Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

(Continu ed fr om page 23) A howling good time at the Lame Puppy By Richard Creed RED MO UNT AI N, CA L., MAY 4 The second an n ual Lame Puppy Enduro, spo nso red by the United Racing Assoc iat ion , attracted nearly a th ousand riders to Charlie 's Place, deep in th e heart of th e Mojave Desert 's Red Mountain area. The URA members, a clu b co m p os ed of 50 enthusiasts and their families, combined their organizational effo rts with the communications cre w of the IRRC (International Racing Radio Crew) and the SSR (Service Search and Rescue) to pull off the largest enduro so far. The popularity of family type endures, or rather enduros that incl ude a loop that weekend trail riders could enjoy , continues its upward spiral. The URA, after attractin g roughly 500 entries to last year's eve nt, ordered 800 finisher pins for this year's run. That was before the floodti de of entries began three weeks ago. A q uick reorder did not arrive in time and fini shers signed up at the U RA trailer for their pins to be sent to them . The co urse, which covered nearly 100 miles of desert trails, sandwashes, hills, and rocks, was divided into three loops. The first loop was intended for the weekend trail rider and was a 15-18 mph jog through the brush. The first lo op was also the only loop for Po wder Puff and 16 and under riders. Loop two was more challen ging with the biggest elevation (1,5 00 ft.) changes in occurring in its route. Loop two was co nsidere d to be a challen ge for C cl ass riders and in teresting to the more experienced B and A riders. The third loop was the men an d boys div ider with its narro w canyo ns, ro cky s te p s ~ u de ep sand. . T welve chec~_~ 'man n ed by URA and IRRC p<::Sonnd marked time car ds and ~vc: @rections. Inju ries were at a minimum with less than 10 treat ed by the SSR. Resul ts, as usual wi th an even t as large as the Lame Puppy , will not be final for two or three weeks an d any spe cul ation as to who won what would on ly cause co n fusion later on. . Th e URA is planning a sweep and clean up ride this weekend an d any help would be ap preciat ed. • CMCMX By John Bethea IRWI NDALE, CAL., MAY 2 Th e race for an XR 75 or MT 125 Honda donated by Long Beach Honda passed th e halfway point tonight in Irwindale Raceway's Spring Mo tocross Ch am p io n shi p s. Pat Nash, ri ding .o ut o f th e San Diego area, con t in ue s to lead in points, thanks to a victory this week in the 125 Junior Division III . Roy Holsheimer won the 250 In termediate class and held on to second place in poin ts wi th 129, five behind Nash and two ahead of early series leader Vince Van Hook, who this time out took second in the 125 Intermediate Division II behind Frank Inman . Taking over t o p Pro honors in the series is David Taylor with 114 and nin th in the standings. David did it by win ning the l25cc Pros on his Honda in fashion . Gary c o me-fro m -behind Denton (Hon), runaway winner in the first mo ta , go t off to poorer st arts in the ne xt two and could only take second overall. Tay lo r, third in the first mota , won the final pai r and claimed the win. Daytime st an do u t David Williams (Hon) laid claim to th ird overall with a four-two -four showing. Taking the 25'Occ Pro class was te nacio us Rex Staten , now riding for T rium p h-Suz uki o f Pomona on a CZ. hi s o ld sponsors before headin g for Maico an d later Honda. Rex h ad iden tical rides in both the 250 and 5 00 classes and in tum took the overall victory in each . He did it with the strength o f a second and two firsts in each clas s, m a kin g him the first doubl e-winner in n igh t racing in a lo ng ti me. Second to Staten in the 250s was Jeff Vidic (Mai), 18th in th e series. Ru bl y , lo sing h is first o verall -in th e Spring Championsh ips, was seco nd in the 5 005. Second series of qualifications underway By Don Ross IRV INE , CAL., APR. 26 It was a bi g night for HSMX at O.e.I.R. wit h 24 schools represented and 10 competing for top honors in team competition. Saddleback High dominated, riding away with an easy first overall in school co m p et iti on . Kevin Willis (Hus) jumped into th e lead in th e first mota of the 250 Expert class, with Mark Abrahams (Mo n) hot on his tai l. Willis held on for the win. In the second moto, it was Willis and Ab rahams agai n until the fo urt h lap when Abrahams had problems and finished back in the pack givin g Willis an easy win . The third time aro und Ab rahams was not t o be denied as he jum p ed in to th e lead at the st art and was never headed. Willis with two wins took first overall and Abra hams second. Ph il Tign or (Ho n), 12 5 Ex.::;cn po in t leader f~~ t~,e Sup,,~to wl, led the first moto ~. ~,C: way, but had bike p r~tiem s in t he second m o t o and D NFed. In the meantime, Russell Star k (Suz), ri ding hi s fi rst race as an Ex pert, fin ish ed fourth in the firs t moto and ca me o n to win the last t wo giving h im firs t overa ll. Sec o nd went t o Ro bert Marino (Ho n) an d th ird to Tignor. Th e firs t three pl aces in the 12 5 Junior clas s went t o Lee Can giano (Hon), John Berm ud ez (Han) and Ken t Hawksworth (Kaw) in th at order. Th ese ri de rs are th e top three in the point stan d ings for the Su p erbowl. Qu alifiers in the first series fo r th e Superbowl HSMX Championship have be en designat ed an d will be notified in the next wee k. Th ere are eight races left in th e second seri es in which to quali fy. Many more qualifying slo ts hav e been