Three Men Hit
The Trail-The
Oregon Tra.iI
Spill-A-Thon Ali
Marysville TT ~
By Dale McKinnon
~
MARYSVILLE, Cal.. May 10 _ Hungry '-l
riders rode bard and tmloaded often in a ~
tbr11ling program at Marysville Saturday '-l
nip&, May 10.
TIle beats went off like clockwork but :-.
the Mains saw most of the action. FIn! U
riders went down at the start of the 20C
class and only one was able to continue.
Don Gentwi took no chances and got out
in front as if the plague were after him
Three Southern Call1orn1a men are on
their way to retrace a part at the Oregon
Trail on 150cc motorcycles.
Ed Craven, his son Ed Jr., and Dennis
Crouse set out Sunday from Torrington,
Wyoming and followed one at the main
westward routes used by pioneers.
The 500 miles of trail the men plan to
cover twists across rugged Wyoming
countryside, goes across the Continental
Divide, and crosses the same river nine
times.
The Cravens are from san Clemente
and Crouse lives in Redondo Beach.
Crouse got the idea for the ride from
an article in a Wyoming outdoors magazine which described the traillUld pointed out It badn't
used for the last
ninety years.
Motorcycles for the ride were furnished by the importers of American Ea&ie.
The men plan to finish tbeir ride in
Fort Bridpr, tbe western most point
in Wyo.mtne.
d
to take the event.
TIle closest race of the night was in the
125 class. Vic Krtll and Ken Snider got
off the line together and neither was able
to eet more than a fewfeet in front of the
otIIer until Krill fell. Snider took over the
lead UDtI1 Roaald Skinner took advantage
at an opening to go into the lead and win
the race.
in the 250 Amateur Main, William Doran cut the course and wbile the starter
tried to get bis attenl:l.on, everyone else
stopped to find out 1Ibo was wanted. TIle
race was nlStartedi and Jim Crensbaw
paIlbedI and beht the lead to the wire.
Mootie Gibson dIdI a wbee1ie on a Boo-
been
cia 350 halfway dDwD the· straJcbt. lost
coatrol and fell tD!root of tbe pack. Be
was unImrt and: flni.sbe
