Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

All en tr ants h ave two att em pt s to mak e th e hill and th o se th at don' t a re elim ina ted from furt her runs and those th at d o climb t he hill ar e s till in c o n te n tion an d fi n al wi n ne rs are d etermined b y m o vin g th e star ting boar d fo rw ar d un til o ne b ike pe r cla:ss eith r goes over t o m ak es the h igh est m ark . . T he starting b o a rd was m o ved to the 5 0 foot m a rk for th e second ro und of elimina tions and Doug Hall was first up and h ad a perfect run over th e to p. Mac kel and Pet erso n each h ad only o ne try rem aining and , since neither made the t op , Hal l w as the 250 class win ne r after a 28 3 foo t ru n . Nine 3 6 0 's started fr om the se co nd p o in t and only the Kawasak is o f J oe G raper an d Ron Stande ven m ad e it on the first try whil e Lee D ugas and Ga ry Parsons ma de it o n thei r secon d try . The star t was mo ved to the 85 fo ot m ar k and no ne of the 36 0's clea red the top, bu t G ra p er went 3 0 5 fe e t to beat o u t Du gas' Ho nd a b y ov e r 50 feet. In t he 4 0 0 class o n ly the H usky o f Gene Paquette and th e Mai co s o f R ay Ream es a nd Fran k Brec ke nrid ge m ad e it to th e thi rd st ar ting p o in t a nd the Maico s won o ut with Breck enridge w in n in g w it h tw o c o nsis ten t runs of 3 12 and 3 ( I feet. Chuck Ke y usu ally win s th e 5 0 0 'class on h is Tri u mp h an d on ly he a nd Gene Paq ue tt e ma de it to the th ird start wit h Paq ue tte' s Hu sk y tro un ci ng th e four stroke w it h a 278 foot ru n. When the starting board was moved to the 10 0 foot mark o n lv three 650's re m ained in the ru nning a~d Bob Orme Was eliminated while Bill Correll and Bud Key went over and ad van ce d the nex t start wh ich was right o n the side o f th e h ill at I 10 feet and it was a tie as both rid e rs we n t 12 7 feet. T hree i 5 0 's started from the 1 10 fo o t m ark and it lo ok ed as th ough Neal Mack el had w on ano the r h illd im b with h is 18 8 fo ot run an d then Ed Sh aver came up and mad e a fan tas tic cli m b reach in g th e 3 10 fo ot m ark and win ning the swe ep sta kes troph y . T h o se of yo u w ho haven ' t wat ched or en te red a hilldim b a re reall y m issin g so me th ing and your chance is com ing as th e Bushmast ers are h o st ing ano ther clim b h ere J an u ary 14, M N "> g Q. M T"- O> CD ' c .., " rn ;:: w Z W ...J U >- . u DeAnza Hillclimb Lee Dugas, seco nd 350, is having stee ring proble ms. CRC at Rawhide John Bjorkman was fourth 750. _ T he re was a n o th e r pretty solid b y T he S h ad ow tu rn o ut in th e Open Beginners race , ELS INO RE, CAL ., Dec. 3 1, 19 72 wit h Brian T ol so n (Mai). a wi n ner in Spills we re limited , alt hough th e re we re Divisio n I , and Mi ke Stell (Mai). tak in g a co u ple of spec t ac ular mi sh aps, Division 2 . especially o ne in th e sid ehack e ven t. Richee C o llin s (Yam ), closed o u t How eve r, the am bulance ne ver did leave 197 2 wi th a win a t 10 0 Novice , un d er it s parkin g spot, wi th a bo ut th e wo rs t 16 , za pp ing R ic ha rd Yo u ng (H od ). injury bein g a c u t face. Keith Mey e r ( R ic) , ruled th e 10 0 Nov ice Brian T arvin (Yam ) , grabbe d th e even t, although Dan Mo on (H od ), 60cc Mini b ike race, although Billy finally came back to life and gra bbe d Den n is (Yam ) , did a fine job. A C RC second place , J ack Boles (Mon ), really newcomer, Andy Nor th ru p (H on ), t o o