Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

ACA's Cotton Gains Two More M '" '" & '" .. e, ... '" Cl ;:: ;::: 1i BMW OKTOBERFEST SUCCESSFUL By Bill Harmer The second annual San Diego BMW T he Club's Oktoberfest Rally at beautiful Ra lly a t beautifu l Missi on Bay Park on the weekend of MiSsion Par k Oct. 23-24 attracted some 150 BMW attra ct ed 15 0 motorcycle .en th usias t s from three enth usiasts th ree states. T he largest contingent of riders The co n ti ngent to register were members of the to th e Northern California BMW Club whjch is Northern Californ ia w hich h eadquar t er ed in the San Francisco Bay headquartered Sa n area. Nine BMWs came from Tucson, fro m Arizona and their riders were members a nd m emb ers of the Tucson Crowns which is about Crow ns 90% BMW riders. rid er s. Du ri ng S unday's During Sunday's field events scores ·were kept and tro p hies were awarded to trophies we re to the top three con testants. Josef Usatin to p th ree contestants. J oseI was first. Norm Janke tied for second was with Henri Platje. Lou Parah was third. Platje, Parah Dealers and distributors cooperated rucely with the San Diego Club and nicely a nd valuable merchandise prizes were taken m e rch a nd ise take n home by several of the riders. Wixom rid ers. Bros. donated the Grand Prize which Bros . Pri ze whic h was a choice of any item in the ir current of their catalog. Other awards of tires , helmets, Oilier aw ards tires, gloves, sparkplu gs, e tc . were presented sparkplugs, etc. b y : Valley Motorcycle Sales of EIl by: Motorc ycle E Caj on, Cajon, Brattin Motors of San Diego, N of & M Sales of downtown San Diego, o f d owntown San Di ego, Lu ck y Lucky Yamaha of Lemon Grove, Oce ansid e Oceanside Honda H onda and an d Kon-Tiki Ke n-Tiki Kawasaki of Pacific Beach. Pacifi c Be ach . Most of the BMW own ers who th e owners attended are members of the newly formed BMW Owners.. of American O w ne rs America n which h as adopted the San Di ego Rally Sa n Diego Rall y which has adop te d as o ne of its official western rurts. one o f w est ern ru rrs. Another official BMWOA rall y will be A no ther o fficial Bl\IWO A rally scheduled for early 1972 by the ea rly 197 2 Northern Califorrua BMW' Club, and No rthern California nearly all who attended th e fall rall y at nearl y wh o att en d ed the rally Mission BaY'expressed th eir intention of Bay -expressed their of going to it although they indicated that to it th at the San Francisco Club would be hard p ressed to top the efforts of the pressed to Southern California group. AMA MEETINGS Bill Boyce, AMA Director of Professi onal 8111 Boyc e. A MA Professlonal Racin g. Racing. has announced the da tes and dates and locations of AMA Offi cials' SChools in Officials' locati o ns pre paration for the 1972 professional racing preparation t he racin g season. A MA staff-c on ducted schools where AMA staff-eonducted schoo ls w here district and regional, offi cials are briefed on and regiona l , officials are policy and race procedure were begun a year polic y p rocedu re ago and wil l continu e to tak e pl ace on an will continue take place annu al b asis. C lasses wi ll be co nd uc ted by annual basis. Classes will conducted Boyce, AM A Professiona l Racing Coordinator AMA Professional Coordin at or Dave We lsh and t he Regional Referee from Welsh the each region. eac h regio n. All AMA Referees are required to atte nd and are enco urage to bring with them attend are encourage their starters, clerks , pit stewards and other clerks, and oth er Interes te d interested in working as AMA officia ls in the as A MA officials future. Th e location of t hese meetings in the The loca ti on these west will be as follows. Referee and Officia ls w ill b e as Re feree an d Officials Sch ool s Schools begin at 8 a.m. on the date listed. a.m. da te 1972 Regional, District and Deputy Refe ree D istrict Referee assignmen ts assignments will be made afte r t he Se m ina rs b e mad e after the Seminars are completed in each region. are co m pleted eac h region . Dec. 18: Los Angeles, Calif., Sheraton Inn, Dec . L os c atu., Shera ton (213) (2 13) 645-4600 6 45~60 0 (Airport), (A irp o rt ), Districts D ist ric ts 26 -3 5-36-3 7-3 6 . 26-35-36-37-3«. D ec. 19: T ac om a, Wash. R oad w a y Inn , Dec. 19 : Tacoma, wash'j! Roadway Inn, (206) GR 5-5900, Districts 24-2 7-28 . (206 ) 5-590 0, Distr icts 24-27-28. Dec. 1 2 : Okla homa City. Okla.• HOliday D ee. 12: Oklahoma C it y , O kl a. , H oli d ay I nn Inn No.5, No. 5, (405) 672·2341, 6 72·2 341 , Districts D ist ric t s 18-19-20-21-25. 