Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

INSIDE National MX 6 Hurricane Han nah strikes agai n Six Hours of road racing . 8 and 18 hours of prot ests American spaghetti . . . . 10 H a rley-Da vidso n 250 MX preview VOICES OPTIIE WIIST las Vegas 400 . . .. •... .. 12 Richest bike race of last week Western Hotline 16 Local heroes and sta rs ~ Northern Dateline Central Pipeline Calendar MX Cat : Results 22 29 31 33 34 ********** ON T HE FRONT PAGE: After six hours of road racing and 18 hou rs of pr ot ests and. scoring au dits , Wes Cooley, J r. (shown) a nd partner To ny Murphy emerged the winners of the 1977 America n Federa tion of Motorcyclists Six-H ou r a t O ntario Motor Speedway. Yoshimura R&D of America built the winning bike. and the second , third, and fourt h place Open class machines used Yoshimura par ts. Photo by Damian Sands. - Mike Johnston In wri ti ng up the ORA article ' fo r the Adelanto T eam Race on Apri l the 9 th . ' J erry W elt o n ha d Mike J o hnst o n running quit e a ways be hi nd A. Meek a nd M ike was ru nni ng beh ind Stumbo a ll th e way around on the first loop and he a nd his team pa rtner held third pl a ce t he who le co m plete rac e . I only thi nk th a t it's fa ir Mik e gets th e credit for d o ing so well instea d of someone else who wasn 't even in th e top running rider s t ha t d ay. Stu m bo sa w Mike o n his tai l all the way . " I'm not j us t writ ing for Mike bu t for ' a ll th e riders who do not ge t th e cred it th a t is co m ing to th em . They ra ce so ha rd and beat th ei r bodies a nd bikes a nd what ha ppens , someone e lse gets t he cred it. Let's ha ve be tter write-ups o n DRA races . a nd ma ke sure each a nd every racer get s the' cred it he ' o r she has com ing . Thank you . MR S. JO ANNEJOHNSTON Motorcvclc Mam a Sylmar , CA Charln C . Cla yton . President Rob i Seen . AUI . to the- Presi de n t Sha ron Ctevr on , Publ ishe r ' Edna Mt"Wton . ~~a ry t o the- Publisher R ep orte r Welton was unable - du e to a faulty motorcycle - to ma ke it back to th e pits to see th e first fe w rid ers. He rel i ed o n info rm at ion f ro m a spe ctator, and t hat information was incorrect. According to Desert R acing Assn. (DRA) officials. J oh nston was in third and M eek eighth on th e first loop . Bu tJ oh nston and par tner Mon te L ee did get credit in th e ar ticle for their third-ptace finish . . . Ed. Advertising Deb bie W ilkin, . Sa ln Mgr . Jim Rya n. Sales Y1gr . C hri s Kolbe r. " Assista nt . A Lone Ranger looking for Tonto Editorial End u ro in Arizo n a . I wo uld likr- a n entrv h ut h a ve n e ve r ser-n a ll a d d ress I have rea d a bo ut rh c J ohn D. Ulric h, Edi tor , Dale Brown . AMislant Editor : Graphics and Production , Produ ctio n: Bon nie St ru d n. Ju d y KlinK f'r. T ypog raphy: Mar ion H a ra shi i a . Caro lvn Br anh am . La bo ra to ry Product ion : Oro" ;' w ll<" ~" I ro u ld wriu- for T Olllo 0 11(' . IllO Also . do yo u know of a l~' p iatT w h e re I c o u ld ~(. [ a list o f a ll (·lIduro . . ill ti ll' S OUl hwest ? C E<:I I. I IO I. I. Ei\; I\F< :K COlt . La :\I,·,a . Ai'. Circulation Rhrba Smi t h.. Ma n ager . Pa n Gr ee n . ]uitnu il Blan ton and Diane Felten . AS!>i!l.taQl!l.. Accounting Gav le ne l.tIOru . Ma na ~r: \ l ikr Klin K Au.t, ("r, \lKT · j eanne Hammond , ACCh . Recei va ble . Pamela Dickerson . AS.\I . Accts. Recei va bl e. Rh ond a Van De ren . Co II("'C1ion lX,)1 Th e a d d res s fo r To n to 100 info rm ation is 1000 1 N . 30 PI.. Ph oe n ix . A Z 8 5028 . W at ch th e Calen d a r S ect i o n for up coming So uthwes tern Enduros . . .Ed . was ha ndl ed to t he prom oter s satisfact ion . At H angtown there were over 60 " pro moters" th e Dirt Diggers North . It is an im possi ble task to find eac h one of them a nd offer m y congratul at ions o n a " well run" even t. Many of th em wer e busy wat ering ac cess roads. d ire ct ing traffic . .d oin g clean -u p , presenti ng tro ph ies, find ing lost kids, a nd all the other ite ms t ha t th e rest of us tak e for granted . Congratula tion s Dirt Diggers No rt h , "yo u don e good ." H angtown truly is a classic a nd I'm proud to ha ve been invo lved . Next yea r mayb e I wo n't get so excited a nd t hro waway m y voice before trophy presenta tion . At one po int in th e seco nd 250 m oto th er e were seven d ifferent motorcycle b rands represen ted in the to p. seve n places , T hat wou ld see m to say th a t . th e co u rse is equ ally cha lle ngi ng to a ll th e riders a nd all th e m ak es . Sadl y, du e to th e na tu re o f th e com pe ti ti on, the day co u ld n't be inju ry free. W eighing the good again st th e bad . the p lasti c against the real. it was a very successfu l sta rt for both AMA