Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

again in the second rn oto but this tim e Leon was right behind them in third spo t. On about the third lap Leon pulled by both and was never to be headed. Kisich waited fo r a mistake from Stanl ey, got wh at he was waiting fo r an d was no w in second spot. Leo n picked u p t he overall win with Stanley second, wh ile Bill Kisich with a sixth an d a second picked u p thi rd overall. Larry Gu rley (Mai) also swept both mo tos of the O pen Expert class. Gurley rode an especially consistent race never goi ng over h is head but just enough to stay ah ead of the co m petit io n . The main competitio n was Dave Robison (CZ) who in th e fi rst m oto never real ly got close eno ugh to Gurley to make a bid fo r th e lead. Robison was o ut for it in th e sec ond mo to as he jumped to an immediate lead. Gurley was righ t behind but Robison wasn't ab o u t to give in now. Towards the middle of the race Robison missed two im port an t shifts which left Gurley with an opportunit y to make.up m uch need ed time. Coming down the short straigh t Robison missed a gear again. That was all Gurley needed and he was b y for th e win. • Results in Res ults Section. Crummett and Scott win Orland Indoor Opener for Gunn to Ocean a 's 6 1 ca me with G un n p lacin g a thi rd p lace man and then the las t six spo ts in th e t o p 10 . They may not be the best as ye t bu t consistency does payoff. Hel ping to score the sections we re memb er s of the P.I.T.S. incl uding St eve Darrow (fi fth in National trials for Montesa), Dave Gallegos from Oceana and Tom Cullen from Burlingame. • Re sults in Re sults Sect ion. ORLAND, CAL., NOV. 2 g r--. <.0 N '- F REMONT, CAL., NOV . 3 Celeb rating his 41st birthda y an d pre paring for the annual Wilseyville Hare Scrambles, Troy Durham took charge of th e 125cc even t during Marathon Mad ness at Fre mont Raceway and led the J ack Sp arr owlJ im Willis tea m from lap 14 th ro ugh 49 for the Dunlap Cycle Park has re-opened with new promoter, Dan Green. The first ra ce was held Oct . 20 , 1974, with a large number of riders and spectators. Dunlap is lo cated 38 miles E. of Fresno in the foothills , with 8 0 0 acres of riding are a. It offers free cam p ing for riders and spectators. The track h as been co m pl etely re -worked, with th e course lined with sp rin klers . It has a good snac k bar , and clean restrooms, Th e day saw 15 classes run tw o motos each, with the fastest ra ce th e 250 Experts, Milan Garrett (Mo n), Fresno, CA , and Bobby Ro ger s (Bul), Fresno , CA, fighting for t he cash. Roger s won the first m oto , wh ile Garrett to ok the sec o nd wi th a larg e lead, taking home the $95.00 fir st pl ace money . • Results ran earlier. Rudy Leon t he Masked Bandit lavs : down a scr ee n t o foil pu rsu it. Boy , Steve was n"t kiddi ng about the rocks o n that track! g ;... By W. H. Spencer Under new management-Dunlap Cycle Park hol d off third place finisher Big John Grant (Yam). The 250 Expert class was full o f surprises as it appeared that Bultaco rider Mik e Miller had the race in the bag . But Shan e Scott (Ya m) pushed Mille r the entire distance and fo und the opening th at h e had been looking for o nly inches fro m the checkers to take the win . Steve Dietz aga in p ulled through for third place rid ing a 200 Bulta co . After a restart in the 250 Junio r class; Ray Hubbard took co n tro l of th e situation and was never even contested despite the efforts of Red Bluff's "Super Novice, " (no w Junior) Mike Hall (Bul) who managed t o hold on fo r second. The 250 Novice ac t ion was reall y wild as Mike Start (Y Z) took an early lead. About half th e pack had fall en down and those that remained on two wheels had a time a nd a half just trying to d odge those unfortunates . Paul DI:II ..:I Durham dials in Mey er stayed up and pulled through with the second and Hayden Campb ell (Oss) o vercam e h is back row st art fo r a th ird. Miss Dana Covert looked to h ave th e 100 Novice class wrapped up , but as th e wh ite flag came o u t, so did the second wind o f David Koisti nen (Yam) wh o took the lea d an