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At the riders' meeting before the Cal
State Championships at Ascot Sunday
ROXY ROCKWOOD reminded the
riders that during the next season they
th at
will have to fill out a "fall down card",
" fall
expla ining
explaining where and why fallee fell .
fell.
"That's for DAVE ALDANA", chided
fo r
ch ided
the other half of team Mexican, GENE
Mex ican ,
ROMERO. Then someone else in the
piped , " A lda na ?!
corwd piped, "Aldana?! He'll need a
rubber stamp!"
stamp! "
TWO FO R •
T WO FOR TIM: 1) TIM HART was
T L I HA RT
\
listed in third place in the re su lts from
results fro m
th ird
Tulsa Trans-AMA las t week, behind JIM
T ra ns-A MA last week .
WICKS. Transpose the two for correct
co rrect
WICKS . T ranspose th e
reading. 2) Tim Hart is getting mamed..
T im H art
ge t ti ng married
read in g.
By Papa Wealey
• •
• • •
LATEST FROM EVEL: As can be
expected,
EVEL
KNIEVEL
is
expected ,
concerned about the new jumpers and
abo ut
their successes but in typical Knievel
style he is stay ing on top of th ings . He
he
staying
things.
says he wAI answer all challenges in an
he w ill
an
upcoming ad.
ad .
The SkyCycle is alive and well in
a live a nd we ll
Sc ientists
Ora nge
Orange County. Scientists recently
tested the rocket engine in Sacramento
and everything is hunky-TERS:
For Usting in th is column calt or write::
U sting
th'is
call
write
.
,
CYCLE -NEwS '. "
CYCLE NEWS
Box 498, Long BeaCh, Ca. 90801
Beach,
Box
1213142 7 .7433
1213) 427·7433
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EVERY SATURDAY
TT RACING at Elsinore Race
Trac k . Gates open at 3, races at
Track.
3,
7:30. Silencers required.. Off Hwy.
7 :30.
req uir ed
7 I in Elsinore, Cal f.
71
Calf.
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C-,cle
~lC 'ycle
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• • •
SOME POlNTS TO PONDER:: If the
POI NTS
PO ND ER
th e
unemployment situation was ever cut in
cu t
u nemplo ym ent sit uat io n wa s
half, what would happen with the
wo uld
wi t h th e
add itio nal
additional two or three percent of
or
p erce nt
people (and cars) on the road?...Where
p eop le (a nd ca rs) o n th e road? ...Where
do th e high school students who ride
st uden ts wh o ride
d o the h igh
machines to sch oo
th eir
mach ines to schooll put their helmets
du rin g the day? - lockers aren't wid e
during th e day ?
lock er s
wide
aro und
sto mp ing
eno ugh,
enough, at least around our stomping
grounds...
grounds ...
• • •
Actor BRIAN KELL Y is suing
BR IA N KELLY
su ing
American Honda for a tidy $25-million
Ho nda
t id y $ 2 5-mi llio n
(that's $25,000,000.00; no typo here)
$25 ,000 ,000 .00;
t ypo
for injuries sustained on a 750 la st
on
last
Thanksgiving Day. He claimed the
Day . He
accident cost him the lead in the movie
acc ident
h im
mov ie
Ma ch ine."
"The Love Machine." He is also
also
reportedly suing the dealer who sold
su ing
him
for
see
h im the bike for a smaller sum. We see
h is point. Motorcycles are dangerous,
his
for sure, buf actually getting hurt on
but
on
one is an entirely different matter...
an
d ifferent matter.•.
To be frank , after sitting through part
be frank,
" Th e
Mach ine," we
of "The Love Machine," w e feel Kelley
ought to thank Honda for sam saving
fo r
sav ing
h im the embarrassment.
him
* * *
BSA lost three mi llio n l'ounds (or
million pounds
about $8-million) last year because of
be cau se
abou t 58-millio n)
the inability of the factory to produce
th e inab ilit y o f th e facto ry
p roduc e
enough mo to rc ycles for the peak season '
p ea k seaso n
eno ugh motorcycles
th e sp ringt ime .
.
in the springtime.
,
,
:
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25
THURSDAY ,
25
T T Tr o jan SJ?eedway. South Col'te . Ca .
