Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

'" . . ray.11 . 11.NORTH Santa Rosa Indoor - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - e> e, M ,.... b y Billb o ard Spen cer SANTA ROSA , CAL ., Fe b. 9 , 19 73 Thre e Ko le s sho we d u p to race toni gh t ' s sixth o f eigh t in d o or ra ces a n d tw o wen t h ome win n e rs. T he thi rd c o n t in ued hi s m a lad y of fa lling, an d th e indo o r riots co n tinue d in a ll th ei r sp le n do r. I t w as Ron K ol e th e wi n n er in th e A 25 0 E xpe r t main. R on le d five staid troops arou n d fo r the eigh t laps. and it was A I Ludwigsen h o ldi n g off Dave Masse for se co n d wi th A le x Jorgensen holding do wn fourth . I t wa s J orgense n ' s '" ,..... N .ti u. ~ w 2: w ...J U >- U Deschutes Cycle Park M,.....- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - X by Jan Newman ORE ., Feb. 4 , 1973 - Wh en ra cin g go t under way the t rac k wa s ex tremely fast. Through th e day as th e gro u n d thawed, it b e cam e ro ugh an d muddy in some spo ts. Howeve r, n o th ing see med to sl ow th e riders . There we re en ough c rash e s to keep t he fi rst a id m an h oppin g. On e spectator re q uired hi s attenti on als o whe n she inj ure d he r b ac k in a fall. Iro n ic all y . the gran d son she had come to w atch wa s u n ab le to ra ce a t a ll d ue to me c h ani c a l proble ms . Fa te (o r p ure rotten lu ck) w as th e d eciding fa ctor in sev eral con te sts. T h e fir st ap p ea rance was in the 12 5 Ju nior ra ce. After w innin g the first moto J e rry Du rgao (D KW) w as unable t o sta rt th e second. Rodne y Ke ntner (H o n) came alo ng fo r th e d ay's win . G lenn Me use c (C Z) was right in the shadow of the Ya maha of leader E rn ie Ro b in son in m oto one of th e 2 5 0 Ju n io r Division I, w hen h e we n t d own . He rode hard to ca tc h up to seventh place for the rno to . T h is divisio n w a s a re al tight gro u p fo r all three race s wi th Rob in son winnin g ou t Ove r Mik e G lenn (C Z) an d Meusec, Ea ch wo n a m oto . fate re all y h it Steve Springsto n (Ya m ) durin g th e se co nd rounds. He h ad chalked up wi n s in b o th 250 J u n io r, D ivisi on 2 . and Open J u n io r. After a w ild e n d o too k h im o u t of th e lead in th e 2 50 race h e cr as hed a t the scratc h in th e Open ra ce an d w as h o sp italized w ith a b roken ar m . C Z m o un ted Tom Higgins eventually wo n th e 2 50 race. The final IlE~D, Ned C ot h ~rman h elps h is fr iend Jo n Y osh izum i 126 2T l d o a w heel ie. Ph o t os b y Jim H ayes. secon d try at th e indo o r a nd a vast im pro ve men t was n oted in th at h e didn ' t fa ll o nce the wh ole ni gh t. In the II ma in , it wa s c o usin Ch uck Kal e th e winner over Nevada's be st, Man uel Crumet l. The third Ko le ,J e rry , fel l o n ce again to k ee p h is record intact fo r the p ast t w o 'we e ks. O h we ll, he is su pposed to h ave m o n on ucle osis. H ow's th a t for an excuse ? Lillie Kole , as he is kn ow n in some circle's has been smoothing o u t h is st yle an d is les s the sq u irrel. Opcn J un ior m o to saw J ohn Kal kh ove n (H us) ove rc o me th e p oin t le ad of Jim Newman (Ka w). A n u m ber o f rid er s in the co m bi ne d 125 Expe rt - 25 0 Intermediate ra ce found fate a fac tor. A c ra sh o f seve ral rid ers in th e first m o t o fo un d Kevin Waymire (Yam )' m ostly o n th e bo t to m, the n sidelined for th e rest o f th e mot o. He returned for a th ird p lace in mo to tw o bu t was u n ab le to com p le te t h e third . T his fin al ra ce saw th e 250 rid ers having pro b lem s as the 12 5 lead e rs finis hed ah ead o f th e m . Dan Lin dsay (C Z) en te red the fio al rno to with a c hanc e of o ve rta k ing th e point lead of Barne y Ne wman (:' Io