Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

ain 't always apat hy - m ore like disgust! He y! I go t an in fected hangnail tying my boots at Puyallup an d n obody told m e to watch o ut for a n infected han gnail at th e p ark. Do I have a ca se? BINSIDE ~ t Daytona 200 ,., J ohnny starts up fr ont ,6 DROOPERT Seat t t le , Was h. / 250 Lightweight - 9 Ken n y co p s crown Superbike Production, , ..11 Wouldn't it be nice BMW clic ks th e sh u tte r I would like to ex p ress my feelings on th e ca nc ellat ion o f this year's ·U.S. vs. the World' speedway series. When spe ed wa y first st arted in the U.S. in 19 6 8 the AMA didn' t care a bo u t the sp ort. The prom oters o f speed way have gone through many hardships to bring speedway to 'where it is now. Now that speedway has developed into a go ld mine the AMA is havin g seco nd though ts. All the AMA wa n ts is a p iece of the action. 1f the AMA thinks they are hel p ing speedway wh y did th ey refuse to grant a san ction to t he chall enge series? it seems th at j ust ab ou t th e ti me you thin k yo u can make e n ds me e t , so mebody m oved t he goal posts ! Supercross MX 12 Tony D. keeps winning Nat'l. Amateur Champs ..14 Ten road race finales Novice RR 17 Pennsyl vania privateer Western Hotline . . . .. " .18 Every t hing u n der th e sm og Desert Hotline 26 DRA Silver Bear Northern Dateline , . . , ..28 Magoo and Self Central Pipeline 36 Mosier Valley actio n Leather/nylon wear-out . .38 Cow or chem ical CU RT J OHNSON Bake rsfield , Calif. Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Want Ads 43 r Would n't it be nic e if the racers raced, th e promoters promoted and the sanctio ning body sanction ed . Would n 't it be nice if every body lived together in peace and harmony. Wouldn 't it be nice if w e both interited a million d ollars. Wouldn 't it be nice if stubborn m en cou ld talk th ings ou t. Wouldn't it? . . Ed. O N THE CO V ER: The glamour and m o ne y go es to the swi ft a nd th e swiftest was 19 year o ld Ve nezuelan su perstar Johnny Cecotto , The word is out I am an avid fan of the Gorman area which has good riding, but the thing that re ally ge ts m e is the way people have co m ple t ely polluted the parking ar ea near th e ro ad . It 's an eyesore. It's too bad th at people don 't take the time to consider h auling'their gar bage away. Riding are as are ge tting scarce so people we 've got to ge t it t og e th er, not only at Gorman , but everywhere. Sharo n Clavton. Pubfisher Ro be rt l.. :\:or V e lie . Gener a l :'I. lctn a~cr Edn a Mewton , Secretar y to Publish er BRAD WY ATT Cul ver City . Calif. Advertising Lind a Clark, Ad verr ising Man ager Ch ris Kol be r. Ad ver-tisin g Assistan t Ed itorial This has become a serious matter w hich n o am ou nt of p reaching fr om th e edito rial offices of Cycle New s can ste m the tide of. The best way fo r you and I to s top all m an ner of u nprodu ct ive and de str u ctive activity by ot her mo to rcyclists is t o walk over tap th e culp rits on th e shoulder and give th em th e word. Som e of the m ost impo rtant men in our sp ort tell people to p ick up th eir trash so you'll be in good company . . . Ed. LU1(" Cam pbe ll, Senior Editor. J oely Weisel , Editor , Bo hi SCOll. Editor . Art and Produetion . Catherine Lampton , Ar t Direc tor ; Barbara Mizuno . Adv er tis in g Ar t Direct o r ; Dennis Cox , Lab Te chn icia n . Marion Hatash ita. . Ty po grap he r, Pam Gran t. Assista n t Ty po grap he r. Circul at ion Rh e ba Smith , Man ager : Pa m Gree n and Callie Smith , As s istant s. Accountin g Gay lene Zaio nz, Man ager ;J u dy Klinger. Mike Klin ger . J eanne Hamm on d . Assis tants: To m Hunter . Rh on da Van Dore n . Credit Departm ent. , Servi ces & Support Bill Run y an . Tom Lu e h m ann , J uan it a Blanton . re ce p t io ni s t. West P.O . Box 498, Lo n g Bea ch, CA 9080 I. ( ~ 13 ) 427·7433 : L.A. Line 6 36 ·8844. (Telex 65.6·3 30 ) East P Bo x 80;. Tu cker, GA 30084 , GA .o. 30 08 4. (4 04 ) 93 4-7850. (Telex ;4 ~ .777 ) Subscr ip t ion One year. second class ma il S 12.!)0 ; 2 year s. second class mail. $2 2.5 0 ; 3 years. second class mail, $30 .0 0 ; Sing le copy pr ice, .50 ceo ts. Copyrigh t Cycle News, Inc. 1976. Tr ade mar k registered U.S. Paten t Offi ce . All rights rese rve d . Pu blishe d week ly e xc ep t the first and las t we e k o f th e cale n dar yea r by Cycle News . Inc., P.O . Bo x 4 9 ~ . Long Beach . Californi a. Secon d class p ostage paid at Lon g Beach. CA. 9 0MO I. Editorial sto ries . car toons. p hoto s. e tc . are welcome. Ad d resse d . s t am ped envel ope assu re s return o f unpurch as ed ed itori al matter. Reprinting in wh ole or par t o nly by pe rm ission o f the pu b lishers. ci rculurio n . Advertising ra t es and in fo rma tio n will be se nt 4 ..... ~:o n r~qu C's l. :ce S.~.l) :S . .. .. .. Littlerock washout ! In an o ld issu e o f Cycle Ne ws. there was an a rt icle on gree n st ic kies and abo ut open ing up th e Lit tl er o c k ar ea for riding, 1s it now o pe n? What's t he word?

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