Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

first tu rn. All four riders kn ew a ll through t he race how close they wer e. a nd W a llin gsford was giving it his best shot. He tried 10 ha ve th e b roken brake rod rep laced a t the last pit. b u t th e one they h ad proved 10 be 100 sho rt . J ohnson fin ished a bo u t two min u tes la ter , and with their four m in ut e sta rti ng d ifference . took the win . Bot h teams. eac h with a Las Vegas rider a nd a southern Ca lifornia rid er , were mobbed . Severa l Sportsm an teams. down a lap , came into th e finish , but it was nearly 30 minu tes befo re the third place tea m came int o th e finis h , Ru sh a nd H a nsen . H ansen had a flat front tire on h is half of the last loop . and the fro nt b rake was go ne th rough most of the race , but other tha n that, they had no trou bles. Fo urth overa ll and seco nd in the 250cc class wen t to Al hstrom and Ba lent in e aboard t heir De r W ienerschnitzellDur alu be machine. Fifth went to anot he r KTM when Dav is and Harper recover ed fro m the ir swinga rm tra nsp lant to fini sh wit h a time of j ust over 12 hou rs. David H opk ins and Randy Neal too k th eir 390 Husky to sixth overall and th ird in th e Open class . All the way from Everett , W A, Rich and Ron Binckl ey ro de th eir Everett Yama ha YZ400 10 fou rth in th e O pen clas s and sevent h overa ll. At eighth overall was t he 250cc Hond a of Bill Robert son and Jimmy Jackson . finishing in front of the first over 40 team, Sam Bass and Art Kna pp . Bast and Kn a p p had led th e over 40 cla ss througho u t most of the race and had no mechanica l tro ub les a nd on ly one minor crash . R ick Sc h um a ker and ' G ary Charters ro unded ou t the top l O on a 250cc KTM . T he ma n behin d th e La s Vegas 40 0 is Casey Folks, who did everything fro m p ro moting the event to tech inspe ction to sta rt ing it and acting as flagm an on occa sion. Hel ping with th e task wer e cou rse m arsh a ll De nnis Roberts, tech inspector Ca l Mills, Bob Maich le ( tim ing and communica tion ) . Bobbie Shields (scoring) a nd Ca thy Bass (registra tion ). T he single most d iscussed top ic was th e 106 -mi le course . It was roc ky, d usty. silty a nd very . very rou gh . Both th e lea ders indicated that their bik es were throug h as com petition ma chi nes after th e amount of punishm en t th ey had absorbed. Sa id J ack J ohnson : " I' ve never see n anyt hi ng ge t as 10 m up ." Sai d Brent W all in gsford : " . .. a lot ro ugher . No co mparison to SCO RE races." Sa id Fred Hansen : "T here was no pla ce 10 res t, even on the fast ro ads ." Said Chuck Rush: "T h is is th e first race I' ve ridden wh er e th ere wer e mor e roc ks on t he last lap th an on th e first." Sa id Sam Bass: "This was a bo u t the ro ug hes t race I've ever ridden." These wer e sta teme nts of fact ; few were com pla in ing . 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Kevin Davis/Jeff Harper 1 250 KTMl 12:05.24; 6. David Hopkins/Randy Neal 1 390 Husl: 7. Rich BinckleylRon Binckley (400 Yam) 12:19.00; 8 . Bill 50 Robef1son fJ immy Jackson 12 Han ) 12:23 .03; 9. Sam Suzuki of Van Nuys West Coast Ifl Volume Dealer 1 &1 4 1 Sherman Way , Van Nuys, CA 213-994-2800 213-994-2882 3 Blocks West of the San Die£;o Freeway Bass/Art Knapp lOver 40, 390 Hus) 12:26.35; 10. Rich Schumaker/Gary Charters (250 KTM) 12:32.41; 11. l eonard Sik orski/M el Chap ma n 1 250 Yaml 12:38:20; 13. Kevin Bise/Rob Relaf ord 1250 Hus) 12:39 .35: 14 . Rick Fing er/Bob Rutten (250 HusI 12:43.30 . 125cc: 1. Marv Chapma n/Paul Emerson ISuz): 2. Bennie BrownfKev;n Gashter ISuz ). ~ SPORTSMAN OPEN: 1• .Kevin ColanlWiliiam Sp end love IHus); 2. M yram Kitch en. J r./Oave W heJ n (Yam ); 3 . Haro ld R. do W ing /Harol d A . W ing (Yam) . 25Occ: 1. Doug St adtlander/Mik e Purdy (Ho n); 2. M ontie Gerber/Art Lavier (Hon); 3. Reb W allace/Stev e Beck (Yaml. 125cc : 1. 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