TT,, Trojan Speedway , Souto Gale. Ca. 250
50-la p championshiP,. 7:30 pm. $ 1 0 post.
50-lap c namotonstuo
7 : 3 0 e m . $10 p o st.
$200 p urse . Regular pr o gr a m . 213/923-9132.
$2 0 0 purse. R eg ula r program. 2 13/923 -9 132 .
TT/FT. "r r o ia n SPdwy. South Gate, Ca. 7:15
TT /FT. Trojcln S p dwy , S outh Gat e. Ca . 7 :15
p rn . 2 13 / 862·02 29.
pm. 213/862-0229.
ST ITT SCRA MBL E S .
SC RAMBLES.
LUbbOCk, T e x .
Lu bD OCk . Tex. 8 pm.
p m.
~ Dec . 12 - Saddleback Motocross
Dec.
Sadd lebac k Mo t ocross
Arena
Ar e n a
Park
Par k
Rcwy.
R cwy .
***BARSTOW TO VEGA'i
*** BA RSTOW
VEGA~
It's that t ime of year again-time
It 's th at time
ye a r again--time
for th e world's bi gges t race, the
biggest
the
for the
ann ua l Barstow to Vegas Hare &
annual
Har e
Hound staged by the San Gabriel
sta ged
Ga briel
Valley M.C.
Va lle y :' I.C.
***CARNEGIE TRANS-AMA
* ** CA RN EG IE
A nd motocross buffs will b e
And
bu ffs
be
anxious to see how the A mericans
a nxio us
how
Americans
fare against the Europeans as the
th e Eu ro peans
th e
Trans -AMA circuit swings South to
Trans-Al\lA
So uth t o
Liverm o re,
Carnegie Cycle Park in Livermore,
Calif.
***ONTARIO MOTOCROSS
* **ONT A RIO
* ** NORMA L GOODIES
~ NEW R loERSA T HE FIRST TIME OUT ~
RIDERSATHE
~
O UT ~
RGED
ENTRY
RGEo POST E N T R Y
"
For further info. see calendar or ~
)0 phone ACA office 1-5 M-F
ACA
M·F
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(714) 774·3ACA
n4-3ACA
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American Cycle Association, 106)0
Association 106
No .
312 , Ana'he im ~
No. Claudina, Suite 312, Anaheim, )
Cillifomia
' )
c.lifomia 92805
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*
.ENEFITMX
BENEFIT MX
S HO R T TRACK , San Jose Frgnds, Exposition
SHORT TRACK,
J os e Frgn ds, E xp os iti on
Bldg., San Jose, Ca. $600/40% purse. 8 : 3 0
Bld g.,
J o se , Ca . $600 /~O % p u rse . 8:30
pm.
SPO R T SM AN MX. C a r n eg ie Cycle Park,
SPORTSMAN M X. Carn~ie
Par k,
Livermore! Ca. $5 rid e. $3 watch . S ign 6 am,
L ive r m o re Ca .
ride.
watcn. Sign
'ace 10.4 i 5/846-3510.581-1256.
race 10 .4 5 /8 46·3 51 0 , 58 1-125 6.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28
SUN DAY, NOVEMB E R
TRANS -A MA MX, Carnegie Cycle Park.
TRANS-AMA MX. Car negie C y c le Par k .
purse..
pu rse
L i v erm or e J
CA _
S 10 .0 0 0
Livermore,J.
CA.
$10.000
415/581-12'6,846-3510.
4 15 / 5 81 -12, 6, 846 -3 5 10.
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r'
Saddleback Motocross
NOT C H
~ ARE NOT CH
Next.
IIj
Week
In
~6
~6
Nov. 28
I/Z mile
~ Nov . 28 - Southbay 1/2 m ile & TT
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) Dec. 5 ~
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• • •
While on the subject of NorVil, it s
NorV il, its
While on
other side (AJS) is staging a freebie-type
side
fr eebi e-ty p e
motocross school the day prior to the
ed iti on
Carnegie Cycle Park edition of the
Trans-AMA with VIC EASTWOOD and
EAS TWOOD
DOUG GRANT at the head of the
DOUG
class..,better get on the stick and
class ... better
on
st ic k
contact Carnegie for more details.
