Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

RETURN TO RIO BRAVO A Texas HorsepowerOpera By .Janet HOUSTO:-l. TEX .• April 23. 1972 Robi Holbert was ba ck an d beautiful Sundav on a brand new CZ . We haven't seen much of Rob i la te ly a t the local m otocross t ra cks . and it was neat {O see him out there doing his stuff again. Hol b e rt completely stormed the Open Expert class, very unconte sted. out d istancing the second p lace ride r ( Bo b Craham) b y at leas t \4 of a lap. Eve rythi ng was goi ng righ t for Robi: h e was w ired to the CZ. h e h ad the track d o wn p al , an d h is head w as definitely on right. In fact, Holbert di sp lay ed tha t o ld sk ill t ha t m ad e h im to ps - n o crashes, n o b urn ing , j ust ri d ing. At o ne poin t. R obi h ad the crowd comp le tely e n th ra lle d as h e ca me d own a st raig h t , aro u n d a ri ght h and tu m , up a hill, an d aro u nd a le ft h and turn ' - com ing up th e hill h e banked b eautifull y in to th e be rm, sp ray ed a ro o st er tail a t le ast six feet st raigh t up. moved th e berm o ve r abou t a fo ot, front an d rea r wh eel sliding, c rac ke d the throttle o n some more, an d con tin ued on his merry w a y w ith o ne foot on th e peg, on e hand o n the throttle, and the oth er tw o com p le me n tary limbs just w av in g an d n apping a ll ov er th e pl ace . T ha t was ab out hi s o n ly disp lay of b eing o u t of con tro l - from th en o n o u t Robi ju st turned it on and kep t o n truckin ". West The 250 Experts ended with a four-w ay tie for first pl ace. It w as the origin al d ay o f con fu sio n - n o one finished co ns isten tly! Oh G od! he re we go - the tie had to be hroken by lap counts. which is a real p ain, and it als o cau ses a lot of pe ople to ge t angry if th ey don't underst and it. The final estimate had Frcd Hann a in first, h avin g led the m a s! n umber of laps. Bob Craham, ca me on m for s~ c ond - seems some one else h ad beat hi m a ro u n d thc tr ac k a couple of times in mota two , Da vey Frazer fin ished in thi rd , and T uggle w as fourt h ma n on the tote m pole. Stev e Hac kn ey rode a fa ntastic race in th e 12 5 cc Ex pe rts . Al th o u gh in th e fin al o u tco me . Stead y Freddy Han n a to ok ove rall fir st pl ace go ld , St ev e an d hi s Pen ton d id w o rk h ard for the ir second pl ace. Th e secon d mota w as Steve's. Un d en iab ly. li e w asn't fir st off the line, but in the ba ck st ra igh t. h e was. However, b efore th e chec ke re d flag, Fre d did it - he go t o n ar ound , a n d se cured a first ove rall, lea vin g Steve t o p ick up o n se cond, an d Gl ov er a n d Greene fo r third a nd fou rth . Bill Greene h as b een o u t for a wh ile due to a broken collarbone , an d did ve ry n ice rid in g Sunday , h avin g been b ac k on th e sce ne for a cou p le o f weeks. Rich Franklin (70) holds the groove at Manzanita for 100 Am. top honors . Ed Blose. Jr . atte mp ts a pa ss. Beard at Manzy By a Hair By Kevin PIIO ENIX, ARIZ .. April 20 , 1972 Fi rs t it w as Butch Be ard's turn . th en Rick Kr aft' s, th en J on Sellers' , an d n ow o nc e agai n it was Butch Be ard's ni ght as h e beat b oth Kra ft an d Sellers in th e Op en Ex pe rt race at I\lan zani ta Speedway . Beard, wh o trailed th e Ph oen ix Poli ce Detective S ell ers in th e heal race , w ait ed until S ell e rs pushed u p hi gh in th e tight h airp in to ta ke the lea d. Sellers managed to finish second in th e Ma in while Kra f t w as third . Beard 's victory o nly confused the p a in t race in th e b ig b ike class as h e m oved wi th in pain ts o f S e lle rs an d Kra f t, Prior to th e race, b oth Kraft and Sellers sh are d the number one p o sition in p oints. Clutter Clobbers By Max ' Phi l' D aws o n GRA ND JU NC TION , COL ., A pril 30. 