Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

M SO UT H -WESTERN RACING ROUNDUP '" ~ IDAHO . C. M , by John M. Larsen Shoul d you, in the co urse of you r wanderings. decide to tangIe with so me very resp ec ta bl e talen t, yo u can pick up on th e motos held n car Boise. Id ah o. Since this is the West. you mi gh t drop b ack a n o tch in history an d com pare its raci ng wi th "who is the fastes t gun in town?" .. .so me thing you always want to kn o w before you draw your weapon . One to de finitely w atch is just that. i.e , Num ber One. The winner of th e to p pl at e is V ic Greenfield. a tall . th in . mu st achioed Maico ride r wh o stro lls a rou n d wearing a so u thwestern gambler's h at betwe en mo t os an d looks lik e th e guy w ith the 30-3 0 rifle wh o is abo ut to pl u g J oh n Wayn e o n th e Midnigh t Special. It h as been Vi c's co ns istency in the 250 class th at has bro ugh t him o ut o n top . wh ich means he is alwa ys h ad n ew s fo r th e op position. Ano the r man in the 25 0 class , who is cap ab le o f pulling off a win a t any tim e is Ro y T erry. Roy rode his Husk y to seven th o verall in th e Inter-Am su p port class a t Boise whic h ain' t to o sha bby b y an y stan dard . Ran Renk (R ic) an d Terry Hartung also co m peted in th e same ra ce. hu t eq uip me nt p ro hlem s ke p t th em o ut of th e stan d in gs. Hartung wen t on to ride th e Inter-Am series an d h as starte d puttin g the tric ks he learn ed to good use in 19 73. T he way that 19 73 is shap ing u p yo u sho uld be ware of Bud Sparks. R andy Reu tzel, Mark Shepard son , o r Dale J auert. Loo k ou t for D ave Barnes as he made a good showing in th e Novice class . Ed die Barn e ll (w hen he's ho t, he 's HO T !). J ay Smith (H us), Bruce Ha rris (Hus) o r R ick (Nifty) G rish am (Bu l) are all capab le of grabbing first overall at any tim e if Frank T raffords' CZ doesn 't get th er e fir st . When an y of th ese fellows arc o n the track , you kn ow yo u are seei ng the best the area has to offer. T he 19 72 Novi ce 25 0 saw Norby Deckerchove (Hus) an d Mik e Hain es ( Ya m ) go at it hard an d st ro ng for th e to p Novice wi th the n od go ing t o Deker ch ove. T he 197 3 b all game is b ound to be all ne w as man y ride rs have ch an ged b ikes and classes. T h e Cook brothers o f Nam pa are m aking a good showi ng for the ' 73 season in th e 250 class. Space limits us from men tio nin g all o f th e reall y good riders in the Sou th western area , so we ar e go ing by the records of th e Owyhee Mo to rcycl e Clu h for th e pl acin gs o f th e above riders. T he Ow yh ee clu b is the largest in Distr ic t 24 of th e AMA and is pilo te d by Will Clark o f Bo ise. T he ' Lee family not o n ly do na tes a lo t of time to the events b u t a lso supplies so me very good riders as Rand y Lee was th e Dist ric t 2 4 Number One 125 Expert ride r for the 19 72 seaso n . Ri gh t behind Lee in th e Expert class was Dan Gehring on his Rickman . Dan h as gone to a 25 0 Rickman for the · 73 run so there is one mo re threat to the hotly ca n tes ted 250 class . Th ere is a group of riders who co uld pick up the Num b er O ne 125 plate and it could h e Pen to n riders J ohn Pakalenka, R ick J en ki ns or Ronny Lee. h ut J oh n Sparks is getting a good start for it rid in g h is 125 Husky . Ken Ga llegoes is looking good on his DKW an d a lo t of p ressure has shifte d fro m thi s