1 8 -19-2 0 -21-25 . Boyce has also announced the times and B oyce has anno unced the an d loca t i ons locations of A MA 1972 p ro fession al sanction AMA professional meetings meet in gs, conducted for the purpose of cond uc ted t h e pu rpose establlsh{ng establi shing the the offi ci al official calendar calend ar of of m ot orc yc le eve nts motorcycle events for the coming season. the season. T wo meetings h ave been Two meet ings have b een set in each of the eac h th e three AMA Regions, and promoters desiring AM A R egi on s, pro mo ters desiring sanctioned motorcyle eve n ts for 1972 will be m oto rcyl e events f or 19 72 required to attend the meeting in t heir to atten d t he their respec tive area . respective area. Meetings will b egin a t 4 p.m. on th e date begin at p .m . the li sted listed (see above list), and will be for and b e f or pro fessio nal events only. Sanct ions for AMA professional even ts on ly . Sanctions f or amateur even ts willl not be granted at these amateur events wil n ot gran ted at meetings. All interested promoters are invited m eet in gs. Interested ar e invit ed to to attend. In addition, A M A Director of Am at eur additio n, AMA D irect o r o f Amateur Activity Mike Va ncil has ann ounc ed d ate s and Vancil announced dates locati on s locations for amateur even ts sancti oni ng events sanctioning me etin gs meetings for 1972. His department h as 1972 . His departmen t has establi she d new distri ct boundaries in some established n ew district b o undaries In ' area s of th e United St at es, ba sed upon areas of the Uni t ed States, based up on increased motor cy clin g act iv ity . motorcycling activity. . Major district changes in the West includ e a include Ma jor di stri ct cha nges t he sou t her ly extension of District 36, a northerly southerly ex te nsio n o f Di strict 36 , n o rt h erl y extension of District 37, t h e establishment of ex t ensio n o f Di stri c t 37 , the establis hment o f Arizona as Ari z ona as a single district and the separation d ist rict t he separa tio n o f W y o min g of Wyomi ng and t he Dakotas f rom Mo nta na the D a k o ta s from Monta Id ah o . O the r di st ri cts remai n and Idaho. Other districts remain unchanged, an d and exact details on the new bou nda ries have det ail s the boundaries been sent to the A MA chartered clubs b een the AMA cha rte red in volved . involved. Pointin g out t he importance of A MA club Pointing o u t the im portance AMA atte nda nce at th e 19 7 2 sanct io n meetings, attendance at the 1972 sanction m eet in gs, Vancil states, "This is Vanc il states , "Th is is an election year for all ~~sJri~~c~e~~~nc~~~ ~ho~rdet~~~e ~0~3~~f:1 ~~sJri;~c~e~~gn cf~~ ~hoo~ rdet~.i'~e ~o~3~~f:1 effort to have proper rep resen tati on at the e ffo rt p ro per representation electio ns that willl be conducted at each elections wil co nd uct ed eac h di st ric t sanc t ion meeting." district sanction m eeti ng." Th e The 33 33 meetings me eti ngs will begin in mtd -Decem b er and continue through January, mld~December co n ti nue t h ro ugh January , 1972. Dates and locations are listed ,b elo w . Dates locat io ns ar e below. E xact locati ons and additional details will b e Exact locations and addi tio na l detail s w il l be made k n o w n to the 2,000 AMA chartered known th e 2, 000 char te red clubs that will attend th ese m eeti ngs.. these meetings.. District Date D at e Place 29 Dec. 18 Charlotte, N.C. Dec . 1 8 C ha rlo tte, N.C . 9 Dec. 18 Columbus, Ga. C olumbu s, Ga . 21 Dec. 18 Dec . Wichita, Kans. Wi chita, 21 Dec .1 8 19 Dec. 18 Monroe, La. M o nr oe, La . 25 Dec.18 D ec. 1 8 Denver, Colo. D enver, C olo . 7 Dec . 19 R ichm ond , V a. Dec. 19 Richmon~ Va. 8 Dec.19 Dec. 19 Orlando, F la . Orland o, ~ la. D ec .19 18 Dec.19 St. Louis. Mo. St . L oui s, M o . Dec .19 20 Dec.19 Dallas, Tex. D all as, Tex . 31 31 Dec . 19 Dec. 19 Phoenix, Ariz. Ph oenix, 11 & 12 Jan. 2 Columbus. O. Co lu mb us, O . 10 Jan.2 Bowling Green. Ky . Bow ling G ree n. Ky. Jan .2 Jan. 8 I nd ianapolis, I nd . 