Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

JDDDDDD.DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD.D.DDDDDDD.DDD.DD •••• D•• DDD.D.D.DD"'D."""D"" •••••• 'DDDDDDDD •••• DDDD ••• D••• D••••• D , Central Pipeline - Results A hardy Bartley GP contestant presses on through the Nebraska brush. 52 Holesh ottin g as usual , h is fir st lap lead ended with a sp ill that sent him back to IOth . As ne w leaders Earl Cherry and Tom Hollister , both on KX 250's, started swapping that position, Priddy mov ed around Ga ry Chandler for third and then methodically p icked off Hollister and Cherry before the fin ish. The fin al moto was not as dramatic . P riddy b uilt a so li d a dva nta ge, holdin g it until the end , an d clai med first overa ll. Four riders comprised the battle for second. Cherry, Chandler , H ollister and Billy Cli ck (H on) kept ea ch other busy but all allowed Priddy to esca pe . At the fini sh lin e ' Ea rl Ch erry had some brea thi ng room for second, Hollister and Click got around Chandler, a nd late cha rging Cli ck almost nipped Holli ster a t the flag. "Flying Bryan" Taylor from Bandera just might be one of the big stories of the '79 Champion ship Series a s evi den ced by his p erformance today. Aboard Yam ah a International suppo rted-TCR Racing YZ Yamahas , Taylor clobbered everyone in the 100c c B group and Sen ior Minibike ; and set the fas test lap time of the day, _1:47.75, that wasn' t best ed by the Pros once the track became unmerciful later in t he aft ernoon. Taylor led every lap of every moto and , after this fir st weekend , a ppears unstoppable . Greg Fouts from Amarillo claim ed the 100cc A g ro u p h on ors. All the Amateur a nd Intermediate classes will be split until the final two week ends when elim ina tions and single classes will decide th e ch am p ions . Danny Storbeck , fro m San Antonio , an d Eddi e Vreeland , f ro m Frien dswood , were simply too hot to handle in the Junior Min i and 50cc classes respec t ive ly. Both a ppear capab le of goi ng all the way. The 125cc Novice class was sp lit into four groups , each with their own win n er . David Hugh es , fr om Pasadena , recorded th e .fastest moto time of all the class es in gr oup B on th e way to his ove rall win . Hughes' spe ed today m ay or m ay not mean anything, however . as the key to victory d uring a fo ur wee kend Novice shoor out . is survival. T he other 125cc Novi ce group winners were Joh n Cherry fro m Kileen in hea t A ; last yea r's Mini cham pio n T im Butler from Azle won heat race C ; a nd Glen Ingram from Austin took grou p D. The 250 cc Novices were sp lit into three heats , the fastest without a doubt being group B '; T he riders finishing first and second in that one set the two fastest times of all the riders in this class . Jay Knight and Glen Goodier were the two speedsters dominating group B. Darren McK ee from Mt . Pleasant is expected to ch allenge for the title as his victo ry in grou p A would suggest. H ouston rid ers Scott Head a nd Mark Ric e were fa stest in groupC . "Bu llet Ben" Theriot from Denham Springs, Louisiana (Ohl the sha me of it all if a Cajun wins the Texas championship) sorched the l25cc Intermediate class group C first moto on the way to the fastest heat ra ce time a nd the over