Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

INSIDE Upshot Dates & Data ; Camel Pro short track 250 (male?) Jr. class? If she can ride at all in the male class, it should be in the Expert division. But since the Powder Puffs exist, the girls should stay with their classification to sign-up as a male contender and . completely divorce themselves from all Powder Puff competition. The way it is in one particular case, is that if the male competition looks too tough for her to win atrophy, then she will sign -up that particular day to race against the girls, which is unfair to the other girls to have to compete against a "male competitor". I.M. AFRAID Van Nuys, CA- 3 5 6 Poovey pumps Talladega Bonneville Speed Trials _...8 Slippi n' and slid in' International Dateline ...11 Gaston keeps coo ki ng Malcolm Smith 12 Preparing for his ninth ISDT . 14 Western Hotline P.S. Afraid to identify myself for fear of retribution by powder puff boyfriends, fathers, sponsors or mean girls. Big name. come home Desert Hotline 20 Triple header Opinion Northern Dateline Political Lifeline The perennial "Where to ride" gambit 23 .26 30 I'm having a difficult time f"mding areas to ride. The government seem. to be changing the designated areas frequently. Could you tell me which areas in California are open to cross-country riding and which areas are for only trail riding? RALPH WElL Fountain Valley, CA- Smell anything? Speedway Photo funnies Results Central Pipeline 32 33 34 38 ON THE COVER: Texas MXer Roger Brown roosts some multi-colored Lone Star terra firma. Photo by Susan Hoermann. You ask all the easy ones. Ralph. The two major agencies administering Federal land in California are the BLM and the u.s. Forest Serivce. Expect most (but not all) Forest Service land to be existing or designated roads & trails. Separate OR V use plans are being de veloped by Angeles. Cleveland, San Bernardino, Los Padr es, Sequoia and Inyo Nat'l: For ests, just to name a few in our area. Check the "US Go vernment" section of your phone book, and with a little digging, you can obtain th e prop er addresses to write and get involved. BLM is changing all th e rules again (Read ab out it in Political Lifelin e). For th e time being, recreation maps can be had via th e Riverside District Office, 1695 Spruce sc, R iverside, CAo 92507 (714) 787 -1424 . . . Happy hunting . . . . Ed. Sharon Clayton. Publisher Rober t L. Nor Ve lie . General M.m aI(t'T . Ed na ~l l:wl o n . Secre ta ry to Publ isher Advenising Linda Clark, Atl vt'rt isin R ~l anage r Ch ris Kol ber , Ad ve r t iain g Assis tant Editorial Lan e Ca mpbe ll, Sen io r Ed uor, Judy Weisel , Editor, Bob i Sco t t, Edit o r. . Art and Production Just another fan I am writing this letter so that Sue "The Flying" Fish will know that 1 think v she is the fastest Flying Foxx I And she should race CMC more often, . Barbara Mizuno . Produ cti on Man ager; ' R ita Dr c s scndorfer. · Ad ve rtis ing YAMAHA KID NO. 179 Los Angeles, CA. , Pr oducti on: Dennis Cox, Lab Te chni ci an; Marion Hat ashita, Typographer ; Mik e Kling er, Lab an d Production Assistan t. CiraJiation P.S. That picture of Bob Hannah at Ohio was totally Sano. Rh cba Sm ith. Man ager : Pam Green a nd Ca llie S mith, Assistan ts . Hour 's th at for true love . . . Ed. Accounting Gayl ene Zai ona, Man ager; Ken Lorin. assis tan t ; J eanne Hammond. Acc ts. Receivabl e ; Pamela Dick erson an d Carol y n Branh am . assistants; Judy Klinger , Cre dit Dep t.: Rhonda Van Pay the piper. call the tune Dore n. Co llectio n Dept. Service and Support Michael Colikas, De nnis Watts, Juanita Blanton, recept ion ist . . . ~st P.O. Box 49S. l.ong Beach , CA 90S0 I. ( ~ 1 3 ) 4~7-7433; L.A. Line 636-88 44 . East P.O. Box 80,. Tucker, GA 30084. G A 934-78,0. 301184. (40 4) Subscription O ne year. second class m ail S 12.5 0 ; 2 years, second cl ass m a il. $2 2.5 0 ; 3years, second class m ail, 5 30.0 0 ; CLA SS e ~ LWd Mf:MeER Cop yriltht Cy cle News, In c. 1976. Tr ade mark registered U.S. Patent Office . All rights res erv ed. Pu blished weekly except th e firsl and last week o f the calen da r year bv Cycle News. In c.. P.O. Box 498, Lon g Beach. California. Second class postage paid at Long Beach , CA. 90 801. EtliloriJ.l sto ries . c art o o n s, ph otos. etc. 4 are welcome. Addressed. stamped envelope assures re turn of unpurchased ed itorial mailer. Reprinting in whole or pari only by permission .S. How to keep honest We read with interest Willt Garnett's letter in a recent issue, and wanted to add our input to the very important question of the adminstration of "box stock" roadracing. Conceptually: the box stock class is the source of most riders coming into the sport. Like most roadracing traditions, it has its basis in Western Europe and Canada. In these areas it enjoys excellent participation and is administrated by professionals, As you so aptly point out the enforcement of the rules is very important and we are constantly trying to upgrade these procedures. All WERA tech inspectors are salaried and are screened carefully (resumes included) before they are hired as tech inspectors. The exception does not prove the rule and if one engine slipped through without being noticed, that does not change the concept of the box stock class. The latest method we are experimenting with in order to enforce , "box stock" utilizes the old weigh t method which brothers in car racing have used for many years. The machine is weighed and if it falls within a certain range then we know it has not been lightened drastically. If it still continues to outpower the machines in its class, we look further for modifications which hav e not been list ed. ' Remember, this, class is one of the most popular in Europe, Canada and certainly in all the WERA events coast t o coast. It does take a certain degree of honesty on the part of the competitors and if that is hard for some individuals we have additional plan. to increase th e penalties for violations of these rules. We thank you for your constructive ,criticism. PETER F R AN K General Manager W/ERA Sot.ir cherries This letter is a complaint against "cherry pickers" and/or "women's libbers". Since I, a male 125 Expert, am not allowed to compete in Powder Puff contests (Beg inner s, Expert, etc.) why is an Expert Powder Puff rider (w it h national standing) allowed to ride in the After reading the "end of Ascot" article, it appear. to be another classic case of the A-'\IA not having their ducks in line. Maybe even a "Nobody said it would be easy." The AMA has once again placed hardships on a lot of guys who were probably depending on As cot. A bunch of people paid a goodly amount of money for their A-'\IA Competition licenses in the So Cal area, expecting to race Ascot at least. But as in a lot of other cases, the AMA did not .Io o k out for the interest of those paying the way. So now, mid-season, things go bad. The CMC is probably a good bunch and the races could go on, but the AMA was paid, not CMC. The AMA doe. a lot for sure. They help a lot of people who don't even know it, and never pay a cent. But if they forget to help those who pay they won't get paid. JAMES DAVIS Baton Rouge, LA. • • • • • •• • • • • ' .1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 • • The views expressed in this column ana o th er columns appearing on the following pages are s,?lely those of the authors and d o not necessarily reflect the official position of Cycle News West or Cycle News. Inc. Q;lalified readers wishing free and equal rebuttal space sh ould contact th e Editor.

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