Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

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CA 91 3 03 (21 3 ) 348-6571 .- ._- -------M Patrick's ike YAMAHA 1101 E. 6th St. - Corona 17141 73~7721 TORSTEN HALLMAN.::!{': ~~.I RACING IN ::: y~\. C - U.S . Dist. for Trelleborg Motocross t ir es T orsten ' Hallma n spec ial design leath ers & rac ing equipment. (714) 460-6234 (714) 460·1402 .- For dealer In fo . T tm k en wnt e or call : 534 5 St.. La Mesa. Cal. 9204 1. GR A H A~t . WAS H ., ~I ay 28 , 19 72 - It was like watch ing a slo w m otio n m ovi e as rid er s found th e track in slick condition fo r th e 34th Ann u al Mem ori al Day Classic at G rah am Speedw ay . Gary Scott , with two w ins already beh ind hi m (Side winders and C astl e Roc k) , di d n ' t le t ihe dus t, heat or the slick track slo w hi m down as he wo n h is heat and we nt on to win the Ex pert Main, Jim Jones w as in the lea d in the fi rs t Ex pert heat when two riders wen t d ow n in th e first co mer . Dic k Wash er took th e lead on th e rest art with Mi ke Elder second. J ones and Randy Sco tt tan gled wi th J on es n o t finish ing the race . S onny Burres to o k th e second h ea t , Ik e Reed second. T he th ird heat was wo n b y T erry Dorsch , Randy Skiver second. G ary Sco tt won the fou rth heat with R oss ' R oberts tak in g second. Th e fift h heat was won b y Pat Mari nacci with J im mie Smith sec ond. Mik e Steri ng h ad the first sem i all sewe d up whe n R oge r Stan ley ca m e fro m behind and pu t a wh eel un d er him to take over fir st in th e -las t few feet from t he fin ish. Chuck J oyer t o o k seco nd . Randy Sc ott to o k firs t in the second semi. Pat Mari nacc i took th e lead in th e Ex pe rt Mai n w ith Gary Scott an d Terry Dor sch righ t b eh ind. Marin acci had a little tro uble staying in the groove a nd it was just enoug h fo r G. Sc o tt to go under and take o ver first w ith Do rsch slip ping unde r to take second . Dorsch w as pu ttin g th e p ressu re on G. Sco tt with G. Scott holdin g him off. Marin acci w as th ird w ith Son ny Bu rres fo urth a nd Ra nd y Skiver h o ldi n g d own fif th . R andy Sco tt h ad taken o ver six th and was working o n Skiver for fi f th . Burres finally made a d rive an d go t b y Marin acci to take over third and Skiver began w o rk in g o n Marin acci for fourth whil e Scott kep t th e p re ssure o n S k iver for fif th . G ary Scott we nt o n to win th e Ex p ert Main with Dorsch second. This m ad e Sco tt's third win of th e weekend in the North wes t. Burre s to ok thi rd , Mar in acci fo u rth and Skiver held off R . Sco tt to take fi ft h . . Th e Junior T rop h y Dash changed lead s three time s with Dan Man gan o ta k ing th e lead off the lin e , Ji m Ein arsson tak ing ove r bu t h avin g tr oubl e keeping hi s Harley to the gro und and drop p ing off to give Sam Mar t in the lead . Martin we n t o n t o t a ke th e chec kered flag with Mangan o second and E in arsso n th ird. Twigsville? It's 3 Mi. from Willow Creek By Sue Baile y TWIGSVIL LE , CA L. , May 2 7, 197 2 A m oto cross course was b uill at T wigsviIle, th re e miles eas t of Willow Creek , b y th e Trinity Trailsters MIC ove r the past couple of weeks. It was th e n p u t to th e true test, as 100 riders gathered for a two day mee t. Ride rs were very well sa tisfied with th e rough, hastily b uilt co urse with about nine ju m p s, two straighaways, lots o f turn s, a nd a real challenging switchback . Darrell Cussins led all the way around the first lap of th e second m o to of the 251-Qpen Novice class before Leon Jones took ove r . The thi rd lap foun d Cussin s agai n in th e lead bu t not fo r long. J ones go t h im o n th e nex t tu m , th en Cussin s, th en J o nes , then Cussin s, all in the same lap . T he n J ones lo st a little gro und , and w as p assed b y Ve rn In gh am, wh o pro ce ed ed to p ut the pressu re on Cu ssins go ing into the fi fth lap . Ingh am almost h ad h im o n th e firs t insid e tu m , fell b ack, then Cussin s lost co n trol go ing on to th e sw itc hback , flopped , and was ou t o f con te n tio n. In gh am fin ished firs t , fo llo we d b y J ones. J ones' firs t p lace in th e fir st m o to w as e no ugh to