Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

I I I ! j , f I 1/ ; u.:l ~ / / I J ' ./ - ., 51 / rill :ii!: ./ I rill ..:::I g ~ g -;t • I ~ ~ , ~ .r • r- )i~ C'l I r- L B I-TEC ... UB H ~ Foaming - ....... ._. Chain " - .... lube is the No.1 friction fighter _ JB:II ...0 .... t: FOAM G CHAINLIB :; u u 0 .. , -.I• •~_. -- You saw the Gre at C ha in Lub e Shootout in a re cent is s ue of DIRT BIKE. Fo am ing Ch a in Lube gu nned down the competitio n and c am e out a he a d of the m all . A te st chain. with Foa ming Chain Lube . ran c ooler tha n all others . O1oose your lin e, t hro w it off Valley 's bi g dropaway , a nd hang on - as th is " V" fo rm ation of A .M.E. riders is do ing. What does that mean for you? Peterson keeps right on going Left , Mik e Todd th ird 2 50 Expert, right, Ray Lopez bagged the 125s. Heat means fric tion . Less heatle s s fric tion . Less frict ion means less chain wear and longer life . The te st proved it .. . Foaming Chain Lube is the best protection you can give your chain. It's super clean , too ... for street bikes. Built-in rus t and corrosion fighter s . plu s wa ter re si s ta nc e make Foa ming Cha in Lub e yo ur complete protection package . , . • By T im Mi ckey S Ul\';'I;Y~ IL\[). c.vt., :'\OV. 3 0 125 .J unior Pet e Peterson seems to have gollen used to h is new Ho nda and w inning. and there was lit tic th e pack co u ld do this Saturday to stop him . Pu lling cvc rvo nc into the first turn , he went off in chase of somc elbow room w h ile the pack j o cke ye d for position . 125 Intermed ia te l l erb Carba ugh (lion) was the closes t thre a t, fo llowed h y Ro n Ca in (S u z}, b ut eve n a t th eir fastest, they we re still bei ng p u lled ve ry slow ly by Pe terso n. In the next rno t o , Int e rm ed ia t e Gary Cain (lIon) mad e a d et erm in ed e ffort to keep h im in sight b ut wrap ped it up wit h a lay -do w n in a hairp in sec tio n. Ca rba ugh was th ere to take over . out Peterso n was st ill wa y o ut in fron t a nd refus ing to slack off. So in the fina l rno ro, it was left to another Junior. Brent Price, to try his luck at it by firing his Norris-Roberts I lo ri d a off the line and in to th e first tum ahead of Peterso n. It was short-lived , though . as Pe te rso n kept up the pressure until he swooped p ast rough ly halfway through . Price tu cked in b eh ind h im for one o f the fastest pursuits of the day, bUI there was just no way to get by . so Pe ters o n made a c lea n swc ep of things . Results in Results Se ction. « Ray Lopez dominates 125 Pros By Barney Drake SI~ lI. C A l. .. DEC. I T he n ew A1\ IE peo ple showe d th eir co m pe te nce b y runn ing a smoo th , no n-in terru p ted day o f mot o cr os s a t the al ways cha lle nging Val le y C ycl e Park. F irst mo lo o f the 125 Exp erts saw Ra y Lop ez , mounted o n h is trick C.H . Ind ust ries ' Pe nd a , grub th e lead n ever to b e c halle nge d , As Ra y was st retc h in g h is ad van ta ge . Mar k Pitlar (lio n) b arely held off cha rging J e ff llIa e k (lio n) as hi s p ip e wa s beg innin g to .; "- • Se nd for Info rma tio n on LUBRI · TECH ·s c omplete line of competitio n-proven pr oducts tor motor cy cl es . Enclos e 50c to cover po stage and handlmg and we'" send a FREE DECAL for your bike . Use thrs co upo n r-;;;;~"~-;;~-;-;~~R"T~~~~l I I 17213 Roseto n A ve_ Art esia , CA 90 70 1 213 -924-2 111 ~ " Rush me lite ra tu re an d FREE DECA L. [C SO, e nc l ose d part c o m p a n y wi th h is b ike. That's how it fin ished - l.o p e a. Pill a r and Bla ck. As the se cond I ~5 Expert mot a rolled ar ou nd. it again saw Ra y Lope z into the lead . lI o w ever , ro cket sec ond -pla ce finish er ~I a r k Pill ar c ras h ed ab ou t halfway through th e moto, lo sin g o u t on the top money. J eff Black se ize d hi s o p po rt u n ity to take over sec ond a nd ever-p re se n t Craig Egennan c ap tu red third . Lopez took the first overall c ash. Black sec ond a nd Egerman third. As the gale dropped and th e 25 0 Experts ro cketed out on the t rack. you were forced t o notice an ex tre mely tight bat t le for first between Xlikc Si xbery o n a lIu lta eo and ~ l i k e Todd on a Cooper. As the m otu p ro gr essed and th e riders st retc hed apart. Todd and Sixbery were st ill h avin g it o ut. T odd slip ped by on th e in side: however , a fe w c o rn ers late r Six hcry wa shed o ut . le a vin g an easy victory for Todd. Th e o ve rall resu lts were : S ixbcry , lI atele y (Ka w) a nd T od d . Jeff \\'right m ade h is come back in good fo rm o n hi s ~ li d - V all e y C Z, had h is wo rk c UI ou t fo r h im. J e ff Blix (lIu l) won th c fir st mo to as Wright w a s h eld up in th e pack ; b u t in the seco nd rno to Wrigh t gr a bbed th e lead wit h Blix breath ing d own h is n ec k, T his fie rce ba ttl e co n tin ued un til Blix fell , le tti ng Wrigh 1 ca pture t he o vera ll win. Blix went h esc rk the re st o f th e mo ta a nd took a thi rd to m a ke him second o verall. Results in Resul ts Se c t io n . t« Nam e High desert racing A. dr ess d By Phil Carpente r C i ty _ .\ D I-: L \ :-;T O . CAl.. , KOV. 24 There's n o general ion g:ap in mot orcvclc ra c ine at 3 9 5 Cvclc Park. 'I n the Sen ior Citiz~n's mot o cross. Larrv Kee le r o f Lan cas ter powered' his Ho nd a to victorv over Ron a ld and Glenn Lo ll .or H esp e ri a to win the Senior-size troph y . Du e to th e advanced age of the entran ts, usu ally only h a lf t h e nonnal laps are run while the II. R .A . first-a id crew st ands 011 extra alert ! T h er e a rc two t ro ph ies th a t the h igh schoo l studen ts a rc try ing to ca pt ure. O ne is a four-fo o t perpe tual tro ph y donated h y II & II Ya mah a of Victorville that is wo n b y ac cum u la t ing po ints in a serie s betwee n Ap p le Vall ey and V ic to rville High Sc hools o nly. T he o ther is a l ligh Sch o o l Team Tro ph y d onated ea ch ra ce d a y b y Desert l loda ka o f Hesp eria 10 a ny sc hoo l in th e en tire hi gh -dese rt th a t acc u mu la te s the 1110 st tea m p o ints for the day's race. sa w Ap p le Vall e y 'I'od ays e ve nt narro w ly to p V ict orville . Yamah as d o m inated th e Open No vices as S tev e Stewart fina lly go t It all tog eth er toda y 10 lake fir st plac e •• __ ~ - _ _ _ _ _ _ Stale I I I I I I I I 1 Z 1P ----------------_.I $ * Seasons Greetings * * Make of my b ike .. * >I: to our customers & friends American Sports Co. Inc. 2970 E. 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