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CA 95060 In f o : 415-327-4461 With a rather smallish rid er turn -out, the Id ah o Trials Champi onship ca me o ff o n a frie ndly, low-key n ote. T he re were only four Experts o n han d and a total sign-up o f so me 25 t o 30 riders. They were mostly Boise r i ders, although the Williams brothers, Mick and Andy, trave led wi th the ir fa mily u p from Twin Falls an d there were folks from Mou n tai n Ho me and other smaller towns in Southwestern Idah o. T he events put on by Boise Trials Cl ub are always f ami ly -oriented progra m s wit h f riendl y fa ces everywhe re ! T he State Champ io nsh ip was n o exceptio n eve n th ough the wea ther was mo re like England than Idah o! With sectio ns set u p to take advantage o f th e ru gged moun t ain terrain. th e various classes fo und the course challenging an d fun . T he usual c o i l e c t io n o f tr a il m a chin es, sem i-modified sco o ters and gen uine trials bikes all found so me thing that the y co u l d d o. In the Exper t departments, things were't quite so easy . On e section had to be modified after it became impassab le. It was run through a creek bottom (o r lack of bottom?) and culminated in a 90 degree le t-hander up a four foot bank made slick by churning " ires and mud. When t enough riders had taken fives an d nearly st u ck their bikes, th e sec tio n was change d an d th ings became so r t of possible! Bo i s e Ossa deale r Bo b Moore dem on strat ed his fin esse as he w al tz ed throu gh the course t o become th e big win ne r of the day . Big Brian Beautrow an d his brand new Sherpa T did a j ob on th e " B" cla ss riders. The sinister beauty of th e Kerstein's mountain ranch provided a d rama tic background for the I 9 74 Idaho State Trials Ch ampionship and, th ou gh th e Joanne Kerstein (Mon) tackles a p iece of the fam ily ranch. 10 0 % financing selby motors A good place to buy a great mot orcycle 346 El Camin o , Redwood Cit y 41 5 ·369-411 2 Bob Moore (Ossa) is t he new Idaho champion. With a t ad more publicity , he could have had more competit ion. T here ar e bound t o be more t han four Experts in Ida ho. wea th er didn't coope rate , the even t ca me o ff quite well. Bob M o o re go t a mu ch -deserved win and wh en we le ft . Bob w as bu sily dri ving a grader up a neighboring h ill. Maybe th e co urse ha d bee n to o ro ugh fo r hi m and he was j ust getting star ted o n n ext y e ar's se ctions ! Results in Results Se ct ion . Proto wins one, Smith returns 18 Fighting h ard in th e 360 Ex pe rt Main was Manuel Dat an in hi s first win of that class. Da tan still is the Mr. Consis tency an d leads th e Overall high point ba ttle. By W . H. Spencer f R EMO NT , CAL.. 1\IAY 18 John Proto ca pitalized o n his consistent effort s (and the second week 's absence of Pat Brown) to win the 25 0 Expert Main and make a spo t o n t he District Black Plate list, all in one fell swoop. Proto, a two year Expert, has consistently performed well in both short track and 1'1'. District 36 'Black Plate No. I Mark Sm ith m ad e h is firs t Fre mo nt showing of t he season and the Ascot Novice flas h was pretty flashy in this out in g, ab oard the Champion Honda that has already earned him eno ugh points to make Jun ior . On th e first lap, Mark promptly parked it in the right hander before the jump in spectacular fashion, pulling co n tro ls loose and generally making a mess of the 350 Expert class. He ran off looking fo r parts, then in the Main, he showed just how he got his plate by putting the hot and heavy on Gary Orlando, John Hall and Carl Rodrick, in rever se order, one by o ne . Phil Anderson put a little more space in his Black Plate lead over Allen Yarrow . Phil won th e 650 Expert Main in fine fashion whil e Yarrow co uld do no better than t hird in the 500 Expert. Ted Davidson closed the gap by one point with a fine third in the 250 Expert and that points battle for second thro ugh fifth should last a while. The large . turnout the night before the National m ad e for so me tremendous racing and a lot of crash es, but only one bone sepa ration, lu ckily. The competition is just as fierce as it was and the speeds are way over last year. • Results in Results Section. 0-36 short track:, Datan boogies, . Howard saves ' Share t he ride. Get in on Rout e Check . bring out the hot sh oe in all the riders. Despite h aving th e clas s "C" Expe rt s o u t o f th e racin g pi ct ure by a District 36 vote, enthusiasm see ms to be at an all tim e hig h. By W. H. Spenc er FREl\IO:-I T , CAL., 1\IAY 17 When the National scene co me s to to w n, it just naturall y seems t o a: UJ U Z UJ "- III i ~ Here 'co mes 01' Smiley! Dan Ru sse ll grins h is way t o second 125 Nov ice at Fremont. Steve Carrillo add ed another win to his increasing list in the 360 J un iors and if h e cou ld ever keep his 125 Noguchi running lon g eno ugh to try Rand y Mam ola in th e 125 Juniors, th at might shape up to be more -in t er es tin g. The competition in the little buzzing bee class is getting b etter, but Mamola is still the hands d own winner o n the factory Yamaha. Danny Young rode his Boss Race frame Yamaha to its first win in 250 Expert. Dan co m m en t s, "1 ca n ' t see me ridi ng that fast, but when I get out there, it seems slow." Young is t ur ning into a fine young rider in a su per tig ht class. At the checkered, there we re five bikes looking to win, jus t about like San Jose last July. John McRae came off t he bench for his first effort of the season an d impressively won the 250 Junio r Main on board his own Ossa. J ohn 's brother Tom d id n ' t fare so well o n his Ossa, wit h mechanical problems once again . Eddie Hegarty took second wh ile 'Rig Caros new find, Dennis Frisbie, to o k third. Caro cam e dow n fro m Redding t o let Dennis ride agains t t he Fremo nt boys, to go t o the Na tio nal to see one of his you nger day p ro teges, Mark Brelsford. Phil Howard wo n his t hird 250 Novice ra ce, but in the process d id a super job of saving what almost became a loss. On th e white flag lap . he backed it in to th e first co rn er with brake and com p ressio n rel ease . Only trouble was . the co mp ression release hung open and he nearly kill ed the e ngine while saving