Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

,... N Spills, Thrills g " c, N ,... And Foggy Dew en M By James Bra mmer PETALUMA, CAL., May 20 , 19 72 - It rained on the Worl d's Wrist Wrestling Championships - an d the m o to rcycle scrambles in Pe talum a Saturday night. The scrambles of the TT type a t Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds were halted by a surprise rai n w ith less than half of the finals completed. T h e surface of th e tr ack is black clay that is slick for motorcycles under n o rm al ni ght air m o istu re , and so slick tha t a man can hardly stand up on it when it is wet. A foggy mist caused numerous spills beginning with the start of the finals. In the 125 Novice final, Bill Shura from Napa fell in the first comer taking down five riders including Bill Bisel, Bisel is a Cycle West rider who has been getting up to three class wins a nigh t a t other tracks and should be a hero here on his home tow n track. . . Both Bisel and Shura we re ab le to return fo r the restart won by Chris Hudson . Again, and while in second pl ac e Bisel went down . This time , h e crossed up coming out o f a sweeper comer headed up a jump ramp . ' He w as al one wh en he fell, but a rider coming fro m beh ind could n ot get by without hitting Bisel hard. The race w as st op ped with Shura ge t tin g seco nd and Lenny S oderquist in third . Bisel walked fr om t he spill bu t hurting. The fin als progressed through the 250 Novice class befo re being called be cause o f rai n an d eve n th ose run wer e cu t sh ort because of spill s. Expert classe s were run in sing le hea ts wi th I I rid ers st arting the 25 0 class. Larry Drew ra n .o ff with th e 250 heat lead, but w as held back to fourth in th e 650 class. A llen Yarrow (Mail took th e lead of th e 650 class from Jim Saitone, The Petaluma scra m b les are produced by the S on oma County Sport Cycle Asso ciation an d b acked by John Soares, the same group that ran th e in door sh ort track series a t Santa R osa. Their next scram bles d ate at Petaluma is June 10. (Resu lts on page 40) " ::l .., c: ~ w Z W ..J o >o fremont Scrambles Keeps On Running I I Fr om th e peo p l e _ ho b r i n g you ff17'G&• • • • S Prod ucts desig ned t o grab you r gree nb ac ks and otherwise deflate yo u r wa llet. Need Thr e e Han d s ? By W. H. Sp encer FREMO NT . CAL., May 19, 19 7 2 With all the hec tic activi ty of the mil e Na tion al an d pro short track in fr on t o f everybody's mi nd, the regul ar Friday night scrambles wen t off wi thou t a hitch . In th e feature event of the nigh t, Bill Budde and Alex Jorgense n bat tled o n 650s. Budde held on fo r th e win but Alex really gave h im a ru n for his lap s with some exce llen t feet up slid ing o n the o u tside . In h is fo urth w eek of rampaging was Mike VanLie nde n on the Sel by Mo ntesa. Mike is o ut, n o t on ly for a hi gh poin t tro phy h ere at Fremo n t, bu t a sho t at th e No . On e b lack plate that J im Fole y has greed ily kept for three y ear s. Van Lien d cn was in co m p le te charge of the 500 Expert Mai n an d was a good three seconds ahead of Brian O'Hagan a t the checkered . Vince Amaral won ye t another 100 Novice Main . Tracy Dawson an d llri an (Please turn to pg. 30) ""~_""1IIIIIIIIl Wa n te d lJ\J' ~Membersl To represent in governme nt Mo t o rcy cle Owners, Riders, and Enthusi asts Send a min imum contributio n of $1 for a year'S registration of your support. Reg ister each member of your family. £.T. CYCLE SALES l4 ISI 9G4 6f,22 BAYA REA DIRT BIKE HEADDUARTERS PO Box 26062. Sa cramento 95B26 Pr oressl ~ n a l C arry it wh et h e r on y o u r H oda ka o r your 1 0 speed. T he idea l way to carry your b o o ks to school or your lun ch & spare p lu gs on the t rail . $2.50 . races . Over 10,000 na mes a nd r ld lOg num be rs. All k now ab o u t C ali fornia AC K PRODUCTS, K fi n d y o u r hero. 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