Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Pass it on IINSIDE ~ While read in g vo lu m e X III : Number 25, J un e 29, 19 76 ed itio n o f Cy cle Ne ws West. I cam e across a sh ort blurb in J ack Man gu s' Loudon , N. H. R oad Race story, tha t to say the leas t , su rprised the hell ou t o f me. "McLaughlin had "crash ed " in th e pits tr y in g to avo id one o f the co u n tl ess pit blo c kers wh o all d ispl aye d o ne form or a nother o f ·"official passes" . In the fir st pl ace, we ca n d o witho ut pit race rs. Seco nd off, in the p ast four years I've see n q uite a n increase in press p er s onnel di spl aying photograp he rs passes. I belie ve it sho ul d be m anda t or y fo r al l p ress people: to not only ca rr y a ca m ara , bu t also kn ow ho w to operate th e equipment th ey carry . The reason I'm speakin g ou t is to cred it t he se press people for n ot o n ly o bstruc ti ng th e ri der's view, bu t also o bstr uc t ing the view o f th e flag m en . By th e way, guess wh o I sa w standing down in turns 1 a nd 2 a t the rec en t San J ose Mile . Who else, St eve McLaughlin. ~Where did he acq uire hi s pass? Castle Rock TT ..•••.•..6 t 500 National MX . •.•. •.•8 (.0 Karsmakc:rs co m es fro m behind I"- W/ERA Road Race ••... .10 Hometown heroes do it again O'l Emde upholds th e family tradition ....-i International Date line ...12 Maico's make hay in Gre at Britain, while Williams waits for Sheene, Western Hot line 16 jennings and Elli o t t pou r it on Desert Hotline 24 May es comes back again Political Lifeline 26 I can 't hear you, you 've been outlawed 28 Northern Dateline Piney woods and exhaust smoke KTM 250 Test . . .. .. ..•40 Dual purpose budget buster Central Pipeline 42 ROB FULTON No rw alk, Cal if. ' T exas MX Ch ampio nsh ip s I an d II 48 50 52 Speedway Personality Results Ticked off Regarding y o u r comment to Steve O N TIlE COVER: Son n y Burres sets his sights on -t he factory boys before:' m o wing them down at Castle Rock. Dan Mahony photo. Taradonia 's le tter in July 6, 1976 issue : I felt y ou r co m me n t was rather unsympathetic. We have e no ugh trouble in the desert, as well as the "Dirt Biker" image a s it is. I just get p _ oo till my eyes tum yellow when I hear about so me little b -- pulling some p it ra cer stunts. Since some turkeys don't seem to care abo u t what they're doing to all of us , in order to save: our own ne cks , we've got to speak to the dummies with a rubber m allet and I don 't th ink y o u could over-emphasize it . Than ks for listen'. JOHN MC GUIRE West Covina, Cal if. Sorry , the answer wasn 't meant to sou nd un concern ed or. u nsy mpathe tic. Vandals will be vandals whe th er th ey are in an other van, on a horse, walking• . or riding a bik e. Th e fa ct that they ex ist at all is something we all have to live with , like it or not. Beside s, dumm ies do n't list en cause if th ey did, th ey w o uldn 't pull dumm y s t u n t s anymore . . . Ed. Sharon O ayto n. Puhlisher kohnt L. Nor Ye lle, Gen er al Man aK r c : .Alml MC'Wt on . Se cretary lo Publisher AdwrtiIing IJnda Clark. , AdvC'r tisin~ Man age r Chris Kolbet, AdvC'l'lisinJt Assis ta nt EdiloNl ~C' Cilml)bcll. Sen ior Ed it or . Judy Wa sc l. Editor. Bohi Scott , Ed ito r. Art -.I Production Barbara Mizuno. Pro d uctio n Manager : Pam Grant. Advertis ing Productio n Director " Assist ant Typographer: Den nis Cox. Lab Tech n ician : Mar ion n.tashi ta, Typographer: Mike Klinger, Lab and Pro d uction Assistan t. How 'bout Howerton What 's t he la test on Kent Howerton? We miss hi m - has he slow ed down? Been su spended? Has he learned to co nt rol his temper? Is he going to get married so on, since he has bough t a home ? Wher e does he stand " o verall" nationally? FANS OF CYCLE NEWS Waco, T exas ~ Rhch a Sm ith. ManOlRcr ; Pam G ree n and Ca llie Smith. Assist ant s. Acalunting , C.ylene Zaionz, Manager;Judy Klinger, Km Lo rin , Jeannc Hammond. Aaistanu : Dave Auld, Rhonda Van Doren, Credit Departmen t, Sen"-.lS~ MichKI Colibs. Dennis Wat u . Juan iu Blanton. receptionist . West P.O. 110. 