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Publisher••••••• Charles Clayton Business Manager•.•Sharon Clayton General Manager•.••••• Tom Culp Advertising Manager..• Tom Walsh Editor•••...•.••.• Bob Sanford Assistant Editor••... John Bethea Circulation Manager••• Rheba Smith Art IDi rector •...••.. Lili Lakich Lab Technician. Greg Westmoreland Advertising Asst ••••• Bruce Braly Bookkeeper•••••.• Edna Williams Bookkeeper•••••..• Eleanor Duke Want Ads ••••••. Jan McCullough Delivery•••••••••••• Bob Hill - America's #1 weeki y motorcycle newspaper. You'll always see it FIRST in Cycle News'- WILL #19 PLEASE STAND UP? , to express my concern for the problem with the hope that those in charge of arranging the races will give the matter serious consideration. "Hot under the Helmet" STEVE CARTER Corona, Calif. In regard to an article in your paper about last wek's point run at Bay Mare - My name is Bobby Ewing Jr. I have been racing for four years, ,and have been an Expert for one year. At last week's Bay Mare point run I finished second to John DeSoto only to get diqualified for pit racing. This is ridiculous, as I never rode my bike before or after any motos. I have a pit crew that pushes my bikes to the line and back to the truck. There are several people at Bay Mare with number 19 on their plates (CMC guys, kids on minibikes, and guys like Steve' Scott, who was not there) which makes it pretty hard for them to disqualify one person. I've been racing at Bay Mare since it opened for • David Smeads article about Bay Mare in the Aug. 18th issue was a little inaccurate. He stated and I quote ''The second division of 125 Novices wa~ put down by Steve Armstrong who has become a regular wiimer at Bay Mare." Unquote. Nothing against Steve Armstrong, he is an excellent rider, but that particular day Scott Hoffee, No. 654, won both the 125 Nov. Div. 2 motos. (due to the water trucks early departure there was no 3rd moto). Now I can see how the results can be "unofficial" on the result page, but the way Mr. Smead wrote his article, he must have watch both races or could it be h.e picked th'ese two times to visit Andy Gump or get a cool one. P. HOFFEE HelTl)osa Beach, Calif. report that, "The Europeans each got $500 appearance money, plus..." The actual start money received by the two Czech CZ riders was $200 for each rider: J iri Stodulka and Karl Konecny. We make this correction in fairness to the feelingS of our American riders in the event who certainly helped to make the competition a success but have not been able to command the monetary recognition which some of the European riders ,have received in the U.S. T.G. BURKE American Jawa Ltd. WILSON NOT COMMITTED Pursuant to our telephone conversation we wish to clarify the Jim Wilson - 125cc Maico headline in your paper. Maico, sponsors only the following riders for the listed classes: John Maynard 250/500, Lars Larons·/500. We were looking for a 125 rider and Jim Wilson we feel is the best. The speculation if he will ride the' larger class Maico's is not warranted at this time and is not fair to his current sponsor'Nick Nicholson. BRIAN FABRE Cooper Motors ON-TIMERS PENALIZED NOVICES LOST IN DESERT - It seems that ever since the advent of daylight savings time the end of April, the starting time for a majority of the scheduled desert races has been delyaed by at least an hour. I realize that the number df entrants in any ra.ce is important, but must those of us who show up for a race scheduled to being at 9: 00 a.m. be expected to keep our "cool" and sit on our heels for an hour waiting for people who do not think the race is important enough to be on time? If the money involved is a major factor, rather than the concern for the participants, then my suggestion would be to take a count of those who leave before the race begins, without entering, because they object to the delay. I, for one, and I know of several others did not enter the Sidewinder's Hare Scrambles for this reason.' (I did ride the course at 9:00 a.m. and thought it was one of the best.) Perhaps more consideration should be given to the riders who arrive as scheduled and to - (hell?) with the latecomers. - -1li.ereInilst'15e·a· sbTtifion' 'afi'ff't'H' 1" World MX Title To Aberg LUXEMBOURG, Agu~ut 8,1970 - Husqvarna team leader Bengt Aberg, clinched the World MotocrosS Championship title in the 500cc Class by winning the final round with two seconds in the two 45-mile motos. Arnie Kring, who did not race at Luxembourg, was second in the Championship point st.andings"while Ake Jonsson was third. r;:or full story see page 8. Nixon Wins Road Race We have received today your August 1 I issue of Cycle News and are impressed by the prompt and in teresting reporting of the various events which occurred only this past weekend. In connection, with your editorial in Aug. 1 I issue about, the Southern International Mctocross we call your attention to the next to the last paragraph on page three wherein you YOIC• • HERE WE GO AGAIN, .. Subscription: One year 2nd class mai I. • •• $7.50 Single copy price•••••••••• 25e Published weekly except the first and last week of the calendar year by Cycle News, Inc., Post Office Box 498, Long Beach, California, also publishers of Cycle News East, and Dixie Cycle News. Second Class Postage paid at Long Beach, Calif. Editorial stories, cartoons, photos, etc. are welcome. Write for information. Addressed, stamped envelope assures return of editorial matter. Repri nti ng Jn whol e or in part on I y by permission of the publishers. Advertising rates and circulation information wi (( be sent