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Cycle News 1976 07 13

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• . I II ~ t Sonny Hogue Novice Pacific TH The 125 USGP is th is Sunday i Lexingto n , Ohi o . Gaston Rahier, wh has alre ady clinched his title , will be th headlin er alo ng wi th Czech s J ' Churavy and Zdenek Velky . America hopes rest wi th last year 's USG P winne Marty Smi th an d cu rren t favo rit " Hurri cane" Hannah . Ot her forei entries incl ude Tommy Olsso (Sweden ), Wern er Schultz (Germany) Masuru Ideka UapanJ, Jo rn Han manso (Den mar k ) and Thomas Goin ge (Ve nezula}, Burres, Ted Davidson and Dan are the Expert, Junior and leaders, respectively in the AMA Regional pro standings. Oregon Motorcycle Road Race Assoc. has gone to a 100% p ayback system for (250cc) and Open lightweight (2 51-750cc) GP, based o n a 520 entry fee. They say th at the average size 250 class the y've been getting a t Delta Park would payout about 5400 p urse for the class, meanin g about h al f the riders wo u ld go ho me breaking even or bette r. Bigger class entry, bi gger money, of co urse. t.D l' en ,....; ~ C(') ,....; ~ The July 4th British 500 GP was not day of American celebration as Ton DiStefano and Brad Lackey failed t make the top five. British Teenage Graham Noyce won the first mot ahead of Wolsink, DeCoster, Herbe Schmitz (Puc), and John Banks. Lack was sixth. Adolph Wei! won the seco moto followed by DeCoster, Vic Allen Ake Jonsson, Van Velthoven and Herbert Schmitz. With two 500 GP's t go DeCoster still holds a two moto lead over teammate Gerritt Wolsink. Tip of the Wealey duckbill to Bobby Jay of Albuquerque, not only for helping promote a fine first-effort National Mile, but also for serv ing up some unforgettable burritos, afterwards. "'3 I-) Delayed co urse co nst ruc t io n work forced the org anizers to cancel an August 8 Formula 750 rac e set for Ahven isto, Finland. Gary Nixon still lea ds th e serie s, which is in recess until July 18, wh en it p icks up again in Sweden. Have we started something? The Honda Hunnies, American Honda 's lady softballers, challenge Suzuki's girls , or guys, for that matter. The gau ntlet is down, fol ks. If that weren't bizarre enough, there's a rumor that the final event at W/ERA's July 17-18 Ontario extravaganza will be a ten-lap VAN RACE! I dunno . . . is there room in Southern Californ ia for two Mike Goodwins? A word on bike prep - double chec k the front cable routing on those lo ng-stroke front ends, making su re it can't snag and pull the brake on as the forks work. This has already caused some pretty horrendous crashes. One specific culprit is open-loop cab le.guides th at allow the ca ble to pop au t an d wave around loose when things get real ly violent. Best to replace 'em with closed-loop guides if y ou r bike's got 'em. Nigel Adams DeCoster, 8 lb., 7 % oz., is the new arrival at the Roger and Laurie D. household, born Saturday, June 26 in Santa Barbara, California. Already, he 's front wheel high: 21 inches. Hop~ Ranch We hear that quite a few sidehack team fro m California are going to be tr aveling up to Ore gon for the OMRRA Natio nal ro ad race at De lta Park, near Portland. July 1 \. Two weeks after the Bad Rock Two Day Trial, Dick Mann finally went to the doctor, complaining that the "pain in the neck" was getting to him. It was broken ; that's why it hurt. hearing Be t here or lose it! The Sitrra Club is ex pe cted to try to p ack th e July 9 hearing at wh ich California's Parks &: Recreation Dep t. will decide th e fat e of its newly-acquired Hope Ranch property. The An gele s chapter has already managed to generate 600 letters aga inst opening the property at ORVs. Naturally, th e State Geologist's report is also negative. The posey-sniffers have already locked up nearby Malibu State Park as their private preserve. If Hope Ranch is ever to be cl assified as a recreation area that you can use, it will be because enough Los Angeles-area bikers showed up to convince them we need green space, too. Savvy? Meeting time and place: J uly 9. beRinning 10 :30 a.m. Ventura City Council Chambers 501 Poll Street Ventura, California. Ken Roberts, the MX bi cycle mogul. Or soon to be, if h is n am e brand of tr ick plated-frame pedallers takes off. Formalizing its organizational spl it along pro/amateur lines, AMA has named Bill Boyce Director of Professional Racing, and Jim Nidiffer as Acting Director of Amateur and Member Activities. (Whew!l Apparently, staffs will be split under the two directorships, and each separate "world" will get more detailed attention in Westerville. Fo r the first time this ye ar AMA is trying an open p it policy at th e July 24 th Oly Superbowl o f Mo to cro ss. Waist hig h partitio ns wi ll separate t he working pits, bu t t his will give y ou an up-fr a n t view 0 f the latest trick machinery and all of the superstars. Bob Hannah wheelies up to Rick Burgett and prepares to hop over him! Just a couple of guys preparing for a 500 National. The Associated Blazers of California are getting a lot of well-deserved praise for their efforts in trail repair and cabin restoration at Monache and Bakeoven l\IIeadows on the Kern 'Plat ea u - all as a club project under the Sequioa Nat'l. Forest's Volunteer Action Program. Bike groups, take note, and call the rangers at (209) 784-1500 if you 'd like to lend a hand on a worthwhile project. Would y o u believe th ere 's such a thing as a 38o-pou nd street-legal Sportster? Arnie at Harley-Davidson West rides one such, with a Harry Hindall frame - even sho ws up at Griffith Park with it, now an d the n. Got re arsets, BMW-sty le bars , ,Sn owfl ake wheels, really trick. It even handles! What's th is world co m ing to? More rumors. Now we hear that Rokon's seriously ' considering a 360cc automatic "clubman" road racer, if they . can make it quiet enough for the street. BLM has as ked if there 's any gro up o r organization that would head up a cleanup camp aign for Gre at Falls Basin, in th e Arg us Mtns., near Trona, California. Anybody will in g to put in a o ne -day cleanup to help keep th e area open and free of controls? Call th em at (8 05 ) 86 1-4 1 9 1 during working h o ur s. Schools: One for ' sp eedway, two days, taugh t by Mike Bast at the Maely 17- 18 . Call (714) Ran cho, J uly 735-0540 for info. Another, for road racing, ta ught by Tommy Byars at Oak Hill Raceway , Hen der so n ; Texas, July 11 weekend. ' You say y ou don 't live in Texas? Tough. Last month there was a bit of a rider boycott brewing against Medford Speedway over track safety conditions and trophy payouts. A petition was circulated with quite a few well·known local signatures; all the racing Words, Bruce Smylie, Cecil Arispe, Brian Peterson, the Stover, Cook and Diltz families, plus about a dozen others. What now, folks? Any new news? Special stadium cross machinery is be ing built by stadium title chase leader, J im Weinert, 75, Superbowl champ Jim Ellis, and even American's great Grand Prix hope, Jim Pomeroy, who is awa iting arrival of a one-off from Spa in. John Grace of Bultaco is now in Spain personally handling the sh ipment. 2 Lots of BLM public mee tings co ming up th is mo n th - Riverside Dist, July 15, State Ad Ho c ORV Committee in Sacramento July 12, Bakersfield Dist, July ' 23 -24, and the full St ate Ad viso ry Board in Sacramento July 29-30. At most of these meetings, the subje ct of "rechartering" . will co me up. That's when they decide how many members each board shall have , an d what groups each mem ber sho u ld rep resent. That ive au an ideas? III III I-

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