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" ....... '" g> - en '" ~ w Z W ..J ...J U o >- o U Ask And Ye Shall Rec:ieve MICI( ANDREWS TEACHES MICK By Ron Schneiders In the everyday world of California th e of Trials one refers to riders like Rich one to Bledsloe, Bob Nichelsen and Lane and Leavitt as Masters, and tends to judge to other com p eti tors according to how oth er competitors acc ording to they stack up against them. It comes as them, someth ing o f sh ock something of a shock when all of th em aU o f them suddenly app ear as pupils in class and appear o f sh ock when reali z ed even more of a shock wh en it is realized that compared to their teacher , they are com par ed to teacher, th ey no better than pupils usuilly are ! Of usually are! O f course, it takes quite a teach er to teacher arr ange o f affairs th ey had arrange this state of a ffa irs and they h ad the best: l\lick Andrews, curren t world th e best : Mick c urr ent tirals champion. ch amp ion. Mjck is over h ere as a representative ~Iick ov er here represen ta tive of Ossa b y whom he is employed. He is of Oss a by he emplo yed. traveling about the coun try trying to abou t th e country to promote interest in trials and Ossa with ~ Young Mark Egga", shows the old timers how to get out of a hole. Here's how Mick makes a Ll -tum on his Ossa. ma kes U-turn Ossa. Fast Action at Bishop's Motocross By G. R. Metcalf BISHOP, CAL ., Oct. 3 1, 1971 - This CAL., O ct. 31, wa s the third motocross race thi s year at was th e this the Bishop :>I.C. Cycle Park, looated just M.G. Cycl e located west of here with 114 riders competing; w est o f h ere com peting : no comp laints . no protests , no serious complaints, protests, n o injuries, just a full day of spirited and d ay an d enthusiastic racing. en thusiastic racin g. In the Open Jr. race,, good old "fat Op en race o ld " Fat AI" from Ridgecrest, Calif., won riding fr o m Ridgecr est, Cali f., his Su zuki his old CZ (where's y our new Suzuki (wherc 's your 400 AI?) whil e the Open Sr. race was AI?) while th e ra ce R andy McCoy d omin ated dominated by ver y swift Randy l\lcCoy very o f Bishop, of Bish op, riding a Husky. There were so man y 250 Jr. entries entries T he re wer e sC? many 2 50 that they th a t th ey had to be run in two divisions, both hard fough t battles. ba ttles. b oth To most spectators the h ighli gh t of m ost spectato rs highlight o f the day was th e ground-shaking hard the the groun d-s haking fought b attle of the Sr. 250's in which battle 250 's Husky mounted St eve Th omp son o f Hu sk y m o unted Steve Thompson of Mammoth Lakes, Cali f. , and CZ Calif., Mamm oth mounted Joel Kyne of Bishop raced all Bish op m o un ted J oel three th ree of of their th eir motos m o tos in In a no-quarter-given all a u t du el fo r firs t out duel for first n o-qu arter -given After man y exciting that place. Aft er many excit ing laps th at had the corwd jumping fi nish ed h ad th e co rw d j um pi ng Steve finished _ firs t and Joel second. first The l\lini Bike race was held at noo n Mini Bike ra ce a t noon in term iss io n and the spectalor intermission an d th e specta tor reaction was o ne of amazement and delight at one o f an d at th e way" th ese yo ungsters rode.. It was the way" these youngsters rode evident that the little folks are more eviden t th at th e capable and ab le than most people capa b le a nd able th an reali ze. th e realize. Keith Bryant, o f Bishop,, was the of Bish op winner on a Honda 70.. on 70 The good people· from Ridgecrest Th e p eoplerfrorn Rid gecr est h ave c ome ea ch o f t he have come to each of the races held in sh ows. Bish op, they like them, and it shows. Bishop, th ey lik e th em, This time each and every ride r from and rider fro m Ridgecrest trophied! Hats off to that Rid gecrest trophied ! Ha ts to hard figh ling group . tin g group. . The last race of the day was a th e d ay T he costume race (Halloween),, which ra ce (Ha lloween) wh ich featured ou tlan dish costu mes and some feat ured outlandish costumes so me trick riding. Mr. Ghost go t his sheet tri ck rid ing. Gh ost got h is wrapped in his chain, Grandma ran chai n, strong and fancy, Baby Snooks was first stro ng fa ncy, Bab y Snoo ks w on o n ac ross th e lin e, but across the line, b ut Mr. Frog won on appearance. appearan ce. T o those at th e race it wa s ve ry clear To the was very that th e so-called ··Back Woods" of th at the "Back Woods" o f racing is producin g some