Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Bultaco balls oilt sale! $1295.00 $1425.00 $1550.00 $1395.00 $1195.00 $1395.00 Pursang 125 Pursang 250 Pursang 360 Alpina 350 . Alpina 250 . Sherpa T 350 out the door prices! T erry Barnes fli es IFR th ro ugh the so up. If it lo oked this bad t o the ca me ra , feature how bad it lo o ks at forty mi les a n hou r. Heckel boots in stock $82.95 .' We accept mail orders; add $3.00 for shipping . Californ ia residents add 6% sales tax . laps a n d guys kept co mi ng in with bi g sm ears of mud d own one side . It wasn ' t too hard to tell who sta yed on the bike. T raction was, in general, pretty much of a hit o r mis s thing. Either y ou go t hit b y y ou r b ike when you fe ll o r it m issed y ou. Coming arou n d leading the on e-two-fives was T erry Anders on (Bu l). He turned t he fa ste st time of the day and en ded up 125 Am at eur winner. Terry is a fas t lo ca l mo t o crosser who hasn ' t rac ed de sert en ough to get an I.M. A. Expert ca rd. Nip p ing at And erson 's heels all th e way was Rick J enkins (DKW) wh o e nde d up firs t 125 Expert . In the 250 Expert ranks, it was Wayne Larsen (Suz) p u t t ing it t o Don J enkins (Pe n) a nd Doug Bowles (Pe n) . Seemed th ai the sm all er you r bike . .. the faste r you went. Su zu kis d ominated th e Op en ra n ks wit n Ron Roge rs a nd Mik e Hollingsw orth taking the lo p tw o spots in th e Ex pert di vision. Larry Buffington (ano th er Expert m ot o cross ride r t u rned Amate u r d esert-type) scarfed t he Open Am at eur win o n a 360 YZ . Each class ra n fo r an hour and, consid e ring the tempera ture and th e visib ility, th at was abo u t enough for m ost. Ric k J enkins came arou nd lik e S. Clau s with a looking frost -eovered beard. It was so co ld th at o ne dude tried to stoke t he bon fire wi th a ca n of gas . He go t a ride in the am b ula nce an d som e third-d egr ee bums for hi s efforts. This was , by th e way, th e on ly serious injury of the d ay . Racing desert in Id ah o in January has to be one of t he m ore, sh all we say , " enlightening" ex perie nces to be had. The T ry lt Again Scr ambl es (thai'S wh at th e po st er sai d ) d id co m e o ff th e second time, so Jo h n Larse n an d all of his people des erve a big th a n ks fo r d o in g so m e th ing to help o thers th ro ug h m o t orcy cli ng. About the only facet of th e race that didnt get ca rried ove r was i he us e of so m e port a-ca ns dona ted b y the ci ty of Mountain Home. Ray Hal e lo st a whole tr ailerl o ad of the sanitary little rascals o n the fre eway on his way over to Mar sin g the first time. I guess it 's probably better th at th ey fell off before they were used t han a ft e r. • Result s in Resul ts Se ction . Send your check or money order to: 1010 W. 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Phone (213) 534·2311 ~O rc o r co T" ~ C.) , , " r . o T t'-' 'tl; o T"t O T t'-' 'tl; o Tto T"c. (J "(, ••••••••••••••••••••••••• •••J OrderTolI Free:: Greeves - Hodaka - Ossa Moto -X &' Desert 800-348-2764 : Nick Nicholson Motors 20 1157 3 Vanowen, No . Hollywood Racing since 1946. Selling 2-strokes lo nger than an y on e in U.S. Tr y us fo r your ne xt dirt bik e. • pistons H. J. Products : Sout h Bend, Ind· l ......yyJtV!~.~t!~.~.,.~!~jJ....~.: ~ ~ . Hallock handles muddy marathon By W. H.Spencer FREl\ IONT, CA L.. JAN. 12 Th ree days of rain p rio r t o th e seco nd of eight be nefit Marath ons for Troy Durham kept the entry down at Frem ont Racew ay 's o ne mile o ff-road co ur se. J eff Hall o ck to o k o n the slo ppy 125 class a nd did a tr em endou s j ob with o n ly one stop . beating the 33 o th er en tries by a m ar gin o f fo ur lap s. He led fro m A to Z wit h J ohn Tavis chasin g ea rly but dr opp in g out , then th e Lcn S tevens /J eff Ca lve rt team ga ve ch ase o n ly to wind up fo urth a ft e r so me cha in problems. Ta king seco nd was Jim T ay lor wi th some help from Mark Moniz while the eve r-present Lon Fly /Henry Allen dropped from se cond with four la ps to go when a plug fouled, thereb y taking third. A special m ention fo r fifth place goes to Mike Spren ger who rode his XR-7 5 to fifth overall a nd fir st m ini. Not b ad for nine years o ld and so lo . He be at out hi s closest co m pe t iti o n, l\li ke Webb. by t h ree lap s. T he muddy p art of th e run m ade it eas ie r fo r th e four stro ke k ids , bu t not much . Jeff Pay ne led th e firs t lap of the 250 show wi th J im Hun ter in secon d bu t expired a p lug j us t afte r the sc orin g stand an d re t ir ed . On the second go- ro u n d it was Gu enter Gmelin (Mai) in th e lead with Hun ter still in second b u t having to co n te nd with a fast ris in g J ohn Pro to . Proto t ook the lead from Steve St acka ble 's ac e Deutsch mechanic (Gmelin ) while th e Hunter CZ dr opped to last with problems. By lap 10 Gmelin and Simons had a good chase going on the lone Proto while Ste ve Moulton moved a 250 XL Honda into third over Pau l Carlisle. On la p 40 Proto st opped with a clutch problem . but kept going after losing the lead t o Simons. Er ic Engen appeared to have moved onto the same lap, but the tapes showed af te rw ard that he was tw o Japs d own. For the Open class, it was Scott Pearson ou t wi th an ea rly start an d the lea d for th e fir st three laps over Gary Vanderpool on a revamped Pop Ken yon Gr in go. San d wic hed in between o n the first tw o lap s was little Rod Sp en cer on a new Ho daka tha t really flew but a cras h bent th e sh ift lever a nd dropped the indoor c ham p bac k in t he pack, bu t not o u t o f the hun t. Pe arson had chai n problems a n d d rop ped th e CZ o ut giving Vanderpool a big lead but it was short lived as on the 10 th lap , t he gear box ex p anded through t he cases an d pu t the ISDT ride r on the sid e lines. It was Pat Fretwell an d Jerry Kole's tu m t o lead and they did right to the finish, with a on e lap lead ove r little Rod Spencer on th at in credible Hodaka. The st o p had dropped the fl at tracker to 22nd bu t with so m e renewed vigor a n d so m e bending wor k done by Fred the mechanic, the kid wa s unbeliev ably fast. At the halfway point he had moved back into third and held second fro m • lap 32 until th e e nd . Results in Resu lts Section. Jeff Hallock versus the Mud Monster at Fremont. J eff won - we th ink. ct UJ U Z UJ 0.

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