Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

< Expert class winner Brian Ramo cinsk i spl ashes wh ile second place R ich Langosh fli es. Both are behind BX R& D consultant and general fast dude Scott Breit haupt , but he wa s d isqualif ied on a technicali t y. Eve ry o ne behind them got di sq ua lifi ed, t oo - for cheating. The silent Superbowl 900 crazy kids on moto-bikes By Dale Brown VA N NUY S, CA L.. J ULY 20 Brian Ra mocinski (Ex) , David Clinto n (jr) and Bobby .Wall s (No v) were th e winn ers of thc first in a series o f Yamaha Gold Cup Bicycl e Mot ocross races . Th ere will be two more climi-' na tions leadi ng to a final event in the Col iseum in September. Yes, t he y have BX cr ashes, but they do n't happen with as m uch no ise o r pain. Birmingham High Sc hool was the si te of the sce nario, with th e tr ac k lai d o u t aro und the quarter m ile o val . T he star ting area led aro u nd the turn a nd the n the tra ck narrowed d own t o a zi g~za g sect io n alon g the ba ck strai gh t. T hen a co up le o f jumps, two carpeted berms a nd the n in t o th e waterhole (a six-foo L tro ugh ) a nd a sh o rt finishi ng straigh t. That's what one la p went like a nd that 's as long as a n y rac e I:L ed. st After an af ternoon spen t qualify ing , ge tt in g tec hnically inspected, e tc ., fifty riders in eac h class · were re ady to co m pe te fo r the fifteen main even t sp o ts. S ince the track was n arrow, the star t was al l-important for the fi ve se mi -fi nals hel d in each clas s. Lots of riders went d own but there wer e no injuries. O ne rider who to ok it o n the chin (literally) got up to finish third a nd qualify for the final. One ~i" _n ice a_ u t ~i!,y,::l es, bp they don't fo ul pl ugs o r load up after yo u cras h. Tak ing a lesson fro m Medi a-Max, th e orga n izers managed to drag o u t th e in terval be tw een the semis an d the mai ns with a poo rly o rga nized " slo w wh eeli e con lest. •• The win n er was the las t person across t he finish line with his fron t wheel still in th e ai r. Nobody see m ed to know wha t was going o n. Haystack Whitlock won , unoffi cially. T he Novi ce and th e Junior Mains we n t smoothly enough, with Bobby Watts wi nning th e No vice co n tes t and David Clinton beatin g th e Juniors. Clint on's incl u sion in th e Junior class seem ed a littl e u nfair , si nc e h e se t th e fas tes t lap time o f the ni gh t a nd re por t ed ly can p ress 530 p ounds with h is legs. T he ride rs were cl ass ified b y we ight an d age be cause a defini t ive rider classi fica t io n sy ste m is lac kin g. The Expert Mai n was a close co n tes t until a big pileup in the second turn. Cycle News sp onsored Scott Breit ha u p t , the pre-race favorite an d one o f the few " na m e " sta rs in this yo u ng sport, emerged unsca th ed an d won it goi ng a way. He was dis q uali fied beca use he t urned I 7 la st week a n d th e race was fo r up t o 16 -year-ol ds . (lie was 16 when h e prc-eru ered. ] A sto rm o f protes ts ensued, with seve ral rider s bei ng accused o f c u tting th e co urse. A ft e r abo ut 3 0 minutes o f haggl ing, th e resu lts were allo wed to s ta nd as far as the fir st two rid ers (no t co u n ti ng Brei t ha u pt ) were co ncerned . Everyone else was di squalified fo r ju mp ing ha y bales. The O verall win ne rs in each cl ass received n ew Yamaha Moto Bikes an d the top three from each class (exc ep t in the Expert class) adva nced to the Finals • in September. Results in the Results Se ction. Yahoo ! A bunch of No vices pedal it through a hay-bale equipped turn. Local MX co u rses sho ul d be so safety-oriented . 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