Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

RUNNING SPRINGS RUNNI NG S PR INGS , CA LI F., May 20, 19 72 - An inc h of rai n fell in the mountains Friday n igh t. It migh t have dampened a few spirits, but the o nes who showed up fo r the CRC 's first Saturday Beginner/Novice m o to cro ss had plen ty of fun. The rainfall was just enough to give the co u rse e xc ellen t traction throughout the day . All the riders agreed th at the By Christopher Ostlind track was o ne of th e finest th ey had Dowd put on a wild show in the third ridden o n . After taking a few laps moto as he smoked everyone. The Open my se lf, I have to agree. The terrain Beg. were led b y Kim Daversa (H us) and varies fro m good fast d ownhill s t o Ge orge Gaith ers (Ya m ) with J ohn Gibbs off-camber turns with plenty of drop (C Z) third. away ju m ps an d surprise uphills. It w as a Yamah a and CZ show in the In the Open Novice class, Bill 250 classes an d w ould ha ve been a clean Pasewark (Ya m ) Stewart Dowd (Mai) sweep if not for one sneaky Bultaco. and Ben Del Campo (Yam) were th e Adrian Hernandez (CZ) aced o ut Mike ones t o be at, finishing in that o rd e r. Strode (Ya m) and Yan o Cir co (Y am ) fo r the under 16 Beginner titl e. Ro y Holsheirner and Ken Shaw pu t in a goo d w ord fo r CZ as th ey cam e in ahead of Rob Giles (Ya m) in the 250 Beg. class. 250 Novice winners were Morgan Mol occo (Yam) first, Dennis Dannelly (Yam) second and third p lace Bru ce Butler on th at sneaky Bultaco . Dav id Gunn on a Pu ch, again won th e 125 Begin ner class and it ' s ab o u t tim e th at guy go t moved up to Novice , He was fo llowed b y Jim Nelson (Puc) and Burlin Harris ( Bu l). The 125 under 16 was w on by Mike Walt on on a Yamah a wh o was hard pressed by David Ka hn on h is new Penton. Terry Va n Heest was third , also on a Yamaha. In the third mo to o f th at class, Do n My ll go t sid ew ay s going off the drop away on the fr ont st raight an d N '" '" ~ crashed on so me b ig ricks farther dow n th e h ill. The ambulance cam e an d go t h im but eventually he wa lked away suffering on ly from a badly cru nc hed bike. Allen J ones rode his Rickman faster th an a nvone in th e J 25 No vice class and to ok fi~ st pl ace. He was foll owed b y Bru ce William s ( Bul) a nd Lach Stewart (Yam). G ordon T amm (Yam) showed his stuff again in the J 00 Beg - 16 class . Tamm is improving every week an d it won 't be long till he is moved up to Novice . Smooth riding Lindley Kistler wo n over the rest of the Mini's on hi s Yamaha. Dawn Foley (Ya m ) t ook home Powder Puff to p sp o t. She was foll owed by Cindy Kerney on a Kawasaki. Bill Brown (H us) easily won the O ldtimers event. Where was this gu y 20 y ea rs ago? And so, race fans , a f te r this well run , very successful event, wh at ca n the CRC d o next? T une in this weekend wh en th e CRC h osts ano the r heav y d uty moto cross on Sa turd ay an d Su nda y. ( R esu lts o n p ~ge 38 ) Stewart D.DWd sh ow ed the Beg/ Nov. rnxers a t Ru nning Spr ings some body Eng lish to tak e second Open NOVIce. Trio-Scalp At Reservation By John Grout VALENCIA. CAL .. May 2 1, 1972 311 ride rs showed u p for today 's ACE mo tocross at Indian Dunes Park . but all the Pro fessio n al division victorie s were cap tu red b y three rid ers in each of their tw o straight, twenty-minute heats t o ta ke o ve rall ho nors. A ft er fort y minutes o f nat-out riding am ong o u tst anding fields o f Pros, Kenny Co ok ( 125cc) , Gl en Lund (25 0cc) an d Mik e Br own (O pe n ), all won thei r length y battles. Kenny Co ok. scoring wh at was probabl y th e most specta cular vic tory by the awso rne threesome , w as for ced to re pel constan t bids, durin g both m o ros, from Ken Zahrt , Lynn St o ke y , Jim Hale, Brad Blair an d "J 01tin ' " J oe Gran atelli. Zahrt, Bullaco-mounted, finis he d the a fte r n o o n in the runner-up spot ; while Penton rid er, Lynn Stokey , gra b be d th e third -pla ce o ve rall. During th e first 250cc Pr o " go:' the whole a lTair ap pea re d as if it would be a co m p le te runaway for Husqvarn a rider ~Iark Abbat oy e, Ho wever. by the time th e cre w had reached the final lap o f th at wild sn or te r, it was apparent that "Newhall" Mark would h ave 10 carry his machine ry to th e finish lin e if he planned o n being first a t the wire. Glen Lu nd , in the m ea n tim e , was fu ll-boring his Yam ah a . passing Abba roye in the la te seconds o f th e event. Also passin g th e ea rly lead er were Frank Giardina ( Bul) , Mark Hova te r (CZ) and Luke Messe r on an Ossa. T he second m ota fo r th e 250 Pros aga in starte d out to be a comple te annih ilation for th e re mai nder o f the grouping. Lu nd fou ght to his second straigh t wi n, a nd the day 's ove ral l. Runnersup for th e division were Luke Messer, Mark Hovater an d Robin Clark (CZ). Mike Brown, wh o was the even tual Open Professional class victor on h is skyro cket- swift, S outh Bay Motorcycle-tuned CZ, fought a fier ce feud for the entire d ay with J im Mercier ~ l a i ) , Steve Rau ch (C Z), Chris Alberts lIus), Bill Rubl y (H us) and Rick Sh ir e y (Yam) befo re fin ally hitting th e record books wi th his tw o, stra igh t 2 0· m in u te win s. Ol e Timers' d ivisio n win ners we re T om lI o yl e (E x) , Vidar An derson (Am) and Novice -ranked rid er.J o e Ph illip s. In Powder Puff competition. so me of the m os t e xc it ing tha t th e gals hav e eve r affo rded spec tato rs at the Dun es, J uan a Madrid, wh o rides a real hi gh-Flyer o f a Yamah a from the Revell spe ed sh op in Sun V alle y , ov ercame second moro diffic ul ties with m u d whi ch had been created b y a he avy water truck spray-bar. to repeat h er first m o to win during the third go -round. The rest of the puffs were all cl ose - prob ably Nancy Payne ( R ic) , Norene Hendrix (Ric), Rebecca Soloman, although sh e may h ave bee n third o n her Yamah a, and J a nice Kline (OK\\') . Did y o u pay attention to the "probably " bit? Li sten , when these distaffers get as close as the y did on today 's program, if you think this writer is going to get caught in a David Swift-type hassle with th e you ng ladies; yo u've got ano ther think c o m ing. I love ' e m all... Turning in potcn t, ove rall victories am o ng the h und reds of Junior combatants we re : Bill Campbe l ( IOOcc); Rick A rm s trong, three straigh t wins o n a Penton , and Jedd S trange (Yam) both of whom go t high points am o ng the 125 cc ma chinery; Cr aig Brad ley (CZ) an d Mike Quisenberry (CZ ). 250cc d ivisions; and Mik e Casper. wh o had the last word am o ng st Open Juniors. Rickman In f o r ove rall honors. " ST RONG" 1\ l Buckeye Warmupp for Berkshire ATIIEN • 0 .. May 14, 1972 - \\' illiam Kain (lI u s) con tin ued h is winnin g ways at th e Bu ckeye Enduro . Kain ac ed o ut Rober t Fischer (Jl us) by one point (99 1 to 990) to win h is th ird overall high po int ti tle in seven Natio nal eve n ts. R obert Fusan (H us) lost h is speedo near the hal fw ay point an d ra n the res t of th e wayan experienc e. He ended up dropping o n ly 13 pain ts to finish Jones (29 1), Williams 1351 a nd Case lS I lead the 125 Noviee pa ck down th e hill. Jones got h is second in the A Class behind winner Fisch er. Gary Lent (Yam ) o f Glouster, O. copped the B Championship titl e with a total of 954. Rain the night before and tough trails to o k a to ll of riders with app roximately 80 riders ou t of over 370 entries finish ing the J 00 miles in ti me. IS DI[ 333 RrlA STREET 2 La Crescenta, Calif. 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