Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Motocrosser misses point NSIDE The forgotten majority at Cycle News appears to be the vast number of motocrossers , Coverage has decreased along with quali ty over the past couple weeks . Now you advertise for a new editor to replace morocrosser Jady Weisel , and you don't even care if they are experi enced . I'm sure that motorcrossers are the majority of readers of you r newspaper. We want eq u al cove rage with the small splinter groups of road rashers , politicos. rock hounds and feet s up people. Tell m how you plan to replace Jody Weisel. I'd like to know . BRAD SHERMAN Van Nuys , CA Rac ing in the desert ... .. 8 0 ·37 Gold Rush Enduro . ORA Hare Scrambles 0 -37 Hilltoppers GP. .... 10 Escape-ism at Escape Country Science and Street Bike crashes. . • . .... .. ...... 12 Part Two of the Hurt Study Speedway at the Astrodome 14 Curoso's plan and Bast's 50-yard drive 16 Winter-AMA MX Hurricane Hannah wins in Florida West •... . .. .. ...... . . . 18 Local racing with everybody, everywhere . 22 New Products W a nt a racing team? Buy it. North 24 Good. sneaky enduro Pole. 28 29 Central Motocross Cat Plaster ed agai n. 30 33 Results Calendar ON T HE FRONT PAGE: Bob "Hurricane" Hann ah huffed, puffed , and blew 'em down in Florida with a stoc k motorcycle . Photo by J im Gia natsis . . Darrell Schultz hurt Having so g rea tly enjoyed t he C RC Ba rb cnder end u ro of J anuary 23 , 1977 , I feel o bliga ted to ex p ress' m y ·com p lim ent s. T hey laid o ut a very interesti ng and im aginative end u ro. T he co urse was ext remely well ma rked wit h m ore ribbon th an I ha ve ever seen befo re . T he y ha d I I chec k points , whi ch is rare for famil y end u re s. a nd plenty of checkers at each one, As a n exa m p le of their im agina tio n (o r sad ism ) at about two mi les to the finish of the last loo p , whe re o rd inarily o ne would figure to go balls out and be ea rly at the fin ish , they threw in a sna ky section in and out of huge boulders that had everyone h umping to stay on time . Very sne aky! The job C RC did on thi s enduro proved th em to be a class outfit. WALLY N IS BET Desert Streakers M.C . Buen a Park. CA Da rrell Sc h u ltz , t he No rt he rn Ca lifo rn ia Buli aco pri vat eer , tor~' his k ru-eb a nd d u r in g t he Sa d d leh a c k ro und of th e Golden Sta te Series. Needi n~ surgery . be st ill hop es to be ba c k in t ime fo r t h« 50 0 i\1X Nat ion a ls. .IO N HO USERMAN N O ra ngr-vale. CA Mayes shock sale ChulM C . Clavton . President Bob i Seen. A ~t. to t hf' Presi den t Sharon Clavron . Pu blishe r Ed na \1 ~ion . Secret a ry to thr Pu blis her Advertising Robe- t L. Nor Velt e . N a n ona l r Ma na ger Debbie Wilkins . w este rn Regi on a l Adverti sing SOl in :\h nagt"f C hri.. Kolhe r, Advf"rti"ing Assista nt A d"("rt i,,in~ Sd l~ Editorial [o hu J) l'I rirh . Ed u ur . La m- C. lln p lw ll. "'d illlf . l>.dt·l\ ru w n . A....i..t .lIH Et!itur. Graphics and Production Prod uction : Bon nie St rut in , Ju d y Klinger . T ypograph y: Ma rion H a ta ~h i t. a . C a ro ly!, Br an ha m . La boratory P rod ucti on : Denn is Cow. Ci rculation Rheb a Sm ith . M a n a~r , Pam Juan ita Blamo n , A\.