Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

II _.•.._._._.•. 1:1 ~~._._._._._._._._.- _._._.~_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. Weste ~ E I.!') ..... M Q) ..c e Q) - > o Z A group of riders negotiate'a turn during Saturday Saddleback Motocro.. racing. 8/0se blows 'em away at SSM MX After a layoff due to injury, Marland Whaley was second at V.a.T.E. - -. -32 The three loop trial produced just 27 cleans from 15 Expert sta rters as Schreiber notched eigh t. Whal ey had six and L ersch carded four . Matt Pritchard. with two cleans. was the only other footster to traverse without penally more than once. So . despite Bernie's nonchalant comment about the d ifficul t y quotient . it apparently was a re al doozy . But neither buffalo herds nor discouraging words were heard . However, one recent convert to the joys to top class status , Scott Head , was heard to utter. "Gee, 1 hope the Forest Service doesn ' t mind all the claw marks we left at the top of section 12." Ah , yes. Section 12. Your basic loose soiled. ro cky gradient leading to a simple nine foot wall made all the more exciting by a steady trickle of muddy water. Oh , and don't forget the full lock left tum at the summit of t h e ledge to avoid barging in t o another rock wall . abou t 40 fee t ta ll. Bernie cleaned it on his first try. Only Lersch with a one and Whaley with a three avo ided fives on the first effort. The Halloween tri a l site , after two years at Gorman . was switched to the Littlerock Dam area in the Mojave. Se ve ra l boy-you -sure -could -he ld -a National -here com men ts were heard . Also im pressed by the day's proceedings were a couple of German motojournalists and a pair of Eng~ish visitors who are old hands at th e trials game. The UKers were Bert Thorn . an executive with Comerfords and Bultaco UK , and Yorkshireman Colin Appleyard, Bultaco's largest com pe ti -, tion dealer in England. Both fell that their lads back home would be right impressed with th e terrain and sections wh ile marvelling over the fact that American riders can show up at op en a reas and go riding every-which awa ys. Who cou ld ha ve th e heart to tell th em about environmental impact stu dies, insura nce . hunting , permits, tra il usage restrictions . green stic kers , spark arrestor tests and wild erness interpret a tion hassles tha t are a part of our "ope n" riding? Da vid Ige scored his second straight win in the Amateur class as Compe ti tio n Chairman Joe Ige looked on with fat herly pride. Joe also heads u p the monthly cl ub trial s. David , .14 and just barely big enough to fit his TY17 5. topped Ron Ben iga r by seven points. 65 -72. Reed Evans was anoth er three markers back in th ird place. Mr. ITA . Jean Fradett e. hea ded th e Sen ior A's, with a 13 point win margin over Ph il Sm ith . Former ATA Prez Bill Markham topped the Senior B's with a 14 point "squeaker" over Ralph Silb er. Kevin Morris scored almost as many cleans , 25 . as the entire Expert class d id , to lead all Novices . Kevin's winning score was 22 as Ga ry Conrad scored a 25 for second. Rick Peckham post ed a 26 for th ird wh ile Charlie " icha bod " Inman's 29 was good for fourth. Bob Watson , who dropped just two Beginner points, p ro bably regrets a brief b ik e swap he made a fter a puncture ou t on the loo p . A protest led to h is disqua lif ica ti on . Da vid Rofsky took first over Denny W olff on cleans . Both to talled three on the day. Larry Woodruff doubled th eir sco res to take third . The tri a l de fin itel y wasn't all -wet but it d id afford many of th e sou th ern SoCalers a rare terra in t reat - wa ter on th e rocks. As t he da y wo re o ut Bern ie Schreibe r was last see n d ressed as a jack-o-lantern bobbing for apples with Colin Appleyard wh ile Marland Whaley in a sheet and face mask fired up h is Montesa moro crosser to go scorchi ng off into th e su nset looking for the Great Pumpkin . Results EXPERT: 1. Bernie Schr eiber 42; 2. Marland Whaley 56; 3. Greg Lersch 76 ; 4 . Dan S utfin 112; 5. Andr e Pluffol15. AMATEUR: 1. oav;d Ige 55 ; 2. Ron Benigar 72: 3. Reed Evans 75; 4. Georg e Av ery 79 ; 5. oR od campbell By Terry Whytal ORANGE, CA . OC T . 28 Chappy Blose switched to the 250cc class and rode his Ma ico to a sweep of both 250cc Pro motos, Blose quickl y shot to the lead of the first moto with Yamaha rider Luc Deley close behind. Ma ico -mounted Huff Hadley, who had gotten a sixth place start , began mov ing up , passing Drew Nelson (Yam) and Andy Kirker (Mai) to take over third . Blose slowly opened up some breathing room in front of Deley while Hadley tried to close on th e two leaders but had to settle for th ird at th e checkers as Blose won handily. , O nce again it was Blose grabbing the lead at the st art of the second moto. In second was th e Honda of Pat Dell igatta just ahead of Kawasaki rider Robert Presinger, J im Cooke th en brought his Kawasak i up to challenge and soon passed Delligatta and Presinger to take over second. Deley and H adley began a good race which soon carried them up into th ird and fourth spots with H adley ta king th ird at th e flag . Cooke held on to second behind Blose. Overall the fin ishing positions were Blose (I -I) first . Hadley (3- 3) second and Deley (2-4) th ird . Bill Rubly. riding for DMG , won the Open Pro class over a strong but inconsistent field . of riders . Husky riders Ron Tebbs and Goat Br eker fin ished second and third respect ively. Suzuki-mounted Cra ig Dale won the 125c c Pro class . Scott Fryfe rode his Suzuki to second with t hir d go ing to Danny Shaw on a Yamaha, Results OPEN PRO: 1. Bill Rubly loMG); 2. Ron Tebbs IHus ): 3. Goat BrakerIHusl. 250cc PRO: 1. Chap py Blos e IMai): 2. Huff Hadley IMa" : 3. Lui 0eIey (Ya ml. 125cc PRO: 1. Craig oal o ISuz): 2. Scon Frvte ISuz): B1. SENIOR A: 1. Jean Frad ene 65 : 2. Phil Smith 78: 3. Gil Smith SENIOR B: 1. Bill M.,ham 30 : 2. Ralph S"ber 44: 3. Doug Marsha ll 55 . NOVICE: 1. Kevin Ma n is 22; 2. Gary Conra d 25: 3. 3. Danny Shaw (Yam ). Rick Peckham 26 ; 4. Charlie Inma n 29 ; 5. Tim W ets 31. BEGINNERS: 1. Bob Wa tson 2; 2. David Rofsk y 3: 3. (Hen l: 3. Eric McKrakken (Yam ). eo. Donny Wolff 3: 4. l.a

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