Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

,... HOCKING SWEEPS HIS BACKYARD By Bill Sp en cer F R E~ IO:\'T . CA L.. ~l ay 13 . 1972 Nov ic e Rick H oc kin g b lew th e m in to th e weed s o nce again a t th e verv fas t Frem ont shor t tra ck to just a bou t m ake a cl ean S\\' Cl'P fo r a we ekend's act ivities. The se cond y ear pro sh owed on ce agai n whv it is verv ha rd t o be at h im in h is verv o wn b ack yard b y winni n g the 15 lap ~l ai n b y a wide three se c ond m ar gin over A I Ken von . It w asn 'I ' all th at easy b ut a fte r the third lap o f th e ~l ai n . it sure looked th at \\' 3Y . Sta rt in g o ff the evening's ac tivitie s, in th e seco nd q u alify in g heat . h e got secon d h ehi nd J im Rice and h is Sonny Ke n y o n tu n ed ,\ s t rof Bu lt ac o. H o c k go t a had st art b u t wo rked h is W ay cl e ar or t raffi c . l ie then b egan to chas~ t h e fa s t flee in g' Ri ce but · c o u ld n ' t ge t dose enough in the six tap p e r. In th e fourth regu lat ion h eal he got y et an o th e r seco nd b ehin d Al Ken y o n an d h is S on ny Ke n y o n Hu l t acu . !l o c k c losed the g-a p at the last tu rn btl t c o u ld n' t ge t a ~o{) d e n o ugh d rive to b e at Ken y on in th a t six la p ra ce . r o r th e Sc mi -Muin . t h in gs wc n I a littl e be t ter vvit h Ric k sc o ring h is fir st w in of th e ni gh l. Le adi n g off th e 10 la p sem i w as Pa t Henn en on o n e o f th e ve rv fas t E.T . Ossa ·s. T h e Ome ga fram ~' Henn en ra n ad ds ve l an ot he r dim e n sio n to th e tri c k -st uff ~i de of rac in g. Ho ckin g w ent on to win th at o ne han d ilv w it h Ken y o n b eatin g o u t lI en nen a I~ d J im Od orn c o ast ing h ome o n one ofth e VCT)' fas t :\ &: :\ Yarn ah as, For th e fift e en tap pe r it lo oke d like j us t abou t anvbod vs b all gam e . th o ugh . J oe He n ry Wa s w o r ki n g on th e other se m i win an d had th e pole with fas t lime . Joe l Ic nry is o ne of those in fr eq u e n t speedste rs th at is ci thcr on or orr a nd t o n igh t he w as on . :\1 t h e last indoor short trac k at th e Cow Pa lac e . h e w as th e re al fas t guy and w o n beau tifu lly . T he Xlai n saw h im an d Jim Rice shan: the lead g-ojn~ into th e firs t co rne r and thro ugh th e h ac k straight and b uc k on to th e fron t chute . Goin g bac k in to the fir st tu rn Ri ce w as th e lea de r a n d it lo ok ed like th a t w as a ll she w rote . R ice had beat H oc k in g in th e qua lifyin g h ea t an d w o n th e first he at w ith fast time . N o so said lad y luc k o n th e third lap. T h e C o lo rad o mil e Na tional wi n ne r ex p e rien ced so me me chan ica l ills an d fe ll to last sp o t. H o c k in g h ad m o ved in to sec o n d and proce eded t o pull o u t a lead o ve r Keny on. w h o was fendin g o ff Henry. AI a nd mi ghty J oe d id th a t fo r th e rest of the lap s while Hockin g w e nt aw ay a n d hi d . A t th e c h ec ker e d . he had a three second adva ntage an d n o c omers. lI e n n e n h ad w orked to just b ac k of lI e nry an d stayed th e re wi th O do rn keeping h im h on est. Mike Ren slow rode a S ch w erma twin Yama h a the wh ole n igh t an d fin ish ed a credib le six th despite lo o kin g some thi ng like a squ irrel. Wh ile tw in s d o n 't usu all y w o r k o n the grooved sho r t tracks . this k id makes the m w o r k . A re a l ma n h andle r, So in two ni gh ts of racing, th e H oc k h as an As co t w in and a Fremo nt win . I f h e ca n pull one off thi s next week when a ll th e h ot shoes w ill b e in town from aro und the country for th e b ig mile National, he can put a rea l big Bar k fca th c r in h is cap an d ca ll it long gree n. R iding wh at se emed to b e an Elec tra-G lide sp ring w as lI -D ace Ma r k Brel sf ord . II" hi le th is bike is p rett y good on so me tracks. th is tra c k is a li tt le too speedy fo r it b ut desp ite its disadvan tages . Breis ri d es it like a champ. Going down the front st raig h t the shifting sounds like a n au tomatic and is so sm o oth th a i th e 1500 ga rh e rc d spectators go t quite a c h u c kle o u t of it. BreI s didn 't ma ke it past th e semi ' , b u t h e re allv ~a\'e it his best. Il l' ha s th e gre atest ' ~f t alent bu t la cks a li llie horsepower . Wai t t ill the mi le X ational . Zin go . Na tional p o in t leader Ke n Ro b erts was lea d ing: h is h e a t in fro n t of Ken y on '" '" '" c, and H ockin g wh en h e lo st th e fro n t wheel in the first tum an d fell . R oberts h ad se t fast ti me of th e ni gh t an d appeared to b e well in c on tro l w h e n h e wen t dow n . The liule things a re get ting hi m so m e wh ere alon g th e lin e . b u t in th e trophy d ash . h e gO I th e lillie things . The win . a tro p h y, a big k iss fr om beautiful D ian e Ken y on [w o w ic ] and a ~ I a gn urn of ch a m pagn e fro m Bu lt ac o-A m e ri c an . G o od show. The 1() lap consola tio n ' ..as a real ' cl o se duel w ith Ro cky ~l al y n n jus t b eati n g o u t John Brumo nd and lit tl e Joe All e n giving a grea t efforl o n the Steve Do i Bultaco. Doi a lso spon -ors Ho c kin g with th e na me M t , View Au to S te re o a nd th at should keel' ' em trucking. Pro actio n through t he fir st t ur n at Frem o nt Raceway . Don't forget, Cycle News will be closed Friday, May 26 for our Memorial Day Weekend. COLISEUM CYCLE a nd MA I L ORDE R ACCESSORY CO. • ~ KAWASAK I ~ MOTOR CY CLES 395 8 E. 14 th ST .• OA KLAND , CAL . (4 15) 534 ·5461 9460 1 ~1J Now at It 's an interesting fa ct that Bob Bailey's new ly introduced lin. o f 4-stroke e xhaust systems has alread y been in vo lved in two National Champio nsh ip . THINK ABOUT IT ! 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