Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

i Central PipeliDe ~ t 00 r-- en ,........4 ~ $-0 V ..c o ..... u o The winning Honda of McDonald and Marquardt in fro nt se co nd , A lap la ter he to ok the lea d on t he front ch ute , Ma rtin wok seco nd nn lap 10, ' b u t he was no t a KMSA member , tim , Murra y was a wa rd ed sec o n d . . 51 Dan Brooks 1 nips Denny Byrne at the Dodge City TT Championships, Heat hampers KMSATT Scrambles Championship By_Dick A insworth DO DGE C ITY , KS, SEPT , 3 The 250 cc Cham pionship a t, Dodge City go t off to a wild start in a heat with Mel Wa tson tak ing t he lead over Ga ry Garrison and Bill Sn yder. A lap lat e r Snyder look over second as Da ryl. Novotny took fourth and P hil Culver , who was on his ne w H arl e y, hegan to rnove up throug h t he field . By la p fo ur Snyde r was in the lea d , b u t Watson hadn't given up a nd th e two h au led , b ut a t . the end Sn yd e r won h y a lengt h over W a lso n , N ovot n y and Culver. Ga rr iso n led Snyd e r , W a tso n , Culver a nd Novotny off the line in the final. hUI on lap two Watson went high in turn one and let both Culver and Novotny by . At midway in the ran' Garrison led Snyder , Culver , Novotny a nd W a lso n , I;ut in the first tu rn Cu lver p ull ed off with bik e p ro b lems . On th e next la p a t the e nd of the front straight W a tso n's had end swapped plan's a couple of times and pitched h im off. T he ambulance had 10 be ca ll..d OUI , but Watson was oka y, Garrison still had a four -length lead over Snyder as the whit e flag came o ut. As Ga rrison came out of the last t urn 10 ta ke the chec ke red fla;:, his Bult aco se ized and he slid 10 a ha lt . Snyder in heri ted th e win as Garrison res raru-d a nd finished secon d , In the - 500cc final , Dennis Byrn c' • ~h()t lu 28 th e f r olH , n d Ino\,(,d out i u to a ~ hig It'ad as n an Brook, a nd Ga r\' S,'hli"kau b altlc'd owr 'eco nd a nd C', D , Marrin and Bill Sn ydn fou;: h l O \'l" fourth , On lap 10 C .D. gOI b y Sn yder on Ihl' front dlUlt', hUI Sn\'dn wok il h a('k in t u r n ()()('. Mart in go t it a~ai n and Sn yder began 10 fade hack rapid ly, The 100 -deg"'e heal was too m u ch for Snyder as he had just fi nis hed and won the 15 -la p 250cc final and now he ha d anot hr-r 15· laps in unbearahk- western Ka nsas he ar . Bu t even for the a vid a t h le te Snyder , who constantly trains , it wa s 100 mu ch a nd he fini sh ed fifth out of rhe 12'man - field , T im Lind fors ' new XR -750 had picked up a ra rt h- in the engine a t t he National, in New York the week befo rr-, so he ' ro d e hi, trusty KR flal head 10 vicrorv in his he at 'a n d th en jumpe-d to a qui ck lead in t hr- Open final ove r Mark Ku m le a n d C. D , Marr in as T im N ewby gOI as fa r sidewa ys as one can gc't without going backwards! By lap six Lindfor s had a 50 -foot lead hut Ku m le, Martin a nd , Newbv wen' in a baltic' over second. Corning into the c hec ke rs it was Ku ml e edging the o t her IW bu t his Ya maha O, was mis>ing bad ly, , Sco tt Novotny won his 200cc he a l O\' e r Dan ny Clarke, but in the fina l he cr ash ed in' the first turn while in the lead a nd the race was restarted . Chad Ol inger look the lead followed by Novotny, J o n Bo m be rge r and Mont G . McAllister. Cl arke ca m e fr om the penalt y line to fifth quick ly as Novotny took the lead on la p four. A la p la te r C la rke moved up to fou rt h and then look third as rhe whiu- flag carne OUI. At this po int Olingers Yam ah a seized a nd he was OUI. gi ving second to Cl arke , Phil C u lver rook 1 he h-ad in his ' 125cc he at hu t on lap three Dall as Babco ck got b y and led for tw o laps until C ulver took it ba ck and won, C u lver was gone like a rocker in t ill' fin a l fo llo wed by C larke a nd Babcock. hu t on la p three Ba bcoc k got b y Mik e Clarke then Mik e ;:ot it hack. On lap !i \'l' BahcOl'k n'w ok it for kc'l'p' , Todd R a tl iff wnn his Mini he al mer SCOlt Murra" a nd Mikc' Martin , hut il was M urra y ta king Ihl' k ild in till' fin al o\'e r Martin , 0 , C . Bruso , J r.. a nd Ra tl iff. By lap lhrl'e Ra t liff was in third a nd Iwo laps lal l'r h,' was in Resuts TWO W HEELERS MiC: 1. Larrv Day (Ya m); 2. Ted MartIn IHoo l: 3. M iChael Ahlsedt