Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

~. \ AMA NA TlONAL HARE & HOUND SET fOR MAY 19th IN EUREKA, UTAH The salt Lake City M.C. will host the AMA National Champions hip Hare and Hound Race on May 19, at " Cherry Cr ee k," just s outhwest of the old mining town of Eureka, Utah . This yea r marks the running of the 8th annual Cher ry Cr eek event, and the spon so ring club feels that thei r race offers the most enjoyable variety of riding terrain In the U.S. s ince the late, lamented Big Bear Run. The course will be marked with surveyor's tapes tied at eye-level and an ample amo unt of lime to ai d even the fastes t man to stay on cour s e at any speed . The co untry Includes soft dir t laced with small cedar trees , r olllng sand dunes spotied by sagebrush, very steep gr ades and mountain passes, plus some of the purest 8ahara- type sand dunes anywhere, which stretch for mile after mile . The entire course will be covered by radio and first aid equipped Jeeps from the Juab City Sheriffs Jeep Posse, allowIng cons tan t check-to-check coverage. All winners will receive some of the most unusual and beautiful trophies ever given, plus merchandise awards. Most unusual of all Is the five - foot traveling trophy which must be won three times to be kept permanently. AI Roger s did that in 1966 and finally retired the perpetual award, the n Kenneth Hobeck of Seattle, Wash. took it home with his Husqvarna in 1967 and it will again be up for gr abs this year. All finishers will receive a distinctive finis her' s pin to commemorate the National. Entry fee is $3.00 mail entry and $5.00 post entry. Mall entries close May 15, post entries close at 9 a.m . Sunday, May 19. All entries must contain the following Infor ma tion: Name , Address, City & State, Club (if any), Age, AMA No., Exp. Date, Make and Displacement of Machine. Any rider under 21 must have notarized permission from parents to ride. SEE VOU DEALER TOD VI INVADERS M.C. HARE SCRAMBLES AT LUCERNE By Dick Wri gh t Photos by Jeff Wright St eve Ki rk , 1127 Open Expert on a Tri umph, won the Invaders M.e. Hare Scrambles of thre e thi rty-mile loops Sunda y. Ma rc h 24. after a very much co nfused and hou r-late s ta rt . The s tart was to be three miles out from th e pits ,and th e rid ers wer e to go o ut to the starting line . th en ra c e pas t th e pits to gi ve th e spectator s a good look at th e a cti on . Th e pr oblem wa s tha t no one could find th e starting line o ut in the boondoc ks , as it wasn 't marked wi th a s moke bomb . and e ve ryo ne wa s millin g ar ound i n s ma ll gro ups . Fina l ly. they all go t tog eth e r but it turn ed o ut to be th e wrong plac e . The race was official ly started at ele ven O'clock, and John Gaetz, #39 on a Triumph, had a big lead as they ca me thr ough the spectator area , with Howard Beach, #20, really flying on a ne w Yam aha In third spot. Send all entries to salt Lake M.C" P ,O, Box 1711, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101. A I Rogers won Ihree AMA Cherry Creek Hare and Hound events, retired the perpetual trephy In 1966. Tbl s year Ihe flYe-fool lrophy I s up for grabs agal n, Aboye: Here he Is folks,Jan Bandrlnga, riding Suzu ki oul of Desert Cye Ie Cenler In li arslow. Below: HuskYofllounled Gary Cole (51) wound up 2nd to Sleye Kirk al InYaders Hare Scrambles. Beach got oU real bad a couple of miles out, and broke his leg . Then Gaetz lost his chain and broke It up so bad that he couldn 't continue, so Steve Kirk took over in the number one position . Quoting Gaetz later, " I had a million dollar ride - no dust - until I broke that ·#l@ chain." %· Kirk held the lead all the way to take the overall win in this very rough and rocky ninety-mile course. Gary Cole, #5x on a 250cc Husky was a very close second, and Bob Rodine . #17x on a Husky, was the third man In, taking second 250 Class . Doyle Fields , #22 on a Trlumph, took fourth and second Open Class. This course was so r ough that a lot of r iders didn't fini sh, but one of the riders who stayed with it was Phillip HoUman, #456, a Novic e who took sixth overall and fir st Ope n Novice. Fi r s t 500 Exper t was Bob Ewing, #33 on a BSA Single. There was a good duel between Allen Gibbs , #542, an Open Novice, and Carter Robins , #64, an Open Amateur . Gibbs won the maich to place ei ghth , and Robins was r ight beside him for ninth. The rough course, with Its very deep sand, took Its toll of r iders, Including Eddie Mulder, Dusty Coppage and Jeff Foste r , to name a few. We quote d Danny Kline, "I got so tired fighting those deep up-and-down sand dunes that I could hardly hold on." Trail Bikes .. Jack Morgan, #1 on his fai thful Hodaka, won the class again to make It mor e wins than we are able to count . Jack Fr oeli ch, #2 on the Bultaco ; took second. Froeli ch pushes hard, and If Morgan ever mak es a mi stak e, Froelich Is there to take advantage of it. 91 Lloyd Po well, #301, took third and fir s t Novic e honors. James Jacklett, #11, was four th. and Blll Clayton. #779, another novice, was fif th. Wes Anderson Jr., #4 on a Hodaka, and the old des ert hour Bob McLaughlin, #45 on a sachs, had a good duel for the entire r ace, with Anderson finally edging out McLa ughlin for sixth plac e. The Invaders did a good jOb of liming the cour s e , which Is a tough job In the dus t, and the checks were In the r ight places to make cheating al most Impossible. ( Results on page 16) DESERT DEMON st OVERALL 1 STEVE 61es re 24, KIRK ,ad rs .C. 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