Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

• . ...... . • • ~ It It I I ' . I it I I II .. II II I. 'f I U l. ill I I 'I t l I .. 1H.INIII IIIIIIIIIIII...NIIIIIIIIIIIlHI.......IlI.HIIIIHIIIIH.IHII.III111I1I1HIHHIHIIIIIHIIII11II1II",11111,"1••IIII11II111I11_I1II11II1HII I Chandler's 500 first at Mineral Wells PuebloAMA National Amateur Hillclimb Qualifier By Diane Polley MINERAL WELLS. TEX.,jUNE 20 PUEBLO, COLO.,jUNE 13 The Mineral Wells hill had grown an unusual amount o f rocks since the last climb. Some of the problems caused by them were The second western qualifier was held in Pueblo, Colorad o. Riders from Colorado, Texas, Kansas , Nebraska, Iowa, and North thrown chains and ver y unexpected crashes. Some of the slowest times of the year were set on the 3 50 foot hill. In the 350 class Tony Hudson , who rides a 350 Honda thumper, was one very happy person . On his first try at th e hill he set a tim e of 10 .9 9 seco nds an d that's all it took for first place. This was th e first ti me t ha t Will Alfo rd 's Bult aco had le t him down this year. The fast es t ti me afte r the first run was set by G ary Ch an dler on his 900cc' Hon da fo ur. Eve n th ou gh several peopl e had goo d runs no one co ul d beat his time. That is u n til he took hi s second ru n in the 50 0 class on a Yamah a. After a near perfect run the clock showed that he had a ne w top time of 9.77 seconds that sto od the rest of the day. Resul ts in Result s Section . Dakota were there to gain points toward qualify ing fo r t he National to be held in Pennsy lvan ia in Sep tember. The low n umber of entries was disappointing to the Co lorad o Dirt Riders, sp o nso rs of the climb , and the p articipan ts both . year so me better May be ne xt adve rtisement will be put ou t earlier by th e AMA an d t he clu bs, an d particip ation will be b et ter. The hill was 30 0 fee t of loose gravely sand . At the 140 foo t mark th ere was a ledge th at gave tr ou ble all da y. If th e riders ju mped too high co ming over it th e bike would bury up in the san d t hat was very deep on to p of th e ledge, bu t if they did not have enough m omentum going when they hit the ledge the bike would not make it ov er. Most of the small bike p ilo ts were surprised when they could n o t even get to the ledge. Only four bikes in the 125 and 200 classes managed to ge t that high. Sunny Holmes fro m Texas on a 200 Bultaco went the highest of these four before the sand ate his lunch at 161 feet. Tracy Davidson on a 125 Yamaha, a Texan also, was the next highest wi th I 51 feet and six in ches. Only one rider in the 250 cla ss fou nd the top and only one time at th at. He was George McGraw of Nebraska o n a 250 Bul taco , He also took his 350 Bult aco ove r an d both times were very close. The 11.1 se conds on the 25 0 looked very good next to the I I flat on the 35 0. George h ad the hon or o f ha vin g th e first and second rid es over a very tough hill. Coupled with his p oints p ick ed up at th e first qu alifi er he is assu red o f an inv ita tio n to t he Na t io na l. The o nly class in whi ch all the wi nners wen t o ver was the 500. Gary Chandler had the fastest time o f 10 .2 seco nds closely fo llowed by Du ffy Douglas , Will Alfo rd and Hen ry Po lley, all of Tex as. All o f them we re riding 500 Yamah as except Will wh o rode a new 3 70 Bultaco. Th~ overall winner did co me o ut o f the Op en class. Gary Waddell of Nebraska o n a 9 50 cc Triumph twin set a very fas t tim e of 9.8 seconds on his first run an d was abl e to sit back during t he second round and wa tc h all th e ot he r big bi kes bury up at the ledge , except