Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

....'h ile Ar t was findi ng a slo t on the grid, the an nou ncer m ade a big deal of Joh n Weed being an ex-edi to r of the bogus "other" weekly, b ut did not even acknowledge the presence of Art, Associate Editor of Cycle Guide, and alu mnus of Cycle News. To top it off, AFM gave Art's traditional number 44 to Tom Beesley. Smacks of conspiracy . . . Marland Whaley's age caught up with him aga in . The British press reports he was ba rred from rid ing the Scottish S ix Day s Trials as " too young." Marland wa s philosoph ical about it; they can only kee p him out another year. Malcolm Rathmell (BuI ), Mick Andrews (Yam), Martin Lampkin (Bul), and Rob Edwards (Mon) finished 1-2·3-4 in the Italian Trials Round. This extends R astus' "world" points lead to four over Andrews. Giacomo Agostini (Yam) picked up his f irst double GP win of the readraee season at Salzburg, Austria. He held off MV's Gianfranco Bonera in the 500 after Read seized, and won the 350 by outlasting the field in a driving rain. G REEN STICKLES - Speed way b ikes will be exempted from havin g to wear the California o ff-high way registration sticker, but owne rs will have to b uy a permit to transport them for the same fe e. The permit does not allow operation of the vehicles on public land, but the owner is free to switch frames, engines, etc. At S 15 every two years, the permit is still cheaper than property tax. Motorsports Associates of los Angeles, Harold Murrell and Pace Management of Houston, Texas have formed a joi n t venture called Motopro Enterprises to promote motorcycle races all over the country. Their first venture will be an Inter·AMA motocross at Salt Lake City June 30. Many motorcycle manufacturers sell completely different models in Europe than in the U.S., but this European market Suzuki 500 Titan Sport model is more different from its U.S.A. market counterpart than most. Suzuki also sells a full fairing cafe v.ersion of the GT 750. Photo courtesy of Motociclismo magazine. A whole bunch of w inners at the Mother's Day Scrambles at Perris Raceway donated their prize money to Manuel Burton, a photographer injured when a bike went out of control . The nice guys are Mike Minning, Mike Tidwell, Steve Bales, Scott Smith, Charley Soderstrom, Rick Marquis, Kirk Redding, John Sprague. The Powder Puff Association hopes rider Larry logan and spectator Mary Griggs recover quickly also. Get further info. from Diane Connolly, 213/375-0737. has paved road access, water, electricity and the man to talk to is desert rider William C. Dunlap of Dunlap Associates, 3591 long Beach Boulevard, long Beach, CA . 90807. Phone (2 13 ) 424-8191. C MC is holdi ng a $ 2 ,000 pu,"", motocross (with four foot trophies to Ju n io r s a n d I nter me diates) at Saddleba ck May 27. The Honda and Yamaha teams have already said th ey 'll att end. Roger DeCoster is riding for Bel Ray lubricants now, as well as U.s. Suzuki. CMC may also sanction the Snake River MX to be held in conjunction with Evel Knievel's canyon jump attempt. Mor e details are surfacing on Bul ta co 's 36 0 ro ad b ike . The British will be getting thei r first o nes after Nove mber. Based on the Montju ich 24-hour wi nne r , it w eighs 275 p ounds, has gear primary drive and electronic ignition. Ru mored fo r Fall '75 is an electric-start 250 to urer with engine tuned to Pursang specifications . ,.. 2 Th is guy has 300 acres in the Thousand Palms area near Palm Springs , California and wants to lease it to a cycle park operator. He11 even co-operate on the de a l, with a joint management arrangement if needed. The real estate The Superbowl of Motocross, at the L.A. Co liseum of June 22 is gonna let any M.O.R.E. mem ber bring in one child under 12 years of age free. Why doesn't so me local TV station televise this spectacular eve nt? It might attract more viewers than Bowling for Dollars. Corona Raceway has reached an out of court se ttle me nt of O1l; an ti-noise suit. Th e track will rem ain ope n with a slight sc he d u le a dj us t ment. Call (71 4) 735·1705 for more info rmation. AFM 300 MilE ROADRACE CORRECTIONS : AFM scor ing uncertainties led to our printing that the Reg Pridmore team was second in the AFM race last weekend . It isn ' t so . The Parriots were still first, but the Bob Endicott/M. Rossteuscher BMW was second, with the NO sparkplug equipped Kawasaki of Fred Walti and Bob Crossman third . IGNO RED: Arthur M. Friedman, rid ing a blazing blue Team Toad sponsored Kawasaki 175 Enduro was com ple tely ignored by both the announcer and the scorers when he took third in th e 200 Pro d uc tio n sprint race preceeding the 300 mil . race at the A FM happening. Jim Manning, Manager of Orange County International Raceway , needs about two to ns o f coffe gro unds. He wants to use it to break up the adobe co mposi tio n of his track, ala