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BY PAUL, ELLIS .
, F.Ingines ;roared as each 'rider revVetl up •
his bike: Ahead of them is a hard ride
through slippery Mud and over high juinp.s. •
When it's all over; the men will be tired.
, .
dirty and, perhaps bruised.
.
• 'The sport is motocross. Sure it's trots)/
:and dirty., but if you were to tisk any ot' the
..tiuntlreds • of riders and Spectators, they
• w•ould,all tell you•that its fun. „
. '1viot3cross is a high endurance race
around a specially groomed track. the bikes
are specially built to'give.maximurn p-mver
te-get-up•-horrougli-m
aren't a's .fast • as street .bikes,, but thevil
'easily take a ten 'foot junip
Lights are 'absent on thesemotoicycles,
as are street -1e:01 - mufflers. %They're ,
strictly for off-road riding.
Motoreross has become a big,InisineSs
over the last few years. All the bike
.inanufacturere have • theit, own 'factory'
•racing teania' which go to all the 'metos to
compete. Quite often these Sponsored'
.'teatriS win, but not always: A -Ideal' rider
.who knows the track can have' an
advantage. „
It takes—a—lot of money for an individual
to race. .First there is the 'initial cost of the
bike and riding gear. Then of course there ,
are,entry fees and gasoline. And the bike
6. 'has :to.,13e..trAnsported, either in a truck or
.
van or on a trailer: •
• Parses (cash Prizes) in small Ideal races
are usually the Same: small''.• It is because of '
this that Most 'un'sponsoyed ridetS cornPete
mainly for the excitement. '• • •
The Searorth area isfortunate td have
two good motoeroSS
•
. , •
track's within', driving
distance. One is Jiist• north -cast of Waltrip. •••
.
It takes advantage 'of., good natural terrain
to:provicle•an ext.:client course..
The -other is at •Hitily Gully neat Varna.
This 'well- known track is more man triade'
than is , • • '
' •
To help promote Motocross. in. this
Randy Collins.•General Manger at Hully:
.Gully. has set up A houseleague system for r•
riders. The: idea is .to -provitle 2 safe:,
well -organized _ developnient : and,
corn-
petition_withouLL..latgefittatitial -outlay '
tIonefully it will 'parallel '-minoiliockey or
baseball. '
,A few local riders ,r1O cOnipete in 'inoto,S
around Ontario. A ..eouple:7-Of , Promising ,
racers from this .area are Chris Lee from
Walton,. and Wayne AyerS.Ott of Clinton:
• Lee a member of the Maitland Dirt Riders
Association. is becoming known' for racing- :
in the expert classes. Ryerson' was the 1978
Ontario .High'Point Senior'. -•
It takes, a' lot of peoplein
, to run a 'oto,
Announcers, starters, flag-nfe.ti arid -7
CM.A. officials are, all impOrtant. The
bikes theinselves often need Mechanics to
repair them., and ofcoursea sponsor is
necessary t� provide the purse, , r
.HoWever, . the spectator makes ' it alf
possilfte in the long run If no one ,watched
the races, then no:one would sponsor'thr.*
• there are tWeagood tracki noar•SeafOrth '
and a high 'grade of *racing isn't hard to '
_find.. So go to a rnoto•thiS summer.' You
might -be sutpised at. the dicciternerit that
you'll experience. ' •
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