15 Indianapolis, Ind. Californians Go Hawaiian HONOLULU, HAWAII, Nov. 7, 1971HAWA II, 197 1 Dave Aldana, Mark Brelsford and Scott A ldana, Brelsford p ut on a show at Hawaii put Raceway Park that left the spectators Racew ay Par k sp ec ta tors thu ndering in applause. thundering The event was Raceway Park's second Park 's flat trac k and the quarter-mile oval track th e q uarter-mile course was in fine conmtion for b o th condi t io n both the th e mainland riders and Hawaii's growing ranks of flat trackers. Over 500 growing spectators turned out for th e evening's the program, which is an encouraging sign program , sign for Motorsport Productions, the new fo r p r omo t ers at H.R.P. promoters H. R.P. T he The California pros roared out onto ou t o nto the track during jntermission on during intermission o n borrowed motocross mach ines and machines stopp ed fro n t th e stopped in front of the grandstands to b e in troduced to the fans. After a warm be introduced fa ns. "alo ha" from th e spectators, Aldana "aloha" fro m the spec tators, an d and the two Brelsford b ro th ers blasted brothers bl ast ed d own down the stra;ghtaway into five th e straightaway exhibiti·on ' laps of full-power flat ex hibi tio n lap s full -power tracking. The sigh t was aw-inspiri ng as t racking. T h e aw-inspiring they diced and dove into th e sweeping d iced a nd d ove in to the co rners at mp h in to th e comers at 40 mph,, and shot into the straigh 15, with rooster tails' of dirt wi th roos te r tails ' di rt spraying from their rear wheels. Mark th eir Brelsford took the checkered flag and fl..g the th ree riders,, side by side, went into th e three ri ders in to a wheel-standing contest for another wheel-standing contest four or five lap s. The grand finale to the or laps. T he gra nd fi nale t o intermission half-time show came when in te rm ission Alda na Aldana powered his borrowed CZ into a h is in to near vertical wheelstand on the main wheels tand th e straightaway. But Aldana did it the hard stra;ghtaway. d id it th e way - stanmng on the seat! All of standing which proved his undoing as the b ike p roved h is bike came over on h im and he took a comical ove r o n him he b ut j arrin g spill. The crowd loved th e but jarring sp ill. T he the whole show. w hole sh ow. ~~oii ' Meaei;6 s"h'a,l'ih"e ' 125 ' 'cla';;s L ;'oO: MeCle;tos -h'ad'i1ie 12"5· 'crass Main Event covered with his aggressive Mai n cover ed h is aggr essive riding styIe and obvious experience in style flat track racing. His first p lace trophy raci n g. place was well-earned, however,' as Mitchell h o wever , a s K omori o n h is 12 5 Yamahap us he d Komori on his 125 Yamaha pushed hard all th e way for second p lace. the fo r place. The 175 Main saw Jerry Fowler on a 175 Ma in beautifully -p repped 175 Yamah a, from beautifully-prepped Yamaha, fro m Dominica's ou tride the Dominico's Kailua Yamaha, outride th e res t of the field for first pl ace honors. rest th e fie ld fo r place h o n o rs. Medeiros again entered the 175 class e n tered th e I 75 with his smaller Honda and unofficially unofficially gave Fowler fits and the crowd a great a nd show as they di ced back and forth for th ey mced fo rth fifteen laps.. The official second pl ace laps place wen t to went to 175 Yamaha-mounted Tony Yamaha-mo un ted Read,, and third place td Joh n Hall on a R ead an d th ird t d John 160 Ducati. D ucati. Everyone was ready for the final Everyone fo r showdown of the evening in th e Open th e eve ning the class. The Trophy Dash and heat races T he T rop hy Das h hea t rac es had been "smokers", with some of the so me fastest racing ever seen, h owever, those racing however, p rel im inary events took their toll in preliminary eve nts to o k the.ir fa tigue fatigue of b oth men and machines, and both when the green flag shot up and th e five a nd the t he big b ikes charged for the first turn they bikes ch ar ged were all rid ing on the brink of disaster. riding t he disas t er. b one jarring sp ill , In a bone jarr in g spill, less than halfway t han h alfwa y thro ugh the Main Event, Bruce DeSoto through Mai n Even t, went down, relinquishing h is lead to we nt down, relin q uishing his Larry Robideaux,, who made it only a Lar ry R ob id eaux it cou ple couple of more laps before h is 250 la p s his Ya maha re tired Yamaha retired with a broken piston ring. One of the old pros of flat tra ck O ne fla t track ra cing, racing, Donald Rod rigues, took over Rodrigues, with his 44 1 BSA, and was never best ed. wit h h is 441 BSA , was bested. Rodrigues, who has trop hi es older than h as trophies ol der a lot of the you ng m en racing today , lo t th e yOlmg men raci n g today, took a well -earned -ch eck ered flag for well-earned checkered flag the Open class Main Event.. Miki Lee class Mai n Eve n t came in second, and Ron Silva.seized ills second , Silva .seized his Maico 1eJrgiI> 0 ~ Z z ~ w Z w oJ -' (,) o > >(,) o . ..

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