197 2 - Clutter is a name th at kee ps p oppin g up in cy cle ra cin g h ereabou ts, du e to su ch Clutter co up s, as today ' s scr ambles. Bernie Clu ue r h ad a bu sy d ay, winning firs t overall in th e 12 5 an d 25 0 Expert classe s, earn in g h is 25 0 tr oph y o n a 175 Montesa an d the 12 5 races o n a smaller Man tesa , Broth er Will Clutter ea rned a th ird in th e J 25 A ma teur h e a ts o n a Kaw asak i. Will w as act ually raci n g agains t h is bro ther, Bernie , today , as the small fie ld or co m p e tito rs res ulted in Am ateurs and Experts runnin g to gether in both 100 and 125 hea ts. One of the h igh lights of the day w as when Pau I Calh oun ( Bu l) and Dale Kell ey (Mai) got th e ir bikes tan gled up in th e dogle g. b efore go in g ov er the inside jump. Whil e they were ge tt ing unjoined, Bernie Clutter (1\Io n) slip p ed by , which hel p ed him nail d own firs t ov era ll in the 2 5 0 Experts. Small c ro wd an d field today, due to compe ting races in ~lontrose an d C ol orado Sprin gs. ( Resu lt s on p age 38 ) T u rne r T ommy Hal f ord an d Ma rk Mi tsch el e con tin ue d th e d omin a ti o n of th ei r classes as Hal fo rd be at Beard in the 250 Ex pert Main , while Mitsch ele n arr o wl y sq ueezed o ut Lar ry Barrin gt on in the 12 5 Ex pe rt race. Tracy R obinso n, 10 0 Novice , Tom You ng , 125 Novice, C urt Whitn ey, 250 N o vice . an d Jim S tan ton. 500 Novice, score d Main Event vic tories in th e :-Iovice eve n Is. Ama te u r winners wer e R ic k Frankli n, 10 0 , Bo b b y Blo se, 125, C reg Wilks, 250, a nd A lle n Wat son , Open A mateur. HOTSTUFFATADR By Mi ke Murp h y PHOENI X, ARI Z. , April 16 , 1972 The tu rn out w as light (again) b u t the action w as ho t (a lways) today a t A D R. Part of the hea t was su p p lied in ge ne ro us q uan tities b y Cal ifornia's Super Ace T om R app on h is quiet-b u t-q uic k Bul taco , Rapp rode o n hi s re ar wh eel so much that h e mi ght h ave b een riding a un icy cle as h e left th e o the r h al f of th e 25 0 Pro cl ass - Bob Wh arton (Ma i) fa r b ehind. Wh arton never gave up , tho ug h . T he 25 0 A mateu r class h ad th e h o t test con test of th e day tw ix t Maico m o u n ted Cal Redma n an d Suzuki-shod Lee Xoblij t . Th is dueling d u o were n eve r separa te d b y more th an f ive b ik e length s, usually less than one . Redman, wh o is still re covering from an cndo the week before, managed to see the ch ec ke re d first in all th ree m otos. N oblitt, o n a 250 for the first time in a race, cha lle nged Redman all th e wa y : the lead c h anged se ve n tim es in th e secon d rnoro, o nly five in m ot o t hree. Rand y Ca rn ey ( Ya m) to o k h ome to p gold in th e 2 5 0 :" OV i l "C crowd b y leading all bu t one lap in th e second m ota . J oh n Kozlik (S uz) with 2-2-2 gave him se cond overall an d Neal Ch amberl ain's 3·3-3 gav e thi s Suzuki rid e r third. Super Racing At Sin City By Rick Mille r LAS VECAS , :'>EV.. April :10 , I ~7:! Super racing a t the Las Ve gas Speedrome m oto cross co ~ rse was se en today, Many enthusiastic ra ce fan s were treated to so m e good motorcycle r acin g. The weath er w as j ust rig h L J u st en ough wind to keep everyon e fr om ge t tin g 1 0 0 hoI. The Mini-Beginne r's firs t pla ce trophy was h a rd fought by Sh aun Eli zondo a nd Mark Sh arp . Shaun ca me fro m behind in the last two heats to make up for a second in the first h ea l. Kevin Davis ran away from th e rest of the pa ck to beat Ty Bothwe ll for Min i-Exp e rt gold. S cott Cannon is keep ing hi s winning strea k going. He won th e 10 0 Novi ce class at last wee k ' s G ran d Pr ix an d d id it aga in today . Donn ie Nabi t p ushed h im in th e las t two h eats bu t los t secon d to J erry ~ IcK i nl a y . Jerry sho we d w ha t consis te ncy can do fo r y o u . Robert D'Arno ra , J oe Terlizz i a n d J erry Wiseman each h ad a secon d pl ace