top notch producing so m e riders. One reaso n is the train ing reason th e training grounds being established in many estab lishe d places by those who realize h ow serious reali ze how serio us motocross racing is in the World sports m otocross th e sp orts scene. The Bishop track,, for instance, is scen e. T he tr ack inst an ce, ac re area, leased by the Bishop a 40 acre ar ea, leased b y th e Bish op M.C . T his area was -a former san d p it M.C. This area was·a form er sand pit that was previously a littered litter ed th at unauthorized dump area.. Club members unauth ori zed area Club mem\Jers and their fam ilies picked u p t1lOusands families p icked up th o usands an d of cans,, bottles, and assorted litter and ca ns b ottl es, asso rted made this trac k in its place. The club th is track pl ace. T he clu b of has also dis cu ssed ways and means of discussed way s p lanti ng trees and shrubs. in the area, planting tr ees an d sh ru bs. th e b u t th e probl ems arc many. Ecology? but the problems are man v. Th e b ikers c are. too. . The bikers care, THAT TIME IS ROLLING AROUND THE BIG END·OF·THE·YEAR ISSUE will be on sale DEC. 22 AND REMAIN ON THE STANDS UNTIL JAN. 12 UNTil REMEMBER De~dlile De~dline for advertising copy is December 15, Spm (theit's on a Wednesday). 15 , schools such as the one held last sch oo ls th e on e h eld weekend a t Saddleback Park, exhibition wee kend at Sadd leback ex hih it io n riding and, occasionally,, against doctor's occasio nally aga ins t d octo r's orders,, b y ridin g in a local trials. ord ers by riding lo cal The, school was set up in four sch ool se t fo ur sections, secti ons, morning 'and aft ernoon , mornin g 'an d afternoon, Saturday and Sund ay with 25 to :J O Sunday 30 pupil, pe r section. Beginners rode per secti o n. pupil OJ ro d e Saturday morning, Amateurs, Saturday af ternoon , Experts Sunday morning and afternoon, Ex pe rts S u nd ay morn ing Whitey's White y's Back And In Tune ' Tun e By Suzan n e Morrow Suzanne Mo rr ow . ADELANTO, CAL., Nov . 7, 1971 AD ELA1'\TO. ov. 7 . Hi-Des er t Racing Assn.. put on another Hi-Desert R acing Assn p ut o n ano ther great European Scrambles today . Their gre a t E uropean Scram b les today. Th eir hard work was evidenced by hundreds bv of rid ers and spectators. The'course w as riders sp ect a tors. The course was well-marked with p len t y of rib bon and we ll-marked plenty o f ribbon lime. lim e. With a qu ick drop of the ban ner at 9 quick d rop banner at a.m. the year's a. m . th e 100 class was off. This vear's number-one p la te con te nd er 'Larry plate contender L arry Roeseler led from start to finish. He was Ro esel er fr om to followed b v another desert veteran :\li ke d esert vet eran Mike foll ow ed by Holbrook ';n a DKW.. on DKW Monte Lee pull ed off another b ig win pulled an olh e~ big the 12 5 class assistance in th e 125 cla ss with the ass ista nce of his h is ever-present eve r-presen t . tuner. tuner, "Pop" "Pop (Muther-huncher) Lee. Monte lost his (Mu th er-h u nch er) early lead to Ed Scheidler when his pipe to Sch eidler came loose. Pop waved him into the pits cam e Pop him in t o for a quick repair job and he was off to wa s o ff to retake th e lead . lead. T he The biggest class of the day, the 250s, was won by Bud Martin on a 175 on Yamaha. It looks like 'the old It lo oks the Spo kebender is going after the big b ores Spokebender go ing a fte r bi g bores since rec entl y winning some good races sin ce recently wi nnin g som e and on 100s and 125s. Second place and an d I OOs 125 s. Sec ond go ing over t he wh oop-de-d ocs going o ver the whoop-de-doos like they w eren't even th er e was Gl een Thomas weren't there Gleen (Hus).. (H us) The Open class, a real crowd-pleaser Th e class , cro wd-p lease r with the p rese nce of the ever -popular th e presence t he ever·popular side-hacks,, was won by Dick Bre ker b ut won Breker but side -hacks highligh th e was h ighl igh ted by the appearance and second-place p erformance of Whitey second -p lace performance o f :>Iartin o. T he star Martino. The desert star has re cently recently star t ed racin g aga in started racing again after a long absence lon g due to injury and it looks as if he is just d ue a nd about in tu ne. ab o ut tune~ The side-hack hon ors we nt to Brian side-hac k honors went Ramsdel and John Mo n oh an (Ya maha) . J ohn :vIonohan (Yamaha). b e Decemb er on Next race will be December 12 on a U _ ten-..w new: ten-mil ~urx. co urse.