IYam). MINI SENIOR: t . Todd Ratli ff {Yaml; 2. Scott M urray lYamJ; 3. O. C. Bruso . J r. IYaOlI. lCOce: 1. Dallas Babcock (Yaml; 2. Todd Ratliff IYam l. 125cc: 1. Phil Culver tHonl ; 2. Dallas Babcock (Yam); 3. M ike Clarke (Vam), 200cc: 1. Scott Novotny IYaml ; 2. Danny Clarke (Bull; 3. J on Bomb erger (PDVl. 250cc: t . Bill Snyder (Bull; 2. Gary Garrison lBull; 3. Daryl Novotnv {Yarnl . SOOcc; 1. Denms Byrne (Yaml; 2 . Dan Broo ks ('Yaml ; 3. Gary Scnhckau ('Yaml. OPEN: 1. Tim Lindfors (H-O); 2. Mark Kuml e l'Yaml ; 3. C.O. Martin (Yam). McDonaldl Marquardt bounce back for Aspen Six-Hour win By Art Friedman AS PEN , CO , S EP T . IO Endurance roa d races aren' t su p posed to be won or lost by a hai r's b readt h, but when the flag fell to end th e Mountain Road racing Associatio n's first six -ho u r event , the front -runners were so d ose that no official c a ll was m a d e . In fact, nobody was sure who won . The prime contender seemed to be the Yoshima H o nd a 400 four ridde n by Char le y Mc Do n a ld a nd Torn Ma rqu a rdt , the sa me tea m whi ch won last year , The pai r took ad van rag.. of , their horsepower edge to open a co m m a n d in g lead in the r a in slick en ed earl)' laps of the ra ce. In the first hour their co m pet itio n c a m e from what would be an o d d rn ix t u r e of ' machinery on another track -a Yama ha TT500 thu mper, a Rick m a n Ka wasa ki Z·I and a Ya m a h a RD4 00 , Bu t th is isn't unusu a l a t rh e ex t re rnc ly t ig ht , 1, I ·m ile , 9 -lurn W ood y Creek tra ck which gives no particular ad vantage to any typc' o~ ma chine. The big fast bikes lost, tim .. in t he three very tigh t hairpins a nd regain it o n th e stra ig h ts , a nd jusl the opposi te is true for Ih.. lighter , less po werful hi kes , The Aspe n track is the g r..a l eq ua lizer a nd is pro ha b ly th e ~ a~ Aspen, on ly tra ck whe re t he single-class. ru n wha r-yo u -b r u ng fo r ma t w h ich t he ""MRA uses for this race can be fair to everyone racing. It looked li ke M cDo n a ld an d Ma rq u a rd t would wa lk awa y with the race ea sily. They continued to leave the com peti tion for the firs t two hou rs as th e tr a ck dried out , bu t then McDo n a ld crashed , he nding a h and le b a r. H is overzealous effo rts to st raigh te n it brok e the ba r , a nd th e tea m lost a bo u t six la ps we ld in g it up', T hat delay drop ped d iem d own to about fourth or fifth, bUI the pair ran hard fo r t he next fou r h ours and made quick, smoot h fuel stops. By the last hour they Wert' back in contention , and a ft e r t he lap charts were thoroughly chec ked, McDo n al d , Ma rquard t a nd t ire Yoshima H on d a we re awa rded th e $300 firs t p lace p rize fro m Ka wasa ki of Boul d e r , But it was close: J o h n Rod d y a nd Mike Davidson had ridden a steadv, speed y, c ra s h- f re e race on their Yamaha TT500 and had the winners in sight a t t he finish -which mea ns thev were within 10 seconds when thev coliectrd second place. ' Less th a n a mi le back Bo b Shellle a n d Norm Me ye r b ro ught t heir De nver In sti tute of Tech no logy TT500 in for thi rd a fter a no ther fai rly stea dy race , Consistency and a TT500 a lso served t h e Woody's W h e el W orkssponsored fourth -pl ace finisher which Wood y W it t e sh a re d wi th Ter ry Wischhoffer, Ms . Wisch hoffer's style both o n a n d off t h e tra c k were remarked on bv many, and Witte I commented that ',he co ':'ld easi ly rival Carter A lso p as t he fir st woma n of American road racing, At Aspen shewas smoking t he troops even with a recenr ly broken co lla r bo ne. Always rapid Rust y Sharp and partner Keit h Kiyora look ..d like they might be h ea d cd fo r th e win a bo a rd their almost stock R D400 at th e four hour mark , T'hen K ivot a crashed hea vily, and although Sha rp p ressed on wh ile Kivora recovered, he h a d to stop first to bandage, a mu ffler a nd then repl an' it with one purloined from a spect ator's bike , This setback (in a d di t io n to two m ore c r as h es) dropped th eir Bright on Cycles /Flower Co , ..ntry to fifth with 294 laps, 6 1 55 .. than the winn..r , Sixth p lace eventually fcl l to Ihe Ft. Collins Cycle Cent ..r H o n d a 750 o f

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