Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
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s: rJ n' :>: '" -~. ,. TEN YEARS AGO _ Sedalia, Missouri was the site of an - AMA Grand National Championship mile dirt track, and Gene R om ero (Tri) came out as the big winner of the event, with BSA's Dick Mann the big ~ loser , incurring a broken leg . Mann fi"b did not fall, however he collided with [ , Jim Rice and Chuck PalDigren in the 11'" main event and had to leave the race. D Rice had the points lead, with Romero moving into second after only his -0 second National win of a five-year OJ Expert career. Gary Fisher won the Amateur main event. 'II. :> Team racing was ' popular in 1970, especially among motocross afficiJ anados. '; Northern and southern , California teams met at White Rock Cycle Park , near Sacramento, and despite a stellar' performance ,by the North's Bob Groui, the South won , o 164-149. The South team ' members included captain Jim West, Mark Blackwell, Tom Rapp, Bill Silver, t h o r n e , Mike Runyard, Billy :. Clements and John Rice. The North squad included Gmai, Carl Cranke, Ron Stockman and Phil Jacobson. l. It was reported in Cycle News that Doug Johns and three friends were trail riding in Bean Canyon when they encountered a deputy. They asked if the land was open and the deputy said it was. Further along they encountered "another deputy, who told them the 1& trail was closed ahead and asked them ,. to fill out little cards with their name :>fl.and address acknowledging that they'd ~rl been so informed. Later all of them :>'1 received a summons for trespassing -b the little cards. Bail was $65 for not -s appearing, and $120 if they answered 10 the charges. Johns and others among _Hthe 150 motorcyclists so cited banded en together and hired an attorney to fight b lthe charges, but the charges were later 10 dismissed. Johns now works at Trade DO Litho, where the four -color separations .0 are done for Cycle News ' front covers , We've lowered the cost of bein g competitive. " I use a lot of Hi-Point products such as pants, boots, gloves and so on but the difference in my victory at Jack Pine was made by my choice of Red Dot tires from HiPoint," ~ I> Secretary of Transportation John , nVolpe announced the appointment of 10 AMA Trustee Ivan J. Wagar to the National Motor Vehicle Safety Advisory &i Council. At the time Wagar was editor of Cycle World Magazine. JOOy Nicholas became only the th ird -ro rider of the year to win more than one Expert half mile main event at Ascot . .. Nicholas used. a Norton to defeat Lloud Hochins' Triumph, while Nick Theroux used a BSA to defeat , 'BSA-mount ed Wayne Hosalta in the :K1 Amateur class. Kenny Roberts once again won the Novice feature with AI Baker second, Mike Kidd fifth and Gary Scott pulling off the track after eJ battling with Roberts for the lead. ~ trI1TIt1 HI·POINT RACING PRODUCTS 3709 W. Erie Ave.. Lorain. OH 44053 9604 Oates Dr.. Sacramento. CA 95827 POWERJET Dale Singleton Pocono Formula One winner, Yamaha mounted and Powerjet equipped. The Dusters M.C. put on a hare scrambles near Adelanto and R ich Thorwaldson (Ric -Tri) and Tom Poteet (Bul) finished 1-2. Gary Davies rode a 125cc Yamaha to finish as first Novice at 11th overall and , Terry Clark won the Trailbike race. Bob Bailey saw his hopes of opening a cycle park on an abandoned golf course in Carson, CA go down the drain with a nay vote from the City Planning Commission. .' Join Darryl In th e HI-Point Winners' Circ le. Use HI-Point Products. LECTRON "'P'" 1 81Xl s,~ :VEL SYSTE~S. INC Trot' . M td'loo-n oI808A RED DOT TIRES Total performance with a U.S. made premium knobby. 3:00 x21 4:50 x 18 100J90x1813:85x181