Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

bite . While he was rolling down the hill his new bike was flying up the hill and in the dust y o u co u ld see pieces flying o ff in all directions. Two bearded riders in the 500 class, Jim Wilson and Randy Lay had an unusual bet going. Whoever lost had to shave o ff their be ard. Even though neither one did goo d en o ug h to win Jim beat Randy and Randy h:i'd to shave. They were prepared with all the tools; raz or, scissors, shaving cream and hot water. It took him a while to ge t a clean face bu t he kept at it until he had fulfilled his part of th e bargain . In the 500 class Cleve Martin (Bul) and Duffy Douglas (Yam ) tied for first pl ace with 7 :84 seconds and in the run-off Cleve really turned it on for a 7.98 to beat Duffy. Cleve and Duffy have one of the hottest rivalries goin g and it's always a toss up as to who will win. • Results in Results Section . y -' Chickasha indoor short track Five feet up or 200 feet down! with 46 points followed by Larry Chaney and Charles Goodnight all on 100cc Kawasakis. It sometimes seems as if the rider with the best knobbies on their boots wins this class because sometimes just a few inches means the difference between first and third. One of the people who seemed most surprised at even being in the running for a second or third was Henry Polley. He suffered a bad broken leg in September of 1974 and although he rode most of the climbs this year it was mid-year before he really started winning. He is third in the 350 class on a 305 Honda Super Hawk and the 1500 class on a stock 650 Triumph. Henry was also caught in the three way tie in the 250 class with Duffy Douglas and Mike Jones. The 1976 season in Texas will start February 15 at Lucky Landing in Dallas. The championship awards will be made then. The goal of the Texas Hil1climbers Association is to make climbing more exiciting for both the riders and the spectators. Rumor has it that there might be some different things tried. • Alford aces Dallas Hill By Diane Polley DALLAS. TEX.• DEC. 14 The climb at Lucky Landing was the last for.the year and the last in the 1975 Championship series. This was the second year that the 24 Texas Hillclimbers Association had sponsored a championship series and results in several classes were in doubt right to the end. Will Alford ended the season in what has become his normal winning way. He took home first in the 250. 350. 1500 classes and top time in the Exhibition class. He set a time of 5.75 seconds on his first run in the exhibition class to break his old record of 6.11. This time stood the test of time and still stood as top time when the last ride was over. The only person who came close was Tom Hairston with a time of 5.95 seconds on his 1000cc Triumph . lie is still recovering from a bad spill he took testing this bike and is not quite up to snuff. Makes you wonder what will happen when he fully recovers. O ne of the main features of this hill is a rock ledge that runs across the 75 foot area on both the street and sportsman hills. Saturday, some of the street riders . and TnA members worked over the street side and as a result more mini. powder puff and street riders went over than ever. Sunday morning some of the sportsman riders decided that what was Jim Wilson on top and moving. By Frank H. Harrison CHICKASAHA, OKLA., DEC. 21 With a gray-flannel sky and the smell of snow a good turn-out of 65 riders showed up to put on a hot riding display inside Jay Hammon's huge indoor arena. The dirt arena is a first class facility with good for the goose was good for the gander and went to work on their side of the hill with the same result. One of the people who liked this change the most was 12 year old Mike Polley. After a bad run the first time in the mini he really turned on his YZ 80 Yamaha and set a time of 9.69 seconds to barely beat Bart Spears' 9.73 seconds and ge t first place. Then he took his 185 Suzuki over in 7.40 for first in the 250 Street class. This was his second first in this class. New year it looks as if there will be a lo t - of new and different bikes at the hills in Texas. Jesse Whitt unveiled a new 500 single Yamaha that he hopes will beat the 350 single Hondas in the street classes. Several other riders are making plans to have different machines at the [11"St climb of 1976. • Results in Results Section. Polley pounds big boys at Whitney By Diane Polley WHITNEY. TEX .• DEC. 7 Henry Polley on a Stock 650 Triumph completely surprised everyone at Whitney when his 7.11 second time still st ood at the end o f the da y as the fast est o f th e cl im b. In the last mon th a 900 Honda pil oted b y Gary Chandl er a nd two 1000cc T ri u m p h Tridents ridden by Tom Hairst on a nd Mike J o ne s have made their debut at th e Te xas hills. J ack Wilson, builder of the 1000s a nd tuner of most Triumphs in the area, was at the climb to cheer his bikes o n. bUI Polley spoiled their fun by t aking it all. After the climb he told Hairston, "That ride saved me . $1000, n ow I k no w th at I d on 't need a bi g o ne to w in. " In the process Mike J ones on his last ride o f the d ay had o ne of his clas sic crashes. The slid es on his th ree car b u ret o rs hung and th en he got a good I gr an dstand s. concessio ns, and some" o f the best dirt availab le for indoor racing. Promoter Scotty Beavers had plywood in the righ t places to smodth the rodeo fen ce and . plen ty o f hay everywhere. The full program of qualifying heats boilin g down to six Amateur [mal classes, th ree Ex pe rt finals, and a trophy dash provided the spectators and riders with an e xc ite men t p acked a fterno o n. The 125 Expert main go t off to a fast start with Dave Bradley (Hon) and Tracy Harlan (Ya m) leading the pack into tum one with Nolden Smith (Hon) h itting th e dirt in third. Third was then pi cked off by Sc ott Adams (Hon) coming on strong, but not fast enough to change th e finish with first going to Bradley. The 250 E xpert main was the thriller of the day with Terry Tripp (H-D) flying into the fr ay followed by Ronnie Jones (Bul) and David Bradley. Larry Kennedy on his Starracer was in the fourth slot, but not for long as Bradley passed Tripp in the second lap and J ones. Kennedy and Scott Adams _all wen t down on the long back stretch. With the back straigh t litte red with bodies, the race had to be restarted. minus Kennedy who de cided to saddle up a bale of hay and soothe a badly bruised leg. On the res tart it was again Tripp in the lead followed by Bradley. Bradley recovered his f11"St place with Tripp hanging on to second. Ronnie Jones wen t in to a bad slide and to avoid a highside, motocrossed over the infield berm and called it quits. All this time §cott Adams was moving up through the pack fast with DavidJones (O ss) , in Big 0 T riu mph' s en try rockets up Lake Wh itney's hill. Loser Randy Lay had a close shave.

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