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Santa Rosa Indoor ...;.._ _ by Bil l Spencer S ANT A ROS A , CA L ., Jan. 26,1973 In d o or motorcycle racing is a riot. In m o re ways than just on th e track. The riots around the perimeter o f th e facility are just as in teresting as the actual racing and serves to br eak up the m on oton y of the roundy -round stuff . Twice tonight th e loc al c on st ab ula ry w er e forced to remov e some bad guys . Th e racin g was its' usu al hot and heavy self wit h a n ew winn er to kee p thin gs j u m p ing. J e rry Kol e is o u t sick for a while. The two 25 0 Expert ev ents were ev enly matched with Larry Drew winnin g th e fir st an d Dennis Kin g th e sec ond. Drew is a local he ro and is ready in g for his as sault on th e Y amaha Si lver Cup in Madison Square Carden. King is th e yo unge r b rother of Kir k , wh o is b ack o n th e-s cen e. Kirk held off the advan ces of T erry Oten and Jim Yo ung a n d was happy for the win, his first as an Expe rt. The 250 Novic es were also split as the c o un t of ride rs climbs in stead o f getting smaller. Steve McKib b en ca me wit h o u t p lates h ut won th e "A" wh ile Brian Brown sport e d h is n ew n umb e r to the HE" w in. Phil Caran do pressured Mark Yarrow for th e 200 Expert ru n, b u t Yarrow toed the n a rr o w line a nd ke pt the older Ex pert in lin e. T he Yarrow boys are on e fa mi ly tha t ra ces all styles with b rother Allan a blue p late MXer and scrambler. Mike Sturgeon won the 125 Novice eve n t by a ton over Ray S moak and Ric k y Silva o n the new In dian. This class seems best suited fo r this small track . Plymou th MX '. Salt Lake Indoor I I _ by Terry Newfarmer SALT LA KE C ITY, UTAH , Jan . 2 7, 19 73 - To most of us Utah dirt ra cers, who have on ly re cently see n motocross o u tru n desert races as th e most fre q ue n t type events - the world of tra ck racing i'i a s trange o ne in deed; e sp eci ally when it's indoors. Th e first -tim e re action of the rou gh -c o untry rider is almost universal: " I c a n ' t belie ve it ." Th e n e x t time h e goes, h e 's likel y to b e o n the track tryin g it. Th e sce ne w as th e U tah Steve Fairgrounds Coliseum, and th e first of th is ~ ye ar's series of indo or short track M ev ents being sponsored by Ke lly Blair P r o d u c t i ons . - Other ra ces in th e Saturday ni gh t seri es will b e Feb . -3 , 10 and 17. Th e track is tou te d as o ne-eighth mil e , bu t th a t must b e aro un d th e o u tsi de, because yo u c an almo st spit from th e in side of o ne tu m to the oth er. The su r fa ce s tayed h ard aro un d th e insid e . e xce p t fo r a fe w ru ts that ma de slid ing a littl e umpredictah le. Th e ruts p robabl y got sta rted whe n th e Open N o vic es sta cked their b ikes in a not-so -neat pil e in tu m tw o of their firs t heat race . INDOOR RIOTS CONTINUE _ b y Jay Davidson PLY:'I O UT H , CAL., Jan. 21 , 1973 Th reatening skies and ca ncella tion s by other tra cks made for a fine day o f raci n g. The Delta Dirt Riders of Antioch , Califomis hosted the cre a m of Northern California moto crossers on th e thorough , san d y Plymouth track. Th e likes of Dick Mann, Ca rl Cranke, Ch arlie Marshall, The Penton West Team, d id battle today . Th e fir st rn o t o of th e day was a bi g o ne due to ' the reverse program . T h is Open Expert ra ce saw Charlie Marshall (Mai) lead in g Dick Man n (BS A ) for ele ven laps u n til a broken ch a in \ sideline d hi m . Des pite a 12 th lap fa ll, liodi Scramb les by W. II. Spencer LO DI, CA L., J an . 