Competition Etc
COMPETITION ETC
NATIONAL NUMBERS 1974
1. Kenny Roberts, Woodside, Calif.
2. Dick Mann, Richmond, Calif.
3. Gene Romero, San Luis Obispo, Calif.
4. Bart Markel, Flint, Mich.
5. Roger Reiman, Kewanee, III.
6. Mark Brelsford, Woodside, Calif.
7. Mert Lawwill, Tiburon, Calif.
8. Not Issued
9. Gary Nixon, Cockeysville, Md.
10. Neil Keen, St. Louis, Mo.
11. Don Castro, Gilroy, Calif.
12. Eddie Mulder, Northridge, Calif.
13. Dave Aldana, Santa Ana, Calif.
14. Cal Rayborn, Spring Valley, Calif.
15. Mike Gerald, Baton Rouge, La.
16. Dave Sehl, Waterdown, Ont., Can.
17. Yvon DuHamel, LaSalle, Que., Can.
18. Jim Odom, Fremont, Cahf.
19. Scott Brelsford, Daly City, Calif.
20. Dave Smith, Lakewood, Calif.
21. Gary Fisher, Parkesburg, Pa.
22. Terry Dorsch, Granada Hills, Calif.
23. Dave Hansen, Hayward, Calif.
24. Jim Rice, Portola Valley, Calif.
25. Don Emde, Chula Vista, Calif.
26. Cliff Carr, Arlington, Ma.
27. Jim Evans, San Bernadino, Calif.
28. Conrad Urbanowski, Miramar, Fla.
29. Larry Palmgren, Freehold, N.J.
30. Art Baumann, Brisbane, Calif.
31. Rex Beauchamp, Milford, Mich.
32. Steve Baker, Bellingham, Wash.
33. Paul Smart, Santa Ana, Calif.
34. Darryl Hurst, Houston, Tex.
35. Randy Skiver, Everett, Wash.
36. Charles Chappie, Flint, Mich.
37. Ron Moore, San Bernadino, Calit.
38. Chuck Palmgren, Freehold, N.J.
39. Hurley Wilvert, Westminster, Calif.
40. Doug Libby, Milford, Mich.
41. William Eves, Phoenixville, Pa.
42. Fred Smith, Memphis, Tenn.
43. Jerry Greene, San Mateo, Calif.
44. Hurshel Keeter, Ojai, Calif.
45. Doug Sehl, Waterdown, Ont., Can.
46. Paul Bostrom, San Roman, Cahf.
47. Charles Seale, Lantana, Fla.
48. Allen Kenyon, Cupertino, Calif.
49. Buck Boren, Kleberg, Tex.
50. Randy Scott, Philomath, Ore.
51. Dave Lawson, Yukon, Okla.
52. Ronnie Rail, Mansfield, Ohio
53. Bart Myers, New Brunswick, N.J.
54. Robert Lee, Fort Worth, Tex.
55. Tom Horton, Lancaster, Calif.
56. Marty Lunde, Hermosa Beach, Calif.
57. Edward Hermann, Portland, Ore.
58. Robert Winters, Fort Smith, Ark.
59. Jean Lysight, Tracy, Que., Can.
60. Chuck Joyner, Oregon City, Ore.
61. Ron Grant, Brisbane, Calif.
62. Clifford Keener, Flint, Mich.
63. Reg Pridmore, Goleta, Calif.
64. Gary Scott, Baldwin Park, Calif.
65. Delbert Armour, Denver, Colo.
66. John Skinner, Auburn, Ala.
67. Patrick Marinacci, Seattle, Wash.
68. Larry Schafer, Hyattsville, Md.
69. Sonny Burres, Portland, Ore.
70. Mark Williams, Springfield, Ore.
71. Jim Maness, Augusta, Ga.
72. Mike Kidd, Euless, Tex.
73. Kel Carruthers, San Diego, Calif.
74. Paul Pressgrove, Tecumseh, Kan.
75. James Dunn, Everett, Wash.
76. Frank Gillespie, Danville, Calif.
77. Eddie Wirth, Dana Point, Calif.
78. Ron Wakefield, Indianapolis, Ind.
79. Stan Johnson, Albuquerque, N.M.
80. Tom White, Huntington Beach, Calif.
81. Gordon Dusenbery, Wichita, Kan.
82. Harry Cone, Sherman, Tex.
83. Steve McLaughlin, Duarte, Calif.
84. Mike Collins, Albuquerque, N.M.
85. Mike Johnson, Flint, Mich.
86. Keith Ulicki, Kenosha, Wis.
87. James Einarsson, Shelton, Wash.
88. Tom Rockwood, Gardena, Calif.
89. James Zeigler, Bellville, Ohio
90. Gilbert Reed, Salem, Ore.
91. Michael Haney, Torrance, Calif.
92. Steve Droste, Waterloo, Iowa
93. Jim Rawls, Grand Prairie, Tex.
94. Ted Poovey, Garland, Tex.
95. Michael Ninci, Kansas City, Mo.
96. William Schaeffer, Pinegrove, Pa.
97. Ron Pierce, Bakersfield, Calif.
98. John Hateley, Van Nuys, Calif.
99. Steve Dalgarno, Baltimore, Md.
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Harley-Davidson’s fully-sponsored factory team consists of Mark Brelsford, Scott Brelsford, Gary Scott, Mert Lawwill and Rex Beauchamp. Partial support will go to John Gennai, Hank Scott, Jim Rice, Greg Sassaman, Dave Sehl, Jimmy Maness, Corky Keener and Dennis Palmgren.
