Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Heading towards the rollers through chops was quite a rid e, but once there the fun began . Beisner regained third from M. Lee and C. Duncan tried to make ground on Tolmasoff. . Com ing down from the hills and across the valley the first bike could be seen . Kelly came into the pits after blazing the fi rst 50 miles in 5 1 minutes. After a lengthy pit stop Kelly was off. S. Du nca n was still a firm second as he ent ered the half-fast pits with Sod buster Tim Nething com ing in a minute later. Besiner held off Mr. Lee and didn't stop for ga s. Tolmasoff and C. Duncan were through next , both trying to cat ch Nething. who was long . gone running first Amateur. Mulconery charged in next with Mike Col e (250 KTM ) pass ing Bi ll Vanderbyl (250 Cycle Products KTM) less th an a m ile from th e pits . Gr eg Johnston retired at the end of the first loop with a flat. Larry Upp (250 Yam) was leading Mike DYOll (400 Yam ) in the Sen ior class and Scot At chison (1 75 Yam ) was running first L bike. Novice J im Tarlcy (400 Yam) did some outst anding du st cutting as he sta rted five minutes behind th e Amateu rs a nd Exp erts a nd was running 17th overall. Ken Hansing (570 Suz ) was th e early leader but was now in second ahead of Paul Vanderb yl (250 KPWHu s), Da vid Riley (400 Yam) an d Q. Dyott (175 Yam) was leading Kevin Case' (125 Yam ). Bo b SCOll was trying to hold off the cha rge of Lenny Hancock (400 Yam) in th e Jun ior class. The leaders were still running smoot hly until NethinK's brake cable go t caught around hi s fork tube a nd had to stop. Beisner motored past Nething and M. Lee had come within striking distance by the time he got underway. Mulconery was berserking it on the second loop and passed C. Du ncan and Tolmasoff. Also riding hard on the second la p was Grant Colb ert (250 Yam) . Colbert was running back a ways at the start , but was now a top 10 threat . For m ost of the second loop M. Lee and Nething had been going at it but at the road crossing just be fore the sa nd wash M. Lee made his move , passi ng Nething on his front whee l. At the end of the sandwash S. Du nca n seized his bike and lost 10 m inutes ' getting it unstuck . Mike Martin had moved into the top 10 by passing B. Vanderbyl. Once in the rollers for the final tim e Kelly got off and bent his ba rs but t ha t was it. Tom continued on to victo ry with Beisner surprising everyone by bringing his Valerian cycle in a t second overall. M. Lee kept the you ngsters honest by fin ishing third, with Nerhing and Mulconery running ' relatively close at the flag. Tolmasoff and C. Duncan cooked across for six and seventh with Martin an d B. Vanderbyl closing in, but not in time. Cobert fina lly finished a well deserved top 10 he 'd been look ing for a ll da y. C . Duncan and B . Vanderb yl finished thei r first Amateur rides in the top 10 and deserve .t o be recognized. . Tarply ran away and hid from theNovices by fi nishing 12th ove rall ahead of Sen ior Up p and Dyott. Steve Dovies (125 Yam) took the sm a llbore win after Atchison had trouble. T om Hokam a (175 Yam) picked up nu m ber two. Ken Hansing hung in there for second Novice with Bria n Zier (250) picking up third after overtaking R iley and P. Vanderbyl. Richa rd Hughes (250 Yam) won his first ride as an Amateur with newly acquired Senior rider Ed Waldheim (400 IT ) finishing second after a th ree month layoff. Lenny Hancock overtook Bob Scott to take the Junior class win in the Novice division . Doug Behnke (250 Yam) took the overall Beginner win over lightweight Mike Rot h a nd Crick Evans (250 Yam). Lowell Milton (400 Yam) took first Senior and finished in the top 10 comfortably over Max Marker (400 Yam ). First J was Paul Zigler on his 175. Ken Ha nsing ( 125 Yam) took over the Women's Division lead and victory after Marge Reeser (175 Yam) stop ped to help an inju red rider on th e first loo p. T om my Matthews ( 125 Yam ) ran a close second and complet ed th e entire 60 m iles with little trouble. Ga ry Curtis (80 Suz) was top Mini with Mike Heth (80 Yam ) a nd Barry Cra wford (80 Yam) providing som e hot competition. • Results OPEN EX: 1. Tom Kelly (KTM); 2, M ike Mulconery IKTMI ; 3. M ike Ma rtin IHust 250 EX : 1. Doug Beisner (Suzl; 2. Scot Duncan (Yam). 0-200 EX: 1. Steve Davies IYarY\); 2. Cliff Roberts IVaml, JR. SR. EX: Monte Lee IVaml . SR EX; 1. larry Upp lYam); 2. Mike Oyott lVaml. OPEN AM : 1. Chris Duncan ISuzl: 2. JOfry UttOfback (Varni. 250 AM : 1. Tim Nething IHusl; 2. George Tolmasoff IHonl; 3. Bill VandOfbyl lCPWKTMI. CRC's first Senior Amateur Ed Waldheim . 0-200 AM : 1. Tom Hokama 1 125 Suz); 2. Scott Ellie<> 117 Yaml; 3. Scot Atchison 11 75 KTM). 5 SR. AM : 1. RK:ha Hughes lYam~ 2. Ed Wald hr,m

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