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......................................................................... ;._- ~,',.~ . ~ ~ , .• ~.~ Ceil"'al PipeliDe Burke outshines Mother Nature at UTE Cup By Keela Wicker COLORADO SPRGS. CO, AUG. 18-19 The lOth Annual UTE Cup, held in the Pike National Forest, outside of Colorado Springs, was designed as a challenging two day mOUDtain event for all R.M.T.A. members. except th~ Novice class. It is also open to any out·of-state rid~r·who has not competed in t~ Championship c1ass in th~ National seri~. This event was organiz~d by Bill Brokaw. of Colorado Springs. who took top honors in 1970 and 1971. Approximately 125 rid~rs si~ up for the popular mountain chall~n~ and this trial, as many oth~rs, had Its share of problems. The club had hosted an International Trials event just two months earli~r. Thq also had to contend with good "ole" Moth~r Nature who show~ some of h~ "it's not nice" stuff. Things got a little confused on the first day - th~re was no rid~rs' m~ting to tell you what number out you were. The first rider did hit the loop at 8:00 a.m., and by ~ time the last rid~ h~ad~ out, the rain had stan~ to fall. The early rid~rs held a slight advantage as the rain turn~ to sl~t. ~n hail. and finally snow. as thq climbed hi~ up the mOUDtain. Most of the sections were at 10,000 to 11,000 f~t and the vi~ was th~ nic~t thing on the mountain that day. Th~re w~re mix~ f~lings about the 20 mil~ lood: but ~one did a~ on how ba the w~at~r was. It did take its toll on th~ ri~ as about 40% of them -re eithB disqualifi~ because of tim~ or quit b«ause of adverse conditions. Th~ sections this ~ar ~ more difficult than in the past and t~re w~re ~arly probl~ms with ch«k~n. "Wild" Bill Milliken of Missouri got to s«tion four only to find no ch«ker, so he d~cid~d to stay and ch~ck th~ s«iton for. the day. Th~ end of the fint loop saw Bill Burgen~r. I~ading by a small margin of four marks OV~ David Bure. The s«ond loop was much more' d~nding, the weather had turned extrem~ly cold and th~ rain/snow show~ no signs'of letting up. For the last f~ ~an the UTE Cup add~ a covet~ "Bog Award" to present~ to the ri~r who mak~ h~ most s~tacular crash in th~ tion. This ~ar th~ award went to lorado's Stan Blaz who perform~ beautiful o~r the handlebars dive. At the end of th~ first day Burke nd Burgen~ had trad~ pla~ in the tandings. Burk~ was ahead by a argin of four marks. T~ ri~ who made it through the Int day and had thaw~ out in tim~ to .d~ the S«ODd day were in for a treat. he sun was shining and th~re w~r~ no louds in sight. Th~ long loop was asier on th~ rid~, which hel~ to ve their strength for th~ sections. e s«ond·day s«tions ~re more up o the tradition of the UTE Cup. here were a f~ comm~nts on how ight the s«tions w~re as there was sually only one good lin~ to choose. here w~re a f~w sections wh~re if you d~ a wrong tum you w~re going to in big trouble. David Burke had a tremendous day. losing only 20 marks which was II better than his c1~t competitor. Bill Burgen~r, who lost !I for th~ day. This is a day Burk~ will long remem~, not only b«ause he was th~ ov~all winn~r of the ~nt, but also b«ause h~ became th~ first man to win the UTE Cup three y~ars in a row. Oth~r than Burke, only Bill Brokaw has won the event more than once. ~ trial will also be remembered as one of th~ cold~t in UTE Cup history. All of th~ rid~ who finis~ the event deserve a sp«ial award as the trial deman~ much more than mere skill. It was physically and mentally demanding. Frank Oldroyd was the only woman ~nt~ in the ~nt. This gutsy lady compl~ted the two days and shows a lot of promise for trials to com~. Maybe we have anoth~ ~bbie Evans Leavitt riding around? .. _e Results 1. o.vId 178l: 2. Bi. Bw_ 1931: 3. Morgen !