all . Tony Neilsen sal vaged some respe ct for Texas by catching a nd passing Bullet Ben in the final moto of that grou p. but Theriot still managed to beat overa ll th e toughest bunch of the three class splits. Todd Kimbrell from Hillsboro was sim p ly too fast -for the rest in grou p B, and Randy Mansell from Arl ington won group A . Theriot returned for the 250 cc Interm ediat es , aga in facing the toughest opposition in group A , win n in g both motos com forta b ly. T roy Ro ge rs from Fort Worth had an easy time winning grou p B and both m otos . Th e cla ss is unu suall y compet iti ve this yea r foll owing seve ra l years of one rid er d omination . Before t he Texas Seri es en d s , th e 50 I ntermed ia tes m ay well provid e the best fireworks of a ll th e cla sses . Open Intermediates wer e spli t into t wo g r ou ps a s we ll. Both we r e extrem ely competitive each mot o and no one ri der appears superior to th e rest. Scott Buscanyi fro m Pasadena and Joey Balc ol m from San Anton io were the two hea t race winners today; but more than likely we a in' t seen nothin' yet. Bob "Supe rm a n" Pop e didn 't leap a ny tall buildings today, but · he d id ma nage to win the Over- 30 J u nior div ision ove r Ji m Ca lve rt , Donny Pen well, Danny Co le, and Greg " I' ve never rid de n on t his track before" Labbe . MINI MINI : 1. Eddie Vreeland IYaml; 2. Blake Garland (Suzl; 3. Angi e Scon (Kaw); 4. Jam es Skinner (Suz); 5. Brant Wedding (Sull. MINIB IKE JR: 1. Danny Storbeck ISuzl; 2. Kit Vick (Yam); 3. Eddie Vreeland (Yam); 4. Ang ie Scott U( awl ; 5. Brent Freed (Suzl. MINIBIKE SR: 1. Bryan Taylor IYaml ; 2. David Douglass (Kaw); 3. Bryan Abernathy (Yam); 4. Marvin Skinner, Jr . (Suzl; 5. Kerry Wr inkle (Kawl . 100cc "A" : 1. Greg Fouts (Suz): 2. Jerry Martin (Suzl; 3. Steve Howar d (Suzl; 4. Jo ey Michelle (Yam); 5. Chris W ells (Yam). 1DOcc " B": 1. Bryan Taylor (Yaml; 2. Craig Raymond (Yaml; 3. Ben Clemens (Yaml; 4. David Sherer (Suz); 5. Mi ke Foyti k ISuzl. 125 NOV " A": 1. J ohn Cherry IYaml; 2. Joh n Middl eton (Yam); 3. Steve Reavis (Yam); 4. James Howl e (Kaw): 5. Pete Sulli van (Suz). 125 NOV " B": 1. David Hughes IYaml: 2. Gene Goodi er IHonl; 3. Aubr ey W right ISuzl; 4. Jo hn Rood ISuz); 5. John Casey ISuzl. 125 NOV " C ': 1. Tim Butl er (Suz); 2. Jerry Skinner (Suzl; 3. Joey Michelle (Yam); 4. James Payne (Hon); 5. Chris Moore (Yam). 125 NOV " 0 " : 1. Glen Ingram IKawl ; 2. Mike W ard (Yam); 3. Dan Stoldt (Suz); 4. Brian Branum (Suz): 5. • Kenny Harris (Suzl. 125 INT " A": 1. Randy M ansell (Suz); 2. Ben Clemens (Yam); 3. David Scheff ler (Han); 4. Craig Riddle IKawl ; 5. David M yres ISuzl. 125 INT " B" : 1. Todd Kimbrell ISuz); 2. Mark Dawson (Suz); 3. Rodn ey W iginton (Hon); 4, Kyle Hughes (Kaw); 5. Tim Smith (Suz). 125 tNT " C": 1. Ben Theriot (Hon); 2. Ronald Dawso n; 3. Tony Nielsen (Yaml; 4. Danny Scheffl er (Hon); 5. Kevin Vaught (Suz). 125 EX: 1. Dennis Brand tHan); 2. Glen John son (Kaw ); 3. Richard Reeves (Suz); 4. Kirk Dillon (Suzl; 5. Keith Davis (Suz). 250 NOV " A''': 1. Darren M cKee (Hon); 2. David Scheffl er (Hon); 3. Richard Jackson (Yam); 4. Les Rugg (Hon); 5. Tomm y W iebold (Hon). 