Ca rnegie
All right , t ech fr eak s, get out your
rig1lt, tech freaks,
yo ur
pads and pencils and give us the answer
a nd
a nd
answe r
to this one: A ny bend in an exhaust
th is one : Any
p ipe causes a loss, however negligible, in
lo ss,
neg ligib le,
pipe
rre nt
power, right? The cu rrent method of
designing motorcycles, w ith the exhaust
des ign ing mo to rcycles, with th e
port at the front on the cylinder,
f ro nt on
cy linder ,
immediately me ans at
least one
im med iat ely means
180-degree change of direction for the
ch ang e
d irection for
exhaust
exha ust
gases.
gases .
Suppose
someone
designed mach ine
des igned a machine that had the exhaust
e xhaust
port in the rear of the cylinder? Just
t he
think,, exhaust
th ink
systems could be
syst ems
be
compa red
. practica lly straight, at least compared
practically st ra igh t ,
with what we have now. Further, the
carbureto rs would have to be in front,,
f ro nt
carburetors
be
therefore inc reasing the ram-induction
increasing
effect as speed is gained. Of course, the
delicate carbies are in a more vulnerable
vulnerab le
position and that would be a minor
problem.
Sound good? Of course not; there
no t :
must be good reason for the popularity
of the present- - t roph ies,
purse, Exp erts
trophies,
Juniors and Intermed iates . Generall
Jun iors a nd Intermediates. Genera
ad missio n , $2.95, Junior admission
J un ior ad missio n
admission,
$ 1.95.
$1.95. Kids ad mission $.50. Und er
admission $ .50. Under
8 Free .
Free.
.
'
'
~I.. 1II SSOCilltioR
.-: ssociation
)
Deadman's Po int, App le Valley,,
Deadman 's Point, Apple Valley
Cal. 1st & 3rd Sunday - Motocross
&
Moto cross
- -all classes 8 a .m. practice - 10
all
10
a .m . start - $2.00 gate entry a.m.
$2 .00 gale
$2.00 race entry with membership,,
race
w ith me mbershi p
52 .50
w ithout
membersh ip .
$2.50
without
membership.
Effect ive
1
req uired
Effective Nov. I,, silencers required
at all events. Info
In fo
(714)
(71 4 )
247 ·7 473 (eves .)
247-7473 (eves.)
,- -
.-: 1II meriCIIR
me rican
)
1st & 3rd SUNDAY OF
EVERY MONTH
*
*
Through the grapvine" we hear that
T hrough th e gra pv ine ..
tha t
Kawasaki has been n ego t ia t ing
Kawas a ki h as b een negotiating with
DON
VESCO
but
no
no
contract
con tract
VE SCO
arrange m ents could be made due to
arrangements
ma d e
Vesco's present involvement with
Vesco 's presen t
involvem ent
wi th
Yama ha .
Yamaha.
Also, ou t
A lso , out of that convention, a
c o nven tio n ,
noteworthy
notew orth y
item
ite m
came:
ELMA
EL MA
ROCHELEAU of Royal Oak, Mich., won
ROCH ELEA U
Ro yal Oak,
w on
the award as the top side car p assen ger
th e aw ard
t he t op
passenger
o f the
of the year, vo te d on by m embers of the
voted o n b y members
th e
Canadian Side Car Racers Assn. It's a
It 's
Can adi an Sid e
o nc e-in-a -lifetime award and it is
once·in-a-Iifetime a wa rd a nd
apparently the firs t time a woman h as
apparen tly
nrst
woman has
go tten th e award ...
gotten the award...
regularly scheduled
events
...
*
BOB HANSEN will resign from
Kawasaki
Kawasak i Motors effective Dec. 1 so
Dec.
that he can head up his now-forming
he
up
now-form ing
enterprise entitled "Team Hansen." The
" T eam Hansen ."
Kawasaki Road Racing mentor will be
Rac ing
be
open for business to build road racin g
fo r business
bu ild
racing
machines for any company who wishes
mach ines
his services. Kawasaki, we understa nd ,
understand,
h is serv ices . Kawasak i,
w ill
will be his first client.
aboard h is No r ton ...t h e check came
his Norton... the
cam e
from NorVil. MIKE JACKSON, head of
fro m No rVil. MIK E JACKSON. h ead
the firm, was a little disgruntled because
because
he had to send the check through the
he had
ch eck
mail
ma il - seems as though the A FM failed
see ms
the F:'I faile d
notify most people th at
we re
to no tify most p eo ple that they were
having a race the weekend last .
th e wee kend last.