t he \\'h ole Eart h Catal og suggestion. In terested parties with gro unds to un load can co ntact Jim a t 714/838·9303 . There's a $200 reward for the return . (no questions asked) of 900 Superbowl of Motocross tickets stolen from the Superbowl van in La Mirada, California May 15. Contact Glen Baumgartner at 213/944-3931 . " Bad Rock ," the fine film by Pe ter Starr about the two-day enduro of the same name , will be show n June 2 at 9 :30 p. m , on Ch annel 11 in Los Angeles. Nielsen fa milies, h urry home in ti me to watch it Sunday. Indian says they will bring out a "mu'ti-cylinder 350/50Occ engine next year ." The May issue of Cycle is all about gas qu e u e s a nd ten-gallon li mits. Remem ber? Mickey Thompson's S .C.O.R.E. has lined up over $70,000 in contingency money for their upcoming Baja SOO Internacional. Something like $15,000 of it is exclusively for bikes with Yamaha, Husqvarna, and Montesa all chipping in with some heavy bread if you win on one of their bikes. Even friendly ole "Cycle News" is paying the f irst three finishers in each of the three bike classes no matter what kind of machine they 're on. Get your free stickies while they're hot. The first black proracer to win a mo ney paying motocross, JOE JOHNSON, wi ll be racing in the Supe rbowl of Motocross June 22. Dealer members of the Orange County D.'aler', Association are now selling "Superbowf Supertickets" for the price of one regular $10 VIP seat. For the bucks you get a seat next to the Superbowl uphill, a bus round tnp between the dealership where you buy the ticket and the los Angeles Coliseum, and a program. Kids under 12 get the same package for $5. IC yo u lost a hel met at the DRA Cal City GP and can identify it, call Dave Jensen (213) 966-6402 to get it back. Some go ing tanks alik e area. madman (o r madmen) have bee n around stic king sugar in the gas of assorted street bikes and racers in the San Fe rnando, California Ncar as we can tell from a letter we got from SoCaI MC, they think the AMA is an agen cy of the Federal Government . .. NICE PEOPLE DEPARTMENT. We just learned that the Dirt Diggers North MC paid biker Jim Stitt $185.50 for the use of h is water trucks at the recent Hangtown Nat ional. Stitt, CN's candidate for the "Nice guy of the week" award endorsed the entire check over to M.O .R.E. Lt's too ba d th a t Jim Sti tt doesn't operate a statewide wa te r truck se rvi ce . Super Joe Einhorn is scheduled to make a jump in Canada on a Ducati soon. \\'hen Dave Aldana went to the doctor for his broken wrist, an x-ray revealed another break in his hand, dating back about three years. Surgery will be required to put it all back together the way it should be. Pat Mann ing 's reply to our poop item that CMC Road Races could use a b it more practice; " Get y o ur ass out of bed." The Cactus Cats MC versus the BL\I court case has been taken under submission by the judge. If the feds lose, the BLl\! will have to return every S I per rider fee t hey ever collected. The dec ision should be known in six to eight weeks. OH BOY! The Sacramento Chapter of the AFM is going to hold two more road racing schools at Sacramento Raceway, May 26 and June 23. It 's a good chance to learn the fine art of riding twisty tarmac without getting killed. Papa rode the last one and had a good time. Get more info from Carl Stone, (916) 332-5130. There will be a Southern Califo rnia opening rou nd of the AMA National Trials Cham pionship. It 's on for June 22 at Saddleback, hosted by So uthern California Trials Association, an ATA member club. Rem em ber, letters of in t en t to compete in th e series must be in to the AMA by June I, and en tries for the So Cal rou nd must get to SCT A P.O. Bo x 614, Buena Park, Ca. 90620 by June 3. For more on the ATA/NATC rules controversy, see Page 32. OOPS! Attached to the list of motocrosses qualifying American ' riders for the InterAMA and TransAMA races is the firm enjoinder that only these events will be used for rider grading and only top-graded riders will be allowed to enter the AMA's two international series. Right off hand, we can think of at least two American riders who won't qualify: Brad lackey and Jim Pomeroy. They had to give the qualifiers a miss to compete in a thing called the World Championship. So far, Brad has finished one qual ifier in about fifth place and Jim, none . Where's the loophole clause? While p uzz ling ove r th e effec ts of the new AMA professional raci ng rules, we are also struck by the fact that at any international motocross (That m ean s In terAMA or TransAMA), the to p 20 starting positions at the gate will be de te rm ined by current national points standings. Does that m ean that Roger. Heikki, Adolf, and the gang have to wait to go to ' the Kate until after .. . uh, who is 20th in national motocross points, anyway?

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