Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

rid ers. Gary Ber gm an ( Exp ert) sa id th e scho o l helped h im receive hi s be st 21 st birthday present. li e beat h is instruc t or Bob Nic he lson by five, a n d I sa w Bob m a ke that five o n se ction o ne, Bob walked that o ne about four times both di re ctions, shook his h ead a n d m ade a good tr y till a ll forward m otion st op ped . Bu t it d id ge t clean ed o nce , so it Ca n he d une. We h ad sect ions with sand , ro cks, tr ee s a nd eve n th e edge o f th e river. On e fellow's rea ction t o th at o ne was "Oh my God !" Eve ryone seemed t o h ave a rea l good time an d were ab le to finish on time in cl u d in g o ne fellow t hat h ad a nat tire in the m iddle of hi s second lo o p . lie still fin ished with 45 seco nds to go and even go t second Amateur. Good work, Randy Rader. T he ni ght before in Bakersfield at speedway, the Ho n d a Tea m p ut o n a real good d em onstra ti on a nd th e cro wd gave th e guys a b ig han d fo r m a kin g it lo o k so easy. Mik e Bast ca m e o u t and ta lked to Marla nd Wh a ley , o ne to p rid er to a not he r. If the fa ns lo ved Wh al ey tha t n ight they sho uld -a seen h im t h e n ext d a y. A sch o o l in t he m orning and a tri als in the afternoon . li e rode all sect ions in less tim e t han anyo ne else to ta ke a firs t Exper t wi t h a 20. Mar k Egge r to o k a close second w ith 26. Mar k said he li ked th e sectio ns be ca use every other one was h ard. Ho nd a Team and Bakersfield P.I.T.S. both extended an invitation for BL~I and Fo res try Service to be their guests a t the school and trials. Only o ne BL:\I ge n tle man attended but as h e is an instructor o f motorcycles he ca me to see wh a t tria ls is abo u t. lie seemed very im pressed and said th is was su re differen t fro m desert riding. • Results in Result s Section . TT on the marbles By Lynne Diltz SUNNY VAL LEY , O R E. , jU I.Y 6 It w as a ho t, lazy holid ay Sun day at Sunn y V alley Speedway's TT. T he resu r facin g j ob of a tiny , fi ne gravel m ade fo r some interesting antics as rid e rs to o k to th e track lik e th ey were ri d in g o n m ar ble s. Ma r k Detw ile r wo und d o wn li ke a cloc k, j oe Dilt z w ash ed a ba ckend and went aro un d twi ce. Br uce Smylie slid it h alfw ay aro und th e fir st left h an de r wh ile b oth Ho ward boys p layed pic k-up a t leas t once , An d t h is was just prac tice: ! T he Miller n am e ke p t c ro p p in ' up on Sunday 's lin e-u p - Big j im's Mini (hones t) so n , J ohn , n ew through h is he a t an d Mains like a w ild m an. Mrs. ~I ille r won th e Sunday drawing - she wh o must go so mewhere every Sun day to wa tc h three sons race, brother-in-l aw an d husband try t o des troy th em selves in th e Eld erly Gents class - she d eserves th e foldin g green! All fou r h ea t s of the 10 0 Kids class we re a scramble. The first h eat w as red- nagged because of a cou p le of goosey rid ers and Vic Lilya an d Ric k Pon t wen t d o wn in a h eap w hen th ey c u t off. Ro b Nicklason an d Kevin An de rson, two super-fast kids, h ad q u ite a tim e pl aying catch an d p ass an d Susie Word h eld off Bru ce Sm ylie until th e last str ai gh t , Op e n ride r Whi tey Mar ks we nt d o wn across the jump and recovered slo w ly on the sid el ines, leav in g fo ur rid ers to a side-by-sid e race th at was a to ss-up fo r first ri ght down to th e wire. ~ li ke Bl a ckert, M ar k C ol g r o ve , Ma rk Ma tt heisen an d Bo b lI an sen gave th e cro w d thei r m on ey 's w or th in tha t h ea t alone ! Calif o rn ian Cecil Ar isp e was th e do m in a tin g rid e r in th e 12 5 class, ou tstrip p ing So ut hern Ore go n 's favorite. Brian Pe te rso n by a mere bike length . Aris pe copped a lead midway through the A Main and Peterson wen t in side, o utside and even side wav s to m a ke first bu t just co u ld no t find a'; op enin g. Dan Ginther did no wrong this race DIAMOND0 1st AGAIN! 7 Dirt Nationals 7 Wins for DIAMOND! Columbus, OH. 1;2 Mile &·22-75 Gary Scott used DIAMOND to win! Corky Keener and Jay Springsteen finished 2nd and 3rd with DIAMOND. DIAMOND CHAIN CO. d Ask your dealer for DIAMOND" THE CHAIN OF PROVEN PERFORMANCE " 402 Kent ucky Ave" Indianapolis, I N. 46225 . ••.•. ,. . 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