Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Jim East is Dirt Palace indoor series victor By Dorde Woodru ff SALT LAKE CITY . UT. FEB . 26 The Dirt Palace. officially th e Coliseum of the State 'Fa ir· grounds, is loca ted in the midst of a popu lat ed area . Outdoor mo tor vehicle raci ng was outlawed after 1972 . So th e series was run on st ric t contro ls. including the use of synt hetic oil . mufflers. and no riding outside the b ui ldi ng . Any riding ou tside . if no ticed by fairgro u nds offic ia ls, is grounds for losing the faci li ty . and indoor p laces not p ro hib iti ve in price are difficu lt 10 lind j n Uta h. T his series was ma naged t hriftily eno ugh by th e Iro n Pon ies MC that la rge crowds were no t essential for linancial su p po rt . Overa ll win ner for th e series was J im East . No. 3 in track th is yea r. who won a Hon d a Enduro . Another Honda was ra ffled off. The eager 125 Amateu rs m an aged three fa lse starts in thei r second hea t . leav ing o nly Brent Thurgood and Mo nt e Morris on th e front line . Brent . who is good anyway, ready to m ove u p . got the holesh o r. Monte tried to pass in sid e b ut Brent kept hi m b locked. They linished o ne and two in class . T he 125 Expert cla ss was combined with 250 Expe rts. then sp lit into an A and B group fo r the hea ts. In the A grou p Chris Billings. son of Vernal Yama ha shop owner Del yle . was wa y ou t fro nt followed by Kim Best . Dave W aym ent a nd Ph il Hart . I n th e seco nd heat Chris agai n won easilv • over Kim and Phil. T he B grou p saw J im East o n the po le 10 win the first heat. Ji m led th e seco nd heat a ll the wa y also . Hond a sho p ow ner " Dirt y Ad e" Nebeker threat en ed fro m th e ou tside b ut fell back as Rob ert Borg on a ra re CZ closed for seco nd . Eas t led in th e 15 la p Main for a win in th e class . as Chris Bill ings was un able 10 get by him . One of the few la d y racers in th e sta te, Su sa n And rew, who m ostl y rides m ot ocr oss, entered th e 250 Nov ice a nd O pe n Novice classes d u ring the series, placi ng t hi rd ton igh t in O pen Novi ce . Two ot her women competed in the series - St ep ha nie Christensen. a yo u ng Iron Pon ies regu la r . a n d enthusiastic Les Co lsto n . girlfriend of Rob ert Howa rd who is one of the sta te's top riders . Ronnie Yo ung on a TT 500 got an impressive start in the lirst heat of th e O pen Novi ce class. CUll ing across to t he pol e . He was a lill ie too fast for Su san An drew a nd Steven Vincent to n igh t . Da vid H e a dm an won t h e 250 Amateur class . lapping some of the riders on the short-short track . Da ve com pensates for th e loss of hearing from helm ets by wea ring pi nk p last ic ears on the outside of his. Speed wa y rid er Danny Maxwell crashed his TT500 in the li rst heat of the O pen Expert class , was out for the rest of the meeting. Chris Billings shoved past Tim Go ldrick and '76 to p tracker Bob Best to win . In the seco n d heat Best moved up after a slow start , catching Chris in the last few yards for a thriller win by inc hes . In the m a in Best didn't q uite catch Billi ngs . J erry Hill (Hus) m oved up suddenly for third . T he 15 la p Sweepstakes fea tured Jim East , Bob Best . Chris Billings . Ro bert Bo rg . Jerry Hill and Adrian Nebe ker. Billings on his 400 Yamah a t h rea tened Best at first then kept getting fa rther behind Best 's TT500 in the straights. On the last turn Best fell over q uietl y because he was co ast ing a nd his weight was 100 far forward . He flopped back down o n th e g ro u nd in disgust after lirst sitting up . Best ca n a lwa ys be depended on for a sho w of o ne sort or a not her. • Resu lts in Resu lts Section . 8.0.5.5. MX at Prison Hill - no escape from California shoes By Sallee Hilton CARSON C ITY. NV , MAR . 6 While Nevada 's minimum secu rity prison ers did their' thing in the exercise ya rd of Neva da Sta te Prison , outside Carson City, th e hilltop wastela nd abo ve t hem was craw ling wit h Nevada's MX ers. T he m orning program of J unior riders was topped by th e O ld Tim er and Veteran motos. J oh n Burro ws (H us). a n Expert Vet . led every la p of both m oros. chased by Ha ns Marty (Int . Vet). Mrs. Marty was busy delivering a new little Marty, so Hans. after h is lirst m ot o , ru sh ed off to chec k o n the sit uation at the hospi tal. He was back in tim e to ride his seco nd moto . Burro ws had so m e trouble keeping Ma rt y behind him du ring bo t h rnot os, with Ma rt y being in su ch a h urry 10 li nish an d lea ve! Experts and Int ermed ia tes took over th e track for the afte rnoon show, with the on ly three Ca lifo rn ia riders ou t there (all from the Sa cr a m e n to a rea) placing well in spite of th eir lungs runn ing lean a t t he un a ccu stomed a ltit u de . R ob ert Nort on ( Ho n ) of O rangevale . CA took home th e top 125 Exp e rt cas h . Nevad a's J oey Baera (Ho n) and Kim Ad amson (Yam) both ga ve Norton a hard ti m e ; bu t Baeta blew his cra nk p rio r to th e second m o to , afte r winning the li rst. Mike Co le sco red 3-3 for seco nd overall; Adamson had chain trouble in the first m oto , with the Int ermed ia tes a lso on the track for the co m bi ned 125 race. m ore action was goi ng on . Tim Sh erfy a nd Ro b bie Ha d lock, bo th on Suzu kis, held the lead positions, swa ppi ng off the li rst and second in both rnotos with eac h getting one win a nd Hadlock th e overall. A similar race went on for third between Ga yla nd Norton (Ho n) , the yo u nge r brother o f " tea m Norton ," and Kevin T r u a x (Suz) . No rton was th ere wh en it co unted both times for the t hird overall . Suzuki riders, Lowell Spiva from Ren o , Nevada . a nd Mark Hilton fr om Fa ir O aks. C aliforn ia , co m p le te ly d ominated t h e 25 0 Expert class. Hilton go t a ho lesh ot and led in both rnotos o nly to have Sp iva get by him to cop bo th win s. R icha rd Bu t t ner h a d his Husky tuned to perfection , tak ing both Open Ex pert m o tos wi th ease. Jim Gulbra nds en (Mai) DN Fed the second rno to after placi ng second the fir st time out. John Bu rrows, after winnin g the Veterans class in the morning. wa s back for a second overall in this o ne. • Bo b Kusa n icka (Yam) took third . Results in Results Sectio n . Pasadena Suzuki It's No Secret Why We Se ll So Many Suzukis _ 1. low Prices _ 1. Unbeatable Service "" 1. 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