Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

v j! . N EX T WEEK RACER Hangin out with Gene Rom ero RAC ING T ransAMA MX Sidecar MX Ascot Nat iona l Half-mile ..0 o .... u HOW TO WI N MOTOCROSS Part 2 of the book by Gary Ba iley Jim Bennifield bu lled his way t hro ugh a ti e-breaker ru noff to take first Novice. after he and Mike Meade d ropped one point for the entire trial. Bernie Schreiber bore down and cleaned the fourth loop. l!") ...... .... ~ o Who says there's no such thing as a trials tootsie? Mama ! Rolf Tibblin writes about body building, bike preparation, riding technique, desert racing & nutrition ;.•...., :I .~-----------. , ~ . , I : ---~~-~ :1 1 : -.. · I: £- .: ~ - e= ~-- 1": - .. 11~e, I~ " : :1 :1 11 :I :1 1= I: , I: :I :I , I: :1 I: 1= I: :1 :1 =1 , I: = ,1 I: :1 1= you can read about for two dollars. Se nd $2 .00 for Rol f's guide , decals and oom ple te info rma ti o n o n th e train ing Hanging out w ith Mar k Eggar. At left : An origina l Greeves A ngl ican wit h Novice rider aboar d. tel H~;~varna International Training Center 933 So utn Sa nta Fe = 2. vist a Cah lornla 92083 pho ne 714 724·809 1 :- I: , :1 I: I: 1 1 "tt "'r. , os. , I: -.~ I: THE H 11 : PRODUCT 1I 1 SPEAKS 1 FOR ITSELF :I ~I r -----------.: 'I : :1 1 I 'I :1 ~ . _ - - - -- --- _ .... THERE'S NO HOLDING HIM DOWN ON THE SALT." 13. Jack Armstrong. the first rider th rough . o nly dropped one point on bo th se c tio ns. The nu mber of cleans increased substa ntiall y on the latter loops after the pro per " lines" had been established . Se ction 14 req u ired h o rsep ower to climb the ro cky section and th en finesse to negotiate th e ti ght t urns. The most . spec ta cu lar rid e of th e day was p e rfo r me d on t h is sec tio n (i n ad ver te ntly ) by an unide n t ifie d Ama teur wh o los t control on the last tur n an d flew off a five fo o t ledge into the brush . Rep o rt edly, the "Flying Amateur" th en r od e off fo r section 17 . mu tter ing something abo u t nig htmares. Note : C on t r a r y to post- meet speculations, Greg Lersc h is no t th e " Flying Amateur. " Greg Lersch (Bul) to o k the Ama teur class an d in d o ing so co m p iled eno ugh po ints to turn Expert. The Novice sections we re no t quite up to par according to man y ri ders. In fact, .I. Ben nefield (Bul) and M. Me ad e (Ho n) only d ro p pe d one mar k a p iece at the end o f th e regu lat io n fo ur loops. Bennefield tu rn ed it on in t he run-off to take fi rst place . Ge o rge Sm ith's 25 0 Honda co nti n ues to prompt the sa me ques tion o ver and ove r again - wh en this ult ra-ligh tweigh t fo ur stroke will be availab le to Joe Public. Geo rge guesstimates it will be la te this year, ho wever , m an y veteran riders feel it wo n 't be un til Sammy Miller feels it's " right" - wh enever th at will be . • Results in Re sul ts Sectio n. P,O. BOX 891 EL SEGUNDO CAL IF. 90245 What 's happeni ng? ~ Anaheim ~~~~r~~ ~~rks Let's do it! 714 -772 - 3080 740 N. "' nah eim A naheim , CA CMC SANCTION WITH THE BEST P.O . BOX 1402 COS TA MESA . CA. 9262 6 19

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