Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

watching f or th e coverage . . . Editor. Cycle Guid e Need to know now I would like to comment about th e; Cycle Guid e m ag azine people who wrote i ~ a bou t th e lack of coverage of the AFM Six-Hou r Road Race. Suppose , for instance , tha t w waited for the m agazine to infonn u abou t the BLM a nd our pu bl ic la nds. W e woul d have lost it all wit ho ut eve kn owin g what happened. If th e worl d came to an end tom orrow , withou Cycle N ews we wou ld n't know who ' won what d uring the last thre months. I'm not knock ing a ny maga zines. but in thi s d ay a nd age . we need to kn ow wha t's happen ing now! So , to a ll th e staff at Cycle N ews. take a minute to pat yours elves on th back for a job well d on e . Then pitch in and help us sa ve th e desert! TONY KIN Mor en o , CA Charlo C . Cla yton , Presiden t Bobi Scott , Asst . to the President Sharon C layton , Publish er Ca rotloe G<'fldry. Secreta ry to the Pu blisher Advertising J im Ryan . Sales Man ager. Larry Littl e , Sales Man ager. M argot Bergm a n , Sal es Man ager. Ch ris Kol be r, Assista nt. Editorial Charles Mor ey , Ma nagm g Ed ito r. Dale Bro wn . Edit or , Br ian George, Assisraru Ed ito r. Graphics and Production Su e Mor ey. J an G ill , Production . Mari on Ha tash ira , Pa l Phill ips. T ypogr a ph y. Den nis Gree ne , Laborator y. Tha nks , Tpny . We needed th at . . Ed it or. Accounting Mik e Klin ge r , Manager . Je anne H amm ond , Accts. Recei vabl e. Nata lie Magee , Asst. Accts. Recei va bl e . J uan ita Bla nton , Co llec tion a nd C redi t . Alsop shocked Circulation Rheba Sm ith , Manager. Debbie Dra yden , Michelle Allen , San d ye McKa y, Assista nt s. Services and Support J im Pisa retz, S&S. West ! !O l Ch erry Av<.. Long Beach. CA P.O . Box 498 . Lon g Bea ch . CA 9080 1 (2 15) 427 ·74 55 ; L .A . Line 656 ·8844 . East 4190 First Ave .. T ucker , GA . P.O . Box 805 . Tucker . GA 50084 . (404 ) 954 ·7850 . Subscription One yea r , seco nd class ma il. S15 ; two yean , second class ma il. $27: t hree yean , seco nd class m ail . S37 .50 . Copyright Cycle News. Inc . 1978 . T ra de m a rk Cycle New s registe red U.S. Pa te nt Office. All rights reserve-d. Publi shed week ly exce p t the first and last wee k of th e calenda r yea r by Cycle News, In c. . P.O . Box 498 , Lon g Beach , Ca liforn ia . Seco nd class post age pa id at Lon g Br ach . CA 90801. Cyc le News welcom es un so lici ted ed ito r ial mat erial incl ud ing sto ries, ca rtoo ns, p hotos, etc . Suc h ma teri al , if pub lished . becomes the excl usive' co pyrig h t pr op erty of Cycle News. Such accepted material is su bjec t (0 rev ision as is necessary in th e sole d iscre lion of Cvc le New s. Unso licited m ater ial whic h ' is not used will be re t urned if accom p an ied by a se lf addressed sta mped env elope. All un solicited materia l will be handled with reason able ca rt", however , Cycle News assumes no responsibi lity for the safe-ty. loss o r damage to su ch ma teri al . Re prin ti ng in whole or p a rt on ly by perm ission of th e pub lishers. Advertising rat es and cir c ul ation in fo rm a tion will be sent • u po n r("'q u ~t. See S. R.D .S. VOICES Loose nut at Ascot I am wri ting thi s letter to "th ank" who mever loosened th e lug nuts on all four wheels of m y car a t th e Ascot Na tiona l Half Mile . I was parked wher e all th e van s and rid er veh icles park behind th e pits. I'm the AMA Dist rict 37 tech inspect or for profession al ra cing . I was in ch arge of sou nd tes ting. doi ng m y job ac cor ding to AMA rul es. a nd I ha d to call some of th e sound test readings pretty close . If I ca used any ha rd feelings , I'm sorry , but I had a jo b to do. I know most of the rid ers und er stand my situ ation , and I'm gratefu l for th eir understanding and su pport . FRANK VARELA AMA 0 ·37 tech inspector Garden Gr ove, CA That p articul ar issue covered a co nsidera b le number of d irt events, involving fa r fewer pa rti cipants, in mu ch greater d eta il. I suggest y!>u remember th e fa ct that you do have a number of su bscribers and ad vert isers who are int erested in pavem ent racing . As you sta ted , you r coverage was timely and bri ef. Especiall y brief. I th ink th ose of us who hav e su ppo rted you deserv e better. And I think that professionals like Art and J eff deserv e better. It may be fun for you to compose cu te answers to th e letters you receive. like th e gu ys a t Car & Driver, but Art and Jeffs letter was written out of co nc ern for all of th e good people involved in th e Six -Hour ra ce . So was thi s one . MARK FULTON Pal o Alto , CA Smart-ass? I ha ve to ta ke exception to your sm a rt -ass answ er to Art Friedman a nd J eff Ka rr's lett er protesting your min im a l coverage of the AFM SixHour ra ce a t Onta rio . Th e answer was int ended to be neith er -smart -ass nor cute. Mark . A s sta ted, the AFM Six -H our did deserve more coverage; it could not be gioen it due to space limitations; we will be What a shock J a y La cey's letter was for me! I have never claimed (or pretended ) to be th e first wom an to ea rn a professional licens e fro m th AMA , and I ha ve been very careful to correct a nyo ne who mi su nderstood that I was. I am th e first woman to b licens ed as a professional roadracer onl y - nothing more. But th is was not sufficie n tly em p hasized in th e article . and m a ny of m y statement s the refor a p pe ar to be in acc u rate when no understood to be within th e context 0 ro a d raci ng rather than mot or cycl racing in ge ne ra l. Diane Co x, Debbie Evans. and Su Fish , have been m y idols since before I ever th ou ght about a pplyi ng for a professional license , a nd my adm iration for wh at th ey ha v accomplished in motor cycl co m pe titio n is measureless. Not to mention th e efforts of Debbie Sheldon and Kerry Kleid wh o found the goi ng much rougher than a nyo ne else a nd made it possible for wom en to com pet in AMA sa nctioned events. Had it no been for the perseverance of rhes ladies , it would have been mu ch mor diffi cult for riders like Margo King , W en d y Epstein , Virgina Bovaird a n m yself to acq u ire th e professional . licens es we now hold . Please don 't co ndem n me for th wa y I ha ve been pa ckaged a nd sold to you in th e med ia . I a m not t rying to b a nyt hing mor e th an a respected ra ce who se accom plish me n ts (howeve sm a ll) m ay be used to fu rt he r the spo rt of . motorcycling a nd mot or cycl ra cm g . CARTER ALS O P Van Nuys, CA $IIT!I1frIfJEEK11£tflAfIlEPAtt'P lVI/cPt/III'PflIER$/K4" tJFfit'U1Lf.4K/J,.fIIPr/J(/t$JTAKP." IfI'IIEIi/rtiNflff; Ift;1,.+1t7/ltJtt'111/1/1£ S6NfATJfJNAI.IJM lI/ffRII/jf[ ( 4

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