Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Rci in ---Siiil- -H a"iJ-"-W --iJ iill-Siio'w"'-'Ha re -Scra'mbie's-oi~--I"c-e'iiill, , , By Sue Bailey ORICK, CAL. , Dec. 12, 1971 - In a mixture of rain, sun, hail, wind, and a little sn ow, the Ori ck Motocr os s was held t oday. ' About 55 riders rode through mud puddles ab out a foo t deep and grooves as deep as 2 111 feet. About hal f o f the entir es in eac h class were ab le t o fin ish th e r ace. With broken chains, th rottles, and messed -up sp ark p lugs , man y o f ' t h e bi k es were dis abled b ef ore the fi nis h . With nearly p erfect coord inatio n of man an d machine, Jay Stradley fle w ar ound th e tra c k with th e greatest o f ease. Jay managed to hit th e 2111-fo ot gro ove o nly once in th e firs t h eat, but b ounced b ack o u t o f it with out los in g any time. Gary Howard was cl ose behind him, h it the gr oove, m ir ed it"in the mud , and lost his positi on. In the sec ond mota, J ay started the race in fourth position , t ook o ver th ird b efore the start of the second lap - fle w passed every o ne in the second lap for the top, sp ot. He missed a tire , stopped, went aro und it and still held the lead to the fi nish . There was three' ridersIef't in the third moto. Three big Huskies Robert Calvert, Brent Hogan, and Stradley . Jay flew in t o th e lead immediately to start th e Open Novice/Amateur/Expert cl ass. He was number one all the way. He had a slight delay when h e spun out in a mud hole as he was lapping Hog-an, but to ok it in to the checkered flag unchallenged. When the "Dirty Old Man's Race" started, it was snowing a nd sleetin g at th e same time. Only three riders were entered, but they wouldn't let the race b e calle d off. J im Creech, Brent H ogan, and T om Dill in g b ra ved it out to th e end , with Hogan in first, T om Dill in g second, and Jim Cree ch b rin gin g up t he rear. All in all , the rider s should b e congra tu lat ed for their courage an d st amina. It t ook a lot of gu ts a nd true sportsmanship t o fight th e ele men ts today .' ' (R esu lts on p age 28) A dding a Wheel By Sue Haile y EUREKA, CAL., Dec. 19 , 1971 T oday was a fantastic day for racin g a t Redwood Acres, as 17 first-place troph ies were awa rd ed , at the sec ond motocr oss of the seaso n. The sk y was 'sun n y an d clear and 12 5 rider; we re en ter ed in th e com petitio n . Someth in g n ew w as added t oday : A three-wh eeled motorcy cle event. J oe T o mich ra n o ff a nd left th e res t of th e guys. He was r idi ng a Dune Cycle. Re d T hompson's Harley 45 stalled a t the start and h e reall y p oured it o n t o ca tc h up t o Tomich. He co uld n ' t q uite make it , b u t fi nis hed in second p lace. T he on ly girl en try , Elain e Mille r , ro lled h er Honda and was out of the race. (Re su lts on p ,,: e 28) g , R EDMO ND , ORE., Dec. 12, 1971 Whil e th e less-h ardy riders from the area sat home in front of their fires , 17 b ra ve sou ls turned o u t for a Hare Scrambles that could have been termed a n ice race. F our inches of fr esh snow so on became packed and turned in t o a sh ee t o f ice. Imagine if y o u can, riding ac ross the sagebrush where th e sa nd h as t urned to ice. (ranlce Doubles By David L. McEl yea MARYSVILLE, CAL. , Dec. 26, 1971 T h e course w as difficult. You almost n eeded t ire ch ains t o c om p lete th e four-mile-plus motos . If th e fo u r t o six inches o f mud, o r th e five t o 10 in ch es of w ater didn't ge t y ou, th e slic k cla y o r whoop-de-des . would. Very few riders, regardless o f th eir status, w en t home today withou t an extra helping o f th e Feather River bottom m ud o n their bodies , d eposited b y di re ct co ntact with o ld Mother Earth . Only four riders turned in p er fect scores. One of them did it twice, Carl _Cran ke. He was only challenged by o ne rider ·all day lon g" 125 Expert Lonnie Forman of Yuba Ciiy.'L o n nie fell d own in the third mota but still managed t o get overall second. Cranke came back in th e 250 Expert class and did it allover agai n. Bob Harvey of Concord turned in a p erfect sc o re in the Open Novic e class. It was a big day for him. This wa s th e first time in three y ears o f racing he has co m e up with"an overall first: need less to say he was h appy ab out it. (Res ults o n p age 28 ) Sal es * Se rvice cu st o m work * all ma kes TROPHY (Y(1[$ SUZUKI PUCH MAICO 184 Sa n Anto nio Rd. Mt . V iew , Calif . 94040 941 ·73 1 7 Montesa • BMW· Selby Motors Sales d Standouts fo r th e d ay were Ran y Limbeck, 125 Bul a nd Mike Ahalt, 400 Husk y. These two riders lappe? all but a few on the shorthened two-mile course . Every on e had a good time , and the generous supply o f tr o phies made the day's slipping and sliding seem worthwhile. (R esu lts o n p age 28) • ( Cont ·d. fro m page 16) fo r th e b ene fit m oto cross th at was held for Dal y City rid er Larry Batistoni. Seve ral hundred spectators also braved the near-sn ow weath er to watch all the nuts go aro un d and ar o und on t h e mile-long c ourse. T rack co ndi tio ns were n ear-perfect with almost th e entire co u rse being la id o u t o n sand. ' Bob Bowers o f San ta Cru z stole the show fr om th e factory AJS rider Vic Eastwood, who ca me up t o co nd uc t a motocr oss sch ool a nd ride th e event. During t h e fir st mota Eastwo od's bike broke down. He was o u t fo r severa l laps and only came back t o race the la st few . Bowers wan th at mota easily with Don Stover taking second . During the second mota Eastwood ran aw ay from the rest of the riders an d Bob took second with Stover finish in g third. With a bad showing th e first mota Vic did n ot have enough points" to take a trophy. Bowers to ok the win ; he really has the gr eat style o f anoth er Bob from Santa Cruz wh om w e all missed at the race . Carl Cranke had an excellent d ay by winning b oth th e 12 5 and 250 class wi th Eddie Brown fr om Lakeside Honda making a challenge in the fir st , He led fr om th e star t un til abo u t hal fw ay when h e came by the finish lin e and hooked hi s peg in a tir e and went down hard, le tting Carl t ake the wi n . In th e 250 Exp ert R on S toc kman was leadin g during h is firs t mota when Cranke tri ed t o p ass in tra ffic an d found th at in th e excite ment he had misjudged th e tum and h ad to b ra k e hard enough to loc k u p an d kill th e b ik e o n the fina l run to th e ch ec ker ed flag. Carl came b ack t o take th e win in the fi nal mota t o wi n o verall w ith S tockman fin ishin g second . . (R esults o n page 28 ) BENEfIT ~ Moveupto ~ awasak i 00 Or move over for. those who have. 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