Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

••••• INDOOR Th en , m aybe y ou could pour out yo ur soul t o yo ur U.S . Sen at or or Congressm an , in ho pes that he /s he migh t heed what yo u have to say. That's a pos sib ility , since Congress, h aving given the D.O .T. this authority, can take it away just as neatly , as they d id with th e seat-belt in terloc k sy stems. Won der how much mail it would take to co nvince the m it 's a vali d p o liti cal issu e? Th en th ere 's the re mai ning aven ue of . co m men t to D.O. T . itself, regardin g of Sp eed Limit " Certifica t io n Enforcement. " (23 C FR part 658.7) Some State authori ties already are doing so , saying in effec t t o th e Feds: " Yo u stay th e hell o u t of o ur bailiwick and quit tellin g us ho w to do o ur job s." Some o f 'em are sti ll honest . You migh t write too, and say what yo u th ink o f rep orting citation-coun ts t o qualify for Federal-aid high way funds. Write to Do ck et Section , National High wa y Traffic Sa fe ty Admin istrat ion, Room 5108 , 400 Seventh Street SW, Washington. D.C . 205 9 0 , referring t o Do cket No . 75-4; No tice 3. The Federales re q ues t. b ut don't require , th at y ou subm it 10 co p ies of yo ur co m me nt. That's about th e lim it of wh at y ou can do ab o ut it. Never mind that yo ur bike gets 50 MI' G or better at 70 , o r th at people in eight .m ile-p er-gallon leadbar ges blow by you on both sid es th e few times you do try to co m p ly with t he law . The Feds d on't Care . Fairn ess has nothin g to do with it, as long as it's d on e accordi ng t o st a tute. You know, co m e to th in k o f it, maybe th ey should be req u ire d to put their co m mand me nts o n stone tablets . Bet it would cut do wn the vo lume Wish we had a co n siderably. Congressman in Califo rn ia wh o would go for it. Lane Campbell SCENE: WORLD SPEEDWAY Autrey & Gresham make speedway marks Scott Au tr ey, 22-ye ar-old blo nd California speedster. has signed a three year con tr act with British League club Exeter which rules out any quick return to the American racing scene. Au trey, now in his th ird British season and ranked am ong the top dozen racers in the fier cely co m pe titive British League , has purch ased a house in the Dorset co un try side and will re main with le ague champ io n s Exeter at least un til the end of the 19 77 season . Autrey is o nly the second rider in British League hist ory to be offered terms for three seasons and the first fore igner to do so. Following the cont ract sign ing Autrey said : "Now I can con centrate on the Wor ld Championship. "I'm determined to try and be come America's first Wor ld Champion since the days of the Milne brothers and the onl y way I can do it is if m y future is settled. It 's a weight off m y mind kn o win g t hat I'm goi ng t o be ridi ng for Exeter th is ye ar, nex t year and th e year af te r th at . It means I've no worries d uri ng the break between seasons ab o u t whether I'll be returnin g to England or no t ." Autrey, an excit ing sty list and a po p ular ri de r with t he female fan s, has proved t o be one of th e true sensat ions of the new term. Au tr ey has already won his first m ajor individual trop hy, th e Speedway Mail Trophy, fini shed sec o nd in th e Express and Ech o Classic and third in the Ch ampions Trophy at Ox fo rd. Cu rrently he is 11 th in th e GO BL ave rages - ahead of suc h illu stri ous names as Wo rld Ch ampion An ders Mich an ek, fo rme r World cham p Ole Olsen, ex-British Champ ion Ray Wilso n and World Finalis t J ohn Louis. to sign t he Au trey's decision th ree-year pack age co uld n ' t hav e co me at a better t im e, on ly a few h ours before he he ard o fficially that he will be o ne of his co un try 's tw o representatives in th e Inter-Continental Fin al at Go th enburg, Sw ed en . Also carrying th e flag in th e b aroque UIlevi Stadium, sce ne of last ye ar 's Worl d Final, will be slim 'Stev e Gre sh am , n ow finn ly es tablishe d as a regular member o f the hig h-ri d ing Ne wp o rt side with all last season 's pro bl ems behind him . Steve, wh o has been joine d by his Ame rican girlfriend, is averaging mo re th an six p oints a meetin g t his year, an indication that he mi ght have been hea t leader ma terial if only he had st uc k it o ut at Hu ll 12 mon ths ago! Inju ries decimate world cham pionsh ip rank s This year's world ch am pionship is full of sh oc ks. Already ou