Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

took ov er th is eveni ng. Young Dean ca p tu re d th e 80 ju nio r main for t he fi st r time while older brother 0 u ane and Mitch Davidson put on a fantastic battle for the 125 Expert money . Mitch led th e m ain fo r nine laps after finishing last in the heat (he sai d he tried too hard .after ge tting passed) but Snell put on a go od drive on th e checkered lap. m ade a clean pass. and t oo k the to p mo ney. The big bike Expert classes were won by District 36 plate m en. Alex jorgensen. abo ard a fac t o ry Can Am being sorted out fo r next seaso n's sh ort track pro circuit, followed brother Kim in th e he at before movin g ahead; then in the Main Alex jumped out front and ran away from th e rest. The bike seemed especially we ll set up for th is cushion surface. Fenn Perv ier of Mill Valley sh ow ed the boys arou nd in the 360 Main. Kiser Brothers Ho nda boy s Carl Yerby and Steve Ferroni battled fo r second w ith Yerby outlasting an d Dennis Huff movin g in for th e third. Yerby an d Huff swapped positio ns in t he 25 0 Main be hind jorgy to t ake a good portion of the Semi Pr o purse. • Old Timers World Champ races By Charles Iken :>IAMMOTH MTN. , CAL., J UNE . 19 ·20 T he Southern Cali f o r n i a (L.A.) area Old T imers Club hosted the wo rld for the 1976 edition of the Old Timers World C ham p io nshi p Mo t ocross. Teams participat ing were Can ad a, Washington, Ore gon , So uthern Cal ifornia an d Northe rn California. In a ttendance and riding fo r Orego n was th e first No . O ne World Champion fro m Portland, Or egon and sti ll burning it , Ro n Brown. Sin ce tha t day in 1974 Ron has crashed and injured himself so mu ch tha t he h as slo we d slightly and ro de a class lower (E xpert) t o take a goo d th ird place trophy home . Washington returned home with all the team racing apples. Pun in tended . If there was a team w ith more en thusiasm t han a high school cheer leader's team . it was Wash in gt on . In th e Amateur class the top 10 places were infested wi th the green shirts taking all but two o r three of th e top 10 pl ac es. It was cer t ain ly " Ha il t o Wash in gton," this day . It sh ould be n oted t hat Oregon an d Can ada were to o far o u tn u m bere d to win , though Can ad a 's riders all scored well. Su nday , the carefree mood carried o n fro m the previo us d ay bu t so mev..hat lit tle more co n taine d as th e race changed fro m team t o in dividual p o in ts. The fITSt race was th e Old T imer's Masters class. As o ne OTHG put it, '.'Those guys are ol d timers !?" j us t wa tching fast guys like john Maroney (Mai), Zoli Bereny (CZ), Ed mo nton, Canada , j ohn Rice (KTM) , Long Beach, California , an d Dick Poulin of th e fast Washington te am, would m ake a lot of yo u ng In te rmed ia te s and some Pros think twice be fore ch allengin g them. TI,e biggest class o f th e day was the Old Ti m er's Novice. 46 riders lined up o n th e start with 10 riders drawin g second row starts . I thought riding a scratch with 18 to 25 st artin g th e scra tc h was hairy, bu t Lord, 46 Novices ? • C.E.R.A. family enduro By Mike Kinsella G EORG ETOW N, CAL.,j UN E 19 Wom en and childr en first was th e word this last Satu rday at th e socra- Abou t 209 rider s brave d the th ick dust to ride the 50 mil e co urse which although made up m os tl y of fire road di d in clude a few m iles of fairly tric ky trails and uphills. Dist rict 36 en d uro r iders too k the wives along this t ime so that the nex t time the ol d man came home, stretche d out o n the c o u c h an d de manded a back r u b she wo uld kn ow why . Everyone had lots of fu n , especially the real yo ung kids who rode with dad. In sp it e o f the d ust an d th e