Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

You may contact Burt Vaughn, President of Snore. (702) 452·5080; Peter Firestone, (602) 948-5440 or 947-4115; or me (70 2) 385-7440 for more information. K.J. HOWE Las Vegas. Nev. INSIDE· 250 Nat'l. Championship ..6 DiStefano an d Pepe win Pontiac dirt track A Cadillac or Pinto 8 for your head Roo kie ravage Grand National circuit Colorado trials round .. ..12 Riding the Ro ckies International Dateline . ..14 DeCoster, Lackey score, Wo lsink wins Trask Two-day ... " .....16 J ack Penton wins overall Western Hotline 18 Viewfinders GP Yamaha YZ 250 test .. . . 24 A lo o k at th e present an d future? Desert Hotline 26 DRA desert race Northern Dateline. . . . .. 28 Results " , .. 32 Speedway , .. , .. 36 O N THE COVER: 19 year old Tony DiStefano secu r ed his seco nd consecutive 250 National in Mo to cr oss Ch ampionship Sou thwick Mass. Photo by Ch arles . Morey. They must be somewhere The Laverda Owners ' Club (U.S.A.) is now organized and sol vent, but we are still having difficulty ' in co n tact ing Ame ric an Eagle and Laverda owners in this cou n try . . Any owner in terested in th e club an d desirin g more info rmatio n ca n co n tact me by letter. MICHAEL P. KA VULA,JR. 5322 Will Scarlet Lane In dianapolis, In dian a 46208 Keep a big heart ticking Walt Lott, Pres ident of Walt 's Racing Association - who brought yo u two terrific races in Laughlin - a fo rm er Presiden t of Snore, and Chief-Steward . for as many Mint 400s as an yone can remember, suffered a heart ailment prior to the 1976 Mint 400 . He . recuperated sufficien tly to perform his du ties at th e Mint this year: however, Walt mus t soon undergo a serious and expen sive operation to . correct two defective arteries an d restor e his health . As all of u s are prone to do, we worry more ab o ut o th er peo ple than we do Sharo n Clay to n. Publishe r Rohert L. Xor Veli e , Ge nera l ~lan a ll:c r Edna Mewton. Se cre tary to Publ ish e r Advertising .. Linda Clark, Ad vcrtisinJjt Manager ourselves; and therein lies another problem with the congenial Mr. Lott. He has no medical insurance in eff ec t to co ver this costiy operation. Peter Firestone , a fellow co mpe t itor, has contacted on e of America 's top heart surgeons to perform this operation in a Phoenix hospit al and th e doctor, because o f his friendship with Mr. Firestone, has gene ro us ly waived his fee for th e su rgery . However, $l O.OOO.mus t be p aid to th e hospi tal for the vari o us tests . Xsrays, ho spi tal room, and associa ted costs. Walt nee ds help. Snore has donated the pro fits from their up coming Midn igh t Special in July to Walt 's cause . Other co ntribu ti ons are forthcoming fro m all q uarters in the Las Vegas area, but it wo n't be eno ugh. I solicit your hel p , as individ ual s and as o rganizations, to do wh at you can to assist one of off-road racing's fo und ing fa thers and all arou nd goo d guy . Walt has a he art as big as go ld, an d da mmit, we . need -good pe ople like him in off-road racing. Do wha t you can for him. Help keep one of th e bi ggest hearts in the world t icking! Chris Kolbe t , AdvcrtisinJit A ssist an t Editorial . Lane Campbell, Sen ior Ed itor• .Io u y W,.isc l. Edito r. Boh i Sco t t , Editor. Art and Production Barbara Mizuno. Production Man age r ; Pam Grant . Adverti sing Pro duction Director & Assista nt Typ ographer ; Dennis Co x . Lab Tech nician ; M ar ion Ha tas hi ta, T ypograp h er ; Mikc Klin ger . Lab and Product ion Assist ant , Circulation . Rhcba Smith. ManaKcr: Pa m Gree n and Ca llie Smith , Ass istan ts. ACcounti~ Gaylene Zai o nz . Manager;Judy Klinger, Mike Klinger, Jeanne Ha m mo nd, Assi stant5; Tom Hunter , Rhonda Van Doren, Credit Department. Service and Support Michael Colikas, Dennis Watts. Juan it a Blan ton. receptionist . Wnt P.O . 8 0 x 4 9 8 , Lon g Bea ch. CA 9080 I. (2 13) 427-7433: L.A . Line 63 6-8844 . (Td

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