~j~ta nu . Gr('('n a nd Account ing G aylNl I:"" ZaiOnl . ~1 .. n age r . Milt' K l in ~ . AS.L \ .\ tgr. Jt'a n nt' Hammo nd , Accts. Recei va b le . Pam ela Dick."Oo(IO, As..o;t. Accts. Receiva ble . ( Ca th)' Srod gel . Credit Depr. Rhon da Viln Dor en . Coll ec tio n Dept. Services and Support Mich at'l Eolikas , De n n is W ates. Brenda Zodda . Receptio nist . West %201 Cherry Ave .. Lo ng Brach , CA P.O . Box 49R . Lon R Brach , CA 9080 1. ~I ~ ) 427 ·74 33; L.A . Linr636 ·8844 . East P .O . Bo x R05. Tucker , GA 30084 . (4(H ) 9:H 7850 . Subscrip tion One ye ar . seco nd c1 i1U mail $15: % years . seco nd clas.. m ail , $27 ; 3 vears . secon d d a'\S . mail, $$7 .50 . . CbIoS! I L1.Wl M EII/IB ER 4 Co pyright Cycle News. In c . 1977. T rad e mark registered U.S . Pa te-nt Office . All riKhn reserved . P u h l i ~ h rcl wt'l"kly exc ept t hl' finn a nd laM week o f t he ca len d a r yea r by C yclr Nt'Wli, Inc .. P.O . Box 498. Lon K Be ach . C a liforn ia . Sl:' o nd clas.~ p!:t5laJ{r pdid at l.o ng Brach , CA c 9080 1. Edil o rial slori n . ca n oo ns. p hotO!i. r i c. art' wr k om r . A dd r~ . stilm pe d t'n vr lope a... u rn retu rn of unpu rc hasrd r-dn o ria l mater-r. \ Rt'printinJjt in who lt' or pa n only by ~nn i sio n of che p u bli\ hrn . Ad vtrtisinK ra tr s a nd circ ula tion infonna tion will br 'W:'" nt upon rrqursL St't' S.R .D .S. Is that all there is? I though t there shou ld b" m o re to the Supcrr in- Comparison u-st a few iss ue~ b a ck . a nd al so SOIll<" remedies (from th ei r expe-ru-nre ) of how to m ak e th e handl ing- a b k- to usc th e full "g ri prion" ahil ilYof some o f t he tir es. I haw ta lked with lilt' people at Rickev .Race-r a nd found them to b:r-xt remvl y o pen , honest a nd fac tu a l with t hei r ad vice. I'd like to SCI' m o re o f th is o ne-off t es ti n~ Ilt'in,g jo b bed out to "speed shops' a nd afu-rrna rkrt Richter rode KTM only W e attended all the Nationals and Trans -AMA races in 1976 , and saw Pa t Ri chter ridi ng the even ts on a KTM . wearing a KTM jersey. Mike. Conforte . wh o claim ed in a recent letter to Cycle News that R ichter rode. Can -Arns in Eastern Nationals, should produce his evidence before making suc h (fa lse) state ments. Richter rod e KTM , not Can-Am. spccia lists. Mitc h Ma ye s won a pair o f Mo ro rsp ort Air Shocks at the Rams :\I. C . race. He won 't be using them for a whi le, so a nyo ne who wou ld like to b uy them (a nd hel p him out) sho u ld co ntact Mo to rspo rt (21 3) 596·3 69 1. DON F. KESL ER Long Bea ch , CA PV D R mini-enduro Just finis hed reading your a rt icle in Cycle News on t he EI C heapo En d uro , gr eat coverage for all us biggies, b ut what a bo u t all those little guys and ga ls who rode the m in i end u ro on Sa turday? Sure . th ey a re th e Pea nu t Gang now , bu t some of them are o ur fu ture All Am erican riders . Give them credit. praise , a few lines in p rint to keep thei r interes t in a good spo rt. I ho pe m ore clu bs will do som eth ing for th e wee o nes . give the m someth ing to sit a ro u nd