Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

.-.-..,.......-,...-".-...-•.•...,.....-"•..-..•..-.' .. I' dropped back to seventh , Terry Davi s moved up eigh t slo ts into eighth. Chris Gray moved · u p 12 places running ninth overall, first 250c c Amateur after Gregg Thomas got lost , got off. and go t frustra ted. . . James Vincent shot through the . rollers with a wide sm ile on his face knowing he was first C bike this week . Charters crashed on the bomb . Hamill's brake ca ble"was wound up in his backing plate and Belkn ap didn't show . Steve Barklow was running second C behind Vincent and Kevin Hopkins was climbing Barklow's expansion chamber running first T railbike as friendly rival Joe Lockhart dropped back in the pits. The co urse ridge ran for quite a while . Trudy Beck on he r AAA H usky knew the Invaders were up to something, Su re enough , d own the Desert Kn ights' downhill she went . Glad thai was over. she gassed it u p the canyon , up the p la teau then ~ % $** ' , the Invader Down hill tool Monte Lee, wearing a fancy Al Bak er jersey, was already down the hill and heading toward Christmas Canyon when Trudy made her downhill shot. Bill Thomas and Smokebomb Gaetz were keeping hi~ company. The course wound behind the Searles and into a large wash . R oss Woolmore gunned his C 'b ike trying to catch Joe W ilson who as the C Amateur leader. " O n ly tW6 positions" Russ was thinking but W ilson's Yammie had plenty of beans to keep Russ honest. Clearing the big canyon 152t , the Trail Amateur leader didn't let off as the next trail bikes were dicing up th e wash , Steve Spragle and his rival Paul Krause. Chris Christensen was holding down - first 250 cc Expert Senior, and Ed Austin had to ride his b uns off holding _ down first C Senior Expert as Bob Terrazas and Gordon Dickson were just six positions back. Bill Steart was . n the_ next threat to Ed but the cagey Ca ctus Ca t didn't let up . Ke ith Soesbe was in the same crowd, running first b H eavyweight Sen ior Amateu r. ( Max Eddy had passed Brad Henson ' -g for the lea d b ut got lost. Henson found the ribbon first and took off, leavi ng a " bewildered Max out in the puckers . Seeing Henson's dust , Max shot across ...the desert in pursuit. Glancing back , Henson gassed his -Yamaha as he cou ld see Max closing in on him . Max hit a sharp rock and the ~ air escaped his rear tire. Experiencing " the same sick feeling Balentine had . II Max charged on but started losing ground. , Henson , . wearing the Sled Riders colors blasted over the knoll and down the track line for the overall win . Aft er going through the . usual "T he .cou rse .. was birchen." "G reat," "T he shock was set up too stiff' stuff, the 250cc ace ' coined the quote of th e week , asking "W ho fini shed in front of m e?" In vaders for , Congratulations " put!, ng on a su per race. Smokebomb i Ga etz sai d it was the m ost fun he had -rha d in a long time . Thanks to Resc ue 3 and congratulations to Mit ch May es on th e grand open ing of his . new Yamaha shop in Lancaster : Welcome to Norman Schwenker , John. Blair a nd R a nd y Turpin , members of t he Canadian Motorcycle Cl ub out of St. Catharine , Ontario . • Canada . . Also a big welcome to Team Yamaha rid er Haruo Kimura from Sizuo ka, Japan . Haruo is a Six Da y's rider for Yamaha Int ernat ion al and was ru n ni ng third overa ll Novice in his • first-ever desert race. . Results in Results Sect ion . HI-POINT RACING PRODUCTS Pert of Daytona Speedweek Da'flona Speedweek sees all types 01 cycle racing. Din track . Moto-Cross. Enduro. Road Racing and Hi-Poin: Racing Products are there. During Speedweek these and many other Hi-Palm Racing Products will he lp th e racers to victory. Check out Hi-Point Racing Products a t your Hi-Point Dealers. LECTRON CARBURETORS SUN ALLOY RIMS • We now have t he new Sun Alloy r im s in Anod ized Gold finish es. A ll sizes of th ese competit ion rim s for M -X, End uro. ISDT and Dir t Track ar e ava ilable . See ' why the top racers use Sun. Shoulder less des ign, drilled spok e ho les . th e fi ne st U .S. Alloy metal . Made in U.S .A . Being used on a ma jor ity of the exotic road ra ce machi nery vou ' H al so see Lec t ron Carbs at th e din trac k. M oto -Cross