Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

MOTO-AMA sidehack challenge CARNEGIE CYCLE PARK Sunday Nov.3 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS V5. AMERICA'S BEST 1:.\'TN//:"S J-'/;RIFlUJ FOR 1'I1 SI:R I/:'S t" Swil / t"rl m d Rolxorl GnJgS CARNEGIE CYCLE PARK UVER. IO RE . CA LIFORN IA \ 1974 FI M WORlI> CHA MPION lorenz lIaller SwilLC'rlalld 1973 FIM WORLD ONEOF ONLY SIX RACES C "A~I P ION IN TH E UNITED SfAlES THIS YEAR ! Brunu Schneide r ~l1er.1I 197 4 ,\,USTRIAS CHAMPION Admi"".ion . 55.50 TUIl V:III Hellgtt'll . . . . . . . . . . . •. . . . . . . . Hulland 41h 1974 WORLD CHAMPIONS HIP Slarb a t 12;00 Nou n SAC RAMENTO WALN UT CREE K Fun... Vall Ht'uglt' ll . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . • • . Hu lland 2·T IMl::DUTCH NATIONA L CtlA \tPION ove rall. Bob Romine was also spotted making up lost time after losing sight of the bo mb , and finished 18th overall. Cordis rounded out the top twenty after a very disappointing race. In the Novi ce class it was the famous N o . 324x taking th e win, wi th the even more popular 381 x sec o nd . So rry about not getting y our names, but whil e you were soakin g up the sud s, I was t al king to my Yamaha , ab out half wa y around the firs t loop. I d o know th at Mark Harks was the third Novice t o fi ni sh , and Gary Willens was one o f t he firs t 100 Novices to survive, whil e Dennis Crowley pulled off the same stunt in the 175 class, but the identity of the first Open Novice, No . 373 still remains a my st ery to me, but I am sure he will pull off the same stu n t aga in . George Walker was seen pil ot ing a Can -Am around the Rams' course, while Andy Kirker is rumo red to be riding on e in the 175 class soon . WFO b ike o f the weekend has to be th e new o ne pil o ted by CZ ace Kevin Hasten . Imagin e a five spe ed 400 CZ, wit h a 22 to oth co un te r shaft sprock et . With the winter we ather coming on, up pop th e cam pfires and o n come many ra cy tales to ld around them, getting better and bet ter with ea ch passing of the o ld blood warm er. Soon it will be co lde r that B-12 ES, and the rain will fall on us while racing, proving once agai n t o th e motocrossers o f the world, w e are n o t all ergic to w a t er . • Results Overall : 1. Tom Br o o k s (S u i E x ) : 2 . " "" beTl Simun Under I w~I ... ~ 53.00 , CARNEGIE CYCLE PARK TE N MI LES EAST OF U VE RMQ RE ••• _ W""I G...,m.my GER MAf'Ii NAT IOf'liA L CHA \ IPION Eugt'Itt'Sqlt' . • • . .. • . . . . . • __ . . . . W Gn1nany ""l RUNNER-UP GERMA N NAT IONAL CHA\t PIO N Juh n Elliu l lrd FlM 1974 Ja n Th iF WOR LDCHA~IPtONSltlP . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . J-T I\l E UUTCII CHA\ IPH) N Hu l!.:l nd MODESTO WSANGE LES \ A ~~lolI l ' II'" foN/'III'" (Wu (l JII//,nw'ti "1 .·l ",•.,.ifv"/ ''' 'J'"lUo",~h 1\'711 " { II,,. '''''VV''1. ,lIJr, AA"l'

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