Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

IINSIDE ~ t Land use meeting 5 Santee down the tubes Toyota Supercross SeriesRound one . . .• . . . . . .. . . . 6 Con nect icut Yankee crowne d at Kingdome CMC/Suzuki Go lden State Ser ies. ' 8 Series finale; Staten, Turner triumph How to ride like the Hurricane•. . .... . ...... 10 How to fly Florida Winter-AM A Series - Round two .. . .. . . .. • 12 Kudalski, Kessler, Barnett blaze Desert hotline 14 0 -37scrambling. CRC enduro Western hotline • .. . . . . . 16 Ghosts of the Bluecoats 20 Trailride into the past Northern dateline 24 Motocross Cat.. . •.... . 27 Motocross ViPs ... .. •. . 28 Very Important Promoters for tickets Resu lts _.. 30 ON THE FRONT PAGE: Jimmy Ellis debuted on Tea m Honda with a win in Seattle's Kingdome. Photo by Char les Morey. Cha rles C . Cla yto n , President Bob i SCott, Asst . to th e President Sha ron Clayton , Pub lishe r .Edna Mewton . Secretary to the Publis he r Advertisin g jim Ryan. Sales Ma nager . La rry Little, Sales Man ag er , Margot Bergman. Sales Man ager . Ch ris Kolber . Auistant. . Editorial Ch arlo; Mor ey, Man aging Editor . Dal~ Brown Editor . Brian George , AssisUOl Editor . Graphics an d Production Sue Morey . J an Gill. Produ ction . Marion H ata shi ra , Typo~a p hy . Den nis Green e . Laboratory Produc tion . Account ing Mik~ Klinger . Mana ger . j eanne H am mond . Accts. Receiva ble. N atal ie Mag ee . Asst . Acet a. Receivabl e . J uanita Blant on. Collection and Credit . Circulation Rh eb a Sm ith . Man ager . Deb bie Dr ayd en. Robin Helbert , Michell e Alla n . Sa nd i McKay. Ka thy Bc ae . Assistants. Services and Support Linda Baca. Rece prionisrjrm Pisa rere. S&S. W est 220 1 Ch erry Ave " Lon g Beac h. CA P.O . Box 498. Long Beach . CA 9080 1 (2 U) 427 ·7433 ; L.A . Li n. 636·8844 , East 4 190 First Ave . . T ucke r . GA. P.O . Bo x 805. T ucke r . G A 30084 . (404) 934-7850 . Subscription One year . seco nd class ma il. $15; 2 years , second class mail , $27 ; 3 yea n . seco nd c1au mai l, $37.50. 4 Copyrig t n w Cycle News. Inc. 1978. Tradem ark Cycle:" Nrws register ed U.S. Patent O ffice. All rig brs reserved . Pub lished w~k ly C'xcept IhC' first a nd last week of the ca lend a r yea r by Cycle News, Inc.. P.O . Bo x 498. Long Bea ch . Cali . forn ia . Seco nd class pos tage paid at Long Bea ch . CA 9080 1. Cycle Ne ws welcom es un solicited ed ito ria l mat e rial includ ing stor ies. cartoons . ph otos. etc. Such mat erial . if published. becomes t he exc lusive copy rig ht pro ~n y ot Cycle News. Such accept ed materia l is sub ject to revision as is nec essa ry in t he:" sole d iscreti on of Cycle News. Un solici ted material whic h is not used will be returned if accompanied by a self-ad d ressed sta mped en velope. All unso licit ed mat erial will be handled with reason ab le ca re, ho wever Cycle Ne ws assum es no respo nsibility for the sa fel Y, loss or da mage to such mat erial. Rep rint ing in whole or part only by permission of the publisht'n. Advert ising rat" a nd circ ula tion info rm atio n will be sent u pon requ est. See S. R. D.S. Puyallup/AMA encounter O n Thursday , J anua ry 19, I was invited to attend th e AMA Boa rd of Trustees meeting at t he H ya tt House in the Los Angeles airport. The reason for my attenda nce at the m eetin g was to show the boa r d a presentation on the eigh t years of the Puyallup Trans-AM A and how the event has become a tradition in the Northwest. I wanted th e board to be a ppr aised of th e probable re aso ni ng be hi nd the ca ncellation of t he 1978 Puyallup T rans-AM A sa n ction by . Michael A. Dil'ret e, AMA Professional Motocross Manager. Upon m y enteri ng th e m eeting room . I was int ercep ted by Douglas Mockeu , the AMA Commissioner of Ra cing. He requested that we have lunch with the .p resid en t o f t h e company. Bill Doner . a n d that somethi ng reasonable co uld be worked out to return th e Pu ya llup sa nction . During th e lunch , Mr . Mockett made it very clea r t ha t t h e requirements by the AMA for the return of th e P uya llu p sa nction for 1978 wou ld be "very reasonab le ." W it h th e satisfying confi dence he gave me. I elected not to go in front of th e board but to wait until th e proposal would reach me "within 2-3 weeks ." Today. I received the "reasona ble requirements" outlined by Michael Di Prete, needed to reinst at e the san ction. Obviously. I was deceived by Mr. Mock ett. I have neve r seen a mot ocross tra ck anywhere tha t nee ds th ous ands of feet of perma nently mounted six foot high cylone fence to ru n a T ra nsA MA event. N ot to m ent ion the $20 .000 bond to be posted a t which time th e AMA "will co nsider" the Puyallup event. The AMA has received all of its m oney in t he eight yea rs of t he Puyallup Trans·AMA. The Puyallup faci lity was th e