Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Stalag Numbe r 17 INS DE Funduro What h appened to th e friendly a tmosp here of m e ' 74 Carnegie T ran s-AI\IA? It lo oked more like a n armed ca mp wh at wit h armed guards (which incide n tally h ad no kno wled ge o f I\LX . an d a very b ad attitude ) along with sentry dogs a n d nigh t sticks. Was all o f th is really necessary to prote ct m e p its? I, fo r one, dislike wa lking up to the p it fe nce to look at b ike o r my favorite M. X. rider an d be ing confro nted b y a six fo o t fou r inch goo n wit h a 45 an d a snarl ing d og. What happened ? ROB ERT BRO O K INS Santa Rose, Ca lif. P.S. T en p o r ta cans fo r 10 ,0 00 people is ri dic u lous. 5 When is an enduro an enduro ? HSMX 6 a The Saddleback biggee, Dez., ., .,., , 8 DRA 's real esta te ins pection Lour. Trix 10 A flu id CZ and o th er marvels . ['-. Hotline 10 Su gio takes up where Croft left o ff . Trials , ... , . . , .. ,12 Whaley, Sc hreiber top regu lar seaso n finale Technique , 14 The in credibl e weekly Bail e y Book . BX 19 An expose of m e Hot Sneakers . North , More dez . " . , " .23 " ..25 No dust ! Calendar , 26 All th e eve n ts tha t fit . Results , 32 FRONT PAG E: Sc hool spirit and ad re nalin mi x at me H S~IX Fi nal s in So u th ern Ca lifo rnia. Ph o to s by Bob J ac kso n. Sharon Clayton , Publisher Ed na Mewton, Secretary to Publish er . Adverti sing Linda a~k. Advertising Manager. G il Brown, National Advertising Manager ; Chris Kolber , Adver tisin g Assistan t. No by-line This eat 's not purring I w ould b e in t erest ed in kn owin g wh at yo u r staffer who wrote ab o u t th e Ascot sp ee d way races is use d to watch ing m a t mad e h im look at th ese races wit h su ch d istast e. I th o ugh t h is article was a co mp le te pu t down of so me of the fines t racin g I h ave seen a ll year. It was the first t ime th at most o f me riders have eve r rid den the hal f-m ile on an y kind of bik e. much less on a speedway b ike . Seco nd , the rid ing done by speedway riders during m e sea so n o n me regul a r SoCal tracks does no t require sh ifting the gears as it did a t Ascot , and third, the ri ders were go ing somewhere in me vicinity o f 80 to 90 MPH wh ich is a b o u t twice as fast as they ri de on any of the o ther tra cks. So all of this p u t toge ther is bound to make fo r a sh ow tha t may h a ve a co up le of hangups in it, being that it is a o nc e-a-year ven tu re . As fo r Sammy Tanner's p romotio n , fo r a race th a t had to be postponed and res ch eduled th e foll owing we ek, wh at more n eed b e said m a n lo o k at the size of th e cro wd th at sh o we d up? Not too shabby. Wonder wh y me writ er didn 't h ave a "By " lin e in h is a rticle? In re sponse to th e letter fr om Larry J. Pa tterson conc erning the Cactus Cats' Har e 'n' Hound . . . If Mr. Patterson was riding an unma r ked course , perh ap s h e was off our co urse or o n ano th er club 's co u rse . Also, if h e was riding open deser t o r a no ther cl u b 's co urse. why should he h old th e Cactus Ca ts res pon sib le fo r th e danger areas and ro ad crossings n ot being mar ked ? At n o point o n o ur course di d we use pin k ribbon . The riders' instructions clearly s ta ted to fo llo w o ran ge ribbon only . By following p in k ri bbon, Mr. Patter son h as ad mitted to b eing o ff cou rse. (Possibly se eking an unfair adva ntage ?) Racers of suc h qual ity sh o uld ride fast er and snivel less. Editorial Charles Clayton. Editor; Lane Campbell, Assist ant