the ole ca mpfire and ta lk about. Ha ts off to the Pom on a Va lley , Desert Riders ( P VD R). MAGGI HOLCOMB W estminster, CA CHARLES MO REY Editor , Cycle News Ea st JIM GIANATSIS Motojournalist Tucker, GA KEN PRITCH ET T ~~'l"o n d i d o . CA Th ere is indre d mon' co m ;1l1{ on IIIf' S u p crtirr Co m parison. Bo l. C rossm a n is lI'mN,ill/{ "!' lI'I'l ltiry sk id pa d t ests [or Phasr II , II lId ill I I 'll d s to [ollou i "!' on .H 111H ' of th r pr ohlcms en cou nt ered ill Phase I. For mst a nrr; h i' now ha s (l J.OIi [) rI'lIr II'I/I'<'{ 10 IrV out uvt h t h c Cont mrntnl, u.h irh ,ilf' uide rim is rrru m m rn d rd.. U'(,'re aw aiting Bo b 's results unt h bat ed hr eat h .. . Ed . if" Thanks f or the party I would like to thank all of the m ember s of District 36 Committee a nd th e officia ls for pu tt ing together a really m ea ningful awards m eet ing t his yea r. Also a b ig thanks to th e clubs who threw th e all pla te party. I had a grea t time a nd I'm sure eve ryo ne else di d too . I hav e co m pe ted in th e d istrict for several yea rs, and 't his by fa r ha s bee n th e m ost re wa rding because of the pe op le invo lved . BRIAN THOMPSON Livermore. CA ...X-)" fl,f TIll! t'lity flAY $1'.J fA! 71I£/A5r YO/I( I'l/E ;fE- Y £.i;ij tJip. $tOIlD/IV IV!'CMPIfl .';;' mEE!/ IIiE1V45 vt/JT G /; I;' [p If:VP5 . fmcf/? 7lIE T!C'IIfJ N lfJ/rl 1 W O E / Af Jl tfll!lt/LE L( P f /Jlv7li5AGO, Af'(f) tW1JIliKfJ ( AtE:VE4I... Th e Poop ite m said "A college education , a degree in j ourna lism. or newspaper expe rience all count. but may not be requ ired . " Th e point is, som e tal ent ed people without all of thos e listed qualifications may be able to do a great job. We hasten to point out that Weisel, now an editor fo r Mo to cross Action, did not have a degree in journalism or newspaper experienc e when hired by Cycle N ews. W e have not "[orgotten " anyone. W e suggest t hat y ou A ) rea d more carefully before you writ e; B) not make hasty assumptions; C) enjoy th e art icl e on Bill Buchka an d Bo b Hannah on pag es 5, 6, and 7 of th is issue . . , Ed. . Conforte takes it back In t he J an . 22 issue of Cycle News West a letter I wrote was published . h concerned on e of th e class winners at th e Super Bowl of Motocross , Pat Ri chter . In the letter I sta ted that on occasion he had ridden somethin g o t he r than KTM . I was totall y erro neo us in making thi s statement. I therefore would like to offer m y apologi es to Mr. Richter. MICHAEL CONFO RT No . Hollywood . CA Th e views ex pressed on th is pag e are tho se of th e individual writ ers. and do not necessarily reflect the position of Cycle N ews, Inc ., th e Publisher, or th e Editorial Staff. A ddress lett ers to Voice of Th e W est. clo Cycle News , Box 498, Long Beach , CA 90801. II LL 7lIE tif/? gll(E;1'!/l '/(ET E, f I J. /MCE 1JIE (7I!?I/t IIEIIP'IGIIT 1577GIIT!?1t>1ITAI:l#. & E $E P A#/) &RAKE ) Ai lt ). IT 1(/1) A i I {!ll'l 61 Y.Jt/ $ T/(/fPE f?J,f' W A!EW MTri ,f , llIE 6IIJ i'fl'1V.f 7lIEItt /:/ YA1i4/f/i HltltlLP gE Y filiI I?,f N I'/1IIYT c/tl~ n'N'P 6 i 1250. 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