Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

ilNSIDE ~ t Toledo Nat'l. 6 A groove fo r Springer, traffic jam for the rest Thum per MX 8 Bell, T ripes & Tripes with valves International 10, 12 Trophee des Na ti o ns t o Belgians ; Palomo in Dutch West 14 Cook 's b o rr o w ed bike boogie. & other tarmac t ales 20 Dez DRA & D-37 do it in the waste Speedway 26 Team All-Stars shine North To mmy Croft 28 32 VOICBS OPTBE S Starship rider Resu Its . . .•.. • •••• ••• •34 Central 38 AW . SA.M . You'Re AL..WAYS COMPLAINING ON THE CO V E R : At Car lsb ad , sam e cast, diffe rent stro kes. Bell , Smith, Fo lan d, Croft at the Fo ur Stroke MX GP. Ph oto by t he Kling. A60UT THe: C.OURses f'j-~=,;p....\"1 we LAY OUT ! much thanks to Tri County'sJim Croco and Ed Christia nsen. Although Leonar d 's still hospitaliz ed, he's in much b etter conditon than t hough t at th e t ime of th e accident. Due t o t h e super help rec eived, he is recovering and feel ing much b etter. G INO T .W.M.C. What does it t ake? Ou r p ersonnel h ave sp ent the en t ire day phonin g to vario u s High Sch ools and Junior Colleges trying to arouse in ter est in a motorcy cle safety ed ucatio n pro gram. The Yamah a factory r ecently ca me out with a pro gram for d ea lers t o work w ith local schools and clu bs in est ab lishing rider safety educat io n programs. Un der t heir progr am, the motorcy cles , servicin g, d eal er representation , lecture assistance and classroom aids were all provided fre e to the school. What was the re action of t he schools we cal led? "We don't have the funds for such a program ;" "We don't have a qualified inst ru ct or;" " St ud ents and parents have not exp ressed a desire for such a program." As with all road legislat ion, it is public demand t hat will cau se thin gs to ch an ge. We feel sure ther e ar e you ng people o ut there. who want such a safe ty program and that there must be a school out there willing, with o ur help, t o get the program st arted. GARY R AYNER Manager, Custom City Yamaha They 're being sorta straight with you, Gary ; they honestly don't have mo neyor qualified help. Th e resp onsibilit y for. that lies with the school boards who make the day-to-day spending decisions and the state legislature that provides the money - elected officials all. For exa mple, Assembly man Carte r 's A B 1809, which would have funded such programs, got sh ot down. To change things, we're all in fo r a long pu ll, buttonholing and lob by ing these politicos at both loca l and state levels. Meanw h ile, you teeners and parents o ut the re wh o want this kind of help , you've got friends in Ya maha and in d ealers lik e Gary. Get in touch and get to get h er . . . Ed. Sharon Clayto n, Publisher Robert L. 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Go nna be a star someday I'll nev er forget it as lo ng as I live . I took one long look at Kent Howerton riding the tricycle I gave him for his fifth b irthday and I t urned to his fa t h er and said , " One of t hese days that boy will be 500cc Na tion al Mo t ocross Champion. " I still have one of his old handlebar grips to prove it. Congratulations not only to Kent but to y ou r excellent pu blicat ion as well. The photos of the final 500 National in New Orleans prove that Jody Weisel does m or e than sit on his butt and swill beer at the races he covers. That shot of "Gassin' Gay lon " Mosi er knocked my so cks off. I fee l lu c ky as hell being able to watch and compete agai nst rid er s like Kent, Steve St acka ble, Steve Wise, Wyman Priddy and others on their ho m e t racks here in T exas. I realize that not everyone is as fo rtunate. For these people, " Cy cle News" is the n ext be st thing to being there. "SMOKE Y JO E" MILIAN Aus ti n, Tex. Director's chair? I am trying to plan m y race strat egy for the rest o f t he year. Do .y ou know where I can get a go od deal on a director's chair? DA VID L. RAMSEY CMC RR No. 5 1 Orange, Calif. You planning on racing chairs, Dave r Th e last time th e Lam e Camel tried th at, h e f ell off, totalled his office chair an d c r acked t he p laste r downstairs . . . Ed. crash and burn During CRC ' s Cocks Cro w Enduro Se ptember 12, a very bad endo left one of our riders with a punct ur ed lu ng, broken sh ou lder, co llarbone an d abo ut six r ibs. Bein g in an almo st u naccessibl e location and barely b ein g able to mo ve or breathe , things didn 't look too boogie woo gie. Much thanks to CRC's Dale Gordon (f irst time out to the desert ) for the help in transporting the rider ou t, and then to Tri Count y 's Amb ulance. 'Also I have always heard that Oregon wa s a bad place for Cali fo rnia riders t o try an d get p o in ts; now I believe it . At bot h recent Regionals t here was only one th ree lap pract ice ; - hardly enough ti me t o decide w hat lin e to take and what gearing an d tires will wo rk. I n ever saw t h e referee m ake h is m an dato ry tou r of the .t rack to see if it was safe. To my m ind, a few more haybales placed around the turns might have helped t he two rider s, one being m y boyfriend, Shawn Leipold, from going through t he fence so har d . Shawn and I would like to thank Vince Mead, AI Mintz, Pete Bast oni, and Eddie Lawson for loading up our stuff and helping us to get home. Shawn is do ing okay now a nd we m ight be back racing soon. VIVIAN VARELA T aft, Calif. Death and taxes department Why do so m an y dirt riders have to pay fed eral excise t ax on off road tires and tubes? Off-highway trucks don't have to pay their highway tax on gas . . . JI.M J OHNSON Corvallis, Ore. Go od question, J im ; and one that on ly th e Feds (or a law yer) cou ld answ er. Ther e 's lo ts of th ings we 're being tax ed fo r without getting any benefit, and high time w e raised a stink . . . Ed. 11111111.1.11 • • • • • • • 11111. The views ex p ressed in th is colu mn ana a th er columns appearing on the following pages are solely thos e of the au thors and do no t necessarily refl ect th e official position of Cycle N ews West or Cycle News, In c. Qualified read ers wishing fr ee and equal reb uttal space should co ntact th e Editor.

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