Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

machines on the old hand-shift bike. Eddie Dodge once led all but the final lap of a IS-lap Open class race at Corona on the antiquated Indian, and he would show his skill and the machine's amazing turn speed at Ventura. Andy and Darryl Dodge also race vintage dirt trackers, and for the Ventura event they coerced 1983 AMA Grand National Championship Rookie of the Year Pete Hames to ride Darryl Dodge's 1969 HarLey-Davidson KR750 side-valve twin in the Class C Footshift class. Vic Cohen took the wins in both vintage Sidecar heats and the final easily since there were no other entries. Unconcerned about the lack of competition, Cohen and passenger gave a great display of classic sidecar dirt sliding. Also on hand, and much wilder, were four New Zealand - type sidecars, with left-hand side wheels. Powered by lOoocc four-cylinder engines, the outfits ran clockwise, in the opposite direction to the normal left-turn directions of every other race of the evening, and before the start of the main and each heat race, the infield was cleared of photographers because the wickedly fast outfits can steer in almost any direction at full race speed - and they frequently do. The Yamaha FZR1000-powered rig ridden by Peter Lewis and passengered by Jamie Macy took both heat wins and ended upon top in the. final sideca r melee of the night, an impressive performance since the sidecars seemed to take any unpredictable line they wanted around the dirt oval and passing was frequent in the heats and final. CONCOURS The number of concours bikes at Ventura was slightly lower than years past, but what the exhibit lacked in quantity it sureLy made up in quality. Collector Rusty Kay from the Los Angeles area exhibited an example of the first Honda. Kay's restored Kumotsuru bicycle is powered by a 1948 Honda Cub motor, a tiny two-stroke. that was the start of Honda's venture into motorcycle production. Less. than a decade later, Honda was the Japanese market leader. The show also included a pristine 1959 Honda 300 Dream, one of the few imported into the US that year. The unusual display of exhibits included three nearly identical Honda mini-trail minibikes. Made from 1968 to the present, the toy-like motorcycles were street legal for one year only, in 1969, and all three of the tiny two' wheeLers wore 1969-style black and yellow Ca1ifornia plates. The license plates themselves were nearly as big as the bike's engines. Each of the models bore one of the three colors available in 1%9Red, Candy Blue and Yellow. American domestic makers were also . well represented, with the HarleyDavidson and Indian show bikes also joined by examples from Henderson, Yale, and Crocker. 0 Venturll County Fairgrounds Venturll, Csllfomla Results: June 24-25 OtT OPEN: 1. Mickey Alzola: 2. Ron Gould; 3. Larry Powell. PRE 1924: 1. Dee Cameron (H~D); 2. Mike Madden (Minn). 1925·35: 1. John Cameron (H-D); 2. Chuck Hog (Ind); 3. Dale Roll (Ind). 450 " UNDER: I. John Apple: 2. Ruben Malaguareno; 3. Jim McMurren. CLASS C FTSHFT: I. Chris Campos; 2. Tom Davis; 3. Chuck CordI. . CLASS C HNDSHFT: I. Eddio Dodge (Ind); 2. Nom Neumann (H-D); 3. Steve Carter (lnd). HOOLICAN: 1. Homer Knap (H·D); 2. Eric Vaughn (lnd); 3. Dave Duvame (H-D). [NO ARROW; 1. Ron Gould (Ind); 2. Mike O'Neil (Ind); 3. Dave Beckman (lnd). 650-999: 1. Jim Rosa; 2. Bill Kolkman; 3. Ken Thiebaud. 600 PRO: 1. Steve Mayfield; 2. Jim Rosa; 3. Rick Pearce. Cycle Senice, Supply «Accellories (805) 255-5101 (800) ·IPIT·PRO (-.we, CAl -- Coqratulatio..! to all the riden at the Mammoth Moaatain Motocross. We tbiaie you're ALL Wbmen! 115"'" David Ranuey Jason Abbott Keny Terracciano lsi Place 6th Place 10th P1ace lIS . . . . .". Pat FosIer Casey Lytle David Evilsiur Juri Dostil 1st Place 3nl Plaa: 5th Plaa: 8th Plaa: 1IUD Mike Healey RUily Holland Jason PartrKtee Shaun _Iio Travis Preston 2nd Plaa: 3rd Place 5th P1ace 7th Place 9th Place 1St""'"' Ktny Terracciano 6th Place Ryan Pursley Scott Hoffman 9th Place 10th Plaa: 2SO 1 ......iaJc Casey Lytle Cabriel Bolivar Brian Sweaney Jon ZaM Jst Place 2nd Place 3rd Place 4th Plaa: aaZD Mikl: Healey Dave Barm! Lance Smail Rusty Holland Donny Schmit lsI Plaa: Znd Plaa: 3nl Place 4th Place 10th PIaa: Jodi Hollow ll

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