Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

IlCYCq ;Ila II!: ~ E >n r-... 0'> ........ ....-I ........ >~ :o;j :::l ~ .0 (l) t... " Held • • the World Fa mous ROSE BOWL IN PASADENA F e b. 16, '75 . Apr. 27 , '7 5 9 amto 2pm ANYONE CAN BE A SELLER ! 24-HR. INFORMATION, CALL: (213 ) 588 -7310 c ' ,_ ' PO'" PO'" d 1 100""'11 ' 0 ' , , DU • • .., O ld 0< (1 "'''''''9 •• I d '" '_ 1 ._ Oftl, ')00 " 0<" 1o 1 ' . 10' _ 0 add., " 000 POO' _ ' _ Cycle News North Racing for the stars & the Super Bowl By Jan Newman PUYALLUP, WASH., JAN. 19 Puyallup kicked off t heir 197 5 racin g season 'midst many changes and surp risingly decent weath er. This was also th e first o f a IO-race series with a trip to th e Su p er Bowl for th e hi gh point winner. T he tr ack is still AMA sanction ed b u t is no longer co nnec ted with NMA. fo r o u t-o f-state rid e rs this is a we lcome change. The " I\." ride rs n ow rid e fo r a cas h purse an d th e amateu r rid ers co m pete for large , flashy looking trophies - a vas t impro vement over th e trophies of d ays go ne b y. Eac h winner also receives a star fo r hi s hel me t wit h th e ass urance that eve n tually a collection of sta rs will scare the boo ... ~ b. _ ,1 ofOd _ ,H <0 ..... o J This is gonna' be one of those d ay s . .. odd ,o,_ol .) co m pe tit io n right off the line. Best o f all, th ere 's a genera l atmosphere o f fr ie ndliness and co o p e ra t io n w hi ch w as sadly lacking a year or so ago. The second m o t a fo r the "I\." riders was extended to 30 m inutes. A number of the m req uested th at th eir ap p rec ia t io n for the lo ng motos be exp ressed in print so he re it is. Hopefully th ey personall y conveyed th e m essage to t he man responsible. Steve No len led t he way in the first 125 00 1\." ra ce with Gary Potts givin g chase. The second race was also led by Nolen un t il Po tts ca m e up fro m a ninth pl ace first lap to grab t be lead a nd the ove ra ll win as Gary Ro cca p ush ed No len bac k to th ird . Th e 25 0 "A" bunch rea lly mi xed it all up. Ric k Weidman spent a lot of tim e o ut in fro n t b u t fell by th e wayside in th e fin al resu lt s. lie won th e first m ot a with Mitch Simmons an d But ch Waymire push in g him to th e wire an d Rick Burgett b ack in fourth. Simmons fini shed with a broken sh oc k. Weidman led the second m ota until he went down on a n infield tum. Waymire had trann y problems and didn't st art th e second race. Simmons went off the side o f th e Pu yallup jump on the scratch a nd pu sh ed o ff in the next lap wit h mechanical problems. Bu rge tt went dow n in th e fir st turn an d was last in th e long line o f traffic. lie wo r ked t hro ug h all b u t Bob Bo o ck to finish second an d t ake borne t he big m oney . Rich ard Buckley was second w ith sixth and fo urt h fi nishe s. S teve Bryan t was way o ut fro n t in the fir st 25 0 " BOO b ut cou ldn't q ui te ca tc h Glenn Fel t in t he second to lose the to p b rass on the p o in t tie . With all Open b ikes ru n ni ng together , Mantey Mitc hell poked his Maico int o the co rn er first in t he first ra ce b u t stopped dead aro u nd the th ird t um wh en his ca rb came lo ose to st a rt u o ne of those d ays." H ugh Walter took the lead until Rick Burgett ca ugh t him. Th ey left the pack behind in th e h attie fo r t he lead. Burgett fin ally got in front and pulled out a ridicul o us le ad, Walt er held sec o nd until h e went dow n a nd his bike failed t o re start . Randy l\lc Allister led m o t o two unt il Burgett took over a nd again go t o u t in fron t by a bo u t half a lap . He had cased up e no ugh for fun an d games wh e n the o ld Spanish b ugaboo hit. There's just so meth ing ab o ut Ric k, a Bultaco an d a c hec ke red flag - t he Bult aco d ied extremely dead. Mon tey Mit ch ell pulled a U-ru m when he cam e by to stop a nd co m m ise ra te wi th out losing a positi on. Walter went o n to win th e m ota b u t Mc All ist er won the cas h with th ree- t wo finishes . _ Results in Results Se cti on. They tried it again By ·Marty,Gregory MAR SING, IDAIIO, JAN. 19 The Lions Sight Fund got a help ing hand from the ru gged Idaho cro ss-co untry folks this Sunday with the p ro ceeds fro m ent ries fo r th e Eu ro pean sc ra mbles goi ng to help the bli nd. Abou t 85 determined individ ua ls turned o ut t o ru n the event which was re-sch eduled from j a nu ary 5 when " a small blizzard" kept the race fro m com ing off. There was n't any snow th is t im e b ut t he re was fog ! Being Id ah o , I guess y o u 'd ca ll it "pota to soup." Ru n ove r a 1-0 mil e course situated so uth of t he to wn of Marsin g (so me 3 5 m iles from Bo ise) , th is was a repea t of a similar eve nt held las t yea r. Riders gene ra lly enjoy this type of race al thoug h t he ch ill at m o sp here and fog mad e th in gs a bit di fficu lt . Vision was limi ted to 4 0 o r 5 0 feet wh ile stat io na ry and decreased c ons iderably wit h spe ed . Payo ff was a righteous 50 percent with 100 perce n t con ti ngencies d onat ed b y local mercb ants. Cases of oi l, socket set s, shirts, gloves and lots o f other ne at th in gs were di spensed to all present at the tr ophy presentation held do wn at Mar sin g Higb Scbool . ... in side ! The race its el f dampened th e e n th us ias m of so me rid e rs wh o could n 't cope with the fo g o r th e frozen grou nd with a slic k layer on t o p o f it . Several ge t-off's we re noted during the p ra ct ice _l ._ _ PO" .. 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