Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

I LESS SOUND _ TRASK: Oops! Not Malcolm, but Jeff! ....... " s ... M b y J . Carsen McM IN NVILLE , OR E., May 12, 13 Wh en th e last o f th e mid n ight oil had be en spen t, the Motorcycle Ac tivities Club took another lo o k a t their results and fo un d th e b est sp ecial te st tim e o f the w hole grueling two d a ys h ad be en turned in b y n ot M alcol m Smith as first re ported, bu t J eff Penton. Jeff had h erded h is 1 75 Pent on in for the swiftest time reco rded as he wa iled aw ay across T rask Mountain , across Whit e f ace ro ad and Pe rkin s C ree k to the final end of the 4 3 1.2 m iles of this m o st . recent ISDT qualifyi ng e ven t . All o f th e Pen ton gang cam e in show ing th e sa m e style an d aggr essive n ess that rep resented us so well in the 4 7th IS DT in Czech o slovak ia. T he re h ad be en 274 entran ts to th e McMinnvill e affair, bu t so me did n o t arrive to run the race of th e cl ocks. T h is m e an t 2 3 2 e ager b ik e rs we re o n h and to try for the possibility of m akin g th e Be rk shire Biggie th is fa ll. Man y ran in to troub le on th e fir st day as the co u rse ran u p a sin gle track h ill wh ich m ean t th at if the t ra c k be came b locked, all y o u cou ld d o is w ai t . As a res u lt , th is sec tion was th ro wn o u t o f the fin al scorin g. T h e cou rse was w ell mar ke d and well ru n, but th e re is n o w ay to m a ke the daily 2 15 .6 miles of off-road ridi ng foolp roof as o ne rid er crash ed , remo vin g a log barrie r. As a resul t , several riders includin g th e in com parab le D ick M an n crashe d into a w ash o ut. M ann went on to ride second fas test ti me tha t d ay , but could no t c o n tin u e the secon d b e c au se o f three b roken rib s h e h ad suffered early the first day. D ick h as to be the Dean of the Pr o 's. T here is always a h igh m o r tal it y rate due to m ach in e breakage a t th ese even ts , but the clinche r that separated the b o ys fr o m the men and the young men fro m th e old ones w as th e 86 degree h ea t an d high humid it y , pl u s th e people killer sectio n b e tween checks 4 an d 5 on the second day. In this section , th e re was a w a te r /m u d cro ssin g which by the second day b ecam e swam p y bottom less p it if y o u h it the wrong gr oove. M an y riders too k one o f th e n o-w in groo ves and sank th eir bi ke s up to th e ta nk. A la rge p e rce n tage of th ese and othe r rid ers quit fro m h eat a n d over e xertion w h en they h it th e fi f th ch eck. Wh en th e whole affair w as over o n ly 87 of the 232 en thusiastic starters we re aro und to p ut in a cla im for a med al. S ome h ad been di squalified for outside assistance. but if e ve ry on e wh o h a d re ceived a litt le help on the sid e lik e trans mi ssi ons and fron t wheels , had b een disqualified, th e Gold m edal winners would have had many mi ssin g from th eir ra n ks. You might p u t it th is wa y : I f al l th e compe titors were to h a ve a equ al op portu ni ty, th ey would all h ave to be abl e to a fford to hav e their own fac tory su p port pe opl e a t the eve n t. T he re is n o th in g ne w o r reve alin g abou t this bit of inform a tion , but ra the r it is a fac t of wo rld co mpe titio n ISD