Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

r It's Miller Time in L sVegas a .... '" Ol By R . Miller LA S VEGAS, NEV ., May 14 , 19 72 w as p us hed h ard b y both Scott an d o' Tom Mille r, riding a 2 50 Bu lt aco, came Kevin . M to race to day after mi ssin g last week's T he class that gives the spectators th e ~ m oto cro ss: A .J .S. racer Fred Kimmel . most fu n is th e 5 0 0 Novices. Joh n :;; wh o holds No . I in Southern Nevada's Marroquin on his o ld Bultaco has had a Dese Racing h abou 40 th ree -in -a-row winning as s: pointrtlead . KimAssn., stilltheassecondt a ea t Sundays. It's definitelystareak in fallsmany w mel won h 'who less' Z bu t d ue to me chanical troubles in th e type of wi nning. W firs t he finis hed th ird overall be hind ..J Following h im in the overall resu lts U w as La rry R uvo (lIus) and De nnis >- 40-year old Bah Wal lin g and 2 1·year o ld U Tom Miller. Farm e r (Suz). "Lronman " Miller, Tom's olde r The 250 Novices are almost as bro ther tried to make it Mi llers" da y by squirre lly as the 5 00s. It must b e the wi nning th e 500 Am /Ex. class. less p owerful mac hines that m akes them Unfortunately, while trying to p ass Jim look smoother. Today, th ey got a Keeton h e un loaded . It w asn't a b ad surprise . Young Tom Cross ca m e from crash until a Novice that Miller an d behind in each mota to win . Bill Keet on h ad ju st lap p ed decided t o get Dockery on a n ew Yamah a and Phil reve n ge by runni ng a foot peg into "Th e Ko liske (T he Flying Po lo c k ) weren 't t.oo l ronman ' s" shoulder (hent th e h ell out am azed to h e beaten b y another NOVIce o f h is p eg). un til they fo u n d o u t th a t T om w as Miller wasn't satisfied. lie ca me o u t riding a 17 5 Pu ch . fo r th e third m ot a af te r gainin g th e lead Kye Sideri pushed h is 125 Bultaco to he ran out of gas. w in hi s class. Mark Peterson o n a Pe n to n Sin ce today was th e last daytime ended up se cond . Robert D'Am ora w as motocross, th ere will n o lon ger b e righ t up there with th e lead ers to end up conflicts w ith ar.v d esert racing. All th e thi rd o ve rall. mo to cro ss ra ce rs 'h c re b y c h alle n ge a ll o f In t he 100 Novice class , th e race for y ou r dese rt rid er s to co me o u t and race first ove ra ll ~\'\o'as ,b e.twee n J er~y where some one can see wh at kind of a McKin lay an d Gregg Smith , J er ry d id racer v ou re allv are. the tr ick a n d Gregg will o n ly be getting Gary Standridge o n a 25 0 Ya ma ha a second pl ace troph y . I. ittle Tony ran away from th e o thcr 250 Am at e u rs. Bo swell had to work up fro m alm o st lIis o n ly re al compe t it io n was b y AJ S last to a h ard -earn ed third . rider J ohn M alone . J oh n ro d e a good Wome n ' s Lib triump h ed t oday race con sid e ring th at h e just go t a cast (alm o st ). Th ose e ight a n d nine year o lds o ff hi s leg ea rl ier th is week. on their min i-bi kes we re sho wn a thin g Daryl Maso n (Ya m), S cott Cann on or tw o by Paulette Wise o n her Y am ab.a. (S u z) , an d Kev in Davi s (Ya m) were the Sh e pl aced secon d today ahead of SIX ac tio n in th e 12 5 Am / Ex . class tod ay. " m e n" a n d behind o ne : David Farab i. Daryl m an aged to fin ish first b ut, h e ( Resu lts on p age 38) '" Scrarnblin' attheRock By N. A . Willi ams CASTI.E ROCK, WASIl., I\la y 7, 1972 - Close to 200 rid ers turned o u t for to day 's scramb les. Many were Novi ces, b ut a few Juniors appeared to ge t in a lillie tim e on th e track before th e opening 'IT at the end o f th is month. Rupert Dykstr a ( Bu l) was the big winner today, taking fir st pl ace in the 200 Trophy Dash an d A Main . li e also p lace d se cond in th e 2 50 A Main on a Yamaha. Lynn Davis (1\Iai) t o ok fir st in th e 2 50 Trophy Da sh a n d third in the A Main . Steve McCabe took first in the 250 A Main o n a Y amaha aft er John Schoonover (Ya m) went d own while leading. J erry Wh it low (T ri) won th e Open clas s Trophy D ash bu t h ad some bad lu c k in th e A Main, dropping o u t ea rly in th e event. Dan Mangan o won the A Main . A lot of rid ers wen t down during today 's races but none were seriously injured. OK Weather for Junior Day By Steve Castillo LA G UNA SEC A , CALI