Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

cont'd. T om (197) Rapp pl ayed the wait ing game o n Morris (290) Malone twice in a ro w . (Yam ), were all o n h is ta il. Rapp didn 't seem to be in an y sort of a h urry. so after he too k care of DeSoto fo r the second p lace spot he became c o n le n t in just m o t o rin g aro und behin d Malone un t il Mo rri s made his m ista ke whic h gave Rapp t h e lead. Mo to two saw :-'like G illman (Yam) lead the pack aro u nd th e tr ack fo r about fo u r lap s un til a fla t t ire put hi m out of a ny se rio us co m pe ti tion. Malone once again took over th e n u m ber one spo t for o n e la p afte r w hic h Bar on forced himself p ast Malone for the lead on ly t o lo se it again ove r to Mor ris o n the fo llowing lap . It was ge tting to b e like m u sical chairs out th ere , fo r Malone was passed in the fo llo wing lap by Rapp again . Rapp stayed in first for th e rest o f th e m o to , an d took th e first overall while Malon e, with two seconds, was second fo r th e d ay wh ile third went to Mike Gillman wi th a 3 -7 finis hi ng sco re . Resul ts in Resu lts Se ction . Gary Davis Memorial Trial: ATA round two to Bernie By Lane Campbell O RA NGE , CAL .,JAN . 19 It 's h ard to co ver the sa me o ld gro und at SaddIeb ack and st ill co me up wit h n ew o r chal le nging sections, bu t th e Plonkers d id it , in pa rt b y pioneerin g some new o nes , in part b y flinging th e Amateurs in to previously Expert trap s. The tr ial w as a b enefi t fo r the fam ily o f Gary Davis, a foundin g char ter m ember o f the Plon ker s, ta ken at They're off, LeMans style, for the start of the ORA Hare Scrambles o n a perfect Cal ifornia City morning. age 3 4 by cere b ral h em orrh age in Oc tober . Th e t u rnou t was h eavy , eve n though m a n y ATA rid ers te nd to view Sad d lebac k as a n o ld , we ll-wo rn pla y gro und wi th few surprises left. T he kid s class h ad it rela tively eas y. Derreck Bernard an d Herb Krau ch clean ed th eir e n tire regu la tio n trial a nd went in to a ru noff, wh ich Derrec k won , four marks to se ven . It w as n o t so ea sy fo r th e Amateurs, m an y of wh o m Flai led helplessly ove r the ir h ead s in the E xper t /A mate ur tra ps (so me o f wh ich wer e o n gro un d covere d during th e SoCal National Ro und ). Experts' scores we re a bout d o ubl e th eir usu al average . In th e hill cl im b T rap Fo u r, every bo dy had a fo regone five ea ch ti m e a ro u n d , th ou gh Bernie Schreiber a nd Martin Belair ca me close to gellin g all th e way u p . T he Ex p ert co n tes t ca me down to wh o co uld get tw o sec tions wire d th e bes t - T ra p Eigh t do wn b y th e La ke Irvin e d am, an d Trap 19 se t in th e gu lly grove near the sign u p ar ea. Greg Lersch got the only clean in Eigh t, b u t fe ll to sixth E xpe rt, ea ten alive by ea rlie r scores . There we re n o clean s in 19 , th o ugh Bernie, Marla nd Whale y , an d Mark Th is gu lly secti o n so rt ed out most of the Novices. Eggar all got t hrough wit h o nes a t least once in their fo ur tries a t it. Marland 's four th try n etted him a n angry ha nd lebar welt in th e side . Bern ie recovered fro m a 20-poin t first lo o p . po sting 9 -8-9 h is next t imes aro u nd t o take t o p Expert. Early leader Marl and Whaley had a 20 -poin t se co nd loo p and trail ed Bernie by seven p o in ts at the fin ish . Honda t eammate Mark Eggar posted co nsist en t score s in th e mid-teens for th ird Ex per t. Ron Doste r (Bu l) o u t-poin te d every body in th e A mate ur class, b ea ting Mar k Buchy by 16 m arks. Matt P ritc har d b ro ug h t a s o m etim es un c o o p e r at ive Kaw asa ki in th ird. Ta lk ing ea rlier with Lynn Barnes and others , it t urns o ut that all three o f the J apa n ese two st ro ke trialers (Yam a ha, Su zuki, Kaw asaki) are co ming in for ad de d fly wh eel weigh t to smooth o u t th eir p o wer d elivery . A no ther b ik e th at radically c hanges p erso nal ity with a little m in or work is th e T L-125. A brief ride o n one o f Team Honda 's re-geared 125s with a torque pip e and S kyway silencer proved it t o be su pe r-adeq ua te, even to a 2 00-pound rid er . Bes t overhea rd co m men t of the d ay : " R id e it ? Hell , I can't even walk it wit hou t fa lling d own !" Mus t have b een • an Amateur th at sa id it. Results in Result s Section . DRA hare scrambles: "Californiaclty" By Dale Brown CALI FO RNI A CITY , CAL. ,JAN. 19 Su e Phill ip s was excited . T he Rim ru nn ers were excited. Everyon e else wish ed Kevin Hasten would take up so meth ing b esid es win ni ng as a hob by. Hasten h ad led two loop s of 24 miles each all the w ay to the ORA Hare Scram bles finish line. _. again. It all see med so sim p le. Hasten said " See you later " t o Sue (h is fi an ce) , ra n to the bike (a LeMans start !), an d passed R ick Shirey (360 Yam) sho rtly past the smoke b o mb to ge t th e lead he nev er rel inquish ed . Ji m Fishback (4 0 0 Yam) led it t o th e b omb, alo ng with fast Novice Dale O we ns (36 0 Yam ), o nly to dr o p o ut wit h me ch an ical d iffi culties . Owe ns was travellin g in fas t co m pany an d he h ad to le t a fe w h o tsho es like Shirey , Has te n , Ben n y Padilla (25 0 John Dykstra was first ORA beginner. Yam) a nd Wa yne Cook (25 0 Hon ) b y . Padilla go t aro u nd Sh irey just pas t the halfw a y point on th e first loop, co mi ng in to th e pits a co uple of m inutes behind Hast en an d his Co as t Moto Cycle 400 CZ_ Th e o rder th rough the pit s afte r that was : Sh irey, Co o k, Don Ro tu ndo (4 0 0 Hus, fir st Amateu r), Eric Sp aeth (125 Ho n ) , Bill Conro y (4 0 0 Hus ky , ru nn in g wi th o u t fourth gear sin ce th e start ) and Ow ens . O ther than Conroy gettin g past Sp ae th o n th e second loop , th e ord er re m ained unch an ged. Hasten ca m e in for th e m o n ey a nd a re union with his bride-to-be, They 're ge ttin g married on Feb ruary I, an d o n th e nex t day , th e DR A w ill pr e s ent " Has te n' s Honeymo on Hare and Ho und. " Has ten sai d h e will co m pete . Padilla got second , first 250, with Shirey a nd Co o k fo llo win g. Ro tu ndo hel d first Amat eu r, Sp ae th fir st sm all ' bi ke , an d Crown Cycle 's Owens, first Novice. J ohn Dykstra (25 0 Yam) led both lo op s to take first Begin ner. Bob Bell to o k hi s 6 50 T riu mph , co mp le te with Hin da ll fl at-track fr ame, in fo r seco nd Beginner. It was a b eautiful day to enj oy th e fast , well-marked 24 -m ile cours e, o r just to be alive a nd out in th e d esert. May it be June in J anuary until the end o f the May. • Results in Resu lts Section. 13

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