Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
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,. IINS DE ~ t Voices Upshot Grand National Preview 4 5 6 Scotts' dri ving. but who 's in the backseat. W/ERA road race 8 Phoenix pavement pounders perform Wester n hotline 10 A BC, CMC, SRA, AMC an d E-Zee Lone Star traxs . . . . . . . . .14 Texas' premier motoemporiums Desert dar ing 16 D-3 7 san d blast ing Northern dateline 20 T urner laps Lac key Central Pipeline 26 Mosier madn ess Elsinore rehabilitation ...30 FMF versus DG Factory tour 36 Return to Haw g Heaven ON THE COVER: Dave Taylor in sideways flight seeks safety and his right footpeg. Andy Hayt capt ured Taylo r with both feet on the ground and a Brownie in his hands. Sharon Cla yton. PUblisher Robert L. Nor Velie. Gen eral Manag er Edna vt ew tc n. Se cretary to Publisher Ad vert ising Linda Clark , Advertising Manager Chris Kolber , Adver-tising Assistant Editorial Lane Campbd l, Se nior Edi to r. J ady Weisel , Edi tor, Bo b i Scott. Editor. Art and Production Ca the rine Lamp ton, Art Dire ctor: Barbara Mizuno , Adve rt ising Art Dire ct or: Den nis Co x, Lab Tech nician; Mari on Hat ash ita, Typograp he r. Ride-On rebuttal The UEA R ide-On Endu ro is a "No Bull" be nefit for the Co mpe titio n Motorcyclist s Legal Defense Fund. Profits fro m the enduro will be do nated to the defense fu nd. The benefit contribution source includes , but is no t at all limited to, th e cost o f trophies donated by individuals. Trophies arc ju st anoth er (of many) exp ense s of running an en d uro. The. reduction of any part of expen ses' in crease s profit, and th erefore , increases the amount o f money ge nerated fo r th e defense fun d. In an attempt to m aximize pro fits the mem bers of UEA are do nating their time and mon ey , approxi mately $25 0 to $3 00 per family . UEA is a n on -pro fit AMA chartered club. To make . the R ide-On Enduro a success we ne ed the support of all motorcycle enthusiasts. For more detailed co st accounting information please take th e ti me to call me at (2 13) 4 3 1-248 1. We must n o t allo w su ppo rt fo r the d efense fu nd to suffer from a lack of honest information. - TOM KI NG Presid ent Un ited Enduro Asso ciation P.O. Box 58 3 Seal Beach , CA 90740" \ The UEA admits that th eir fly er doesn't say anywhere that all t he after-expe nse proceeds will go to t he Desert Defense Fund, but th at is so and always has been their intention . If I had n't written my letter and you hadn't published it as yo u did, all we would be a lack of have wo uld co m mu nicatio n . . . ED HOWELL N. Hollywood, Cal~.. Who 's side you on . . . .. R USS EL L ELLIS' Altadena , Calif. All th is and Coors, too Yo u peo ple who ha ve be en co mplaining ab o ut the laws co ming down on bikes, here is your chance to show you me an it. There 's a San Gab riel Vall ey ch ap ter of M.O, R.E. fo rming . If you're in terested , be at Sh ak ey 's Pizza West Covin a on Azusa Ave. just n or th of 1-10 freeway, January 27, Tue sday at 7 :30 p .m. For mo re in fo call J ohn at (714) 9 66- 768 6 or Randy at 33 0-8 344. P.S. They also serve Coors. JOHN McG UIRE West Covina, Calif. Anaheim echoes 1 refer to Larry Theobald's letter in Voices o f the West, J an u ary 13th, Cycle New s. MediaMax's policy is never to advertise riders who have no t given us a firm commitment to appear at our Circulat ion Rheba Smi th. Manager: Pam Grecn and Ca llie Smi th, Ass istan ts. Accounting Gaylene Zaiona. Manager: J ud y Fo uts. Mike Klin ger, J eann e Hamm o nd , Assis tan ts : Tom Hun ter , Rho n da Van Dor en , Credi t Departmen t. Services & Suppo rt Bill Run yan . Tom Luehmann, Juanita Blan ton, re cep tio nist. West P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90801. (2 13) 427· 7433 : L.A. Line 636·8844. (Telex 6~ · 3 3 0 ) Eost P.O. Box 8 05, Tucker, GA 30084, GA 3008 4. (4 04) 934-785 0. (Telex 542·777) Subtc:ription One year, second class mail $1 2.5 0 : 2 years, second class mail, $2 2.5 0 : 3 years, second class mail, S30.00 : Single co py pr ice , 5 0 cents. Copyright Cycle News, Inc. 19 76. Trade mark registered U.S~ Patent Offi ce . All rights rese rved . Published wee kly ex cep t the (irs. and last week of the calendar year by Cycle News. Inc.• P. O . Bo x 49H, Long Beach, California. Seco nd cl ass postage paid at Long Beach, CA . 90 80 I. Editorial sto ries. cartoons. photos . etc. arc welcome. Addressed, stamped enve lope assu res return of unpurch ased ed ito rial m atter. Rep rinti ng in whole or part only by permission ' o f the publishers. Advertising rates and circulation information will be sent upon request. See S. R.D .S. 4 " Wants to ride powder puff. " races. All of the riders who were mentioned had either signed a contract or given MediaMax a firm commit ment to appear and ride. In the case of Jim Ellis and Jim Pomeroy, they were injured prior to Anaheim an d were stil l possibles to start as late as the Friday , one week prior. Mr. Tripes had signed to appear. months prior and then at the last moment wanted a better de al for himself which we felt was unfair to the other riders. Mr. J'ripe s was welcome to co m pe te under t he terms of our original ' contract. Reviewing our ad of December 6th, page 16 and 17 o f Cycle News, we name 17 riders plus 20 others. The fact is that we under stated our con tingency of riders by 13. Reviewing our event program scorecar d, 1 fin d a list of 40 riders p lus space to write in 10 local riders wh o quali fied at Escape Coun try , Decem ber 6th. How Mr. Theobald o nly counted 23 is a mystery to me. M ediaMax always m akes it a policy to offer a new starting positions to talented riders, not o nly fro m California but riders from other states. Those riders from out of state qualified in a series of races in their area. Many excellent riders ca nnot afford to fo llow the en tire AMA Pro Series where t hey re ceive National re cognition . We feel by broadening the scope of co mpet it ion we ar e help ing the sport. Our program was a 48-page book plus a 12 -page pull-out section with only 20 full pages of advertising. 1 would also be - interested to know where he p urchased a ticket fo r $8 whe n our tickets sold for $7 , SIOand $1 5 . MediaMax is a promo tion company which o pe ra tes twelve months a year promoting motocross eve nts. In closing, 1 would lik e to assure Mr. Theobald that MediaM ax respects his op in io ns and his righ t to inform others abo u t the qualit y o r lack o f quality of an y event. Mr. Theobald's comment about the P.A. System was well founded and we pl an to instal l a co nc ert sound system fo r fu tu re even ts at Anaheim to solve th is p ro bl em. , LYN NE H.' SAUNDERS Execut ive Vice Pres ident MediaMax, Inc. S. Laguna, Calif. The views ex p ressed in this colu m n and o th e r colu m ns appearing on th e following pages are solely th ose of the authors and do no t necessarily reflect the off icial position of Cyc le Ne ws West or Cy cle News, Inc. ~alified readers wishing fre e and equal rebuttal space should contact th e Editor.