Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

and Christensen . Lynn ette Zuber bagg ed third 250 , June Elia s took second C bike. Shila Hopkins too k th ird with sister Kathy right behi nd . Either th e heat or th e first race took its to ll on t he ladies because whe n Sim i raised their . ba nner , I I managed to mak,; it to the sta rt line . Halfway aro und the first loop. Gra nt had a good lead on Beck but when she 'reac hed t he nasty u p hill. she used a - saili ng method called tacking to cli mb it. While. Dawn zig .zagge d up th e hill . T rudy shot st raight up. Just as Dawn cres ted t he hill . T ru dy nea rly ra n into her back tire . Ch riste nsen was in th ird followed by Elias, G ra nt kept her Iead . Beck took seco nd. Zuber took th ird . Glori a Farvour fourth 250 . L isa cr ashed so June sm iled a ll t he way to th e fini sh taking first C b ike. Lisa second , Sh ila Hopkins third , Kathy fourth . 250s H itting the last roller before th e wash , th e leader . ridi ng a new H a rley ' mot ocrosser, Bob Ru tt en ha d a bout a seven second lea d on Doug W inchell who was followed by Mo nt e Lee , The next guy through shot into the a ir landing a good 25 ya rds do wn the slope was Larry Roeseler , Tom Kelly was next , th en Jody Belk n ap a nd the other Harley rider . Bru ce Ogilvie. As Bru ce turned th e corner heading up t he wash . his ch a in went south. By lap two , R u tt en was runnin g fou rt h behind Roeseler , Kelly and Belknap . T im Edmons on was followed by Jeff Kapla n and Monte Lee. Bru ce Jon es. was holding d own first ama teur. second a n d t h ir d we re R og e r T oubeaux a nd Ken Ma kos. Ru tt en a lso dropped out with a buste d chain. La p three, Kapla n got ahead of Edm on son . J ones got Lee . H eadi ng h o rn e for . the finish, Roesel er had to pour on th e gas as T om Kelly a lmost got b y for th e win . Be lk na p too k t h ird , T he a m ateu rs fi nis he d t he wa y t hey sta rted. . The Desert Ra ts race started with he- hu m Roeseler in th e lead then Ogilvie . Rutt e n . Be lk n a p . fi rst amat e ur Ke n M ak os and Br ia n Wrigh t. Bill T arl ing was holding off ,T om Kelly and Paul Christensen. Loop two sa w a smiling Bru ce Ogilvie in the lea d . th en Roeseler sa ndwich ed by Rutten. T a rling a nd Kelly got by Wright . Christensen d ropped out and Makos lost three position s. Headi ng for rh e fin ish t he Harl ey team took firs t and second as Ogilvie ra cked up a no t he r overall , Rutte n seco nd. Kaplan thir d . -Ken Mak os j ust d id ge t first am a te u ras Jones finis hed se con d righ t beh ind h im . St e ve . Spragle held on to third . The Simi no vice race hadKen Ma w in th e lea d wit h Craig Timms. Ron Cotterm a n a nd Joe .Peno ncello chas ing hi m . Paul Roller was the next guy by at fifth overa ll. first .begin ne r . Loop two , th e first five spo ts sta yed t he sa me but fast begi nn er Ken Ov iatt moved u p six p osit io ns c a p t u ri ng fir st beg inner in th e process. Ta king the checkered , Maw was foll owed by T im ms and Cotterman . First beginner was Ken Ov iatt. with Pau l Roller' second a nd Troy Swa fford th ir d . . Sim i had 27 ra cers but they didn't a ll make it back for the Rat race. PI 9 led the race from start to finish . Begin ne r Ken Oviatt smoked th e opposition bei ng chased by. two pie platers. Dave Q uint ard was the next guy th rough . follo wed by Craig Tim ms . Ken Maw a nd Joe Sheeh e , Lap two rem a ined the same. La p th ree , Ti m ms d idn't sho w a nd at th .. fin