250 NOV " B" : 1. Jay Knigh t IKaw ); 2. Glen Goodier (Han); 3. Randy Squ ier (Hon); 4. Keith Bird (Suz); 5. Scoot er Fincher (Yaml. 250 NOV " C" : 1. Scan Head IYaml; 2. Mark Rice (Kaw l; 3. Kelly Glenn (Kaw); 4. John Greening (Yaml; 5. J oe Williams (Mai). 250 INT " A": 1. Ben Theriot (Hon); 2. Malcolm Vincetn (Hon): 3. Tommy Cureton (Hon); 4. Brent J ohnson IMail; 5. Steven Chappell (502). 250 INT " B" : 1. Troy Rogers (Hon); 2. Jerry Farmer, Jr . (Yaml; 3. David Gigax (Honl ; 4. Tim Wagner (Hon); 5. Ron Sussman (Yaml. 250 EX: 1. Roger Brown IC-AI; 2. Dicky Turnbo IHon); 3. Glen Johnson IHon); 4. Wyman Priddy IHonl ; . 5. Gary Graham ISuz). . OPEN INT " A" : 1. Soon Bucsanyi IYam); 2. Dan Lackey (Yam); 3. Bob Wilson (Yaml; 4. Kary Don Smith (Mai); 5. Eric Berg (Yaml. OPEN INT " B": 1. Joey Balcom IHus); 2. Jeff Knepp (Hust; 3. Tom J ohnson (Mail: 4. John Depperschmidt . IM on); 5. Kyle PowelilMail. OPEN EX: 1. Darrell Hollingsh ead ISuzl; 2. Mitchell Milson (KTM); J . Richard Reeves (Suz); 4. Chris Dublin {Yaml; 5. Rick French (Yam). OVER 30 INT: 1. Bob Pope (Mai); 2. J im Calvert (Suzl; 3. Donn y Penwell IBul); 4. Danny Cole (Suz); 5. Greg Labbe IYaml. OVER 30 EX: 1. Wyman Priddy (Hon); 2. Earl Cherry ISuzl; 3. Tom Hollister IKaw l; 4. Gary Chandler IMai l; 5. Billy Click IHonl . Bartley GP 79 a real toughie this time By Linda Booth BARTLEY, NE, APR . 22 After thre e years of being deluged with rain Bartiey finally got to run a tough and varied course. In p revious years rain had caused the race to be re -routed to a different course so rid ers could fin ish the event. This year's cou rse included fast irrigation ca na l ro ad , miles of d eep sand, steep uphills , wh it e knuckle downhills a nd m ile after m ile of timber. Bartley's Grand Prix go t started promptly at I :00 p .m . with the riders straddling their bikes , arms pointed skyward , waiting for t he ech o of th e shotgu n blast off th e. buildi ngs on the little town's main stree t. The heavyweight Open class had a g re at co n test going b etween Bi ll O sthoff, Bo b P r uss ma n a nd Bob Moore . At the end of the firs t lap Osthoff was leading with Prussm a n close beh in d . Pru ssm an ove rtoo k Osthoff a little past the hal fway point , b ut as he was tearing through th e tim ber , a dangling grapevi ne ca ug ht Prussman by th e nec k a nd yanked him off his b ike. By t he en d of the race he looked like the loca l .vigila ntes had strung him up fo r horset hievi ng . W hi le Prussm an was putting him self back toget her , Bob Moore captured second p lace . Moore ma n aged t he fas test lap tim e of the day on his th ird la p , co m p leti ng th e 18-mil e co u rse in 33 m inutes , which put him in to th e lead where he stayed for the rest of th e day. The ph ysically demanding course caused even spe edy Moore to add two m inutes to h is lap tim e for t he remainder of t he ra ce . Osthoff dropped bac k as ste ady Rich Dostal pu lled up to second pla ce at th e start of th e fourth la p and kept it. Only 16 Open class riders fin ished the full six laps in the alloted tim e - ou t of 78 sta r ters . John Morgan of Go lden , Co lor ado, got off to a fast sta rt at the beginning of the ra ce a nd was leading the 250cc 's at the end of th e first la p , but Du dl ey Biddl e q uickly closed in tigh t a t secon d and Rick Coa tman took third . At th e end of the thi rd la p the three to p fin