Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

I •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Ce.II''' PipeliDe Joey Raborn cIe8ned houH In the 2fiOcc Am8teur cIeu lit Beytown. The Marquis was also the host for the fifth event in the Senior standings. The battle remains fierce as every event up to now has had a different winner_Stan Hensley broke the string by taking his second ~d for this year. J.D. Jones, who was leading the series going into this event, took home second place honors. Results SENIORS: 1. San Iior"oIMV 121I; 2. J.D....... 148~ 3. 158.71;4. Myrona.-1lI1.31. CHAMPIONSHIP: 1. o..id IIurtle 124.71: 2. B. C27l; 3. Curl eon. C3Ol; 4. Tom Thompean 13I3l; 5. _ SIDk.- t51.J1; 8. John Gr-v l85l; 7. Guy IlocIn . .71; B. Tom ~ 179.3~ 9. v.... e;,..,. l8lIl; 10. Y IIraUw 117.71. SUPPORT: 1. 130.31; 3. s-r Rondy AIhmooe C3Ol: 2. IIad AIhmooe 145.31; 4. _ _ l&3.71; 5. W.1l8niIan 1157.71. FINAL COLORADO STATE CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS: 1. Moraon ~ 18lll; 2. Bill ~ lll3I; 3. o...td Auru (8' ~ 4. Borba' t48l: S. Tom Thompean 14'~ 8. Curt eon. 1401: 7. WiIIz Wou-l25I: B. John Gr-v 119.l1l; 9. Guy IlocIn C17.91; '0. Ga'yll8otghrrwl "71. .,~ Burke tames the Marquis De Sade trial By Keele Wicker BUEHLAH, co, OCT. 7 The final event for the Colorado State Trials Championship, aptly named the Marquis De Sade Challenge Cup, was held .. 28 at the same site that the Europeans and top Americans had gathered to compete in the International Round held earlier tlUs year. The trial was named for the perverted French nobleman from whom Freud coined the term "sadism." It seems the Marquis had an insane fascination for inflicting pain OIl the objects of IUs affection. According to the ricieri, trialsmas.om Wilu Wagner and Eric Barber must be direct descendants of the Marquis. In order to inflict maximum pain, the competitors were ~uired to ride four loops with 15 sections on each round. The most unique aspect of the trial, though, concerned the time allowance. Departure was determined by the order of signup, but the time requirement was set by the first rider to complete the trial, regardless of his staning rime. The trial became a race as no one knew what the time allowance would be and a one-third point penalty was added for every minute below the fastest riders pace. Since speed through the course was the order of the day, few of the top contenders walked the sections hoping to be that first man in. This helped add te the sadistica1 pleasure, since stopping to take a breather could cost them valuable rime. Ironically the overall winner, Davey Burke, did not have the lowest score on observation, nor was he the fastest rider to complete the trial. Like a motocross race, two seconds can give you the overall win, depending on ~hat the rest of the field does. It was good enough for Davey as he had the second best score on observation (25) as well as the second fastest time, losing 1.7 points, for a combined totalof24.7. Billy Burgener set the fastest pace through the trial, but this may have had an effect on his concentration. He allowed 27 points to he loIt, which was the founh best performance on observation, but since he lost nothing on time he mana~ to finish with the second best score. Com . in only his third series event ~r, Cun Comer had an added amount of pressure. Since only five out of eight rides are counted toward the State Championship a win would have given him founh in the standings. To add to his troubles Cun lost his scorecard, which coat him precious time, and to top it all off, he had a protest to lodge. The Marquis proved he had a soft spot in his hean and allowed the protest, but it was to no avail as third place was the best Cun could do. Tom Thompson is definitely making his presence known. Tom turned in the lowest score on observation but took the time to give the sections a good look before he made his attempt. He may well be looking ahead to next year and was just using the Marquis to develop and mature his riding abilty. He finished fourth overall and probably had more strength left over than the rest of the field. a..- enc Tim IIBuckles down for wins at Bavtown ll By Hila Sweet Photo by Joey Raborn BAYTOWN. TX, SEPT. so "This is the second time out for me in nearly a year, and I really needed the boost from winning today, in more ways than one," commented a bleary eyed Tim Buckles after talting first in tbe Pro main and the winner take all trophy dash. Buckles got only a couple hours sleep under his belt after working a 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. graveyard shift before coming out to race on Baytown's shan track. The feature was not an easy win as Johnny Johnson on a Baytown Cycle Inn sponsored Bultaco blasted off the line in a drag race with Butch Polite on a super sanitary Ossa. Buckles was busy holding off a charge by Blake Roberts on a sizzling Suzuki. Pressure was mounting by lap four and Johnson ran in a little too hot, giving Buckles the needed room to squeeze by for the lead. Polite's Ossa developed mechanical problems and Randy Willis moved up into contention hehind Roberts. Willis' Yamaha threw a chain on lap five but, as Willis commented after the races, "if it hadn't been the chain it would have been mel I just ain't in shape and now I know it's into training if I'm going to go like we were out there." Johnson held his Bul open hard in the Dub Perkins Pro dash for a couple of laps before conceeding to the very smooth, controlled riding of Buclda who picked up all the marbles. Johnson's another rider who is returning to the saddle after a lengthy layoff. With the sorry state shon tracking's been in lately, there's been nowhere to ride unless a rider had the bucks to travel extensively. With Baytown picking up tremendously since forming a self involved club for par!ic. ipanta and family, the entry list has grown with every meet. Yamaha mounted Haney Ambrose got sweet revenge on a neady unbeatable Richard Craven by scooting in for a win in the small bike trophy dash sponsored by Bob Shields, Dub Perkins &: Rusty Frederick. Craven's credentials consisted of heal and feature wins in the Mini 80cc and 125cc cIaases1 Sammy Sweet torqued the PorkJ Rollins tuned 560cc Yamaha to 11 lengthy win in the Open Amateur feature after batding with Louisiana's Joey Raborn on a Roben Faesler tuned Bul. Raborn, fresh from wins in the 2SOcc heats and features was scorching the track all day. Raborn pulled his bike off on lap seven and Danny Frankum puUed quickly into the second slot followed by Ray Priestly. Priestly also took third place in the 2SOcc feature behind Yamaha rider BillyJenkins. . • Results MIM 80: 1. R _ e.- CY8ml; 2. K_ Pw8UIl CYoml; 3. a..toa Burke n CYoml. 125cc: 1. R _ e.- CYoml; 2. Billy JonkinI fHonl; 3. Ken CHon!. 2!iOa: AM: 1. Joey Robom (Bull; 2. IIiIy JerQlo CY8ml; 3. R8v Pr*tty CBuO. OPEN /Uk. 1. SImmy S _ CYoml; 2. DMny Frrium 1BuI1: 3. R8v Pr*tty CBulI. PRO CLASS: ,. Tin B _ lBuIl; 2. JoIlnny Jahr-.lBuIl; 3. _ Rabona CSuzl. PRO TROPHY DASH: 1. Tm IIudcl.- CIIWl. ""'* SMALL BIKE TROPHY DASH: 1. ...., _ CYIrN.

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