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LIKELY CANDIDATES FOR THE TOP TEN IN 1974
D. RANDY RIGGS
SCORE PARKER 400
BY MIKE ANSON
Kawasaki rider, A1 Baker, has made it two in a row in Short Course Off-Road Enterprises (SCORE) events. In October, Baker won the motorcycle portion of the Mickey Thompson RV Spectacular and again, after drawing number one for the Parker 400, he and co-rider Steve Halliday finished in 7 hours and 24 minutes to win the overall motorcycle and the open motorcycle classes. Finishing ahead of Baker and Halliday (Continued on page 100) were three, single-seat dune buggies.
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The Parker, Arizona Chamber of Commerce, after disposing of the former promoters, NORRA, asked Mickey Thompson and his group to stage the event. Formerly the Dam 500, this year’s event was energy-crunched down to 359 miles and renamed the Parker 400. Riders leaving the starting line early Saturday morning w^^ greeted by a blazing Arizona sunrise, but they didn’t have to worry about four-wheel vehicle traffic. Thompson started the last bike at 8 a.m. and the first car at 9 a.m., giving the riders time to race without contending with the cars.
Three jarring, bike-breaking laps (two 110-mile loops into Arizona and one 139-mile, lap in California), across the toughest country in two states proved too much for some of the bikes; Bill Silverthorn was one of the early retirees with a broken machine. Curt Skinner and Donald Feldscher on a 125cc Honda made a Cinderella 3rd-place-overall finish in 8 hours and 14 minutes. They also won their class, in which they were the only entry. Flat tires and broken shocks were par for this course of rocks, dirt roads and engine-strainii^ sandwashes. ^
Between loops the bikes were driven (Continued on page 102) from one side of the Colorado to the other on public highways, but with a car escort from SCORE. At the finish of each loop, each rider had 20 minutes “down time” in which to refuel, change riders and remove light covers. Any repairs made during this time would automatically disqualify the entry. This put many of the riders on the starting line with broken machines; they would take the green flag, ride, if they could, or push their machines to the waiting pit crew and begin the time-consuming repairs.
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Some notes on the way SCORE handled the event: the course was well marked, they made provision for getting fuel to the bikes at inaccessible check points an'd SCORE personnel at the check would fuel the bike. Checkpoint communication was good; and the information was instantly relayed to the pits and posted so pit crews could follow the progress of their rider from checkpoint to checkpoint and finally, when the trophies were presented on Sunday afternoon, so were the checks. Thompson flew the accountants up to Parker to distribute the money to the racers. To Mickey Thompson and SCORE— congratulations.
RESULTS OVERALL
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Belgium has awarded World Champion Motocrosser, Roger DeCoster, its highest honor for a sports personality. He was presented the outstanding Sportsman Of The Year Award by the King of Belgium.
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In addition to 250cc and Open Class
Äipionships, the AMA has anced a 125cc four-event series in Motocross racing, to be capped by a 125cc World Cup Final. The final will pit the best in the World against the top riders from the previous four-event American National Championship Series. The dates and places are:
April 6, 1974 Hangtown Classic Plymouth, California 125cc National Championship
June 30, 1974
Sears Point International Raceway Sonoma, California 125cc National Championship July 7, 1974 Baldwin Cycle Park Baldwin, Kansas 125cc National Championship July 21, 1974 Mid-Ohio Motocross Park Lexington, Ohio 125cc National Championship July 28, 1974 Zoar Motocross Park Springville, N.Y.
125cc World Cup Championship
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In its efforts to participate in the nation’s conservation of fuel, the American Motorcycle Association has, according to Legislative Director, F. Eugene Wirwahn, “completed an in-depth statistical survey of the amount of energy consumed by its professional and amateur motorcycling activities and has deduced certain proposals to cut that ajtrgy consumption by 24.8 percent.” ^For professional and amateur competitions sanctioned by the AMA, such energy-saving measures as those that follow have been proposed:
1. Advancing the starting time of night races by one hour. This will save 20 percent of the fuel needed for lighting.
2. Controlling and compressing practice periods.
3. Reducing the length of National Championship level competition.
4. Encouraging the use of car pooling, the utilization of mass transit and motorcycles for spectator travel by urging our promoters to offer discounts to those spectators using such transportation.
These measures, when combined with the observation by spectators and narticipants of the reduced speed limits, ^^1 hopefully result in the 24.8 percent decrease in energy consumption projected by the AMA. @
