Is there a list anywhere of the riders (with number) for the 1973 ISDT?
Well, I am sure there is somewhere...... There is an area of blue paint on the tank of my Penton 125, with a number scratched into it. It is two hundred and ? Thanks. Hal in CT
50cc class: No US riders
75cc class: No US riders
100cc class: 16 total riders
5th Bill Uhl(30) Penton Gold medal
9th Dane Leimbach(20) Penton Gold medal
125cc class: 71 total riders
17th Joe Barker(34) Penton Gold
20th Stellan Tingstrom (75) Monark Gold
21st Doug Wilford (67) Penton Gold
23rd Paul Danik (81) Penton Gold
30th Tom Penton(57) Penton Silver
54th Jim Hollander (98) Penton Retired
57th Les Grable(107) Dalesman Retired
175cc class: 54 riders
19th Bren Moran(55) Puch Silver
20th Dick Burleson(125) Husqvarna Silver
29th Jeff Penton(112) Penton Bronze
35th Jim Sparkes(119) Puch Retired
46th Tom Clark(141) Puch Retired
250cc class: 67 riders
8th Carl Cranke(189) Penton Gold
13th Malcolm Smith(168) Husqvarna Gold
17th Charlie Vincent(185) Ossa Gold
22nd Don Cutler (209) Ossa Silver
27th Dave Latham (161) Ossa Silver
32nd Jim Piasecki(200) Husqvarna Bronze
42nd Ken Maahs(207) Husqvarna Bronze
350cc class: 27 riders
6th Jack Penton(240) Penton Gold
12th Ron Bohn(229) Husqvarna Silver
13th Gary Snider(236) Rokon Silver
14th Carl Berggren(225) Lind-Qvarna Bronze
15th Jim Fogle(232) Rokon Bronze
17th Ron LaMastus(223) Rokon Bronze
18th Jim Simmons(244) Rokon Bronze
500cc class: 36 riders
10th Ben Bower(248) Husqvarna Gold
11th Jake Fischer(271) Husqvarna Gold
15th Gary Surdyke(251) Yamaha Bronze
17th Barry Higgins(260) Kawasaki Retired
18th Lars Larsson(255) Kawasaki Retired
22nd Mike Patrick(266) Kawasaki Retired
23rd Eric Jensen(282) Kawasaki Retired
27th Ron Bishop(274) Kawasaki Retired
34th Don Stover(249) Husqvarna Retired
1300cc class: 18 riders
3rd Ed Schmidt(284) Husqvarna Gold
7th Dave Mungenast (299) Triumph 510 Silver
9th Dave Eames(290) Husqvarna Silver
10th John Greenrose(293) Triumph Silver
18th Ken Harvey(287) Triumph Retired
After riding in the '03 ISDTRR in Dalton, and witnessing Dave Mungenast ride the very same bike he rode in 1973, I am in awe of the silver medal that was earned by he and John Greenrose that year, and by Dave riding the very same bike again in 2003. We sure do miss him.
Dan McEntee
Quotequote:Originally posted by Halk
Is there a list anywhere of the riders (with number) for the 1973 ISDT?
Well, I am sure there is somewhere...... There is an area of blue paint on the tank of my Penton 125, with a number scratched into it. It is two hundred and ? Thanks. Hal in CT
Unless that tank is BLUE then that is probably a bike used in the ISDT Qualifiers somewhere between 1972 and 74.
There are potentially two lists. One would be for the rider/machine and would also be on the number on the plates/bib. The second (which would be the one I'm looking for) is the list of inspection numbers which also corresponds to the rider/machine. Dalton was the first year a sticker was used on specific areas.
(http://i957.photobucket.com/albums/ae59/CheneySachs/Jackpiner013.jpg)
In this case inspection #183 - Still hoping to determine what rider/bike the hub came from.....
Parts filtered out in some cases. Does your machine have a center stand?
Dale Fisher
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70 Six-Days
71 Six-Days (Brother Dave's)
73 Jackpiner
74 Berkshire
And some silly other bikes...
Hal,
It is my understanding that the inspection/scrutineering numbers only matched actual rider numbers by pure coincidence. Often an entire team would take their bikes en masse to be inspected and subsequently impounded. For example, if the entire Swedish team impounded at the same time, there would be Monarks and Huskies with sequential inspection numbers, but their numbers for the event would be scattered throughout the various classes.
I could be wrong on this, but that's the story I've heard from a couple of sources. Prez Paul was there and I'm sure he can give us "just the facts, ma'am!"
It will be interesting to discover your bike's history. As Dwight pointed out, the Pentons ridden at the Dalton ISDT all sported Jackpiner blue tanks, regardless of displacement.
Jeff DeBell
The exception to the BLUE tank rule for 1973 was Jack Pentons Gold Yellow 250 Hare Scrambler.