give h im th e firs t REGULARS AT MANlY By J eff Co ker PHO ENI X , ARIZ ., May 24, 19 72 After b rie f challenges b y By ron Bo az (Mai) an d Cl iff A llison (Ya m). Ric k Kraft slip ped h is sh iny Norton into th e lead and h eld it in both th e Open Ex p er t heat 'an d Main . J on Sell e rs seemed to finally ge t h is stuff togeth er an d re all y start ed to pu t the he at o n Ri ck in the last laps of the heat but he j ust ran o u t of time. Bu tch Bear d an d Cliff A lliso n wen t neck and neck u ntil the final lap s when Cliff slip pe d b y to ta ke seco nd in th e Main . Tom Hal ford bounced back fro m a fall th e week be fo re to win the 250 Expert heat an d Main , Rick Kraft too k secon d in th e heat bu t co uld n ' t ge t running fo r the Main, By ro n Boaz finally go t hi s Ossa runn in g takin g second and Alliso n too k th ird . The 125 Expert Mai n was p rim aril y a Cliff Alli so n affa ir with occasio n al challenges by Pat Klien , Mar k Mitsch el e see med to ge t a bad sta r t but wo rk ed hi s way up to third . Th e Op en A ma teur races we re so me w ha t u neventfu l. A llen Watson took firs t , J ohn Armstrong-second, Doug Dauge-th ird in b oth th e hea t a nd Main. Gregg Wilkes is really shi ning in the 250 Am ateur class. Stan Foster took second, J ohn Fos ter third, a nd Alan Cranson fourth in the best ra ce o f the n ight, T hese guy s trad ed pl aces about th ree tim es per lap. Bob Blose is o u t of hi s class racin g as an Am ate ur in th e 12 5 class. Nobod y else has won that class in re cen t his tory. except when he doesn ' t race. So metimes h is brother man ages to sq ueek b y , like this week. Bob Scott took second and Pe te Weaver third in the Main. Good riders should take it upon themselves to move up when things get tou easy. " ( Res ults on p age 40) p lac e trop h y . Cussin s .was awarde d a h ard lu ck tr ophy , d on at ed b y th e Liq uid F illed Racing Team. Ro n Ray an d his C Z finis he d I '0. One in th e first mo to of the first division of the 250 Novices. David J ackso n [Mai] was fou rth . J am es McC onnel l (Oss ) was the first into the tum starting the second moto, closely p ursued by R ob Surbaugh (B us). S u rbaugh went down in th e third go-around and lost his position . By the fif th lap, J ac kson h ad wo rked h is way u p to second place. McConnell sp u n out and J ackso n picked up first pl ace to th e e nd . Brian Lee (Mai), Expert, an d Pat Ric h te r (Su z). A ma te ur, were in h o t co m peti tio n th ro ugh o ut b oth days. Lee always man aged to pull in ahead o f Richte r , bu t n ot u nch all en ged, in bo th the 25 0 Am-E x . class and th e 25 I-O pe n Am -E x. class. Ri chter di d ta ke h ome th e Am a teu r tro phies fo r b oth d ay s, th ough . T he ne x t sc hed uled m oto cross in th e area will b e o n Sunday, July 3 0 th a t Red wo o d Acres. (Re su lts o n page 40) LAMPE SORTA WINS S tory by Sheri Baile y Ph otos by Randy Bailey PHO ENIX , AR IZ., May 2 1, 1972 - AJS rid er Chuck Lampe was d eclared winne r of th e con trove rsia l Open E xpert class m o tocross a t A rizo na Cycle Park today. Durin g the seco nd m o to , o fficial sco rers sa id Lamp e c rossed th e lin e fir st, wh il e C a lifornia rid er, Mike Chamberlain, on a Maico pro test ed he to ok th e checkered fla g firs t. The flagm an w as standing ap p rox imately 20 feet fro m th e fini sh lin e an d Chamberlain slowed after th e flag just en ough for Lampe to cross th e finish lin e firs t. Chamberlain claim ed th e finis h lin e was wh ere th e flagm an gave th e checke re d, but track officials said it was where th e d esign ated fin ish lin e was. Un able to determ in e th e winner , it w as d ecl ared a " d ea d hea t" . But , th e ride rs felt th ere should be a d efinite wi nn er. The win was give n to Lampe sin ce he crossed the fin ish line first, acc o rdi n g to th e sco re ke ep ers. Lampe, also rid in g in 25 0 Ex pert, challe n ged Bob Wh ar t o n in an o the r co n trove rsial race . At th e st art o f th e last moto, th ree bikes fell a t th e fir st turn. Officials ca lle d a rest art. Brian R o ss o f the AJS Storme r team filed an -official protest. By p re cedent, th e officials h ad never restar ted a ra ce for three