ishers ha d settled into th eir fin al trophying order of Biddle , Sturm and Lindquist. T h e dem a n d ing cou rse took its toll in thi s cla ss too. O nl y eight finished th e fu ll six la ps in the given tim e . The 20 0cc cl a ss winner , Darryl Dempste r , proved his tough riding a b ility as h e p icked up st eam throughout the whole race. Moving from sixth place in the first a nd second laps, to second place in the third, he led the final three laps. Dempster was the only rid er to complete the six laps within the tim e limit with fast 35 m inutes lap times. K.W. Pelon, who finished second in the 200cc class , started strong and was leading at th e end ofthe th ird lap , but fell back into his eventual second place slot. _ The Old Timers race (40 years + ) boiled down to a dog eat dog contest between Don Overbeck a nd local farmer Bill Nelson . Overbeck led the first two laps with Nelson's front wheel chewing at his exha ust pipe. Nel son took over th e lead on the third lap a nd successfu lly held Ove rbeck off for the remainder of the day. Rounding out third place was Jim McQuatters of Laramie , Wyoming. The Old Timers proved that they were a grizzly group. Five out of th e 14 sta rters completed the five la ps. The trophy winners seemed to think it was th e greatest course yet , while those wh o didn't fare so well thought it was a mean , tough run. A dirty frazzl ed rider pick ing up his fri end's trophy at th e en d of th e ra ce , when asked whe re h is buddy was replied , "He's in the back of the van trying to fini sh d ying . " Another co m ment was , " We always love to come to the Bartley Grand Prix - it's our on e fun race of the yea r. Why'd you guys have to get so damned ser ious th is yea r?" Riders were entere d from as far away from this t iny fa rm ing com m u ni ty (populati on 283) as Oregon , T exas and Missouri , Minnesota with the bulk of them coming from neighbori ng Colorado. Results OVERALL TROPHY: Bob Moore 1400varnl, OPEN CLASS: 1. Rich Dostal IBull; 2. Bill Osthoff (Yam); 3. Charles J ensen (Yam ); 4 . J oe Jackson (Yam); 5. Chuck Boyd IYam): 6. Gary M yers IHonl; 7. Bill Vickery (Yam); 8. Dwayne Alb recht (Yam); 9. Curt Becker {Yaml; 10. Cliff McPherson (Yam); 1' . Vick Barlish (Mail; 12. Bob Kc w ardv (Yam); 13. laverne Brown (Yam); 14. Forrest Selm er IHus); 15. Jim St retch (Yaml; 16. J im Hodg es (Yam); 17. Stan Hain es (Yaml. 250 CLASS: 1. Dudl ey Biddl e IHon): 2. W ayne Sturm IHus); 3. Steve Lindquist (Yaml: 4. Kevin BudJ (Han): e 5. Steve Szekula IYaml; 6. Karl Siemon IHusl;"7. Don Hilpert (Yam); 8. Lee Wu bbles (C2); 9. Randy Vrzal IHon); 10. Curtis Eveleight (Yam); 11. Dale Campbell (Hus); 12. Bob Brow n (Suzl; 13. Brad Wate rland (Yam); 14. Roger Dow den (Hus); 15. Bob Burns (Yam); 16. J oel Tucker (Yam). 200 CLASS: 1. Darryl Dempster IYaml: 2. K.W . Pelon (Yam); 3. Steve Fleming (Suzl; 4. Randy Bright (Yam); 5. Terry W ickstrom (Suz); 6. Ron Sling iby (Yam); 7. Brent Bovd (Yam); 8. Chuck l ee (Hod); 9. Gaynor Smith (Yam); 10. Dave Burns (Suzl; 11. Dan Heller (Yam); 12. lloyd Drust (Suzl; 13. Lynn W ise (Suzl. OLD TIMERS CLASS 1 & over): 1. Bill Nelson 40 (Suz); 2. Don Overbeck (Yam); 3. Jim McQuaners IYaml. FIRST FEMALE: Kathryn Edison IYaml.

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