Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

.... - _~~ --------------------- boo at you and occasionally call you obscene things. Then the rid ers cast doubts up on your parentage 'or the maximum displacement o f your cr an ial area. Some nights you j ust can ' t make th e " righ t" d ecision no ma tter what y ou d o . Did number th ree jum p the start? Did number rive in te n tio nally bump that other rider in t he secon d tum? Is m y u nderarm d eodorant working? Split seco n d d e c isions th at , on some occasio ns, may save a racer's life are not an easy t h ing fo r any m ortal. In crea sing the pressure of d ecision-making is th e fac t th at m aybe eight th ousand race fa ns swear it happen ed a d ifferent w ay , and th ey intend to te ll you about it . What would m otiva t e a person to become a referee? Would it b e a desire to d o go od for your fe llo w m an? How about t he ego trip of b eing the one to make th e d ecisio n th at co uld affect th ousa nd s o f d ollars in purse m oney? It co uld b e all o f th ese but in reality it is probably gre ed. Yes, that ' s genuine greed sp elled m oney. The Speedway Racing Association is lo oking for a few good men. Men who know enough ab o u t ra cing and the few rules that go with their type of racing to become effective officials. The pay is fair, but you're not going to get ri ch. You ge t to bring a few friends o r you r family alo n g to the ra ces . But when push co m es to shove, y o u 're all alone in th e cen te r of the race tr ack armed o nly wi th a soft covered rule b o ok. You are also secure in the knowledge that y o u com b in ed the traits of a policeman, d ock worker , boy scout a nd j ud ge, which th e Asso ciation feel s isn' t to o much to as k o f a ny m an. If you a re at all interested . con tac t t he SRA at 7 14/635-3760 or d rop a tine t o th eir m ailing ad dress, Box 9 37, A naheim, CA. 92805. • Petrochem foamine HAND KLEAN is an easy to use, wa t erless hand cleaner. - Removes oil, crease, pa int a nd Ink like macic. Contains lanolin Keep it h andy in you r tool ki t or glove compartment tor that em erg ency situation on the ro ad . Keep the large can handy i n your garage. Ash la nd Ch em ical Company Ashl.nd, Divis ion of Ashl a nd Oil, Inc. Santa Fe Sprinp, Ca 90670 SCUDERIA HUSQVARNA PENTON LAVERDA Plumas land meeting ' SALES. SERVICE-. AND MAIL SPECIALISTS Mark Reichert b reaking in an Open Expert win, and a new machine. (213) 542-1695 QUINCY,.CAL. T he Finest Select ion of Parts and A ccessories For Bi ke and Rider We Offer Expert Repairs Porting and . Competition Tuning Elsinore IT By Gary C. Jones R a in, rain , go away. Come again ... They say you can 't fool Mother Nature. I wish th e reverse was tru e also. It rained. That explains the small turnout to nigh t. But did you really have to spo il Sunday too, Mother? Sand ak cancelled th eir poin ts run at 9 :00 2419 Artesia Blvd . Redondo Beach, Californ ia 9027a SA L ES SERVICE Welding Porting Accessories 1352 Cen tinela. W. Los Angeles Co rner o f San t a Monica Blvd . & Cent inel a Open 9 to 6 Tues-Sat 9 to 9 on Thursday ~ )( . c Santa M onica B lvd . ; ;; u N S anta Monica Frwy. 20 .:: gW+E! .. M in i Noy : 1. John Murphy (Yam ); 2. Jo ck Brow n. 100 Nov : 1. Dav id Leach (Kaw) ; 2 . Pe t e Wankel. 125 Beg : 1. Ma rty Glellennlz (SUZ): 2 . Jock Newman (Yam ) . 125 Nov : 1. Mike B ird (Yam): 2. Tony Wankel (Hon) . 3. Jam es Marvin (Yam). 250 Nov : 1. Don Davis (Hon); 2. B r ian Webb (Yam) : 3. Gary Sm ith ( Y am ). Op en Nov : 1. Pau l Bu zza (Yam) : 2 . Au thur Junk er (Mal): 3 . D av id Brookbank (Yam). Spec Nov: 1. Brian Webb (Yam): 2 . Ji m Ingen sole (Yam ) . 3. Dav id Reddi ng (Yam). 100·125 Am /E x : I. Randy Bird (Kaw) ; 2 . Mark Prescott (YZ); 3. Jef f Spr ingman . 5 0 0 Open E x : 1. Mark Re lcner t (Yam): 2 . Larry Bi rd (Man) . Sp ec Ex : 1. Oenn is Junk er (Ma l) ; 2. Mark Reicn er t (Yam). Sweep s: 1. M ar k R eich ert ( Y am ). ELS INO RE, CAL., MAR. 2 R eceive $5 0 Worth of Parts and Accessories FREE When Yo u B uy a New H usk y or Pent o n. -;; nex t week, " Mo ther, " III a. m . a nd of co u rse it st o pped rain in g at 9:35. But it wouldn't have made any di fferen ce. T he e ntire pl ace had turned into a red -cla y mud p ie by then anyway. Da v id Le a ch , who has b ee n d ominating th e 100 Novice class fo r some time no w, w as again at the top of t he hea p tonigh t, scori ng a convinci ng win on his Kaw asa k i. Pete Wankle held o n fo r second p lace. As always, th e 125 Novice class prov ided so me good racing action. At the checkered flag it was Mike Bir d up on his Yamaha. Tony Wankel of Encinitas barely m ade it in t o sec ond p lace ahead of J am es Marv in . If Ja mes wasn' t such a b ig dude, I think he wo uld have a real fighring chance at running off wit h firs t p lace in th is class. He's got his starts down t o a scie nce, and he goes thro ug h the turns just as fast, if not faste r, than a nyone else in the class. Some i n teresting new b ik e-r id er co mb ina tio ns showed up to nig ht. Among th em were Arthur Junker (Den nis' younger brother ) riding a 400 Maic o to a sec o nd pl ace fin ish in the Open Novice class. T he n Dennis go t on it and rode it to a Special Expert victory a hea d o f none other th an Mark Reich ert, who w as tak ing it easy br eaking in a new 3 6 0 ! Don "T- Bo ne" Gri gsb y was busy "breaking" hi s new YZ. What followed was o ne o f t hose typi c al in -between -r a c es wrench thrash ing sessio ns. 11 ended in a plug foulin g session on the starting lin e. And if that w asn't en ou gh, Larry Bird was having fun alternat ing b etween d oing fu ll le ngth ba ck st rai ght wheelies a nd seizing hi s new Montesa wh ile taking sec o nd in th e·500. O~~ Expert. Wail til! • Increasin g public int erest o n use o f roads in the Plumas National Forest has created a need for public meetings to explore and develop alternatives for the future management of forest roads. The first meeting will be held in Oroville, CA at the Multi-Purpose Results Larry Bird ...nothing t o d o bu t have fun a nd f inish second in 500 Op en Ex pe rt. "' 'z" a .., U >a:

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