Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
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Championship Indoor Speedway Motorcycle Races Sanctioned by SRA dirt track racing Two Nights Friday, December 13 Saturday,Decemberl4 Qualifying rounds Friday, Championship Races Saturday Racing starts at 8: 15 PM Mike & Steve Bast Alan Christian Sonny Nutter Mike Rooney Norm Denny John Cunningham Rich Macxlurray Plus 30 other top names in Speedway Racing. To be filmed for television. Cow Palace San Francisco 415-334-4852 We m anufacture club jerseys! Bill WALTERS LEATHERS BW 445 S o . V ictory B lv d. Burbank , California 915 02 COMPETITION SHOCK ABSORBERS than the guys. I don't like Women 's Lib - that 's not why I'm doing it. I'm just having fun and, of course, w inning's fu n. .. Would she like to be Grand National Ch ampi o n - mo torcycle raci ng's h ighest achievemen t? Diane Cox paused. firm not sure I' m physically strong enough , and besid es, I do n't know enough about road racing to eve n be o n the same track wi th Kenn y Roberts." Th en Dia ne ad de d wi th a little sm ile, "Not ye t ... . " Diane Cox is the yo ungest of three siste rs and t he o nly mem ber of h er closely -knit family who has ever raced. Her father, a carpe t salesm an in Salem, is a mo to rcy cle en th usiast, however, and he was ' responsible for Dia ne's introduction to motorcycling at the age of 10. At I I, Diane entered he r 'first motocross competition in A Ib an y, Orego n, and di d well enough to earn he r fam ily's wholehearted support ever sinc e. " Mom an d Dad - an d so me t imes Grandpa - come with me to all the races. Whenever I win, we all win toge ther. It's really neat," Diane says. "When I first started racing, everyone - my boyfriend, my frien ds at school tho ught it was just a big joke. And I guess then I was just one more funky little kid out bouncing aro und o n a dirt bi ke. But when I took the big T riumph ou t o n a flat track and really raced, most of them s topped lau gh ing. Some of the guys even stopped talking to me. I guess they knew it ta kes more than a 'jo ke ' to race a Triumph . I do n 't think many people think I'm a joke anymore." For sure. Sponsor and builder of the 750cc Triumph tha t Diane campaigned to achieve her AMA Expert licen se is NortonfTriumph/Suzuki dealer Bob Strayer, owner of Su zu ki Sports Cen ter , locat ed at 2195 Fairgrounds Road N.E. , • in Salem, Oregon . ~ .. FI VE \VA Y ADJ UST ABL E .. CHR OM ED & POLISH ED .. DO UBLE DA MP EN IN G .. REB UILDABLE .. ST REET OR RACING DISTRIBUTED BY Sammy Tanner Distributing 17213 Rose ton Avenee Artesia, CA 90701 213/924-2 II I Betor Forks and Shocks Mak e the Difference Tell them you saw it in Cycle News. WHITTIER HONDA Motor cycle Trai lers Bell Helmets Full Bore Prod ucts 14324 E. Whittler Blvd . '(2 13) 69 8 -006 5 Complete stock of parts an d accessories fo r str eet and d irt. oss~ caR-am m oto r cyc les b y bom b a rd i e r Sale s • Se rvice • P;lrf<. Til lman Sport Center 6027 Whltt,er Blvd " t.o - A I"",,,,, 2137233S23 13