Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

. Ken aely 'The shoe man' For V. mil e, Scra mble;, & Speedway . Bo ots 14 " lace -up, Size s "D", 6 to 13. Send bo ot or ca rd board patte rn ! of sole wit h hei gh t of t oc . Prices do not in cl ude COD & sh ipping. The Macly ste el shoe $40.00 boot $45.00 O ther items availahlc : Ban ke Rac ing Pipes T -Sh irt Seat s Disc Brakes Pillion s Hubs Motoreycle Shoe St raps Covers & M uch More Plus Every th ing for Speedway 1 Ken Maely Rt. 2. Box 75 B 8530 Bedford Motor Corona, CA 91720 714- 735-0540 .Smit h at home at Aztec By Action OZ COLORADO SPRINGS , CO ., DEC. 21 With the Christm as season on hand and no poin ts up for grabs a large number o f dedicat ed crossers turned ou t to keep in shape for the coming season. / Stacy Smith on his Yam ah afl yer d id it again in both motos o f the 125 A class. The race of the day was be tween Morrill Giffith "and Ed Overton with .Griffith taking the nod for second. The 250 A motos saw Jack Todd doing it the best in both mo tos with Robert Barlow leading it for a good part of the way . The Open A's mixed it up both motos to give the spectators something to warm u p over as Charles Geist, Bob Hargrove, Shane Cannon and " Gary Buckley engaged in close racing for the front spots. Geist took the win with Hargrove second. • Results in Res ults Section. Bravo bails out By Mark Knowles HOUSTON, TEX.• DEC. 28 An enthusiastic crowd and excellent track conditions were spoiled by heavy rains halfway into the second round of motos cancelling Complete stock parts & accessories p RRIN ~le 1070 6 Pe rr in Beit e l Rd . San Antonio . T exas 7B2 17 512-656-4052 "- ~ ~ . ;.. ~~l-"'~C= WorkS- All o y Clu tch Hu bs Pursangs $56.99 . Sherpa T $53.99 Improved - Shifting. Chain Life .i . Throttle Response - Cooling S uper Light! !.A eUL.TOCCI 720 Broadway Cnula Vista. CA 92010 714-427·9166 17 i41 R~4 ·?62 3 KTM & Rupp Fun M a c hines Sales Service Part s 'Accessories D&RCycles 7181 Westminster A ve. Westm inster, CA 9268 3 AMERICAN KAWASAKI ,28 9 1 ~ W Galland A... G40rta . f • • on 15040 nd ~: (2 14) 27T0491 the remaining races. For those desperate -rnud -o-crosse rs, a one mota mud race was held with Darwin Huckabee splashing his way into first ahead of second place Jay LeBlanc. An unusually large 125 Expert class hit the first turn with Bo Koch taking his usual quick lead. Koch began pulling away from the pack only to discover Mickey Pizzatola right on his rear fender. The pair diced for the lead for seven laps as Robert Coreale main tained a safe third followed by King Tie ken in fourth. Pizzatola was still applying pressure on the last lap when his bike broke allowing Koch an easy victory. Coreale ad vanced in to second place with Tieken taking third. The crowded 250 Amateur class had both heavy crashing and racing with Jay LeBlanc taking advantage of an early lead to avoid all competition in route to victory. Darwin Hu ckabee followed for second place ahead of a hard charging Richard Lenoard. Wayne Rutherford worked his way through the pack to secure fourth place. • Indian Territory Raceway By R. W. Jones PRAGUE. OKLA.• JAN. 4 Indian Territory Raceway started their four month series today with the hardy racers coming out to race on a cool day with a high o f "36 degrees. to get a jump on the ones th at ' stayed home for the giant 40 in ch trophy and the No. 1 pl ate . The 125 Novice class was a real thriller. with - Scott Lo y and J am es Lambert battling down to th e wire. Sissy Hill was hot on Kcll y King's rear knobby when the checkered dropped to 'take fourth for the d ay. The Open "Novices go t off th e lirie with Sissy's brother Jim Hilt taking it at th e first co rn er in both m o t os and winning all the way with Ronnie Ainsworth righ t behind in seco nd. Rick Gouker took third. Dennis Evans (CZ) ran away with the Open Amateurs with two firsts. David Harris ran a second all day. • Results in Results Section. .- ----:- .. . . ... ~ -.-..~ -- .. ": ": .. :-:-. . .... N o z o IU III III o o I- ~ L...;"'::'==-===---=-==----===-"::::=---=--_"""'===-=-;';"'::~ (Above) Stacey S m it h dusted off Aztec's 125 class , wh ile Charlie Geist (below) took t he Open w in under heavy pressure .

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