28, 197 3 - A comblnarion of th e fin es t in sc ram b les and motocross h e roe s sho wed up at Mu d City today d esp ite the c an cell a tio n o ' nearly all o the r e ven ts in Northern Cali fornia. The very heavy rains have put a definite d ampe r On District 36 - activitie s, and it may b e April b efore every one is du g a u t. . De spite a ll th e fog, rains, hurricane s, wind. cyclo n es and whirlwinds. over 100 ride rs signed in for the Stock t on ~IC 's fir st race o f th e ne w year. The h ot se t-u p s for th e day were Al ex Jorgensen in the 250 E xp ert b ash . and All en Yarrow in th e Open, On h oard th e prototype Mor o-Villa fo r the. past three m onth s, J o rgy has d ominated nearly eve ry eve n l. Al e x wa s the easy winner in today 's Main w ith Mark Ru ckman taking h is se cond s tra igh t sec o nd in as man y we e ks. Con sist en cy is th e n ame of th e gam e. The start o f th e eve n t w as probabl y the most e ve n tfu l o f the day with one rest art being ca lle d for and the usu al number of line-ju mpers ge ttin g thi n gs messed up . O n the restarts Gene Arn aiz (Kaw) had some troubles n ear th e top of the hill and dropped b ack. Ru ckman . Cloverdale Indoor CLOVERDA LE, B.C. , J an . 13, 19 73 Fifty-two ride rs an d o ve r 500 spectators were in atte ndance for what wasn't reall y the warmes t n ight to watch A merican natio na l num b er 3 5 , Ran dy Skiver take o n all the re gu lar riders on on e o f the ultra n ew 250 two st ro ke Hondas su p p lie d to him by Canadian ' H on d a dis!!ihutor C la rke Simpkins. As there are o n ly tw o su ch ma chines in Can ada, we a re pl eased th at Simpkins saw fit to debut th e new m ode l at o ur races. Sk i v e r a n d t he H onda were unb eat abl e , and if it w asn' t fo r o ne sm all . m ist a ke , they w ould h ave taken h ome all th e m arbles . S ki ver w on th e trophy d ash, won his heat, and had a stro ng lead in the Main . Skiver led for Dave Masse (19J) gets under N ick T heroux's Honda. Man n took the ch ec ke red flag and a well-deserved win. Th e se cond moto saw Marshall again in the lead u n til a c rash put him out for the d ay . Mann won easily, then packed up · and left im mediately. as is h is custom. Danny Davis (Bu l) hung o n for se cond . Carl Cranke won the first 12 5 Expert m o t o go ing away, followed by Ric k C le me n t an d Kevin Henry , all on Pen tons. The second moto also saw Cranke win ni ng with Bob Messer up fro m the South in w ith a se cond and Henry third. Clements' fourth and sec ond gave him second o ve ral l b ehind Cranke, Plymouth will run again on February 18 , 197 3, and th e Delta Dirt Ride rs hope to see y o u th er e . The n igh t's top performance , at leas t in the ey es of the fan s, ca me after Bob Bes t ge t his leg c a u gh t between two bikes in a st ac k u p in th e 12 5 Main Even t. A f ter being pulled o ut , Bob la y in p ain o n the t rac k for a minu te, th en realize d that th e 2 00 Main was aho ut to hegin . H e limped to hi s oth e r Bul taco and w on th e"2 0 0 class. Un dau nted b y pil e ups in h is line , T om D icker son rode his Suz u k i t o victo ry in that 12 5 Main , D ickerson also j oined C rai g Will iams in an exhi b it ion of s p e e dwa y o n two C Z spee dway m achin es. T hat alone w as worth the price of a tic ket. But in a se cond he at race in the Op en E xpert cl as s, Willi ams \von a very close victory , on ly to lo op his Suzuki o n th e fin ish lin e, appe arantl y try in g 10 do a whellie. Whil e hein g toss ed h ard on his back, h e ca u gh t a to e, and th e at -the-track p rogn osi s wa s a br ok en ankle . The Open class h ad more troubl es, as Gary Nelson won what was s uppo se d to