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Cycle News 1975 09 23

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I GOT MY END - AFM Champion R udy Galind o strains while Steve " The Candidate " McLaughlin heaves as the tw o roust hay bales to shape the Ontario road circuit to be run in reverse September 21. The A FM m eeting on that date will be a heavy tuneup for th e Octo ber 5 AMA National, wh ich will be run on the same reversed course. : ELATEST TH !D P BY PAPA WEALEY Ian Gillan, formerly of the rock group "Deep Purple ," has invested his musical earnings in a British 350cc Four, to .be developed by Peter Williams and Mike Eglinton. C.A.T. (Central Arizona Trials) needs trialsmasters for 'the coming season. Call Don Makarov at (602) 849-1448. Jim Pomeroy won a moto and backed it up with a sixth , to lead the American team to third in the Trophee " des Nations team motocross at Maggiora, Italy September 7. DiStefano was 6-11 , Kent Howerton scored 16·16, and Brad Lackey was zapped by scooter problems both m o t o s. The winning Belgian team c o n tai n e d three World Champions: Rabier, Everts , DeCoster. The Czechs were se cond while West Germany, USSR, Finland, France, Englan d, Italy and Switzerland trailed th e U.S. in order. U.S. Suzuki is renting the Ontario circuit three ' full weeks before the Champion Spark Plug Classic. Some observers think that it's a move to give Gary ' Nixon practice time prior to his running the AFM race. Now Steve McLaughlin is talking about an 2 U American circus tt of road racers for the com ing European season. Why is . McLaughlin so interested in helping other American riders make it on the Continent! For 15%, of course. The Colorado Cougars, even though they were blanked by a visiting California team in their opening two races. are proving that team speedway is a viable crowd-drawer at their home track, Rains Raceway' in Colorado Springs. See how the touring Californians did in the NorCal Speedway section. Hot on the heels of the Long Beach lee Race - rumors that Mediamax is putt ing together a "World Championship" motocross December 13 in th e Anaheim Stadium. Two AMA Amateur Road Racing Oualifiers are set for Fastrack International Raceway, Phoenix, Arizona October 25-26 and December 7. Call (602) 985-6359 for entry info. Ascot will host no half mile September 19th ; next action on the Gardena oval is the Novice/J uni or Invitational Half Mile plus the Expert TT on September 26, then National Half Mile th e evening of September 27 . Final AMA cy cle race of the season comes October 3 with a special Michigan·California match race. Wild. "Mr. Maico" Hans Masch may not contest the 1975 Trans-AMA series. Mrs. Maisch just presented him with a little Maisch, and he 's -er- busy. Also absent, for R 8< 0 testing reasons. is Bultaco's former World Champion. Bengt Aberg. Martin Lampkin has moved into a tie with Malcolm Rathmell for the World Trials Championship after winning the August 31 Swedish round. Two more rounds to go. Win or lose, Malcolm will be at the December 14 Trial de Esp.ma, to be held at Saddleback. Overnight camping will be available at the Fastrack road race facility in Phoenix, Arizona for the October 25-26 AMAAmateu[ [oad.rac:e.QUJllite1~ • ••• . WHO IS THA T MASKED MAN? - Tricked out and ready to go ice racing at the Long Beach Ar ena September 19, our mystery ice man (wh ose nam e should be on the tip of eve ry body 's tongue, right ?) shows off his hardware. He'll be joining Dave Aldana, Gene Rom ero, Michigan ice racing champ. Al Gasgel, Chuck Palmgren , Dave Hansen and a host of oth er AMA professionals on th e eigh. th-m ile ice ovaL No, it's not m otorcycling's answer to Rollerball . . . or is it ? The factory Laverda 10005 entered at the Barcelona 24-Hour featured space frames that incorporated the engine as a stressed unit and dual-row drive chains; Even more trick were the French-entered Kawasakis with a wide "tub" tube frame and a short Koni shock slung UNDER the cantilever swingarm pivot. But a Ducati won. America got 40 slots from th e ISDT . organizers. Seems Russia and Poland aren 't coming , and East Germany is fielding a Vase team only. The Czechs won the MX des Nations. held in their home court. Elsewhere in Yurrp, Barry Sheene and Dave Aldana were one·two for Suzuki in the Mallory Park Race of the Year. For the first tim e, all bike entered passed the new AMA so un d test at ,the Puyallup Can-Am. Moral: test for noise on a foggy day . CRC is throwing a "Super Sunday" series at Indian Dunes. starting Sunday. September 21. running through Sunday. October 5. A $500 cash purse to Experts, super sized trophies to class winners (five or more riders). and prizes "guaranteed to make your socks drop!" All this and much more. 213/830-7519 •.. tQJ';l1I the ~taiJ" • •. ...... . ... .• . . In an effort to solve a heavy top hamper problem, Gianfranco Bonera's MV no w has a fuel tank under the seat with a fuel pump driven by swing arm action. The latest tire (oops -tyre) news from England is a bias-belted series of high speed tires from Dunlop. They're also working seriously on radials. which are said to be two to three years away. The Federal Government, you've all heard of them, has awarded a $380, 000 research con tract , to the Institute of Safe ty an d Systems Management at US C. Th e m one y provides for inves ti gat ion in to th e cause of motor cycle acci de nts and the effe ctiveness of safety equipment. The October 12 invitational "Race .of O1ampions" on the Louisville Downs half-mile will be aired by ABC Wide World of Sports later in the Vear. Invites for the special race go to anyone who has won a Camel Pro Series National in 1975. Spillway Park , near Santa Maria, California, has set aside October 10-11 for a two day GP for bikes and cars. Entry "is $50, with 80 percent payback in each class. Call (805) 937-4043 or • .9il7-f» 7J fQr .'!'Qt:C .il)(o, • . . • • • . . . • .

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