pioneer of mo tocross raci ng in the Northwest and h as cons istently d ra wn la rger crowds each and every year .. . an ob vious boost to motorcycle sa les throughout the Nort hwest . not to mention t he strength of weekl y amat eur ra cin g . Puyallup Racewa y P a rk cannot financiall y su rvive without the TransAMA event each year, and th e doors will be shut by J une I , 1978. Puyallu p has been th e hub of weekly amateur racing for a decade bu t progress and a n u nrea son able AMA will close its do ors forever. We were more th an willing to solve the giant crowd problems (u p nearly 25 % fr om th e p revious yea r) with a d d ition a l . fencing , etc. but we appare ntly can't work wit h the AMA. Another gi a nt step backwards for th e American Motorcycl ist Association and their One Flew over th e Cuckoo's Nest management. JIM R OCKST AD General Ma nager International Ra cewa y Parks Kent . WA According to AMA Com m issioner oj R acing Doug Mock ell, Puyallup 's fa ilu re to comp ly wit h AMA saJety and security standards Jor three successive yea rs was th e reason J or th e stringen t '78 requ ir em ents. Mock ett cite d grossly inadequate spectator control (he nce th e six -foo t Jence requirement), th e sale oj pit passes an d general Jailure to insure saJe racing as a partial list oj the Puyallup track's p roblems. Th e 120. 000 bond was requ ired as a guarantee th at the Jencing an d other changes would be completed Jor th e race. Ins urance coverage, a continuing problem as we've seen recently at the SoCal riding parks, was th e basis oj th e disagreem ent . A killed or injured spe ctator m eans lawsuits against th e promoter, th e AMA , th e rider , th e rider 's sp onsor, virtually everyone even rem otely involved . Lack oj adeq uate saJety precautions aims th e burden oj responsib ility directly at th e A MA and th e promot er. Mo ckett concluded that. with suitab le saJe ty precautions, Puyallup would be welcome in t he AMA MX program . . . Editor. Tro ug h co-op I am an avid desert rider and am very mu ch co ncerned with t he p ro blems of la nd use and riding a reas. On a rece nt weeken d . m y brother- in -law and I want riding in th e J awb one Canyon , the Dove Sp rings area. We a lways park a couple m iles northwest of whe re th e pavem ent en ds on J awbone Ca nyon Road. Near here is a wat er trough for cattle and livest ock , as those who are familiar with the area will kn ow. In the past , we hav e been asked by the ranch ers not to park too close to the trough . as not to fright en away th e ca ttle tha t come to drink. We ha ve a lways coopera ted . A fen ce is built around th e trough a nd we try to sta y far enough awa y th a t cows will go in and ou t freely and without fea r. O n th is rec en t wee ke n d . we returned from a ride to fin d a note on the windsh ield of m y ca r , asking tha t we move even fart her awa y fro m th e trough . W e prom p tly did . 1 J awbon e is a great riding are a used by both two a nd four -wheelers. It is im por ta nt that we cooperate wit h th e ranchers and other land own ers , a n d meet th em halfwa y or we'll lose ou r ha lf. J OHN PE RRY Dirt y Ol d Men M .C . Lawndale, CA Memorial matters The End Does M .C . wishes to thank all of you who su pported ou r Lisa Christensen Memorial Mot ocr oss. It was u nfortuna te that we were rained ou t. and beli eve m e , th ere wasn 't anyone as d isa p pointed about the rain as the End Does were . O n a b righter (a n d hopefull y clearer) not e. we ha ve rescheduled ou r Memorial Race for March 5 . again a t DeAnza Cycle Park. Those of you who entered our race and chose to stay in spite of th e rai n sh ou ld by now have received you r rain chec ks. Plea se kee p these if you inten d to race. . W e hop e that you will join us again . a nd m aybe even a ttrac t some who 'cou ld n't m ak e it th e first tim el W e a re also hoping th at th e various Women 's Pa rade La p spo nsors will in deed honor their previous co m mi tments to Lisa a nd' Rescu e 3 . If you ha ve any questions abou t ou r r ace . rain c hecks or , pa ra de la p sponsorsh ip. p leas e feel free to ca ll. I' ll be more than ha ppy to a nswer any queries you might have . ~ ROB IN SAULS End Does M .C . La Crescenta, CA (2 13) 248- 1228 Equal rock s for all I ask for eq ual a nd fair treatment for motorcycl ists and off -roa d ent husiasts , the same rights as those who enjoy rock hounding and field trips in th e desert. Reports that over 700 .000 pe rsons visited the Qua rt zsite Pow W ow and Gem Show ea rl y thi s month prompted me to write th is letter. The Pow W ow is an act ivity th at interests people who roc k hound or enjoy simi lar desert a c tivi ties . And seven -hundr ed tho usa nd of th em ' concentrated in one (Continued to page 38)

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