MX, Ontario Motor Sc owv. Ontario, Ca.
MX .
Moto r Spdwy. O n ta rio , C a .
$ 3000 1t'i7:83~l8 a m . 2505 & 500s. Brian
250s & 5005. B r ia n
~~~c~ p u rse. 11
T ra c y, 7 14/983 -5811.
tr:·
M X . L o m p o c S to-Pokes, Spillway Pa r k
MX. Lompoc Slo·Pokes. S pillw a y Park nr
S anta Mana,, Ca;J Junc 166 at Broadway. 0-35
Santa Ma rla C a ., J u n c 1 6 6
Br o ad w a y . 0 : 35
Pts. 10 am. ,,3.:J0 post. $1 .50 gate. Camping.
o ts.
$ 3.50 e cst . $1.50 ga te. Cam ping.
805/736-6362.735-1177 .
80 5/736 -636 2 . 7 35-1 1 77.
FRIDAY, NO\(EM BE R 26
F R IDA Y, NO\{EMBER
SPORT SCPA MBL E S. Am eric a n Cyn. ve ne,c
SCRAMBLES. American c vn . VallejO
(Ca.) Spd w y . 8 pm.. $2 nde/watch. 'C' Trac.
(Ca. ) Spdwy.
pm
rid e / w a tc h . ' C' Tr a c .
107/644-0741.
107/ 644-0 74 1.
.
IN D O O R
INDOOR SHORT TRACK. All A meric a n. San
American.
Jose (Ca) Exposition Bldq..S lgn 4 :30-6 :30 pm.
Ex p osi ti o n B ldq Sign :30-6
e rn .
3 plates. S ilen cers. 41 5 / 322-1514 .
pl a t e s . Silencers. 415/322-1514.
MX, USRC. EII To ro (Ca) Soc w v . 7:30 pm.
M X , USRC . E Toro
Spdwy. 7 :30 pm .
$5 post. Cash to Sr s , Box 1027. Pomona , CA
p ost. C a sh t o Srs. Bo x 1 0 2 7. P omo na C A
91769.714/985-3149.
.
9t 7 69 . 71 4 / 9 8 5 -314 9 .
CMC MX, Carlsbad (Ca.) Rcwy. $5 mall
C MC MX , Carl :obad (Ca-.) ncwv .
ma ll
(l O/ 5 ), $10 post. · 10 am. Box 1402. Costa
p os t . 1 0 a m ,
C o st a
(lO/S).
Mesa, CA 92626.
Mesa .
M X. Arizona Desert Raceways. 10 am. $5
MX.
D esert Ra ceways .
entry. $1 watCh. Cash. 140 8 E. Granada.
e ntry .
watcn . Ca sh. 1408
Gran a d a .
Phoenix, Ar tz . 85006 . 6 02/2 52-1900 .
Ph oen ix. Ariz. 85006. 602/252-1900.
T R IAL . PNTA. Follow markers fro m 9th &
TRIAL, PNT A . F o ll o w m ar k e rs from 9 t h. &
Ma in d ow n t ow n
Main downtown Walla Wa lla. Wash •• to s ue.
Walla. Wash:z. to site.
$ 3 .50 .
$3.50.
S4 . 5 0
$4.50
non-members,
non -me m b ers ,
50
5u
cents
c e n ts
ad m iss ion . Call for w ea th er condoo Box 131,
admission.
weather c o n d B o x 131 .
Weston,
Westall. OR 97886.. 50 3 /5 6 6 ·3 5 2 6 ext. 4 8.
9 7886 503/566-3526 e xt. 48,
566-3501.
56 6 ·3 5 01.
Ply m o u th , C ali f .
Plymouth. Calif.
Dec. 12, 1971,9:30 am
Limit 300 riders
Lim it
$4 Post. if room
$4 Po st. j f ro om
13 mi. N, Jack so n, Hwy 16
N, Jackson, Hw y
40 mi. E, Sacram ento, Hw y 49
Sacramento, Hwy
P.O.
