Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

much tim e to j ob tr aining and yo u th pro gram s. " In ta kin g o ver as presiden t , I lo o k forward to a renewed effort in esta blish in g safety progr am s an d bicy cle awareness o n a national basis. in working w it h sc hools, YMCA's, in dividual race p romo ters and anyone sin cerely interested in furthering the safe and positive growth of this sport of bicycle motocross." ABA has many helping hands involved such as Sherry Steiger, vice presiden t, founde r an d sec retary-treasurer of th e ABA, wh os e professional ba ckground spans 11 ye ar s in executive man age ment positions. Bill Hemric k, c hairm an of the Co m pe t itio n Congress. has an extensive bac kgro und in co n d uc ting bicycle ra cing and technical knowledge of the sport. Fred Burto n brings 16 years of data processin g experience to the ABA . He has spent th e last year co mputerizin g ra cing at We ste rn Sports-a- Ra m a an d lo o ks forward to do ing the na tional co m p u ter izing for the ABA. Forrest Bond has extens ive techn ical backgrou n d in a utomotive, m o torcy cle , an d bicycle ac t ivity . Bob Mendel is a con tr ib u to r to th e ABA wi th h is ex tensive p ro fessio nal j o urnalistic background. Bo b for me rly served as edi to r o f fou r m o to rcycle, sp orts an d rec re ation m agazines. Fo r information co n cerning ABA, write to American Bicy cle Association , 712 0 lI ay ven h urst , Van Nuys, CA 9 14 0 6. (2 13) 989-2 500. • Pacific Regional TTCalifornia revenge A ll the money in the worl d can't buy exper ience. But they t ry. Th e recent invasion of the big factor ies on Tr ials has been a beaut ifu l work of publ ic ity. ' Yo u can be sold with t he publi cit y fro m th eir multi-t housand dollar work s machines. But can you buy one lik e it ? Not a chance. Loo k again at t he results. On July 20 in Rhode Island, Malco m Rath mell and his Cota 348 won t he A merican round of the World Tr ials Champ ionship. Teammate Ulf Kar lsson fin ished 4th overall (and tst 250) on a stock Cota 247 just uncrated for the event ! With th is victory , Rathmell and Montesa have stretched the ir lead in t he toughestever World Championship. Our Rathmell Wor ks Replica Montesa w ill be ava ilable to you in 1976 . Our 250 wo rk s machine is ready for you to day - t he Cota 247 . Each and every Mo nt esa Cota (123, 172 & 247 ) is a t rue works machine. .... '" ., '" N '" '" . o o o '" e ,~ ~ ~ u ~ > ~ CD .... .... '", '" Rathmell works. v C CLAC KAMAS , OR E.,J ULY 13 Eddie Wirt h , a vet eran in all forms o f A\IA dir t track racing, captured th e Paci fic Regional Ch am pi onship 'TT stee plec hase. As th e series n ear s it s concl us io n , W'irth and Randy Sk ive r bo t h gai ne d on Pacifi c Regional Expert p oint lead er l\ta r k \Vi ll iam s. S kiver wa s se cond an d Williams 10th in th e Clackamas ra ce . TIle Pacifi c J un io r Ch ampionsh ip will likely be decided at Sturgis, S.D . as Brad lIurst p laced sec o nd a t Clac ka mas and moved in o n p oin t leade r S teve Ek lu nd. Hurst trails Ek lund by 60.J Wints heading to th e ' se ries fin:de, after finis hi ng behind Mar k Smi th . T ed Davidson ran secon d to Ric ky G ra h am a t C l a c ka rnas. Ho wever, Davidso n h as al ready cl inc hed th e Novice class ch am p ion sh ip for 1975 in • the Paci fic Region. Rcsul ts in Resul ts Sec tion, Pikes Peak climb marks fifth year for motorcycles For you. See your Mon tesa dealer now . / MONTESA Giving yo u the works in off-road mo torcyc les. (; I u, PIKES PEAK , COLO. , J U LY 4 Steve Sco t t fro m Arleta, Ca . continued to do minate the 250cc Pro class, winning his fourth ti tle on th e Peak . Bill Brokaw, cycle c o-o rd in a to r, sa id, "This is beginnin g to be a habit with S teve." " I got ahead pretty early, " Steve said . " I real ly can 't co mplain. It's th e firs t time I've raced sin ce last year's Pik es Pea k. I had a broken fo ot t wo months ago, an d I was a bit lee ry . I felt my timing was o ff." It wasn 't. J ohn Riggen (Bul) , also fro m Californ ia , - p lace d seco nd, fo llowed by Lo n n ie Hutch in s (Su z), Arlo En\llu n d (Bul), an d Te rry Lin Ky le (Bul), al l fro m Colorad o. In th e Op en Pro class , Mik e Kidd o f Fort Wo rth , T x, ( Yes, that Mik e Kidd . . •Ed.} fo r th e fi rs t tim e riding a H-D 75 0 , was the o ne t o watch. Kid d cam e fro m last row to pl ace second beh ind Rick Deane (T ri) from Aspen , Colo . This m ak es Rick's second win on th e Peak . Third , fo ur th an d fi fth wer e David Ko rth , Ric k Zimmerman, an d Dan Owens, all o n Harle ys. • WHITTIER HONDA (7 i 4) 894·2623 Penton, Monark & Tyran & Rupp Fun Machines Motor cycle Tra ilers Bell Helmets Full Bore Products Sales Service Parts Accessor ies 14324 E. 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