Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Do like Steve Stackable on Maico '~?~' \~ and many European athletes. Take Norwegian Vita I iA Sa e e -Klptablets every day. Cntains 60 minerals & o vttamins. ..... Q... -c Box o 2 tablets $4.98jwith coupon $4.00 f 00 If not available locally: CM X O -E-IM Please send _ _ -------------------------Fred (2) Me rkel lead s a gr im-looking bunch of 80 Ex pe rt k id~th rough Oakdale's spectator turn. Is he f u zzy becau se h e's go ing fa st er ? S atu rd a y ni ght M erk el e me rged victorious b ut today - an o the r st o ry as Haney c harge d from seco n d in heat an d m ain fo r the 80 Ex pe rt win . Once o u t front Jeff w as unca t chable . In other mini action seven -y ea r-o ld Expe r t Chris Carr shifted his TV Se rvice Cen te r Yamaha past Sonora 's ~li ke Bird twice fo r th e 6 0 J un ior-Expert win . The little 50-p o u n de r rode th e stra igh taway m ile r style an d t he n sp anked th ro ug h th e turns fo r hi s first wi n o n a hike w ith gears. Big b ik e ac tio n fea tured su pe r ior rides b y Ale x Jo rgensen (250 Expe rt} , Butch Davi ds on (Ope n Ex pe rt ), a n d Ter r y Ad ams (2 00 No vice ). Al ex cop pe d fir st pl ace m o ney aboard a Jorgy's Can -Am with a spec t acular m ain ride w h ich verged on dis ast er on several occasio ns . \\ 'h eel ics down th e ch u te, broadslides through thc turns, crossups over th e ju m p - hut power to the g r o u n d e na b le d Jorgy to rel eg at e " T o rc o " Davidson (Mo n ) to a rar e second pla ce . Butch Davidson exhibited h is o ld style with a n easy heat an d main wi n a b oard a 400 Yamah a monoshock. Whi le Butch ra n a wa y for his se cond in a row, St eve Pa rker an d Duane Yarrow battled for sec o n d with Park er taking it. Atwater 's Te rr y Adams se emed to suddenly tire of third p lace in the 2 00 Novice Main, gassed aro un d secon d in the p it tum an d t he n n ea tly passed on th e in sid e go ing in to the spectator tum for an impressive win . Watch out for Terry now th a t he 's found th at thrott le ! More rough scrambles co n t in u e a t th e arena on April 20 an d Ma y 4 and 25 . • Results in Results Se ction. Rainy Sunny Valley By Lynne Diltz ROSEBURG, ORE., ~IAR. 23 The first day of spring saw Southern Oregon a nd Northern California soa ked by rain and/or sn ow, depending o n yo ur elev at ion. T ha t storm c o nt i n u e d th rou gh Sun day , m ak in g track co n di t io ns a t Sunny Valley Speedway close to a w fu l even for dye d - in -th e -w o ol MX ers a n d fans . Durin g pra ctice it just poured and ri d ers sp ent m ore time down than up a n d dripping mud. Wh at a way to st art the day ! 111e co urs e was c hange d sligh tly be cause th e t h ird ditch crossing was to o full of water. They we re short on Mini s an d 100s today; only three IOOcc b ikes a n d four minis showed up. so the tw o classes we re co m b in ed . Little Cliff Allen sure has a time. He 's too old to qualif y for the Mini class and the 100 bikes ar c too big for th is yo u ngs t er who h as ye t to se c his growin' years. When h e go es down it takes he lp to get th e bike up and go ing again . But Cliff h as more determination th an most and he just doesn ' t give up. Kevin Anderson a n d J oe Diltz a re good friends but they d o battle on th e track. In the first mo to , Kevin sta r te d with a go o d lead then le t th e mu d ge t him do w n t wice , J o e had first all sewed up b ut go t too wild on a co rne r a n d ende d up "d o wn under. " Ke vin wen t arou nd to get first. The seco nd moto sa w Anders on d own again and having thro ttle tro u ble, e nding wi th a DN F an d co ming bac k fo r a first pl ace in th e th ird m o to, Do n nie Migu el le ft n o do ub t ab o u t wh o w as boss o f the Minis ; h e finis hed o ne-o ne-one. Ro seburg's Bob Me rr ill had a go o d day until th e mu d go t th e b est of him in the las t 125 J u ni or m oto , li e ta llied a one-o ne -five. Anot he r Ro se b u rg rid e r. Bill Blo mgre n, was right b eh in d h im j ust w ait ing for such an o p p o rtu nity. lie got a t w o - two-o ne a n d th e firs t pl ace troph y. Then we came t o the 1 75 Sen iors a n d Darrell Hamilton. We 've wa tched all season and w hil e t h e statistics a re rr' t positive, it 's so mething li ke 27 moto s t hat h e didn 't co m p le te un t il to day . Darrell is the one wh o h as the bro ke n chains , th e b lown e ngi ne s, the m an gled legs , th e tom sh o ulder ligaments , e tc., etc. Today he finish ed two-three-one wh ich ti ed him w ith Bob Conn ors a t 92 5 p oi nts . Bob 's f in ish sh owed o ne- two -t h ree a n d it's th e last m oto th at cou n ts. Darrell went h omc with a first p lace troph y, a b ig, wide grin a n d a ha n d from all of u s who h ave h urt fo r him all season. The 2 5 0 Seniors had j ust thre e rider s an d it cou ld have b een a b oring race except fo r th e three involved. Rick Sm ith (u su ally in the 12 5 Sen iors) is ju st p lain good . The 0 th er tw o were lI an gtown-bound Wendell Diltz a n d Randy Wing. In moto o n e, Smith an d Dilt z took a fall each , giving Win g a fair lead for a co up le o f lap s until Sm ith gradually " over c arne." The secon d m oto was a repeat o f the first but in t he third moto Smith go t a flying sta rt and planned to leave the oth er two way behind. He h ad it m ade un til he slip p ed ove r th e secon d jump an d landed with th e bike o n top , requiring help to ge t it off and ge t go ing again. T he Open class w as a c o rk e r - sea son p o int leader J o hnnie Beckett h ad " one o f those day s" - bad! 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