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Cycle News 1969 10 28

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"fO ~ '" Cl.. ~ "" :i!: "" ..,J ~ U • •" • •, . , A' I., ••re 1bere's a widespread bel1ef that attaches a rebel png rougb.)lousing to any motorcycle gathering, says the Bay Mare management. Doa't let the world tell you what's happening-see for your- self. Bay Mare racetrack 15 fUming a documentary on motorcross. Renowned riders John Rice and Preston Petty are being featured for special effects and stunts. Also appearing will be well known riders from across the United States. A rock grouP and several movie and starlets are scheduled to appear. Door prizes will be given a way and the Bay Mare promoters call tb1s the year's h1ggest happening. tv ai1 SaOOLeBaCK f':he ACTION'S NOVEMBER 2 ACA Motocross NOVEMBER 9 DESERT FOXES TROPHY PRESENTA nON YOUTH GRABS MOTORCYCLE, RUNS ERRANDS ON TRACK DeserC Foxes tropby wtnners wtIo didn't pick ~ their tropby at the CbecIt Chase may do SO at PDR Motorcycle Sales, 745 E. Arrow Hwy., Azusa, CalU. For more lnformation please call 9434697. From Jackson Daily News Jim West w111 switch from his usual Yamaha mounts and ride the new AJS 250 and 360cc motocross models at the Ascot motocross this Sunday. The machines were delivered to the U.S. co be ridden in the Inter-Am series but someone arranged for a Uttle detour so they could be first seen in Southern Call!ornla. ENDURO RIDERS...ATTENTION SCTA Riding School &Ib ANNUAL SPROCKETS BENEFIT NOVEMBER 1& Saddleback Scrambles SCRAMBLES Open Weekends, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Weekdays Aug. JACKSON, MISS., 29,1969- There were a lot of "unsung heroes" along the Gulf Coast immediately after Hw::ricane Camille. The tale of one of them, an unidentifled youth, came to light this week in a story related by officIals of the State Health Department. OfficIals believe, the youth was the son of an employee of the department••• When the roadS were impassable along the coast, he borrowed a motorcycle and was our messenger between health clinics," oMclals sald. One day the youth found he could .not get over the roads. "He took the motorcycle, put it on the railroad tracks, and took off on his errandS," of!1cials related. "He made something like 25 miles in under an hOur," they sald. FLASH! NEW AJS MOTOCROSS MACHINES TO DEBUT AT ASCOT Newly formed CalUornla Enduro Rider Association (C.E.R.A.). Join now before January 1. 1970 for next year's Endurance runs and save $4.00 - also receive charter member benef1ts. Instruction booklet for new riders and younger riders. Free T-Shirt, etc. Four(4)additional Enduros next year! by C.E,R.A. For more lnformatlon and entry form write CERA, .P.O. Box 2102, Cypress, Call!. 90630. NOW!I ! PROCEEDS TO MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS Admission $2.50; Juniors & Minis $1.50. SUNDAY OCT. 26, 1969 Pr.ctlc. 10:30 •• lft. lst r.ce 12 Noon. Drift_ C.mper & AmerlcllO Eatl. motor· cye I. to be ,Inn •••y. Fool of ChIna Gr• • GEEZER EMICK MEMORIAL AWARD HUNTINGTON BEACH MOTOCROSS TO HAVE A.M.A. SANCTION AND BENEFIT LOCAL BOYS CLUB. Word has just been received by Don England, owner and operator of the new motocross track being built at Huntington Beach Cycle Park, Cal, that the A.M.A. has granted them a sanction for the event so that motocross points may be awarded to the winner. Mr. England says that time is growing short for the entries to bemailedin.so1! any riders are planning on attending, they should fill out the entry blank printed in tb1s week's paper and mail it in. Mr. England also stated that he has given a large block of tickets to the Huntington Beach Boys Club and all proceeds from the sale of these tickets by the boys will go into the club treasury to help purchase needed items for the club. It 15 things like tb1s that help put out a good image for motorcycles. TEAM BULTACO ENTERS MEXI CAN 11110 Team Bultaco has entered six motorcycles in the Mexican 1000 being run October 29, and 30. This race is sald to be the "Toughest Run Under the Sun" starting in Ensenada and running the complete length 01. Baja CalUornla to La Paz. Plan calls lor three 360cc El Bandidos and three 250cc PurSangs making the run. The lead BuItaco w111 be