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Cycle Cross & Wheelies,
100
By Ken lI y lan d
SA" L UIS OBISPO, CALIF " April 16,
and f ourth, each o ne kn ockin g a second
1972 - Sliding through co m e rs an d full
o r two o ff the rec ord, Garrell go t last
throttle in the straightaways made the
licks and se t lo w lime wit h a "N ev er
fir st annual Cycle Cross the b est w ay to
mind the displa cemen t," lo ok in h is
spend a sunny a ft e rn o o n.
eyes.
A de se rte d qu arter-mile stretch o f
The ac tio n w asn't as showy. b u t
dirt ro ad on the Cal Po ly campu s made
times w ere very respectable in the 400
for a perfe ct co u rse. College a n d cl u b
Novice class, UiH "B.J ." Johnson (CZ)
insurance regulations. however . a llowed
go t in the faste st run, with Keith
only Iull- tim e student club members t o
Buchanan (Suz] in for a cl ose second .
ma ke th e three attempts against th e
Bob Win le r (Yam) set the low time in
clock .
the 125 class. Paul Be ck (Yam) fini shed
Dust clouds ma r ke d the action in the
second a nd th en first in the 250 class.
Open Novice class. When it all cleared,
David Ernst (Y am ) picked up the
G eorge Dillie (Tri) wal ked away w it h
se cond place .
to p h o n ors. R ussell Mo ore (T ri) was a
" BJ," amazed the c rowd when he
close secon d o n his racing tw in. Brother
went about 100 yards in the w heelie
Me rrill Mo o re ( BSA) an d Chu c k G orrill
contest. Fe w of those wh o b ra ved this
(T ri) mixed it up in thi rd with G orrill
additio na l event cou ld get h al f as fa r.
ed ging ahead in a run o ff.
Beck m ad e a d efinite sta b a t it, bu t h e
T he faste s t tim es we re set in th e
and hi s b ik e p aned com p any o n th e
co m bi n ed A mat eur/Ex p e rt clas s. Mike
firs t ru n and Beck cou ld n' t get it up
Garrell ( Pe n) and Rod Lessle y ( Bu l),
aga in the rest o f th e day ,
th e o n ly cl ass entra nts , diced it b ac k
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Lo cated 14 miles south of Chico,
Calif. on Hi ghway 99 E.
Events: Regular Flat Track ,
occa si o n al Scr am bles an d
Motocross.
o f raci n g he re a t C ycl eland S peedwa y as
he co mp le tely d omi n a ted th e Ex pe rt
Main , th e Sc ratch Main , a nd th e
Ha nd icap Main in the ·25 0 class. li e
- simp ly w as too fa st fo r h is compe ti tio n
this ev\:nin g, and with th is type of
ridi ng , w ill shortly h e hand icapped far
to the' rear.
Ji m Hubbard h as progressed to the
250 cl ass and is riding Yamaha this y ea r.
At this point of the se ason his bike
lo o k s a li llie d own on powe'r. ! e x p ec t
as th e season progresses tha t ~lr .
lIuhha rd will have mo re s tea m in h is
m ount a n d t ha t he will help d ecide wh o
will b e seaso n 's ch am p in this class ,
Th e 2 00 cla ss lo oks lik e a real ha tt ie
th is ye a r, Ro n lI arlan, T om S outham,
j ohnArsen ia k , and Gen e Mendes ap pear
all to h ave a real chanc e at sea son hi gh
p oin t h onors. All are riding Ilultaco, an d
app ea r e ven ly matched .
Cyclcl and Speedway, Chico, is th e
pl ace to watch fla t trac k at its b e st , T he
tr ac k is r i g-ht in front of y o u ; in fact .
y ou be come part o f the racing.
( Resu lts o n p age :18 )
Ch ico
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Est ab li sh ed In 196 3 C y cl eland
Speed way n ear Chic o . C alif . feat ures
a o n e-sfx thml le o val an d Is th e h o m e
o f flat t rack raci ng in N ort h ern
C a li f orn ia. T h e tra c k Is k n o wn as t h e
"t rack of champio n s" due t o t h e
many N at iona l S po r t sm an Fla t T ra ck
C ha mp ion s It ha s t u r n ed out In th e
p ast e ight y ears.
T h e track has facilities of a
stati o nary and porta ble ty pe for
1 5 0 0 spe ctators. The p o rt a b le st an ds
are a lso used for the motocross an d
scra m b le races wh ich a re h el d at
irregular times during the year west
o f the t ra ck.
Th e fla t t rack ev ents begin at 8 :30
o n Sa turda y n i ghts , admi ssio n pr ices
if $2 for sp ecta t o r s and riders a nee .
T he gates o pen at 6:30 f o r r ider
adm iss i on . Th ere i s a fu ll con cession
stand, and r est f ea tu res ar e r ead il y
available for all . Full AMA rules ar e
f o ll o w ed , an d th ere are p o licem en on
duty at a ll t imes du r i n g the racing
even i ng.
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