Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

TEN YEARS AGO WIST T he500cc MX World Championship Series moved to Pa yerne, Swi tzerla nd, and it was H usk y's buck Finn, H iekki Mikkola, taking the overall win. Suzu ki works rid er R oger DeCoster finished second a nd took over th e points lead. America ns Mark Blackwell, Bob Grossi a nd Bryan Kenny a ll fin ish ed the race, a lt hough th ey did n ot sco re a ny G P poi nts. America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Sharon Clayton. Publisher Caroline Gendry. Executive Secreta ry to the Publisher. nan Rodriguez. Advertising/Editorial Assistan t. Edi t ori al Dale Brown . Senior Editor. Mark Kariya . Editor. Lance Bryson . Editor. Karel Kramer, Editor. Ri ders had to end ure a blisteringly h o t da y to co mpete in an AM A P ro m ot ocross a t Sacramen to's Ca l-Expo Fairgrounds . In th e 25 0cc class, Husqva rna-m ounted G unnar Lindstrom wa s the overa ll wi nner, to p pi ng Peter Lamppu (Mo n) and J im Hicks (Ma i). The Open class fell to Brad Lacke y's monster 490 Kawasa ki p ro to type. with Rob Norgaard and J im Cooke finishing 2-3. Advertising Sk.ip Jo hnson , National Sales Manager. Terry Pra tt , Sales Manager . Duane Johnson. Sales Manager. Steve W ilson . Sales M an a ~r . Linda Brown. Advenising Coordinator. Na ncy Danger . Advertising Assistant . Graphics and Production Kri stin Cooper, G raphic Art ist. Ron a Kramer. Assistan t. Mari on H ata sh ita , T ypograph y. Dennis Greene. Labora tory. Accounting /Data Processing Mike Klinger, Controller. Donna Bryan , Accounts Receiva b le: Coordinator. Geneva Repass. A"ista nt. Terry Dail ey. Credit Manager. Circulation R he ba Sm i rh , Manager . Michell e Bern ier, Sarah Taylor. Debbie Walker , Lyna Hood. Assista n ts , Want Ads Cayle wheeler . Want Ad Sales. Dea ler Sales and Service Nancy Bra gge r, Dealer Sales Manager. Services and Support Chris Alrcheson. Recep tionist. Gregory Hanso n, S&S. West 220 1 Cherry Ave.. Long Beach, CA P.O. Box 498 , Long Beach, CA 9080 1· 0498 (213) 427 ·7433; L.A. Line 636·8844 . East 4 190 First Ave.. Tucker , CA. P. O . Box 805. T ucker , CA 30084 ·0805. (404) 934·785 0. Cycle News/ West (UPS 141·34 0) is pu b lished weekly except the first and last week. of the ca lendar y~a r for $20 ~r year by Cycle News, Inc.. 2201 Cherry Avenue , Long Beach. CA 90801-0498. Second cI.... postage paid at Long Beach. CA. POSTMASTER: Send fo rm 3679 to Cycle News, P.O. Bolt 498 , Long Beech, CA 9OlI01~. Subscription rates : One year . 5«000 class mail . $20; two years , seco nd class mail. $35; three yean, second cIass mail . $53; 25 weeks. $11. Foreign rates available on request. Cycle N~ welcomes unsolicited edi torial material includi ng stories, cartoons, photos. et c . Such materia l. if published. becomes the exclusive property of Cycle News. Such accepted material is subject to revision a.s is ntttSSary in the sole discretion of Cycle N~ . Unsolici ted material which is not used will be returned if ac companied by a self addressed stamped enevelope . An unso licit ed material will be handled with reasonable care. however. Cycle News assumes no responsibility for the sa fety. loss or damage to such material. Repri nt ing in whole o r pan only by permission of th e pub lishers . Advertising rates and cir cu lance info rm atio n will be sent upon request . See S.R .D.S. Co p yrig ht'" Cycle Ne w s, Inc . 