Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

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Bottlenecks occurred on wide paths in woods when soft trails became rutted. or o n slic k h ills when rid ers ja mmed to o close ly to geth e r. Ho w ever . Bo w er 's greatest single p o int loss w as six, for arrivi ng th re e m inute s 100 ea rly a t c hec k number three. He arrived a t o the r che cks o ne o r two minut es late an d was la te at th e finish for a total o f 17 p oin ts. li e sa id . "The re sho uld have be e n abou t seventy -five rid ers a head of me ou t o f the gas chec k . a nd the re wer e o n ly live ." T he gas c hec k was a t 5').4 mil es, b ut a h ill a fte r that el im ina ted a lot of rid e rs. Wit h star t num ber 15· E, Bo wer was third m an arr iving a t the fini sh a nd with less poin ts lost the re than a nyone el se. Bill Lyones, number 4-A. was the first m an in o n ly a minute or so before Bower. The North Bay Mo torcycle Club u sed th e Middle Creek C .C. Camp gro u nds eas t o f Up pe r Lake fo r th e start and fin ish . T he ro u te sc he d u le called for 20 miles an hour average until th e gas c hec k and then 24 MPH back. The run should hav e taken 4~ hours, but it was m ad e m ore difficult by snow in th e mountains on Friday night, a thaw on Saturday, and th en a hard freeze Saturday ni gh t , Early starters Sunday morning had to contend wi th iced h ills and heavy frost on logs. The later starters in B and C classes had soft m ud on the hill s. Lynn Rit ner (DKW), the o nly "B" rider to finish in t he 12 5 class b ro ke h is clutch ca b le on the starting line and then co m pleted the ru n witho ut a clutch lever lo sin g I 76 points . His start n umber was 58 -C. Bil l K ingery from Vanco uve r, Washington, down for his second Sawmill run was o ut after abo ut 56 miles when a bottleneck on a h ill caused him too much delay to ca n tin ue . He said , "We don' t have anyt hing but m ud in Vancouver th is ti me of ye ar. I have to co m e down here to rid e. The ru n was great fu n !" T he re we re several other riders from Ben Bower shakes off the com peti t ion and himself. distant points in Oregon and Nevada, m an y from Santa Maria, and some from Bakersfield. Though there is not a n official count o f tea m results yet, fir st pla ce ma y go to Far West of Eureka. California. with a Pento n team finishing, first , se cond , an d fou rth in t he 250 B class wi th a score of 247 points. The Ridg e Runners Motorcycle Club team fro m Santa Cru z finis hed 1-2 -3 in the open "8" class with a score of 254. If t here are an y " A" team s with a ll riders finish ing, th ey possib le could have a lo w er score to win. • Results 125 A : 1. Jim Jenk ins (Pen). 49 pts ; 2 . ROd Goehring (DKW ) . 91: 3. AI H aner (Pen), 134 . 1 25 B : 1. Lynn R i t n e r ( DKW). 176; 2 . R oy Da vis (Hus) ; 3 . ~ o ha nn Tam (Hon) . 125 C : 1. Oen"IS Cur t a in (Pen); 256; 2 . Sam Terry (HOn); 3 . Sta nle y J ones ( Pe n ) . 250 A : 1. J oh n Trou tt ( Yam), 23; 2 . Bud R . Hamilton (Pen), 26 ; 3 . Geor ge N ews o m (Pen ) ,45 . 2 5 0 B : 1. J a y Stradley ( Pen ), 75 ; 2. D a ve Cull ( H u s) . 79 : 3 . R ich Miller (Pe n ) . 8 4 . 250 C : 1. Ch ris Brown (K a w) . 2 03 ; 2 . G . MeG r ead y (Suz); 3 . A la n Nan ne n (HOn) . Open A : 1. Sen Bow er ( H u s) . 11 ; 2. Marvin Hurlburt (HUs), 32; 3 . George N e il so n (Hus).40 . Open B : 1. B o b B ow ers (Hus) . 75 ; 2. John Moore (HUS)j 83 ; 3 . Ron Cash (Suz) , 96. open C : • Gary Howard cH us). 41 : 2 . Bob S tu rgeon (HO n ), 127 ; 3 . A r t Pa rk e r (Su li. 187 . TRAMX By Shirley Campbell EUG ENE. OR E.. FEB. 10 After a dry wee k the fog moved in and it was ha rd to see the starling line from th e fin ish line. T hi d id n ' t seem to have any affect on the riders ho wever. T he track co nd itions were ex cc llcn t and the re was a lo t of good, fast ra cing. In the 125 Junior class there were tw en ty fou r bikes. When th ese riders took o ff from the starting line it sounded like thunder. Brad Larson (Ya m ) n at blew e very bo d y off, winning all three motos. Steve Williams ( Bu l) rode very hard in th e 125 Expert class to win overall honors. Dea n Rhodes (lio n) took second with a ve ry dose third to Charl ie Patterson (I~us); • • • • • • • • • • • __ .,

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