Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Limbeck Proves Conclusively H Bike and Ability is Fast is By Larry Ulrich his Maico. Nobody believe it so a pu t sweepstakes-grudge race was together at the end of the day with Limbeck's sponsor PowerolJ Performance putting up ten dollars to the winner. Limbeck and Honda lined up with beginner class winner DKW mounted Mike Bolin and several 250's lined up about 50 feet back with three open bikes about ten feet behind. This was to be a 5 lap race. The handicap seemed about right as all bikes went into the corner at the same time with Limbeck emerging first followed by Bolin. A 400 Husky mounted Mike Ahalt soon passed to have a try at the Honda only to watch Limbeck fade away in the distance. Now people believe that Honda is fast and have been reassured that Limbeck is also very fast. Gary Heater of Eugene, Ore., took home a fourth place trophy in the 250 class riding a Maico. This young lad surprised many of the local riders because three weeks ago they could just about lap him and Sunday they couldn't catch him. Tracy Lantz traded his old Maico off and got a new one and pulled down two seconds and a fourth for second overall Saturday, Sept. 11, Bob Leach (top American rid<-r at two Salem Inter-Am events) will conduct a motocross school at the Cascade M.C.'s motocross track. Bob charges $10 for this school and will spend all day with his students. School starts at 10 a.m. Bring a lunch and your own drinking water. The Motocross Park is open to free overnigh t camping. The track will not to be open for practice Saturday because of the school. Sunday the 12th will be an invitational motocross hoping to get the finest motocross riders in the Northwest together at one time on the same track. A money class will be for qualified Senior riders only and a Junior class with trophies for the other riders. (Results on page 28) BEND, ORE., Aug. 22, 1971 - As usual for Central Oregon, this August day saw a drop in rider participation as everybody goes water-skiing, swimming, . fishing, etc. Thirty·two riden show!,d up with the smallest class being the Open with six riders. Sixteen-year.old Randy Limbeck did his thing, though, winning the 125 class on Poweroll Performance's Honda and then jumping on his 250 Maico to walk away with the 250s. He was never challenged very much in either class bu t while riding the Honda he seemed determined to put a lot of ground between himself and th~ second place man and was turning lap times five seconds faster with the Honda than WIth Brown Scoffs Iniury 10 Win SANTA ROSA, CAL., Aug. 2S, 1971 - Mike O'Srien (192GI took his third straight win in tonight's Amateur shan track race at the Chris Seck Arena. Larry Drew 173GI finished second and Fenn Pervier (52GI ended in third alter giving chase to O'Brien for first before a bed slide fonced him out of contention. Complete repon and results next week. Elder Injured at TT By N. A. Williams CLACKAMAS, ORE., Aug. 20, 1971 Out of 52 riden to sign-in, 12 Experts were out to try for the lion's share of the $1200 purse. Overall fast time went to Triumph-mounted Junior Randy Scott with a 15.87, with AI Brackenbusy's (Tri) 16.25. AI is also in the Junior class. fast Expert time was 16.25, by Glen Adams. Ike Reed (Tri) took the lead right at the start of the Trophy Dash and held it Eureka Benefit By Sue Bailey EUREKA, CAL., Aug. 16,1971 - On a special course, Gary Mead and Dick Bailey, both KRED staff members, drove the all-terrain vehicle, the Ruppster, 20 laps at Redwood Acres for the Cancer Society and the Redwood United Workshop. Bailey was ahead in the 18th lap when his vehicle hit the wall and turned over. He then discovered his steering mechanism and brakes had failed, leaving the field open for Mead. $120 was donated by the spectators and divided between both organizations. Ray Beck, high-point Expert from Eureka was again the leader in his class. He started out in fourth position in the 250cc Expert Main and remained there for four laps. He then started gaining on Dell1lis Palmer, passing him in the fifth. He stole second from John Soy in the next lap, just before Soy hit the dirt at the jump. lie went on to challenge Gary Thompson. Both riders were pouring it on