<.-.ugh 11 071: 4. &ic _ 1117l: 5. Chuck Su1lon 1127l; 8. Dele _ (144); 7. Dele lliwhb..hem 11511; 8. Doug a.-., 11571; 9. Greg Kurtz 1157l; 10. Gory ~ 11571; 11. W1tlz Wegner 1158.7l; 12. Guy BodIn 1158.31; 13. Rev HMfieId 1158.81; 14. Mike s_ 11811; 15. 8nJce e.- 1182.9l; 18. Tom ~ 1184.1); 17. _ S~ 1171.4~ 18. Tom . . - 1118.1II; 19. Bill Scheff 1188.7l; 20. R_ Kemedv 1191.11. TEAM AWAP.DS R.M.TA:'._e,_.~;2.~gh, _,1llIz. OUT OF STATE: 1. NEW MEXICO, Sutton, 1I11111illbolh. K..u; 2. MISSOURI. _ , Hopkins, e.-; 3. WISCONSIN, W1Icolc, Cooper, Heider. EX: o.vId Burke. ADVANCED: &ic_. SR:WJlzW_. INT: KeWo Wllk•. lAbove) Fran Oldroyd, the only {emilie entry lit RMTA's Ute Cup, put In 8 t.d two cleys. (Below) 08v1d Burke took top honors for the third yeer in 8 row. Cochran leads Louisiana rout of TSCEenduro qualifier By Denman Shaffer SCOTTSVILLE, TX. AUG. 19 Kemiy Cochran, aboard a borrowed Husqvarna WR!l60, posted a perfect zero score to lead a near sweep by Louisiana riders of the Scottsville Enduro h~ld in the pinq woods east of Marshall, TX. Laid out by ~nduro ~terans Carlisle Langlq and Don Bolander, t~ ~nt was th~ n~wly form~d Scottsville Enduro Club's fint effort, and was a qualifying run for admission to th~ Texas Stat~ Championship Enduro Circuit (TSCEC) Championship Seri~ for the 1979·80 season. With land for enduro us~ scarce. Langl~y and Boland~r enlist~d the aid of the Scottsville Volunt~r Fire ~panment in convincing land ~rs to grant permission for use of pro~. The Scot~lIe club donat~ all proc~ from th~ run to th~ Fire ~partment for use in purchasing equipment, which will in turn benefit ~ ~ntire community. Ov~rall winner Kenny Cochran I~ a large contingent of riders from Shrevepon's Dusty W~1s MC who sco~ w~lI. Dusty Wh~1s members c1aim~ nin~ trophi~, including the Ov~rall by Cochran, Overall B by Ronald McDonald (real name), and Open A and Open B by Danny Flint and Jim Taylor. Oth~r class winners includ~ T~xas Circuit Chairman Roy . Pool in 200A. Craig Carlisle in 250A. and Shreveport Pelican Enduro Club member Skippy Luse in the Senior class. Cochran is a AA rider on the South~m Enduro Rid~rs Association (SERA) circuit which runs in the d~p south from Louisiana to western .Alabama. His Husqvama (as were eight of th~ nine winn~rs from Dusty Wh~ls) is tun~ by John Tuck~r at Cycle Sp«ialists in Shre~rt, LA. The 65 mil~ course consist~ almost entirely of tight woods and was run at s~ averages of 12. 15. and 18 mph. A cool and foggy Sunday morning combin~ with a starting average of 12 mph and several r~ts, had many rid~rs laughing about th~ ease of staying on tim~. However, the fog lifted, the sun came out. the r~ts disapp~ar~d. the speed averages incr~~, and only Cochran of th~' 17! staners was able to zero the course. Well placed ch~ckpoints placed a premium on tim~k~ping ability during th~ urly going. with th~ s«ond ch«k at 20.9 mil~ catching 65 rid~rs hot. As the day wore on, riders began to tire from the heat and twisting trails. The fInal 16 mile at a slow 12 mph a~rage was more than most could maintain. At th~ conclusion of the well organiz~d event, TSCEC chairman Pool gav~ his stamp of approval for the run to be officially ~nter~ in th~ Texas Circuit for May 4. 1980. Th~ Scottsville Enduro Club should be commended for an excellent first tim~ run. Louisiana rid~rs, many of whom ride th~ Texas circuit. are ~p«ially appr«iativ~ for the hard work of Boland~r and Langlq in bringing a sorely n~ TSCEC Enduro to the East Texas area. 35 ....