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Glend ora A ve •• Ed Shaver 's WEST CYCLES Newhall usqvarna e SAL ES * SERV ICE * PARTS * SET·UP AVAILABL E (805) 255 -1335 ~) ~ III e ttc ·O·· ·· ···· · · · · ··~ MA ICO PENTON t h in k....m e tt co s. s.m ta fe a ve. co m p to n , L1. 9 02 2 t 15 2M ( 2 1 3) 6 3 6· 6 1 ~ ~ Bra ndon Ca rna ha n lead s 125 No vices up the start h ill,in his first mot ocr oss. C ARSO:'-l . :'\ EV .• •\ pril 9 . 19 7:! - T h e mos t recen t C a rso n :\lX, secon d of th e th re e race serie s, wa s at le ast as successfu l as the firs t. T h e track was comp letely different from th e preceding race, and was m u ch better laid out from a spectator's viewp o in t. One h ill provided both th e most spectacular jum p an d a vista from w hich th e en tire 2 0 mi n u te m otos could be viewed. T h e races beg-an a t the foo t of the viewing h ill , \.. e n t through the ro ugh b otto m · sec tio n up to th e sl ick DC to p, aro u n d a ti gh t righ t han de r , an d th e n ov er a s tee p d ow nhill j ump . Th e ju mp w as p art ic ul arl y e xci t in g be cau se a fter th e riders lan de d , so me of the m as m u ch as fi ft y or six ty fee l d ow n th e h ill, thev we re alre ady in a sec tion of p ar ti cular ly rough wh o op-de-d o o s in w h ic h th ey h ad to negot ia te a gradual rig h t h ander and sci up for a ti gh t le ft . Fr o m th at p o int on the tra c k was re lativel y easy a n d fas t. T he o n ly slow poin t on th e track w as a sho rt. exceed ing ly so ft hill n ormally found in a h a re scramb les . Inva riab ly, one rider in each m o to w ou ld sta ll h alfw ay up a n d st ac k u p five o r six m ore u n til he cou ld get o u t o f th e w ay . Fo rt unatel y, th is seemed to h appen o n o nl y o ne lap so the rac es we re n ot slo we d d own e ach tim e. M an y rid ers rode two cl asses and some . like Dann y Olsen. did well in b oth . Dan ny fir st cap tured th e 100cc N o vice eve n t o n h is Bu l taco an d th en to o k second in th e 125 cc Novice B ra c e o n a Pen to n . Il l' was h a rd p resse d in the IOOec cl ass bv Ro b ert Bu hl iz o n a l l o n d a, T he two rid e rs. side b y sid e m ost of th e ti m e , were so far a u t in fron t it was hard to kee p tr ac k o f th em . R obe rt Kva n cap lured the Open Xo vice even t, but wi th p ressure fro m R oss J oh n so n. J oh nson , totin g a 529 AMA n umber. is o ne o f th e m o st promisin g moto cros s ride rs to co m e o u t of thi s a rea for so me tim e . He ro de b o th th e Open an d 125 cc cl asse s an d seemed tirel ess. His sty le is ou tst a nding, e x cept th a t h e ge ts a li ttle too fl ash y . an d h is lin e is good . T his time ne x t ye ar he w ill p robab ly be an Expert. Du e to th e sca rci ty o f Jun io r and Exper t ride rs, all of th em rode at o ne tim e with tw o min ute in terv al s sep ar a t in g th e classes. T he Op en Ex p e r t and overa ll leader was easy to sp ot. J oel Ky n e w as so fa r ou t in fron t o n h is Maico tha t th e ra ce could have been en d ed on th e firs t lap. l Ie see m ed to h ave th e perfect line thro ug h every . corne r and nev e r go t o ut o f shap e. He rides so e ffo rt lessly tha L it is h ard t o b elieve the tra ck is ro ugh . The veteran m o ro cr osser Bob Harshbarge r was go ing wild trying to ca tc h h im, b ut cou ld n ' t c o m'e c lose as so o n as Kyne was o u t fro n I. This race. as with th e last. w as Scott Makes It By Jim Ze rb y FLO R E!'iCE, COLO .• ~( ay 15. 