bum ps these kids were smiling and en thusias tic at every checkpoint and re ady fo r m ore at the finish line . The wo men who rode thei r o wn bi kes were pl eased at th e chance to ride inste ad of sitting aroun d the cam p all day and they di d well, all of th em co lle cting a finis her's pin an d much sat isfactio n fro m the r ide . The ha rd co re en d u ro riders o f the day were the little ones o n their Honda 50s . . . dete rmined 10 0 ks on their faces, eye s sh arp for the arro ws and noses p ointed straight down the trail , they boogie d on lik e min iatu re I.S.D .T. t yp es. C.E. R.A . di d a good jo b o n th is o ne . There were friendly peop le an d ice co ld wate r a t the chec ks. The co urse and the speed avera ges we re pretty challe nging . The club provided an . emergency gas point and ple nt y of people throughout the co urse to help out in case o f trouble, They go t a variance from the co u n ty for the use of hard t opped ro ad . .. in fact C. E. R.A. has rece ived mu ch coop era tio n fro m the lo cal people , from the ran gers (a ranger-ride r laid ou t the co urse) and from the C.Il.P. C.E.R.A. is o ne of the more resp o nsib le and pro gres sive d u b s in Northern California and the me m bers work hard to pl ease th e non riding public as well as the riders. There was o nly one mishap. After the en d u ro , T im Da y was ret urning to his van o n his bike when he was hit by a van with b ike trailer attach ed. The van didn't stop . It was a beige van and o ne of t he bikes 0 11 the tra iler w as a Can-A m , Tim is in the ho sp it al with a sep ar ated shoulder and internal injuries. O.T.H.G.A. supports Old Timers By Lucious LeRoy . MAMMO TH , CAL. , JU NE 19·20 Fifty-seven mem bers of the Over T he Hill Gang j ourneyed north to Mamm oth Lakes for two days of very competitive racing. A total of six 15 minute mo tos (3 on Sa t. - 3 on Sun .) were req uired to gain an o vera ll finishing position. Most members m ade it a week's vacation in the beautifu l Mammoth setting. The en ti re meet w as climaxed by a banquet and trop hy presentation at the Mam mo th Sk i .Lodge, attended by 400·plus, hosted by the Old Timers and :>Ir. Dave :>IcCoy o f Mammoth Mountain. The trophies were fantastic ! Th e Expert class was led b y Lanky Larry with his protege J an itor j err y , waiting for the day he can sweep up his teacher, com ing in fo r second. A very Repulsive Ray. fro m the north, made th e J an itor's jo b harder wit h a close third. Mu ff Max, fro m t he no rt h, closed his teammate - Ridi cul o us Rex, fo r a fi rst and secon d in th e Amateu r class. Bob had en o ugh B.O. from livin g o u t for a wee k in the cam p grou nd t o hang o nto third T he Beginners were sho wn the w ay to the finis h line by a Han gover Ha mbo ne from t he so u th . A northern rin ger nam ed Kn ievel, no t Evel but Ken , wrap pe d u p seco nd with a flu sh (To ilet Tom) fro m the so uth hanging o n t o th ird. The 0 ver The Hill Gan g will spend t he nex t year roman cin g their Senior co u n terp ar ts, The Old Timer s, hop in g th e ' wi ll a in allow us to ri de su o rt NEW HALLMAN HANDLEBARS Now the rider may se lect han dlebars to match individ ua l riding req uirements a nd style . The re 's a whole new line , developed from race e xper ience. Six styles ... Torsten Hallman be nd . Roger DeC oste r, Ake Jonsson. Husq varna . Ben gt Aberg a nd Arne Kring be nds . Latter two ar e double braced. Supe r light and super strong . 4 130 chromemoly. Heat treated a nd ce rtified to Rockw ell C42. Plated a bright gold. 1976 catalog $1.00. Deale rs request on letterhead. ~ . 4 _ _ ; _ _ •• •• = '"" M .. ""r ......-...., ••• • 1490 Fayette 51.. £1CaJon. 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