Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

• • Pasadena Fire Department 2nd Annual ,-,~DDEIt ~ ~f,MB~.~+ j~ (IJ ~~ .z. O ~. Akron t Nor th American Alhambra Ho nda : Alhambra Yam ah a American Ho nda: American Sp orts Co. Ashland Che mical ce.. Bardah l Oil: Ba te s In du stri es Bel-Ray ce.. Bell Hel mets : Ber t's M I C Azusa: Big Bike Bill Walters Leathers : Buco : Budweiser: Busch Garde ns C.D.S.: California Aerial Circus Parachute Te am: Casler CastrolOil Inc.: Chopper Mag . : Covina Fa mily CycleYamaha Crown California Apparel : Dirt Bike : Dolphin Ambulance Don Ves co Pro du ct s : Ed Kretz M/C: Ed's Cycle Sh op, L. A. Endura Leathers : Flanders Co m p any : Grahams Sheet Metal H.R.L (Mo lly Blue): Hi-Torque Pub.: Hooker He aders : Steve Hurd Steve HurdM.C.: Inca Prod.: Indian M /C: In s t-Aw n , Inc . International Cycle House:Justic Bros. Oil : Malcolm Smith R. P. Mason Motors: Mattei: Moto cross Act ion: Neat Enterprises Nippondenso : Noel Mesa Advertising Specialties: Pennzoil Preston Petty Prod. : R.V. Van World : Ring Free Oil : Royal Industries Sco tt U.S.A. : Sids MIC, Monrovia: Simon Says Yes: Skyway Sudco In te r. Co rp. : Terry Industries: The Green Co m p an y , Burbank Three Bond of America: Torco Oil: Torque Engineering Co mpany ~ U.S. Su zu ki : Uni-Filter : Vera's Leathers: Webco • Whi ttier Kawasaki: Wynn Oil: Yamaha International Co rp . Yamaha Parts Distributing, In c.e ~ankee Full Bore ~ Yellowstone Gloves -Othman 0 :c Steve Wise b reaks in Honda ride right. Sometimes the Hart/Boone race got too dose. A:\ G Sp ecial than k s to our contributors; with out whom th is event would no t be p ossible. \0' ~ \.,(\ \ \ \ N ~ \1 ~\ \~~ \J r§J~i't~ started out looking like a replay with Marty first a wa y . But Wise who practiced for tw o weeks on th e Cycle Raffia tr ack, was determined not to let Smith have it so easilv, Wise smoked his Honda WFO through th e first turn and nipped Smith for the lead at the second turn and away they went. But as they came around on lap one it was Smi th 's turn to take the lead on the back side of the course , dropping Wise to second, with Danny Turner third, Croft fourth , Hart fifth, Lu nde a close six th, Warren Reid in seventh and Mic key Boone eighth. Ten minutes into the second moto " Smi th was holding a slim lead over Dan ny Turner, who had been charging hard. Cro f t and Hart had m o ved up to th ird an d fo urth courtesy of a Stevie Wise miscue whic h had dropped hi m back fr om second to fifth.At half-way Tu rner go t by Smi th . At th e th ree- q uar te r mar k Smith reto ok the lead and as in the fir st m o to it was a lead he had n o intention of relinquish in g. As they approached the finish, Tom my Cro ft 's bike went belly-up, dropping him fro m a sure second overall to twentieth . At th e e nd of the day Marty Smith was asked if he had fun. "No," he said, " it was just too hot and dusty." T wo fu n loops , m in is & powder puffs firs t loop on ly , all o the rs both loops. . 10 0% brass for under 16 mi nis (O80 cc ) 20% all others. Super finish pins, ambulance, rescue teams, etc. Maps and full instructi o ns to be mailed one week prior to the race. No route sheet. Special fun ride Saturday I :00 to 4 :00 for minis not in Sunday race. Pit area limed from Cal if. City go lf course. Calif. City is 10 min. North of Mojave, off Hwy. 14 . Please, entry must i n c1 u de a signed en try blank. two self-ad dresse d stamped No. 10 envelopes for results and riders instructions, plus entry fee . Entry Fee . . . . $8 .50. Post Entry .. . . SIO.OO. Make checks payable to: P.F. D.W.A . 5 2 26 N. Golden West Ave . ; Temple City, CA 91780. (213) 287-447 1 * See p age 40 '£or preview. * 250 Support TI,e highest premiums were paid on co nsistency in the 250 Support class as Dewitt Knox (Yam ) rode to th e overall win amongst numerous broken bikes a n d f allen riders. Knox moved methodically from mid-pack in the first moto to overhaul all but Mike Steams (Mo n ) who was running away in the lead and Bruce Baron in second. Ric ky Pilgrim raised some eyebrows with a new, good-handling and very powerful Harley-Davidson , but a broken exhaust pi pe cost him a possible h igh placing. In th e second m oto Pilgrim finished a strong second after rep air ing his pipe. • I NAME Results ( CITY 12 5 NATIONAL: 1. Marty Smi th (Hon) 1-1. 2. Steve Wise ( H o n ) 2-4. 3. D anny T urner (Hon) 6 -2. 4 . T Im Hart (Yam) 5-3. 5. M ickey Boone ( Hon) 4·7.6 . Bob Hannah (Hon) 8- 6 . 7. J im T u rn er (Yam) 11-9. 8. Glendon John son ( Ya m) 9 -1 2. 9 . J on Lea k (Vam) 14·8. 1 0. Ga ry Dunca n (Yam) 1 6-10. II. T h o m as James (Hon) 13 -13. 1 2. Charl es Cav tn (Hon) 17·17. 13. Bruce McD ougal (Yam ) 1 5 -1 9 . 14. J ac k Keese (Hon) 2 0- 1 5. 1 5. Warren Re id (Hon) 3 2· 5. 16. M a r k Harr in gton (Su z) 10·28. 17. J im G r ants k i (Ya m ) 22 -1 8. 18. Mike Jone s (Kaw) 31·11. 19. Dav id Bole s (-) 29·1 4 . 20. Tommy Croft (H o n ) 3-40 . 25 0 SUPPORT , 1. Dew itt Kno x (V am ) 3·1. 2. John Ke lley (Yam ) 5-3 . 3. R ob Rey n ol ds (Pen ) 4 ·6 . 4. Je f f K r ing (C-A) 7 -4 . 5. Mike S tearns (M an ) 1·14. 6 . R ic ha rd Peebl es (Yam) 11 ·5. 7 . Ja m es T il well { Yam} 8·8. 8. Du an e Baeh ler (O ss) 10-7 . 9. Bruce Baron ( V am ) 2-16. 10. R iCky Pil gr i m (H-O ) 17-2. r-- ---- - -- - --- - --- - -- - ----- - -- - -- , I I ( ADORESS STATE SEX M F (CIRCLE ONE) SPECIAL T EAMS (RID ING CLASS--C HECKO NE 1 A 0 l OB 1 C I0 I ADVA NCED AIOEA - ' " " " CR

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