Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

The busiest single month ever in AMA Grand National racing is July, 1978. Two TTs, a mile , a half mile and a road race - WIST America 's No.1 Weekly Motorcycle N ew sp aper Sharon C layton. Pu blisher Caroline Gcndry. Secretary to the Pu blisher Bob i Scott , Executi ve Assista nt Advertising Jim R ya n . Sales M a n a ge-r . Larry Little . Sales Man ag er . M arg o t Be -r m a n . Sa les g Ma n age r . Ch r is Ko lb er . Assisram . Editorial Char les Mo rey , Ma n a g in g Editor . Dak- Brow n . Ed itor . Br ian Geo rge , Assista nt Editor. Graphics and Production Jan Gill . Produ ction . Ma rio n H a ra sh ita . Pa t Phil lips Typ()~raphy . De n n i.. G reene . l.a hor.uorv. Accounting Mill" Kl inKrr , Ma n4l g-t'r. Jrannt' H a m m o n d . A("("t !'> . R ecr- iva h h-. NatalitJ\.1 a~("t· . A~!ot. A(Th . Rece-i va b le . l lo llv Ha ir . Collection and Credit . Circulation Rh e ba Smith. Ma nager. De b bie Drayde-n . Pa tricia De Pasq u ale. Sherrv Kau fm a n. Sandye Mc Kay. Assistants. Services and Support Pat Cardenas . Rec e- piio n ist . G inny H a r pe r . W a rn Ads . J im Pisa rr-rz, 5&5 . West 220 1 C herry A ve • Long Br ach , C A •. P.O . Box 498 , Lo ng Beach . CA 9080 1 (213)427 ·74B ; l. .A . Li ne 636 ·8844. East 41 90 First Ave. . Tucker . GA . P.O . Box 805, T uc ker, GA 30084 . (40 4) 934·7850 . Subscription O ne- ye-ar. second class mai l. $15 ; two vears. sec ond class m ail. 527 : thrt- e ye-ars. ~l'cond class m ail. 537.50 . Co pyright!" Cyc le News. Inc. 1978. 'T rademark Cyc le News registered U .S . Pat en t Office . A ll rights reserved. Pu b lished wee k ly t"xct"pt the fi rst and las t week of the ca lendar vear bv Cvc le News, l nc. . P.O . Bo x 498 . L. n g Beach . o Ca lifornia . Second class postagt' paid at Long Beach . CA 9080 1. Cyc le Ne ws welcomes u nsolicited editoria l material includi ng stories, ca noons , photos . N C. Such m ateri al . if pub lished . become-s the exc lusive copyright pro[K'rlY of CycleNews. Su ch accepted material i!!o subject 10 revisio n as is necessa rv in the sole discretion of Cycle ~ew~. Unsolic ited mate-rial wh ic h is nOI used will be ret urned if accompanied by a srlf· addressed stamped envelope. All u n so lici ted m a terial will be handled with reasona ble carr. ho wever , Cycle News assu mes no respo nsibi iitv for tbc safet y. loss or damage 10 such material , Re pri mi ng in whole o r pan o nly by permissia n of th e pu bl ish e rs . Ad vert isin g ra tes an d ci rcul ation inform atio n will be sent u po n request . St"f'S . R . D .S . POSTMASTER; Send fo rm 3579 to Cycle News, P.O. Box 498. Long Beach. CA 90801 . 4 ON THE FRONT PAGE: Mike Bell heads for his f irst Supercross victory at the Coca-Cola Superbowl of MX VII. and Steve Ek lund ce lebrates , Photos by Felix Adamo and Gary Van Voorhis. VOICES Anti-Oxley sentiments do , at th e same time rememberin g th e fact that th is m an has refused all of you a 10% inc re ase in overage money, refused to inc rease th e purse , and refused to increase you r insu rance cove rage, sta ting that he can't afford it. E LLEN WINKELMANN SCHEFFERS Placentia , CA What is th e matter with you speedway riders? Have you all gon e d aft ? Is it true th at 'you are letting some twob it spee dway promoter wh o has go tten rich off you d ict at e whe re you can rid e a nd com pe te? I a m referring to O range County speedway p romoter Harry Oxl ey's attempt to prevent SRA members fr om racing at Santa ana Stadium on Sa tu rd ay nights . Congrats, UEA Earlier this yea r, the cont ract that O ur congratulations to the United gives Ha rry Oxley the right to produce Enduro Associa tion for an outsta nding contract was challenged by Lou District 37 Enduro - the "T u ff E Kossuth. a La Habra service sta tio n Nuff. " For th is enduro, UEA m ixed an owner whose son rides J u n ior assortment of high mo untain fire Speedway. Desp ite the fact th a t Mr. roads wit h true deep woods trai ls to lay Oxley was in viola tion of h is con trac t ou t an interesting , challenging and , a t (failu re to provide proper sec urity and time s; b rea thtaki ng co urse . crowd control, gi ving ou t fre e T he checks a nd mileage were com plim en ta ry passes, having little or accurate, a ll UEA personnel were no exhaust systems on the motorcycles, ext remely cooperative a nd well to name a few) he was again awarded organized, the Forest Service friend ly, th e right to product speed way at th e and the wea ther perfect. We can Orange Co unty Fa irgrounds. ha rdly wait for next yea r. Mr. Kossuth th en applied for and O nce again thanks to Jerry Cou n ts received a permit to run speed way and UEA for one of the - best ever races at the Santa Ana Stadium on Southern Ca lifornia enduros. Saturday nights . Mr . Oxley runs h is races on Fridays, so there appeared to ANN and RO BERT MENNELL be no conflict. .Ba rbenders M.C. Mr . O xley apparently felt otherwise , Redondo Bea ch , CA th ough , because he h as done every thi ng short of bodily threa tening the riders to prevent th em from rid ing Helmets off to the UEA at Santa Ana Stadium . He has made it To all of you who missed th e UEA clear that any rider who pa tronizes th e T uff E' Nuff end uro, I ca n on ly say Santa Ana Stadium races will not ride "too b ad ." T his was one of t he best that th ere at his track again .. m lu ros of n-rr- n t memory . "lhe ..he..ks conveniently will be no room for th ose wert- righ t o n . t he pe ople we r e super rid ers in his program . Now there is frit 'nelly . t he course w a s rn a rkr -d so w(,11 even a $500 fine for riding a t Mr . tha t yo u h ad a h ard rinu- 1-;ett ing lost Kossu th's .track! a nd I ha d a 11<'11 of a good t inu -. Speedway riders of Orange County , Br-lir-ve Ole' . it ,.. 'a s worth the t hrr-r- a n d u nite! Nothing will make Mr . Ox ley a half hour d rive. It was great goin,~ clean u p his act fas ter t han a little u nd er . o ve r . a ro u n d . through . a nd honest competition, especia lly since sornct irru -s lx -twei -n rea! t n-es . . t hat com petition is willing to meet the Thanks lJ [ A . I hop.' to I... th .. n· riders' de mands . You 'd be surp rised m -xt y" a r for t he 'I'll 1'1' [ ' Nuf!'. how Mr. O xley will take your complaints to hea rt no w t ha t you ca n JAK[JACOBS[N take your business elsewhere. H a rry l.a kewood , CA O xley has nothi ng withou t riders. Those thousands of people come to see Published letters do not necessarily you! You are H a rry 's me al ticket: ref lect the position of Cycle News, Has anybod y bothered to check Mr . Inc. Send letters to Voices. Box Oxley's income fro m last year? I 498. Long Beach. CA 90801. 2L! suggest some of. Y .s~c\~ a"y~ ripr~ . .. .. l.L%.u

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