Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

he'd been riding out there for 10 yea rs and there was no way he was going to . ride int o that m ud . Billy Uh l, a fi-Days rider, didn't think it was all that bad. He was mad because his Maico was onl y a 250 , and seized just 25 yards from the end of th e mud when it got too hot. Mort Brecker, fourth overall , of Pocat ello , Idaho, who is used to - anything, said it was an " int eresting race. " Some riders, lucky enough to be waved around or take a chance, won by fluke . Some win ners were those you'd expect anyway. California's Pettigrew, ,a semi-sponsored Maico rider, has been doin g very well in his first fu ll year of dese rt raci ng a nd is known to be te nacious . Fu ller, who lives in the d esert , has been riding Cherry Creek 'for 12 years and co nsiders it th e u lti m a te cha lle nge . Fu ller ca ugh t Pettigrew just before th e finis h,- a te 'it in fifth gear, stuck his a rm throug h t he rear wheel , and sti ll finished second after having to change a flat. Utahn Joel Quinn, thi rd, is an excellent rider. Gerber , eighth, after a slowdown last year, h as been finish ing well in :77 with his new KTM (1st 250 in the Mint 400) . Utahn Mel Kim b a ll, 12th, is a top hillclimber even though he only gets to compete a couple of times a year . Mark Jones , 16th, is a sharp young racer. Some losers and their families wer e not. One woman accused the club ladies at the finish of sending the bikes into the mud so the club wouldn't ha ve to buy any trophies. Jack Froelich, stuck in the mud , knew better than that. Many of the bikes were. out by evening. Club members worked until four in the morning getting bikes out. A few bikes were retrieved Monday morn ing before rain drenched the area all over again , making it all but im possible to even walk in the fo ur m iles from the dirt road . Cl ub members left u nt il the next Sa tu rd ay, Sunday and Monday when they could ge t off work again after a week spent setting course , and hop efully t he area would be drying. T he J uab Co unty Sheri ffs Posse, co-sponsors of th e meeti ng, wou ld be patrolling in the meantime. For several years some loca l riders have been complaining that Cherry Creek is too difficult and not well eno ugh marked by present 'd a y standards for novices . Yet not many are injured. Cl ub members maintain that Cherry Creek is intended to be a to ugh race, not designed for beginners. Some moderation has crept in . For instance , the sand loop was 30 miles long this year instead of 45 as in the past. . . I asked a spokesman for one of 't he desert cl ubs which have been critical of the SLMC if members of his club would be willing to help next year to ins u re that what they want can be . done . No , he said, if it would be that good a race t hey would want to ride it. Wednesday following the race. a group of riders ; fearful of the Alkali Monster eating away their b ikes , h ired a helicopter to retrieve them. Also there are races next weeke nd . There was a la rge probability that Cherry Creek, a magn ificent race at its best , wou ld never be held again. But in 'a last -mi nu te development . a new group wants to work with the ' SL MC on Cherry Creek and th e Turkey Run . The new group would supplement the SLMC be autifully . Wat ch fo r developments . desert lovers. . • Results in Results Section. World Champion; The Roger DeCoster Story Roger switches _to Suzuki and heads for the. Championship, ~ Buy this Cronus Olvmpian stopwatch for $29.95 . 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