Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

." 00 :. ... M C> <:> N . .ti u. ~ W Z w oJ U >U s U L T S B ARSTOW M.C. MX A . Ha lstead 125·17S B. Da rling P. Noble J . Jacks 25 0 David Cheney B. Tarvin T. Nelson O PEN S . Haisli p J . V issering D.Hill S. Rinker NORRAPARKERDAMSOO MOTOCROSS Lake Dolores, Calif. Feb . 4,1973 by Peg Cheney 100 BEG S. Stalnaker Yam M . Byers R. Brand 100 NOV N. Byers L . R icha rd so n Oasis Raceway Yam Yam Suz Yam Yam Yam Yam Yam Yam Yam Suz Yam CZ CZ CZ Yam Ja n. 28, 19 73 b y Terry Sloan 100 NOV M ike Marsha ll 125 NOV I Dona ld Davis 125 NOV " Tom wa tton 125 AM Mark J o hnso n 12S EX Char lie Ma r sha ll 250 NOV I Kev in S incla ir 250 NOV" Pete De ma s 250 AM . Da nny Anderso n 250 EX Hart OPE N NOV I R i ck Sutto n OPEN NOV" Jer r y F r acc h la OPEN AM B illY Ra iner OPEN EX Char lie Ma rsha ll Han OKVV Bul Puc Zun Ma l CZ Hus CZ Mal Mal Mal Mal Barstow M.C. Motocross b y Peg Che ney LA KE DO LO R ES , CA L., Feb. 4 , 19 73 - Wh a t yo u wan t is wh a t yo u got at La ke D ol ore s, m eaning beau tif ul weather , pe rfect track con d it ion s, and a bunch o f bikers ready to go. Th e 100 Begi n ners sta rted o ff with Steven S ta lna ke r (Ya m) taking ' c ha rge for th e o verall win. Mark By ers (Yam) to ok sec on d in hi s first race a fte r recov e rin g from a broken leg, and R od Brand (Yam) recov ered from a spill in th e second m o t o to h an g in th e re for third . Norman Byers (Yam) dominated th e 100 Novice class wit h so me reall y good riding to pull d own an three moto s. His closes t com petit io n, Bennie Vallej o s, (Yam) seized h is engi ne in th e secon d mo ta an d w as ou t for th e da y. Le roy Rich ardson (Yam ) battled hi s way in to secon d with A lbe rt Halst e ad (Yam) taking third place h onors. The 125·17 5 com b ined class had Jim Jacks ( Yam) on a handicapped sta r t as th e on ly Expert in th e field. The first moto had to b e re started a f te r one racer tan gled with th e rubber band and there wer e a co u ple of fall s j us t after th e st art. Butch Darling (Yam) go t off t o a fly ing sta rt on al l th ree motos but was overc o me on th e first by a hard-ch arging . J ack s. The second mota had Darlin g an d J acks wheel to wheel at th e fin ish with Darlin g b arely ed gin g J acks o u t. For th e th ird, th e flying N ovi ce, Darling, wasn' t ab out t o be ca ug ht. 17 5 Novice Pa t No b le (Yam) held thirds all the way so it was Darlin g fir st 12 5 Novice, J acks 125 Ex pert and Noble fi rst 175 Novice. Butch Tarvin (S uz ) and David Ch en e y ( Yam ) were handicapped Experts in the 25 0 class. Ch en ey took th e field to jump in t o fir st place b y th e en d of th e firs t lap of eac h m ota wi th Tarvin givin g h im ho t com pe titi on, esp ecially in the firs t m o t o. Tarvin fell in the second and co uld n't make up h is lost time . Second in this on e was taken ov er b y J ack Kell y (Yam) as James Clemens Jr. (Yam) took th ird. T he third rna to h ad Tarvin having bi ke problems leaving Cheney first. Kell y second and Tom Nel son (Yam ) third. Added p oints gave Ch eney fir st Ex per t , Tarvi