Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

~ ., l6' Q. M .... '" rD e .., '" ~ w Z w -' U >- U CRC MX at Arroyo _ b y The Shadow DEVORE , CAL., Dec. 9, 19 72 - In weath er m o re fitting polar bear races than mo tocross racing CRC hoste d a fair ·tu rn o u t of h ear ty indivi d u als h er e Saturday. Abo ut th e hottest th in g aro und was David Olle r , th e hotshoe seven th gra de r, who p ilots a Honda in the Minib ike class. Loo kin g for the ultimate challenge, Oller took o n the 100 Beginners, u nd er 16 field an d piloted his machine to a first place overall finish . As for th e 100 Beginners , under 16 field, Kurt A nderson (Hod ), was the winner of the class •. Ku rt Sofka (Puc), was another standout pe rfo rmer on the lo ng , frigid day - te mperatures never did go above freezing - placi ng second in the 12 5 Begin ners class, th en co ming back to win the Hoo ligan R ace, when h is class was p ulled fro m th e sec ret envelope at the end of the event. Sh ay Huffman (CZ) , came on stro ng to win the Veterans Open race , with A I Bonnefin (H us), a wi n ner a t Vets 250. T he Sh adow is very happy to be in the newspaper b usin ess whe n it co mes to the next n ame . Typing the n am e is mu ch easier than try in g to pro n o un ce it. Read y ? J oh n Hrynkiewic z pil oted h is Bul to a win in the co mbi ne d In term edia te/Sen io r class. Some of the better .N ovice riders were J erry Harris (S uz), a winner at Op en No-ice; J on Miller (Mai) , a win ner at 250 Novice; and Mike Koo im an (Mo n), w ho took th e 125 Novi ce class. Sup er sh arp Beginners were J oh n Cornett (C Z), w ho w on at 250 Beginners; C len Ferris (H us), a wi nner at O pen Beginners ; Bill Ogle (Y am ) , a win at 125 Begin ners; and Chuck Welch [Mnk} , who was t he vic tor at 125 Beginners, un der 16. Triple -Header Slated for A r r o y o - - - - - - - - - - - - - On Jan uary 14th, Arroyo Cycle Par k , in co o pera ti o n with the Cal ifornia R acing Club an d Mo ntesa Motors, is presen tin g a triple-head er motorcy cle ex travagan za which sh ould prove to be a deli gh t fo r enthusias t' s an d especiall y sp ec tat o rs o f th e tw o-wheeled sp o rt. California R acin g Club (CRC) is spons ori n g it ' s regu lar m onthly Arroyo moto cr o ss fo r beginners and n ovices o n A rroyo's "best in Califo rn ia" m oto cross track. Practi ce for all classes from mini-bi kes to open class bikes starts at 8 A~I . . At lOAM, A rroyo is introd ucing motorcycling's n ewest eve nt, Drag Hill Climbs. T his even t co mb ines th e exci te me n t and co m p eti ti on of d rag raci ng with m o t o rcy cle hillclimb in g. Participan ts n eed n ot h ave exotic hillcl imb ma ch in es; as the average MX or desert ride r can easily nego tia te the hill, wi t h sta ndar d t ra il t ype Indian Dunes M X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - by J ohn Cro ut VALENCI A, CAL ., Dec. 17, 19 72 - Pat Dail ey and Ru ss M cA ~e became the o n ly c o n t e s t a n t s ab le to score grand-slam vic t or ies d urin g t ~d ay ' s initi al ro und of a t hree-r ace series to estab lish J u ni or riding champ io ns hi ps a t Indian Dunes Park near Saugus. Whil e racing o n the Dunes' Shadow Glen o bs tacle course, Dail ey was never headed durin g three, seven-lap rn o tos f~r the big-bo re mach in ery, as he z ipped h is CZ to lo ng-yardage victories in each encoun te r. Wh en th e cre w reach ed thei r final-heat co mbat, even th ough Dailey appeared to be a cin ch for overall barring any mech an ical problem s - the. runner-up sp ots wer still wide ope n . An y o f four riders had an excellen t opportunity : Mike McKnight .lMai) , Martin Taj ia, who had already gamed a pair of second pl ace finishes on his Maico , Leigh De nnis (CZ) an d Hu~ky rid er Dick R obinson. A mere few p o m t s separated them.. . . T ajia began th e m oto 10 second p osition, di rectly beh ind leader Dailey. McKnigh t was racing in th e thi rd slo t; OOPS!! SHOULD HA V E REA D "ESCAPE BY TRA I L BIK E" ~~ /r while Dennis and R ob inson we re sta ging g e n u i n e c r o w d -p Ie a s e r of a b ack -and-forth er fq r fou r th . On lap two , T ajia dropped ou t o f co n te n tio n for a co m p le te circle of th e ' Glen tr ack. Both l\1 cK nigh t and Dennis, fo llowed by Ro binson an d Bill Lagoni (C re) m oved up a n otch on th e sco re rs' cards . When the chec kered fi na lly came ou t, those closes to overall victor Dai ley included McKnigh t, Tajia, who h ad worked back to fin ish sixth in the final heat, and Dennis. McA fee' s three st raigh t 125 win s, equall y as im p ressive as were those of Op en winner Daile y , came against a who's who list of th e top Nov ice riders on the West Coast. • Though recording somewhat e asy victories in both his fir st and third heat races, yo un g McA fee (Bu l) fo und himsel f behind front-runners !