Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

If lookin' stylish counted, Roberts wou'd have won. (Cont inued from page 2) The ci t y of Marysville ( N o rt h e rn California) has received a matching 75~ grant fr om the orr-Highway Vehicle Fund. A 20 acre facility is now open ~aily for motorcycle riding and organized motocross ra cing. The motorcycle area is part of the 200 acre River Front Park. $2 .5 m ill ion is available from the fund each year for grants to local government agencies. Direct inquiries to Barry Jones, Office of Grants and Local Assistance, at (916) 445 ·1370. Beginning . July 7, 19n, 16,000 acres in the Blue Lake area of Nevada will be closed to off-road vehicles, According to the Bureau of Land Management. "the closure is made to protect the natural values of the area until a wilderness . review can be completed." Copies of the Blue Lake closure plan are available in the BLM Management Ditrict office, Winnemuca, NV, or by mail from the Bureau of Land ,Management. Room 3008, Federal Building, 300 Booth St., Reno, NV 89509. (Continued on page 27) ) See the new Montesa's at the following dealers. ALASKA Fairbanks The Comoennon Shop 1745-47 WIllow St. Anchorage Ste ve's Cycle Palace 1307 E. 75th Ave nue Home r The P,t Stop MIle 167. Sterling Hwy ARIZONA Phoenix Arizona S port Cycles 8843 North Central Orac le Okeys Cycle Shop Yuma Kawasaki of Yuma 2701 4th Avenue ARKANSAS N. Little Rock Montesa of North Lrttle Rock 3125 PIke Aven ue Pine Blull Husqvarna & Kami of P,ne Bluff 7002 She ridan Ad. CALIFORNIA IN()I'l F'll ' ''. · Sacramento D & B Cycle Works B14BFloron Road Modeslo Import Cycles 6203 vosem ue Blvd Livermore Halya k Cycle 2589-2593 1st Street Santa Cruz Moore & Sons 2·1431 E. Cliff Drove Vallejo . Yama ha 01vaueio 500 Broadway Eureka RIcha rd Miller Motorcycles 1725 'Iomhnso n SI. Redding Compe tition Cycles 76B5 Place r Rd Soulh San Franciseo South C,ty Cycles 511 Mayfaor Ave. Exeter Exete r Motorcycle Center 305 E. Pine Stree t 7 COLUMBUS {Continued from page 7) isn't anything there. We will definitely be ready for San Jose.") Kenny was soon to find that he had nothing on the rear also to hold him to the track . He had chosen to use a soft compound ti re also and completely wore the tread away b y the checkered flag. The slickness of the groove was hampering everyone . Morehead bobbled and Hank Scott came right up to his back tire on lap nine . On the next go-around it was wheel -to-wheel on the start finish line. Suddenly there was no more Hank. The points had worked loose . Tuner Bill Kennedy was almost at a loss for words later in the pits . The anger and frus tration showed . " W e could ha ve won the damn thing and then something like that happens . I'm so disappointed J could sit down and cry." Ten laps down and 10 to go . , S p ri n g e r 's lead va ried as he too began to experience slipping on the groove ca u sed by a rear brake that would fade under hard use as he dove into t he comers. Morehead fo u n d h imse lf with the same problems . K idd , on the other hand , was Fresno Fre sno.Cycle Cen ter 2259 E. McKInley SI. San Luis Ob ispo MIller's Spa n,s h Motorcycles 162 Hique ra St Hanford Cycle Cente r 620 Visalia St. CALIFORNIA ISout he ,n ) La Habra The Cycle Works 1200 W. Whittier Blvd , Ontario Oons Cycle Sales 1108 W. Holt Sepulve-da Mis s ion HillS Motorcycle 8730 Sepu lveda Blvd. InglewOod Suzuki City 728 S . La Brea Ave . San Diego VIC'S Cc rncennon Shop 5485 Kearny Villa Road EI Cajon . Suzuk: of Ca hfornia 560 EI Cajon Blvd. Westminster Westmmster Spo rt Cycle 7219 Westminste r Ave. Anaheim · Q & E Cycle Eng. & Supply 1140-A Kraemer