Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Ben ou a rou d ton'C ntY'F irg n s...-... w the TropliYDas h . I n -th e A m ain onBy Shirley Campbell CORVALLIS, ORE .• JAN. 19 Things h ave really impro ved at the Corvallis Ind oor short track sin ce I last saw a race there in October. There was a goo d spe ctator turnou t even th ou gh the weather was a little nipp y. The excitement of the races brought the spectators to their feet many tim es during the even ing . More th an 135 rid ers turned ou t for th is sp ec tacular sh ow. There were many super fast riders. b ut th e rid ing ab ili ty was not the only noticeab le fa ctor. T he sp o rtsm ansh ip of the riders was so me th ing else . Some riders fo und th emselves pushed again st the wall or being held up by a slow bike but all kept th eir coo l. Restarts were many. If you h ave n ot seen one o f these races ye t, come see one. You wo n' t be disapp o in t ed . T o all you motocrossers tha t have been say ing, " I can ' t wait fo r fla t tr ack seaso n to st art again:" if this is an examp le o f w hat yo u are going t o be up agains t d uring t he summer yo u'd be tter co me ta ke a look. You might wan t to give it a try as so me did Sa turday nig h t to find the C an d D mains very fast. In A main min ib ike action, Shawn Stei nbach (Hon ) was first off the line an d led it all the way to take first pl a ce. Ran d y Rice (Hon) clai med second with a th ir d to Scott Miller (H on) from Albany. T roph y Dash winner was Steinbach. Dick Woo ten (Yam ) wo n the 100 . Ias s Trophy Dash and went o n t o take William s led it all th e w ay bu t J ack Hee ter (CZ) was very close behind. Steve Toftdahl (Yam) ro de hard fo r third. With the man y res ta rts it was a lo ng nigh t but I never saw one specat or leav e un til the race was over. 2::nua~AmAI-iA G.P DESERT vs mOTOCROSS $1.000 mAR. $1.000 Deschutes Cycle Park MX By Jan Newman 2 BEND, ORE.• JAN. 20 IN PR IZES! G 'Z IN CASH Special g U M IN I BIKESo-6o-- 61-8o C Conly - - -POWDER PU FFS --- OLD T1MERS--- BEG---NOV - - IN T- - - EXP--- S IDE HACKS -- - UP HILLS--- Boy! The Weatherman has reall y given us some extremes lately at Deschutes. Two weeks ago a sma ll turnout sh ivered th rough a minus seven teen degree mornin g to rac e. Last week's even smaller turnout voted against rid ing on a partially submerged track - brough t o n by DOWN a warming trend t ha t melted too much snow t oo fa st. Today was a compromise of sorts. It wasn't as col d no r as wet b ut enough of each to create a problem . T here was en ough m o istu re left t o make even the " dry" spots slip pery in t hei r frozen state and the "pu ddles" we re m ur de r. When practi ce got un der way th e entire co urse was like a skating rink. As the sche d uled practice ended the sun was beginning t o th aw t he top la ye r and t he b ikes were biting through a lit tle bit. Defying all fuel saving suggestio ns the trac k officia ls allowed nearly an ho ur of extra p ractice to help b reak th ro ugh t o so mething that resembled tr acti o n. Even th en t he first rou nd w as a p re t ty slip p ery ride. By the second m o t os th e gr o und had thawed HrS-BAYmA~R~E--lAT . ut in 1973IDERS dueled It 0 d DESERT R f '74' 660 MXe r an d explosive shoW or . n don't miss the seCO ******** *************** ********* , ************** ******* ********** defending 125 EX. DE TOM BROOKS, , still CHAMP! SERT CHAMPION, is out to prove he s . MX OPEN EXP ERT CHAMPION , T AT EN, defendIng with him! REX S eone to keep up is looking for som DON'T MISS ANY GIANT MAJESTIC Ventura fwy west FiIImore fw y LA 23 north end fwy (follow the sign s 10 Bay l'Nt"l l hwy l18 I I Ba lc0g' I cyn r TROPHIES! ALSO I General admission : $3 Adult$2 Junior UNDER 10 .._-_ TROPHIES Please pr int NO OVERNIGHT CAMPING 1 _. __ ._._..