Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

CRC Rawhide MX b y The S hadow ELS IN O RE, CA L ., Dec . 1 i , 19i2 - For a ch an ge of p ace. th e course wa s run backwards to give the riders so me thing n ew . It was a fas t track. an d th ere were p lenty of spills, b ut no com p lain ts from the ri d e rs - and no injuries to speak of. Ri ch ee Collins, having reached the ripe old age of 14, spen t Sunday lo oking for "ne w hill s to cl imb" . I n th is case we me an ri d in g in both th e Min ib ik e and 100 r\ ov ic e classes. Com p eting in th e Minibike s, over 6 0cc event, Richee (Hon) za p pe d the field . " I can't c a tc h him," was th e on ly c o m m e n t m ade by secon d place finish er Dana Warne (Hon). Wa rn e s re m a rk s were ec hoed by Dan Moon (lI od ) , wh o finished sec ond b ehind " Ric h th e j e r" ( Ya m ) in the 10 0 No vice class. \\ 'c ' re really n o t sure wh a t hap pe ned in th e e ven I. It wa s either a case of to o m u ch p it too tsie for Mo on, or so me d eep-seat ed d esire o n the part of y o un g Ric h ce ( 0 im p re ss a c ertain tro p h y girl. A nywa y, it w a s k ind of a b last watc h in g R ic he e in action - an d th e flaggin g e ffo rts of his y o ung er b rot h er Dave e, wh o we nt th rough th e mo t ions w it h n o n e other th an G e off "Esc ap e Cou ntry is a Sn ap" Sin ger. JU SI between you and rne , Singer d oe s go o d w ork. e ven if h e d o es h ave a b ro ken wri st an d can' t ride for a wh ile. for Tarvin, I h e A s " Gosh -l ·lh ink· I' m · 13 ·years·ol d" kid. ir w as qui te a d ay . Yo un g Brian ( Y am) knoc ke d o ff hi s hu dd y, Andy S ixb e ry (Y a m) , in th e Min ib ike s, un d e r 60c c even t. Tha t wasn ' t so b ad. until it ca m e tim e to leave for home . \\' Quld yo u care to guess wh ose father was d o in g the d riving? For the other half of the ' iber\" clan, "Srnilin ' Steve" S ixbery ( Yam) 'it was also a second place finish , as Larry Ripl ey ( Ya m ) , grab bed all ith e ma rbl es in th e 100 Beginn ers, unde r 16 class. For m embers o f th e Ripl ey Fan Club, R ob ert (H od ), Lar ry ' s ol der bro th er , to o k a third pl ace in th e 100 Beginner s event, J ohn S a lin sk y (Hod ). was first in th e cl ass, w ith a se cond place go in g 10 R on Kent (H on ). A n o th er great race c ame in th e 12 5 Begin n e rs class where Mike R iegle r ( Ya m), jus t did n ip J o e Redmond 7 2 4 1 O r anget h Or p e Buena Park , CA 90621 ~ ..'. ME A NS PENTON l also M a ico & M o n ar k ) (71 41 52 1-2420 The CRC Does Get Around M (1\l o n ) , by a sc ant 25 p oin t s, 825 ·800. S teady was th e word in th e Open Beginners and 2 50 Novice ra ces. In t he Open Begin n ers ci ass, Fed Cline (C Z) , Doug S chnepper ( Ya m ) an d D ouglas Larsen ( Yam ), Fin ishe d o n e, tw o , th re e all d ay , The sam e held tru e in the 250 Novice class (almost}, wh e re Mik e :;; "IT FITS " " '" '" Q. Ch a rle s Beck (H us) , fin ishing third - all a f te rn o o n . Finally, Art Meyer (Yam), b a rel y nipped Marsh all Jenning (D K\I' ) in the 250 Veterans ra ce, 10 0 0 p oin ts to 9 2 5. R obert \1'. J on es (S u z), slip ped past John Mile y (C Z) in the Open V eterans eve n t. M '" ;;: ~ w ..J U >U .. . ..... Larr y R ip ley . th e eventual w in n er. lead s Siegfried Mag enh eim in t he 100 Beginner s con test. .. Most Powerful "" .. .. MAleC '" = .. .. COOPER MO TORS '" .. ~ONES ~ MOTOCROSS P RODUCTS We st of Mi s si s si pp i (7 14) 595 ·9 100 2086 8 Currie r Rd . Walnut, Ca. 91 789 Cat alog availab le for 5 1.50 ! '"ST RONG'" Bulfaco Quisenber ry (C Z ), SC Oll S m it h (a ss), and Pe r ry Black (S uz) , were fir st , sec ond and th ird pl ace finishers - in th a t o rde r. . Okay, so i t w as th e same th in g in th e Open N ovi ce rac e, Vin cent J . Pallia ( C Z) , g ra b bing fir st pl a ce , Tom Lansford (S uz}, lakin g a se cond , a n d

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