Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

wh at t o w ear wh ile riding a motorcycle , how to rid e. how 10 use the cont rols, safe cycl ing. starting th e bike, and leisure time use o f th e b ik e. Registrat ion in formation is availab le by co n ta cting th e A BC Ad ult Sch ool , 926-5566 , extension 358. • Professional management comes to motorcycle stars - By John Huettei' Foo tb all p layers do co mme rc ials fo r everyth ing fro m underwear to p op c o rn . A uto r a c ers get $100,000 co nt ra cts with luggage and ciga re tte co mpanies, so it was p robab ly ine vita b le that with the growt h of p rofessional moto rcycl e co m p e tit io n in America, pro- ~U~T~C= Bultaco International Ltd .P.O . Box 62547 Virgin ia Beach. VA 23462 "~!~~f,~~~~ '\\\'" Ladell Eide stormed to first 80 Minibi ke Beginner. CRC MX how" t une bikes from the BURAK T UN IN G SCHOO L By The Shadow fo r a profitable caree r or hobby. • VALENCIA , CAL.• FEB . 22 BURAK BYE-PRODUCTS Despi te the fact there was not a single Ex pert competitor out for action Friday night, the California Racing Club pla yed host to one of its most su ccessful motocross ca rds in some time. The turnout was large and very active fro m start to fin ish . Se ttin g fo r the 15170 Raym e r 8 1. • Van Nuys , CA (213) 780-1768 motocross warfare was the we ll-ligh ted In tern ati o nal Course al Ind ian Dunes Park, n ear Valencia. T hirty-six ride rs showed u p fo r the I 25cc action , wit h two Begin ne r divisions an d o ne Novice class being o ffere d . In the t ou gh 125 Beginner, Division I action. Fo rr est Maier (lion) was t he champ, with a second p lace tro ph y going t o Gr ego ry Brow n (Hon) . Division 11 co m peti tion fo und Kelly Du ngan (Hon), th e champ. Se cond p lace wen t to San dy Ross (Hon), with a t hir d place tro ph y cap t ured by Roger J eka (YZ) . Ro mpin' Randy Ga uvin, ridin g a Ho nda, was the champion at 125 Novice, with Mar k Hendrix (Pen ), the ru nneru p troph y winner. Mu ch the same se tup at the 250cc levels, with two Begin ner d ivisio ns an d one Novice clas s. Division I victory wen t to Norris Whitm o re (Hon) . Finishing in second place beh ind Whitmo re was Chris Steward (Ho n), while a third p lace tro phy wen t to Mark Gumpe r t (Hon) . Jeff S too ps (Yam), was the champ at Division II , while a second pla ce tro phy we nt to Rich ard Whittin gt on (Bul). Winner at Min ib ike Beginner was Terry Ca tterm ole , with th ree additio na l tro ph ies being awa rded as foll ow s: Steve Allensworth. second ; Lee Harold, third; and Ro ger Gauvin , fo urth . All b ut Gauv in w ere Honda-mo un ted, wit h Gauvin piloting a Su zuki. Steve Sch mi tz (Ya m) , was th e cham p at Minib ike Novi ce , wh ile a victo ry in the Min ibi ke Advanced co m pe ti tio n we nt to Bobby J on es (Ho n ). T wo addi tio na l t roph ies were u p for gra bs at Minibik e Advanced. with second p lace go ing to Tommy Hopkin s and third 10 Greg Taylor. Mark Hickey (Hon), was th e n umber o ne rid er • a t 100 Minibike, 24020 Narbonne Aven ue Lomita , Ca lifo rn ia 907 17 2 13 -53 4 -23 11 H od ak a Monte sa Carab ela Motorcycles "'~J.- .. fI_...... J.- ... f1 #IV ~ ~ M ~;t:'S po rt Cycle GUY R . LO UIS (714) 893-7057 · 72 19 Westm inste r Ave.• Westm inster . Ca. Mike Patric k's '. , Results . Mi n i B eg : Y~th~~.