Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

INSIDE I West German World Championship RR 6 Shee nc ove r Hennen and Ba ke r Scottish Six-Day Trials . . . 8 Ra thme ll wins. Schreiber 11 1h. W hak-v 131h Oklahoma National Half M ile ...... 10 "Oklahoma is 0 1'1" savs Ja y Springsteen . 250cc National MX . . . . . 12 A sec u re lea d for T o nv D's th ir d c ha m p io nship . A ustrian World Championship RR 16 Cccouo b rea ks a rm ; rnajor rid er s Sl r ike Minerelli 125cc road racer 17 Doktor Moeller's 48 bhp baby Desert Hotline 18 Virginia City GP T om Broo ks wins cn 'IJ,thing Western Hotline World Champion 22 28 : Pan IV of Roger DeCoster', a u tho rized sto ry. .. " ON TH E .FRO N·I' PA GE: 250 N a ti o'n a l MX wrn ne r T on y DiSH·ra no ge l~ u nd rv.'ay at . Red llod: Mike Kidd I"ads a- freighl t rai n . win ner J ay Sp r ingsteen rides alone at Oklahoma . Photos bv Greek and Hawk. . Red Garter protests I would like to publicly thank W estern St ate Ra cing Association for again putting on a well organized . cha lleng ing . and safe Virgin,ia C ity Grand Prix . I had some bad lu ck this yea r. but th e o pport u nities to bui ld a snowm a n and espe cia lly to wa tch th e m aster Larrv Roeseler ride m ade it verv wo rthwhile. I'll be back n ext year. This is m y first year in AMA and in Distri ct 37 enduro com peti t io n main ly bec ause of th e new Seniors C lass, I th ought AMA /D ·37 events wou ld be of the highest ca lib re . . The D-37 end uro ste wa rd sen t m e a 197 7 rul e bo ok a long with " acce pted m em ber" co m pe tit ion J.D. ca rd . I have purch ased , from AMA , the Na tion al Rul e Book - after . asking W esterville " Does this boo k co nt a in all th e enduro rules?" Nowh er e 'in eit he r book ca n I find th e ru le that su bstantia tes the Red Garter protests! I believe these people a re in se rious violation of Al\IA C ha pter II , page 4 , rule 8! PHI L MARSIK 'The Ref' Glenda le. CA M.O .R . E. #6M1 3247 A.M . A. #6959 20 D·37 #24 5S "SH R IN K" VO GT , Ph . D. Cross County Associat ion Reno , Nevada T he corresponde nt (Bill Sp encer). assign ed to cover th e Virginia City GP !J,... ".... ._ .II"w.... eh,ult"' e , Ctavron . P resid e n t Bflb i s.-UII . A..~ . tn th r Pr~ idrnt Shul"' Clavron . Pu h li..he-r Edna :\1t-wlun : Sr C"rr t a ry to t hl' Pu blishe r De bbie W ilkin!>. S..I("S M,I{r . J im Rya n . Sal MI MKT. Ch ris Kolber . Ass i ~t al1l . Editorial .Iuhll D , Ulr ich . Ed itor . Dale Bn won, t\ ....i..I ,"U Etlllor. Dave H...wkin ... As..i...a nt F.d iu JI.. Graphics and Production Bonnie Stru t in . Ju d y Klin,l{r r. Ty pogra p hy: Marion Ha rashu a . Ca ro lyn Bra n ha m . La bora tor y Pr od u cric n De-nnis Cox . Circulation R be ba Smi th . M an a~r r. P..m G r_" . J u..n it Ol Blant on am i DiOl 'w Frito n A..... i..I,1nt" Accounting Gaylene Za toOl . M a n a ~ r. Mikr Klingr r. A.m . MJCT. Jr~nnr H ammond . A ("('{ ~ . Recei va b le. Pame la Dicke rson. Aut . A(" ('{s. RrtT i\'a b lr . Rhuud ,! Va n [)ur rn . CoI1~ tioll De p t . Services and Support . St eve Richardson . Patti Bair R~eptionist . West - !rol C hr rry Av" .• Lo ng Bea c h . CA P.O . BOil; 498 , Lo ng Broa ch . CA 9080 1. ~ 1 3 ) 427.7453: L.A . Line 636 ·8844 . East 9~ 4 · Subscription O ne yr a r . seco nd cia," ma il 516 ; 2 yfo U I. second dOll' m ail . 527: 3 yea rs . seco nd clan mai l. 537.!tO. 4 Co pyrig h t eyrir News . In c . 1977 . Trade m a rk reg iste red U ,S . Pate n t O ffice . All rig h tlli reserved . Publishe d wfTkl y ro)l("rpt the fin! a nd I,U( wf"l'"k of the- ca le-n ar yroar by C ycle News , d In c . • P.O . Bo x 498 . Lo ng Bea ch . Ca lifornia , Second d~,-\ pc>lIita gt" paid at Long Bea ch . CA 9080 1. Edit orial sto ries . ca rt o ns. p hOloli. etc . o a re welcom e . Addressed . stam pe d en velope a,,!>urM ret ur n of cnpurch a-ed ednori..l ma ner . Rep rim ing in whol e or put o nly by pe rmi. sion of t hr p ub tisbers . Adlo'rnisinl{ ra res and e- rcu !.at io n inf o rmation will be w-nt upon i rr q u rs t. 5fT S.R. O.S. Thanks for the gas in helmet your _ VE RAIN EY DA 400 q Bak ersfiel d , CA . P,O . 80. 