class as bo th T im Gaskell an d J ack Cox h ave change d t o 250 Bultacos. The 125 Novice class is hard to pin d own as man y of th e top 197 2 riders su ch as Don J enkins have been promoted into th e aforementi on ed Exp er t ca tego ry. Johnn y Th ompson is on t op of the p oints an d will tend to d ominate until hi s po ints put him up th e ladder to Expert. The 197 2 Open class E xpert awa rd wen t to Bru ce Barris. an ex ce lle n t all aro und rider, good for o ut-of-sigh t wh eelies when at p lay and terrific hard riding wh en at work. He and S teve O lso n arc ta king a crack a t th e Mint 40 0 this year. Leon Sackman (CZ) is a th rea t in any Op en class co m pe ti tio n along with Walt H ors ew o od (Hus) and T om Liesman ( B us). Bu tch Semin ich h as been whippin g hi s 4 50 Husky into shape and doing be tter, The Open Novice class is a going battle between Randy Moore (Yam) and Curt Exle y (Mai) . Fourteen year old Lew Alder is starting to make a good showing in this class on his Bul taco, .... m M ;;; ::;: ~ w Z w WIN oJ o >o TOU TO EUROPE MotoCroSS,SClriClS THERE WI LL BE TWO FIRST PLACE PRIZES. A TOUR WILL BE WON BY THE PERSON ACCUMULATING THE MOST POINTS IN EITHER THE 100cc OR ·125ec CLASS A TOUR WILL BE WON BY THE PERSON ACCUMULATING THE MOST POINTS IN EITHER THE 175ce, 250ee OR 500 ec CLASS. THE TOURS CONSIST OF 20 DAY TRIPS TO EUROPE. INCLUDING AIR FARES AND HOTELS. YOU WILL ATTEND AT LEAST TWO EUROPEAN GRAN PRIXS. YOU WILL VISIT EUROPEAN MOTORCYCLE FACTORIES SUCH ;>'5 KTM. MAICO AND PUCH. WE HAVE MADE SPECIAL ARRANGEME NTS IF THE WINNERS WISH TO HAVE A RELATIV E OR FRIE ND ACCOM· PANY THEM, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DO SO AT A VERY LOW COST. 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111III 2nd A HONDA XR75 MOTO CROSS RACER F ro m MI<;S IOI I H ond a 26 08 2 Gell y 01 ", L;l~ l ll l hi N i!llll'J Calif . , For Memb.n shlp Bt.m ks Seu M I C; SIOI1 H onda • ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 3rd 4th A S100 GIFT CERTI FIC ATE FRO M THE GRA NT BOYS A SUPER DELU X MOTORCYCLE TR A ILER ...................................................................................................................... 5th 6th A WEBCO M X LEATHERS 10 SPEED BIC YCL E 1 11 1 1 I11 1 11111 11 1111 1 11 11 1I1 1 11 11 1 1 1 1 1 11 11 1 11 1 111 1 1 11 1 1 11111 111 1111 1 111 1llllllilllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllll!1 1 1 1 1 1 III11 1 11 1 1 1 1 111 1 1 1I1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 111 1 1 1 11 11 11 1 1 111 1I11 1 1I1 1 11 1 1 ~ 7th ~~ FULL BORE MX BOOTS 8th 1 SET OF GOO DYEAR M X T IRES THE CHOICE OF CHAMPIONS • •• •• • • •• • ••• • • ••••• •••• • •• • • • • • • • ••• • • • • • •• • •• • • • • • • • 9th A ,. 10th & 11th BEL L HELMET. DUCK BIL LVISOR AN D CAR RYI NG BA G RACE SERIES STARTS A 1 Y EA R GAT E PASS TO SADDLEBAC K PAR K \.: ." ~ MARCH 25TH th SADDLEBACK EVEN TS ARE ES PECIALLY FOR: _ BEGINNERS.NOVI CES.JUN IORS.AND THOS E WHO HAVE NEVER RIDDEN IN AN EVENT . SENIORS · OLD TI MERS AMC MEMBERS HIP REQUIRED ENTRY: BY ADVANCE MA IL $5 .0 0 & $ 1.00 AT GATE POST ENTRY --':$1O.00 MA IL ENTRY CLOS ES 1 DAY S BEFORE EVENT , NOTE: IF YOU WON ANY OF Til E lOP THREE PR IZES IN THE LAST SERIES, YOU ARE INElI Gl l> LE 10 COMPETE IN THIS SERIES. «American Mota Cross Club l nc.« P.O. Box 663 , EI Taro, Ca. 92630 20':.. TROPHIES

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