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M i .., '" ~ w Z W ...J U >U TT- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Corona Short Track and Half-Mile- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Perris by Elaine Jones CORONA, CAL ., Dec. 6, 197 2 - Vince Mead co n tin ues to domin ate the 100 Amateur-Experts in both th e Sho rt Track and Half-mile winning both easil y. In the Short Track, Doug Westly and Jim Crowley finish ed second and third while in the Half-mile it was again Doug seco nd . John Eri ckson, who's name is becoming almost expected as the winner of the 100 Novi ce, didn't disappoint anyone ex cept second place Brent Alumb augh . Don Tallman topped Craig Scroggins and Casey McClintock to win Division I. Mark Barbani pulled a Vince Mead in the 125 Amateur-Expert Short Trac k and Half-mile . No one got even close enough to ch allen ge. In the Short Track it was Terry Griner with three seconds b y Elaine J ones PERRIS , CAL. , De c. 2, 1972 - Su re wish so me o ne in charge w o uld tum th e heaters on ca use th e fros t is o n th e pump kin. The Side-Hack s we re o u t in force and put o n a real go od show. My fri ends St e ve Fish er and Pete th e Greek w alked away w ith th e honors but it was a close one with sec o nd pla ce Pat Kell y and T o ny Masella blowing it on the last lap wh en they had bike problems. Sure ' lo oked lik e th ey were running a road race set up. Jeff Ahrens and Barry Hender shott were third. The j azziest rin g on the track w as a green j ob with white polka dots and would y ou believe flowers growing out of the front end . They transplanted their posies in the tir es a t the end of the sw eeper th e last Sand Sailors' Hare Scrambles by Martha Keepers LANCASTER , CAL. , De c. 16, 1972 A fun, fast t rack was enjoyed by Saturday's ligh t turnout. R. Wrigh t took first in the 100 class; J . Hicks first in th e 175 class with the class second go ing to K. Parry on a 125 Yamaha. T he 250 class went to J oe Palujancuicz; Open class was won b y D. Coffman. The drawing fo r th e Turkey was won by J. Hicks of Lan caster . Sunday w as an other good day for racin g for a much larger turn o ut. Mark Stormes led the Open class wi th a good lead until th e fourth lap when h e let Jerry V ondellon tak e ov er by an inch just before th e checke red flag. K. Parry took first in th e 17 5 class this tim e on his 125 Yamaha. The fir st 25 0 goes to Jessie Cox and dse cond goes to his co usin , Jerry Cox. First 100 was n o other than R . Wright again as on Saturday. The course was changed due to dune buggies using the track. Most p eople liked it better than before. R. Wright not only took two firsts for Saturday and Sunday which made him high point winner of the California helm et but also won a turkey. Se cond turkey was tak en h om e b y J. V ondellon alo ng with first Open today. A nice day and good race! Nex t m on th, J anuary 20 th and 2 1st, the Sand Sailo rs will hold a b en e fit race fo r the EI Cajon M.C. T his club ro ke the ice for desert race rs and I pe rso n ally ' feel all clubs should support th is figh t for land! So ride this ra ce next m o n th on yo ur two wheels an d not with your mo uths. If we don' t stick togeth er on t his Pen ney. deal, we all lose. Hop e to see you there. Each en try will be deeply appreciated. Besides, EI Cajon is the old San d Sailors M.C. ho me gro un d ! Born and raise d there! an d Steve fortune third. T he Half-mil e w as no t so cu t and dried with Steve Fortune wh o ; after a slow start, pi ck ed thing up to gra b off sec o nd. . Jim Wright was hot Wednesd ay, hitting for one first and two seconds. llis first came in th e 250 Am ateur-Expert Short Track where he had to co n ten t with Gary Wells. It w ent right down to the wire with a tie going into the fin al round. It was J im that got th e drop off the line and , Gary just co u ld n' t ge t around him. Steve Bales aced Jim out in the 175 Novice Amateur-Expert combined. The race was handicapped with Novices on th e front row, Amateurs second and Experts third. Steve h ad th e advantage with a second row and it was just too mu ch for J im to handle even though he managed to take it down to the final heat. Randy Baile y and hi s sc ream in 25 0 Yamah a twin were so far ah ead in th e Expert Half-mile th at aLea r J et is ab o u t th e only thing th at could catch h im . Randy had so much fu n runnin g away from them in the 25 0 Class th at he gave a repeat p erforman ce in th e Op en C ombination. There w as a no-n o pull ed h ere as a ligh twe igh t is n ot suppose to run w ith a Heavyweigh t an d he was still riding hi s twin. A Novice in th e pers on o f Don Waffle got in th ere for a solid seco nd. Don Waffl e did pull a first in the Novi ce Moto on the Short T rack with three for three. Bob Graves and Terry Griner were so evenly matched in the 250 Amateur Half-mile .th at they ende d th