\like Gr een (Pen) and Ron Byar s (Bul) during ea rly lap s of the second co n fron ta t ion. McAfee was un abl e to assume com mand until his fif th circle o f the co urse durin g th at particu lar mo to . On ce there, how ever, there was not a lot of doubt a abou t the fin al o u tcome . C l os es t r u n n e r s - u p to McAfee included: Keith. Ludwig, strad d ling howl er o f a new DKW; Craig Maisack (Bu l), Larry Bu tgereit (Pe n) an d Mik e Clover in th e sad d le o f a Yama ha. Ken Bates, raci ng a DKW fo r th e Bud Ba tes Spee d Enterprises in No rt h ridge , sco red an overal l vic tory agains t a 4 0-ride r field of 100 Junio rs. T he th ree mo to s for th e group produced as m an y different winners: !\1ike Le wis (Kaw) , Bates , an d Angelo Bar bera (Ho d ). It was th e final hea t tha t decided th e wh ole mel ee... Ba tes , wh o fi nis hed t hi rd in the Novice trail b ik e class of th e Barst ow to Vegas sizzler, was in trouble d u ring th e first few lap s o f th at last mo to, dropping b ack to fifth o r sixth p lace. He did. however. reco ver eno ugh t o an chor a secon d at the wire - enough for an overall win b y the narrow margin of just two points. Bob Bayle, who scooted to a pair of win s on a ez. wo n the warfare against th e 25 0's. Though hi s m ar gin was o nly by a sing le p oint over both .Jeff Vaughn (Bu l) and Dave Arnold (CZ) . a D ISPLAY ADVERTISING H ome stu d y and resi dence trai n i ng ava ilable o n a ll ty pes of motorcy cles. For i nfor m a ti o n w r i t e. STUDE NT D IV ISION PO B o x 2628 Dayt o na Bea ch, DEADLINE Jan. 17 ? for issue No.3 ( \ .. on sale Jan. 24 , _ ~~ G.P. 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Perfect weathe r, and th e lure of Ar royo's magn ificen t track (truly a challen ge for eve n th e best mo t o rcycle rider), brough t out the li kes of the "Magn ificen t C atc otts", An d for all Catco tt fa ns everywhere , Bra d , m o unted on a CZ, took the 25 0 Novice race, wh ile b ro th er Brett, who pilo ts a Yamaha, ro de to victo ry in the 100 Beginners class. S ome o th er fine rides on Saturday : John Kraus (C Z) , winner at 250 Seniors; Ra ndy Frederiksen (C Z), winner at Op en Se niors: !\lark Broadhead (Yam ), 125 Beginners winner; Duncan Had den (lI us) , Open Beginners win n er ; J ohn Cornett (CZ), winner at 250 Beginn ers; Mik e Braswell (Ka w), a win ner at 175 . Beginners ; and R ick Wats on [Mai}, winner at Veteran s. T RI U MPH SUZU KI of POMO NA 104 9 W. Mission (714) 629-8642 · E . F la . 3201 5 9 0 4 / 2 55-0295 CRC A rroyo M ) ( i - - - - - - WEDNESDAY AT Sprn $7,000-$15,000 Yearly W o rdS , pictu re s an d d iag rams wo rt h t h ei r we ight In go l d . 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Complimen tary trials mach in es will be avai lab le in limited sup p ly fo r th ose who wish to negotiate th e novice sec t io n of the tri als co urse. T rials en th usias ts are invited to a ttend this eve n t and sec the best perform. Sp ec tat or admission for all th ree eve n ts is $3.0 0. Under 12 y rs., $ 1.5 0 , an d kids un der 6 free. Arroyo Cycle Par k is loca ted j ust n o rth of th e ci ty of San Bernardino on 1-15 . Take th e Devore off-ra m p an d go over the free way b rid ge for one mil e to the park TOR RAN CE, CALIF ORNI A 90508 Send mo ney ord er w/ parts to : KAWASAKI T EMPLE CITY WHOL ESA L E ONLY N EW PRODUCTS FOR '73" (213) 320-9260 ~RODU~tington OMPETITION YClE 5663 No. Ros emead Temple City , Ca. 91780 12131 28 7-61 67 Moto-X - Desert Enduro 1661 2 Beach Blvd . Beach , Calif (7 14) 847·220 2 ·1 .!t~ 1 .. 103 2 W.SROQKS St. · ONTARIO,CA91762 ·7 14 983-5871 ., I

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