R la u t l .lC O-H O n d a - v a m a h .a - Tr i u mPh - H od .a k a - S a c h ~, etc . Porting & Servic e A ll B r an d s Miku ni Carburetors I I' I in VAN NUYS Parts for L a V er d a CYC L E CARE P RO DUCTS Pum fre y Bul ta co, 21 81 9 S he rm a n Wa y , Canoga Park , Ca. 9 1303 . (21 3) Open 7 d ay s Mon / T h urs. 9 ~9 Fr i. t ill 6 . Sat . 7-5 . Sun 7 ~2 By Buzz Bat y CORONA, CAL. , Ap ril 29, I 9 72 - A lo t of ne w names wer e ad d ed to the Corona Raceway list of t op m oto crossers wh o've ridden th is fine tra ck . Mar ty Tripes a nd com p an y checked in today, includ ing Mik e Tripes. and Wayne Boye r. Mart y an d Mike didn 't fa re too well, b ut Boy er pic ked u p a thi rd in the 5 00 Ex pert class with h is CZ beh in d T im Hart an d hi s Maico , and fir st p lace wi n ner, G ary G riffing aboard hi s Maico, I say th a t Ma rty didn 't fare t o o well . Well n ow, th at's n ot 'w h a t you w ould call th e livin g truth . Marty t o ok fourth ove ra ll in th e 250 Exp ert class, beh ind Ti m Hart, Rich ard Ei rs te d t an d T im Lunde . I'm so used t o seeing Marty, wh en he is o n the bubble, za p a lo aded Ex pert field, I fo rget th at even so meo ne as talen ted as Marty has t o learn the co u rse , an d th is was hi s fir st time a t Cor on a. As with eve ryone else wh o h as 148 13 Ox nard S t. 9 1401 88 7-76 96 FRE LA N . INC . I '. (2 13) 997-730 1 ·ti~~ 1 I new & us ESO SPEEDW BIKES l.A .P. P .G.'s& ~ rid d en here, I'm sure' he will m a ke it a hab it. Bru ce Baron's string of ha rd lu ck co n tin ued, both his Penton ( 125) and his Yamaha (25 0) pac ke d it in , so Bru ce lo ad ed up and sp lit . There w as a d ifferen t w inner in ea c h m o to o f the 125 E xp ert s. Ken Z ah r t pi cked up first overall, ah ead o f Ken Co ok an d J im O ' Ne al. Ken Zah rt wasn't as sure in h is ri d ing as 1 have see n him. Says his ncw Bultaco does n 't feel righ t. T im Hart un lo aded again to day . He had a go od lead in th e fir st 5 0 0 Expert m oto, but just as h e gasse d it co mi n g on to the fro n t st raig h t , th e rear en d slid o u t and whipped in to a big truck tire u sed as a cou rse mark er. D own wen t Hart sliding o n h is left elb o w, shoul de r and helmet, all o f th em re ceiving vari o us degrees of scratches, bru ises, an d ab ra sio ns. Th e Maico did n 't far e to o well either. ( Re su lts on p age 36) j I \ j 'e d s Cycle s ..8 S . 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BOI 429• VENICE, CAL 90291 t.e r 's have an A mer i can World Champion. JOIn the American Moto cross Team one .. recer ve this beautiful rnul u-color te am • .. .. pa t en lor a 55 (o r more con tnbutron to Americ an Motoc ro ss Team , Box 3276 , HollyWOOd , Ca li fornia . • .. .. .*. .. _ . .. : The fourth annual McFarland Invitat ion al Motorcycl e Tour wi ll be held t his y ear J u ne 17 and 18 in McF arl an d, California ab o u t 23 mil es nor th of Bakersfield on Highway 9 9 . Th e to ur is held to raise funds fo r a schola rshi p h on oring Ch eck Mayes, Mc Farl and Chief of Po lice , who has alw ays su p ported bikes an d efforts to im p rove th e im age . Ther e a re tro ph ies and fun fo r m an y categories an d all age s. Mail -in en try fo r the tw o -d ay even t is $ 4 wirth a post cli m bi ng t o a wh oppin g $4 . 75 . The fee shou ldn 't b re ak an y bo dy t o have two d ays of fund a nd hel p a deservi ng student . Contact: McFar land Invi ta tio nal, 6257 Willowcrest Avenue, No. Holl yw o od, Calif. 9 16 06. McFarland welcomes m o torcy cl ists! AMXT CONTRIBUTORS . ~ RA LPH T OLL! JR . . O ra nge . c aur.. RON ALD T . R O S E BOROUGH. D ove r , Del .• RO BER T PI R O G . Ri chmond Hi ll . N .V . : RICK SCHU L ER. Det r o it . Mich .; GR AN IT E CI TV HO DA KA . G ranite C it y . Ill . • • Benefi t MX By Jim Zerby FLORENCE, COLO .• May 7, 1972 Nearly 90 rid ers turned ou t Sunday a t Frem ont R aceway. Floren ce. Co lo .• for the Paul Montgomery b en efi t m oto cr o ss here and nearly $300 was raised. Paul su ff e re d serio us injurie s h er e some six wee ks ago , an d the good sportsman ship o f bike riders all over cam e to Iigh t here Sunday . T he races were su perb with al l classes in close con te n tio n . It st arted ou t with the 125 E xpe rt class an d the firs t th ree finishe rs ca me ac ro ss the lin e side by sid e , with A rlo En glund e me rging th e win n er . Befo re th e fin al race co u ld sta rt . a hail an d rain st orm se t in a nd th e t ra c k turned into a de ep mud h ole. T hen a mud ra ce w as put o n an d Ji m Sco tt of Pueblo , Co lo ra d o ca me o u t the m udd y victor. (R esu lts o n p age 36)

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