F ., May 14, 197 2 - CMC North held their fir st All -Junio r Motocro ss today at Laguna Seca Cy cle Ran ch , an d racing , track conditions a nd w eath er were all p erfect. One of t he top riders of th e day, was Steve L aw ren ce on a 125 Puch. Steve swept all three motos with only slight problems in th e th ird . I tal ked wit h Steve's D ad in th e pits an d was told that Steve wan te d to h ave a troph y for his Mo m on Mothe r's Day ...looks like h e got h is w ish , in spadesl! Le n Macchiarella (lIus) and E ric Harvey (Mai) provided the action in the 250 class. In the first m ot o , Er ic was involved in a massive pil e -up in the first turn. It took h im a few minutes to get go ing again b u t he worked up so me p o sit io ns. In th e m ea n time , fly ing H usky rider Len Mac c hia rel la , was making quite a lead for h imself. Len w on th e ra ce eas ily ; Er ic placed furt her bac k. In th e second race, Eric go t a good s ta rt w ith Le n h o t o n h is tai l. E ric was fas t fo r L en an d to ok firs t. Fa llo w in g this secon d race , Le n complai n ed o f a so re foo t , b ut d ecided to rid e th e last m ota anyway. T hough L en was hot o n Eric 's tail in th e thi rd m o ta , Eric again to o k the win w ith Len second . As the results ca me in, Le n w on overall because of a m ore consistent set of motos. Jack Combes (CZ ) to o k th ird. In the Open bash, Jeff Mu llins (Hus) showed th e o the r boys how , taking first overall w ith three good rides. Len Smi th, a lso Husky mounted, seemed to have his bike dialed in just right to take sec o n d overall. Third wen t to Dan Fodge (lIus) . Racers reall y enjoyed the nea t track and CMC promises a nother Lagu na Seca race agai n June I I. A se ries a t Lagu na , Seca is in the making for some tim e in J u ly . Rotten W eather for the Pros By K .i\. Williams CLACKA1\IAS, ORE ., I\lay 12, 1972 i\ $2 0 0 0 purse w as up fo r grabs a t tonigh t's Pr ofessional TT. T he tr ack w as in b ad shap e due to a n e x cess of wate r. The rac e w as delaved to allo w wnrk on th e tr ack su rface : but th e co u rse was still we t an d rough. Eighteen Ex pe rts a nd te n Ju n iors signe d u p to race fo r b uc ks . Randy Sco tt clo cke d fast time with a 16.4 2 . Th e fir st tw o ri d e rs from ea cb h ea t tran sferr ed di rectl y to th e 1\lain . S co tt won th e firs t Ex p ert h eat w ith T .L . H ogland se co nd . Ed Herrm ann (T ri) to o k th e secon d heat, wh ile I ke Reed ca me in secon d . T he third h ea t w as a b attle be twe en Sonny Burres (T ri) an d C h u ck Jo y n er (T ri). Burre s ca me o u t o n top . Ed Herrmann to ok the le ad in th e Main , with Chu ck Joyner second an d Sonny Burres , th ird. At the h alfway p o int , it w as still lI errmann leading an d J o yn er secon d . but Ike Re ed h ad mo ved in to third a n d Scott up to fourth , leaving Burres back in fifth place. T hey held th ese p ositions to th e c hec k ered . In the J u n io r he ats , Ne al Hulet (T ri ) w as put b ack a coup le of time s by the sta r te r . Wh en the gr ee n finally waved, he h ad h is back to the flagman . Neal h ad fas t Jun io r qu alifying time a nd as he moved up after the start , the c ro wd st arted che e ring h im 0 1>. Wit h one lap an d o ne ride r to go, h alf th e c ro wd w as o n their fee t u rging lIulet to go a ll th e way . lie m ade it a nd wo n th e h eat. Seco nd h eat w in went to Keith Dunn . l lule t h ad th e lead in the Troph y Dash with O lso n second, wh e n h e went d own 'i n th e las t c o m e r and Ols on co llec te d the win. Th e Junio r l\l ain w as anothe r cro wd pl ease r. lI u lc t to ok th e lead with Ol son secon d . T h ey he ld a tigh t lin e lap afte r lap. Hulet aga in took th e c hecke re d flag firs t, wi th Ol so n secon d a n d J oh n st o n th ird . Th e wi n n er s of ea ch Novi ce h eat and thc six Semi s we nt to th e Main , T he Troph y Dash w as m ad e up o f the four fas test h ea t winne rs. T he I\'ovi ce 1\1 ain w as a clo se b attle b etween J im Curti s ( Bu l) and Al an Mundt (Ya m) , all the way to the last lap , Just afte r th e white fl ag ca me ou t , Jim too k a h ea de r and w as o u t o f th e race. 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