Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Oh, Momma! I've done it now! cla ss lead fo r fou r laps. Eddy Duncan (Puc) a n d Gary Davis (Bul) wer e ri gh t on h im. Campbell we nt a little wi de an d Duncan moved into firs t with D avis takin g o ve r se co nd. T his mistake left Campbe ll h avin g to settle for t h ird . Gary D avis wo n t h e Tro p hy Dash . J o hn S choon over (Tri) j umped into an early lead an d hel d it for seven laps, in th e 2 50 A Main ac tio n. Lester Hu ey (Su z) was righ t on his fen d er. Sch oon over had so me trouble and fell way back in th e pack . Huey too k over and ca me in fo r the win. The Open A Mai n w as the last event of the nig ht to climax one of the fastest nigh ts of T RA ra cing ye t. Rob Mu zz y (Bu l) swept into the lead with Lester Huey (Suz) t urning the pressure on fro m rig ht behind . These two put on a great show. Muzzy never left an y holes fo r lI u ey to ge t by and lI u ey h ad to be satisfied with as close as y ou can get wi th o u t being first. • hav ing it o u t fo r third an d fo urt h . 1Ii11 wo u nd up a he ad o f the hard riding T odd b y th e e nd o f th e race. Rick got a righteous tr o phy as the No . One A ma te ur as well as the go ld fo r t he class. Jim V een st ra scarfed the go ld in the 12 5 Amateur class and Kevin Rekow t o ok top h onors in th e Open Amateur d ivision. F oll ovving th e cross c ountry. we h ad to bo o gie ri gh t d o wn th e road to th e side o f the Bois e Trials Club's regu lar sessi on. By th is time it was ab o u t No on and things were really get ting warm ! Our mobile dark room didn't like the heat too well an d n ei ther d id th e tri al s riders. Ro n Dill on (V am ) showed so me ama zing style and balance whil e waltzing through th e "C " se ctions o n on e of his shop's bikes. Ron ra ces cr o ss co u ntry. m o t ocro ss a n d tra c k and d o cs well at t he m all. His skill aboard the " y eller " t rialer de mo nstrated that h e' s n o s louc h at tria ls, either. Ro n cleaned seve ra l di ffi cul t sec tions that ha d the o t he r rid er s o n t heir head s. I n th e Expe rt ranks, o n ly Bob Moore, h is so n Dan an d Chris Ker stein we re on hand an d Kerst ei n (Mo n) came aw ay th e vic t or. Dale Wayne dominated the "B " class Novices w ith on ly tw o ot he r co m p e ti t ors. Wh en it fin ally got t o b e ab out 105 d egr ees and nul' portable generato r ale a pisto n (Briggs & Stratton Break-O], we deci d ed t hat we 'd ab o u t had enough . 1l was Fat her's Day a nd there was co ld heel' waiting at h ome . • Resu lts in th e Resu lts Se ction. Sun,'wind and VRs hot Story & photos by J an Newma n BEjI;D, ORE.. .JUN E 16 Hot weather, small turn-out & zero traction! By Marty Gregory EMM ETT, ID A. , JUNE 16 In the face o f 10 0 d egree p lus , abo ut 25 rugged cross co unt ry freak s did a sixt y mile number at Idaho's Lillie Ge m Cycl e Park t his Su nda y. T he lac k o f participants was du e, prima rily, to . the fact th at the re was a money race in Jackpot, Neva da that same day. Hosted by t he 1.r.I.A . and billed as the Cherry Festival Cross Country , the ra ce co in cid ed wi th Emmett's ( th a t's w h e r e t he o rchards are ) an n ua l blow-out. Little Gem is ri gh t next to Em mett and provides lots of ro om for riding of all ty pes. T h ere was also a trial s he ld in the afte rnoon in ano ther pa rt o f the pa rk . A fairly serious accident brought the a m bulance ou 1 early as someone bo ug h 1 it w hile p racticing p r ior to th e ra ce . Po o r fe llow broke bo t h wrists and suffered other inj u ries . Little Ge m's te rr a in is composed of sand a nd slick, hard so il .. . no t too man y rocks but 1101 to o m uc h tr ac tion when it 's dry . Ma ny of the guys who rode the race crashed. altho ugh the re we re no other injuries. J um ping inlo an ea rly lead was Fra nk Trafford aboard a 250 l' ento n /KT r.1. " F reewhee l in' F r a n k l i n" looked unbea t ab le as he smoked do wn t he first sa nd wash he ad in g ou t onto th e co u rse an d , we re it n o t for a da maged shifter, he no d ou bt wo u ld h ave won it . As it was, Bois e fire ma n Da m o n R u st ( lIus) got by Fran k on the first la p , got hi m sel f repass ed o n t he seco n d a nd fini sh ed th e t h ird go· rou n d ab o u t a m inut e or t wo ahead of T raffo rd . Dam o n sa id t hat Trafford wa s co nsi de ra b lv fa st er th an him a n d . if hi s hike had bee n up to it, he wou ld h ave won. Ab ou t as m od e s t an d n ice a ~y as yo u' ll meet , t ha t Damon . li e almost won eno ug h tu cover h is en try fee . to o ! Meanw hile, b ack in the pac k . .. 