Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

the otest \ \ / ./ /' \ ,, ,/ I I (Cont'd. from page 4) those people to make it here. The motorcycle sport could use a great deal more people like these two and 1 wish them every success. WALLY SUKAROFF, Pres. Totem Competition M.C. VON DUTCH HERE Here is right! And where? 17238 N. Cave Creek Rd.; Phoenix, Arizona at Ed's Cycleshop. Finally got out of smogville and this shop is actually not in Phoenix proper but is on the North outskirts about a mile away from 100's of miles of desert riding. They have a heImet law here and after fracturing my skull twice I kind of feel it's like putting a band aid on a le!'.er. Anway though t I'd tell you where I'm at and thought it would be nice of you to stick something about it in your paper·as it would maybe help me to get _~ome ,work as this time I fear I've gone too far in my escape route. VON DUTCH 17238 N. Cave Creek Rd. Phoenix, Arizona POSITIONS STILL LEFT As of Sept. 16, we have 21 entries for the "First Annual Carrera lnternacional Off-Road Race". We feel that we need a minimum of 50 entries to make a good - race, enough prize money to race for, and enough money to pay the. expenses of putting on this race. We find ourselves faced with three alternatives: (1) cancel the r~ce, (2) postpone for a better race date, and (3) hold the race anyway, withoat the big prize money we would like and with a big loss to the club. We asked the people that have entered what they thought. Well, they all said we lik·e to race and we feel that this race is potentially one of the very best, with the best course, daylight driving, and the repair time, plus the international flavor of a race never done before. They even said they looked forward to the 300 miles of no road at all. Plus, they want to race in the first "Carrera Internacional." Because of their enthusiasm and encouragement, we find ourselves with one only choice .... we are going to run the "First Annual Carrera In ternacional Off-Road Race!" We have made the following rule changes: Entry Fee; Will remain $250.00 until October 6, 1971. If you break in the SNORE race and cannot make repairs, we will refund your total entry fee. Starting positions; Other than the ones drawn OJ! September 11, 1971, will be awarded as entries are received. Classes; If less than 5 entries in a class, that class will be combined with another. We will maintain at least one bike class, one bug class, one 4-WD class, and one sedan class. Prize Money; Will be paid the same. 50% of all entry fees collected; 10% to overall winner, aad 5 places in each class. Prizes, Trophies & Awards: Will be awarded at the trophy presentation party beginning at 10:00 p.m., Saturday, October 9, 1971, at the Hotel Lucerna in Mexicali, instead of the Mexicali Country Club as previously announced. If you want to watch, cQme on down, you'll be welcome. If you want to enter, we will give you the lowest available starting position Palm Springs Dune Buggy Assn. 685 S. Palm Canyon Dr. Palm Springs, Calif. 92262 "\ \ \ , \ .., \ \ , \ Some quick notes on Evel Knievel: he is going to be the feature attraction at a $5000 indoor cement short track in the gi.an t Portland, Ore., Coliseum Thursday rught, Oct. 21 - he's aiming for 14 cars and an indoor record ...he jubilantly reports that he has just been given permission to land his motorcycle in Idaho'; his "written pennission" came from the Governor, Attorney General and five-member Land Board of Idaho; now he can make his 1.1 mile Snake River Canyon jump without having to worry about trespassing when his machine touches the other side... Evel's $ 2 5,00 O-and-ma y·become·$5 0 ,000 motocross scheduled for Idaho in May, '72, will be televised by Wide World of Sports; it'll be the richest motocross scram By Maureen Lee Well, the first of the Trans-AMA those fantastic 50 Icc Maico's? They're motocross series has come and gone and the beasties that aren't used a lot Carlsbad was the scene of the because the factory riders seem to have happening. I st01e a bit of that from the th.eir troubles with 'em. Maybe John, chap who covered the event for the L.A. Wlth hlS Slze, could really turn the trick Times and called it a small happening at on one. It took a big man like Dan Carlsbad and got a bit carried away by Gurney to tame the 4.9 Ferrrari so why likening it to Woodstock. But happening wouldn't the same principle work on it was and the AMA even got carried bikes? Have to speak to J obn about that away listing attendance at 27,000, one even if he has found a home- with C-Z now. of the promoters said it was 10,000 while we of the press gu_esstimated at a Good old KBIG had reports from the figure around 15, 000 to 17,000. The races during the three International people were there, that's for sure in heats with .in.terviews at the end of the larger numbers "than we'v~ seen day. Very good coverage and a boon for anywhere for a motocross, and the large those of us unable to be there or who daily -newspapers gave it good coverage, had to leave early. The announcer was before and after the day. They've trying to get pieces of infonnation as to finally, after all these years of we the conditioning process used by the motorcyclists beating our little fists on nders, most of the Americans admitted closed sports department doors, realized to running, bicycling, etc., while the that we're out there and in larger Eur?peans say they don't. Actually they numbers than they realized. don t need to when their season is on, The pits developed in to a bit of a their riding alone is enough to keep mad house as there was no control over them up to par and if you weren't in who went in and out but everyone good shape you'd neYer survive the survived but the riders had to make sc~edule. Dave Bikers said with typical their way through lots of bodies to get Bntlsh whimsey he does- nothing, "Just