Blvd Santa Ana Wheels mith Motorcycles 3641 W. McFadden Fontana The Motorsport Co. 10025 Sou th Sierra Compton Cus tom City Spo rt Center 15721 S. Atlantc Burbank . Gra nd Pnx S pec allies 1312 W. Burbank Blvd. getting ready to get down to business. His tire was st icking better than everyone else's and he was slowly and surely closing the gap on second place. The trio of Keener, Roberts and Eklund played swa p wi th fourth for a co u p le of la ps wi th Boody coming up to play and then slip p ing back . Dave Sehl and Bubba Rush e ffec tively blocked t h e g roove leading a frust rated Doug Sehl in 10th looking for a wa y to pa ss . On lap 15 K idd closed on Morehead , riding hi s rear tire and wait ing for a m istake o r a n opening. H e got it o n t he next lapas Morehead got on the b rakes ea rly fo r tu m three and Kidd st o rmed b y. Kidd then moved in on Springer , !,elped by jay's slipping off the groove m tum three. He performed the same move on Jay on the back straight for h is pass it;tt? the lead o n lap ·18 . "J ay was weavmg back and forth on the ?ack stretch slipping off the 10 or 12 mc!'es that ~ade up the groove . J j u st walled until he zigged and then zapped past. J knew my traction was better than his ." and Morehead and generally having the t ime of his life. . Kidd wasn't kidding at Columbus. Traction was Roberts' problem on lap 18 also , or actually the lack of it . His rear tread was gone and ' it was hang on to finish . He dropped from seventh to 11 th in the final two laps . SECONO. SEMI: 1. Mike Kidd . 2. Gary Scott. 3. Jim Rawls. 4. VInce M_. 5. Keith Ulicki. 6. Terry Poovey. 7. Rondy Boker. 8. Ed Morris. 9. J .... Levingston. 10. Tom Cummings. 11. OeWayne Howton. 12. 0.... Kidd repeated h is fist -shaking victory exclamation , last seen here when he won the Newsies in 1974 as he passed the grandstand and 't h e fluttering checkers. Springer was up next , a good distance behind followed b y a f:ustra ted Steve Morehead (" It was mme. J should · have won . If it wer~n't for the brakes fading . .•" }, .K ld d was all .smiles, talking a mile a mmu.te , shaking : e veryone' s hand , huggtng Mert and patting him on the _ a c k , exchanging stories with Springer b Results · TOP 10 OUAUFIERS: 1. J 51>'. ......' 26.232. 2. Eklund 28.500.4. 0.... Ted Boody 26.264. 3. SI SeIl 26.608 5. Doug' SeIl 26.669. 6. Ken RabonI I . I 26.746. 7. Keith \JIGi 26.835. 8. Skip Aktilnl26.911 . 9. Mort lowwill 26.993 . 10. Greg s-nan27.071. HEAT ONE: 1. Jay Springst_. 2. Steve_ 3. Rery Simmons. 4. Doug SeIlI. 5. Mort UwwiU. 6: Rex B_champ. 7. K_ Hawley. 8. SCott llnlke. 9. Randy CartheI. 10. Gene - . ,. 11. 0n. 11. Skip AkoIond 12.JimZeigler. . Central Po int Spe ciatty Cycle 4495 Table Rock Rd tEXAS . Houston Russell Alie n s Troumph of Haus lon 5802 Southwes t Fwy . Magnolia Acce nt Cycles . Etc. 36530 FM 1774 Lufkin Lufkin CycleBa rn 505-A E. Fra nk SI. Arlington Kimbrell Ma c o Montesa Suzuki 2002 E. Abra ms Pasadena Hod,e Cvcles 2002 StiawlJeny Odessa Wilson s Motorcycles 2614 Ke rmIt H~ Copperas Cove Mode ls UnlimIte d 1002 S Main St EIPaso Dese rt ProdLlCts West 8024 N Mesa UTAH Salt Lake C i~ C & G CScie ales 2331 S. tate St. WASHINGTON Seattle Bunen Montesa 15026 1st Ave .. So Union Gap . Montesa Sales & Se rvice 3401 Malrt SI. Olymp ia Mot rs UnlimIted o 613 E. State SI. Tacoma Paulson's Inc. 6111-1ooth SI. S W. Longview U-Neak M otors 1030 WashIngton Way Spokane . Sports Cycles 4B20 N. Ma rket , WYOMING casper Europea n Cycle Village 3401 C Y Avenu e laramie Frontier Cycles 315 Garfield Powell K & M Motorcycle servce 13

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