Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

OVER J8-A; 1. Min< Switre< IHusl; 2 James Ramsey (Hus); 3. Pat _ . So-. IKTMt OVER JB.8: 1. Gt.n Thom1Dn 1HusI; 2. Dan Stadttande' ISwl; 3. Kent Kizerian IHusl. OVER J8-C; 1. Clarke Ilavdson (Husl; 2 Rony Haosham lSuzJ; 3. Sergo<> EIuondo ttlu.t CRCHobol00 hosts 735 riders By Mike Klinger LUC ER NE VALLEY, CA , A PR . 8 T ake perfect 70 degree wea ther, sunshine and Soggy Dry Lake and you ha ve the setting of the C a lifornia Racing C lu b Hobo 100 end u ro . The p its were located at t he usu al Hobo sit e , just two m iles north of Soggy Dry Lake on t ha t very well kno wn , rough din road. W hen the first riders hit t he trail at 8 :00 a .m. , over 700 other eager tro phy-bou nd entrants were to follow. This yea r's overall win ne r was Don Mc Namee, who completed the 100 m iles while only dropping 2 1 seconds . McNamee topped the O pen B over l}5 class wh ich was a fe a t in itse lf, outseoring all t he A rid ers. The firs t A rid er finished only one second behind McNamee . Ken Cater dropped only 22 seco nds over the three loops and rode O pen A. Finishi ng third overa ll was Don Brackroy. O pen B . who lost 30 secon ds . T he third loop mad e a bee-line directly east towa rds the foothills for some all -ou t ridge running. The times and the speeds were difficult but not im possib le . One unusual facto r in this year's Hobo 100 was after fin ishing th e three loops , everyone's score ca rd had 13 ch•-cks m a rked. Tha t' s a lot! After cres ti ng one of th e m any hills. the rid ers fou nd th emse lves on that fa mous Ho bo goat trail. Most riders had to bulldog their mach ines down the narrow lin e rather t ha n ridi ~g' J _them . T o make things even mo re d ifficu lt, a second goat tra il was em ployed that was twice as hard to negotiate . Aft e r all the sweat and the grime. the th ird loop ended to round ou t the 100 miles. Mark Corbin, 250cc C , was the overa ll two loop winner, only losing an incredib le 10 seconds over 70 m iles. T here was a tie for the overall win in the O pen C class for two loopers. Steve B lo ck e r and Chris Kie1ick b ot h dropped 12 seco nds wh ile Robert Clark , 250 cc C , lost 20 seconds and placed fou rt h overall a nd second in the 250 C class. Loops one and two a re relatively the sa me. Both loo ps meandered th roug h the foothills wit h the main emphas is on tim ekeeping . Loop two d id incl ude some slight hills a nd rocks but nothing that was unheard of. Loop one was fa ir ly fla t and a very enjoyable ride , but no t for fa m ily end u ro. Ky Klieber a nd Brian H ill ended up tied for the loo p one honors . Kliebe r was firs t Min i a nd Hill was firs t 200cc C under 16 . Both ri ders lost only on e second over the 32 ·mile loop. Larry Stefan, 80cc A, John Bra nd t , 200cc C under 16, Don Zensor, 200cc C under 16, Bria n Ha rris . l 00cc C under 16 , and Don Gouvion , BOcc C. all dropped three seco nds to outlast their other com petitors. Linda Hudson, 200 cc Wom a n B, lost five seconds a nd finished as firs t woman in a B ca tegory. Ove rall. the 1979 Ho bo 100 enduro was exce llent but there was little d iffe rence or variety in the first two loops. T h is could possibly be due to the lack of available la nd fro m the BLM. • NORTHWEST woodland. W•. 5-12 Spana way. Wa. 5-17 Bend. Ore. 6-10 ~~W'S' ~~ TBA ~ ~I ~/ilii///i//i0 . WESTERN. 2 Sacr ame nto, Ca . Pra ir ie Cily. Ca . : Sa cra mento, Ca . P ra iri e City . Ca. I,, ,, 5-6 5-13 6-10 6·24 I , , I I , I I I II fI I I , WESTERN. t La s Vegas, Nev . 5-12·13 Phoenix. Az. 5-2~ 27 ROCKYM OUNTAIN Laramie, Wy. 5-13 : .::::::: =::::--:::. NORTHEAST Middleboro. M•••. 4·29 So ut hwiek. Mass. 5-26·27 \ \ I......r- Southwick. Mass. 6-10 Lune nburg 7-8 . ~ TBA TBA ~:~~~~r;:~~~i~' :~1~14 . ~~'1 ~. ~ ((((((((~))~lt) · ~:~:~;llld~~:19-20 NATIONAt Omaha, Neb. 6-9-10 va leneia. Ca . &-9·10 Adelanto. Ca. 6-16-17 Baron. 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