250 Am ateu r Olli e Todd a n d Rick Hill were While all of the cras hes were o n the track - most of th e bu rn s weren' t. Lo ts of pr etty pink hide aro und . There was also _a good w ind blowing to co mbine w ith th e heat to play havo c w ith any attempt to keep th e co urs e damp. Mik e T omasini (S uz) led all three 125 J unior races from b egin ning to e nd. Fred Thomas (lio n ) fin ished seco n d in t he f irst tw o an d ca me all the > > UJ UJ ::l 1: ::l 1: o o ::l ::l o o O L- c How 'bout a kiss, honey? way fro m ni nt h to na b a third in the final race. T he 125 Expert a nd In te rm edia te classes ran together a nd t he ir firs t race had a little of eve ry ring . Expert Joh n Btown (li o n ) h it the co rne r first and led all t he way, Th e Inter m ed ia te lea de rs weren 't so lu cky. T im Fell ows led until he ran o u t of gas. Kim Widmer th en led un t il he bro ke d o wn . Na ncy Tho mas look her turn unti l he r c hain br oke. Phillip Randall survived to tak e th e flag . Fell ows held ont o th e lead in th e second fa ce an d ga ve Brown a battl e for first finish . Randall ca me b ac k t o w in the final moto fo r th e Ov erall win while Widmer go t two seco nds and secon d Overa ll. Brown won top Ex pe r t m oney : The 250 .Juniors a nd Int ermedi ates were a lso com bi ned a n d really m ix ed it up . J u n ior Gary Se llards [Mai] p ut together a win, fou rt h a n d secon d for top brass. Calvin Williams (Suz) b lew it in the second ra ce when h e wen t d own in a co rn er co lle ction o f b ikes but drew a se cond Overall with a second in th e fir st ra ce and final rna to win. 5 teve Sprin gst o n (Yam) hel d in for third. Intermedia te Brad Lecklider was lo o k ing for a h ole behind Chuck Hagen (Hus) when he sei zed his Can-Am in th e first rnoto . Lec klid e r ca m e back to win th e nex t two while Hagen had his prob lems . in th e seco n d ra ce . Wh ile r un ning second he du mped it a nd the lI usky ba lked at go ing again . Ken McCormi ck (Bu l) h u ng in for seco nd Overall. The Open classes were dominated b y Mo rit e sa VRs. Paul Tragis (Mon) took Frank Trafford went fastest, but couldn't shift . No cherrv-pick in' at the Cherry Festival for h im! --'-_-" Fou r feet high an d fast. Dan ny Atk inson on a YZ-SO. top ho n ors in the Open Junio r. Dan iel lIill (CZ) was sec on d. Larry Nibler took th e Overall w in in the Open Ex pert w ith a thi rd, a win a nd a seco nd . Barney Newman led the second m o to u nti l he pulled off with a flat ea rly in the race. lie wo n th e other tw o fo r second. This group dwindled b adl y from b roken b ikes by the th ird mot o . J eff an d J amie Temp le, a ll the way f ro m Colorad o on a ski o uti ng, co u ld n 't get th e ir Macio s pas t. the firs t m o to . The Min is had tremb le wi t h some o f th e rou gh spo ts le ft by the b ig bikes. Gr eg F irch ( lion) reall y took a flyi ng landing o ff o ne of them and wo un d up with a broken arm. Severa l o f th e m go t in a different kin d of tr o ub le w hen th ey fail ed to slo w for the yell ow flag and were penalized a lap. • Resu lts in the Re sults S ec tion. Idaho track opens under CMC sanction By Marty Grego ry DIM ETT,IDA.,JUNE 14 The Rudge brothers, Nick an d Ge orge arc both grocery store ow ners In Bo ise who love bikes and racing. When they decided to bu ild a q uart er mile nat track , t hey decided to do it right and the result of th ei I' efforts and do llars got its first test under fire this Friday nigh t. The new flat · trac k w as in pretty good sh ape for its first run an d , with the ex ception of the fact th at a n ew (and unoiled) trac k te nds t o "lift" slig htly and develop some rough spots, the racers had a good time. There was the usu al problem o f dust a n d this was co u n tered with the us e of eye-st inging ca lc iu m ch loride. The Rudge brothers and their right hand man , .Jim Blakeslee, assure us that the trac k will be oiled in the very near future. With C~IC sa nctio ni ng, the quarter m ile c irc ui t should p ro vid e an en jo yable alternative to the lo cal riders. Ca ldwell's Larry Merideth d id a job o n the 3 6 0 class in winning th e Main. Larry rides a sano 350 Hond a in a tri ck frame and has the distinction of being reigning Id ah o State Flat T rack Ch ampion afte r his win at the Owyhee Club's 1/8 mile last Fall . So ft spoken N at e G ro SSt on another Honda, shadowed Merid e th to the c h ec kered an d Mark Tenneyson w ou nd up in th e th ird spo t. De nn y Neibaur go t th e h o le shot in t he Tro phy D ash for the b ig b oy s and Fru itland, Id a ho 's (t ha t's the pl ace t hey thought the y saw Pa tt y lI ear st ) Larry Harvey did his usual nu mb e r was ting th e 125 riders. The b ig attraction (a t least for th e parents) was th e Minibike class as mi cr oscopic Danny Atkinson ban zaied his YZ around faster t h an a ny o ne to co llect the win, Dan h as th e kind of st yle th at 98 % of the big guys want and it 's really a treat to see this four-foot-high d ude "t hr o w th a t scooter sideways at full 'peed ! Butch Rich ar d so n an d Corky ~ Iadsen finished behind fast Dann y a n d th e y provide d a few thrills for th e sp arse crow d as they played pass and repass. • 37

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