T lif e. Americ a is go ing to h ave a good field of well q ual ified rid ers to choose fro m , an d they ar e learnin g the wa y it's done b y h avin g the o p p o rtun ity of riding top n o tc h e ve nts like Trask Moun tain. A fo o tn o te is that the co urse gre mlins were th er e again too, rip p ing d own an d off the course markers, T he th in g that made th e d ifference thi s ye ar w as th a t th e club us ed (W) m ark e rs fo r wrong w ay and sinc e the gremlins didn't kn ow wha t th ey meant, th ey left th em intact. The 'r esul t was very few rid e rs mi ssed th e turns, RESULTS: TOP INDIVIDUAL PERF : Jeff Pent on . l00cc : 1. Bill Uhl, Gold (Pen ). 2 . Dane Leimbach, Gold (Pen). 3.0rvi, Olsen, Gold (Pen). 125cc : 1. Tom Penton , Gold (Pen ). 2 . Dick Burleson , Gold (Husl . 3 . Doug Wilford , Gold (Pen). 4. James Holland er, Gold IPen). 5 . Jo e Barker, Gold (Pen}. 6 . Bob Canfield, Go ld (Hod ). 7. Paul Danik, Gold (Pen). B. Dave Hulse. Gold (Dall . 9 . Rick Jenkins, Gold (Pen)' 175cc : 1. Je ff Penton , Gold (Pen ). 2 . William Honga, Silver (Penl . 3 . Herb Uhl, Bronze (Suz l, 250cc : 1. Malcolm Smith , Gold [ Hus} . 2 . Carl Cran ke, Gold (Pen). 3 . Don Stover, Gold (Hus). 4 . Dave Lat ham, Gold (Ossl . 4 . Mark Deyo, Gold (Ossl . 66. Don Cutler, Gold I ( Ya m). 7 . Carl Berggren, Gold (Husl. B. Shelby Funderb urk , Gold (Hcn l . 350cc: 1. Ron Simmo ns, Gold (R o k) . 2 . Gary Snider, Go ld (Rok). 3 . Joe VonHarten, Silver [Hus}. 4 . Jack Pento n, Silver (Pen). OPEN: 1. Ken Maahs, Gold (Hu, ). 2. Ben Bower, Gold (Hus). 3 . Ed Schmidt , Gold (Hu sl . 4 . Jo hn Sino n, Gold (Yam). 5. Dave Eames, Gold (Hea l . 6 . Ron Bishop, Gold (Kawl . 7 . Steve Bales, Go ld (CZ). B. Wally Brosamle, Gold (Yam). 9 . Ken Harvey, Go ld (T ri). 10 . Joh n Greenrose, Gold rr -n. 11. Herb Fulmer, Gold (Yam). SIMBA \\' e used a fo ur wheel drive, a gen uine Land Rover named Si mba to' clean up parts of the Sled Rider s M.C. co urse and I swear it is th e only wa y to go . We drove a ro u nd th e co u rse zigging and zagging, pulling o ff ribbon and y an kin g up sta kes. Not o n ly is it much e asie r to ge t the L and R o ve r in to n eutral , but there is enough ro om in the back to h o ld all t he ri b bon and st a kes you h ave to m down . Next year we are go ing to h ave to ge t Sim b a agai n a n d th is tim e use h er both for p utting up an d taking w Z W ...J U > U MORE GROUND_~'" fin ishe rs . FACTORY TEAM WINNERS: 1. Husqvarna; 2 . Pen t on ; 3 . T riumph. Motorcycling Mayor Magurany WOO D RIV E R , ILL ., May 7 , 1973 Lo n g -t i m e A me ric an M o t orcycl e As so ciatio n referee Bill M agu rany wa s swo rn in May 7 as m a y o r o f Wo od River . Magurany h ad served for th e past six years as a c ou n cilman in the S t . Loui s su bu r b of 11 ,0 0 0 , Magu ran y has been an A MA referee for 15 ye a rs a t th e D istrict 18 le vel an d also is a p ast Ce n tral Regio n al refe ree. With 3 0 y ea rs o f m o t orcyclin g unde r h is be lt, Bill is a life member of th e AMA , an d a p ast 5 0- mile Na tional TT Cha mpion. b y Alice Rh ea INY·OUREAR Several wee ks ago Bill Fricke we nt on tel evision in rebuttal to " S ave th e Desert" sta tements made in a Golden West Broad casters editorial. Fricke to ld interviewers at the te levisio n station that