Henry Polley on a 750 Triumph. He w as the on ly o ne to go over the se cond ro u nd . Afte r havin g th e sand eat up his master link o n his firs t try Mike j on es of Texas on his 1000 built by j ack Wilson' of Bid D Cycle s in Dallas real ly was scream ing when he went over the boogey man led ge wh ich h ad become under cu t by th en . Ever yone was saying th ere goes the faste st run of the d ay when hi s bi ke su d denly did a super flip . flop and landed nearl y upside down. The o nly o th er riders who had a cha nce the n w as Gary Ch andler on a 9 00 Honda and Tom Hairst on o n a 1000 Triu mph triple, but the san d go t them also : T he on ly tw o girls to run with the men wer e Dee and Maris Massengale fro m Dawson, Iowa. Dee rode in the 125 class on a Bultaco and went home with fifth for a 106 fo o t ride. Maris, who is nearl y always in the Na tional Hillcli mb standings , rode a 20 0 Bul and a 65 0 Triumph . The Triu mph gave her pro blems on both runs but she made up for it on th e Bul. Her 15 I foot run ne tted her a seco nd and an invitation to Cooper Chucks'em at Oklahoma City By Jack B. Harwood OKLAHOMA CITY , OK ,jU NE 19 Trey J orski and Chu ck Cooper haul around three bikes each, with the intentions o f sacking up m ost o f the pri ze m one y where th ey run. And th ey are su ccessful more o ften than n ot. Ho we ver , before th e night motocross at Motorcycle ' Raceway's effi cien tly run and wel l-pr ep ared track co uld get underway, j orsk i broke an arm in pr actice. This left th e cha llenge to Co oper with a large field of hopefuls. Some of th ose hopes wer e realized . I Handicapped wi th a backward sta rt in th e first 12 5 Expert m oto , Co oper left the gate o pen righ t fro m t he start . David Newby sq uirte d o ut into t h e lea d and held it all th e way. Foll owing in the wak e o f Newby's ' ro osts were Har ry Nicke l, David Fu ltz and Glen Sne dc cker, At mid moto, Sne decker overt ook Fultz for a third pl ace fin ish be hind Newby an d Nickel. Cooper struggled up through the pa ck to take sixt h . In the seco nd I 25 Expert m oto , Nickel proved h is second place fin ish in the first m ot o was no fluke. Nickel ad ded a o ne by leading flag to flag for a 2· 1 and first pl ace m on ey . Cooper managed a second , but he couldn' t reel in Nic kel , wh o had stretched his lead aft er the fir s t two laps . Ne wby 's third pl ace finish was goo d eno ugh for second overa ll, while Sn edecker's 3-4 earned him a fo u rth . In th e middleclass Expert division, Cooper led the firs t mot o all the way , challeng ed only p art o f t he way by Boyd Bass. But ra cin g lu ck, in the form of a lost ch ain beat Cooper o u t of prize money . Bass, who had pocketed second p lace p oints in the first moto, wa s ab le an d willing to assume the lead for a 2-1 and first overall. Cooper finall y found what he ca me fo r in the Open Expert race , sweeping bo t h m ot os. After winning three of the six motos in which he co mp eted and adding a second in another , Cooper pocketed first and fourth place money. Which was not too shabby, and de fin itely better than a broken arm. Scott Cook swept the 125cc Novice race, as did Kirk Milby in the 250cc Novi ce , Ro bert Briscoe in th e 250cc Amateur race, . ~n.d john Ber lin in the Penn~xlvania. Even thoug h the turnout was sm all the co m petition was fierc e and all the dese rve their HO DAKA D£Al.ERSHIPS AVAIl.A8LE. .. s.- K-w""-. WrtIe PABATCO ..... 32 . 1U...... O""" 7 •• 3 MOTORCYClES ~~ db' 8 PARTS ~ COMPLETE PlSTONS MACHINE SHOP,REPAIR B SERVICE ON ALL MAKES _ . .' . 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