Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Saddleback Soggy Again .'" ~ Q. M ,... Ol o AMC MX at Saddle back Park or " Mot her Nature Doesn't'Dig MX, or is it ME She Hat es?!?" bv Scott Heidbrink IRVI N E , CA L., fe b . 10, 19 73 - Well , she di d it to us again . Yes, the old lady let us have it . But this time she sta r ted early. Ole Mom Nature started d roppin g her liq uid greetings in the early d ay s of th e wee k j ust to m a ke su re that everyone would fin d a go od, mush y tr ack for today ' s actio n. But we Io oled h er. We raced o n it . A small ban d of trusty (an d muddy I m igh t ad d) m oto cross types d ecided to b rave the eleme nts with res ult : fUN ! T he track was tric ky , bu t m o st wh o raced see me d to reall y d ig it . Lu ckily Sad d le back h as been o n t heir toes, so the, p i ts we re - e asy to get in an d out of, but to be on th e sa fe sid e , m o s t st ill p ar ked w he re t he y wouldn 't have to wait for the thaw to get t hei r ca rs o u t. O ur o ld frie nd , DUST , decided it w as to o wet to sho w hi s ugly head . a nd le t hi s good frien d , MUD , tak e h is sp o t. T he tu m -ou t was so slim , th e re we re two d ivisions: over 25 0, an d u nder , b ut they wer e sc o red separate ly . Mar k Freeman di d an excelle nt job of do minating the 10 0 Begi n ners today . beating fellow Ya maha riders, Bob Q uintin a nd Hal Ric h ardson o ut in st y Ie. Don Carlson won h is division easily , being the o n ly 100 N ovice left after the first m or o. The 125 Beginners p ro ved t o be one of the m o st exciting of th e d a y , with Mi ke Mol le t t a taking his Bul across the line for h is first overal l win ! Mike has been tryi ng for a wh ile now, an d has gone thro ugh one piston trying to d o it . Today, Mik e had the wi n in his pocket. Mike was leading the pack in m an y cases , or had la pped a la rge nu mber of N ,; ~ u. ~ w the fiel d. The fi rst m o t o, he streaked to the win, b ut in his second go- round, he fell, see mi ng ly d estr o yin g h is c h ances of th e ove rall win. But he got back up, finished , took firs t in his d ivisio n, an d lap pe d m o st of the othe r begin ners to bo ot. Mike was leading th e en tire pack in the third un til his th irst y Bul wan ted m ore th an Mik e co ul d su p ply , an d refus ed to run any m o re, b ut Mik e still had such a lead, h e finis hed second for th at rno to . It really see ms tha t Mike can ex cel in mud (o r at least he can excellera te l) In th e Begin n er en d of th e 250' s, Marvin Mas uda ste p pe d o ff his 175 , to trounce th e 250's o n h is Ho o sky . Mark Lau zo n o n a n o ld, and sea tless O ssa [sea tless in th e second m o t o a t leas t) was th e closest thing to o le Marv, Ch uck Richardso n co ntin ue d h is d o m in an c e of th e N ovices. an d everybody else on th e tr ack fo r th at m atter, to o ! R an con Bruner took h is Hu sk y (A ren ' t those th e fu n ny, f urry Northern sle d d o gs or so methi ng ???) to the Open Be~~.n e r .w!~ 0v.er flying G re g Sexton, o n hIS radio Maico, T he o nly problem was that all the action w as back o n the track today, w ith little to no action in th e p it s. Just wh en I was going to start p romotin g Car',O-Cross (so rt of a cross be tween MX and a d estruc ti o n d erb y ). Well , m aybe nex t rainfall ! Be su re a nd m a ke it down (or u p , as the case may be ) t o nex t week 's th rillin g, slick happen in gs here a t Sa d dle back, Mu d Cap ital of O ran ge Co un ty , and catch (No t literally, please ) so me of the action : slid ing bikes and scooting car s! Z W ..J U ~ U 11 it lean s [ha t way I lea n th is way. w e sh o uld go ab out th a t yvay. ,-------------------------------,\ . I I I I I I I I I I I ...for the ride TU ( IT IN! you ~ SPECIAL Introductory Price: 549!!! pre FOR ALL MODELS TO 141 ~ C H 'ay "TUNED"! If the rain k eeps Up. it won't come do w n. A SUPERIOR PRODUCT FROM San Manuel M X , - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - b y Max ine Morrow S AN MAN VEL , ARI Z.• f eb. 4, 19 73 T he mo ve-up of two No vice rider s .t o Ex pert b y tr ack officials w as clearly j us tified to d ay as J ohnn y Brown (Yam) and Steve Watm ore (H us) smo ke d the "old" E xpert s in the 125 class. In m oto o ne, Wa tmo re led every la p to ta ke th e chec ker, w ith Brown ri gllt behind. Bro wn pulled o ut ah ead in th e second m oto , puttin g qui te a d ist an ce b e tw een hi m sel f an d Wa tmore. wh o in turn pulled fa r away fr o m the rest of the pack . In the final m oto , it was Br own agai n all th e w ay to th e finish, ta king th e ove rall vic tory . Watmore, afte r b att lin g w ith Husk y rider Mark Hotchkiss fo r second . claim ed third fo r the n umbe r two ov erall fini sh. In credible Geo rge Daiber o n h is 4 00 Maico d id it agai n in the Open Expert division . I n two 10-lap m o to s , Daiber w as two and one to capture overall h o g o rs and the lead in season p oints stand ings . A fo ur-way tie ex isted for first go ing into today's race. T he Opens an d 250's were combined with Sam Redma n (CZ) u nchall enged for th e 250 w in . R edm an swep t to an easy victory in ' the first m oto, lead in g both classes. In m o to two , Daibe r took th e lead in th e fi rst turn an d held i t for th ree lap s before Redman sail ed b y on a jump an d stayed ou t in fro nt fo r th e re m ain in g se ve n la ps. .-.~ \\\'\\t1CO SEND 25~ FOR BIG FULL·CO,LOR BROCHURE WITH COMPLET E SPECIFICATIONS AND TECH DETAILS, CUTAWAY SHOWING HOW 'TUNED' 20729 DEARBOR N ST. SUSPENSION WORKS WHY HANDLING AND CHATSWORTH. CA. 91311 RIDE ARE IMPROVED FROM NORMAL 'SHOCKS: ~~ I DIS TRI BU TED IN TH EIR RESPECTIVE AREAS B Y ALSPORT D IS TR I BUTING COM PA NY I I W~~I"~t~ ~umJ I 233 Seventh A ven ue , C it y of Indust ry . 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