Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Mallonee, incidently, had the consolation of winning the five-bike (staggered-start) "Hooligan" race. In the 125 class Dennis Ruminer, Rich Hew itt, and 1 flashed across the finish line three-abreast on the first lap, with Bill Silver a co up le fe et back (pedaling like madl}, My engine finally seized , Rich slowed, and Bill' s bike lost its top end kick , so Denn is looked over his shoulder and shrugged (" w he re 'd everybody go?"). Former e N sta ffer Art Friedman was the 17 5cc winner. • Results 125 Jr . GP: 1. M i ke Baeder (Y a m ) : 2 . W illiam Jones (V am) ; 3. B il l Sliver (H on) . 175 Jr GP: 1. Lar ry Lim (Klw). 500 Jr GP: 1. M ike B loch er ( H On ). 2 5 0 sr GP: 1 . H.ury K l inzman ( V am ); 2. Georve Roche (Yam) ; 3 . Chuck Stronme nge r (Vam). Open Sr GP: 1. Mike Parr iott (Klw ) : 2 . Steve Mall o nee (Kaw) ; 3. M ike Morse (Vam) . Hall igan W inner : 1. Steve Mallonee (K l w ) . 12 5 Prod : 1. Denn is Rum iner (H o n); 2 . B i ll Sliver (Hon); 3. R ichard Hewitt (Yam ). 175 Prod : 1. Art Friedman ( Kaw) . 2 00 Pr o d : 1 . John Hewitt (Yam). 250 Pr o d : 1. Gerhard K lemm (Klw ). 500 PrOd : 1 . M ike Blocher ( H On ). Open Proch 1 . M ike Parr iott (Kaw)i 2. Steve Mallonee (K iW) : 3 . M ike Morse (Vam) . Agostini again: Yamahawins Imola 200 By Enzo Campione IMOLA ,ITALY , APRIL 7 Giacomo Agostini won both 100 mile segments of the lmola 200 to take the overall win today. Taking second place behind Ago, just as he did at Daytona, was Kenny R o b e rts. Agostini edged out Roberts in the first segment by four seconds and went on to an ....easy" win in the second segment after dueling with Roberts during the early laps . . Both Agostini and Roberts were aboard Yamaha TZ 700's as were the third an d fourth overall finishers, Tuevo Lansivouri and Gene Romero. Su zuki mounted, Barry Sheene took fifth. The Imola 200, scheduled to be the opening rou nd of the 'F IM's 750 series, dr o pped the championship series tag ' a fter the FIM declared Yamaha's TZ 700 and 350 machines illega l. Kawasaki's Yvon Du Ha mel an d Art Baumann . retired with mech an ica l • failures, as did Suzuki 's Paul Smart. ~ I mola : "Daytona Euro-style By Patrick Pfah l IMOLA,ITALY , APRIL 6-7 April 6 Imola, a sma ll city near Bologna, is tod ay under a fever. Racing fever. The to p speed riders in the world are here along with 150,000 delirious fans. The race used to be called the Re venge o f Da ytona. Saturday's time trials gave the riders an opportunity to show just what t hey had in mind for Sunday's 200 miler, Teuvo Lansivuori took pole position with the fast est lap, 2.02 .48 . He was follow ed by Giacomo Agos ti ni at 2.02.98. Ago, ra cing a t his home track was eage r to prove th at his disputed Dayton a vict or y was no t the re sult - of luck. T hi rd was Barry Sheene , Ken Robert s foll ow ed in fourth. 1 Yvon Dul lamel secured seventh, this d ue in part to a co rn e r taken at too high a sp ee d an d th e recove ry time invol ved in getting straigh te ned out again. Along with " h ome town boy " Ago, DuHamel is a top It alian favorite. Gene Romero and Art Baumann had trouble find ing the idea l sp rocket an d alo ng wi th 0 the r mechanical difficulties had to se ttle for 12th and 18th pla ces respectively. • ~ . ... • l • • J ~ Imola color In the rider's park the Kawasaki team gives off an air of confidence. Agostini is in the team truck, in th e care of his private doctor. A routine checkup no doubt. Agostini exits the truck, the crowd gives him a huge ovation as he enters the pi t area for Saturday's preliminary events. Apr il 7 Italy's Mandracci dropped his Suzuki into th e hay bales finish ing th e bike. During the first six laps Rober ts held t he lead keeping well away from a hard cha rging Ago and Lansivouri. The fron t runners were followed by Romero, Sheene , Smart, and DuHamel. Art Baumann slipped in a com er and unfortunately damaged DuHamel 's bike, resulting in the attrition of the two Kawasaki 's. In the actions that followed, Roberts turned the fastest lap with a 2.00.00 time, this ac complished while chasing a now-in -the-lead Agostini. Paul Smart blew his engine trying to do the same. The first hea t saw Agostini firs t, Roberts second, Lansivouri third, Romero fourth and Sheene fifth. The second hea t again saw Ago take t he lead followed by Roberts. Rob er ts brough t the fa ns to their fee t in the third lap whe n he took the lead away from Agostini. The chase was on, Ago t he pursuer for four laps catching Roberts in the seven th and fin ally passing him. The fans went wild. The results were set . No more lead changes took place. Refueling stops were clocked at four seconds . The crowd turned their attention to the S h e e n e/Romero duel taking place behind the leaders. The second heat finished as follows; Agostini. Roberts, • Lansivouri, Romero, and Sheene, alQQQ CASH and CONTINGENCIES! Book review Two-Wheel Wonder By Robin Lawrie Panthenon Books, Inc. Reschedu led f rom March 31 In a publication aimed at the Junior High and elementary level reader, an author's job is at best ambiguous. Robin Lawrie has managed to produce a book that will satisfy in several ways the education, motorcycle-wise, of this age group. Small in pages, brigh t in page design color , a deq uately sprinkled with technical and scientific vocabulary, and easily read, t he b ook d ocs m o re than provide the read er wi th p age t urning practice. Lawrie b lends simple sentences in to learning steps through his elementary cum technical progressions into the whats and h o ws of motorcycles. The author estab lishes the motorcycle as an entity first through a brief historical sojourn, then as a visible me chanical creation. The technological workings of the motorcycle are well handled by usage of easily understood diagrams and ac companying copy that runs the gamut from simple to precise vocabulary. In the righ t hands, and with a li ttle bit of in st ruction the book could be u sed to s a t i s f y a number of ed uca t ion ally desirable goals. It clearly serves as good reading practice, serves up a sizeable science lesson, a good dose of dictionary usage, and lots of question raising. For the beginning rider or the youngster who shows an in terest in b ike s the book can be nothing other than an asse t , It must b e noted however that although geared fo r the pre-and-junior High st uden t, the book does not take into account th e fact that so many youngsters in this age bracket are mos t proficient in th e subj ec t of motorcycles, wh at m akes th em go, an d how to ride th em. The book for them, I feci, co uld on ly serve as light reading ma te rial at b est . Two-Wheel Wonder reaches ou t int o the vortex of sne aky learn-while-you'reunawar e-you' re-lear ning publications and com es away d oing wh at it seemingly was m eant to do ; teach y o ungs ters a little bi t of the total motorcy cle sche m e. Dan McCue PRACTICE AT 10:00 a.m. FIRST RACE AT 12: 00 noon 90rop SEE more tban PROS ineluding all the laetory teams! Pierre Karsmake rs Mike Runyard Jim Weinert Daniel LaPorte Richard Franklin Bruce McDougal Eddie Co le Mitch Mayes Jeffrey Vidic Marty Tripes Billy Payne Tim Hart Bill Cook Chuck Bower Gary Jones Rich Thorwaldson Peter Lamppu Bob Grossi Gary Chaplin Rich Eierstedt Tony Wyn n Ter ry Clark Bruce Baron AI Baker Bill Gross i Brya r Holcomb Ron Pomeroy Gay lon Mos ier • These riders guaranteed. Jim O'Neal Randall Berkeley. J r. Terry Bilton Kenneth Zahrt David Messer Gary Semics Anthony DiStefano Mark Blackwell Bill Clements Rex Staten Mike Hartwig Lars Lar sson . Tom Rapp A ndy Baines HANG GLIDERS! 60 OF THE HOTTEST OLD TIMERS! 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