~~~~A I 22 (7 14 ) 735 -7721 I 1. Terry cane-m e re ( H On); 2 . Steve Allen sworth ( Hon ) . M Ini N o v: ( H On ); 3. L ee 1. Steve Sc h m i tz H arold ( Ya m); 2 . Mark Hl c k l e y ( H On) . Mmi Ad : I _ B Ob b y Jon es (H On ) ; 2. iom m y H opk i n s; 3 . Greg T ay lo r. 10 0 B eg : 1. M att Wa te r s ( Ya m ) ; 2 . Ga ry Wa sson (Yam): 3 . Matt Tnb e ( Ya m ) . 100 M i n i : " 1. M ar k Hi Ck ey (HOn); 2 . Jim Holley ( K a w) ; 3 . Davi d Trip p (Ste) . 100 Nov: 1. Je ff Ti b bitts ( D KW) : 2 . B Obby Jones (Hon) ; 3 . Jeff D ru m m en ( H Od ) . 12S Be g, D i v I: 1. Forrest Ma ie r (Hon) ; 2 . Gregory Brow n ( H on); 3 . J oe Berman (HOn) . 125 Beg , D lv II : 1. K e ll y D u ngan (Hon); 2 . Sand y R o ss ( H on ); 3 . Roger Jeka ( VZ) . Po wder Pu ff : 1. Jan K li n e (Hon) : 2 . K ell y Bartlett (Ya m ) • 125 Nov: 1. Randy Gauvin ( HO n ); 2. Mark Hen dri x ( Pen ) : 3 . Ra y Fischer (YZ) . 250 Beg . D iv I : 1. Norr is Whitmore (H a n); 2. Chris St eward (H o n) ; 3. M ar k G um pert (Hon). 250 Be g. D iv II : 1. Jeff Stoo ps ( Y am ) ; 2 . R icha r d Whittingt o n (Bul)i 3 . Charles Sanne r tHan) . 2 5 0 N o v : 1. David Dic k (CZ) ; 2 . Mike Shively (Ya m ); 3 . Rob M a r i o n ( CZ ). O pe n Beg : 1. ROd n ey Ba il e y (Kaw ) ; 2. A r t D ar t (CZ) ; 3. R i c k Russell (CZ) . ... O pen N ov : 1. Tom A le xande r (Mai); 2 . D o n S tro n berg (H uS); 3 . Art h u r San difer (V am). 125 l n t : 1. E va n M ar cu s (H on) ; 2 . Ak e Moli sson ( Han); 3 . D on Fau lkne r (HOn ) . 2 5 0 I nt : 1. R uss H o ffm an (H a n). Open I n t : 1. Jose p h H aro ld ( C l ) ; 2 . C hr i s Crow ell ( C Z ) ; 3 . Greg Griffe n (C2 ) . Learn to ride CE R R ITO S, CA L. , FE ll . 28 Believing the re's much ' more to riding a m o to rcy cle "than jumping o n a nd ro aring o ff" and th ere's " m uch m o re to school th an re ading, wri tin g, an d ' rithmctic," a California teach er is team in g up wit h private industry t o pro ve his poin t. Th e res ult of th is tea mwork is a new d river's educat io n pro gram - th e first of its kind in th e n ation - which will ma ke its deb ut in Cerri t os (Ca lifo rn ia) lat er th is mon th . Its goal . according t o Geo rge Su ttles, a teacher a t EI Do rad o High School, is to help adul ts and st ude nts b ecome profi cient and sa fe mo to rcyclists. Blending classroo m t raining an d "on the bike ex perience," t he new fo rm o f dri ver's ed ucatio n will be ai me d t owar ds assisting st udents gain t he kn owledge and kn ow -how they need to pass th e D ep artm ent of M o t or V ehicles mo t orcycle license test. In p artn e rs h ip with Buen a I' a r k - b a s e d Y am aha International, Su ttles ' plans t o p ro vid e instru c tion to 120 st ude nts a week a t El Dorad o High Sc hool, 16 7 00 No rw alk Blvd. , Cerrito s. T he first class b egan Mar ch I 1. Dail y classes w ill begin o n Mo ndays fro m 2 :3 0 to 5 :30 p .rn, a nd o n alte rna te Sa t urda ys fro m 9 a .m, 10 4 :30 p.m. Suttles , wo rking thro ugh th e A BC Un ified Sch ool Dist ric t Ad ult School , will provide th e classroo m instru ction and " on tr ack" guida nce. Lo cal Yamah a dealers arc provi d in g mo t o rc ycles and helmets an d Yamah a Internati on al is pro vid ing th e cu rr icu lum. Th e co urse will p rovid e students with inst ruct ion . t ips and ex perience on fession al m an agement of the to p racers