P.O . Box 338, Orangevale, Ca 95662
Oran geva le,
.
NOISE: The SOIIIId that kills thesight.
Orange C~unty's newest family cycle ranch
Co_unty's
fiSCBPB COUNTRY
ROBINSON RANCH 0 TRABUCO CANYON
CAll (714) 586-7964
(714)
N; ghl. 2 13 /3 23 -9710.
N;ghl.213/323-9710.
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 2 7
SATURDAY,, NOV E MBER 27
MX G o ose j-to u ow Un ltd
m
MX. Goose Hollow Unltd.. 22 mii
o n Hwy 2 2 . Pen ton Series. $5
on 'H w y 22. Penton S e r ie s. $ 5
ca rd . 10:30 am. Box 845 . Sa lem,
1 0 :3 0 a m . B ox 845, Salem,
card.
503/364-0461.
,03 /36 4 -0 46 t.
W of Salem
post. CMC
p os t.
OR 97308.
9 .,308.
AMA sanction
sa nctio n
Mail
$3
12/1 171
Mail entry $3,, close 12/1/71
,
CMC MX, A sc o t Park, Gardena, Ca.. $5 post.
Ascot Par k , Ga rde n a , Ca
p o s t.
C MC
ATTENTION CLUBS, PROMOTERS, AND RACE FANS IN
GENERAL: All listings that appear on a REGULAR basis in the free
listings
basis
Calendar column will be discontinued at the end of the year. Please
wi ll
the
renew these as soon as possible so the Calendar Editor can get his file
the
f ile
together in time for the 1972 onslaught. Box 498, Long Beach, CA
90801 .
90801.
HARE & HOUND. San Gabnell V alley .
HO UND .
G a brie
Valley.
~rstow.to·Vegas. Lim ed o ff Vegas Fwy 12
Ba rst ow·t o -Vega s . Limed off V e ga s Fwy.. 1 2
ml .N .
ml.N. of Barstow, Ca. Sil en c er. 0·37 Pts. S 7
Ba rst o w , C a. Silencer. 0 -37 cts . $7
mall (11/13), $10 .,lost. 1033 N. V in ela nd La
(11 /13) . $1 0 c o st .
Vineland L a
Pu e n t e . C A 9 1 74 6 .
_
•
Puente. CA 91746.
TRIAL
S CHO OL.
SCHOOL.
w orl d
world
champ
c h am p
Mtck
Mlck
A ndre w s . 11 am . $ 10 tUItion. ReservatHm.s:
Andrews. I I am. $10 nn n c n. R e se rvau c ns .
P NTA , Box
PNTA.
Bo x
131, W es t o n . OR 97886 .
Weston, O R 97886.
503/566-3526.
50 3 /5 66 -3 526 .
INDOOR SH ORT T RACK, Glen Co Frgnds
SHORT
~ACK, G len C o f"r g nd s
O:rland. Ca. ChampionshIp serres , 8 pm:
~rland. Ca . Ctt am pt onshtp sertes.
pm :
Silencers. 415 /435-073 1 .
415/435-0731.
J •.;
11i1,·.
q p{,
a liM
..J ~T:d l.
ni:: ;
HRA TT / I/a-M IL E. 395 Cycle Park Adelanto
C YCle Pa r k A oe tan t o
H RA TT/lla.-MILE.
Ca.
Each
entry
S2.25.
$2.25,
S I', 50
Sl·.50
gate:
ga te:
714/246-6109.
7 14 / 24 6-61 0 9 .
MX. Cloverfleld Race Track, Friendswood
MX . crc ce r ne tc R a c e T raC k ,
Tex .
Tex.
Noon.
Noo n .
$2
$2
ride.
rid e .
$ 1.5 0
$1.50
watCh :
watCh:
713/ 482·7551.
713/482-7551.
SCRA MBLES , Westsi de Eagles. La Grange
SCRAMBLES, Westside Eag les . L a Gra n ge
R od e o Grou nds, Silencers. 52 r id e/wa t c h .
Rodeo Grounds. S ilenc e rs. $2 rlde/watcn.
Noon. 209/537-6206 eves.
Noo n. 2 09/53 7-6206
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