Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

.ENORTHERN DATalNE ~ ~------.;;;----~ e This is what the 250cc Experts saw of Ken Gray at Cycleland. T_ 2!iO EX: 1. 5 _ Doug Brown tHon!. (Yam); 2. Jim e- (Hon); 3. Sauer sails at Cycleland By Ernie A ldric h Photos by E. W . Dominie CHICO , CA, MAY 30 Riding like anything bu t a Novice, Chico's Dirck Sauer won two firsts at Cycleland Speedway Saturday night. He was third in the .. 250cc Novice main opening night. the next two weeks second and took the last step to victory Saturday night. In the 250cc Novice main, Pat Seigle took the lead but not for long. By the third lap , Sauer had the sit uation well in hand and went on to gain his first win trophy of the season. Seigle hung around for second, Gordon Buck was third and Steve Clark was fourth . Fresh from a third in last week's 250cc Handicap, Sauer handled Saturday's group of 200cc Handicap riders with relative ease . Blasting his 175cc Yamaha to the lead at the start, he never looked back. Terry Atkinson (Suz) was second and Joey Jaconetti (Yam) was third. Ken Gray shot to the front at the green flag of the 250cc Experts and let the rest of the finalists play catch-up. Lowell Moural was second , John Sudberry third and Mike Hall was fourth . In the 250cc Handicap m ain , Chuck Atkinson found the finish line first. In winning, Atkinson edged out previous Handicap winners Bob Gibson and "Scr a tchm a n" Lowell Moural. Jeff Valentine, 1977 High Point Co Champ, too k his Yamaha from wire to wire to win the IOOcc Mini Expert final. It was two in a row for 200cc Junior Terry Atkinson as he won the same event last week. Rand y Scon was second. Atkinson took his trophy wit h a wire to wire victory with Scott trying in vain to ca tch up. Resu lts 80cc MINI: Clint Balling er (VarnI. NOV: 1. Watt Bevens (Yam l; 2. J oey Gres ham.IYam ); 3. Rag e.- Heemsbergen lHanl. l 00cc MINI EX: Jeff Valen tine {Yaml. 125cc NOV: t . Lar", Barkhouse (Yaml; 2. M ike Snider C HonI; 3. Brad Netson (Hoo). 250cc EX: 1. Ken Grav IBull; 2. Lowell Moural IBull; 3. John Sudberry (Yam!. 200cc JR: 1. Terry Atk inson (Suz); 2. Randy Scott IBull. . 250cc NOV: 1. Oird< Sauer (Yaml; 2. Pat Seigle IYaml; 3. Gordon Buck IYaml. 250cc JR: 1. Rick Fodge (Yam); 2. Jeff Neva (Bull; 3. Joe Boes (Yaml. 360cc J R: John Heemsbefgen (Hon). 200 ce HAN DICAP: 1. Dirck Sauer (Yam); 2, Terry .' Alkinson l$uzl ; 3, Joey .Jaconeni {Yaml . 250cc HANOICAP: 1. Chuck Atk inson IYaml: 2. Bob Gibson IBull; 3. Lowell Mou rallBuli. Jones, Pomeroy pull Hillside victories By The Squisher MOSES LAKE, W A. MAY 7 A record turnout of nearly 350 riders competed at Hillside motocross Sunday, making for one long day of racing. The first Minibike class started at 10:30 and the last bike didn't leave the track until almost eight. The track was in excellent shape with the dust being held under control fairly well. Pat Jacobson (Suz) . who rode three classes. holeshot the firs t I25cc Pro moto and proceeded to pull out a large lead. Phil Larson (Suz) and DeWayne Marker (Suz) battled for second until Larson took charge late in the moto. After a poor st art , Bill J ones (Suz) drove past every rider except Jacobson as he took second at the checkered. Jones squ irted out front in the second moto and was never headed. Pat Jacobson suffered from an u nusual mid-pack start and crashed on the downhill while trying to pass a slower rider. Gary Racca (Yam ) finished second with Phil Larson third , giving him second overall . The 250cc Pro cla ss was a Ron Pomeroy (LO P Hon) benefit as Ron led both motos from start to finish . Gary Racca (Yam) rode con sistently for second overall. Gary Kuest (Yam) rode well to a third in the first rnoto , but couldn't back it up in th e second as he collided with a rider while trying to pass. Pa t Jacobson (Suz) worked his way up to third in the first rnoto , but was slowed when his plug cap came loose. The IOOcc Pro class was a Phil Larson (Suz) runaway with wire- towire wins in bot h motos . Kevin Logston (Yam) followed Phil for a well-earned second . Dennis Ostriern (Suz) put perfect