Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Cycle News orth Editor Lane Campbell AMA Nat'l. Trials: Suprises abound at Gold Bar Round By Bud Mylerberg GO LD BAR, WAS ., J UNE 29 It was a da y of surp rises at the thi rd ro u nd of the U. S. T ria ls Ch amp ion sh ip s. It didn't ra in, for o ne th ing , and a dry trials in the Pacifi c Northw est is abo ut as co m mon as mud at Sad dlc b ack. Second, l\Iar land Whaley, m aster o f SoCa l's rocks and san d, bea t SALES SERV ICE Welding Porting Accessories 1352 Centineta, W . Los An geles Corne r of Santa Mo nica Blvd . & Cent inela Open 9 10 6 Tues -Sat . 9 10 9 on Thursday Sa n t a Mon ica Blvd . ~ -;; N c It S c on ~ W+E ~ . "E • u c ~ .. a n ta M on ic a Frw y . U3-8Z6·785 If!JIIiI PRODUCTS INC. 2'134 OLD MIDDLEFIELD WAY MT. VIEW.CA 940430 f41S) 961·2446 LIGHTWEIGHT AXLES $12.95 HO L LOW. ~ H EA T T R EATED. 4 13 0 A XLES. WITH A IRC RAFT LOC K NUTS l1MM REAR AX LES FOR M AI CO - BU L TACO - CZ- YAMA HA-K AWASAKIANO 250 PENT ON Fremont Raceway Amateur Short Track Every Wednesday night A ll Sportsman & Minib ike f or info: 415 :327-4461 When in d oub t, gass it l 18 the Leavit ts , Dar ro ws and Swee ts at their o wn game. slimey , m o ss-co vered rocks a nd we t, slippe ry log s. Perh ap s the biggest su rp rise, fo r the rid e rs , was th e ti me limit, as no ne finishe d wi t hou t pen alt y poin ts an d six un fort un ates finishe d out of th ei r hour o f pen al ty tim e. T hey were a llo wed four hou rs pl us one, not much for a 13 m ile co urse of mixed trails and go ne-to-hell logging roads with 20 sections an d a horrendous mil e long first/seco nd gear up hill through tiny ho les hac ked out between fir t rees. T he first lap dr agged on fo rever, as the rid ers checked and rec hec ke d th e sections, wai t ing to see who used wh ich lines and if th at big rock ove r th er e really was t oo slip pery to ride ov er. T he fastes t ride rs com p leted the firs t lap in ju st over th ree hours, an d hadplen ty of tim e fo r the second. bu t th ose wh o lo o ked t o o long had to m oto cro ss th e seco nd lap wh en th e y found ou t th at the t im e lim it hadn 't been extende d. Whaley and S teve Darro w wer e the lead e rs afte r the firs t lap wit h 10 points each , with Don Sw eet right behind at 13. Sad d lebac k winner Lane Leavi tt was all bu t o u t of the chase whe n his d ripping-wet rear t ire fai led to fi nd tracti on on an equally we t off-cam ber log a nd he took a five in section J 9 for a lap total o f 20 points. !\Iark Eggar, winner of the Red . Dog round , was the o nly other pote n tial c hallenger, with 21. But Mar la nd won the motocross, too. adding a fantastic ni ne point lap to his first lap effort, while t he res t of the top five all failed to improve on their first lap rides. Steady Don Sweet posted a 14 to wrap up second place, which, to-gether with his third at Saddlchack and his second at Red Dog, made him the series leader at t he completion of the \Vest Coast swing. Ki rk Ma y fiel d and George Smi th III jum pe d ou t ahead of th e pack in the first lap and used the time they saved to better plan t heir second lap lines and fin ish sixth and sevent h w it h consis te n t rides (27-25 an d 28- 27 res pec tive ly). An 0 th er surprise was th e one Co lora do 's Bill Sch aa f got wh e n he ro un de d a be nd o n the way t o turn in hi s ca rd and found h im self sh ar in g a line wit h a Detroit gas-burner a t 4 0 MPII . In his most inspi red rid e of t he day he managed to get h is Su zuki side way s an d him self airborn e a t th e sa me tim e , a nd slid ove r t he hoo d o f the car an d into the bu sh es wi t h o n ly m inor inju ries. lie finis he d anyway. a nd d id it w it h th e lowest pen alty poin t loss o f th e d ay , only J 4 minute s into his hour. The b igges t su rprise was t ha t th e littl e kn own Pacifi c No rth wes t Trials Associa tio n could pull it off. Fred Belair, SoCal's " gr and o ld m an of tr ial ing" pronounced th e secti on s the m o st Euro pean he had seen fo r some t ime, with lots of variety and p lenty o f alternate lines, an d ad ded that it was th e best America n trials since Col orado's Ute Cup. T he M ori t esa te am agree d th a t it was one of t he best th ey 'd be en t o an d George Three wo u ld flash a grin as wid e as h is Ren th al s a t th e m e rest m ention o f Th e Hill. Mike G rif fits su m me d it up best , " It was a bitch in ' go d darn tr ia ls." R esu lt s in the Resu lts Se cti on. CMC scrambles By Reese Ultz SAC RA MENTO, CAL .•JUN E 2 1 Under th e lights a t W est Capi tol Racewa v m ore th an two hundred of No rth ern Cali fornia's lea di ng h ot shoes vie d for coveted CMC Series points. With seve n o f the 22- wee k series completed, several 'o f the classes seem preu y we ll c inc h ed but each wee k br ings o ut new emergi ng challe nge rs. T he 125 Interm edi at e class is n ow up fo r grabs, as se ries leader Rory I vers of Sacram e n to has jus t been ad vanced to Ex pert . wh ere he is now ru n n in g second with five po in ts to se ries lea de r Rennie Brun s who th us far has acc u m ula ted 10 po ints. The sam e is tru e in t.he Intermediat e Mini -bike s. where series lead er Pat Yoho has ju st ad vanced to t he 10 0 No vice ra n ks. Pat was lead ing the clas s seri es with 14 points. Doug Knig h t of Carm ichael went all out to beat Rick Hobbs of Fa ir Oaks for the co veted 12 5 Nov ice t ro phy and a n ad d it io nal five se ries po in ts. Wit h 16 acc u m ula te d po ints, Knight trails th e series lead e r, Randy Hor rell o f Ri o Lin d a, by on ly one po in t. Placerv ille' s Da nny T u rner, who no rm ally rides in the 250 Ex pert class, ente red the Open Ex pe rt ton igh t and scored an upset over se ries lead er Do ug Ko hle r of Sacrame nto. Ko hl er finis he d second . the re b y ad ding ano ther fo ur Red Dog winner Mark Egga r at t he powerline o n rugged PNTA Nati ona l T rials co urse. " lr ''" " '" > lr .J :; c ::J '"

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