Editor, Bobi Scott, Secretary and Cale ndar. Art & Produetion Catherine Lampton . Art Dire ct or; Nan cy Gray. Advertising Art Director ; Hect or Aguilera, Lab Te chnician : Marion Hatashita , T ypo grap her. Circulation Rh eb a Sm ith . Manager : Pam Ho bb s an d Quis Andrews. Assis ta nts . Accounting Caylene Zai o nz, ~tanager; Twila wheeler , Judy Fo uts , Lane Sien k & ~fike Klinger. Assistants: Gary Ginn, Cre dit Manage r. Services &: Support Mike Colikas; Rand y Davis; Bill Ru nyan; Jeannie Dunnivan , Re ce p t ion ist. West P.O_ Box 498. Long Beach. CA 9080 I. (213) 427-7433 : L.A. Line 636-8844. East P.O. Box 805. Tucker, GA 30084. (404) 934-7850. Central P.O. Box 13245, Austin. TX 7871 1. (512) 444·754M. Subscription One year. se cond cl ass mail 5 12.50 ; 2 years , sec o nd cl ass mail . $22 .50 ; .3 years. second class mail . $30.00 : Single copy price. 50 cents. Copyright Cvc te News, In c. 1974. Trade mark rt gistt rt d U.S. hten t Office. All ria:hts reserved . Publish ed week ly ex cept the fU'"Jt and lut week or the calen dar ye u by Cyck N't Wi . Inc •• P.O. Bo x 498, La na: Bea ch, Califomia. Second cia.. POII:qt pAid a t Lona: Bu.ch, CA. Ed ito ria l llanes, cartoons , ph otos , etc, ar e wetceme. Addreued. statn JK' envelope assures return of d 4 unpurc~d editorial matter . R~rint ina: in whok or put on ly by pnmisaion or the publishcn. Advn-tisina rat es and circul~tion information will be . tn t upon requ est, SeC' S.R.DS. STEV E SCHLANSER San Marino , Cal if. Because Chu ck Clayton by -lin e it . .. Ed ito r. fo rgot to Our many , many thanks We would li ke to e xpress our heart -felt th an ks to m e rid e rs at th e Wendover race, Novem be r 1 7m . To the Maico rider (n a me an d address un kno w n ) m at stayed by A lan Ha nson's side fo r three h o urs un til he lp could arrive , we especially give thanks. A lan said me Ma ic o rid er saved hi s life by preven ti ng h im from going into shock. Also w e would like to thank Alan 's riding p artn er , Mernie Irw in , wh o ga ve up his rid e to give assista nce. Fred Roge rs from Fallon was also hurt seriously in th e race, a nd we would like to th ank th e many p eople who showed great concern while A lan an d Fred w er e in the Elko, Nevada h o sp ital . Fred is still in th e inte n sive care unit at Elko. ALA N HANSO N (3 6 K) BILL AND F E R N H AN SO N Reno , Nevada It's a bird, it's a plane , it's MUDMAN I I would like to make a c orr ec tio n in me November 26 , 1974 issue. O n the front cover yo u say mat it is Brad Lackey. but it is really Arne Kring of Sweden. J don't blame y o u for th e mistake , anyo ne could make it. It wa s so muddy. Keep up the go od work! MARK MAYO T ren to n . Missouri How could yo u te ll? ... Ed it or. MIK E BROOKS Presiden t, Ca ctus Cats MC Corona. Cali f. About par for a ho mecoming , . , I t ook exception to th e U.S . National Championship coverage o f Cy cl e News reporting that all 10 ,245 fan s were "screaming, d rinking" fans . This sell s about 10,200 fans short. It reads as th ough w ritten b y someone wh o h as ju st se en his fir st a nd only race. a n instant e xp er t. This fact is belied b y m e cre den tia ls o f th e w riter. This is unpro fessional repor t ing . in very bad tast e, an d cert a in ly d o es nothing for m e spor t. I just fini sh ed reading the Un ite d State Champ io nsh ip a rticle in Cy cl e News East, th is is good rep orting. Wh y m en , d o es th e so ca lled e xp er t from Cy cle News West h ave to resort to such sensational journalism. w hen the people from