starts in his qualifier and final moto as he easil y won the 250cc B class in his first 250cc race. Jodie Luke (Yam ) gained on Ostriem near the end of each rnoto, but could not get the good starts. Mother Nature shines on HiMountain Enduro (Finally) By Jerry Counts LOS PADRES NAT'L. FO REST, CA , MAY 14 Mother Nature celebra ted Mother's Day by allowing the Cal Poly Penguins to run the twicerained- out 28 th Hi-Mountain En duro . Unfortunately, the delays resulted in a loss of 40 mi les of course and 120 of the origina l 300 entries. On Sa tu rday night. the Penguins showed movies of past events. To make su re that no one th ought they were ordinary home movies , they pointed out their own genuine star. Steve McQueen. The first loop started with a brisk 20 MPH average which led to the first check at 10 miles. This was an easy zero for the A riders. but was pretty fast for the C riders for which the loop was designed . Between the first and second check, it was "get it on " time as only the better As were able to maintain the average. The course was a combination of valley trails and ridge running on fire breaks that seemed to be near vertical. The' second check was the tie -breaker and had most riders three to 10 minutes late. The course then went down a paved road. " The speed averages to the finish would have been ridable for most riders if they had been allowed to get back on time. but most were late to the last secret check and the finish of the loop. All eight C riders who finis hed tr ophied. Ma rtin Sharpe took the C Open win with 87 points lost, Curt Clark won the 250cc class with a much better 31 poi nts a nd Kevin Win was the I25cc class win ne r with 124 points d ro pped. T he second loop ha d no start check a nd re ran the first part of the fist loop, except at 24 MPH. The riders who left early and gamb led had a big advantage over the riders who left on time , and many were able to zero the check at about the I 8·m ile point. Soon after the course led through some private land where the average had dropped to 10 MPH for P.R. reasons . After a couple of miles of paved road , the course turned off into a p asture with two-foot -high grass , which made looking for rocks and ruts exciting to say the least. After another 15 miles of checkless course, which consisted of tough ridges and trails that had the best riders late again , the course dropped down to the Pozo Saloon where a 15 minute gas stop was located. At this point, many of the exhausted riders decided that the saloon had more to offer than the remaining 25 miles of course, especially since it was only a few miles down a road back to the pits. For the hardy ones , it was back on the course at 30 MPH down the paved road , past the turkey farm and ba ck into the hills . This section provided some of the tough est ridge riding, considering the hea t and the demanding 85 mi les the riders had already com pleted. The last secret check was in this section and took away lots of points . Sp eed ave rages dropped to 20 MPH , which allowed the 21 A and 37 B survivors to m ake up some time. Only the faster riders got to the finish on time. Cal Poly Penguins ' did an ou tst a nd ing job by using several sections of trail in both directins and even one section three times . The course went through a five-wa y intersection in three different directions , fortunately there were course marshalls present which prevented mass confusion . Referee Larry Rego deserves credit since he owns the only speedometer in the club and rode his very first enduro earlier this year. The co urse, which had some of the most outstanding views most riders will see, had ribbon and a rrows in a bundance. Like most tough runs. the 66 finishers thought it was a great one. The milages and clocks were spot on and the 51 happy trophy winners left wit h their gold by 4 p .m . , a n ac hievement which . more clubs shou ld try for . • Results SWEEPSTAKES: Jim Wilson . OPE A: 1. AI Baker; 2. John Heorne; 3. Wm . Miller. . N 250 A: 1. Paul Beck; 2. Joe Brown : 3. Jer

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