until he pushed ahead of Thompson and on to the checkered flag. In the flat track event, he led all the way to win with Thompson a close second. Harvey Crews rode tall on his 650cc Triumph as he collected his first place trophy in the 350cc-Open Am/Ex. Main. The victory was not easy. Clarence Oliver started the race in fIrst place with Gerald Bergquist close behind. David Cherry was closing in on them, followed by Crews. All four were packed up together, with Bergquist taking over fllSt position. He remained the leader until Cherry took over in the futh lap. Meanwhile, Oliver rode high on the CUlVe just before the jump and fell back in to fourth position. Bergquist took it back from Cherry. N ow Crews made1tis play. He turned it on around the curve before the white flag; passed both Bergquist and Cherry and maintained his lead for the victory. Cherry, pushing to the finish, took second and Bergquist third. to take the win. In the Main, Adams got the lead at the start and Ed Herrmann was in second. Reed moved up to take the lead in the second lap and as he started the third lap Bill Elder (Tri) hit the fence, and went down. He was bit by Muk Williams, this and flipped, Jim' Herschback nosedived over Elder and his, bike. The race was stopped. Eld.er 'Was taken to the hospital and was. reported to be in serious conditi'on with head and chest injuries. The restart was Reed's all the way with Adams second, Ed Herrmann third, and Jimmie Smith fourth. The Junior class was once again the smallest class with the riders. . Once more Randy Scott won all the Junior events, starting with the heat race, then the Trophy Dash, and finally the Main. The Novice class gold and points all went to Steve Baker again this week. (Results on page 28) Crenshaw Bags Pro Half-Mile By John Noffsinger ORLAND, CAL., Aug. 29, 1971 - Jim Crenshaw, a local favorite, took the Junior Main at the Professional 4·Star AMA sanctioned Half-Mile being presented with a S1200 purse. Jim won his heat in the Junior division, then selected the outside in the Junior Main, took the lead at the first corner and held it to the finish. He was pressed for a time by John Oglebee who appeared to tire after th e fifth lap of the seven-lap Main. Crenshaw put the laps away in 4.00.501 time. Dave Hampton (Tri) grabbed the lead at the start of the la-lap Expert Main and stretched it to the finish over Terry Sage (Tri). The field was rather stretched out and Paul Bostrom (Tri) and Ralph Waldman (Tri) followed in that order. The 10 laps were covered in 5.00.830 time. Fast time for the day was turned in by Waldman at 28.33. The trophy dash pitted Waldman, Hampton, Dave Bostrom (Tri) and Paul Bostrom. Hampton won the event and $25 in 1.30 time for the three laps. Scol[ Brelsford and his twin Yamaha were simply too much for the other Novice riders to handle in the Novice class. He won his heat, his semi, and the Main Event for Novice riders by a straightaway. He put away the five laps in 2.33. Pat McCall, riding Scott's old Ossa, ran a consistent second all the way. (Results on page 28) By N. A. Williams BRUSH PRAIRIE, WASH., Aug. 22, 1971 - The 80-some riders had a bad time of it today. Soon after the race time it started to rain. It rained off and on all day but the races went on as usual. Chuck Brown went down at the start of the 200 class Trophy Dash and it was thought that his right ankle was broken. Much to everyone's surprise Chuck was on the line when the 200 A Main came up. Chuck had won the lOOcc Trophy Dash and A Main riding a Honda. He didn't finish in the 200 A because he went down in that event, too. Del McKamey (BuI) won both the 200cc Trophy Dash and A Main. He did a beautiful job in the mud. The Open Class motocross combined points win went to Jerry Calahan, riding a 125cc Honda. (Results on page 28) •• .aJa Wins again! Dusters Hare Scrambles AU9. 29.1971 100 Expert Class 1st - Terry Clark - BAJA 100 (6th Overall) 100 Novice Class , \ 1st - Rudy Abeie - BAJA 100 ~ CMC Utah ~ Pony Express 200 (Two man relay team) Aug. 29, 1971 I l00cc Class 1st - Larry Roeseler - BAJA 100 Earl Roeseler - BAJA 100 (10th Overall) the BarleyDavidsoB outperformers :: .... Ol E. GO '" ~ w Z W ...J U >U

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