me east w ho barely kn o w what Speedway is, d o a finer job of rep o r ting? \\' e do however. ce rta in ly ap p re ciate all m e normal good co verage received from y our paper. IL \RRY OXLEY Int ernational Speedway La ne Campb ell, wh o w ro te th e bulletin fo r " East, " w ould ha ve said something abo ut the crowd's conduct . bu t didn 't ha ve roo m to say it. In all fairness , it was abo ut par fo r a foo tball homecoming . . . Edit or. Shucks, fellas, it was nothin' . . . On beh al f o f th e Desert Communities United Way I w ould like to con vey to you our he artfelt th anks and appreciation for y o ur help in making me Motocross Ra ce a t 395 Cycle Park su ch an o utstanding success. We netted $39 1 fo r the DCUW, a nd y ou ca n certain ly b e p roud of th e fac t th at you were. in a very big way. responsible for me achievement. Thank y o u aga in fo r all of y our help. II. BRU C E SHAWE.JR. Chairman Vic torville, Calif. They uiere a bit fearsom e - w ish they could hav e done something abou t th e pit squids racing up and d ow n th e h ill. Contrast that with Sad dlebac k 's t in y teeny-boppers with " Saddleba ck Secu rit y" Tishirts and the mass co nfusion they had in the starting area - you wish somebody wo uld st rike a me di u m in c ro w d h app y contro l . . . Ed itor. All the Mustangs in the world . . . To th e guy as king abo ut "Mustangs" h ere 's th e info : Ro y Stone Mu stang Mo to r Sa les 343 2 Memorial Dr ive Waco. Texas 767 11 (8 1 7) PI. 4 .()6 70 S to n e bought me entire stock fro m Mustan g. or so it seems . li e h as more B.S. stac ked around h is pl ace ... H e m u st h ave w hat any 01' Mustanger would n eed . A. H. TELLIER T em p e, Ari z. Posted ! Keep out ! Th is is t o all people who rid e in th e Clear Creek Recrea t ion a rea : Most of yo u p eopl e who rid e her e know o f a sm al l a mo u nt of land th a t is se t as ide as a n atu ral a rea . If yo u don't, this lan d is pos ted with sign s reading : Natural area, m o t or vehicles res tricted to road use only. Despit e these signs and o ver five times th e land su rro un di ng it to ride o n . some people are still riding in th is small post ed area. Please, fo r th e b en efi t o f all wh o ride h er e, sto p it! Cle ar Creek is a super p lace to ride a n d we a ll ride and we a ll kn ow this. So , h ere 's something to th ink a b o u t ; whcre would we all ride if "they " closed Clear Creek because some of yo u rod e in this area ? PATRICK CASELLI MARK THOMAS San J os e, Cali f. Streaker gets ripped off Whil e I was strea kin g a n d my pants were laying in m e bush es , m y w all e t ran away. Anyone kn owing o f, o r where to find my w all e t pl ease co n tact me. I need my A ~IA card to race B to V. LIL DI NG US Adelan to, Cal if. P.S . Rip-offs should have mo re class m en to rip- o ff a Dingus! I'll nev er unders t and city p eople. AMC ripoff ? Not exactly O n No vember 24 we went t o SaddIeback to race AMC for m e firs t time. Contrary to their ad in Cycle News sa yin g their race was $5 plus $2 for non-members , they proceeded to rip us off for $ 10. Wh en J protested, I was told to go ride Escape Country if I didn't like it. RON CO VE Chino, Calif. You walked in on th e. second of th eir sp ecial tuio -race series which was ad vertised w ith a special display ad next to th e calendar as 18 plus 12. Our calendar listing in the body of th e calendar was wrong; tha t ~ what th ey their regular usually charge f or eve n Is • • • Ed it o r,

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