Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Porterville Spinners Scrambles '"' N " '" '" by john Crawf'ord/Sportph oto PORT ERVIL LE , CA L., jan. 28 , 1973 Little De re k Lan d made a m ost impressive debu t in the 50 Novice class, with a wi re-t o -wire vic tory in his first effort at scrambles racin g. j ohnn ie M c Al est er and Dan n y Kin g were battling it out just like the big guys in . the 70 Novice , swa pping p ositi on s seve ral times each lap . A t the checkere d , King p icked up the win . The 70 junio r/Expert was all j im Mcintyre. S teve Boswell charged righ t in to the lead o f the 100 Novice an d fo r over th ree lap s see med to have everything goi ng his w ay, only to mi ss a sh ift exiting tum th ree of th e last lap to allow Mark Po wers to slip thro ugh for the win. Mik e Woo ds to ok im me diate co m mand o f the 100 j un io r. j ack j on es d id his usual number in th e 10 0 Exper t, appearing to b e almost unbea t abl e on the little bike. Wes Polhamus j ump ed in to the lead of th e 125 Novice , ah ead o f Danny johnson and George T h o rn bu rg. Wes' lead was very sh o rt-lived th ough , as in tum three of lap on e he made a slight miscu e and johnson was righ t there to take ad van t age and grab th e lead for th e . duration. Frank Adamo, in his fir st junior ride, charged righ t to th e fr ont of the 12 5 'sjunior, only t o slip high in th e first tum . T h is allowed b oth Phillip Masc orro and jim Conway th rough and Q. M ,... Ol O· N j LL ~ w Z W ...J U ~ U th at w as th e w ay the o rd er rem ain ed to Un~ed Racing Ass~ciation Presents LAME DOG ENDURO Desert Center, Calif. Saturday lid' Sunday APRIL 14&15 Entry Fees Include BLM & Liability Insurance Fees. Entry: $13.50 Mail $15.00 Post Opens Jan. 15 Closes Apri l 4,1973. Team Riding Is Enco uraged Hacks Welcome For Further Info. Call (213) 787-5208, (213) 988-2967, or (213) 421 -9179 or Write : United Racing Assoc. 6600 Gera ld Ave. Van Nuys, Calif. 91406 Want your mother to kno w what you' re doing - give her a gift subscripti on to Cycl e News - sure beats writ ing letters factory replacement pis to n rin 9 s • super rings the fini sh . Kirby Shrops h ire leap ed into th e lead of the 125 Exp ert, with Mik e Keith , Richard Fritz and Don And rea tta all bu n ch ed up righ t behind. Fri t z grabbed th e lead go ing in to th e fir st tum of lap two wi th a beautiful m ove b et w een Shrops hi re and Keith, b ut the n tangled wi th Shropshire in the th ird t urn, wit h . bo th . goi ng to earth . A ndreatta took ad van t age of th e confusion to drive into the win. Danny Malon e and Bob McDaniel fo ugh t tooth an d nail in the 200 ;0.: ovice fo r th e fu ll fo ur lap s, with Malo ne getting the n od at the checker . Gin o Galli m oved up from a 100cc mach in e to a 2 0 0 an d was never head ed in th e 200 junio r. Dou g Gar riso n has become very nearly unb eatabl e in th e 200 _ Expert an d today w as no exception as no one came even close. Randy Smi th left no d oub ts as to his intention s in th e 25 0 Novice as he to o k co m ma n d imm edi atel y and . never looked b ack. AIth ough th e fir st p ositi on Spinning Round Porterville Don Brown 1970 ), Danny Johnso n 197A) and Jeff Smith get toget her in the 125 Novice class. John son was th e eventual winner. w as neve r in d ou b t, th e rest of the field fo ugh t right til' th e last , as the remainder. of th e pack looked like a destruction d erby . Th ere were pe ople and motorcycl es all ove r the place, fo rt unately with n o inj u red badl y. When the dust finally settled, R ocky Morales was second and Brad Baker wa s third. The 2 5 0 j unio r even t could h ave ende d in th e first tum for all prac tical purposes, as the order there was the same a t th e checkered; Mark Ives, A llen Rich ar ds an d Ma rk Tracy . R on Tobey charged right into the lead of the 25 0 Ex pert, his lead was very short-lived, h o wever , as he got very hi gh in th e righ t-hander an d bo th R ic k R eed an d Bruce Baese man n slip pe d undern eath t o estab lish th e orde r for th e race. Harvey Saxby needed. . two lap s t o find the wa y into the lead of the 500 Novice and once the re was no t to be head ed. Harvey is fo r sure' head ed for a new set of blac k number p lates next week. Mark T racy se eme d t o h ave everything go in g hi s w ay in the 5 0 0 .... ~ $ by Elaine j on es Photos by Den n is Voll CO RO NA , CAL. , jan, 31, 1973 - Brian Garcia, Trojan 's "Super Mex" , came, saw and conque red Corona's oval courses Wednesday n i g h t with controlled riding. The fifteen year ol d Novice had problems in recent weeks but Brian was the only double winner tonight. Win number one came in the . talent-laden 250 Novice Short Track, Divi sion l. A real duel wa s shaping up b etween Brian and Bob Byars with eac h having a fir st and secon d going in to the fin al moto. The go ds conspi red agai nst Rob as h e Dl\F'd wh ich cos t h im n umber o ne spot an d dropped hi m to third, Mike Lark ey en de d up second in the final go which gave him a scant 5 0 points o ver Bob . Brian cam e back in th e 25 0 Novice Hal f-mile with a wh o le d iff eren t cast of ch aracters and th is ti me he had a ~an d slam victory over Steve Borden and Bill Baming. Bob Byars had his problems settled by the time the 250 Novice Half-mile, Divisi on II came ar ound and like Brian, won all three motos. Mike Larkey collec ted another, second place finish and Clyde Dennen was third. Brad H olt had to be exh austed after riding four events an d pl acing in the top three in all o f them. His win came in the 250 Expert Short Track . Although he had tw o firs ts going fo r h im . they were hard fo ugh t with Gary Davis on his rear wh ee l. In th e final mo to, it was Gary o u t on top and home fi rs t. Gary 's on e week away fro m Coron a left its mark as he had tro u ble findin g his line again. j eff Sex to n on h is 175 Pu ch was in fo r third. In th e 25 0 Expert Half-mil e, Nick Voze cam e f ro m fifth in th e firs t heat to two first pl aces fo r the win. Brad Hold had a ro ck y go but n evertheless, e dge d He Came, Saw, and Trophied . .~ .?

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