Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

·TH LATEST E o BY PAPA WEALEY (Continuedfrom pag e 6) You may have heard that ent ries are closed for th e annual AFM Six Hour Endurance R ace . That's not true. According to AFM's Harry Bresach , entry forms 'were ma iled Mar. 5, and all entries will be ac ce pted . H ea t ra ces will be run on Sa tu rd ay, Apr. 28 to qu a lify 100 teams and five alternates . Mor e details? Call H a rry at 714/5233892 . Lady road racer Carter Alsop has been playing car racer after practicing while in Aorida for the 24 Hours of Daytona in a Lancia Stratos in preparation for the 12 Hours of Sebring. She also placed second in her class. third overall. in a Willow Springs SCCA school race. Bike racing. says Alsop. is still her main interest, and she 's entered in the Novice race on her TZ250 and the Superbike Production on her Suzuki GS1000 at Daytona. 1979 Daytona 200 ·mile Roa d Ra ce la p Sponso rs: L ap 1. H i-Point ' Racing Prod ucts; Lap 2 . Askew Ya maha , In c.: Lap 3. Harley-Da vidson of Altamonte ; Lap 4 . Peterson 's La ndsca ping , In c ; Lap 5. Gary Ba ng Motorcycle Products; Lap 6. Diamond Cha in Company; Lap 7 . Ga ry Ba ng Motorcycle Product s; Lap 8. Con tinental T ires; Lap 9. Beck/ Arnley Corporation ; Lap 10. Ga ry Ba ng Motorcycle Products; Lap 11. VDOARG O Instru m ents; Lap 12. Lockhart In dust ries; Lap 13. F&W Company T / A Norm 's M/C World ; Lap 14 . Gary Ba ng Motorcycl e Pro ducts; Lap 15. Kawasa ki Motors Corp - Sout h Region; Lap 16. Kawasaki Mo tors Corp - Sou t h Region ; La p 17. K.K. Motorcycle Su p pl y In c. : Lap 18. Norm's Motorcycle World ; Lap 19. Ba ltim ore Cou nt y T rail Ride rs ; L a p 20. Su llivan Bro th ers; Lap 21. Sulli va n Broth ers ; La p 22 , W inston Pro Series. 1919 Daytona Supercross lap sponsors: Lap 1. Aorida W interAMA Motocross Series; Lap 2. Red Une Engineering. Inc.; Lap 3. U.S. Suzuki Motor Corporation; Lap 4. Pace Management Corporation; Lap 5. U.S. Suzuki Motor Corporation; Lap 6. Diamond Chain Company; Lap 1. U.S. Suzuki . Motor Corporation; Lap 8. Beck! Arnley Corporation; Lap 9. Red Line Engineering. Inc.; Lap 10. VDQ-ARGO Instruments; Lap 11. Winston-Pro Series; Lap 12. K.K. Motorcycle Supply. Inc. There 's bee n a delay, an d the BLM's Final California Desert Conservation Ar ea W ilderness Map and Narratives , sch ed u led for Feb. 28 release , won 't be ready until Mar. 31. T hirt y days after p ub lica tio n in th e Fed eral R egist er, t he documen t will become fina l, " un less new information is rec eived as .a result of publication and any a me nd ment s to th e decision go . through sep a ra te forma l pu blica tion and 30 day extension periods ," according to the BLM. T his is our last chan ce . Contact th e BLM office 1695 Sp ru ce SI. , Riverside , CA 92507 , a nd get the document when it comes out , and let them ·know whe re th ey made t heir m istak es in clas sifying your riding area s as W ilderness. . Dennis Smith, AMA #21. will race a Del Amo Suzuki/Yoshimura-powerad GS1000 in Daytona's Mar. 9 Bell Superbike 100. Smith. with a threeyear contract with Bel-Ray and major support and backing from NO Spark Plugs and Derale Coolers. plans to contest AMA and AFM Superbike events throughout 79, according to Del Amo Suzuki's Kevin Donnelly. AMA / T oyota Series Su per cross returns indo ors at th e Houston Ast ro dome follow ing the Ma r . 3 At lanta su bm a ri ne races a nd whatever happens at Da ytona . T icket s for th e Mar., 16-17 T exas event , the Mr. PiBB Super cross , as it's ca lled, are available a t T op Ticket and Voucher outlets, Ho usto n a rea Honda deal ers and th e Astrodome box offi ce . T hey're priced at $5 , $6 , $7 an d $8 if you b uy t hem in advance ; add a doll ar on race da y, Heyl How'd "ou r" Mr . PiBB N a tio n al Cha mpion ship MX Series money get int o Pace Managem e nt 's stadium race? Papa 's go n na re -read A ll t he President 's Men and go sno oping . "Stop the presses" type news comes from Lorain. Ohio. in the form of an announcement that says John Penton is back in the motorcycle business. He 's now the exclusive agent .for Sachs motorcycles. Stay tuned for more infol AMA has a new rul e. T his on e's for paddle tires like th e one Kawasaki's Jimm y Weinen used to win th e Oakland Coliseum Supercross race . W e quot e: " Pad dle tir es" and/ or any ot h er b ike tire t read design of th is na tu re th a t tend to throw sand . d irt , sto nes , etc .. farther and high er than .a normal knobby tire are co nsidered a sa fety h azard a nd a re p rohib ited ." Can't you j ust picture th e AMA tech inspector standing behind [he st a rti ng line -up in a sho wer of "sand, d irt, stones, etc. " usin g his new di rt m eter to ca tc h o ffend ers t hrowing it "fa rther a nd hig her" than all the rest ? , . California Racing Club held its Outlaw GP at Riverside Raceway. and the winners of the six events were: Donnie Morrison (200ccl. Las Vegas' Kevin Davis (25Occl. Larry Shoemaker (Over the Hill Gangl. Leon Price (Junior/Senior and . Sen iorl. Kevin Davis again (Openl and Kenny Upp (Unclassified I. Complete coverage next week. In case you h ave n't heard th e good news yet , Da nny " Magoo" C ha ndl er h as signed a two -yea r co nt ract with Ma ieo USA . Bill DaPra to . Magoo's tuner has also joined th e Magnum pack in g MX squad. • \\ ' , Mr. PiBBw\ ot MotocroSS\ superboStadiuro At\anta h 3 sat., Marc"" nnah , 8 8 8 8 8 '\. Bob : Shu\tz 8 8 2 carre ert D® 8 i .RiCI

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