19 72 Ove r 70 T T ride rs turned o u t fo r Fre mont Raceway 's se cond Al\IA TT o n th ei r new track . C o m p eti tio n w as qu it e close wi th se ve ra l Denver riders com ing d own to ch a lle ng e lo ca l rid e rs. J im Sc o t t o f Pueblo edge d out Fred Ben dr a t o f Westmins ter to w in th e O pe n Ex pe rt c lass. Sc ott cam e o u t e ar lier o n one m ach inc w hic h ble w up on h im . lI e th en wen t b ac k to the p i ts a nd b orrowed a ma ch ine w h ic h w as no t. Il l' won on it. ( Res u lts on page 3H) extre me ly we ll o rga nize d an d e fficie n t ly ru n . T h e trac k was we ll p lann ed and well prepared . S in ce th e same p r om oters are run n ing tb c J u n e 17 an d I H $5 0 0 0 La ke Tahoe ~I o to r ross . it too shou ld b e an au tst a ndi n g eve n t. aYI~1 I ••• Central Unholy Terrors at Chapel Hill By J an e t CHA PPE LL lIILL, T EX ., April 16. 19 72 _ Bobby R obertson (Pen) did so me far -o u t rid ing to day in th e 125 Expe rt cl ass. as h e a nd J erry Frederich s w aged q u ite a ca m p aign fo r second place . Steve Stac kable (Y am) fairly d us te d everyone o ff the lin e, and remain ed in th e lead during th e entirety of the firs t m oto , R obertson slipped aro u n d Frederichs (C Z) in ab ou t th e third lap. ta ki ng th e in sid e on a corn er . Robert so n was able to main ta in h is posi tio n, an d finisheil sec on d in this m o t o , Aga in. in th e second m ot o , Stack ab le w as o ff the lin e and a h ea d of th e p ack, leavin g Robertson an d Fre de richs to th e race . Robe rtson w as able t o st ay ah ead of Frederichs durin g th e firs t h alf o f the m o to , but w as passed in th e 6th lap an d w as un ab le to regain hi s p os iti o n . A lt h ough Robertso n didn 't ever make it b ac k a ro und Fr e derichs, J e rry w as aw are thai h e was h ein g closely fo llo we d an d th a t on e m ista ke would pu t h im back in thi rd p la ce . Due to th e w ay the ties w e re b ei n g broke n (w inner of th e seco n d m o to ] , R obert son e nded u p wi th a thi rd pla ce win ov era ll, but h is rid ing was .' rea lly fan tas t ic. l lc showed m o re p ro m ise th an he h as in month s, an d is giv ing the oth er 125cc E xper t s so me thing: to think about. West Stack w as th e man aga in in th e 250cc Ex per ts. givi ng Bob Graham ( ~ lai) q uite a run. Stack' s Yamah a was runnin g righ t . and Gr aham. th o ugh riding an excellent race, w as n ot ab le to get arou n d . G re g Graham an d R ick y J ones (Ric) h ad a ni ce race going. Greg• h owever. proved to b e the fa ste r of th e two , w inning th e last moto by seve ral b ike lengths. T ha t new Mai co mu st agree w it h h im . A bou t the on ly exciting th in g h appenin g in the Open Experts w as th e cr ash and burn number d on e by G ary Anderso n. Coming d ow n the lon g, h airy straigh t in the back, lea d in g in to a sw eeper. An derso n be gan relivin g hi s o ld Oat trackin g d ay s. Husky lean ed ove r . leg o u t fo r balan ce. h e h it a c h uc k h ole . we nt down under h is b ike . an d slid over the j ump. A ve ry novel id ea , G ary . Also a very painful w ay to t ak e a ju mp! T hi s little ep iso de h ap p ened in th e firs t he at. retiring G ary fo r the day . leavin g Tom my Den n in g and Billy Clic k to ta ke first a n d secon d p lace gold h ome . BiII M allo y too k a gia n t s tep up, m o u nted a 4 0 0c c Hu sky . and blew off all th e o th er Ope n N ov ice riders to ta ke h o m e a first p lace tr o phy . It was Iine to see Mall o y bac k in th e w inne r' s ci rcl e ! Firs t place w in, m o re confide nce - lo o k o u t , O pe n Exper ts!