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It can't be' long until th~ Ossa 250
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prototyp~
which has puJ J acgu~s
V~mi~r mto tll~ l~ad for th~ Frrncl.
motocross championship yi~lds th~
d~sign for a tru~ GP machin~. D~sign~r
for th~ Spanish manufacturer Edu¥do.
Giro has mad~ nois~s about a n~w Ossa,
possibly for n~xt y~ar's circuit. With
Montesa, and Bultaco already in the
fray, th~y won't b~ too far behind.
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You know, water trucks at motocross
courses
must
be
the
most
prone-to-failure vehicles in existence.
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Yamaha may be taking an interest in th~
500cc class for str~~t machines. Look
for a thre~.
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A co-uple of weeks ago we told you that
we would tell you how to get a copy of
the whole poster that we ran part of in
this column of that issue. Thing is, we
told you that we would tell you last
week. Well, if you carefully examine last
week's paper you will find that there is
nothing about this in that. As a matter
of fact, this is in this week's paper right
here. Anyway, that cartoon poster is
available in a 24" by 36" size for $2.50
from W. Beaumont (who now works for
Webco),
Box
113,
Wrightwood,
California 92397.
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of our staff~rs had a Bad Day this
weekend. He went out to the ACA road
race at Riverside. 0 n the way he got a
ticket for tailgating ("I needed that
Volkswagen's draft to pull that hill.
Honest, Officer."), next he blew the
bejeesus out of his brand new GP road
racer, and then to cap the day off,
COOK NEILSON, the Editor (by God)
of "Cycle" magazine, Tan over his
production bike. It seems that Cook
hadn't noticed our man's machine
(which had b~en foolishly parked
behind Cook's van) when he backed up.
In addition to wielding a hell (If they
can say that in "Cycle"; we can, too) of
a
fine
writing
talent,
that
son-of-a-Sportster-Killer is strong. When
he saw that the brake pedal on the bike
was ben t, he just grabbed that sucker
and straightened it right out. Then he
jumped in his van and sped off after
telling our rider-wri ter to send him the
bill. It wasn't until after he left that it
was· discovered that the machine didn't
shift properly and that the bars were
~n t. Those drag racers sure are hard on
machinery. What we don't understand is
what he was doing driving an
automobile.
...and they say this is the easiest enduro they've had yet.
Fisher Gets 'em on Their Own Track
By Maureen Lee
GARDENA, CAL., July 7, 1972 - With
a lot of the Experts out-or-town for 'the
National, the weekly Ascot half mile
By the way, what ever happened to that
still provided a good show. The track
"Cycle" magazine Killer Sportster?
wasn't fast, as evidenced by the time
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trials; no one could come up with a time
Grady
Lafferty, who heads
the
in the 22 second bracket as they did the
International
Racing
Radio Crew
week before. DeWayne Keeter (H-D)
cove,ring such big events as the Elsinore
went the quickest on the slick surface
Grand Prix, is curren tly in Simi
with a 23:04 followed by Junior Dennis
Adventist Hospital. He's undergone
Kanegae at 23: 11.
back surgery and will be there for a
In the Dash, Kanegae wheelied off
while,
so if you
live in that
the line, losing some time getting into
neighborhood, drop by and say hello.
turn one. He quickly passed Ron Moore
If you don't send him a card because if
(Tri) and shot in to the lead with Keeter
you've ridden any even t covered by the
moving into the second spot. Kanegae,
lRRC, you know how hard they work
however, just wasn't to be caught and
to make sure you're well covered, and
got a chance to kiss one of the prettiest
without pay, too. Til Grady gets up and
trophy girls Ascot has seen for quite a
around again, the IRRC may be
while.
contacted through Jack Frobish, (213)
The Jilniors and Experts ran together,
764-1634.
and whenever. you mix Juniors and
Experts you get an interesting brew!
Super Hoopster Bill Russell is taking up
Once again, Easterner Gary Fisher on a
motocross. At least Gary Bailey is going
Norton proved that he is one good racer
to try to teach him to ride. Bill is
and showed the Ascot regulars that
scheduled to ride in the AMC Beginner
although it's not his home track, he can
class at Saddleback on July 22nd. ABC
beat them on it.
is going to be televising that particular
He won' his heat after Rkk Newby
motocross for showing on a new series
(Tri) shot off the line first. It wasn't
which starts sometime next year. Here's
long before Fisher and ,Keeter had
you big chance to be a TeeVee staroo.just
passed him, proving again that When it
like Motocross Cat.
gets down to wheel-to-wheel the Juniors
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still haven't learned to go quite as fast as
HOT
TIP
AND
HOT
SET-UP:
the Experts in tight situations. Fisher's
Exp~riencing some staIVation probl~ms
h~at was also the fastest.
with your Jikov, Bing or Amal when
Come the Semis, the Novice class got
landing from jumps or going over
awfully crowded in the turns with four
successive big whoop-de-doos? Trick
riders going to the Main. Kawasaki'rider
tip from the Terrible Tuner is to put a
Larry Collie took it. The Junior-Expert
small, flat washer under your main jet.
Semi was even more interesting as Terry
This acts to keep gas around the main
Moriarty (Tri) got 'em in the first tum.
jet when it's surging around the bowl.
He couldn't hold it down and that was
The best thing is that it seems to work.
all Rick Newby, on another Triumph,
needed to scoot into the lead. With two
BOB ENDICOTT, we learned at
only going to the Main, Moriarty had to
presstime, broke his back and possibly a
hold off serious challenges by both Gary
rib or two when he came off at
Caldwell (Suz) and Chuck Hart (Yam).
Riverside Raceway. He is going to be
The' Junior-Expert
Main
was
laid up at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
something
to
see.
Gary
Fisher
for a month at the very least. The
imm~diately took over and pulled out
problem is that the insurance only goes
to the fron t. He started building up a
to $3000 and he will probably go past
commanding
lead and
then, by
that in the first week or so. Anyone
occasionally checking over his shoulder
wishing to help get Bob back in the
to see what was going on behind him,
saddle may send financial aid to 227
just motored along on his Norton, going
Windward Ave., Venice, California
only as fast as he had to to stay ahead
90291. You can send cards, letters, and
of the pack, which was where the action.
motorcycle parts to him at the hospital,
as goiI\g.qn,
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The fight for second was between
Moore and Houchins. Houchins moved
up again and again but just couldn't find
the way around Moore. He even tried
riding the same line, ~but that didn't
help. On lap twelve, he saw his
opportunity and crossed to the inside
and into s~cond. Moore wasn't put off
by that and promptly passed him back
again on the south tum. Experts took
the first five spots, Fisher, Moore,
Houchins, Keeter and Thielke, with the
super-fast Junior, Kanegae, in sixth.
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In the Novice division, they had their
usual ups and downs. The leader'crashed
on the north 'tum with Mike Danell
(Bul) and Larry Collie (Kaw) right
behind him, bu l no one else got
involved with Danell going on for the
win. Mike Clarke on a Yamaha really
pulled out everything in an attempt to
get by Walt Foster (Yam) but didn't
make it. Rob Morrison (Kaw) took fifth
and Jack Vaughn on an Ossa, sixth,
making a neatly mixed bag of differen t
brand bikes.
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