Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

brothers Mark and Mike Deyo f rom Idaho, plus ISDT-veU Ken Williams and Drew Sm ith. Interest ing side-note. Mark Deyo will be entered in the 250 class. Hmm? Right-On Rick Hocking's reported ready to deal for a Moto Villa or two for the short track (and possibly TT) circuit. April 4 , San Jose's daytime pro half mile opening date, has been de signated the Mark Williams Benefit, with $1 per t ic ket go ing toward Mark's rehabilitation fund. Mark and many Northweste rn friends plan to be on hand. Skip Aksland was recently tortured by Bart Barfly in to admitting that he is the official-unofficial Yamaha factory rider. No t ime to shoehorn t his into Political Lifeline : Th e Californ ia Adv isory Committee to the U.S. Forest Service is having one of its rare meeting at 9 a.rn., March 15, in the USFS office at 630 Sansome St., San Francisco, CA. 94111 . To attend, no t ify Douglas R. Leisz, Regional Forester, at the above address, or call 14151 556-4310. Addition to our report on the February 15 DRA team race: Randy and Mike Martin should have been credited with fourth overall, Hang in there, you two . Chuck J oy ner and Dave Aldana are pre-entered for the March 21 Ascot re-opener, a 100 lap TT for $3500 purse. Saddleback Park will get in to some Class-Cetype racing when they finish the earth-moving on a new quarter-mile dirt track and TT complex. Promoters/clubs call (714) 639-5832 to set up race dates. Reflection of a super star; Suzuki's power duo of Steve Stackable and the image reversed Tony DiStefano have taken to wearing their National numbers on caps. So far most of the confusion comes when they put on the wrong cap. "Hey Stackie, that's my hat. It's got a Number One on it." "Yeh, this year it's your hat." ...._-------_... tHE LATEST narrowly-averted can cellatio n of the March 13-14 event caused entries to be processed late, Entry requests should go to: Fort Hood Dirt Riders, P_O. Drawer A, Fort Hood, TX 76544 or call Capt. Ken ny J . Kunstd at (817) 532-3690 or -3691. BY PAPA WEALEY The 1976 AMA motocross season will open with a CBS Sports Spectacular co verage of the March 6 Supercross Series even t, according to AMA's Mike DiPrete. The telecast lexact date and t ime unclear as yeti will combine the MX with coverage of the March 7 Daytona 200. I One of the fint am of Ducati's new management, after a top-level sh akeu p, was a redesign of the 500cc parallel twin from a stodgy tourer int o a mag·wheeled desma-valved road rasher. Years ago, Ducati added a second production line to their existing works" but according to the British press, they've never had e ither assembly line going more than half-speed. The new GM, Franco Zau iboui, intends to co rrect that. 2 Post entries will be accepted at the Ford Hood, TX. Two-Day ISDT Qualifier, according to AMA'~ AI Eames. A Yamaha International has signed a fou r-rid er team to contest the Two Day Qu alifier series. Perennial Dick Mann will ride a TT 500 thum per (what else?), while Chris Carter, Nebraskan J ohn Fero and Hoosier Dave Ashley will ride ring-dings. NVT's Dennis Poore moved to squelch ru mo rs that Berliner Motors would resume importing Nortons to th e U.S. The No rt on- Villiers, Ltd . plant and asseU are in liquida tion, making the future su pply of Nortons somewhat cloudy. Norton-Triumph in Duarte, Cal. , . continues to be the authorized channel for all things Norton-ish. Bultaco International was presented a suitably cobby-looking replica of a muffled Pursang chamber as MIC's award for winning the anti-noise sweepstakes during the 1975 Trans-AMA series. At last count, Expert entries fo r the Daytona 200 totalled 133, includi ng 54 Europeans. Does that sound like the factories' withdrawal is k illing road racing? Riders are also sh owi ng great interest in the newly-created Superbike Production class fo r Experts, to the tune of 34 pre-entries. That's double the combined 750-1000cc Prod. field last year. Bargain tim e. W/E RA's got a special in tro de al for the February 28-29 Willow Springs race. Yo ur $22 licen se fee (as a new rider) will also pay your entry for the two days of racing. With a 200-miler added to a regular regional points race, sounds like a busy weekend. Bill Uhl will headline a Hercules Two Day T rial team, rid ing one of the new sev,en-speed 175s. Joinin,g him .,,!i!1 be Gene Ro me ro , Gary Nixon, Hurley Wilvert, Steve McLau ghlin, Pat Hennen and Steve Baker are all signed to go to Europe for the Ap ril 11 MotoJournal Formula 750 race at the Paul Ricard circuit , France, and for the April 18 lmola 200. Kenny Roberts told ou r reporter he' d like to have gone , too, but there was th is problem with a lost number plate ... III III I-

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