Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

First ,Qa r for the u lifie First American Six Days' .Trial SpDrts o .~ Fort Hood Trials < T he even t co nsis ted o f tw o co u rses. The eas t co u rse was ab ou t fifty mil es long wit h terrain co mp arab le to th at in Spain in 1971. T he w est co u rse , run on Sund ay , was ab o ut five miles sh orte r and much ti gh ter wi th fre que nt ver t ical climbs . numer ous wate r crossings , and ne a rly all in w o oded hilly terrai n . Two loops were run on each course, T hree special tes t s we re given each day . Two w er e the acceleration an d the DB (sound) test s. T hi rd test on Sat u rd ay w as a six m ile timed terrain test . Sunda y's th ird te st was a 3.6 mil e closed 'cou rse alm o st like a m o t o cr o ss. R iders we re d ivid ed in groups of 14 to 18 an d rode th ree lap s. The eve n t was as tough as an y you co uld as k fo r. One hund red an d one ride rs dropped out on Saturday. Si x tee n were inju red . Sund ay saw abo u t thirt y d rop a nd fiv e inj uries. Injured rid ers were rushe d to the base ho sp ital fo r free medic al trea tme n t in helic opters. T he re w ere so me protests ove r un eth ical or ille gal practices . Mos t of th ese cen te red a ro un d recei vin g ou ts ide help f ro m pit crews. One Monark team m oto rcy cle was impounded Saturday n ight aft er it h ad b een d iscover ed strip ped of seve ra l m ajo r p arts. Ove ra l l . cons ideri ng all fac tors . involved. J ay·Hic key an d hi s bo y s are t o be co ngratula te d fo r a job well d one. Al so to be co ngra tulated an d thanked is Gen eral Se nef for hi s coo pe ra ti o n. By th e way , th e Gen er al is a prac ticing m emb er of the Ft. Ho od D ir t Rid er s. by J ack Ferguson FO RT HOOD. TEX., A p r . 1, 19 7 3 T he first of six Two-Day Q ualifie r Trials for this fal l's ISD T en ded here today. Over tw o hu ndred rid e rs .ca m e fro m as fa r away as New J erse y an d O rego n to co mp e te . A m o ng them were Team Penton, Husq varn a, Kawasa ki , Monark, an d R ok on. Famo us n am es include d three Pen ton brothers. E uge ne Can nady, Ba rry Higgin s. La rs Larsson an d Malcolm S m ith. To su p port the d istaff side th ere was p etite Carol Degraw . As of th is ti m e res ults h ave no t b een compute d. T he Pen t on teams we re both kn ocked off go ld wh en Tom endoed his 175 afte r en cou n tering a large rock. suffering a b roken clavicle, an d Tom Cl ar k. S r. lo st two mi nutes after tire troubles. J eff Pen to n . Bill Uh l, and Dane Leirnh ach a re a mong the ce rtain go ld wi nners: Pr obab les are Jack Penton and Carl.Cranke, Carl R od e h is 25 0cc KT M/P enton almost the en tire distance w ith no rear b ra ke. Final results will b e p ublish ed in th e: next issue , ~ w FREE Z 15 DAY T AIAL U W ...J >- U LOW - COST,F=C=====:::::::::;: COMPLET TI MING SYSTEM INCLUDING START/STOP GATE FOR $296.00 . FO RClIiPLETE INF ORMATIOII COIITACT T_z DIllON DIVlLO. . .N' .. 0. IlOll . . . IAU LAItI CITY, U1'AIt .... 09 1 101) 2 77-. 1 31 Complete Report and Results Helf Week Team Penton , t he bu lk of wh ich will be t he U.S. T rophy Tea m in t he IS DT, appea red to be off a gold meda l bu t ind ividual Pe nt ons still f inis hed w it h go lds. 'C L E \NS STROKA fantastic four stroke p 'o\Ner D E N SE LU B E m et al bus hi ngs Wit h b uut-In l u b r ica t io n 47 racing-records were broken because this chain wasn't. Den se Lube Supe rc hain. The only chain yo u never lube. Wh e n mot orc vcle chai ns br eak. re c· l l rlb~ don't. T ha t's why Kuwusu ki ch ose DENS E LUBE SUPERCHA IN fo r it"i recen t record uucrnprs at Daytona . And h n lk c -t7 America n an d wor ld reco rds fo r speed a nd e nduran ce . . Dense Lu be Superchai n b; se lt-lubri c.ui ng The first a nd on ly ch ul n tha t is. II ru ns fa ster. coo ler. longer tha n any othe r c-hni n. Be cause Supcrchain's permane nt lubric a n t is inside the c in . ir's 11\1( ~ rc a s y - d pc s n' l gCI d ll!!gcd wit h gr it like o the r c hains. ..ha An ti because Dense Lu be Superc bain ru ns c.:onsl an tly lub r ica ted . it doesn' t s tre tc h like ord inar y chain - requi res fe we r adju stment s. Maybe thai 's wh y K uwusuki b roke th e world 2 -1 ·h ~ 'ur s peed and en du run ...' e re cord with o ut chuin failure - 2hJI m iles ut UN mph wi thout a br eak . No mort: chain-lu bi ng, fewer ad just ments. lon ger chain lift.'. l 'Ot,1 runni ng : Maybe th at's why you sho u ld bu y S upe rchain for you r hi ke . 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