n secon d Ex per t and Tom Nelson his fir st tr ophy fo r first 25 0 N o vice. By th e ti me th e O pen class went in to th ei r m o to s, th e weath er was getting about as hot as th e r acing. T hree Experts were handicapped o n th is one. Scott lIaisly (C Z), J im Vissering (CZ) , Kenn y Green (C Z) . Tom Cooper (Ya m) got off t o a good lead in '''e fir st two mo tos foll owed by Steve Rmker (Y am) and a very much improved Dennis Hill (CZ). Haisly managed to pick th em all off in ea ch mota. C oopers bike bl ew in the second moto and Rinker fell , co stin g him dearl y . The Open class en d ed with Haisly fir st E xpe rt, Vissering second Ex per t. Hill fir st II: o vice an d " Rin ke r second Novice . It seemed just abou t e veryone entered the fu n Buddy race . wh ich was ta ken by th e T arvi n -Cheney team. Lake D ol ores is lo oking forward to an Old T imers class (li fe begin s a t 4 0) which will b e limited t o 12 5cc o r less. You so-cal led o ld t imers bring o u t yo u r bikes or borrow one and give it a try. The y p romise t o run if only te n show up. So what could give so meone a mighty good ch ance at a trophy ! Nex t ra ce date - February 18th. SANTA ROSA IN OO O R Santa Rosa . Ca lif . by Jim Kin g PARKER. ARIZ., Feb. II , 1973 - Rick Owens and Danny Davis. piloted a 1969 Yamaha 25 0 t o vic t ory as firs t bike and, at th is point, wh a t looks like a se cond overal l in the Parker Dam 500 mile cro ss-cou ntry race sponsored by the North American O ff-Road Racing Association. First 125 was a DKW with J ack an d Leo Froehlich aboard. Rick and Danny were o ve r an h our ah ead of th e next motorcycl es. Anoth er m o t o rcy cl ist , Mal colm Smith, stayed in a four-wheeler and won ov erall wi th a solo ride in a Desert Dynamics dune buggy. Mal colm was hit b y another rider on a motorcycle, not co m pe ting in th e ra ce, as he was going o ut o n th e last loop. He picked up th e injured rider and took him back to the chec k for medical attention. Mal colm los t abou t 10 minutes and still managed to fin ish first o veral l. Complete re sults n e xt wee k. by B ill Spencer Feb. 2 , 1973 250 EX B Terry Oten J im Coates Bul Yam Yam Mark Smith 250 EX A Mike Ka tamaras Bul Man M ike Allen Ron Kale 2 5 0 JR 0 .. 0 .. Sal Versaggl M ike Kasso Bo b Clesson Bul Oss 250 NOV B John Nuones Yam Bu l B ul Dan Con tre ras Br i an B r o w n 25 0 N O V A Pe te Fin ney Y am Yam Y am Denne Ka lamaras Bul Yam Steve Part r id ge Chu c k D o x l ou r 200 EX D an e Yarrow M ike R i zz u t o 2 0 0 JR Byron Robeck wayne Boyd Ron Sa xman 2 0 0 NOV Kaw Bu l Yam Yam O ss Yam B ul Sa l H ofm an Bob Gomez Ed Perry 125 J R C hri s Hudso n Kevin Sincla i r A nd Y Wh ita k er 1 2 5 NOV B ul Yam B ul Han Ind B ul Lance Ca rter Rick S liva Jon Vosh lzuml 10 0 N O V Fred Fa ltersack Brian Hanly A I Wood AI Had Han Han WE SELL MORE THAN HANDLEBARS Watch Regul arly For Our Compe ti ti on Specials A complete department store of motorcycle accessories for you. Open 7 days a week. h..«»-.:a..Se «»:f h..a.:K1d..1eba.:rs 801 E. ARTESIA NO . LONG BEACH . CALIF . 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