k ha d his h an d s full a t 125 Novice , just the i Occ Minibi kes.c.o ver 12 -yea rs-old race , just edging out professional , slipp ing past second p lace finisher R on Sherma n (Yam ). by a scant 98 points. foo t ball p layer H arlan Kistl er (Yam) , who se ttled for secon d . In the same Mu ch th e same story at 125 No vice , eve nt , Geo ff S inger (Ho n ), was a close unde r 16, where Kelly Callaway ( Ya m ). third despite his b ro ken wrist, Boy nip ped J eff Jennings ( D KW) , b y a mere Geoff, if yo ur d oc tor had see n you 3 1 points. Sunday, he w ould have broken the In th e 25 0 Novice race , Reggie othe r wris t. Fi nally , Don J ones (li on) , Ragsd ale (C Z). t o o k the Div ision I wo n the 70cc Min ib ik es, un d er I J class, . event, wit h Kevin Ca llaway ( Yam) , nipping secon d p lace fin ishe r Dana second . Division 2 wen t to Bra d Lor d Warne (Ho n). Th ird p lace in th e race (C Z). with a second place go ing to Paul we n t t o Lindley Kistl er (In d) , wi th a Hu gh es (C Z). fo urt h goi ng to Davee Collins (H ori)'. A real tight race at Open Novice, as Pu tting a littl e sex int o the co p y , Nick Simm o n s [Mai}, took a first p lace J o An n Miley (C Z) , rul ed the Powde r on his last m ot o to ba rel y edge Reggie Pu ff cl ass , wi th a secon d goi ng to Ragsd ale (CZ). b y a scan t 10 0 points. Deb bie S mith (Ho d) . . Sid eh ack s we re o n h and S unday , a real cro wd p leaser. J ohn M on o han and J o e Filippi (lIod ). h ad no tro u bl e Brian Car lson co m b ine d to m a ke thei r win ning the 10 0 Beginn e rs ra ce , b u t th e Honda Wasp a first p lace fin ishe r. 100 Beginn e rs, under 16 race was q uite Second pl ace and troph y went t o a sh ow . T he re , Bill Kish , spo rting Norbert Mo n oh an an d Dav id Da vidson abrand new Yam ah a, ru led, slipp ing pas t on a Mat ch less. J ackson Kist ler (Yam). by 10 3 po ints. It . Vida r A nderson (1\l ai) , an d Ea rl might be men tio ned here, Kish never Randal l (Mai). fought it o ut at O pe n d id t ake a first p lace S unday . He was Ve te rans, with Anderson a firs t p lace j ust st eady all day, with three different fin isher. An o ther h o t race in the 250 ride rs gra b bi ng fi rst pl ace s. Vets event, with Ch uck Berry (Yam ), a Ler o y. Lars on (DKW), lo o ked real narrow winn er over Art Meyer ( Yam ). sm o o th in the 12 5 Begin ne rs even t , Mey er too k a nas ty fall o n hi s firs t although secon d p lacer Dana Nelso n , mot o, but came on strong in the last (Yam ), di d give him little tro uble. tw o races. J o sep h Pear son (Yam ), Stanl e y Jacklin (Bu l), had o n ly on e ca pt u red th e 0- 175 Ve ts class ov er J oe w ea k m o to. takin g first in the 125 Pen a, J r. (S u z). Beginn ers. under 1 ~ race . Fi na lly, Inte rm edia tes a nd Seniors. A massive tu rno ut of 250cc b ike s, Rusty "Mr. Person altiy " Ca rter (S uz) , wi th Douglas L. Mcl.eo d (S uz ) , p o stin g - a sm ooth : ride to win Division I, and 0.17 5 ; Jon ~liller (CZ ) , 250 ; and Carl Dann y Hoffer (Mo n}, a Divi sion 2 G a zafy ( Mai). Op en, we re all win ner. Mit ch Guest (Bul) , wa s an upse t Int ermediate winners. Senior wi ns went winner in the 250 Beginners , under 16 to Jeff Sexton ( Puc ). 0- 175 ; J oh n event. A wi n a t 17 5 Beginners went to Carme llo ( Yam) , 250; an d Ran dy Scott Travis West erm e y e r (Ya m ). (Mai ). Open. a Fourth 400 . Joe M ays alm ost nailed the rope crew .

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