Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

M ." 0> Q. M r- '" '" c ": .., ::l '" 3: w z W ...J U >- U Can yo u keep count of h ow many Pier re has won ? Pierre & Gary in Ohio su cceed ed in d oi ng an en do a t th e bottom of the big h ill and bending h is han dl eb ar s into a pretzel. Jimmy spe n t th ree la ps in th e pits havin g hi s bars changed as G ary J ones finall y reeled in 'an d p assed Chaplin. Marty T ripes worked h is Honda quickly u p th roulh the p ack a nd also p assed Ch aplin to m ove in to se cond b ehind hi s te amma te . It w asn 't lo ng th ough before Marty, lik e everyone e lse i t seemed, cras hed an d he ende d up b ack in twelfth at the end. J o n es was first, Ch aplin (Mai ) secon d and Th orwaldso n (S u z) third . Gary Chapli n ra n away fro m the field agai n in the second m ota b u t o nly got as far as lap six whe n h is bike t ried to sputter o ut an d d rown in th e w a t e r at th e b o tt om of the bi g hill . T his gave Gary J ones th e op po rt un ity he need ed to ge t th e le ad agai n as Ch ap lin had h is e ng ine d ry o ut qu ic kly enough to h ol d onto secon d. Meanwhile Marty T ripes w as agai n w orkin g his way u p fro m th e b ack o f the field a n d only two laps fro m the fin ish h e p assed G ary J ones and to o k th e win. Ch aplin to o k thi rd th is ti me , f oll ow ed b y Bob Grossi, T ho rw aldso n and DeWayne J ones. Thorwaldson, brin gin g hi s Suzuki in for a third. THE HILL O n e hund red feet straight d own with a c ree k a t the botton. If the hill d idn 't wip e them o u t , then th e water at th e b ottom almost certain ly would. ' Wh en practice finall y go t u nde rway at one in th e aft ern oon it was quickly di sco vered that a lot of th e riders wer e en d ing up in tangle m asses at th e bo ttom of th e cliff. Some we re lu cky a nd w ould fa ll midway d own th e hill an d get s tuc k on it wit hou t slidi ng to the bo tto m . THE CONTROVERSY Referee J ohn Lan cione h eld up practice so th e hill could be wo rked on to remo ve th e h oles and soft spo ts. Final ly it see med a lmos t po ssib le fo r everyone to ride down it o n two wh e els. G ary J ones was the o nl y one wh o tried ridi ng u p it for fun, an d he m ade it. Eve ryone ap pla ude d. Lan ci on e st ill th ough t th e hill was too d an ger o us th ough and wan te d it rem o ved fro m the co urse. "H ow the hell are we ever going to b e at the Eu ro peans at the ir o w n ga me if al l we e ve r ra c e o n ar e sc ramb les tr acks ? ," said \Veinert. No ne o f th e riders wan ted th e hill rem oved fr om the c o u rse . 500 NATIONAL T eam Maico was lo o kin g good in th e Open class as well with Bobby Barris ge tting his 400 o ff t o a nice start. But it wasn't lo n g be fore Jimmy E llis (Yam ) flew b y to take ov er ' the lead a nd that was th e last an y one saw o f him for th e n ext thi rt y minutes, excep t when he was lapping them. By m id race Br ad Lack e y had m oved h is Kawasaki up into 250 NATIONAL Gary Chaplin go t the jump at th e start of the first mota and was long go ne . Behind hi m a t a go o d di st an ce were Gary J ones, J o hn Franklin, Rich Th orwaldson an d Wein ert. T h orwald son be gan to pull off a little fr om Wein ert so J immy tried goi ng fast er, b ut o n ly .. -, Gary Jones came b ack thi s w eek f or a w in . second place an d was j ust pl a yin g it coo l wit h n o ch anc e wh a tso eve r o f catc hing Ellis. Pierre K arsm a ke rs was ba ck in th ird , not tak in g a n y cha nc es b ut j ust ru n n in g a consisten t p ace . Jus t w hen it loo ked like Ellis was h ome free the Yam ah a dro wned ou t dead in th e c ree k wi th o nly two laps to go. Bradle y rode out the few remain in g lap s to t ake th e chec ke red with Pie rre a good d ist ance back in second, the n J ohn DeS o t o an d Har ris. Ellis didn't come bac k o ut 10 run the fin al m o t a in which Mik e Runyard m ov ed in to an early le ad fo llo we d b y La ck ey, DeSoto and th e Dut chman. T h ings stayed fairly co nsiste n t fo r the entire ra ce, with th e top fo ur le ad e rs st re tche d out a lon g w ays fro m ch allen gin g eac h o the r. Lack ey need ed o n ly t o h old h is p os ition fo r th e ove ra ll win, but with n ot m u ch m ore th an five min u tes left he pull ed o ff th e track to h a ve a bent rear brake le ve r straigh tened. It cost hi m two p osition s an d the ove rall wi n . J o hn DeS o to was in lin e for the overall win as ' well, but the th ro ttle cab le on hi s CZ bro ke with two laps to go and bi g J ohn had to push his bike across th e fin ish with a las t place. , . Mike Runvard won th e m o to , but Pierre Karsmake ; s w a s in se c ond p la ce and tha t , along wit h his seco n d in th e first m o to , gave him the o ve rall wi n . Pierre was fo llowed across the lin e b y T on y DiSte fan o, Ha rris, th en Lackey, Mark Blackwell an d Wyman Priddy. RESULTS , 2 5 0 : 1. G ary J ones (Hon) . 2 . Gary Chapl in ( Ma l) 3 . R i ch Th orw aldso n (Su z ) . 4 . B ob G r o ssi ( H us ) . 5 . M ar t y T ri pes (HOn) . 6 . Rick Jordan (CZ ) . 7. B i ll C le me n t s (Hus ) . 8.DeWa yne Jones (H on) . 9 . Bob Thompson (Hu s) . 10. James W icks ( C Z ) . . O PEN : 1. Pi er r e Karsmak e r s (Yam). 2 . Mi ke R u nya rd (S uz ). 3. B rad Lacke y ( K aw ) . 4 . Bo b H ar ri s (M ai) . 5 . w yman Pridd Y ( K aw ) . 6 . Gary Semics (Hus) . 7 . M a r k Bl ackwell (Hus). 8 . J ohn D eSot o (C Z ) . 9 . D av id Cl emence (Bul ). ··· ..t:;;' us ~ cr;;~~d . P. a ~Ef HOUSE B o x "Q" Co rve tns. Oregon 9 7330 2 0 3 7 Po nti us Avenue Los A ngel es. CA 9 0 025 (2 13) 4 7 9-4383 qar'f I\~XOn _ _ ,,~~ .... 11 1 enterp r ises I ll:/.. ' I", ->" ~ ', ~ ; N. "'p . Cocke vsville , Md t ,-., . ~ Tulsa, Old a. 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