Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

and off camber traverses to ne gotiate on the way to th e top. The loose, ro ck y soil made it eas y to lose momentum and bog down. At th is place too, th e sun came out and it began to wann up , so one 's Belst aff began to warm up to o. Each o f the th ree lo o ps began and end e d at the central gas poin t /c ampgroun d at Fou t t 's Sprin gs. Th is mad e refuelin g very simple an d solv ed th e p roblem of the gas can has sle which occurs a t nearl y every enduro when the ride rs m ust wai t for the t rucks to return. At th e en d o f th e last lap th e ride rs lined up to go th ro u gh the trials section. Th is was laid ou t o n the side of a hill and coiled up and down and thro ugh ro cks, brush an d trees. Mo st rid ers seeme d to pi c k up fro m th ree to five dabs. This was wh ere o ne of th e few hangups appe are d - riders went throu gh the section on e at a tim e an d m ost o f them were very tri ed and very th irsty , so the wait seemed endless. But once the rider go t through he was just ab o u t finished. The acc ele ra tio n and braking test was th e last section. Here the rid ers blasted down a short, smooth field and the n st opped as fast as they co uld . If one overshot the line he was penalized. After this th e rid er co ul d head ba ck to the van , drink a cold be er and wonder wh at it must be Ii ke to do th is fo r six days. George Hendrix, o ne of District 3 6 's top rid ers said , "Fantastic . Everything was great. I reall y lik ed the way it was se t up an d hope th ey h old m ore of t h e m ." John Trou tt, an o th er ex perienced rid er th ought th e spee ds were a little slow but that it ha d been fun. Even so me o f th e loc als seemed to be enj oying the mselves. A young deer wandered in to the acceleration and bra king te st area and wa tc he d th e proceedin gs for a ti me and th en - afte r n o doubt co ncl udi ng t hat wh at it was witnessi ng was som e strange and bizarre ritual of the human species - amble d calm ly down the rows o f p arked vehi cles , people an d m otorcycles an d then disappeared in to th e wo ods. Maybe that was a good omen for this ne w type o f enduro. _ Resul ts pendin g. Fuzz, fur and bikes fly at indoor season finale By Lynne Diltz GRANTS PASS , OR E., APR. 13 It was the last race 0 f th e season at the J osephine Coun ty Fa irgro unds covered are na and th e turnout did cred it t o th e Southern Ore gon Mot orcy cle Association an d the United Fund. At indoor racin g, eve n the p rac t ice gives y o u grey h air an d th is da y was no excep tio n . Kraig Ili ll, a " Cave m an Country " kid too k a high-side y o u wouldn ' t believe. After a spill li ke th at the crowd ex pe cted to see th e ambulan ce brou gh t in . Th ere was a sigh of rel ief an d a rousin g cheer when Kraig got to h is feet. Dave McCu llum o f Ashland thre w a shoe off th e line . .. . h is hot shoe, of co urse. It was danglin g in his way so he gave his leg a flin g an d sent the shoe into a co m er and conti nued o n with pract ice witho ut even missin g a shift! Chu ck Bradl ey was warmin g up fo r th e Men 's Mini, coas te d around the first tum and just laid it eve r-so-gen tly into th e dirt, face down. We used to th ink Robbie lzza t was smal l. Yesterday his li t tle brother was in tro d uce d in to th e Mini class, tiny Troy Izz at , This boy is so small, he lo o ks like a mosquito sitting on a Mini. But ride - he's going to be a st rea k like his brother. There was an abundance of riders and spectators out to see two hilarious events; the race between some prominent law enforcement officers and a new thmg for thi s particular track, Men 's Min i ra ces. The " local law " in volve d were three very good sports, Gran ts Pass Ci ty Chief Norm Hedgepath, Police Josephine County Sh eriff Jim Newby, and Medford City Police Chief Orl o I\IcGee. Chief Hedgep ath h ad n ever even been on a bi ke until th e Fri da y even ing before th e races! On the s ta r t, Hedgep ath gassed it to o h ard and sen t his scoote r over backwards and as all wer e pic king up and lin ing up fo r a restart, an o ffice r appe ared with his little ticket book. All three lawmen wer e given a ti cket for n o m o torcycle endorsem en t and practicin g on the stre e t. (The o ffi cer giving th e citations clai med he 'd just caugh t up wi th the m!) Also ticketed was Hedgep ath , fo r o verloa ding! Hmmm - enough sai d about that o ne! Th e l\len's l\linis, fro m prac tices to mains are abs olutely h ila rious ! Ho w else can you explain the an tic s o f these big, ove r-gro wn kids ridi n g on little , hi tty minibikes? You have to see to be lieve th e li kes o f ' Big Daddy ' Denn is Miller , o r Chuck Bradle y going off the high -sid e, or T om l\liller laughing as he goes en d-o ver off t he track. Or maybe Jim Miller an d Carlos Urib e wobbling into each other and crashin g. Wayne Williams sh o uld hav e le arned afte r laying it down on th at second tum ; but he 'di dn 't ! In the 250 D Main, he put it down, ju mped up, roared around the track and did the same th in g in the same place. Dave McCullum didn't have much better luck, ex cept h e picked a different landing spot th e second time around. Rich Word showed his heels to the rest of the B Main even t , intent on th at first place and a tr an sfer to the A Main. 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Jeff Cam pbell los t a chain on the start. had a good lead afte r a restart an d h is chain went all to p ieces. lie watch ed the race from a sa fe co m er, leaving it up for grabs. Frank Word and Bob Thorpe were grabby but Thorpe won out whe n Word went down. The flag flew for the 250 B Main , engines wound out and bam ! Th at first tu m got Chris Ro o kstool of Klamath Falls. Chris too k an end-ove r then a m ean bash to th e back of th e h elm e t by ano the r careening b ike. lie lay still for a m omen t , sa t up, shook his head an d went righ t bac k to the line. On the secon d go-ro un d, five bikes gro upe d up an d st ayed that way for the better part of th e race un til wrecks galo re sp rea d o u t Tim Agaard, Kirk Howard, Mark Detweiler. Brett Howard and Alex Eubanks. The first pl ace was cap tu red by Bob Thorpe who gave the officials the "thumbs-up." The A Main started o ff well and went all toin the third turn when J eff Cook's front wheel touched Wendell Diltz 's ba c k wheel. Diltz careened hu t recovered. Cook went down with his bike o n top of him. It took awhile but Jeff go t his wind back alt h o ugh he didn't return to the race . The res tar t saw Diltz shoot in to first, pushed and finally passed by Den nis Me Farland from Eureka, California. _ . Resul ~ in Results Section. .. . .. _- _. _- - _. _- _._ - _.- and repa ir to owners of selected motorcycles. If your bike is listed below, call Mr. Lockwood for details. • • • • • • • Indian (2· Stroke) • Laverd a • Monark • MZ Benelli Can ·Am Ca rabela Cooper Ducati DKW • Ossa • Greeves • Har ley-Davidso n (2-St roke) • Pe nton • Puc h • Zundap p . - Phone: (213) 346-2132 Offer exp ires June 15, 1975 Call this number for a real good ad: 42 7-7433. A sk for Linda. can.,am A ll mo dels in stock End ur os & MX 's new 250 & 175 enduros are here! Als o dealer f or Ma ico . Du cati . 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