d th e win , and Ric ky • McMorrow (Bul) . . Results in Results Section. Manuel Crummett (Bul), current white plate number fou r, completely dominated the 3 60 Expert class here as he jumped to an earl y lead over Steve Dietz (Bul) and Lowell Moura!. Crummett and Dietz co nt in ued to pull from the pack wh ile Moural tried in vain to • ~ Perenn ial Dick Mann thum pin ' by in Open Pro at Dixon. A flat tire robbed h im of a mota win. By H. R. Campbell fI2 iii IlQ motorcy cling events on a high school level. ] On this b eau ti ful fall Fri day af ternoon, 24 yo ung m en en tered the first o f seven sections designed to show what trials is all abo ut. It wasn't real ly a tough eve n t, although some of the sections were set up a little close in co mers and made di ffi cult. Co ach Henry of Gunn High h as b een active in NorCaI P.I.T .S. and afte r some footwo rk wi th the school fan cy admin istra t io n , actual ly got th e ball ro lling with a course th at inclu des tri als ridi ng an d m otorcy cl e kno w-h ow. Getti ng th e co urse wasn't easy, even after convin cing the Principal and the Superintendent. The budget o utlay had been already sen t in and no new mo ni es co uld be added. A demonstrati on co nvi nced th e big kahunas th at th is th in g calle d tri als wasn 't motocross and no t at all no isy, so it was all o wed with 47 pupils meeting every other day for one and one-half hours. Almost 100 signed up fo r the 4 7 slots. It ap pears to be a success ful sho t w ith the lo cal newsp ap ers and even o ne TV st ation int erested in covering wh at is going on . Gunn came up wi th the low sco re de spi te having los t first an d second overall to Oceana r iders . The tally o f 4 8 O'l ...... u .0 ,.. c u :> 0 Z overall win . Durham has to be co un ted in as a true hero rid ing the grueling t wo ho ur s all alone and wi th out st op p ing. J ack Sparrow led it off with Dave Rosenquist in ho t pursui t but b efore the first lap was over, th e Ro senquist /Tuller Honda was o ut. With Sp arrow in the lea d , seco nd went to th e Ge ritol ra cers J ack Crider and Pat Barnh ill who held up Du rham for th re e laps and th en ran th ird un t il they to o , ex pired a motor. Rosenquist /Tuller retu rned to the 25 0 event wi th a new Elsino re and eas ily o utdistanced th e fiel d to w in over a fas t reco veri ng John Silva and team mate T im Navarro. Silva cr ashed early in the race, giving up sec o n d to J oh n Pro to who held on as long as he could b ut de parted th e race with mechanical ills . J im Ingo glia and Tom Ross hung in on a new 125cc Su zu ki fo r th ird after a goo d dice with Silva an d h is tric k Purs ang. In goglia had bro ke n down on th e way to the 125 race an d barely made it in time to run wi th th e 250s. Amazing ly eno ugh th e Dale Etichison Yamaba made th e fourth tr ophy . Steve Kennedy had laid it down right in front of the sco ring tower twice, perhaps in hopes of becomin g a p ho togr aph ic hero , but to no avail. Best show o f the day we nt to Gary Vanderpool in the Open even t, not for winning it but for his ride up that morning from Clear Creek on the motor that he raced on. He refers to the 350 XL as hi s mountain motor and not his racer. Vanderpool led the entire di st an ce , rode it by himself and only stopped o nc e for abou t a gallo n of gas and a sip from a co ol on e. Scall y and Vanderpool h ad a good One . .. St eve Darrow (the guy w ith th e f inge r) checks a t eam trialer t h ro ugh a trap at the Gunn/Oceana meet. Guess who donated the section flags? High School Trials: Oceana vs. Gunn By W. H. Spencer PALO A LTO , CAL., NOV. I o .J .J IU) C( o UJ > UJ lii Covering an event in my own town came as so me thing o r a surprise wh en Coach Clay Henry called to tell me o f an interscholastic trial s meet betw een Gunn High and Oceana High o f Pacifi ca. (Back when 1 ro de my BSA Bantam to high schoo l in New Yo rk m y te achers said I would co m e to no go o d riding m otorcycles , an d th ey w ere probably righ t. I never figured th a t in those days we would ever see co mpetit ive 27 ..

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