h e was a memb e r of Hu n tin gt on Beach ~I.C .. when in fa ct h e h ad been a prospe ctive me m be r an d had n o t been acce pted In to the clu b. HBMC preside n t Ron McKimm y stated th at Fri c ke was asked ex plici tly no t to use th e cl ub n am e in the reb u ttal. '" ;;: T h er e were 8 silver and five b ro nze med al Here's Dirt. . . HBMC DENIES FRICKE Cl down the co u rse. Oh , and we took the cooler full o f food an d co ld drinks an d were ac t u ally q u ite comfo rtab le an d able to work all d a y, ra ther th an m aki n g five do zen tri ps back to cam p . MORE SIMBA T h e weekend we use d Simba she was d o cil e as a lam b , a pe rfec t lady in fa ct, but the followi ng weekend fri ends of ours had he r out and Bob, who wa s d riving at th e tim e fou n d a hill h e felt n eeded clim b in g. Revvi n g th e e ng ine to a scream, Bo b d ropp ed the cl u tc h an d ch ar ged the hi ll fu ll til t . Th ey ram m ed th e b o tt om of the h ill, ca me to a n abrupt h alt with Bob h o u ncin g up kn oc king h is head on the radio (of cou rse there is a radio !) and R o n , wh o was ridin g in the ba c k sc at, flying o ve r th e sc at wip in g out th e dome ligh t o n - th e wa y and d islocating h is sh ould e r wh en he hit the dash . Sirnb a b oun ced off th e hill , sh o o k her h ead and carrying h er two limp p assen ger s, cal m ly woun d he r way to the to p of the h ill. A nd they say m o to rcycl es are d an ge r o us. FREEB IES MOST CHAMPIONS DEPEND ON 'THE MATCHED SET' Red Dots ga ve aw ay lo ts o f fre e bies at the finish line of th eir rac e and am ong them w as a little sample of A rmorall. If y ou haven ' t a lrea dy used it on y o u r b o ots o r leathers , sa ve it fo r y o u r go ggles . I tried it on mi n e an d it reall y m akes it easy to cl ean th em when tljey ge t d u st y , The pro m ote rs a lso sa y it will to ughen the pl ast ic lenses so th ey are m o re scrat ch resistant, b ul l h aven't h ad m ind lo ng enoug h to kn ow. SPEAKING OF GOGGLES BUTTERFLIES Larry Hem was raci ng a week o r so ago an d managed to ca tc h a b utte rfly. In his mo uth. He sai d he co u gh ed an d gagged for five minutes before he spi t it u p. Take a lesson fro m Larry an d rid e witb your mouth cl osed during the bu tterfly season. SPEEDWAY I don't know whe th er the ed itor will allow thi s i te m in , b ut I'm go nna try. J ohn Wee d wh o ro ad races an d ed its ano ther m otorcy cle n ew sp ap e r wa s challenged to ri de speedway after h e said it looked like the re was n oth in g 10 it. After all , what is so h ard about rid ing a 5 0 0cc bike with on e speed fo rward an d no b ra kes o n a track that is slicke r th an sno t. Op enin g ni gh t fo un d Mr . Weed o n the lin e with the th ird div isio n (Novices) n o w a m aste r of the art of speed way, h avin g spent 10 minu tes th e previo us da y riding arou nd the track. The ga te we n t up and Weed j u m pe d into the fray, takin g the first co m e r with both feet o n th e pe gs. "That ' w as a mi stake!" Weed later commen ted . Well, we were all su rp rise d t o see that Weed n o t o nly made the comp le te fo u r laps without once falli ng off, bu t eve n go t fo u rt h in th e fie ld of six. Xot b ad for a firs t ride . 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