to and from the start-finish lines. Riders carryon and hope for the best." coming in, especially if they've done Anyway, the interviews wer.e a good badly, aren't always appreciate of ending to the day but we wonder how having to make their way through the his competitors felt when Tim Hart on gawkers. being congratulated on his three stra'ight John Banks, .who is quite a bit wins said he thought it was easy as he trimmer than he was last year, was back had no real competition. All depends on with friend Dave Bickers, both on C·Z's. how you look at one's competitors I John, who was left without a job for the ~uess, or maybe Tim is learning the time being when BSA withdrew from Importan t art of psych ing out his competition, brings a though to mind. I opposition, very important in wonder what he could do with one of motocross. R.Q9P purse in history ... After only recently making his $25,000 challenge known Knievel already has a taker - J o~ E inborn of Richmond, Calif.; arrangements for the "jumping contest" will be made soon, meanwhile Joe says he'll be out to break Evel's two ramp-to-ramp records of 19 cars (Ontario) and 13 cars (Indoor Houston. Astrodome); word is that his managers have been negotiating with Ascot Park in Gardena, Calif., in hopes of setting up a 20-car record setting attempt... All Knlevel says about the challenge is that the challenger must put his money where his mouth is, provide his own bike and jump ramp· to-ramp without a safety ramp; that way, "One one of us will survive to collect the money ... " • • • Well, it has finally happened, someone's ridden a motorcycle 'Round the World - in 26 months· the-achiever is Bert Kaye, a retired' Texan who purchased a Honda little over two years ago, was taught how to ride it, and he left on his journey; he's been through most of Europe, including the Iron Curtain countries, wandered about Africa, seen the tip of South America met Mr. Honda in Japan, and recentlY' pulled into Ensenada, Mex. before making his quick trip back home ...he's totalled better than 72,000 miles on the machine with very little trouble,; the really neat thing about it is he's only 65 years young... ~ * * Radio Station KLAC (57.0 AM) in the Los Angeles area has been selected to broadcast the four days of Natiol)al Championships at Ontario Motor Speedway; about 60 one-and-a·half minute vignettes, etc. wtih top racing stars will be broadcast Oct. 4-16 to acquaint the general audience with the sport; then, Oct. 14-17, the popular Jay Lawrence Show will be aired d'irectly from 3-7 p.m. from the Big O. On Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., the 250-Miler will be air.ed so bring your transistor when you come for Uno Grande... • • • Dennis Jones of the Foothill Hawks says their ad for the upcoming Jackass Enduro is in error; pre-entry was listed as'$7 when it should have been $6 ... now all those who sent in $7 will be g~tting $1 back promises Mr. Jones; isn't that nice? .. • • • Peter Williams, the 1970 500cc British Champion, will not be appearing at Ontario as planned for ~orton; he fell while attempting to jump a wall outside his local fish and chip shop and sustained a "domestic injury" ... }ammin' With' the Montgomery Street Me' By Charles Clayton HOLLYWOOD, CAL. - Washington D.C. has its Burning Tree, Newport has its Yacht Club, but where do rich people and celebrities who also happen to be motorcycle enthusiasts get together? Here in Tinseltown, it happens to be with the Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club. Founded by a group of motorcycle-riding financiers in San Francisco and named after that city's ''Wall Street of the West," the M.S.M.C. is limited to 40 members and ft is hard to get into. It helps a lot if you are rich, or famous, or both. Last week a couple of Hollywood celebrities, some top ,executives in media and a few other well-tailored sorts go'! together at a popular Hollywood pub and organized the Southern Branch of the Montgomery Street M.C. Always eager to see how the other one percent lives, 1 invited myself along on their first ride. My '67 BSA Lightning was the oldest motorcycle on the· run, which went from Topanga Canyon o\'er Mulholland Drive to Leti Carbillo Bea'ch, then north to Oxnard, where we dined infonnally and split up to breeze home via our separate ways. The ride, all on paved roads, was a pleasant one. e nme riders split up into two pods with TV's Michael Ansara leading the faster shoes, while the sightseers chugged along with the manager of the Hollywood Playboy Club riding "tail gunner." Both pods got their jollies, for the s~nery along Mulholland from the mountains to the sea is spectacular and the snaky, narrow road is fun. I'd rub my pegs with' the first pod for a while and then drop back and sightsee for a few miles. Traffic was ligh t along the coast and it was nice to be riding with a group for a change. Cars don't hassle you so much as when you are just one bike alone. A t rest breaks we swigged Olympia and talked bikes and movies and girls, the same as any other stag biker outing. Only difference was, some of these guys are stars of movies and another has any number of Playmates in his little address book. Besides providing company for each other on ~ome rather expensive future outings, the MSMC hopes to inspire a little publicity to help outweigh the bad news that the other, more infamous one percent, has dumped on motorcycling's image. As outstanding representatives of the so·called Establishment, they are in a position to get what they want, and the rest of us Joe Lunchbox road riders are bound to benefit from their press. So the next time you pass a well·dressed biker with the tire- tread insignia across his helmet, give him the hi-sign. It just ITlight.be y'llur banker. ( /' -' ~ '-' o ~ w Z w -" U >- U

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