80S. Tu cke r . GA 30084 . (404) 78SO ha ppened . . . Ed . I ho pe you ca n hel p m e say th ank you to t he ge nerous people wh o went out of th eir way to help m e at th e Ca lifo rn ia City Grand Prix . I didn't ha ve th e right a mount of gas put in a t the pit sto p . ( No fau lt of m y good pit cre w.) Therefore , o n m y third lap of the 0·200 Beginner race , whil e I was running eighth, I ran out of gas . I'd like to thank the g Uy on the three wh eeler wh o poured gas in his helmet for m e. I'd like to th ank th e family m an sout h of th e b u ue o n th e end of th e lo ng d ownhill st ra ight wh o crawled under ' h is ca m pe r to get m e gas . Lastly, I'd like to th ank the offic ia l who ga ve m e gas at th e beginn ing of th e lon g asphalt stra ight ' tha t led into town . He eve n helped pu sh m y b ike a bou t 100 ya rd s to get there . Running ou t of gas put m e ou t of th e b ra ss into the a lso -ran co lu m n . Bu i I finishe d and go t m y p in , a nd ' no w ha ve a good story to te ll a ro und th e ca m pfi res . Advertising P rod uct ion : was invo lve d in a IVl7Z crash en rout e. . Wh ile he survived , the cOt'Crage net'er . every turn meet another de mand to rem o ve more from what we have left. . W e are a ll familiar with the way government organizations take slow , small ste ps towards their goals as not to a la rm too many people at o ne tim e . It m ay tak e yea rs to accomplish what they set ou t to do , bu t they always get it d o ne , ei the r through a cr isis. real or not . o r very quietly . I would like to see m ot orcycle o rg a n iza t ions adopt a ne w slog a n : the best def ense is a good offense. Why not a ttack t he. a n t imo to rc ycle orga niza tio ns and gove rn ment with the goal of securi ng bigge r , better . and m ore a reas for rid in g? Never being sa tisfied with wh a t ri d ing areas we ha ve ava ila ble , a nd sincerely going fo rt h to obt a in m ore! Demand a reas for hiking a nd horse riding be posted open or else be off limits. Demand a reas fo r moto rcycles and not a llo w hik ers o r horsemen in th e area because of t he d ung and ga rbag e . Demand hikers and hors emen ha ve written permission fro m private la nd owners when hiking or horse ba ck riding on private la nd . Demand hikers and horsem en ha ve off road sti ckers when hiking and horse back riding off road . This rev enue could be used to develop m otorcycle area s. Demand horsemen pa ss a st ate w ritt en and ridin g test provin g kn owl edge a nd abi li ty to co nt ro l m ount , .p lus being a ble to point o ut co m po ne nts a nd th ei r m aj or fu nctions. Demand that a ll hi kers must license backpacks a nd file trip pla ns wh en going into wild erness a rea s , incl udi ng inventory list of backpack co nt ent s. I say develop o ur offenses, or lose eve ryt hi ng m o torcycle riders enjoy today . Or sho u ld I say , eve rythi ng we enjoyed yesterday? R . WICKHA:\~ Lincoln , CA Roger DeCoster Story correction So far , J ohn Huert er's poign ant tale of th e world's g rea tes t m ot ocro sser (or m ore p ro pe rly , "C ro ssm a n" as they sa y in Belgium ) h as kept m e o n th e edge of m y Suzu ki eagerl y awa it ing ea ch . installment . There was on m inor erro r in Pa rt One , wh ich I'd like tq co rrect. In O ctober of 1966 when Roger DeCoster was very se rio usly injured , J oel Robert was not the 250cc W orld Champion . The reigning "Weltm ei ster" wa s Vikt or A rb ekov (Cl ) of R ussia and th e winner-to-be for th at year was T o rste n H allman ( H usq va rn a) of Swed en. Robert won his fir st title in 1964 but it would be 1968 before he would r egain th e ch ampionship , a n d the re a fter win it each year up to 1972 . T OSH KONYA Sa n Pedro , CA Attack anti-bike forces Motorcycl e riders must fight a never -ending battle to pro tec t ou r exis ting rights. W e are losing th ese battles at a very alarming rate . and at Hiking pe rm its are already requ ired in some areas. but m ore can be don e. For exa m ple, heavy use of th e J ohn Muir Tra il in th e Sierra N evada Mtns. of California has result ed in ex t reme damage of mountain m eadows trails are oft en tw o and th ree f eet deep cut into th e surf ace . Pack trains suppo rting less vigorous. but m ore af flu ent , ca m p ers in cre ase th e damage. .Th e edito r. a f ormer Sierra Club .mountain eer, recalls several trips in 1969. In on e case, centu ries-old B rist lecone Pin es were pulled apart fo r firewood abo ve th e snow lin e on th e slop e of MI. Goddard . Oth er entiron m ental travesties com m ill ed by dedicated Sierra Clu bb ers included the nett ing ofspawning trout in steams fee ding seve ra l Sierra lak es, i n violation of Federal law. Th e fecal contamination of water sources in th e Mt . Wh itney area IS well do cument ed. It 's t im e we saved th e wild ern ess f rom th e Sierra Club hypocn·tes. Onc e th ey gel a tast e of not being ab le to pract ice th eir own cho sen recreation, maybe th ey 'll get th e m essage . . . Ed.

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