Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

l\lX Cat will ge t the ra w end of the stick. No w he h as finall y received the cro wn ing ins ult . Posh , p osh and sha me on you. BOB BITCHIN' Edi t o r, Biker News INSIDE Trask ISOT Qualifier . . ...6 Spirit booster Snow and rai n cut sh o rt muddy Qualifier National MX . ..••. .. .. . .8 Weinert and Lea k on top Cal City GP 10 Conroy dazzl es everyone - 4ger National Enduro . .. . 13 An enduro rider's Enduro 14 Austrian GP Robert is back, Falta flie s Spanish GP 16 Ago tops johnny Speedway . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Round and round they go Opinion 19 Words from th e wise Ascot , 20 Kenny takes on the locals Local Hotline Reptiles re turn 21 , YZ tech •.• , 24 More go fast er for a go fast North 29 Personality : Craig Vetter .36 King of the Windjammer Calendar .. .. . .• . .. . .. .38 What's happenin ' MX Cat 44 Pit racers will be spanked Spies! Come on , guys, that 's a big desert o ut th er e. Ho w about keep in g y our racing away from t he campers ? If y o u 're try ing to show off, do it during the race we'll enj oy it more. We, try to keep o~r kids near cam p , so don t endange r th eir live s. Let th em enjoy it , too . Bob Hayes tells us that Sierra Club photos of riders trampling down bushes in order to get a better start keep turning up at BLM land use Remember, fe IIas , not hearings. everyone with a c am era at a ra ce is a Cycl e News photographer! DESERT MOTHE R Orange, Calif. KATHY S. HAYES Los An geles , Calif. COVER: Dazzling antique bik e Photos by Andy Hayt. No Bul Conroy apprec iates Why d on't th e cycle pUblic":ti.ons test Bultaco A1 pi nas? Not com p et itive ? Le t m e suggest a 34 8cc A1pina fo r your nex t enduro . . . BILL OLSON Seattle, Wash. Would yo u please relay my ap preciati o n an d gra titude, to th e gu ys at Crown Cycle, for getting m y bike running for me at th e DRA Rare Scram bles, April 20. It's men li ke th em th at brings much h on o r to th e sport of desert racing . Bul taco has little yen to take a bik e out of the crate and make a used ma chine of it when th ey 're selling all of them th ey can get. We 've bee n p romised a 350 A lpina someday . • • Editor Sharo n Clay t on . Pu b lish er Edn a ~1ewto n . Secret ary to Pub lisher , Adve rtising Linda Cla rk, Advertising ~ b.na ge r . Gil Bro wn. National Advertising ~ t& n a gC' r : Ch ris Kot be t , Adve rt ising Assistant. Edito ria' Rich ard Cre ed . Sen ior Edito r : Lan e Campbel l, Ed ito r : J eff Pec k. Assistan t Editor ; Bo lli Scott . Secr eta ry and Calendar. Applause Congratulations to OCMC fo r their fine effo rts in th is year's Great Bear Gr and Prix . Yo ur anticipation of Mother Na tu re '5 dust abater Sun day (a free bath each lap) was fir st ra te. It 's a neat feel in g to be ap plauded by flagm en and wo r king members on th e final lap just for finishin g. .BILL BROWN Oran ge, Calif. Art and Production Cat herin e Lampton. Ar t Direc to r : Ka ki Reeves. Adve rtising Art Dire ct or ; Hect or Aguilera. La b Tec hn ician: ~tarion Hat ash ita , Typograph er , Accou nting G a y len e Za i o n z , vl a n a ge r : Twi la wh eeler. Judy Fou ts , :'\likt' Klin ger . Je a nn e Hammon d . Assista nts ; Tom Hunt er . Lani Sien ko Cred it Departme nt . Service. & Support ~I i k~ Eo likas ; Bru ce :\iacGr ego r : Hill Ru ny an ; J ~ ann i e Dun ivan . Rece p tion ist. West P.O. Box 498, Long Beach . CA 9080 I. (2 131 4 2 7· 74 33: L.A. Line 636-8844 . East P.O. Box 8 0 5, T uc ker. G A 30084. (404) 934·78 50 . Central P.O. Bo x 13 24 5 . A usti n . TX 787 11. (5 12) 444 · 754 8. Subscri ption On e year, second clas s m ail Sl 2.50 ; 2 years , second class mail, 522.50 ; 3 yea rs. seco nd class mail, S30. 