Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

The shrink rides again INSIDE Oklahoma half-mile I just finished m y second Virginia Ci ty GP and would like to than k th e Western St at es Racing Asso cia tion for providing me with a most e ffect ive ps ychotherapy session . I am a clincial n europsychology fellow at UCMC and have go t te n caug ht up in loo king at bad brains. The VCGP was just wh at was needed. I had numerous intimate heathful encounters with ro cks, sand. sage and other b ikes. I have been co nsi dering silicone sealin g a co uc h to a sidehack and o pen ing up a private prac tice in cy clo an aly sis. "SHR INK" VOGT, PHD Reno, Nell. ' 6 Hank Scott first , the rest are under protest 250 National MX • • . • . . • •8 Winert, T o ny D. split Speedvvay • ............ 10 A we ek of wailing Scottish Six Day .. , .... 12 The third Lampkin International Dateline ... 14 DeCoster in Austrian, Te aleaf in Poland and Czecho Western Hotline Ascot shutdo~,Carlsbad Forget something? 18 ABC MX Bultaeo Update. . . . • .. , 24 Don't shoot y our old Bul Desert Riverside Grand Prix Northern Dateline Tr ials prototypes Results Central Pipeline 26 28 32 33 37 At least he liked the pictures The article entitled " Are We Tops Now" had somc go od pictures of so me very h ot machinery and riders. But I must say it was a ridi culo us write up an d the author must no t be very knowledgeable in the field of m otocross. T o say that America is be st, just because we have th e most, is wrong. R,D. an d " the rest of the grand old men from Europe" would blow the SaCal locals away for however many wee ks they were here. Brad Lackey is a very fine rider, and America's best Open class rider, but I don't see a One on his number plate. Plus , 10 state that one sin gle race (U.S.G.P.) will prove who is best, is completely outrageous. ON THE COVER: The 125 Intermediates burn up Carlsbad's first turn and the eye of Mike Yada 's camera during ABC/Bell all-Junior day. Next time To the Mon tesa ri der wh o started n ext to m e in t he Baro ns' Team Race: Hey! Why did you put yo ur bike right where I was go ing to run? I knew exactly where my Bultaco was and when t he banner went down , I ran straight for it . . . onl y to find that it had swapped places with a Montesa. (I knew someth ing was wrong when I reached o ut fo r my handlebars and so mebody had ch an ged the grips on them.) I kn ow both bikes are from the same co un try , but did y o u reall y think I'd fall for that old trick? Nex time, just to make su re t h at m y bike doesn't wander off, I'm gonna t ie a string to my back fender. C. HORNS Lo s Angeles, Calif. DAVE W.B. (" Wro ng Bike" ) PHILLIPS No. 226X San Bernardino, Calif. Some months ago, when th e MIAProfessional Rules Committee modified engine di spl acement fo r novice dirt' tr ack, there were , generally, no ' complaints. -!U2 However, the AMA neglected to give a displacemen t incentive to four-strokes~ I wish the AMA would follow tIle:t example set by some of the progressive a road racing asso ciat io n s, allowing . fo ur-strokes to ride down in class, using ); '. a we ll disciplined form u la. The novice division co uld utilize a> l structure su ch as : 400cc four-strokes 25 0 two -stroke singles. Not only do the power charact eristi cs of fo ur-strokes lerid themselves to further safety, but woul~ bring additional bikes into competition, (sinc e nearly al l manufacturers have ·:i single and/or twin in the 350-400cc range !) which, after all , was the or igin:il intent. a SCOTT EASTBURN Newport Beach, Calif. I The views ex p ressed in this colu m n and oth e r columns appearing on the foUowing pages are solely those of the authors and do no t necessarily refl ect : th e official position of Cycle N ews West or Cycle Ne ws, In c. Q)laJi ied readers.y f wishing free and equal rebuttal space sh ou ld contact th e Editor. Sha ron Clayto n, Pu b lish er Ro be rt L. No r Ve lie , Ge neral Man ager . Ed na Mew ton, Secre tary to Publisher Ad ve rt ising Linda Clark, Ad veer isln g Man age r Ch ris Ko lbe t, Advertisi ng Assistant Edito rial Lan e Ca mpbd l, Sen ior Edhor, Judy Weise l, Edi to r, Bo b i Scot t, Edito r. Art Ind Prod uction Barbara Mizu no. Ad vertisin g Ar t Director; Dennis Cox, Lab Tec hnician ; Marion Hatashita, T ypographer I Pam Grant. Assist an t Typographer. Circulat ion Rh cb a Sm it h . Manager : Pam G reen and Ca llie S m ith , Ass istan ts . • Accou ntin g Gaylene Zaionz . Manag er: Judy Klin ger. Mike Klinger. 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