would so o n come alo ng . It 's inc re d ib le when you fin d o u t ho w amat euri sh m ost o f th e dealings of top level motorcycl e" racers h ave been. It 's also part of the charm of a '"down home" sport like b ike racing b ut racers, lik e m o vie sta rs, h ave limited ye ars of po ten tial high inco me and , to ma ke a lifetim e career of it, have to ca pit alize on that potential. Too man y h aven 't in th e p ast. Now, a company has been fo rmed 10 manage and pro mote so me of th e t op-ra n ked rid ers in AMA Gra nd National Ch am p ionshi p and m oto cr oss, dealing w ith them. it's true, as saleable co m mo d it ies b ut at the sa me ti me ge t ting recogni tion an d , p erh aps more importan tly , the green stuff -th at p ays the bills fo r these riders. One of the partners in Motorsports Associates is a guy w ho h as done a b it of mo to rcy cle racing himse lf. His name is Mert Lawwill - 1969 AMA Natio nal Champion. The others involved a re Joh n Old man , w ho ca rri es th e title of presid en t ; Dave Frie d ma n, and J an TT Win n. T hey are , w hen it is bo iled d own, a tale nt age ncy and th e ta len t th ey represen t incl udes 500 class Na ti on al 1 ~Iotoc ross C ha m pio n, P i err e '. Karsrn akers, and Yam ah a t eamm at e. t T im Hart; J im Pomeroy wh o , yo u may rem ember, rid es llulta co s fast er t ha n anyb ody else d oes; an d Dick Mann , Ken Roberts, Ri ck Ho ck ings, and - J ohn 1 Gen na i Gust ' four o f th e Northern Califo rn ia go -fast good guys) on th e AMA cir cuit. T hey h ave corralled so me of the to p talen t in both ends of th e sport . They are n ow t alking ab o u t CJ) rep r es en tin g a n o ther h andfu l of. suc cessf u l ro ad racers after Dayton a is .;:. Co ~~ ) And. of course, th ey rep resen t Mert him self alo ng with fellow Harley-ire; " Mark Brelsford . Mo torsports Assoc ia tes ' goal is to m ak e th e most th ey can for their clien ts and have everyb o d y reap .3 th e be nefits, in cluding th emselves obviously o r they wo uldn' t sta y in , b~i nea T hey . a re als o talki?g abou t 28 pro m ot mg a n d s p onsonn g some non-National big bucks Mile events aimed to ward the non-motorcycling sp ortin g public. So far, they have been instru men tal in attaini ng record U.S. starts money for World Champ Roger DeCoster and '"' American J im Po meroy in th e Yam ah a .S I n v i t a t i o nal Motocross under th So M Ast ro do me. Bo th Roger and Jim are rep ort edl y pleased w it h th e am o unts. n A T hey w er e ins rrumen tal in ge ttin g Pierr e .S Karsm ak ers on "The Superstars" T"IJ H ) program. That level o f ex posure didn' t .. :> hu rt Am erica n m otocross a t a ll. Mot o rsp orts As so ciates is pro bab ly. ~ on ly th e fo rerunner of o ther_fu ll. time ~ professio nal racer talent ma nagemen t age nc ies bu t it is th e first to take th e £0 co nsid erab le ta len t o f th ese to p-r anked..... motorcycle racers and trea t it as th ~ marke tab le produc t it is. A TV~ co m mercia l for a popular co ns ume r,, 6T ' pro d uct fea t uring a bike ra cer is wa ... ~ overd ue . Nobody really be lie ves tha t .J Joe Nam at h lik es th at shave cr ea m U better than any other, anyway . One.· Ihin ~ o ur sp or t d oes have, by th e very natu re o f its co m p eti to rs, is cred ib ilit y. ;.M

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