tod ay . Th is tim e R obert did th e co ns ist e nc y tri ck t o fin ish b ehind C u rt is Cummings in th e 12 5 No vic e class. I t 's lu cky fo r Daryl Mason tha t the re are th ree chances to win in m o t ocro ss. Daryl's little 12 5 h ad cl u tc h problems in th e firs t h eat of the 100-1 2 5 Ama teu r class, bu t h e ca me b ac k an d showed the m h o w. Bill Greine r h ad a good chance b ut blew it in th e secon d h ea l. T hey were tired goi ng into the last race. Su p er good racing. • Mo st popula r race for the grown-ups is 250 N ov ice, Tom Ky le won fro m start to fini sh each heat. T om Miller turn ed out a good rac e to finish ahead of las t year' s "umber I an d Nu mber 2, 250 class point leade rs. Fr ed Kimmel , ;';0. I didn't get it toge th er until th e last h eat, bu t , of course , it was just too la te then . Mil le r a lready had it se wn up . G ary Standridg e d id a super ride in th e 250 A mateur class. lI e tu rned back Lew Plu m me r and Skip Jo hnso n for th e win . Fin al race of th e d ay h ad J o hn Marroqu in , Doug Co tton, and T a d Can ad a a ll tied in p o in ts. T he 5 00 Novi ce first p lace tr oph y w ould go to the win n er of th e th ird h ea l. A bout two lap s f rom th e fin ish, Jo h n slid o u t . Po or Doug w as pushing h im so h ard that h e cou ld n ' t avo id hittin g him. Th ey b oth ha d to resta rt th eir b ikes. J ohn got it on firs t a n d Doug foll owed to ge t w it hin a half a wh eel a t th e checke red fla g. Maybe next week , Doug. Lt1 (") . .; e, N M ot o rcycle C orp orat i on 172 Fr eedom Av enue An ah eim. Ca liforni a 92801 Don't forget , Cycle News will be closed Friday, May 26 for our Memori al Day Weekend. 0" . (") >- :< BIG BORE MAIL ORDER B ul t"l.:u -H oodd - Varn,a h .a Tr'umoh -- H Od ...." S,01C h \ . (lIC . Porting & Service A ll Bra ndS Mikuni Carburll!t ors TSS Factory Road Rac ing 125cc pipes Parts for Bult . co BOI...ua GlUiJ'J'or,. . L. Ve.d. Pumfrey Bu ltaco , 2 1819 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, Ca. 91303. (213) 887-7696 .. Cf) -~ It'. Cheap When You Buy The Best From Jim Oa~is Motosport Eltxw. p- U WHAT PRICE SAFETY? ~';"/,.,\ No Thaw in Utah By E. C . R yd er SA LT LA KE CITY, urx n, Ap ril 16, 19 7 2 - J udging fro m today's rac ing at Fu ller R acew a y , CMC Utah has come of age in cop ing wit h rac e day u ncer ta in t ies. Br aving nine inches of newly falle n and m el ting snow , CMC J u nio rs h ung in ther e water hazard after another to p rove that th e g ri m de termin atio n an d fierce competition had neve r eve n dreamed of thawing. CMC course officials had t heir work cu t out for them in avoid ing ca ncella t io n of th e race a nd w isel y altered the t rac k to avoid t he seven feet of water acc umulated in t he ever-t roub leso me "fish -bowl" adding in its pl ace a n ew j ump a nd t u rn. Co nditions were b ad enough . b ut come race time 40 to 45 m ph wi nds hou n ded th is west ern Salt La k e raceway. T he b ro t h ers Page once aga in a lmos t mad e a clean swee p of t hi ngs as Jim Page manh andled h is 400 Maico into a first pl ace win, J ohn Page slit here d in t o 100 h ono rs aboard his t rus tv l lod ak a , a nd J e ff Page (Ma i) lea d ing in t he first t wo m o tos experienced gea r b o x problems in t h e third moto a nd finis he d the day with a second p lace in th e 250 class b ein g edged out in points by Ca l Bartho lomew. 200 class h o n o rs went to Yamaha-moun ted Stan Davis while Ken Moore proved th at w eekly determination a n d consisten cy pays off b y taking th e 12 5 cl ass again on a Yam ah a. .... Cl th an you expec ted to get . .. fro m a chain lube ... Motorcycles "~J ftI ..... _· .. fiLl_ ~ ~~""'~., Sport Cycle -Gu .\· R. L o ul'; (114) 893·7057 7219 West m inst er Ave.• Westminst er. Ca . 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