allocate d to O.C.I.R. and ne ed t o be filled . HSMX at O.C.I.R. moves t o Thu rsday nigh ts start ing May 8. • CMCMX Indian Dunes VALENCIA, CAL" AP R. 27 Every race was full of exciteme nt and thrills, b ut it came to a head when the 125 Pro s came out for their second moto . Mike Bell an d Dave Eropkin, currently rated n umber one and two in the C.M.C. had fin ish ed first an d second in the firs t round. They both got good ga tes , b ut as they h eaded up th e hill it was Jack Keese out in front. Keese held th e lead for th e first lap , but spun ou t in th e secon d forcing him back t o the I I th sp o t. It looked as though BeII and Eropkin would take it all a gain , hands down. Abo u t th e fourth lap weird th ings began to happen. Eropkin's back tire went flat, and J ack Kee se was all of a sudden battling for fifth place. Bell was having h is problems too with a bolt on his shoe k war king loose. Keese was now running fourth righ t behind Gary Huber and as they came over the small jump on the back half of the course, they both overtook Eropkin and his super bouncing Hon da. The crowd at this pain t was going bananas as Keese pulled away from Huber and was m oving up fast on Bell. As Bell made the big tum for the last hal f o f the 12th lap Keese was right on his back tire and both riders were giving it all they had. Making the last tum for the ch ec kere d flag, Keese went under Bell 's Honda and took the win. · Will Harper swamped them in the 500 Pro class on his mavin' Maico, with Dale Tittlemier o n his CZ finishing second. In the 25 0 Pros, Mark White on a 'Hus ky and Don Hansen on a M.'::::Q swapped the lead all !!.::., wi th Hansen fin ally ~C2~:5 vii ; on top. • Results in Results Section. Salome Creek hare scrambles By E. A. Nemecek GLOB E. A R IZ., APR. 20 " It was" either first gear or fifth , you didn' t need anythin g in be twee n," said Jerry Foster, a high finis hin g 25 0 Expert. Th e Fo rest Serv ice had co n fin ed th e Gila High Riders to existing roads. sandwash es and th e ar ea below the high wa ter line at n earby Ro osevel t Lake. Thus, th e co urse , a 14 mil e loop, was very fas t fire ro ad on either side of two large washes connected by trials type areas o f large rocks and som e wa ter crossings. It 's unfort unate th at only about 100 Th e start of t he 125 Pros, and J ac k Kee se lofting h is fr ont wheel. riders sho we d up to rac e. It was a be autiful day , th e scenery fantastic and, fro m the pits anyway , it looked li ke everyone h ad someone to dice with on their seven lap s aro und the co urse. Bob Ed wards, third o ver all on a Yamaha 400 Mono, fu rther emphasize d that it was a big bike course wh en he ex plained, " I seized twice, th re w th e chain once, lost m y skid plate and ran ta pped in fif t h m ost of the ti me ." Overall winner, Brett Muldner, riding a 400 CZ, too k the lead t hrough the pits at the end of lap one an d was never headed. He was ti med on on e lo op at 16 min utes and he was smoking! As he we nt by rocks we re still falli n g when h e was a hundred y ar ds down the road. The start was somewhat unique as it was three miles from the pits. The riders were led to the are a by a "pace" car and allowed one p racti ce run to the srno ke bomb. The remote loc ati on of the start cost my rider any chance to ride as he had a minor problem which co uld have been easily corrected, but spare parts and his fine pit crew were three miles back up the co urse. • Results Pending. - Ole folks day at the Dunes By Miles Nervine VALENCIA. CA L. , APR. 20 Today's eRe racin g program at Indian Dunes featured a showdown grudge race between the Oid Timers A~:;ociation and the Over me Hill Gang. Even with an age advan ta ge the OTHG won by only 12 points, 385 to 3 73 . Front runners for th e OTHG in clu ded Lecherous Larry, Jungle Joe , Philthy Phil and Jittery John. and h igh pointers for the Old Timers were Marvin Olson. John Maroney and Dick Erickson. • Resu lts Pending. First Expert win for Zehner By Andi Gangewer ELSINORE, CAL. , APR. 19 As always th ere were some grea t race s at Elsinore Saturday night. J ustin Vaughn fro m Anaheim took home the first pl ace trophy in the 100 Beginner class. Vaughn raced his Kawasaki t o a p air o f win s and a second. Riverside 's Mark Shelton was close behind with a pair o f seconds. Shelton also riding a Kawasaki, slip p ed past Vaughn in the second moto to take a first. Third pl ac e was picked up by Noel Hughes (Yam ) from Corona. Th e 250 Novice class was a close race. Two riders, Pryor Campbell and Guy Gulickson we re tied in poin ts for th e first place, btl! Campbell won the third mota so he too k home the goid, Yamaha mounted Campbell was second in th e first two . motos with Gullekson (Ho n ), grabbing the win s there. In the deciding moto Gulickson finished third wh ich meant second overall for him followed by Mike Kohl. Greg Zehner, recently transferred to Expert. was the winner of the 500 Open Expert class. Zehner, a very familiar face at Elsinore wheeled his Yamaha over the jump and past the checkered flag for two seconds and a first. Don Grigsby, more co m m only kn own as " T-Bo ne, " started out on the right track but ended up with second overall by winning the first two races but taking a fifth in the last moto, Gary Davis made his not so familiar appearance at Elsinore. and cranked his Penton on to bring in the third place position. • Results in Results Section. . " . _ . (Continued on page 42) 27

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