Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

.IC"" e"eH ,.wo HeeDS HS' ,.0"· ..0,.0 G . /; Northern California'" David Bertram topped the Open A cIaas, , rest and get back on time for soIJ.le scenic woods riding overlooking the Walker Basin. A memorable "goat trail" had a bunch of riders down off the side trying frantically to get back on the trail. Team Honda rider Ted Worrell slipped off and lost valuable time, costing him four points at the next cheek along with A.C. Ballen (Hus). Ai Baker (H~) was trying to keep his record intact of burning every easy check. District 51's number one Open rider Ken Lewis, Jr. DNF when his ignition wouldn't ignite on his Maico. Bob Steffan had a new Maico out but didn't have the jetting dialed in yet and had to pack it in at check B when the ca.rb kept loading up. Bob was disappointed; he used to ride the area when the Greenhorn ~ent through on the way to Greenhorn' Mountain. Dust was a major problem at times as the wind refused to blow during the morning. A few riders found themselves temporarily lost when they missed turn arrows in the dust between checks Band C. The course was 80% trail and 20 % road with the trails challenging and tiring. Water bars at uneven intervals and spacing provided numbei-ous techniques for jumping. The major "special test" was located in ,National Enduro winner Tom,Webb's section off of Piute Vista. a tough sixmile downhill stretch that had the very best riders eight minutes late at 24 mph. A good A rider's score was 12 minutes down. Sanf9.rd won the enduro however, in a shoner tight section when he was the only rider to lose only two points. Rick Munyon just missed a two to pick up a three-pOint loss in the section to drop him a point behind Sanford. Munyon hit another check a minute early and questioned the accuracy but since he would have still been down a point On Sanford. the check was not protested. Of the top 14 riders overall who picked up National Enduro points, only Sanford and Dave Bertram (Hus) didn't burn at least one check. The UEA was pleased. They felt it was easy to layout a section to catch riders late, it was extremely difficult to catch them early. Top B overall was Malcolm Smith's Racing Products General Manager Gary Drean (Hus) who earned himself an automatic transfer to A. dropping 29 points_ Teammate Kent Richardson picked up the B-250cc win. In spite of burning check B, Jay Tullis still took the A-200cc class win while his 'son Doug took the A-125cc honors on his XLl25 engine/XRl25 frame special. The District !!6 riders took the other A class wins with Dave Benram (Hus). nailing down the 250cc win while George Sutliff (Yam), took the A-Open class. Kolbe sponsored P~te Smith won the A-Senior class aboard his !!70 Can-Am to move into a very commanding lead for the Western Regional Senior Championship. Smith has won his class at the three Western, National Enduros held this year. IRRC was on hand providing communications and rescue services as needed. The event was rated tough and very well run by the riders. The turn mileages took some getting used to by the local riders as they sometimes relied upon speedometer error instead of dialing into the mileage at the turn. causing a greater number of burnt 'checks than usual. The AA riders were pleased that a D-!!7 run was more like the runs they are used to riding and challenging enough for a National Enduro. • Results A OPEN: 1. DlMd B.1r8m (Huo): 2. _ Sutliff (Yernl: 3. Bob A 250: 1. Mike P81heqyi lSul): 2. Mike GodIToy (Mail: _lSuzl. 3. Mike Adorno CMeiI. A 200: 1. Jay Tullio CHonl: 2. Ran Rei..l,oldIOii (C-Al: 3. Jerry 8lIiley (Yom). A 125: 1. Doug TullistHon). A SR: 1. ""'" Smith IC-Al: 2. Ron fry (Yom): 3. Roy Shoriden tHus!. B OPEN: 1. Gory Dr_ tHus): 2. Doug Bar1h (KTMI: 3. lllMIllobroth (HUll. B 2!iO: 1. Kent Richardson 1Hus!: 2. George I..Iindio (Suzl: 3. Jeff c.mon (Hus). B 200: 1. Mlnin Trest tSuzl: 2. BiN Herndon (Yam): 3. I.Mry Reg<> (Yernl. B 125: 1. Bob Prick"" tHanl: 2. Scott McKenzie (KTMl: 3. Mike McCl..e (SWM). B SR: 1. Don McNamee (Hus): 2. Eric Lohman (HUll: 3. Wa~ Bell (Bull. AA: 1. Don Sanford tMaiI: 2. Rick Mnyon (Han): 3. Mike Hannon (Kawl. COPEN: 1. Ben Stark (Yam): 2. 0aryI1 Thoman tHUlI: Di_ 3. Tom COrtar (Bull. . C 250: 1. Mark (C-Al: 2. St.... Piaarik . (Yern): 3. Patrick Aanegen ISuzl.. C 200: 1. K

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