Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

7,045 clocking up the hill, while Hamilton's 7.800 managed only founh place. In t~ unlimited displacement class, Willard Kinzer continued a winning tradition that began with his sons Terry and jerry, both of whom we~ champions in recent years but have since ~tired. Willard, who last year won Ihe AMA's Amateur Hillclimbing Championship, wrapped up t~ Unlimited Class Professional Championship for 1979 with a win at Oregonia. ...... Three public meetings to discuss future development and use of the Hungry Valley Off Road Vehicle Project will be held early In November in Ventwa, Los Angeles, and Gorman. near the project . . . . The " ...tlng In Ventura will begin lit 7:30 p.m., Nov. 6 in the Loww Plaza Aasembly Room, Venture County Government Building. 800 South Victoria Avenue. The Gorman meeting wHl begin at 7:30 p.m., Nov, 7,In the Gorman School AudItorium, 49847 Gorman School Road. Take the Gormen off.....mp from lmeratllte 5. The Los ~ meeting wi. begin lit 7:30 p.m.. Nov. a. In the FrIendship AudhDrlum In GrIffith Pwk. 3201 RNa side Drive, comer of R1va'sIde DrIve and Los feliz Bouleva'd, A planning tean1 .from the State Department of Partes and Recreetlon wII dasc,1be the cwrent stIItUS of the project and wi! invite quesdona and comments from the public. Fwther iliformlltlon may be obbIIned and commenta ......Itted by wlitlng to ot') '"' ~ ..0 o ... u o Hungry Valey PIIIr••", T...... of Partes and RecreatIon. P.O. Box 2310. s.cr.mento, CA _11, or by talaphonlng 1161322-7&&4. editorial blasting Governor Brown for his veto of AB 1407, the Sagebrush Rebellion bill. One paragraph sums everything up nicely, and we offer it to you: "The management of those Western lands by Eastern bureaucrats represents paternalism at its worst. The mythical Great White Father in Washington will do no more for us than he did for the Indians who once roamed these lands." Riderw up in Idaho might want to know that the BLM's Shosone District h.. made Its decision regarding ORV use in the Snake Riv. Rim _ . In the DeviI's Corral and Vineyard Lake .... 470 acres are closed. The remaining 4480 acres of the ...... bordwed by Interstate ~N on the north, U.S. Highway 93 on the west. and the Snake Riv. on the aouth, is , c:lassifled .. Open Areas and Trails. The exhibition/race tour in Australia by flat trackers Terry Dorsch and Charlie Seale has not gone very well. according to reports received back in the U.S. Dorsch's best finish against the Australian speedway riders was a second at Bendigo, despite having to stan 50 yards behind the pack due to an inoperative clutch. A week later, another rider put Dorsch into the fence, injuring him. Dorsch did race later, though. Charlie Seale's best finish was a second in their third race at Morgan, a I %.-miIe track, despite being lIDashed up in a fight with Hell's Angds types t~ week befo~. Still, the pair says thanlts to Leetron, Harley· Champion Racing Davidson, Specialties and the AMA for making the trip possible. Department Check out the new Melcosl Herr Mlliach's 1980 renderings bout 12.2" travel lit the front wheel and an even foot lit the ..... Avallllble In 250, 4GO and 440cc mocIeIs. the red mac:hlnes from Germeny were lntroduced to the west coaat motoreYdIng press on Oct. 22. RAM PRO, the new road racing group compriled of AFM, WERA, CRRC and AAMRR mem~, docs haYe a full seuon planned for 1980. Last week Papa gave you a pho~ number to call for more information; this week _'~ giving you t~ right phone number. Turns out ~ preIS ~Iease RAM sent us was incorrect. The number you should dial is 714/ 661·5%17. OK? If you've seen the date for the Coce-Cola Motoerosa Finak In any of the monthI.. IIs1ed .. Nov. 10, Ignore it. Apparently tt-e _ some confu8Ion. The correct AnlIheim StadIum event . . . Is Nov. 17. racing Saturday Saddleback Motocross and wishin' for a bigger purse? Your d~ams have come true. Standard Crankshaft Company of Los Angeles has put up a $1,200 Pro purse for the Nov. 5 race. Dial 714/495·4771 for extra info. Been Ev. wlltCh KCOP's South.n Issue show? That's chennel13. They're running a BlM/ S1e1T8 ClubiORV discussion show next Friday at 10 a.m. Catch it if ya California 2 can. ~ venerable Earl Bowlby and his equally venerable BSA, pulled out a clutch win Oct. 14 to claim their fourth coosecutive AMA National HiDc1imb ChampioDship. The 45year-old Bowlby won the title by defeating Lou Gerencer in ~ season's final climb, promoted by ~ Dayton Motorcycle Club on its legendary "Devil's Staircase" hill at Orqonia, OH. Gerencer ~Id a two-point advantage going into ~ last eYeDt of the l1-elimb seuon, but Bowlby ri~ the slippery face of ~ Devirs Swrcase with what proved to be t~ fastest docking of t~ day (6.881 seconda), ~ sat back to await a challeI!F. Gerencer heard his HarleyDavidson misfi~ momentarily in t~ early stages of his attempt, and t~ reaultant 7.590 c10cking left him in fifth place for the day and second in the final standings. The~ was a similar drama in the SOOcc class w~ john Williams pulled out his second consecutive National Championship by defeating series leader Mark Hamilton in the finale. Riding a fC;»lu-cylinder Honda and trailing Hamilton by fiYe points going into the last event, Williams experienced mechanical problems during the early going Sunday. By day' end, however. the defending champ had posted a Team Suzuki's Drew Smith claimed the overall victory at the 1%5·mile Cowbell AMA National Enduro, Smith dropped just one point in ~ Mt. Baker M.C. eYeDt held in nonhero Washington, edging out Honda's Rick Munyon, who had a score of five. Maico's Don Sanford and Kawasaki's Mike Hannon finished third and founh. Dick Burleson did not compete, having already wrapped up his sixth AMA National Enduro Championship the week before in New Mexico. Complete coverage next week. Ascot Rac:ewey announced thatthe second half of the Spaedwey Long Track Championship has been postponecl from Nov. 2 to Nov. 9. The sc:hecIuIng chenge _ made necessary by the raIn-out of a sprint car c:hampiolllNp race recently. The date of the fint spaadwey round remains IntIIet Oct.2&. Lynn Wi..-.ct repraaanted the AMA recently in a teIeIoision show that dealt with IanckIae problems. The progi'8lll, 1JIR'. ~ will air on KTTV, CMnneI11 In the Los Angeles __ lit 7 a.m. Seturday, Oct. 'D. With w.n.nd on the dlscuaall)l'l allow . . hrneIll Jones (you've probably hurd of him) and Terry HIc:bon of the BLM. AMA District 58 and the Imperial Valley M.C. would like to invite desen racers to their point to point hare and hound on Nov. 18. The fun course stans at the Mexican border and ends east of Ocotillo Wells on Hwy. 78. The Los Exploradocs ~e team will be on hand. For mo~ details. call 714/!l52·!l649 after 7 p.m. . The AMA has announced plans for the most ambidoua road recing schedule since 1m. Tentatl.. plans cell for nine AMA WInston Pro Series road race NIrdonaIs and one non-National In 1.. Mike DiPlete. the AMA'. commissioner of rKIng. not8d. "We've been working on this pretty hard. Everythkrg Is coming together." If you'd IiU a little night life \0 go with your MX-education, Gary Bailey will be hosting a two-day motOCJ'OlS school in the Las Vegas ~a, Oct. %7·%8. The school wiD be held at the Yucca Patch Raceway, Boulder City, NV. For info. call Randy Chambers at 702/4570545. Thenks to the effolU of the Madere M.C. and the Fresno branch of the fish & Game Department. tt-e'l be • CMC motocross lit Lake Madere on Oct. 28. with more dlItes In the future. The Lake Madwa track. originaHy adminlsttrred by the County of Madere, had been closecI for about a yew. For Info, call 2091486-3182. Reader T.B. LaRouche sent Papa a copy of a Pasadena Star·Nt!ws FoIowfng, . . the events and their tentatl.. ~ Deytona InternetIon8I Sp aadwllv C3IIt EIkhan Lake, Wisconeon's RoecI America 11111: Loudon Mit Road Adame Cll29t MIdI I.." International SpaadwQ C7tII: s..s Point (7/131; L.agune Seca eno.NatIonal 813); Poco"o I"temlltlonal Raceway MOl; New York's Watkins Glan CtI14t and Riverside (1128). In addition to the above events, an eight race AMA Pro/ Am Road Race series is also in the worb. Although still in the formative stages, the success of two pilot events at Road Atlanta and Daytona opened the doors to. Ihe Series. joining Daytona and Road Atlanta will be Nonh Carolina's Charlolle Motor Speedway. Alabama's Talladega International Speedway,

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