Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

ever y Friday ni ght a nd unfortunate ly wh en I don ' t , th ey have n o m edia to find the res ults o f the Junior races . Since Cvcle New s d oes suc h an excelle n t job of ' reporting t he weekly, national and lo c a l m o t orc y cle raci ng even ts. [ tho ught you might co nside r in the fu ture devoting a little space the Jun ior Speedway resu lt s. DI A N E BUTLER .Arcad ia, Calif. INSIDE Nat'l. Mile '0 . •. • • • . .. ... 6 The circus comes to Albuquerque Canadian GP • •• •. . . . .. . .8 T wo more for the dentist Hopefu lly , within the next two weeks. we will starting running race reports on J unior Spe edway events, as well as results. Loo k for it in the " Speedway " section . . . Ed. 125 Nat'l. MX • . . . . ••. .10 Wise wails Kaiser's Ridge International •••... •... 12 Moisseev rushes British 250 GP West 14 So Cal & points east Mammoth moto madness 20 24 Dez Products tried . . . and it's all true. North ••• ••. .. •.... •..28 Results •.. • . ..... . . . ..32 Speedway 36 Central 38 Calendar • • ••.•• •. ..... 40 Rail job 48 Rawhide Par k ridden out of to wn ON THE COVER: Springer sprayin' and a portrait of Murderer's Row. Ph o to s by Dan Mahony andJim Gianatsis. Hello from the land of WFO I feel that you are overlooking some fine talent do wn he re in the Lone 'S tar state. Ask Steve Wise or Kent Howert on about Danny Do ss, Richard Reeves, Dicky Turnbo, Roger Brown, Louis Pressly and young Mel Newman. Compare California's write ups against Central's race results . .. Ler's even things up . I realize the AMA isn't as strong out in armadillo country as it is on the west co as t , but motocross is as much a part of Texas as Willie Nelson and Lone Star longnecks, MONTE NEWMAN San An gelo, T exas Sorry Monte , but what you see is what we get. If y ou 're inte rested in covering so me of that territory , let us kn o w, we cou ld use th e help. . . Ed. S ha ron Cl a y ton, Publ is h er Robe rt L N o r Velle , General ~ I.m a ~c r . Ed n a Mewt on, S ecretary to Pu b lish e r Ad wert ising Linda Cl ark , Ad vert isin lit Man agC' T C h ris Ku lbe t. Ad ver -tising A ssis ta n t Editorial Lane Ca m p he ll, Senior Edi to r . .Io tl y Wei"iC'J . Ed i tor, Bo hi S CUll, Edito r. An and Production Barbara Mizuno , Production Man ager : Pam Gra n t. Advertising Producti on Dire cto r & Assistant Typ ogr aph er; Den nis Cox. Lab Tec h nician: 1\1 ari on Hatashita, Typographer ; Mike Klinger , Lab and Producti on Assist ant. Mad about Bruceor is it Bob? After leading the 250cc class a t th e Baja 500 by 25 minutes, a nd being at approximately the sam e total elapsed time a t the three-quarter mark as even tual overall winners Roesele r and Bakken , t he team of Bruce Ogilvie and Bob Rutten di d not even receive an acknowledgement of thei r existence in your race repo rt of t he 500. It is too bad th e Harley-Davidson broke a front ax le 100 m iles from the finis h - b ut after such a n incredible ride, leading overall, and precipitating a heavy volume of perspirat ion fr om th e members of Team Husky in anticipation of a possible defeat , surel y your reporter co u ld have seen fit to say so meth ing about Ogilvie's and Rutten's efforts? ! M. THUNDERPUSSY Hemet, Calif. Small request l\l y two yo ung so ns are avid speedway fan s but are p ar ti cul:,rly interested in J u nior Speed way. Sin ce o ur closest track is Irwindale and they d o no t have Junior Spee dway events, I find m ysel f h aul in g a ca r lo ad of youngste rs all th e wa y d own to Oran ge Co u nty Fairground s on Friday nigh ts. Ven tura is too far away. I can ' t ta ke these kid s to th e t rac k I wo uld like to know if your writer was present at the Mammoth Mo untain Motocross , and if so was he awake. asleep, in a stupor d ue to altitude, drunk, with a girl who was ge ttin g too much or not enough (recreation, I m ean), all the above , or none of the above. Since when does a race the caliber of Mam moth , whic h draws 500 sp ort sm en riders, and 300 Experts, plus many top name pros rate m in iscu le co ve rage , wi th broad generalities and n o specifics . Fo r instance , Mike Bell, did win the Open class ; however, Pat Richter hel d a 32 second lead on Bell until his shocks faded, but still managed a third. In the second moto, Richter took first with a 40 second lead on Bell, who saw his second place fade to Marty Tripes. Bell, regained second when Tripes lo st his shocks. Very little was said about the track.. the scenery , the town, or the people who st aged the ra ce. The track has to be the top tr ack in California. It has every possible o bstacle to test a rider's skill and en d u rance . The town opens its doors and hearts to the riders and spectators. ....nen I cam e into town, riders we re tuning their bikes in the streets, driveways , sidewalks, and service stations. The people donated their services and tim e to see that this ra ce went off without a hitch . I sin cerely hope , that in the future when a ra ce the cal ibe r o f Mammoth comes up, that yo u sen d someone who has motocross at heart, rather than someone who writes in the broad generalities of a fifth grader. This sport ne ed s all the help it can get. WILLIAM R. SCH MIDT S.V .S. Pro m o t io ns If you believe that J od y Weisel do esn't have motocross at heart , you ob viously do n't kn ow J od y. Th e Mammoth MX report was printed th e day after it ran, two week s earlier than th e ye ar before. Mammoth co verage had as mu ch space as it 's had in th e past, but unfortunately had to share th e pap er wi th Baja. a Grand Nat ional Half -Mile, a 5 00 MX Nat ional, the Bad R o ck Two-Day, th e Yugoslavian GP, th e Belgian Formula 750 round, Marty Smith's GP win in Denmark, th e Belgian 125 MX GP and a J immy Wein ert interview. It 's hard to please eve ry bo dy , but we try . .. Ed. Cira.dation Rhcha Sm ith. !\IanaK er; Pam G re e n and Ca llie Sm ith. Assistants. Aa:ounting Gaylcnc Zaionz, Man agcr :judy Kl inger , Ken Lorin, Jeanne Hammond, Assistants: Dave Auld. Rh onda Van Doren, Credit Department. Serwice and Support • Michael Colikas . Den n is Wat ts , Juanita Blanton. receptionist. West r.o. Bo x 498. Long Beach . CA 9080 I. (2 13) 42 7·7 433 ; L.A . Line 636·8844. [Telex 6!i6·3 30) From Mammoth with love East r.o. Box 805, Tuck er , G A 30084, GA 300 84. (404) 934-7850. (Td

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