Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

TIHIE Of '. W llSIHIES TIHIE th e AMA Nationa l The Springf ield mile was the scene of some ep ic racing tha t det ermined for t he lat est in th e world of motor cyclin g brough t t o your door every week, SUBSCRIBE t o America's on ly weekly newspaper. CYCLE NEWS! .-----------------------.. , · - I I • • I SUBseRIPllO BLANK I • I I I • • I • I • I I I I I I I I • $12 .50 0 50 issues CYCLE NEWS EAST (1 y r. ) 22.00 0 10Gissues CYCLE NEWS EAST (2 yrs.) . . 30.00 0 150 issues yrs.) CYCLE NEWS EAST (3 44.50 0 50 issues year Via 1st class mail for one 56 .50 0 50 issues Via air mail for one year ........ 0 This is a Renewal '. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 0 Please bill me 0 I enclose check or money order Name (Please pr int legi bl y ) ~r~ Stat e City Z ip MAIL TO: CYCL E NEWS EAST, P.O. BOX 805, TUCK ER GEOR GIA 30084 or call (404) 934-7 850 28- A-- ---- IIII_!!!I!I_ - - - ~- -l1li. " , - - - - - - I • I I I I l I I I I I I I --I • politica l organiz ers in the country at the The para de of services an d program s helm, Politica l Frontie rs wo uld go to the on with AMA NEWS su ppleme nts rolled people, staging seminar s the length and y mo nthly features . becomi ng virtuall breadt h of the country to teach Noise. lan d use. safety . m ini-bi kes .. .all motorc yclists the in's and out's of were covered in a speical tear-ou t politica l maneuv ering and the means to section that became a handbo ok for advance their sport on t he legislati ve on those subjects . legislato rs front . J alb ert was named Later in 197 1, Bob Kerry Klei d had beco me the AMA's to head the Youth Division , Form ula first distaff licensed professi onal racer in 750 was formall y accepte d by the FIM 1971 and the pits were opened to Congre ss an d a la rge A merica n licen sed lady mechan ics in 1972. The an d observe rs went co ntingen t of riders ' 72 G ra nd Nationa l Ch ampio n , Mark off to the In te rn ational Six-Day s Trial Brelsfor d of San Francisc o. Californ ia , in a prelude to what would be the next was to earn ov er $100 ,000 en ro u te to internat ional plu m plucked by the big that crown, a fact h igh ly -t out ed b y the AMA's new leadersh ip . AMA' s n e w R a c in g Pub li ci ty it had Despite the d ues increase , De partme nt establis hed late th at year. become readily ap parent to anyone with Soun d m et ers were m ad e availabl e at figures that th e AMA was the a h ea d for cost to AMA clubs with th e inten ti o n of the m o to rcy cling bi ggest bargain on co mbatti ng the noise p roblem wh ich block and me mbe rs hip soa re d co ntinued afte r so many years t o be the accordin gly. Insuran ce wh ich one m igh t m o st serio us confro n ti ng organ ize d b e able to b uy an ywhe re else was no t m o t 0 r c y cI i n g . T w 0 r eg i o n a I a ro utine ben e fit o f b eing p ro vid ed as represen tatives, one in Atlanta, Geo rgia, array of mem b ership . Meanw hile the an d o ne in Los Angeles , Cal ifo rn ia, were AMA services and activities was growing ad de d to the staff in the sp ri ng of ' 72 . so rapidly th at AMA news releases often As th at staff co ntin ue d t o grow in d es ks of m ot or cycle r e a ch ed the p ro portion to the expansi on o f services , publica tions two at a time. it b ecame ap parent that yet ano th e r F ro m 130 ,00 0 m embers at th e new hom e wo ul d be ne eded. beginning of 19 71 , th e m embersh ip Constru c ti on was b egun on a new began a st eady cli m b . But it was n ot he adquarte rs b uilding in t he Columb us an audit would un til m uch later that sub urb of Wes terville. of re veal th at a clai m ed memb ership An abortive AMA G ran d National 180.000 d u ri ng the heigh t o f March ' s Ch amp i onship ra d io n etw o rk was fact never exceed ed 145 ,000 . act ivity in announ ced in '72 with the intentio n of Whether an intentio nal de ception or a in creasin g b ro ad cast exposu re fo r th e g l eg it im ate " comput er p rogr ammin spo rt . More successf ul was th e Na tio n al p roblem ," the di sp arit y in m embersh ip C o rn m i t t e e o f Motor cyclist s for in ret ro spect , one o f the figur es is, Re -electio n of the Preside nt which not o nary year earli est sign s that the revoluti only b ack ed a winner, but did so he 1971 h ad in fa ct over-ex tended t without attrac ti ng a hint of suspici o n Ame rican Mo t orcycle As soci ation. regardi ng its cam p aign co n trib u tio ns! ch ar ge in to 19 72 was al m os t as The The s in gle m os t signifi can t of the previou s year. im pressive as th at develop ment of th e year 1972 and AMA Wieldin g its FIM affiliati on, th e possibly of th e entire Russ March era had bulled it s way in t o t he arena of was "Opera tion Alert" which proved te rn ational motocro ss compet ition in th a t the A m eri c a n Motorc y cle with 1971's fledglin g Inter·A MA series. Associa tion could indeed be much more at In 19 72 , motocro ss would see growth than a fellowsh ip of fun-lovi ng cyclists an incredib le rate as the FIM affiliati on and /or professi onal and amateu r racers. le ap p ear an ces by better m ade possib Preside nt Nixon announ ced early ' in and better riders. the year plans for the regulati on of ed The insuran ce program proceed public land , a great deal of which was full-spe ed ahead, soon to be joined by being used for off-road motorcy cling. l Fron tiers program . With the Politica ....e t " ed Ost resp.""c'"t.... ........_ Th . ...iming was b ad in t hat the AM ;} e - Bill Lowe.. 0 e of

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