00 : Single co Py pri ce , 50 cen ts. ~J 4 Copyrigh t t. ycle S ew s. I ~ c . - 1 9 75 ~ Tude ma rk regi ste red U.S. Pat en t Offlce .;\11 neh t reserved . Publi sh ed wee k ly e xcep t th e first and la Si wee k o f th e cale nd a r year hy Cv c te Xew s, Inl·.• P.O . Bo x 4 9 8, I.on g Rea ch . Cal ifo rnia . Secon~ d Ol, ' po st ..ge p aid a t l.o ng Beac h , C.- . Edll ori.d \ stories. ca r to o ns. p hot o s. et c . are welc ome. Ad d ress ed. I la m ped envelope ;Inures return or unpu rch ased ed ito rial ma t ter . RC'pr int inK in who le or par t o nl)' b y perrn i....l n n o f the publishC'f5. Advertiling . rau' s oInd n rl"ula tln n in fo rma tio n will be sent up on rC'qunL SeC' S.R .D .S. Reward offered On the Saturday nigh t before th e IOO's desert race, th e San Bernardino Vall ey MC held a tro phy p resentation, featuring live band an d free beer. What st ar te d out to be a bi t chin ' night ende d in tragedy for my family . Some idi ot th re w an M-80 into the center o f the cro wd. My five-year-old daugh te r was stan ding in the front so she co uld s~e , and was hit by a rock, badly damaging her left eye. With blood running from he r eye we rushed her to Ridgecres t Hospital, for emergency treatment. An yone having knowledge as to. the ide nti ty of th e pers on respon sible, please contact m e or any m ember o f th e Desert Foxes Me. A substantial reward will be p aid for in form ation leading t o arrest and convic ti on. My little girl say s this person is no t a very nice m an ; th is paper co ul d not p rin t the sentime nts th at I an d many o ther concern ed people sh are . • Spe cial thanks to the ~y fro m th e View Finders MC th at ad min istered first aid to SBVMC and other clubs th at o ff~red t o help with the medi cal expenses, and to th e Ro~ers MC and View Finder s MC for offeri n g a reward. It is good people like th ese th at make m e proud to be a part o f District 37 desert racing. GEORG E WINT ER BUR N 3 86 2 13 3 7 Green haven Ch ar ter Oak, CA 9 1724 331 -8459 A rrest and conviction? How about hide tann ed and stret ch ed ? .. . Edit or BILL CO NROY Anaheim Hi-Siders Hey, you "Experts !" Expert riders should not write article s on family endures. They do,! ' t see things quite the same as a lot of riders. 1 fel t bad to find out how easy the Spring fling Enduro was. It took eve rything I had and then some to come in an hour late on my firs t and only loop ... I'v e found great happiness and fulfillment in my newfound (motorcycling) life that some pe?ple take for granted. Maybe the wri t ers could lighten up on a few of the gentles, eas ies, and he-hums . Better yet, they need a paragraph from the powderpuff point of view .. . AN N E KLOETSCH Orange, Calif. Write-on! Chuck Clayton 's " Wri tin ' Ar o und" edi t o rial of Ap ril 15 was " Wri te -o n! " I fed on e of th e biggest dangers this co un try has is . irresp o nsible. pr:ss. Misrep o rti ng fo r hlgh~r TV ral1n~ ~s a th reat t o Am erica s 20 0 milhon free-thinking souls who fr ee -th ink by be liev ing eve ry thing t hey see on TV or read in the p ap ers. No t al l are j ack An derson rypes wh? admit th ey ar e wr ong (McGovern ,s running m ate Tom Eagleton). I don t know but I do hope th e news media is no different than an ythin g else - 90% good and 10% bad . Wh at we n eed is t o get Harry Reas one r fired and Chuc k Clay ton hired. But don 't sen d Reas on er back t o his pl ace of gro wing-up. We in th~ m idwe~t are t ry in g to clean up th e air, Bu ~ It so un ds like y o u have th e