Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Near the half-way point, Kenyo n d ropped off the fast pace just a mi te with Hocking looking very deliberate in his moves. Dave Lewis moved up to pass . Ron Kale and Steve Fos t er while Han sen was tr oubled by traff ic. On lap 16, Hockin g was ready to lap traffic and was stymied for one wh ole lap, allo wing Kenyon t o catch up, b u t b y n o me ans in a position to pass. On t he eigh teent h lap , Hockin g slipped by one rider an d was conten t to h ave so meone b etween himself and Ken yon. Ha nsen, runnin g in fifth , tried to get one mo re go ing b y start/fin ish bu t clipped a co urse marker, un lo ad in g heavily . Hoc kin g got by the sp illing rid er and b ike as th e wh ite ap pears an d coasted h ome the winner with a little of lad y lu ck o n his side. Ken y on co uldn' t d o m u ch else fo r sec o nd stuck in traffic and teammate Lew is pi ck ed up t he th ird p la ce ho nors over th e fast im proving R on Kal e . In th e overall p oin t h on ors, it appear s to dep end o n whose scoring one use s to d eterm in e who is in th e p oin t lead. If one goe s by th e point system started with the first even t, Hansen leads Kenyon by o ne p oint, 16 -15, o r if o ne goes by the newl y prin ted program point set -up, Ke nyon leads Hansen , 19 -17. T w o more pro events are sched uled : star tin g on J anuary 25 , a Fr id ay night, an d at Da llas, Wednesday nigh t January 3 0, j ust two nigh ts before Houston. • Results T roPhy Da sh 3 6 :44: 1. Steve E klu nd ( ass ) . 2 . AI Kenyon ( B u l). 3 . R ic k H o ck in g (Yam) . 4 . John Gen n a i (Bul) . Conso la tion 1: 31 :76 : 1. D en n i s R ob in so n ( Yam) . 2 . Ph il Ande r so n (Suz ). 3 . R us s Powe ll (Bull. Main 2 : 56 : 31 : 1. Ri ck H o c king (Y am ) . 2. AI Kenyon (Bu l ). 3. D ave Lew i s ( Bu l ) . 4 . Ron Ka le (Yam) . 5. Steve Fost er (Bul ). 6 . Fenn Perv ier (Bul ) . 7 . Bob Scally (Bul ) . 8 . Steve Eklund (OSS). 9 . Jerry K ale (Vam ). 10 . John Gennal (SuI). 1 1. Dave Hansen ( H o n ) . 12 . Pat McCau l ( Y am ) . The Last Race of the Year in Idah o By Marty Gregory MURPHY , ID A. , D EC. 30 Th e Idah o win ter hasn't been overly severe this year an d the bike rid ers a ren't co mplaining abo ut th at o ne bit! T he final race of th e year was held today under clear, but co ld , skies near Murph y on the Sn ak e River. The fift y mil e h are scrambles event b rough t out eighty enthusiastic rid ers and was a great get-toge ther for the Owyhee Motorcy cle Club . En trants were prim arily fell ow s who ra ce motocross regularly at th e clubgrounds in Boise. T here wa s a sprinkling o f desert racin g-types an d even a few " ol d t im ers" . T he 13.2 mil e co urse was co m posed mostly o f san d trails a n d w ashes in dire ct c o ntras t to th e usual rocky terrain used in th e numero us cross-country events held a t Murphy. The race, basicall y a four lap motocross, go t underway at I I :00 a.m, with the different class es starting five minutes apart. With th e Op en ma chines California' . All Me_' Dirt Free_ay. Map. Va say your teacher Miss Pendergast, keep s on your back about writ ing a book report? Va hawn't found a book worth readi ng e xcept for Cycle News , a nd she says it isn't a book ? Haw we got the answer (natchl to your problem. Try the Californ ia Trailbike Guide by Joe DriSCOll. It' ll tell all about where to legally ride your motorcycle in Califo rn ia. an d it's p lenty accurate. It's worth a fortune, but only costs $5.95 p lus SOt ta x and handling. A mere $6 .45 totall That's Joe in the p ict u re with one of those tri ck nevv Yammies. I t hink th ey call t hem ZZZZZZZZs. Clutch-happy Ron Bacus did a number of the line at the Murphy Hare . Scrambles. He chased th e bike for a while , but it escaped. getting off first, the 250's and 125 ' s were hard-pressed to gain much ground and it was eventual winner, Ken Medley bringing his Husky in first on th e in itial lap. Only a card punch and a gulp of water behind him was Boise fir eman, Dave Newell on a hard-running Pursan g. Bois e's Bru ce Harris was a steady t h ird with (SO T star t, Bill Uhl, sm o king his 12 5 Penton thro ugh heavy traffic to an over all fourth by th e end of th e first lap. Uhl got by Harris by th e en d of the second lap and was only a couple of m inutes behind Medley and Newell. Uhl 's lap ti mes w en t fro m 25 m in utes o n th e first lap to 2 4 on th e secon d to 23 on the third and t o a really j ammin ' 21 minu te s on the fin al to ur . Ha d th e race gone ano the r lap, Bill ma y have been able t o catch the lea ders, but it didn' t an d he couldn't. T he co urse fea ture d m an y sections of deep, de ep san d and the b ig-b or e mach in es were at a distin ct advan tage as Medley an d Newell fought a treme ndous duel for the lead. New ell rode th e last tw o lap s o n a flat fro nt tire and had his ex p an sion cham ber break in hal f bu t still clung ten aciously to the Husk y's draft. His determined ch arge w as for naught though, and Ken Medley's exh aus ted face w as th e fir st one seen a t th e fini sh. Nearly every one who st arted th e event fini sh ed the ra ce and spi rits w ere generally high re garding th is type o f happening. Most riders see med to enjoy runnin g a n e ven t which go t them h ome by 3 :3 0 in the afternoon and st ill made th em tired en ou gh to know th at they'd accom plished something. The Owy hee Club p lan s to h ave similar events later in the seaso n and in vite s all ride rs wh o like to r un a "fun " ra ce to come o n u p to Id ah o for a weekend. 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