e evening in a tie for first place. Each rid er had a first , second and third to his cre d it and they took their cue from each other. ' Keith Hoffman on the little Spanish import, Carabella grab bed th e win in the 250 No vice Half-mile . Carabella, at least with Keith aboard makes a pretty good flat track machine which might start a whole new trend for the little rno to -crosser. Bob Fuller took on th e G ary's from Ari zona, Wells and Davis in th e Expert Sh ort Track. G ary Wells starte d th ings off b y wi n n ing th e firs t m o to but Bob came b ack th e next two to tak e th e wins and th e overa ll. Brian's Tolso n and Garcia won the tw o Sho rt Track Di vision s of 250 No vices while Kelly McCu rrin to pped Billy Ch arles an d Mike Fritz in the 125 - Novi ce Short Track. Thank y o u Mr. Scroggins for bringing your propane heater an d letting this rep o rt er use it. I was the most popular person in the p lace for a change. To all you riders a very ~Ie rry Christmas and ma y the New Year bring you all the new bikes and what have, yo u want. See you next year. moto . Re x H ailey h eld o ff hard ch argin g Vern Maxwell an d J ohn Erickson to win th e 100-12 5 Amateur-Expert class. Glenn Ros s and G reg Scroggin s were the winners o f th e tw o Divisions of 100 Novices . Paul Lambert w as h itting on all eyclinders and po st ed some fast lap times winning the Amateur-Expert Big Bike Moto. Jack McC afferty was second and Jim Caldwell probably still rec ove rin g from his tangle with the wall at Corona, was third . Fred Scurlock wo n the Novice go. I hope each and everyone of you has a great holiday season and th at all of you come b ack rarin ' to go in January. ASCOT Ricky Har t liked th e idea o f w inning so h e did it again in th e 125 No vice II . Ricky h ad to ride agains t so me pretty go od co mpeti tio n in th e form o f th e Web ers. Co n rad Web er was in a pho to Three TT's at Ascot finis h th e first h eat but th e officials gave it to Ricky . Conrad finished second A 100.lap TT s teep lechase - th e first overall and C alvin Wever was th ird . S3,OOO Regional Cha mp io nsh ip staged T he re were enough 175-2 00 riders to in Califo rnia under new American ru n both N ovice and Amateur-Expe rt Motorcycle Association rules - ' will classes. Oss a mounted Miles St ric kland clim a x three winter TT events at Ascot used his head and rode so me goo d races to co me up with th e w in in th e Novice . Park, Sunday , March 18. T he series wiII ac tually be in g Sunday, go. Eddie Be eson who much h ave a January 14 with a regular AMA event, rubb er bottom took a nasty spill in the but th e first race and th e secon d on e, second moto th at required th e Sunday, February 25 , wiII have a special ambulance to move but the little stinker meanin g to N ovices and Juniors. was back on the lin e the third moto and "We 've worked o ut a TT schedule ca me up with -th e ' sec o nd . Keith with AMA headquarters th at sh o uld McAuley was third. have some unusual incentive s for fan s Steve Bales continues to dominat e and riders alike," said Agajanian, Ascot th e Am ateu r-Exp ert 175, this tim e president and general manager . doing it to Gary Whi te and Randy Under the n ew plan, Juniors and Smith. Novices will be awarded points for the Mike Beck got his graduation p apers to th e Amateurs when he won the 250 January and February events. The points will be co mb ined for both Novice I. It 's a real famil y affair with races, and the top 16 only in each th e Beck s with Dad acting a pit crew for ca tego ry will then be invited to the the boys and usually a pretty go od Regional event. cheering section in attend an ce . Greg In the Expert division , the first 30 Beres fo rd had ride for th e nig h t and q ualifiers on March 18 , will transfer fin ish ed second. immediately to th e 100-lap final. The Rick Draudt o utro de Brian G arcia to next 12 will co mpe te in a semifin al with win th e second Division of 250 Novices. th e first three in th at race joining th e Brian ma de a lo t of mi stak es wh ich fiel d o f 33 in the main show. caused h im a lot of ti me. He's go t to The 100-lap TT, a popular winter learn not to dive in to the comers so program d uring the d ay s Agajanian quick as he ends up in troubl e every merely leased th e p remises at Ascot, tim e. No rm Blake was thi rd . Bob Byars wasn't held last year, because th e ne w won Divi sion II I over G ary Dordero and own ersh ip was involved in a big Mik e Larkey . remodeling program. Rob Morrison h ad n o difficulty Regional even ts are an Al\IA winning th e 250 Amateur-Expert go . innovation this season. Nati on al events Re x Hailey is reall y st arting to ge t the will be limited to Ex perts, an d Juniors hang of hi s bike and wh en you stay a n d N'ov ic es mu st achieve thei r ah ead of guys like T om Heard y o u have recognition through these programs. to do a good j o b .