n) w h o w as rid io g wit h a bro ke n sh ock. lI alf way th ro u gh th e moto Li n d sa y p u lle d o ff with most o f h is rear spokes gone. J im Swe nd sen (Y am ) w on the m o to and secon d fo r th e d ay w it h Li ndsay th ird. lI avin g buil t a com ma n di ng lead in the first Expert ra ce , Mo nte Bo thu m was fo r ced to slow down d ue to lo o se m oto r m o un ts an d re lin qu ish th e le ad t o Jim lI arris. Ro th were Maico m o un ted. The second rn oto found a h ea ted battle fo r secon d b etween Doug A iken (H us) an d H arris. With a scan t quarter o f a lap to go, A ik en w ent d own in a tigh t corner allo wi n g Har ris to pass. A ike n failed to ap pear for th e final race as Harris again fin ish ed se con d and firs t in ove ra ll p oin ts. Bothurn, w it h tw o wins an d a fifth earned secoo d an d Mike Crandall (Bu l) w as th ird . Gett ing down to b usin ess. " Sa les R eprese ntatives WA NT ED" C M S pe cialties 2 13 4 O ld Middle field Way Mt. View , Ca . 9 4040 (4 15 ) 961 -24 46 -l K AC K PRODU CTS, 676 A u zera is Av e., San J o se, Ca 951 25, r od"cts . I n c. 408-293-5111 '- S.tle~ .. Service c u ct o m w u rk. • .111 mak e-, SUZUKI MAI CO 184 San Anto n io R d . MI. View , caur, 9 4040 941 -13 17 WE AR E PROUD T O A NNOUNCE High ba lling o n past a t Desc hutes. Triumph Ric k ma n .M art Hodaka Ma ico R up p sa l~rvice Gem in i Cy cle BSA Parts ~ paris C'~"to sales ~~ci service mail order SOl 's all in stock . selby molors A Good Plac e To Buy A Great Motorcycle 346 EI Camino Real Redwood City, Ca. (4 15) 3694112 M ail O rde r 54 2 So. Main M ilPitas. Cali f . 9 5035 *- * Per f o rm an ce by Bai l ey (4 08) 262-3388 E.T. CYCLE SALES Pre In ven t o ry Sal e ""-- On O ssa Pio n ee r, Plon ke r , ~ ~ &-St iletto. Yan kee S D R TT . OKW, S tee n s, Ba ndit , Carabela, ""-- T h ro ugh March 31 , 1973 ~ ~ Little Ad ..•Big Sal e ~ E.T. Cycle 2268 EI Ca m ino Real M t . View , Ca. 94040 Hayward Mud Scrambles - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - b y Bill S pen ce r HAYWARD, CAL. , Fe b. 4 , 19 73 Dick Graci a tu rned o u t to b e today 's h er o with a fantast ic w in in the 2 50 Juni or and Expert c o m b ine d ma in eve n t. In the pro cess, he j u mpe d fro m th e Junior to th e Expert class - ail in one fell sw o op . T be rai n o f th e p ast few m on th s h as c o n tin ued and th e mud was an kle-d ee p. Despite all th e bad we ath er, n e ar ly 70 dy ed -in-the-wool souls b raved mud ru n n in g and had a treme n d ous day of raci ng , cour te sy of th e much maligne d lI ayward M .C. De sp ite greatly e xaggera te d ru mors o f th eir demise , th is staid cl u b will f iel d a full c alen d ar of events for 1973 and hopes to expan d so me of the o pe ra ti on s wi th o th e r cl ubs. Rich Lopez trop hie s twice just to show that old m o vie stars never di e. Ri c h was p art of th e va st cre w th at help ed m ake th e "Il ig an d Little" guys movie . T he 25 0 J un io r an d Expert sh ow w as . ty p ica l o f th e day ' s racing with th e early le ader fall in g o n the fir st lap and th e se cond place ru nner fa llin g shortly thereafter. G ra cia d idn ' t fa ll a n d is quite u sed to racin g th e m u d d y st uff. He should do q u ite we ll a t th e ne x t fe w b la ck pl ate Expert r un s a t Lodi an d the Sal inas sa n d p i t. First te am orr th e lin e was Ph il Anders o n on th e Tom's C y cle Suzuki and, d espi te a tre me n dous le ad, he fell in the b ac k p art o f th e len gth en ed cours e , G ary Orla n d o reco vere d fro m a fall to follow Gracia to th e c he cke re d . Larry T re d way ke pt th e Ferndale A ven ue Racing T ea m ' s tro phy re cord in ta ct with an easy win in th e O pen Novice m ain.

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