498, Long Bea ch , CA 9080 I. 12 13) 427·7433 : L.A . Line 63 6·8844. (Telex 656-3 30) East P.O. IIox 80S, Tucker, G A 30084 , GA 30084. . (404) 93 4-7 8 50, (Tek . 542·7 77 ) $a ' ipticwt 0nC' ye-aI'". se cond class m ail 5 12 .50 ; 2 ye-ars. second class m ail. $ 2 2.50 ; 3 ye-an. se cond class mail. $30.00 : Copynp t Cycle News, Inc. 1976. T rade mar k KpteKd U.S. Patent Office. All rights I"C'XFYe-d. Publishe-d weekly except the rin t and last week of th e calen da r year by Cycle News, Inc.. P.O. Box 4 9M , l.oog Beach . Cal iforn ia. Second cl ass pos,- paid .t Lo ng Beach, CA . 90 MO I. t Alilolial sto rie's.. car to o ns. p h otos . e tc. OU'C" welc o me . Ad d ressed. st amped n1wdoPc 3SSUres return of u npurchased tdilori~ na.alla. Reprinting in wh ole o r p..... only by pe rm ission of the p ubl ishc n. Advertising ra tes and circublion in fo rmation will be- sent 4 upon KqunL See S. R. lJ.S. Doctor prescribes un ity I am a lifc:1ong fan of cy cle, dirt ch am pionship car a n d sprint car racing. I have driven th ou san d s o f miles ye arly to a tte n d th ese ra ces . I fir st saw j .C. Agajanian at the 1964 Pik es Pea k Auto Hillcli mb, an even t that he promoted. It is m y op i n i on that Aggie bas co ntri b u ted im m eas u rea bly to bo th au to and cycle racing. His personal gain has always been secondary to th e go od o f the sport. The Colorado Hill climb is no lo nger the gre at spe ct acle it was when Aggie was the promoter, and for wh atever the re ason we have witnessed th e los s o f th e Sacram en to Mile . Last year while Aggie was ill Ascot had an other manager . TI, e season closed premature ly wh en th e la ndl ord padlocked th e gate . 'The best news this y ea r was th at Aggie was back . It is my opin ion t h a t the greatest threat to organized ra cing is bi ckering a nd div ision a m o ng the managers a nd participan ts . I have seen man y races and race tr acks halted perman ently even th ough the co m p e ti to rs, faci lities a nd fans were readil y available. I move that we: try to hal t th e divisions among the parties and give Aggie th e h onor th at h e deserves for being a gre at con t ri b utor to th e racing fra ternity. j .R. GRAHAM, M.D. Sierra Vis ta, Ariz. A very goo d idea Dr. Graham. All we have to do now is convince th e rid ers and th e A MA . . . Ed. Someh ow w e thin k you already kn ow the answers. Kent curren tly leads the 500 Nat ional standings, . hasn 't bun susp ended , hasn 't punch ed an yo ne ou t lately , hasn 't been on the cover of th e National Singles Register and has not slowed down . . . Ed. Write-in I would like a co rr espo n d e nc e co urs e so I can report on the Cy cle Ne ws eve n t s in th is ar ea. Thank yo u. Riverside - thorny rose garden Regarding th e demise of Rawhide : Wc:1come to t he world o f Riverside Co unty polit ics where th e hysterical pyscho tic rul es over reason a nd fac t. The arti cle reads like an in sta nt replay o f Corona Raceway 's fight fo r su rvival. including the woman. Coron a, u nlike Rawhide , is still alive a nd still figh ting, but as long as a handful of com p laine rs ou t of th ree hu ndred are re cognized, and as long as those who make t he rulings have su ch infinitesimal knowl edge of the sport, it will be an up-hill fight. Fa ir? No ! Politic al? Yo u can . bet y ou r spark plug! Remember it whe n ele ction ti me ro lls aro und, E I.A IN E j O N ES Riverside, Calif. RO BERT L. PR ESSER,JR. Del Rio, Texas OK R ob ert, yo u go t it: Hop e tp hear fr om you soo n. If you fin d anymore will ing writers, te ll th em to drop us a card . . . Ed. o The vie ws ex pressed in this colu mn ana o the r colu mns appearing on th e f ollowing pages are solt:ly those of the authors an d do not necessarily reflect the off icial position of Cy cle News West or Cyclt: News, In c. Qy.tilif ied readers wishing fr et: and eqtuJl rebu t tal space sh ould con tact tlu Editor.

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