Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

i H-D BONNEVILLE TEAM ... ~ w Z W ..J U > U In the photo, left to right, are Denzer, Yeats, Pohland, Manning, Rayborn, O'Brien, Rivera, Smith and Riley. . A 9-m~n record-breaking Bonneville team for Harley·Davidson was honored Saturday, December 5, at the Lake Geneva, Wisconsin Playboy Club Hotel. The party featured the 265.492 mph Sportster Streamliner on display for alI guests. After a· steak dinner each man was presented a trophy by John A. Davidson, Vice President/Sales, assisted by Richard O'Brien, Racing Team Manager and Supervisor of the Bonneville effort, who gave a commentary on each team member, O'Brien later received a 'special award, ~'The Golden Donut" for his unclassified record for fastest timed runs on the salt in a Hertz Rent-a-Car. Team members honored were O'Brien, pilot Cal Rayborn, builders Dennis Manning .and Craig ~ivera, engine e",pertW~er Riley, carburetor and fuel expert George SmIth, chute expert John Yeats, and racIng department advisors Clyde Denzer and John Pohland. As a special tribute to Cal's wife Jackie, she was awarded a 1971 125cc Rapido motorcycle. In the photo, left to right, are Denzer, Yeats, Pohland, Manning, Rayborn, O'Brien, Rivera, Smith and Riley PERRIS HAD AGOOD YEAR By Elaine Jones With the New Year upon us it is time to reflect on things past and to take a look ahead. . The new Perris, Calif. track has proved a safe one with only a couple of riders able to claim the distinction of making it through the tires to the fence in the sweeper. Steve Tinsly is one who has that claim to fame. A tli..ird time out Novice Terry Stanart is the only one who was seriously injured and he has vowed to return. Perris has also been plagued with injunctions for noise. The first time around the Burtons settled out of court bu t the same people have ~eopened the case and this time around they will go all the way whether good, bad or indifferent. Because of these problems cash prizes were awarded to riders who won using silencers. Larry Schwimmer, Paul Lambert, and Don Frauenberger collected a bit of the folding stuff and it proved that it doesn't take noise to win. Stan Bateman started out trying to race Tf' and ended up with a recording contract with Capitol Records. The story of how he got that you wouldn't believe. Stan offer.ed to buy a trophy he was so desperate. Let's hope he doesn't have to buy his own records. Skip Gallagher has moved from four strokes to two strokes as he is now the Service Manager for Suzuki Sport Spot in Ontario, Calif. which by the way has got a new owner. Good luck to both the new owner and Skip. F or the first time Montesa let it be known that they are a strong threat in the 250cc class. Don's Tire and Cycle also of Ontario is largely responsible as a good portion of "Viva" riders were his, such as Nate Ezell.who is one very good stunt rider to boot. There were whole bunches of riders who moved into Perris Amateur ratings like Jon Mudd, Taylor Sisco, Greg . White, Rick Draudt, Bruce Prior, Larry Stapleton, Boyd Mason, and -Bill Goeff to name a few. Doug Mason has to stand ou t as the rider who held the best win record. George Gillespie, "the quiet one" is another rider who raised a lot of eyebrows when he went after' the big boys and got them. The Stanford brothers have also made some very big waves. Walt Foster turned on to big bikes and turned out to be the sleeper of the year. The mini-bikes came into their own this season and I hope they continue, especially since David Jones is my own and we have another one warming up. Steve Sisco and Ricky Hart are the top dogs of. the mini·bikers and gave us all some good racing. Racing at Perris will resume sometime in February. ROCKCATCHER FROM WEBCO A new addition to the expanding product line at Webco is the popular _ Jofa mouth guard as used by the European superstars iri the retent Inter-Am and Trans-AMA races. Designed to fit over the mouth and chin area, this product prevents facial injury from flying stones and dirt clods. The mouth guard is easily attached to ,J~ ,,: ~~ helmets and is supplied with all necessary mounting hardware. With the increasing interest in motocross racing, this all-new mouth guard is sure to become a standard safety item with motorcycle riders. The Webco part number on the Jofa mouth guard is l247 and it sells for $5.95. All Webco products are available from authorized motorcycle dealers throughout the United States and Canada. BMW TO ADD 250 & 350cc MODELS A combined effort of the Bavarian BMW factory and Steyr-Daimler-Puch will produce 250cc and 350cc inotorcycles for the American market in 1972, under the famous BMW brand. Added to the 500cc, 600cc and 750cc opposed twin BM's, these new mediumweights will be developed as street machines, with modern 4-stroke, overhead cam engines, 6-speed gearboxes and electric starters. The new models will be chain driven, rather than using the famous BMW shaft drive. The new models are being tested no",", but "the final design stage has not even been approached yet," according to Peter L. Adams, Vice President of Butler & Smith, Inc., BMW's U.S. Distributors. I •••••••••••••••••••~ ••••••••••••••••• i Racin' Around I •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• NOVICE 1st OVERALL IN NEVADA H&H Winner of the fifth annual Comstock Hare 'n Hound, by the Nevada Trailblazers M.C. was Novice Doug Harrison, riding a Maico. (Results on page 20) HILLTOPPERS ARE IN In the recent printing ot the 1971 Dist. 37 Calendar, the Hilltoppers M,C.'s European Scrambles scheduled for July 25 was omitted. SCOTT, DRAKE WINS HATS LANCASTER, CALIF., Jan. 2-3, 1971 - High point riders winning the McHal Apollo helmets in two days of racing at the Ronderosa were Randy Scott in th.e 100 class and Jim Drake in the Open class. Hodaka mounted Scott scored wins both days and Drake took 4th on Saturday and a win Sunday aboard his Husky. Tom Garren took the 125 class win Saturday aboard a Yamaha, and Wayne Garrett scored the 125 class win and first overall Sunday on the Yamaha. Bardahl awarded VBA racing oil to the first eigh t riders in each class. Racing at the Ponderosa now runs twice a month with the next races Saturday and Sunday, January 16 and 17. (Results on page 20) D'IGGERS GIVE $100 TO MORE uy OUT organization has done a fantastic job to the benefit of all the off the road and some of the on the road enthusiasts that reside in the state of California," said Bruce C. Young, p'resident of the Dirt Diggers North M.C., as he presen ted a donation of $100 from the grateful competition club to Russ Sanford, lobbyist for Motorcycle Owners Riders and Enthusiasts.on December 29. "We hope that this little contribution will help M.O.R.E. become more effective in 1971 in its battle." Young concluded. 30 NAM ES TOP ACA RR STANDINGS The American Cycle Association announced its 197,o...points champions in 30 road racing categories. Tom Rockwood, Pat Evans, Jeff Sperry, Steve Froschauer, Don Emde, Wade Killen, John McGillivray, James McWorthy, Richard Sherer, Eric Dodd and George Kerker won their classes with wide margins. Pat Evans won four categories while Mark Revels and McWorthy each won two classes for the season. (Complete standings on page 21.) This coming season the ACA will go to all pre·entry for .mo tocross, road race and its short track and TT races. The new ACA address to write for information is 106 N. Claudina, Suite 312, Anaheim, Cal. 92805. 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