handled by the current race record holders and last year's winners Larry Bergqu1stand Gary Preston. The other 360' s w111 be handled by Rich Thorwaldson - Charlie Hockie, and John Coots - Bruce Dunford. Six top riders will also make uP . the three 250 teams. They include Jack Froelich - Gary Gr1!f1n, Bud WeltyGary Lel\POld, and Doyle Fields - Dlck Dean. CLASS A MOTORCYCLE Racing Ivan Mauger- At this time all the teams are making plans for the pre-race practice runs to check the course and their equlpment. The riders are all extremely enthused and really looking forward to the race. With starting positions of 15 through 20 and the fine riders on the Bultacos all are very hopeful of success in the race. Bell Helmets lU1DOUDCed today they wW present a Bell Helmet and belmet bag to the best first year Expert atAscot Park each season. 'Ib1s year's award w111 be given at the CalUornla flat track championship Nov. 7th and in subsequent years w111 be presented in conjunction with the Ascot Eight-Mile National. H-D VS. TWO STROKE DUEL TO CONTINUE AT DAYTONA Can David slay Goliath and find true happiness in 1970? Or, did Sears Point really prove that two-stroke technology has overcome four-cycle cc's? Looks Uke bike racing's Big Question w111 spend the winter hibernating behind bolted doors in Milwaukee, Hamamatsu, and Coventry - to await the Ultimate Answer in a pair of premier 2oo-mile road races next spring at Daytona and Talladega. Speculation surrounding the Daytona 200 on March 15 is bound to run higber than a chapper's. handlebars after the topsy-turvy 1969 event which saw the venerable four-stroke Harleys survive a bonzai charge by a bunch of Yamahas and Suzukls to chalk uP the firm'S 13th win in the last 17 years. And, as 1! the Daytona 200 didn't stir the breeze enough, Art Baumann had to go and win the f1nal road race of the year at Sears Point, Call!. onhlsSuzukll Impetus among racing-oriented manufacturers w111 undoubtedly multiPly with the addition of the Talladega 200 just 60 days on the beets of the traditional Daytona run. Dayton's legendary 200 has forever stood as the nation's longest, richest, fastest, and most widely-pubUcized motorcycle race. Now comes a second 200miler - promising to be just as fast, equally well endowed and public1zed at Bill France's fabulous new :!lEi mill10n Alabama International Motor Speedway. Daytona,"s 200 climaxes the gigantic Daytona Motorcycle Classics - a weeklong competition festival March 9-15 that prompts an annual migration to the popular beach resort of nearly 1,000 riders and 40-50,000 fans from every nook and cranny in the country. It's a full bag...Including an endurance run; SPortsman races; a 76- mile Novice road event; a lOO-mile, 250cc Expert/ Amateur combo; the big 200 lor AMA National Championship points; and three ntghts of nitty-gritty short track action. Talladega's inaugural program w111 lead off with a lOO-mile Amateur contest on Friday, May 15, followed on Saturday by a 100-miler for 250cc mounted Amateurs and Experts. Sunday. May 17 features the Talladega 200 for Experts. Riders w111 match skW for the first time on the exciting 4.O-mileroad-track course at "Big T". Like Daytona, tb1s course utiUzes part of the high-banked Speedway trioval, then ties into a series of challenging 1n!l.eld turns - cOlllPlete with mlnl-banks and interesting elevation changes. I 2 time .orld champion currltllt world speedw.y ch.mp!on MOTOCROSS l-"' G ~...f\ ' ~G Barry Briggs4 time world c......plon HUNTINGTON BEACH CYCLE PARK lfz Mi••• of B.ch on Talbert ALL CLASSES 125 - 250 - 5111 Jim Airey- J' Auxtr111an champ! on New Course I NOV. 2 ...11 ItIItry to P.O. Box FA, ••xtmlnst.r, 92613 by OCt. 30. MAIL ENTRY $2.00 Post ItIItry $5.00. (Info: (714) 897-4451) ENTRY BLANK-ENTRY BLANK-ENTRY BLANK- Orange Co. Fairgrounds C.sII .'A OCT. 24 & 31 Gates 0,. &:30 ,.11. Fr• • Parklnll Races Start 1:15 , .... A ISIi.. Adllts - $3.11 Jul.' - $1.58 Fr• • Prograftl Fr• • Plcnlclnll '''Jlr''l~ lrel f.r f•• Ii~s "Junlor_ _Sltlllor NUl. State_ _ _ Zlp CII, Addrus cc _ _ _ Numb., A,. llac:hl... No D.t. Hn. you rud this .ntry? Yu Puent ...11 slen If .ppllnnt under 21 yrs. of .,. - Caution. "'renll Slenat... Entr.nh SI,nat... 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