-._. 100 % F INISH I OF THE ACT/ON!!! FREE! Entry dates: Feb. 6 to Feb. 23 • WOW!! If I don't fall off, maybe I can pass th is turkey! top honors in the A m ain. Duane Cru mley (Yam) had no trouble taking second . Jeff Celori e (Kaw) too k th ird . In the 125 class Keit h Nerse th (H us) won the Trophy Dash. T he A m ain action was so mething else. With the first start Nerset h , Bra d Hurst, and Wayne Lo esch came t o the Iir st corn er at th e same ti me. Hurst d idn' t ma ke it, and was hit b y an other bike. Then Nerseth and Ik e Reed tangled. The race was st arted o ver. Brad Hurst (Y am) was off the line fast with Keith Ner se th ri ght o n him and Wayn e Loesch (Suz) close b y. These three were fighting it o ut with Hurst in the lead when Ike R eed (Ka w) took Hurst o n the o u tside just befo re the checkered fla g. Ners eth t oo k a very close th ird. Alan Busby (Bul) rode great all n ight and took first p lac e in the 2 00 class A main. Jerry Shippey came in close for a second with a third to Steven Hust (Bul ) from Portland. Sh ippey (Yam) also wo n the T r oph y Dash . . Attention was n ex t turned to the 250 class. A lan Busby (Bul) from Eugene w on t he T ro phy Dash an d again took t op honors in th is A main event. It was a great night for Busby. Curt Dorn (Bull claimed seco nd with Rick Oliver (Bul close behind for th ird . The 360 A m ain was ano th er spec ta to r th riller. Mark Williams (Kaw) down a couple of inches so there was some traction bu t it was sloppy. Dale De maris.(Y am ) found an answer to the whole prob lem in t he fir st Open Expert ra ce as he too k t he lead an d ke pt pu llin g away from the pack. With everyone else slipping. slithering an d falling behind him he seeme d oblivious t o the problems. When th e race was over th e m yst ery w as solv ed - he w as using studded tires. H e w as o rd er ed to remove them before the next race. T hey mu st have helped because he was slo we d to second pl ace in th e n ext t wo mo t e s with Barney New man (Mo n) taking first. T he Min is see med t o h ave more t ro uble with w ate r than with the ice. Being typical little boys they all seemed t o go t hrough the deepest part of eve ry puddle and their bikes rebelled. Mike McCormick (Yam ) kep t hi s driest for first. T he 125 Juniors and In term ed ia tes rode toge th er w ith Dav e Ch apman (Hon) winning three straigh t for the Junior brass. Troy Fo lck and Bill Jone s had so me good battles cut short for the Intermed iate class. J on es was lea d ing th e first m oto w he n h e threw th e chain fo r a DN F. The last lap o f the sec ond race found th em side by side when a rider b ein g la p ped went d ow n and Folck slid out to avoid h im. Folck led all the MUST SUPPLY 2 SELF·ADDRESSED, STAMPED ENVELOPES I ~~ • rt~ I • • t age I I I • I • city • sta t e I I zip phone • I I d~ ~ I I ENGINE SIZE : Check one I I MACHINE MAKE: Experts: $15 • all others: $10 Entry by mail only MAIL TO: I I I • I BMRA 5604 E. 2nd Street • Long Bea ch, Cal. 90805 • For info call : (213) 434·1816 Starting position determined by • post mark on entry • li The unders igned entra nt. by af f i xing hi s s ignat ure be1ow. acknowledges t hat he assumes t he l I I I I r isk of an~ lo~s fr~m i nj ury or proper ty damage t o him self or t o ot her s , due t o his ' I part i ci pa t l on 1" t hu race, and he her ewith s pec ifica ll y holds harmle ss t he B M HA and its I of f iCial s from any sai~ los s. 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