Na t iona l Championsh ip circ u its . . J im Pom ero y probab ly sai d it best : " H a ng town wou ld be a g rea t p la ce fo r a G . P." BR UC E FLAND ERS La Ca nada . C A Next M .O.R.E. cleanup The Orange Count y Cha pter of l"Joto rcycle Owners. Ride rs, Enthusiasts ( M.O . R. E.) will conduct their second cle a n u p some time in Ma y ncar todda rd Well. La st yea r we cleaned up abou t 15 tons of liner a nd had fun doing , it. Deta ils will be firmed -up Soon.. MART IN MAEDING Santa Ana , CA • Superbowl of Motocross T-shirts My co m pa ny , Pro m ot ion Product s have prod uced a ll novelt y product s fo r every Superbowl of Motocr oss over th e last five yea rs. In a recent lett er to Cy cle News . Mark a nd Karen of th e R overs M.C . Canoga Pa rk . voiced disp leasure wi th t he t -shirts t hey p urc ha sed a t la s t year's e ve n t . H owever , t her e was no ad d ress or p ho ne number accom pa nying their article . W e stri ve to give a ll o ur cus to me rs a qu ali ty p roduct a t a resp on sib le pri ce . - -If Ma rk or Ka ren will contac t m e I will make t he p rope r adj ust ment on th eir t -sh ir ts . G LEN .BAU MG A RTl'\E R Promotion Products La Mirada . CA Services and Support Flanders to D.D.M.C. When a professiona l annou ncer leaves a race track after an eve nt , his job is over. H e tries to find th e promoter in the m idst of all the post even t confusion and see if everything In referen ce to the letter of La urence Read er of No rth Ho llywoo d in which he opposes an Off-road Veh icle (O RV ) pa rk for Southern California . I wou ld like to point ou t tha t Texas EDWA RD WALDHEIM Clean Sweep Racing T eam · Los An gel es, C A CHP Commissioner d ~sagrees Your co lum n on proposed rada r use by th e C H I' (Cycle N ews, Feb . 16) has j ust come to m y a t te n ti o n . I regret tha t I was una ble to write ea rl ier because the re has be en a serious m isco ncep tion of our potenti a l use of radar. My sti p ulation (a nd I ha ve as ked th at langu age be inserted in the b udget bill to this effec t) is th at ra d a r will be used o nly on roadways with a 55 mph ma xim um lim it or in school zones. In neit her case arc the p rovisions of 40802 or 40804 a pplicable. t h us t here will be no necessity for a ny engi neeri ng su rveys prior to usc of radar , o r for a me nd m ent of ' eit her section . You r col um n left exactly th e opposite impression . a nd I th ink that point sho u ld be clarifie d . Yo ur reference to "s mall sou thern to wns ' wh ere enfo rce m ent offic ers " hid e in th e bushes" lea ves a no the r erroneous impression - tha t the CHP would em u la te th is behavior. I have consistent ly sta te d t ha t o ur use of ra da r would be in marked ca rs o pe ra te d in plain view of the motorin g public. I wou ld appreci a te it if you wou ld p ub lish clarification on bo th points because th e impression left by you r co lum n is contrary to the act ual sit ua tio ns . G . B. C RA IG Co m mi ssion er Californi a Highway Pat ro l Th e colu m n ref erred to opposed legislat ion whic h would allow th e CH P to use radar - somet hin g not allowed now. We still oppos e CH P radar, because we lik e to gas it up on the hig h ways, and don 't u'ant t he e H P to ha ve any mo re adoan tage in its q uest to enf".rce th e 55 m. p . h. limit . . . Ed . SoCal ORV park Steve Richardso n. Patti Bair Receptionist. Canyo n is not a park (o r a nyt hing fo r tha t m a il er ) exce pt a n a rea O RV o pe ra to rs got beca use they have no ot her pla ce to go in that a rea of t he cou nty . An O RV park ha s t raffic and trail co nt ro l , ' d ir e ct io n a l r idin g a nd ca m p ing facilities for fa m ilies and gTOupS. T he op posi tion to a n O RV park serves as no positive suggestion since "Sund ay Riders" will continue to ri de. ·I t is the duty of ou r govern m ent a n d c itize ns to p rovi de O R V ent hus ias ts with a safe a nd la rge area wh ere they m ay enjoy th eir hobby. Mr. Rea d er would d o well by talkin g to people a bo ur the co nd ition in whi ch they lea ve ope n a reas instead of putting d own a ll O R V user s. West % 1ChM'ry Ave .. Long Beach . C A 20 P.O. Box 498 . Long Brach . CA 90801. ~ U)4 27 · '4 3 5 ; L.A . Li~ 63 6 · 8844 . R ead ers are inuited to ex press their opinions in Voices of th e W est . Pu blish ed let t ers d o not necessarily reflect the official position of Cycl e Ne ws. East P.o. Box 805 , T ucke r. GA 300 84 . ( 404) 93 4 · 78,0 . _ Subscription One yea r. sec ond class ma il sf !J : ! yt"an . seco nd c1au mail, $27 : 3 yea rs. second cia".. mllil. S" .50 . CL ASS • MI.1 MUUl f llll 4 Copyright Cycle Ne ws. In c. 1977 . Trade m ark. registered U.S . 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