have b een th e Main o n William's b ike, e xc ep t that not all the riders wer e the re . The eve n t was run over again , and Doug Ea ston took l o p h o n o rs o n hi s Kaw asaki. The 100 Main was le ss d ramatic, w here R o c k F ra mpton rod e a Ca che H on d a in front from start t o fin ish in the fir st h e at h e won that night. Mo re th a n the oth er riders, e xcep t fo r C raig Williams , Rock has that "tra ck rid er" lo o k w hen h e tosses his bike into th e tu m. N o vice turnout was light, so th e cl asses were co mbine d to ov er and under 125cc, with Dan Ko okle t op d og among th e b ig bikes, and Steve Wayment winner among the little ·m ach ines. And in the Mini-Main , S cott Center put to w ork th e coac h ing from st epfather Adrain (A b e) N ebeker to run away from th e class on hi s H onda XL·70. But Abe was not t o b e o u tdone - h e proce eded 10 win th e troph y dash o f t op qualifiers on his XL-2 50, fr o m his Honda of Bountiful shop . And the Sweepstakes ra ce o f class winners was won in the first tum. Dickerson e lb o w ed the lead there, and didn "t m ake a m is take . " '" ~ 0.. M .... Cl M .ci " u, "J I i I I ~ w Z W ...J U ~ U I I I ;.",;,_ ! ·1 worked into se cond on th e next lap and Arnaiz started to regain lo s t ground to h old thi rd at th e chec kere d . J orgy was lon g go n e with fir st. In th e Open Expert Main, All en Yarr ow m ade it 1\\'0 weeks in a row with an easv win o ve r scrambles rider Don S hipl ey and John Hlebo . Hl ebo rode the 250 cl ass with smoo th tract ion and little lu ck th e re st o f th e d ay . He is one o f the o ld timers in th e scram hIe s bu sin ess . In th e lightweight com pe titio n it w as Mik e Jennings o~a 12 5 Husky th a t swoo ped th e troops. J ennings had a Jun ior rating when he arrived but with the blue plate on he joins the ranks o f the scram b les Experts. It probabl y wouldn't h ave looked too go od if he had ridden th e Junior class with a n Expert MX pl a te, but he wasn't th e on ly on e around - wh o d id . and th e se inequitie s are th e things that riders suffer in the winter time . D on Kirb y le d the better part o f the 2 50 Novice Main but succu mbed to a case of th e fally -d ow n s com ing o ff th e las t tum. In th e ensui ng shuffle, C huck Hendri ck s c ame fro m third to win i t over Paul Phillips. MOTOCROSS MINI, JR., SR. SUN., FEB. 11 Limited Entry TROPHIES 1-6 All Classes S ignup at Muntz P ark S aturday 12:00 Noon 'til 4:00 PM S unday 7:00-8:30 A M P ractice 8:00·9:00 AM F R 9:30 AM irst ace Mini 60·80 cc ; Junior 100-1 25 ·25'0 cc. enior 125-250·500 cc. S Interm ediates must state or be disqualified OPEN RIDING 7 days a week _ 14 of the 15 lap s h ut, in attempting to lap a slower rider, Skiver was pushed wide, letting Mike McC lai n ( Bul) slip in and take th e win with Skiver c o m in g o ut second . Stev e Baker on a Fr ed Dee ley Yamaha was third . Th e 12 5 class was another h otlv con tested class wi th an yon e o f th~ rid ers a go od b et at winnin g. Jon McCaffer y on a Modern Motors Suzuki w on th e troph y dash . Butch Brown on Clarke S impkins Ho nd a took the main win with Howard Garbe on a Pace Moto rs Yamaha takin g se c ond. Hernadet te Hendrix ( Pace l- Ioto rs Yam ) o nce again w on th e p owder puff event. The n ext ra ce a t th e C lov erdale-aren a is S aturday, February 10th. For more in formation ca ll A.C .E . a t 32 1-14 24. European Style (2 Moto) Entry F Mini $5.00; ee: 1.4o~~;Tro;=....... 10 (0 Jr. $7.00;Sr. $8.00 A dmission $2.50, Children 6-1 2$1.50 G Open 7:00 A un ates MS S ilencers Mandatory A ~ !' RODU CTION ~ s A ""G ( lt S ~ (21 3) 980-1 143 --