same thmg with San Bernardino Sun-Telegram phantom writers ! DICK AINSWORTH Kan sas City, Mo . Bitch, bitch, bitch ... What th e heck is going o n the re . Th e latest issu e of Cycle News h ad th e same Mo tocross Cat car t o on as th e one befo re. Since this is th e o nly part of the paper we ever read, we object. Every week we loo k forward to seei ng how When a ri der gets h un badly out in th e desert, peop le hear abo u t it qu ickl y . But wh at abo ut those who get tangled up (no t th at seri~usly - ~u t . en o ugh) , don ' t ge t recognized, can t ride fo r a year or so . and really ~ t .so do ~, t~ey star! th inking about quitting? 1 th ink It s sad. Our desert is a good, relaxing place (at least to my family) and I'm sure it is to many of the 1)..37 riders out there also ! I ha te to See go o d riders go down the ... . This letter is pointed to one person 10 my life, who has undergone surgery on his left knee - my brother, Dean Modesett, I just want t o say, " I hope you get ba ck on yo ur feet soon and start showing them 'hot shots ' what y ou can do ! Don't get an y notions of stopping racing. You're great, yo u 're the best (one of them a t least)." There ar e also a number of riders ou t of racing right n o w and to them I'd like t o say u y au to o l " My thoughts are with you, DOTTIE MODESETT Yorba Linda, Calif. Station break Our thanks t o: Fri tz Baeder, Bates Industries In c., Champion Spark Plug ce., jac~a1 Corporation, Nipponde~so Ltd., R.C. En ginee ring , ~bnng Ele ctronics , Web co, Inc . and Yo shi mura Racing. . Their support of our Six-Hour Production Rac e on April 20, at Ontario Motor Speedway not only.ac kn o wled ged th e popularity of produc ~on class rC!ad racing, bu t also underlined growmg enthusiasm for th e sport, Special mention regarding the efforts of the new management a t Ontario Motor Sp eedway . In th e wake of th e previous management's departure, the Speedway was left a "bare bon:s" facility, lacking most o f the essentials necessary for running an event. Thanks to a lot of hustle and hard work b y the new General Manager, Ray Smartis, we were able to hold a very safe and successful event. BRIAN DU RA N . President AFM/LA Chapter Sitting here getting off . . . I was just sit t ing here getting off a letter to the BLM and I go t to thi nking ab o u t the th in gs us nonmember riders co uld be doing to help keep the desert open. I'm talking about the gu y that ta ke s the family out on t he weekend, who's never been in a race and most Ii kely h as no reason to buy Cycl e News. Without Cycle News he h~ n o ~y of kn owing what th e BUt IS doin g or go in g to do to his desert. I'd say there are about 20 riders that go out with m y family off and on and o ut of the 20 there are on ly two AMA m embers. If i t were not for those guys I would h ave no reason t o b uy y o ur paper and i f I didn 't buy y o ur p ap er all the letters I've m ailed to th e BLM and so on would h ave never go t th er e. Think abo ut it, may be the re '5 a way to keep us nonmem ber ri de rs in th e know so we can help before th ere are no riders, member or n onmember, JOH NNY MARTIN Auzsa, Calif. We p ro m ise to d o some thing abo u t th e BLM every week. TlfA T 's a reaso n to read th e pap er . • • Ed itor Th e views ex pressed in this co lu m n and o t her co lu m ns appearing on th e fo llo wing pages are so lely th ose of the aut h ors and do no t necessarily reflect th e offic ial p osit ion of Cycle News lVest or Cycle New s, Inc. Qualified readers wishing fr ee and eq ual rebuttal space should co ntact th e Ed itor.

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