Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

·_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.-._. Malcolm Smith Racing Products presents Malcolm Smith Handlebars Elect ro Helmet Series winner Gary Ogden . Elect ro paid him $1000 to kick t he Escape Country t rack t o pieces. AME night MX By Ted Titmas v A LENICA, CA L., FE B. 20 AME kicked o ff it 's first ni ght race o f the season with a $700 p ur se attrac ting pros fro m all over Southern Cali fornia. T he first race o f interest was the 12 5 Pro in which Jim Ha le (Ho n) , AME numbe r o ne p o int holder, took an overall first. The probab le threat o f Mark Gambetta (lIon) never m at er iali zed, du e t o his bike co m in g down with a bro ke n ro d . 25 0 Pro J eff Vid ic (Mai) edge d o u t Donny Han sen (Mai) an d Will Harper (Mail in the firs t m o to, At the sta rt of the second m o t o, as t he p ack cro wded in to the first co rner, a n acci den t caused t he el im ina t ion o f Donny Hansen (Mai) and also injured Kenny Zahrt (Oss) . At th e re -st art Vidic o nce again had the holeshot followed by Harper. After so m e forceful riding he m an aged t o p ass Vid ic an d win the second moto, but Vidic took th e overa ll class win. Zahrt m o ved up th rough the p ack and too k a sec o n d for t h ird overall in spite of his injury and a dead last st art. T he 25 0 Intermediate held special interest for so m e spect ators at In d ian Du nes, part icu larly th e m o t her of Ric h T itus (Su z), wh o rode t hi s chilly February eve with a fever o f 10 2 degrees . Titus won the first ra ce , bu t in th e se cond m oto h e fell, lo sin g his lead to Mike Boyd (Su z). T itu s fin ishe d second ove ra ll. Ridin g in t he 50 0 Open Pro class fo r the firs t t im e , Will Harper , o n a ne w Co le Bro s. Mai co , showed his rid in g ab ility t o be equally as strong in this AME prem iered its night MX season at Ind ian Dunes with a $700 Pro purse. class as it is in the 250. Harper won bo th m o tos and J o n Miller ( Bul) did so me fine riding in this ra ce, finishing third. • Palfreyman/ GardnerBag Sidehack Series Win By Steve Torpey T RA BUCO CANYON, CAL., F EB. 22 Eleve n sidehacks showed up for the second ra ce of their ten race Pro l\1X seri es. The racing was cl ose in bo th m otos as th e track, while ok for so lo bikes , was just t o o n arro w for the sidecars to p ass in the tu rn s. This tended to bunch the field up wit h th e p redictable strai gh taway drag race ge ttin a little hairy as the hacks br aked for th e turns. T he lightwei ghts, (mostly homebuilt sidecars wi th 250-4 0 0cc sol o bikes used as t he basic unit) were represented b y fo u r teams. The Yam 360 of Holl an d /Harris tu rn ed in especiall y go o d rides in each moto t o pl ac e fir st ove ra ll in thei r class. In the first moto the Sanner bro th ers Ho nda i 50 ju m ped into the lead bu t half-wa y through th e race , a mistake allowed t he Husky 50 4 of Hall er /Swensen to take o ve r. However, with three lap s remaining, lIaller's m otor seemed to go a way , allo wing the T ri u m p h i 50 of Crandall /Swart to forge into the lead for the win . In the seco nd moto , Bart Crandal and Ron Swart gu nned their T riumph Wasp in to the lead for what appeared to be the ove rall win , only to ru n in t o trouble on th e last la p and finish fourth . Pa lfreyman /Gardne r ro d e a steady race to bag the moto win and the ove rall. Ho lland a nd Harris kept the crowd jaz zed by screaming their Yamaha to a WFO second place finish and a first over a ll in the lightweight class. The series moves to Valley Cycle Park on March i . • Results in Results Section These new hi gh-strength , ligh t-we igh t bars fe ature Malcolm 's unique " Spar k le " c h ro me finish . Made f ro m .083 wall c h ro m e-moly steel and kn urle d fo r sec u re throttle an d cen te r se ction mounting, th ey co m e wit h o r wi thou t the heliarc welded cro ss bra ce wh ich assures m aximum strength. Avail able in most lat e ' i 6 popular moto cross a nd desert bends includin g Husky, Yama ha , Su zuki RM , CZ , Bultaco, Elsinore a ndo t he rs . All bars with cro ss bars S I 9 .95 . All bar s with out cro ss bars S 15 .9 5 NJalcolm Smith Racing Products Sec y ou r local dealer ~,l Expansion Chamber Cone Sets 2 0 Ga. st ee l ro ll ed and seam spotwel de d ready to d esi gn yo u r own cha m ber. 3 pc . set s. $ 12 .0 0 . 4 Pc. sets. $14.0 0 . 5 Pc . sets , $ 16 .0 0. Po stpaid . Plus Sales Tax. Quant it y di sc ount s avai lable. Send your dimensi o ns t o Anco Sheet Metal , 15209 G re v j ll ea Ave . Dept. W , Lawndale, CA 9 02 6 0. 2 1 3 -675 · 52 9 0. Sun THE FINEST IN COMPETITION DIRT BIKE RIMS FROM YOUR • ·'11 '.:. ;. 15

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