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~~ O~~' Ufe Cup, 1976 Jack Wilson.Says "Stop those leaks with my special gaskets" By Tea m Tu rtle See your dealer l\IA YSVlLLE, COLO., AUG. 22 & 23 214 -339-0144 or write: 3600 W. Dav is For mer Californian, Doug Bradbury was the winner of the 1976 Ute Cup with the best overall performance of the 103 Da llas, TX 752 11 Big "0" Cycle contestants that entered. The Ute Cup is a two day Scottist type observed trial held in the Colorado high country on trails once used the the Ute Indians. The Ute Cup was started seven years ago by the Rocky Mountain Trials Association (RMTA) as an annual premiere club event. Because it was such an ou ts tandin g event, it at tracted so m e of the best trials tider in the coun try who took the trophies and awards away fro m the Colorado riders. All this was changed last year when the n at ion ally ranked riders outside of Colorado were declared ineligible. This ru le did not p revent other out of state riders to co mpete . This year there were 20 riders from Michigan alone. The course for the first day consisted of 20 observed sections and an 18 mile trail ride starting at the Ponderosa Guest Ranch north-west of Salida. Six hours were allotted for the loop and sections to be ridden twice. The best performance of the day was by Pat Grimes with only six points lost. Less skilled riders took as many as 78. Section one was a water section and perhaps the most difficult of the day. The winner of the bog trophy (the rider who has the most spectacular failure in the traditional bog section) dabbed up to his hip in the mud and fell in to his neck. The other 18 sections were well set by the trials masters: Sam Dennison, Mike Foster and Larry Lund. The most exciting feature of the day was the 2x12 stiles built over the barbed wire fences wh ich co u ld be used in lieu of the closed gates. At the first o ne, the gate sure looked more inviting than the "A" frame stile, Sunday's loop was 20 m iles long with . 19 observed sections t o be ri dden twice in a six h our ti me period. Over half of the sections were in water, resulting in no few bike d ro wn ings; the res t of the sections were in loos e rock. The lo op obtained an elevator o f 11,500 feet at an u phill rock section . The do wn h ill j ust after this section was a heart st opp er . T he best ri de on Sunday was tu rn ed in by Bill Schaaf with nine points lost. Bill rode the first 25 sect ions clean. Fantastic! But the overall winner of the Copp er Ute Cup was Do ug Bradbury who lost 11 points to be added to the 20 he lost the day before. And Pat Grimes? Pat was unable to hold the pace he had set on Saturday, but di d well eno ugh to take second overall. • Re sults in Results Section. Amafeur qualifiers af Waynesville and Ponca Cify By Jack B. Harwood PO NCA CITY, OK. , AUG. 22 Kn owles Cycle Co. Ph. 214-253-7411 Since 1967 Co mp lete parts & service ~ Yamaha _637 E. Irving B I ~ Irvin!!, Texas 75 060 ~~LL'S C~ N. w & Uood 8SA Parts St raight gears for 250 and 36G Yam"a L () <'" ~ C~ , _ We ship anyW4BTe 8152 2nd fJ':i'.39~.)J David Lahey _ nt 1·2 to f inish second overall in the Amateur series. Meanwhile, Gary Bowman, having swept at Wayneville, ran into racing luck that earned him a 16-4 and eigh th for the day. Bowman qualified with second highest points with a 27 score. Galen Sizemore of Springdale, Arkansas turned in a 2-3 and secon d overall for the day to win first place in the qualifying list. Craig Johnson was the victim of st arting collisions and never figured in the po in ts . . Meanwhile, fourteen year-old J ohnny Day tu rned in anotler steady 4-2 for third overall and th ird place qualifying score. Paul Williams had tro uble with his new Honda at Waynesville an d Ponca City, but manage d to struggled into the qualify in g list. Two Kansans topped off the 25 0cc list of qualifiers, Richard Hird of Lawrence, an d David Lahey of Moscow. Lahey's 1-2 earned him first overall for th e day a nd second in the qu alify in g list. Hird's third overall for the day, added to his first at Waynesville, made him the top qualifier. Gene Reeves seventh overall gave him an edge in qualifying points over Chip Day, who scored a 5-5 for the day and fourth overall. In the Open class, Brian Layton was another no-points challenger going into the fmal qualifier, but his impressive 2-1 and first overall gave him twenty qualifying points and fourth on the list. Charles Lee of Salina, Kansas pushed his 1-2 for the day and made the top of the list of Open qualifiers. • Plains area riders from Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and lllinois ma de it quick and dirty in the Waynesville, Missouri and Ponca AmarilloMX and ST · City , Oklahoma National Amateur qualifiers. When the gate went down at th e fmal qu alifier in Ponca City, several of the are a's faster riders had to overco me . rac ing lu ck in th e first q uali fier in or der to m ak e th e cut fo r the Regional elimination set for September 12 at West Monroe, Lo uisiana. Frank Martin of Sesser, Illinois, who earned no points at Way nesville, swept the 125cc competition with convincing wins. His twenty points brought him fro m zip to sixth in qualifying score. By Frank Harrison AMA RILLO, TEX., AU G. 8 Hot, hot days and cool nights is Amarillo's trademark in the summertime, especially August and that's also the way the racing is at Amarillo Speedway in August. Practice starts in the heat of the afternoon for the dual program of motocross and short track. The layout is simple but in teresting with jumps, corkscrews, hairpins and gulleys running a continuous course for the MX'ers inside the quarter mile claypacked oval; all with a clear view for spectators from the grandstand. The Mini MX'ers were dominated by the Skinners from Pampa, Texas on Yamahas with Joe Skinner winning both heats and Marvin second with Morris Troxell and Kelly Dunn coming in third and fo urth overall. Dunn on hi s Honda was looking goo d fo r a wi n in practice but a fall at the start of the first heat made him w ork from last to a: fifth place fin ish in that eve nt. The sec o nd Open MX was a real thriller espe cially fo r the big guns winding their way through the sh ort m az e. Robert J ones (Yam) was quickest on the start with T im Sarchet (Mai) and Ricky Blackwell (Hus) cutting a fast lea d. Blackwell q u ickly picked off Sarchet on the seco nd lap then wo rked on J ones to go into first by' the third lap. Sarchet and Jones went into battle for second with Sarchet coming out on top. At the finish it was Blackwell, Sarchet, and J ones . Overall for the Open Class was Sarchet, Blackwell and Jones. After the excitemen t settled from the motocross, the sun was down and although the temperature went down some, the heat on the track didn't, The 360 "B" main stirred things up a bit as Larry Schniederjan drove into No. 1 followed by ' Don Co op er (Bul) and Eldon Bar ker . As SchniedCJjan increased his lead Barker wo rked hard on Coop er for seco nd finally doing it in the fourth lap . The finish was Schniederjan, Barker, Vermillion, as Coo per fell in the last lap leaving fourth t o Billy Roberts of Dumas. The 360 A 's came t o life as " ole thum per" Bill Brown on a Sp rint plugged in to the lead over Earl Stovall (Yam) an d Randy Carthel. Carthel got by Stovall as Brad Hutton . (Bul) went in to fourth. Then Carthel star ted wo rking on Brown as Bro wn lo st his saddle. With a loose seat Bro wn quickly drifte d b ack. 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