Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

=============================- - · - -r-~ - - -~~~--"""~~~~""""'" A particular ly fin e family even t and I'm glad to see m ore o f t his kin d o f organization tak ing p lace in Col orado . Resu lt s in Resu lt s Sect io n . Rub elbows with the Pros E • ~ Austin Motocross E Park By Greg Labbe Wichita AU STIN, T EX ., MAY 30 Sprockets MX " the old saying goes, "While th e As eat 's aMi)', the mice wiII play.' With mos t of Texas' to p notch riders ' gone off to con test the By Georgia Kirsc hba u n WICHITA, KA NS. , MA Y 3 1 The Wich it a Sp rockets held a m o tocro ss race Memori al Day \~th a good turnout o f out of town riders showing up . . Ponca Cit y ri d er Marvi n Casad took first in th e Beginner s class. Dave Det te fini sh ed 3- 1 to take first in the 125 J uni o r clas s. Barry Il olem won by a big lead in both m ot os in the 125 Sen ior class. Ala n Girrends did a terrific job of riding by taking tw o first pl ace finishes in th e 25 0 Junior clas s af ter ge tting ba d starts. In the 250 Senior class fir st m ota Lo y Burnett won by a bi g "margin , Wes Patterson was o u t afte r three laps with bike trouble . In th e second mota Patterson, Burnett, an d Mark Sh umate were rid ing wheel to wh eel for several laps when Patterson to ok o ff and finished with a b ig lead, but Burnett had first fo r the d ay with h is 1-2 fin ish . J im Den ton fr o m Ol a th e had a 1-2 fin ish fo r first .ov erall in the Open Juniors. We" Patters on h ad his act toge ther in the Open Sen ior cl ass b y fi nis h ing wi th a go o d lead in bo th m o t os . In th e Over 35 class J ohn Bezinque fini shed 1-2 for sec ond overall an d Bob Hartman 2-1 fo r fir st overall. The Minibike J un ior class was won b y Craig Becker with a 1- I fin ish and th e Minibike Beginners h ad Mo nty Ester fi ishing 1-1. n • Glasenapp zaps Berthoud By Action OZ BE RT HOUD , COLO.,J UN E 6 Narrow thinking go t in the' way of an ordinarily. well run motocross track at. Berthoud. What was once a nearly perfect lay out has been ' turned into a basically unsafe MX park. Hopefully aft e r Sunday 's event the starting ar ea will again be re-designed to m ake it much wider allo wing riders a ch ance to safel y set up for the first turn. The 250 Novice gro u p had six riders go down rather hard, .two of them bad en ough so as to not be ab le to ride again th at day. The thinking from other riders as' well as knowledgeable spectato rs had it summed up as the st arting area. Once this is changed the whole ch an ges can be looked upon as improvements. By the time the Minis and Novice riders had thoroughl y dusted up the track the Open A riders lined ' up for their first mota. What must have been going through their minds was " Hell, I'll either be firs t in to the tum or las t. I just don't wan t to be in the pack. " . As it was Poindexter and Glasenapp were into -th e turn first with Poindexter taking a brief. lead. Before the lap was over Gary Gl asenapp ( Bul) was out in front and Poindexter had to settle for second spot. Glasenapp coming off ten consecutive moto wins was 'insp ir ed to make it at least eleven. That's the way ii ended, Glasenapp thoroughly dominating the class for the overall in Open A. There was an in teresting happening in the seco nd mota, however. Conditions through most of the d ay were very dry, hal fway through the mota the sk y opened up and some of the largest drops of rain, this side of Oregon , were seen by the locals. From dust" to bite' within one mota provided the' cp m p e t ing ridcrs.. with their share of ch angeable expertise. I must say the area was quite attractive after the deluge. • nat ionals during th is Spri ng ' and Summer, many o f the lo cal a ppre n tice Exper ts are havin g a he yda y. Suc h was the case at Austin Mo to cro ss . Park this Sund ay as so me of those hard-chargin g yo ung roo kies we re ab le to cash in on th eir m entors' ab sence and st ill provid e t h rilling Ex pe r t ac t io n. . O f co u rse, no t all o f th e t op riders are gone. Roge r Brown , prob abl y th e fast est ris ing young st art in T exas, r ode ' bo th th e Open and 250 classes, domin ating the Open bu t failing t o fin ish in the 25 0 class. Ro ger, on a 400 Yamaha, smo ked 'em in b oth Open motes, with J e rry Symank from Dallas riding hi s fin est race ever on' a new 370 Suzook. Symank and Pat Adam so n from Killeen had a tremendous handlebar-han ger go ing for ab o ut half of the fir st mota u ntil J e rry finally go t by and moved a way in sec o nd. Eventually Dean Mize s fro m Corpus Christ i, als o Suzuki mounted, clai med third overall with a second mota third place fini sh just ahead of Rob Morrison and Adamson. The most in tense racin g o f th e d ay occu rr ed in the 250 Exp ert class. Ro ger Bro wn 's Can -Am quit o n him in both mo to s wh ile he wa s leading, so his absence le ft an opportunity fo r three up-and-comin g young riders to duel for first pl ace cash . And duel t hey d id. Running wheel t o wheel in' b oth rnotos, A ust in's Chuck Lofti n ( Yam) hel d off th e charges o f San An tonians Doug Ar cher (Bul ) and David Stu tts (Hus)' in the first m ota, b u t in the secon d mota it was rev ers ed. David Stutts, close to cr ash ing several times, hung on to edge o u t Arc he r and Loftin by m ere in ches at the fin ish, and that was how they fared o ve rall. Probab ly the most in credible ride o f th e d ay w as put in b y Robbie Jon es. Riding for thc first time ever as an Expert, J ones flo gged a stock Elsinore to se cond o verall 125 Expe rt against so me go o d veteran co mpetit io n . Dicky T urn bo from Killeen won easily in both rnotos , running away and hiding early each time. David Daniels fr om New Braunfels got two bad starts, fini sh 2-5 and fourth overall while Bobby Bullock took his Yamaha to a consistent 3-3 for third overall, Jack Beckham ca m e back to win th e 100 Novice class by winning th e second mota and edging out Terry Curtisv-Kyle Powell crashed in both motos b u t was ab le to ge t' up and ch ar ge to third ov erall. Rex Weed's only challenge in the 125 Novice "B" came from Ottis Lance but Lance crashed as usual and had to settle for second overall. Glen Herrera holeshot- both motos and went on to dominate the 125 Novice " A" class with David Leith second and Mike Tangeman third. The Open class was a re al zoo, as usual. A wonderful d isplay of im p ro m p tu crashing and place swapping went on, but at the finish it was Mr. Consistency, Scott Elliott, on h is baby-blue Husky in both motos, Rodney Corporron from Houston and Stacy Howle from Austin stayed close in second and third, finishing in that order. Bill Davis from New Braunfels w o u ld have been in the thick of things except that he was having his worst day ever 01; a motorcycle . The usually consistent Mr. Davis crashed his brains out four times, once only 20 feet from th e start. We won't say how' so m eo ne crashes only 20 feet off the line, but nex t time you see Bill, ask him how in the d evil he go t his helmet visor stuc k under hi s cro ssbar j ust as he dr opped th e clutch a t the start of th e second mota . • Results in Results Section. at the Bates ( eather hop! LOOK. snitt and feel. Wake up your senses with rich-sme lling . luxurious Leathers by the hund reds in a mind -blowing assortment of colors. 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