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l:::: l Herrlllann ROlllPS Over Pro Foes ;:: ~ By N. A. Williams • CLACKAMAS, ORE., Sept. 10,1971 ~ It was championship night and 60 riders showed up to try for a share of the ., $2100 purse. 10 Seventeen riders were Experts, with 1:i three of them national numbers. z Pat Marinacci (Tri) had second fast ~ time (16.05) to coUect an extra U ten~oUar bill. ~ Overall fast time went a Junior Randy Scott (Tri) with 15.82, and he got an extra $50 for his efforts. Glen Adams took the lead at the start i of the Expert Main, with Jimmie Smith second and Ed Herrmann third. At the halfway mark it was still Adams, Smith and Herrmann. Williams had moved up to sixth place. With just two laps to go Jimmie Smith went down and Herrmann moved up and passed Adams. Ed was now in first place and determined to hold it. He was just a wheel or so ahead of Adams at the white flag and the last lap was tough-and-go. Herrmann made the checkered first foUowed by Adams and Jones. The Junior class had a tum out of just 10 riders and as usual Randy. Scott (Tri) pu t on a good ride, winning his heat and the Main. The Novices were all au t for that last all-important point and although there were few riders down (and no injuries that were reported) there was some bent up machinery before the night was over. The Novice semis were run with a little rain coming down and the Main saw more on the track. On the fIrst start of the Main Steve Baker got a good lead and in the second lap Jim Einarrson went down and took three other riders with him. Once again Baker got out to a good lead for the win. Near the end of the race Mike Yoder (Kaw) hit a bump, got out of shape when he came down, his bike broke in half. (Results on page 14) Turlock Opener A weU-filled grandstand of spectators watched the first of a series of Friday night Amateur short track races at the Turlock Fairgrounds. The crowd seemed pleased with the rapid pace of the program and the excitemen t provided by the 135 riders from a wide area of Northern California. The 100 Jr. class was a hot contest between David Nelson of Turlock and Rod Halstead of Modesto. They left the rest of the fIeld behind as David took the win and later repeated in the Main Event. He was one of the two double-dass winners as he later took f"rrst in the combined 175-200 Jr. event, winning over the hard. charging Greg Ferguson of Sacramento on a 200 Triumph. David was -riding a 175 Ossa for the first time. The other two-elass winner was Steve Hollingsworth of Modesto who took first in the 125 Novice class over 26 other riders and returned in the 200 Novice class to win, riding Bultacos in both classes. RICHMOND. CAL.. Aug. 27. 1971 - Modern version of the old fashioned field meet. Here kids participating in a mini-bike rally in Richmond's Nicholl Park. Spearheaded by Jack Lewis of EI Sobrante. the rally is sponsored annually by the Richmond Youth Advisor Commission. The object of the pictured action is to break the other guy's balloon to .::liminate him from the game. Report and photo by James Brammer. RENO PICKS UP SCRAMBLES By Steve RENO, NEV., Sept. 5, 1971 - The Nevada Trailblazers' Annual Labor Day Scrambles was a typical success. There was a good rider and spectator turnout, and though the track was smaU, it held up well. Larry Herron received the evening's first trophy for his win in the 100 Novice race. He held off the crowd, Stan Pochop, in particular, and held the groove for the checker. Ron Skinner did an outstanding job to win the 125 Junior Main. He rode low and fast to win by many lengths over Fred Bosh. Jack Pine, riding coaly as usual, had the 175 Junior Main in the bag from start to finish. Jerry Hybarger, a popular long-time fixture in Reno racing, took a smooth second. It seemed as if he was going to have trouble from his equally popular brother Homer Hybarger, but Homer did a fantastic over-backwards wheelie at the start and while working his way through the pack, took a bad spill on the straight. Cliff Richardson deftly won the 250 Novice Main on his new Rickman-Metisse. His good friend and racing partner, Brian Young, beat him to win their heat, but highsided in the Main. Reno's questionable hero, Rich MacMurray returned from Speedway to win the 250 Junior Main. He got a great start and stretched his lead throughout the event while his followers fought YElung among themselves. Always exciting Windy Foreman won the Expert Main under some protest. The other riders were penalized for jumping the start, and Windy was the only rider on the starting line. It should be noted, however, that Windy won by c,onsiderably more than his "handicap". The 350 Novice Main was a strange race. The