riders dumping. Ho we ve r, Steve Hamby, race promoter said other races had been rest arted in the past u nd er sim ila r conditio ns an d did not chan ge his d ecision. Wharton, wh o was o ne of th e three riders down o n th e first sta rt fin ishe d firs t wi th Lamp e second. During th e secon d mo to , Lampe led all the laps with Wharton passin g him in the last 50 fee t for the win. Lampe, racing wi th an arm brace, also missed the first mota win by two seconds, which gave Wharton overall wi n in th e 250 Expert. (Results on page 40) ! Th e Ex pert Trophy Das h found three Na tional Nu m ber holders figh tin-g fo r the trop h y as Terry Dorsch grab bed the lead t o keep it all th e w ay to th e fin ish ahead of I ke Reed and Ch uck J oy ner. The Junior Main fo u nd J. C rens haw ta k ing the lead with Sa m Marti n secon d; co m ing ou t of th e righ t hander, Jim E inarsso n and Steve Baker tangled with both going d own. T he Main was restarted with Ein ar sson ta kin g th e lead this time and Cr ensh aw in second . Sam Martin took ove r th ird and st arted pressin g Crensh aw fo r second. T he 19-y ea r-o ld Einarsson (ridi ng a Harl ey -David son , sponso re d by Paul Markl ey, Harl e y-D avid son o f Taco ma , a nd tu ned b y Terry Maup in ) one o f th e to p J uniors thi s year in the Paci fic Northwest , to ok h is bi ke fir st to th e finish with Cren sh aw second and Martin th ird. L. D avis, riding a Kaw asak i t o ok th e lead in the No vice Main wit h H. Scott seco nd . (In case yo u ' re wonde ring, He nry Scott is Gary Sco tt' s y ounge r brother and lo o ks just as p rom isin g a young race r as Gary .) L . Davis held o ff Sco tt to ta ke fir st with J ohn Mari nacci going d own an d I 15W tak in g over third . (R esu lts o n page 40) • FREMONT_ [rom !JUg,. ((.'0111 '<1. 2 7) J ohnson will be happy wh en he turn s J un ior b ut th ey be tte r wa tc h o u t fo r J ona Smi th as th a t ne wes t of th e S m ith racers wou nd u p th ird to J ohnson in th e first h ea t an d she actually had hi m u ntil the las t la p. R ich Beers pulled off a double fo r the nigh t in t he 250 J unior and 650 Junior. His competition .was ever-p resen t Scott William s with Chuck Mil ler pressuring William s for the distance . Harley-Davidson lovers rejo ice, Ge rald Sp e ncer has got a 750 X R run n in g like the jet t hat it is and is now clean ing h ouse in the 650 and up Novice Main . Whil e the size of the bik e wo uld see m to m ak e it be tt e r off than th e 65 0's , it d oesn 't work o u t lik e th at at a tight scrambles trac k. But th is Spe nce r guy handles it easy -lik e and is reall y wailin g the re st o f th e cre w . ( Resu lts o n p age 40) a,al. I ••• Central Closed Course By R ita Gunter SWEENE Y, T E X. , May 21 , 19 7 2 - A closed co u rse e nd u ro, sponso re d b y th e Sween ey E nd u ro Clu b , was held at their new tr ack fea turing la rge tre es, gra p e vines, beau ti ful trail s (wi th a fe w m ud ho les th ro wn in at surprisin g p laces) and saw-t oothed palmetto s. T h is w as m y fir st experience with th is type o f event, whi ch produced pl enty of exp erien ces - so m e good, so m e n ot so good. The rid e was an enjoyab le way to spend a Sunday afte rnoon, excep t for en co u ntering a co uple of snakes (y u k) an d so m e clod wh o y elled at m e to ge t ou t o f his way . I w as t rying to d o ju st tha t b ut th ere were several uncoope rative an d u n y iel d in g trees in the way . In d espera tion I ch os e go ing o ff in to the brush t o being mauled fr om b ehind by a knob by-tir ed Husky. I will admi t that th e guy d id say "thank-you" when he whizzed by me. The wi nners, after three hours of lap afte r lap ove r an 8 -mil e co u rse we re : Mike Bro wn in the 0 - 125 class on h is Penton, with Charlie Crouso , riding a Honda, second a nd R . Craig ( Pen) third. The 126-250 class winners were Mon te S tutes (Y am) in first, . fo llo we d by George McGowen, ridin g a Honda an d Chuck Garret (Ya m) pl acin g third . Roger Bra d ley checked in for firs t place in the 25 l -Op e n class with tw o Yamah a riders righ't beh ind h im . T hey we re Dale McG ough , second. an d Ray Curry, third.

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