Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

IDIIDDDDDDDDIDODOO'O'IIDOOODIDDDI'O~DllllaIIDOOllllallaalllllaaaIOOOODOODIDaDDO~'DD>~O"OODllllaIDaaaaaaatOOI1IIIaac race for the tuners and witnessed an hilarious variety of starting line styles, including a few unintentional wheelies. Richard Craven's mechanic/dad sped off the line in front of Riley Henry, Bob Sweet and Robert Hams. He maintained a fast, although erratic path, till he spilled coming out of tum two where Sweet had to swerve hard to miss the fallen Craven. Sweet then cranked his son Sammy's Yammie open as far as he could and led to the checkered. Barry Brand had a good day of racing after a problematical heat race in his Pro class events. Johnny Johnson led the hot to go band of jumpy Experts off the line in the heat, followed by Jimmy Mayo, Ken Gregoire, Brand and Tim Buckles. Mayo then drove his Bultaco in deep and came out for the lead for two laps, holding off a grim and determined , Buckles and Gregoire. A thrown chain dashed Mayo's hopes and Buckles took over the front spot for the win. Brand bounced back in the feature to take the lead from Gregoire on lap three. Mayo, who'd started on the back line for jumping the start, pushed his way through the pack to pass Buckles, Gregoire and Johnson to sit on Brand's tail end to the flag. The fun on this beautiful autumn day was the sponsored trophy dashes and the parent-tuner participation events. Besides the wild mechanics race, which brought ou t everyone to watch, the Bandidos M.C. and Dub Perkins of Howcan put up a winner take all pot for an impromptu momma's bicycle race. The mommies showed a lot of heart and endurance for no advance notice. Announcer Hila Sweet led this event all the way to the wire where she was nicked by an inch by pretty Eileen Mayo. Brenda Frankum pedaled in for a third place trophy. The gals had a handsome trophy boy in the form of Bob Sharp, a rider who has recently moved from California to Texas. Sharp's shapely and beautiful friend, Kathlika, was the knockout trophy girl who simply dazzled the men and boy~. , Nickie Fontana wasn't all that Wild about a trophy kiss, but give him time - he's just a little kid! FonLana won the small bore dash sponsored by Bob Shields, the Bandidos M.C. and also Dub Perkins of Howcan. The big bore Amateur trophy dash was sponsored by Ed Davis of Pyramid Builders and won by Sammy Sweet. Sweet had also swept the Open class heat and feature into his trick bag. Sweet's Yamaha is tuned by Porky Rollins of Fast Track, Inc. The big cash of the day was again put up by D~b Gross of the Baytown Cycle Inn for the Expert's trophy dash. Sometimes Gross' dash is more lucrative to run than the feature. A grinning Barry Brand won that flOe pile of bucks, beating out dejected Mayo. With racing already shurdown for the season at some tracks in Louisiana and up nonh, Baytown will run its first and third Sunday program till they can't run no more. Results 85cc: 1. Nickle Fontana IVaml; 2. Richard Craven IVam}; 3. Keittl WllliamslVaml. SMALL BORE TROPHV DASH: Niclcie Fontana IVaml. tOOcc: 1. Derry! lablaski IVaml; 2. Keittl Gregoire IHonl. ' BIG BORE AM TROPHY DASH: Sammy Sweet IYam}. 12See: 1. Nickie Fontana (Yam); 2. Richard Craven IYam). MECHANICS RACE: 1. Bob Sweet (Vaml; 2. Robert Harris IBull; 3. Riey Jenkins IBuIi. 200cc: 1. Jimmy Harris IBull. MOMMIES BIKE RACE: 1. Eileen Mayo; 2. Hila Sweet; 3. Breand Frankum. 250cc: 1. Bob Sharp (Bull; 2. Ray Priestly lVaml. OPEN AM: 1. Sammy Sweet IYam); 2. Mike Welch Sammy Sweet and dad Bob shared wins, grins and the trophy girl at Baytown. IBull; 3. Danny Frenkum lBuli. PRO MAIN: 1. Barry Brand IBuIl; 2. Jimmy Mayo lBull; 3. Kenny GregoirelHon). Davis sweeps overall at Caney Creek Enduro By Margaret Carter NEW WAVERLY, TX, SEPT. 30 Perry Davis aced the overall A win at Houston's 11 th Annual Caney Creek Enduro with his score of only three points while Larry Woods finished ahead of the B rider pack with nine points. Last year's TSCEC Women's overall rider, Phyllis Hayes, took the overall Women's trophy with her score of 21. The event, hosted by the Trail Ri.ders of Houston, was the second in this season's Texas State Championship Enduro Circuit. It was also