second place finisher, Bill Duvall, rode the last three or four laps on a very flat rear tire. He held the lead until it deflated and Ross R. Ross snuck by on the outside. Probably the best ride of the evening was made by Larry Hansen in the 500 Novice Main. Hansen, who hasn't raced for the past two years, worked his way very deftly through the pack, passing mostly on the outside, to finish literally inches behind Jack Nash of Sparks, Nev. The most exciting race was the 650 Junior/Expert Main. Charlie Stewart led the race until Jim McCracken of Madera, Calif., squeaked past him on the last corner. Dave Brant was right behind with his beautiful sweeper..slides. Although there was much controversy over the starts through the evening, the starter, Pierre Bares, a Sportsman Expert and a Class C Novice, did an outstanding job. He should be commended for his courage in penalizing cheating riders and for his overaU fairness. He did a great deal to con tribute to the success of the evening. (Results on page 14) Larry Drew taking a right hand turn aiter the jump at Vallejo on his way to win the 250 Expert final in TT Scrambles. Dre., leet, Helling Win Valleio By James Brammer VALLEJO, CAL., Sept. 10, 1971 Larry Drew won over a chalTenging Harry Dring in the 250 Expert final of the IT Scrambles at Valljeo tonight. Running a flawless race and with power to spare, Drew would pull away down the straightaway with Dring getting near through twisty comers on the infIeld. Dring made at least two attempts to pass getting beside Drew in the comer after the jump but Drew held f"mnly to the lead. Danny Leet's apprenticeship-is over. Emerging as a power to contend with on a Montesa, he defeated Maico mounted Jim Sailton to win the 500 Expert final Ken Helling, the 1971 Vallejo Speedway Champion, led a combined class of Juniors and Experts to the checkered flag. With the 250 Novice class getting more competitive, five riders feU during the A-fInal chase won by Paul McMakin. Wheelie specialist Dennis Muelrath won the B final pulling wheelies as Russell Giff"m gave chase. Steve McCartney led the 100cc Novice action with Mark Narvez moving into second on lap two and Tim Coleman later moving into third place. Randy Booth in the 250 Junior fInal charged into first position by passing a pack of riders in the first comer after the jump on the first lap. In the same race, Pat Lane moved in to second place on lap two and Mark Lane in to third in later laps_ Trophies were awarded to 1971 point leaders in eigh t classes with Expert Ken Helling getting the Vallejo Speedway Champion title for his 61 points earned in the 650 class. George Combs of the 125 Junior class was runner up with 56 points. (Results on page 14) Herse'" Jus' Wen' Too fas' By Larry Ulrich CHRISTMAS VALLEY, ORE., Sept. 5, 1971 - "Nerseth would have won it, if he hadn't went so fast." These words of wisdom came for the 41-year-old Seattle school teacher Ken Habeck. Suzuki mounted Homer Mosley led the first lap and then A-I Cycle sponsored Keith Nerseth on his 501 Maico took over. Nerseth battered his front wheel so bad on the rocks that his front tire came off. No flat tire, it just wouldn't stay on the rim. About 10 minutes later Habeck passed him for the overall win in the Christmas Valley 100 today. The Klamath Basin M.C. stretched their annual cross country from 68 miles last year, to 79 miles this year. In 1970 the guys complained about it being a road race, and this year some of the riders were upset b~\ISe it was .,. rough. And it was rough.:N . sections, just mile after mile of solid rock. The dust was bad also. In this remote section of Oregon, there is a lot of alkali dust. If you were following another rider on a road and then decided to pass, that seemed like the time he would hit an alkali pot hole and it would look like an explosion and you couldn't even see your handlebars. The second time around th e 39.5 mile course it was a lot rougher. This Klamath Falls based club did an exceUent job of running the race and to me, this means more than having a fun course. Several guys did not have fun, however. There was on broken back, a broken ankle, a broken arm Sunday, and a broken collar bone on Saturday practicing on the course. There were also numerous other injuries and bent bikes. Of the 249 starters only 90 ma~,to finish.. , utts IQD IriIF U Awards night for 1971 point series at Vallejo Speedway. From left to right, Champion. Ken Helling (SHI, 650 class; Kent Johnson (76HI, 500 class; Mike Vestal 19Z). 200 class; George Kalamaras (306G), 175 class; George CarnIis (77"" '.~t class; n Billv Wilson (26H). 100 class. Two riders not attending were John Gen 113t. 250 class; and Kirk King (107c). 350 class.