Add ed safety for you and
0) TIMES MORE
PROTECTION
FOR YOUR TIRES*
o
with Cycle 1113 way action!
0::
;;;
o
cc
_"-
5
--' :I:
0..
Jack P.enton disrupts the tr~nquility of a Florida stream on his way to win
the Alligator Enduro. droppmg only two po ints.
-Penton whips
;~et and wild
~j'Gat or
Jill
q By
~Jl
Mike and Anne Adair
u DAYTO NA BEACH , FL, MA R , 9
1 ISDT vetera n Jack Penton rode
b
250 cc KTM "su b ma rine"
i? l:rrough 69 miles of Florida flood i
lL4tnds to a high point victory over
w579 entrants in the Dayton a 200
(M .C .'s 29th annual Alligator En du ro .
,..T he 1978 'Ga to r was one of the
~ dampest in h istory and was pre descri~ed by the seve n-man layou t
omrmr tee as " wet and wi ld ."
q Althoug h the popular annual even tis
n o t an A MA Na t iona l, it offers
cha m p ionship contenders a chance to
s-ri d e wit h no conflicts with the
Na tion a l schedule.
Jack was joined by his dad John
Penton u p hold ing the Penton/ KTM
ba nner. Na tio nal Ch a m p ion Dick
Burleson and Bob Pop iel rep resent ed
Husqvarna's interest. C a n -Am was .rsepresen ted by team members Skip
Olson and Kevin Snapp . Olson was
going for his third consecutive
Alligator win on a prototype 270cc
Can -Am Qualifier. Team Suzuki had
Herl uf J oh nso n , George Peck and
.Drew Smit h ente red with Stone
Mo u ntain Na tiona l third pl a c e
finisher T ed Worrell nursi ng a bruised
~ .kn ee . Su zuki's T wo -D a y Qual ifie r
mrid ers Mike Rosso and Dave Hulse
used th e event as a season warm-up .
o Roko n's Randy Ma rt in -ro u nd ed ou t
the factory backed en trants .
Early riders finished th e run as a
S light drizzle returned. The later rows
fought th e ra in in addition to tank.e deep wa te r. Jack Pent on's High Point
score of two ea rn ed a victory that the
"' High Point Racing Products executive
ha d mi ssed b y 25 seconds in '77 .
S Pen ton commented at the fina l check ,
'"' " It wa s fun , o n ly a fe w m inor
p ro b lems . My speedo fogg ed a t the
firs t wat er , th e front brake is go ne ,
and 1 had to fight a loose h andgrip all
day ."
i!
Dick Burleson 's sco re of three
topped the AA class. Burleson 's new
250 OR performed flaw lessly. Herl uf
Johnson , runner-up in AA with a five
point loss ex p lai ne d, "T he new 175 PE
di d eve ryt hi ng 1 aske d ." Can-Am 's
Kevin Snapp took t hi rd in th e AA
d ivision o n a prototyp e 250 cc
Qualifie r. Defending Champion Skip
Ol son ran out of gas on th e fin al leg .
O verall A cla ss winner was Rokon 's
Randy Martin who also took the Stone
Mounta in A overa ll ba ck to Kee n
!"ew H ampshire . Martin cu t groove~
In
the R ok on 's dri ve b e lt and
com me nted , " It works just like tire
treads , the deep wa ter doesn't ca use
me a ny co ncern ."
R onnie Hines, riding a 390 O R
Husky fo r Mo rre l' s Husq va rn a of
Att~eboro, .MA , lost only 16 poi nts in
an ImpressIve B overall victory . Hin es
lost a cha in after the gas sto p and
exp lai ned, " It was jammed next to th e
enclosed co untersha ft sp roc ket , a nd 1
fough t it for five or six minu tes ." Hines
is a. so p~omore st udying electrical
enginee ring
at
Northeastern
University . Othe r B divisio n class
winners were Ra ndy Bu rbage , Bobby
Thomas , Morris McCo rmick , -T ony
Mitchell a nd Henry Bryant.
John Pe nto n ro lled down the
elevated. ~tarting ramp from an eighth
row pos ition , overcame a wrong turn,
and then carded a super sco re of 24,
the on ly Senior A rider to finish in the
ho ur. And Rich ard Lenouer emerged
at the top of the board fo r the Senior B
class .
Bar ry Avery topped the com petitive
200cc A class , his eigh t points losing
overall A hon ors at th e tie-breaker
check . George Peck's 250 cc PE Suzu ki
domi na ted the O pen A d ivision . Peck
said, "O nce 1 plunged in to a hole an d
the hand lebars wen t under. She ca me
out runnin g , a nd m y on ly p roblem was
the speed om eter."
The two wilde st stories a t th e ritu al
after-event bench racing sessio ns go to
" Wi ld Bill" Hartl ey and Dan
Sheffield. Hartley met a Br ahm a Bull
he a d up and cli med a pin e tree
without sp ikes. Sheffield pushed a nd
rode his Bu lta co the wro ng wa y and
was ':In t~e co urse all night , fin all y
sleep ing In a n ab andoned loggin g
truck . Da yton a 200 M .C . members
wer e ou t all night look ing for Sh effi eld
and ro u nding up' ot he r bik es st ra nded
on the co u rse. Results in Resul ts Section.
•
1• Cooler tires.
running
Balance.
3 • Automatic
. Cycle III wo rks as a coolant inside the air chambe r,
providing a heat barrier that
protects your ti res from excessive wear and blow outs.
Cyc le III rotates freely
within the air chamber, shifting its wei ght as need ed to
compensate for ever-changing road and load conditions.
A continuous static and dynamic balance is provided ,
for the life of your tire.
protection.
2 • Puncture v.
Punct ures up to
in. in
d iameter and air leak s are
sealed permanent ly by Cycle
Ill , the instant they hap pen.
preve nti ng air pressure loss
and tire damage. -
Cyc le III i s insta lled
throug h the valve, in secon ds.
Get a smoother ride and
extra protection wit h Cycle III.
· WITH A FULL MONEY BACK GUARANTEE!
See y our accessory dea ler or write:
15