the final challenge match between the top TSCEC riders and their Southern Enduro Riders Association counter· parts. The outcome was a win for the visiting team, which had also won the opener of the challenge on their home turf at Saline, LA earlier this year. This is the first year of the TSCECSERA challenge, but it appears to be the start of a tradition. The course was 93.6 miles of twisty, tight woods, sweeping frreroads, creek crossings, with a few mudholes and logs thrown in for good measure. The entire course was passable despite torrential rains the week before, which had caused the event to be postponed from the original date of Sept. 23. Since the course is run on National Forest land, the host club is at the mercy of the local Forest Ranger as to whether or not an event can be run. Fortunately, the Ranger owns a' trail bike and is sympathetic towards motorcycle riders. Three miles into the event, the course was routed over a two foot diameter log. It was inevitable that you would at least fall over, if not Water wings at Caney Creek would've come in handy. Blub1 c.rash, until a few enterprising souls beat down a trail around the log. One checkpoint was strategically placed on an island between two creek crossings and a few riders were caught off guard and "took points. A mudhole that did a fairly good imitation of a lake just before the 13th checkpoint proved the old adage - enduro riders never take directions from someone holding a caYnera. The hot setup was straight down the middle and on the gas,' but most riders ignored the signals of the spectators and tried to find unique ways around the mud. Some even dove off into the dense undergrowth to get around, just to discover that you can't get there from here. One unusual thing about the event was the number of checkpoints; 15. Event chairmen Rich Rulau and Woody Kirk intentionally situated the course and checkpoint placement to put points on every rider, and they were successful. The visiting SERA challenge riders were impressed, since they claim many of their circuit rides have been zero runs lately. A slightly different checkpoint system was used that provided the scoring committee with two sets of backup scores. Riders entered the gate and were immediately,given a chit of paper wi tb their time. They then proceeded to a point at the opposite end of the checkpoint where checkpoint personnel took the chit and recorded the riders' time on their card and also on the backup sheet. Each checkpoint then had a backup sheet and a stack of paper chits with each rider's number and time into the check. This was especially helpful n tie breaker c.hecks to insure better accuracy of the times. Some riders were concerned that it seemed to take more time in the checkpoint than normal, but conceded that it was an infinitely more accurate system than the norm. The course was rideable in its entirety by all but the rankest beginner. The sorting out of riders by ability came in the careful placement of tight sections at 18 and some at 24, with checkpoints designed to catch the gamblers who go into sections hot and another check for those who couldn't maintain the average. It was a fun course for practically everyone, with resets placed to help put the slower riders back on time. Anyone who didn't enjoy the ride must not like trees, trees, and more trees. Steve Whitworth thought he'd give the checkpoint people a thrill; he rode the event with a very life-like rubber snake attached to the. sleeve of his jersey. Checkpoint number one captain, Jim Straley, was forewarned, however. When Steve pulled into the checkpoint and yelled for someone to remove the snake, Jim jumped at Steve with a machete in his hand and practically caused Whitworth to dismount. Out of 398 entries, there were 240 that fmished. The course was very well marked, which was appreciated by the riders .who have been su bjected to courses less than adequately marked lately. • Results OVERAll A; f'erTy Davis. 3 IMaiI. OVERALL B: I.ary Woods, 9 (Hus). OVERALL WOMEN: Phytlis Hayes. 21 (Swl. OPEN A; 1. Bill Price, 6 (Husl; 2. Carty Bell, B(Hus); 3. Bob Rigby. B(Hus). 250 A: 1. Greg Odom. 5 IKTM); 2. Bobby f'icl

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