Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Desert hotline Christmas Special $ave $10.00 For ~ mile , Scrambles, & Speedway . . Boots 14 " lace-up, Sizes "D", 6 to 13. Send boot or cardboard pattern of so le with height of t oe . Prices do not in clud e COD & shipping. $75 00 The Maely steel shoe & boo t • . ~ of fer good til ' Jan. J '75 ; Oth er Items avail able : Ba n ke Ra ci n g Pip es Se a ts Pi llion s Disc Brake s . Hubs Motorcy Cl e S hoe S trap s C overs & M uch M ore · T ..Sh irt s Plu s E ve ry t h in g fo r Speed w ay Ken Maely Rt. 2, Box 75 B 53 0 Bedford Motor Way. Corona, CA 9 1720 7 14-73 5-054 0 Expansion C hamber Cone Sets 20 Ga. steel rolled an d seam spotwet ced rea dy to d esign your own chamber. 3 Pc . sets. $12.0 0 . 4 Pc. se ts. $14 .00. 5 Pc . sets, $1 6 .00. Postpa id. Plus Sales Ta x. Quantity discounts available . Send your d imensions t o Aireo Sheet Metal . 15209 Grevillea Ave. Dept. W . Lawndate , CA 90260. 213-675-5290. John Trani's Competition Cycle Products specsehzmq In desert & motocross 16612 Beaeh Blvd., Huntington Beach . CA 714-847·22 02 Goodyear is Carroll Shelby 32 213-538-2914 The old desert king ba ttles the new. Husky and Mo noshock p ilo ts bla st through the Sage Ho ppers' course. Fast sandwashes where some riders hit 70 mph we re included by the Sage Hoppers. (Con t inued f rom page lJ) Arnie Gruner takes 0.38 Brush Bash By James Brammer SAN DIEGO, CAL. , NOV . 2 Arnie Gruner, an Exp ert o n a 360 Hu sqvarn a, blazed th e des ert tr ail to win th e Sage H oppers Annual Bru sh Bash at Sup er stition Mountain near EI Centro . A two-loo p dese rt rac e, he co mp leted th e first 45-mil e loop in 60 m inutes; 65 fo r the seco nd time ar ound. Am ateur Ro n Florence arrived in second n o more t h an · three m inu tes behind th e leader o n a 250 Mon o sh ock Yam ah a whi le his brother Kevin stoppe d o n th e second loop wit h a flat tire. From "th e Open Expert class, Bill Thornbur g o n a 400 Husq varna took third . Tho rn burg was fifth at th e end of the first loop. He passed Rick Finger and Gary Cogbill during t he last loop. On e hundr ed thirty-five riders were in a two-line start with Am ateurs and Experts in the first line st arting at 9: 30 and the Novices from the second line moments later. Ninety-ei ght rid ers finish ed the first lo op before the winners st arted arrivin g at the finish o f the second. Riders reported lots o f dust , deep " sand, two major washes of abo ut eight-mile lengths where evil ro cks lurked beneath deep sand and speeds of 70 mp h were obtained. The less evil of th e two washes was Coyote, the evil one being called Cuy amaca, I believe. Five riders had injuries, one was evacuated by helicopter. A challengi ng race in an ex cep t io nally scenic area. the co urse included ro ck y terrain in foothills . Though the result s are not official, Ron Florence (Yam ) will be the 250 Amateur class winner and Rick Finger • (Hus) was first 250 Expert. Results aVE RALL : 1. Arn ie Gruner (Hu s). 2. Ron Florence (Vam) . 3. B i ll T hornburg (Hus). 4. Rick F inger (Hus) . 5 . Gary Cogbill (Yam). 6. Johnny McDaniel (Hus). 7. Pau l Nachan t (Hus) . 8 . B il l Halbert ( H u s) , S uperst it io n Mountain is a neat play rid ing ar ea now. , " m Vl o o I- ~

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