upon request. FIGURES NOT 'RIGHT I motocross, and have never had any trouble before. I've tried to get this matter cleared up, but to no avail. If anyone knows anything about this matter, please call me at 785-4289 (ask for Bob, Jr.). No. 19 BOBBY EWING,JR' Cycle News East, Dixie Cycle News, and N.ational Adverti sing information: Tom Culp. National Advertising Dir. Cycle News (West), P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, California 90801 (213) 427-7433 - L.A. 636-8844 I would like to commend you on your article in the Aug. 18 Cycle News. You really put some effort into your article. My friends and I all felt that you could really improve the paper if you made all your articles .that long and descriptive. The only thing you left out were the names of the Novice winners. JOE ROUSEK Canoga Park, Calif. A TURTLE GIVEN WATER I would like to express my thanks to carrol and Jan Ditson for the help they both gave me at Crestine M.C. European Scrambles. They gave me water and got my bike running after the sun and my racer got to me. They were both a' beautiful sight to see, especially Jan with the water. POCONO, PA., Aug. 16, 1970 -- Leaving most of the £MA's top riders to scrap on the balfmile at Terre Haute Sunday, Gary Nixon and Yvon Duhamel cherry picked 'their way to success at the fiftY-mile AMA road race held here. Nixon, riding a Triumph three, won the event ahead of Yvon's 350cc Yamaha. Third finisher was AAMRR star, Ed Moran, on his fam1l1ar Kawasak1 HI R. Walt Fulton, sWI riding his trusty KR, followed, and t1ttb was taken by first amateur finisher Jim Purdy on a Yamaha. Because of the light entry, and to hasten the show, Amateurs and Experts were combined. Forty-eight novices were entered. Atter the road races, Evel Knievel made his first appearance in the East. After warming up the Eagle, Evel took to the air, jumping a distance of ten to twelve carli (no cars were used), but he crashed on 'the return ramp, under the Impact of hfs landing. A SpOkesman for Pocono International Raceway repOrts tbat Knieval cracked a vertebra\ broke his right hand, and rebroke his shoulder'. Knievel was scheduled to appear at Highstown, N. J., the 23rd of August, but because of his injuries, he has delayed the appearance one week. ' ThreeNat'ls In 8 Day.s WORTIDNGTON,OHIO, Aug. 6, 1970 .. The AMA has three drit track national championships scheduled within an eight-day period in early September-and all will be held on one-mile .tracks. The first, on Sunday, Sept. 6, will be a 5o-lapper at Nazareth Speedway in Nazareth, Pa. Fred Nix, now deceased, was last year's winner in the first running of this national. • On Monday, Sept. 7, a 30 miler will be held at Indianapolis Fairgrounds, Indianapolis, Indiana. A guarenteed $12,000 purse is offered, but if 40% of the gate exceeds this amount, more money wiJI be given so the AMA point bracket will not be known until the day of the race. The final one·mile race will be a 50 lap event to be held at the Old Sacramento Fairgrounds in California's capitol city. Chuck Palmgren won last year. Reserved covered grandstand seal!' are now on sale for the Sacramento Mile at many Northern California Motorcycle dealers including, Dudley Perkins H·D in San Francisco, Bob Chaves BSA in San Jose, and Joe Sarkees Motorcycles in Sacramento. Mail orders should be sent to Civic Theater Box Office, 1419 "H" Street in Sacramento. Box seats are S8.00, with reserved grandstand seats $7.00. Bleacher seats will go on sale at 9 a.m. race, day at the track, priced at $6.00 for adults, and $ 1.00 for children under 12 years of age. Ne.w Tire Required WORTIDNGTON, OIDO Expert Main event riders at the Sacramento Mile,. September 13, will be required to have an "absolutely new (rear) tire, as purchased from the manufacturer," according to Tom Clark, AMA Director of Professional .',. Racing. • Clark said the edict was issued for safety reasons, as this year s event will run for 50 laps instead of the customary 25. . ' Earlier this year, grumblings were heard from several profesSIonal nders who questioned whether racing tires could endure the additional 25 laps. One rider said that last year's shorter event on the rough Sacramento track has all but destroyed his rear tire. Clark emphaisized that the new tire edict applied only to the main event 'for Experts, with riders required to chan~ tires after the qualifying rounds. The Director of Professional racing said that tires will be inspected "on the line" before the feature race, and no exceptions will be made to the rule. qtlalifyers will be given two laps to break in the new tire, Clark added. CERA Plans Enduro CYPRESS, CALIF., August 15, 1970 . The CaIifomia Enduro Riders's Association has announced that their enduro (out of four) for 1970 will be held on October 4, 1970. The location will be in the vicinity of Lucerne Valley and rules will be similar to those governing the I'S'D'T' and the Bershire Trials. The run is to be 200 miles in length and has been designated, ''The Golden Bear 200 Mile World Championship Enduro." Other parties wishing to hold world championship enduros should, presumably, contact Ed Wight of CERA for dates and sanctions. Riggs Out For Year ORANGE COUNTY, CAUF. Aug. 12, 1970 . Randy Riggs Orange County Speedway's 250cc Sr. IT Point leader is out for the rest of the season with a compound fracture of the left leg. Randy was injured while ,leading the-250cc Sr. S.T. Sem lost it in the south tum was hit by several bikes. You can drop Randy a card at Tustin Community Hospital, 14662 Newport, Tustin, Calif. Room 219. (Con tinuea on 'page 29)