t of the co m pet itio n , and so far the title chase, are 1974 World Fin alists Ch rist er Lofqvist , Gri go ri Chl ynovski and Pol and's Zenon Piech. Lofq vist, wh o nearly pulled o ff a shoc k win last season and wh o was fourth a co up le of ye ars back. pulled out of his Sw edish qualifying round with a wrist inj ury wh ile both Piech an d Chl yn o vski went ou t on a day o f d isast er at Krumba ck, West Germany . Piech , a big cro wd-pleas er th e world over, had hardly re covered from a serious arm injury wh en he crashe d aga in . An engine failure an d a tap e -br eaking ep iso de rest rict ed Chl ynovsk i's op p or tu ni tie s fo r points sco ring in Gcnnan y. Four vaIvers cause flurry Biggest speed wa y ta lking po in t in Britain is the emergence o f the fo ur-va lve ra cing co nve rsi on . Au stralian Cha mpio n Phil Cru mp, curr en t holder of th e Go ld Hel met l\lat ch race ti tle , is tracking a four va lve J awa co n ve rsio n de veloped b y his fa th er-in -law and Newport te ammat e Neil Street. Sweden 's Christer Lofqvist is regularly using a fou r-va lve conversion engineered by a Swedish co mpatriot un d er the banner of the Endfors Raci ng Engine. Mean whil e a gaggle of Briitsh riders arc experi me nting with th e Wesla ke fo ur-valver, So far the most successful o f t hese has be en Crump's flier. Indeed, su ch has bee n th e actua l o r of hi s psy ch ol ogical ad van ta ge Au stralian developed motor th at there has been talk of banning it from co m pet iti o n us e ! Fo rme r Brit ish Champ ion Ray Wilson has been chalking up some dev astating performances with th e Weslake which is already a proven success on the British grass tra ck scene. Earlier, European Champion Peter Co llins, Hackney Wick teamster Ted IIubbard and Englan d test star John Louis had used the Weslake with inconsistent resu lts, but since he switched from the co nven tio nal J aw a motor Wilson's form ha s ac ce lerat ed. Wilson recently finished a brilliant th ird in th e FlM Embassy Internationale at Wimbledon behind Ole Olsen and four-valve mounted Crump. .*.** Brit ish sta rs suffe r injuri es Fo ur-times World Champion Barry Brigg s is nursing a broken co llar-bo ne after cras h ing in his Wo rld Long T rac k qualifying round. 1974 Wo rld Fin alist and maxim um sco rer in Eng lan d's World Team Cup success last year, Dave J essup is riding desp ite a fractured sho ulder blade sus t ained in a Lo ng T rack q uali fyi ng round . British Lion Reg Wilso n (top sco re r in Au stra lia earlier t his year ) broke a leg in th e openi ng World Sp eedway Cham pionship q ualifying round. Po ol e 's Brit ish Lio n Eric BroadbeIt (ano t he r winte r t ourist t o Australia) suffered faci al injuries wh en he fell o ff during a pre-m eet in g parad e trying to avo id an o n-track o ffici al. THOUSANDS OF USED" NEW PARTS AND ACCESSORIES ON SALE I !mE * * SUNDAY 9AM to 2PM &IElTAna F, .. , . o' A.lan' ic on E....," .. .... WESHII EXHIIIT UIHI Son' a * * * LOS Helmets in the ring: Collin s, Briggs, Mauger Dou ble World Lon g Track Ch ampi on Ivan Mauger, Europe an sp eedway t itle holder Pe te r Co llins and Barry Briggs are all through to th e semifinals of this year 's Lo ng Tra ck Champi onship even though Briggs received the new s o f hi s qu ali fication in a Munich hospi t al bed. Still waitin g fo r their first qualifiers: An ders Michane k, Ole Olsen and Phil Crump . Elim inate d so fa r : Dave J essup. Superstars lose t o grass t rack ace s I NGELES* * * A.n yo n f' c~ n \ f'II ' C lp~ n o u l yo u r K~ r~J.:p ~nd m~ k f' f' 1( tr~ monpy ... your old " Ju n k" ;\ ~ not llf" '~ trp~\u,p ' 24 hr. INFO CALLj213) 588-1J10 Clun oul ,our $~f pa rt$ ,lid lUllr UII' (1$11. StU 10 (11\ _, 1 '/1'110 IIf lool" ni 1 \'OUI' acen,ol1n. Old 01_ ll'lIS Allll ICCf!>' 01 (li ltS IIIoJI' Th e sp eed way superst ar s, he aded by fo ur-times World Ch am pi on Ivan Mauger an d including Ole Olsen . Anders Michan e k, Phil Cru mp , World Long T rac k Ch am p Ego n Mulle r and Scott Autrey in their ranks to o k a thrashi ng from Britain's grass track aces in a special winner takes al l 1,0 0 0 pound competit io n o n the 1,0 0 0 yard grass track arena at Ludlo w , Shropshire . troubles decim ated the Engi ne Supers tars challenge . A grass tr ack team, headed by Peter Collins an d fo rmer Euro pean Long T rack Ch ampion Don Go dden. filled th e first half dozen places . 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