Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Th e second mot o ra n simil ar to the first and Halcomb grabbed th e go ld wi th oice a solid second o verall. Dan Lan e turned in a pair o f good rnotos for third. T h e Open In ter m ed iates opened with a good d ice be tween Keith Bo ntrager (CZ) and Logan Broo kins (Mai). Logan maintaine d his lead as Bon trager blew a shock b ut h ung on for second. In the second mo to Bo n trager led sho rtly b ut suffered a st uc k gearbox that left him in thi rd gear and third overall. Peter Burwith put 'em toget her for second overall. One O pen Novice tried to use a motorhome for a berm. Fortunately h e didn 't hu rt himself or his bike. In fact , had his J ikov not flooded , he 'd have barely lost a position. Those CZ guys are tough. • Res ults in the Results Section . ashington State rials Championship: either jet lag, nor borrowed bikes, nor lack of sleep... y Bud Mylerberg OL D BAR ; WASH ., SEPT. 8 oe Guglielm elli and Marv Heath, e P a c i fi c N orthw e s t's representtives in the U . S . Champions hip e ries , successfu lly survive d jet ag, a sleepl e ss night a n d bo rrow e d ac h ines wi th fo u r -p ly tires to ai l d own fi r s t a n d se c ond pl a c es n P NTA 's o w n c ham pion s hi p eries with one round still to go . They etted in fro m MOT A 's cham pionship vent in Michigan to Gold Bar, Vash ington j ust in ti me fo r sign-u p . very t o p PNTA rider was there too , oping to ca pitalize on the " b ig bo ys'" xpect ed absen ce and pad their o wn eries sco res . Bu t it was not t o be . J oe won it with o m ar ks to clin ch th e titl e wh ile Marv eat everyone he had to and assured irnself of possession o f the num b er two late fo r 1975. T h e s i x-rnile cou rs e w as o nly moderatel y difficult, with all sections clea nab le. Fo ur and six were the to ughest, wit h o nly 13 cleans out of 174 total r ides. Four was the most spe ct acular and ex pensive , acc o un t ing fo r most of t he " ooh s" and "ahs" from spectators, as we ll as th e most bent Ren thall s and Prest on Pettys , as riders trie d th eir lu ck o n a second-gear-o r. nothing momentu m shot up a n ear vertica l, eigh t-foot wall of roc ks in a tigh t, boulder-in fest ed creek be d. T hose who didn't m ake it fel l back into a nest of jagged rocks an d sharp ro o t ends. A five hur t m or e than jus t pride here. J o e won it in a p a ir of - Ie ft-o ve r National T ria ls sec tions run bac kwards through a maze of barrel-sized roc ks, He drop pe d o nly one ma rk here in h is three laps. while Arlin Harmon , thi rd in PNT A sta ndings, fived bo th on his last lap to give J oe so me breathi ng room and turn an otherwise excel lent pe r form ance into o ne Arl in wo uld like to fo rget. Rick Flesc her tu rn ed in a steady ride o n a Ya maha fo r secon d place , j ust edgi ng out Jav Terry, who used his T L's four-str~k e trac t ive p o w er to good advan tage in t he rocks , and Sherrill Steinhauer , o n t he world 's only living Arlin Harmon had a good ride going until the last loop. His' Bul must have balked at carrying that Montesa shirt around. Isn't North-country trials ground ju st Super-Delecto? Dicing in Chico, Hall loses (surprisef By Rex Backman CHICO, CAL., SEPT. 14 Steve D ie t z jum ped t o the lead at th e st art of the 360 Expert S c r a t ch M ain wi th Kurt F ator (Bul) a n d L o w ell M oural (Yam) tra iling. Diet z pulled o u t a bou t 10 fe et ove r Fator w h ile M oural co n cen trated o n gett in g second pl a ce. C om i n g o u t o f tum t wo w ith t h e race a few lap s old Moural b um pe d his way past Fa to r into second an d se t his sigh ts o n Diet z, wh o now had lengthened his lead to fou r bike lengths. Moural started to wh ittle away Dietz's lead a few feet every lap . Soon the two riders were wh eel-t o-wheel. Dietz wo uld get the inside line in the co rners and be able to pull Moural down the straight but Moural would not give up . Lowell would stick his front ti re under Dietz's back tire hitting the frame as they went through the corner b ut Dietz held his ground and went on for the win. Cliff Hylton led the 250 Experts through the first corner with Paul Quiring (Bul) and Shane Scott (Yam) in second and third. Scott moved in to second passing Q uiring d o wn the bac k straight a nd set afte r Hylton. Meanwhile, Jim Hub bar d had moved in to thi rd a fte r a po or start. Hylton ridi ng in pe r fec t co ntrol con ti n ue d to lead while J im H ub bard tried to ge t by Sco tt for secon d . But ti me ran o ut, Hy lt o n wo n with Sco tt h ol di ng off Hub b ard. . Mike Hall had his win s tre ak br oken to night by Paul Meyer. Hall go t a tr em endo us hol e sh o t and led th e pack of Novices thro ugh t h e fi rst corner but Hay den' Campbell lost it co ming do wn the back straigh t causing a re st art. Paul Meyer t oo k the lead a t the restart with Hall ge tting a bad sta rt in fo ur th . Meyer bu ilt u p too lar ge a lea d fo r Hall to overco me. Hall settled for second with Bruce Kn ight hanging o n fo r th ird. Meyer lo oked like he was out for his second win o f th e ni gh t as h e led th e 250 Handicap for all b ut th e las t two laps. Bill Zir kle (Yam) wh o had been putting pr essure on Meyer finall y go t the lead and went o n for the win and h is second tr ophy of the nigh t (also sec ond 250 J un ior). Jim Hubb ard m oved up fr om the 6 0 t o get th ird. • Resul ts in R esults Se ction. QU A LI TY ACCESSO R IES fr om BULTACO IN.T ERN ATIONo"L, L T D . P.o. Bo x 6 25 41, Virg inia BeaCh, VA 2 3 46 2 s-. (U .0 o .... u o BOOTS $59 . value $44.95 35 . value 26.95 25. value 17.95 27. wh.. 19.95 60 . wlue 34 .95 25 . value 17.95 25. wlue 17 .95 25 . value 13 .95 ~r" ~hoes 20 . value 12.9~ Add $2.00 Mail Orde r p lus tax Work Shoes Unlimited 12086 Broo kh urst , Gard en Grow 7 14-537-6535 1772 No . 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In th e rid e-off again st PNT A's minibike cham pio n, J oe was match ed clean for clean by lo-year-old Ru st y Flescher, until Rusty fina llv lost one when an errant br anch grabbed his fro n t whe el . • Results in the Resul ts Se ction. Largest Se lection To p Gear Buck le High Lace Cycle Acme CCM/boy Dun ngo Harn ess Danpost logger Engineer Dress Z ippeJ1 oss~ , (714) 894-2623 Penton, Monark &Tyran &Rupp Fun Machines Sa les Service Parts Accessories D&R Cycles 7181 Westminster Ave'Westm ins ter , CA 92683

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