ish it was P19 . first beginner Ke n O via tt, Dave Q u int ard a nd Ken Maw t hi rd . Second beginner we nt to Pau l Roll er. thi rd to Ga ry Swaffo rd. fou rth to Rod A bshe r, The Heavys T od ay was T om Br ooks' d a y as he swept b ot h r a ces convincingly. Sta rting with the Desert Ra ts, it was Brooks. Roesel e r , Bob Bal ent in e , Bre nt Wall ingsford. a n d Chuc k Pett igr ew. 5 1 bikes entered t his o ne. 46 finished. At t he. finish it was Brook s, Roeseler , a nd Bal en tin e . Ro n Ir by co pped firs t amateur. Pa t McE voy second , Bob Dou glass t hi rd , T he Sim i race fea tured t he fast guys goi ng down the lon g steep downhi ll. The leader was Broo ks aga m foll owed this tim e by Walli ngsfor d . Bal ent ine , Pettigrew and Ma x Eddy . Tom Brooks has II ~ in ch es of rea r tra vel. When he h it th e bottom of th e d ownh ill , his knobby chi rpe d o n the fender. T he ra cers were stru ng out a n d th e positi on s d id n't cha nge very rnuch r Co ry T im ms moved up a' co u p le of posit ions, so d id Da n Thorda rso n. They fin ished just as th ey sta rted, Sc ott C h i ld too k a no t he r fir st a mateur, Tom Mattox, was second , J ohn T ownsend th ird . The novices on th e Sim i co urse ha d # 876 in th e lead , being chased by R ich H a ll, J im Sm ith , Mik e Stephan and Tony Ep pe rson . The lead begi n ner was Byro n Sm it h th en Da vid C hase , J im Ba ird and Da n Bolster all in a row. The only cha nges before - the finish was Smi th overtaking the lea ders for the win , Mike Stephan second , Rich Ha ll t hird . First beginner went. to J im Ba ird, second Dave Chase , third , Byro n Smi th . At th e Ra t race it was a rea l batt le between T on y Epperson a nd #876 . T on y held him off for two laps bu t on th e last lap # 876 got by for t he w,in. J im Sm it h had to set tle for t hird . The begin ner positions d idn't change as David Chase aced Byro n Smi th for th e win. T hi rd went to Jim Ba ird . Oldies-but-qoodles Bruce Lewellyn swept both sen ior eve nt s; the las t race just about gave Bruce a case of " hea t frustration ." 43 seniors raced for the foothills. Earl Roeseler , Dick Camp. Ja ck Froelich and Rich Burl ey i n purs uit. George W al ker was next th en first a ma te ur "Suzuki"· Art. Gene Luce led the C bike rs. Bill Stewart and J ohn McCown wer e on his trail. T he classic ba tt le began to d evelop in- t he second loop between Geor ge McCl ella n and Will Eveland , th e trai l bike riva ls. By lap t hree , Lewellyn ha d th e"win cinched. Ea rl too k second, first 250 , Fro elic h second , George Walk er th ird . Dick Camp 't ook seco nd heavy, Ric h Burley t hird . Bill Stewa rt aced ou t Gene Luce for first C b ike , Joh n McCown rook . th ird . First novice was Henry Pr ice th en Pat Dempsey and R.D. We bb third , At the Sim i ra ce , Lewel lyn had Jo hn "Smo ke bo mb" Gaet z on his ta il t he n Roesele r , Wa lker . Ca m p a nd first a ma te u r Cecil Stearns. McCown had the. C bike lea d , Luce was ru n ning second. novice R .D . Web b was th ird . Lewe llyn' got the win , Rot-seler first 250 . George W a lker second . J a ck Froe lich third . Dick Camp too k second H eavy again :- Lee Elia s thi rd . J ohn McCown bagg..d first C bike , Ge ne Lur .. second. Gt'orgt' McCl ellan beat Will Eveland. Two novices made the fin ish line , Henrv Pri ce and Pa t Gunther. ' . • • LOWER ING ·· ~ Friday, August 26 thru Sunday, August 28 WIN A NEW 1978 YAMAHA 175cc ENDURO ~ b ' ~

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