Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Md., who was the number one high point rIder in both '67 & '68. A 100 mph spUi on a one mUe dirt track knocked Gary out of contention tor his third straight title last year, so the February date at the Dome will be his first race since the accident. Nixon won" the first Astrodome short track "race back in ' 68, coming tram behin;f to take the lead and win on the tinal two laps of the 25 lap National Final. Mechanical troubles kept him tram going for the repeat win last year, but now atter a " seven month layoff, the charging redhead tram Mar yland Is ready to try for a comeback. The man that replaced NIxonas America's number one professional racer Is 29 year old Mert Lawwill tr a m San FrancIsco, Calltornia. Steady rIding and tour victories on the nationalclrcultlast season carrIed Lawwill to the overall, Number One title• . La wwill has the edge over Nixon in the two nights of racing at the Dome in that he's rated a threat in both the Friday night Steeplechase (TT) races and the Saturday night short track events on the dirt oval. Nixon is an outstanding short tracker but he's still trying to learn"the tast way around the Steeplechase, a course that's tar more demanding at both rIder and Iron Horse Fi :C7",,,,,,, ,. I mac~e. Annual Iron Horse Enduro went throulh some beautifu l Northern Calif. scenery. i"";;lN . 1B • ... i ...... :~"~t ,'ii~~ ~ Communicate with your fello w motorcycle riders. N e w uniqu e snap on helmet radios. snap on bike mounted des igns and custom work. F or further i nformation call or write G.S. As s oclates, P .O. Box 11424. Palo Alto . Calif••94306. Telephone: (213) 465-446 2. - (415) 326-7126 EI!J52iEEJ . _ '- , , , , • Insurance Broker 1325 LINCOL N A VENU E WAL NUT CREE K . CAL I F . 9 4596 U -."" KAWASAKI l".,· ~:~'1>SHBY mOTORS ~/.' 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The tlrst race of the "CZ Series" wUl be Feb. 22 at Helvetia. Smith urges all riders to pre-enter each race by sending $5 with each entry to CMC North, 944 Lucia Dr., Concord, Cal. 94520. CMC membership is required. It you aren't already a member, enclose another $2 tor the year • SPEED EQUIPMENT PICK-UP & DELIVERY" MACHINE SHOP HELIARC WELDING MOTORCYCLE INSURANCE EASY FINANCING and ~~~V~ReA'LE~ ... "tEft~ ~ I N lEW LAWWILL AND NIXON HEAD NATIONAL CYCLE RACE ENTRY LIST COLISEUM CYCLE Sample of the action In store for motocross racers and watchers Is this hllh.flJlnl mud· bunny cauiht at the first CMC North mota· cross at Helvetia Park. Next one will be this Sunday. . IN REDWOOD CITY Because at the flooding in the Clear Lake, Callt. area where the run was scheduled to go, last Sunday's SawmUl Enduro by the Nor th Bay M.C. had to be postponed. 2 WAY RADIO-.. b A&A MOTORS=YAMAHA SAWMILL ENDURO POSTPONED HOUSTON, TEXAS Jan. 26, 1970 - The past and the present can best describe two of the outstanding entrants tor the third annual Championship Motor cycle Races at the Astrodome Friday and Saturday, Febr uary 6th and 7th. The past is Gary NIxon, Baltimore, Bli Smith, head honcho of the newly ~ authorized Calltornia Motosport Club ~ (Northern Division) announ ces that he has r.;j secured a new motocross course near "J Freedom, Cal. aU Monter ey Bay. U Nam ed " Apple Tree Motocr os s Track," it is located 7 mUes north of Freedom on Green Valley Road, in an apple orchard. Smith says that the smell of apples pervades the course. The tlrst CMC motocross on the new track wUl be March 1, tor the second in a six-race series" that will award a new CZ motocross bike to the points leader . February 8 will see a pre-serIes prac- - Lawwill finished second to Nixon in the first Astrodome short track race. He dropped to sixth last year and NIxon talled to qualitY tor the tinal event. The new champion Is rated as one of the best overall rIders in America and rides all types of events, including the road races at Daytona Speedway. Lawwill 's tour national wins in ' 68 were more than any other individual rider recorded. He has twice won national Steeplechase events but never a short track national. Nixon has won the national short track titled races no less than tour times but has yet to win a national Steeplechase race. The two top contenders are rated equal when it comes to racing the longer hau mUe and mUe dirt ovals that tind riders running well over the 100 mph mark. Tickets tor the races are availah1e now at all 5 Foley's as well as the Astrodome. Prices range tram $2.50 to $4.50 . All seats are reserved. buried in the mud "Sunday. Many ties resulted from the Short, easy course. Novice Kent Rickenbaugh shared first place honors with Expert Garve Nelson. - (Results on page 16) CLEAR LAKE, CAL. Jan. 25 - Hau of the Iron Horse Enduro sponsored by the Bay CIty M.C. had to be cut aU because of rampaging rivers and streams in this Northern Caffiornia watershed. Governor Reagan declared the region a disaster area, but not in time to save the Bay City mar king crew a night in the wet woods. The crew spent Saturday night beside their bogged down bikes while tryIng to negotiate what would have been the second section of the course. Some of the hills were posted " TOO STEEP FOR JE EPS. " For once, they were too slick tor bikes, too. Four hundred hardy enduro riders signed up to ride only the first 55 mUes of the Iron Horse. It was mostly over roads. 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