and End uro. The switch is to th e Sin gl e Fuel M et er ing Leetron for th e seriou s motorcyc le rider. Hi- Point . has Lectr on s fo r all compet ition ~ n d di rt bikes. * HI-POINT ENDURO GEAR Hi -Point carries all the Endu r o / ISDT ri d e r ' s needs. Tank and wa ist bags. w atch holders. route ca r d h ol de rs , ti me rs. V D.O. speeoos and m uc h, much m or e. Hi-Point ha s been su pp tyi ng th e Enduro rjd er Wit h tbp qu alit y gear and cl oth in g for 10 yea rs v- HI-POINT G.P. GLOVES WHIRLPULL . The newe st throttle out by Gunnar Lind stro m . Rout e your ca bl e righ t dawn th e h andlebar . No more snag s or h ook ed throt tie cable s. Used by th e Pro's. A lso the best Terr y Nyl on Cab les to h i mos t appli ca ti ons . M ade in Fin land of th e finest Lambskin . Padded or unpadded palms avai lable . Spec ia l prot ective padding 'on f in gers and knuckles . A vai la ble'in Red / Wh ite/ Blue . Black/ Yell ow/ Blu e, Red & Yell ow. Blue & Yell ow Use d by th e Champions. Kenny w ill be w ear ing his ne w Ken ny Robert s deSign ed boo ts fro m HiPoi nt al ong w it h m any ot her ch ampion r ider s Ke nny Roberts boots also come in street and lo ur ing mod els. Check 'em out at you r HI-Point Deal er . HI-POINT KNOBBY TIRES HI -POINT M-X BOOTS The " Choice of Cha m pions " in M o to -Cro ss. Endur o ·and ISOT. M ade of th e finest op gr ai n le ather, spec ial ' ankle padding. sta in less stee l sh in pl at es and many excl usi ve fe at ure s. All sizes in M ·X and Endu ro and new M iOl-Cross sizes. Th e new HI-POInt "M ~ X / End uro nres are now available . In 4 ,5Ox18 and soo n 3 :OOx2 1 Th e new HI , POlOt has al ready scored Impressive National vict Ori e s In Its lestlOg Hi -Poinl ~ Iso ca rnes a fu ll tme of G P. w lnnlO g M etz eler Knob by t ir es . Ch eck'em both ou t at your dealers HI-POINT CHROME MOLY BARS Desrq ned . used an d endorsed by the coun tr y 's hone s! nc er s. ' M A RTY SMITH " BOB HANNAH ' D A N N Y LAPORTE "JI MMY W EINERT "J A CK PENTON "MIKE KIDD - - GOGGLES from HI-POINT Thes e Champions deSign ed chrome mol y bar s for their machines and th ey are now available ro' you. Look for your favo rite rid er 's bar and reaUy gel a ha nd le on yo ur racer . OTHER FINE HI -POINT RACING PRODUCTS " M OTO PLA T IG NI TI ON S " PRESTO N PETTY PRODUCTS " M A RZOCCHI FORKS " M A GURA CONTROLS " HI· POINT PROTECTIVE GEAR " HI· POINT GEAR BAGS " FA LK PLASTICS _ "HI·POINT FOLDI N G SHIFT LEVERS "W IN D SO R TANKS "H I·POINT RACING CHAIN "BOSCH PLUGS "METZELER TIRES " M OTO· C ROSS PANTS " EN D URO J A CKETS scan ,.. The w mrnnqest gogg le on the M -X HI-POINT RACING 'O ILS circ uit . I~Sed by th e Pro's I MXL , . . W e h ave the fu ll line of M XL gogg les , Coming on sHon g w ith ma ny Pro 's. A complete line of the , t ine st racing oils an d lubri today's hi cants for performance racing cv-, cl es . De luxe 2-cycl e con c en trate. Inject ion oil s. Gear l ubes . a -stroke oils and all speci alty lubes from cha in oil to bear ing gr ease to fork oi ls . Hi -Poin t racing oils have been w inning gold medals for 10 years . ~AR UFFALDI . . . Roger knows what's best and depends on Baruffa ldi goggles. W e have 'em . UV EX '" W e now have th e co m p lete l ine of UVEX goggles. Som e re all y uniq ue high Quality goggles. 6-DAY GLASSES . • • Hi -Po int G-Day gl as ses long the choice o f ISoT, Enduro and M -X ri ders . Pick up a couple pa ir s at your dealers and see why. ' HI·POINT RACING PRODUCTS 3 709 W. Erie A ve.. Lorain. OH 44053 P. O. 80x 2327. Amar illo. TX 79705 9604 Oates Or.. Sacramen to. CA 95827 SHAMROCK M.C. Two Day Trials - - April 21-22~23 ISOT Qualifier California City, California ENTRY FEES ARE: entries open Individual Entry - $3 0 .00 Club Team (3 Riders '- $9 .00 Add itio na l Trade Team (3 Riders - $ 15 .00 Add itiona l March 1st entries close - Apri no lighting requirements CLASSES ARE : 100. 125. 175 . 250. 350. over 3 50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DIRECT ENTRIES TO : j 300 RIDER LIMIT L Shamrock M.C. P.O .Box 515 Sunland . Ca liforn ia 9 1040 ....:....-_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (21 3 ...,.. 3--,2 --=-::_ --:-)-:-36::-: - ""'3_71 -:-:=----'

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