1982. Trademark Cycle News registered U.S . Pat ent Office . All rights r_rved. ON THE FRONT PAGE: Terry Vance h a s been ro lling a long well on both h is Top Fueler and his Pro Stocker, go ing undefeated in two races on each. Photo by Gary Van Voorhis. The Duck triumphs and heads north The Duck fund rai ser , supported wi th products donated by Ba rnett Engineering, Kal-Gard Coaling and Lubricants, Triumph Int erna tio na l Owners Club, Triumph Motorcycles America, Inc., and Yamaha Motor Corpora tion, U .S.A .. was a huge success. The rafflefor these products netted the Du ck $288. John Calicchio of j. R.C. Engineering al so gave the Duck $30 in exchange for a Triumph ja cket handed to him by Wa yne Moulton , President of Tri umph Motorcycles America , In c. T hose of us who have gotten to meet the Duck, Mr. Lou is McKey , have been impressed with hi m a nd h is effo rts . T he biggest fun d raiser is yet to co me. This wi ll be at Cherry Cree k, Uta h o n Ma y 29 and 30 whe n th e Sugarloafers M.C . ru n th e 22nd a nnual Che rry Creek H a re and H o und , 30 m iles n o rth o f Del ta , UT. If you read the Ma y 5 issue of Cycle News with the o riginal announcement, this may not be news. T wo other overall wi n ners wi ll be o n hand to ren ew o ld friends h ips. One is Max Swi tzer who was th e 197 1 overa ll wi n ner a nd th e rider who has been dominating the 30 and over class. T he ti th er is six times overall winner AI Rogers, " King of the Dinosaur R iders." AI, kn o wn to the dese rt frat ernity as Algie, last won overall in 1969 and then took up a successful career racing cars in o ff-road race. In 1976 he returned to Ch erry Cr eek a nd "godfathered" the Dinosaur cla ss with the en co uragement from h is close friend Larry C hedister, th e Friendl y Roc ky Man in Utah. Beca use each entry wi 11 fatten th e Du ck's Lega l Defense Fund by $1 , a group of vintage four-stroke riders has ent ered the Dinosaur cla ss but plans o n riding th e first and second loo p s togeth er as tr ail ride rs after th e start. If you have an interest in joining us, ca ll Pa t O wens at 21317460800,extension 212. Already th is group is d rivi ng. 10 Uta h wi th the Duck, leaving Friday afternoon , May 28. If yo u are not fro m th e SoCaI area, meet us a t Che rry Creek fo r a fun-fi lle d weeken d . If the tr ip to U ta h is beyond yo ur fin ances th en circle the 4th, 51h a nd 6t h of Septem ber, Labor Da y week- end. A Duck fun d raiser will again be held off of the T ro n a Road near Red Moun tai n . Fo r yea rs those of us who enjoy th e desert h ave bee n usi ng this a rea. Thanks to the Duck a nd th e AMA a lot of th is area is stil l open for legal ridi ng. Because th is is a n election year a nd both the Duck and the AMA are maki ng progress in our behalf, it is ti m e that we , as th e " silen t majo rit y," ge t in volved . Ma n y are rea dy 10 sta nd up and be coun ted . One is Clyde Earl who su pplied th e 1964 Ca lifornia Sta te Hare a nd H ound film shown a t th e fir st Duck fu nd raiser o f 1982. C lyde w ill be o n hand Labor Da y wee ken d 10 show so me vintage fil m s o f Ca ta li na a nd o ther famous events. Others who will mak e a n appearance are Walt Fulton, Sr. , 1955 o verall Ca ta lin a wi nner; T om Cat es, former Sa les Ma na ger for BSA; a nd Bo b Tryon , wh o was th e BSA Serv ice Manag er. We ho pe yo u ca n mak e both Che rry Creek an d th e La bor Day Duck fund raiser. Demonstrat e tha t desert- users a re nOI a buse rs. Take th e adv ice o f Cycle N ews an d write 10 yo ur elected officials o n politica l issues. Better yet . vo te in June a nd November a n d eIec t those wh o hav e o u r bes t interests in mi nd . I a m sure th at if o rganized to o ur full pote n tia l, we ca n OUIvote and out-lobby any specia l in teres t group in Cal ifo rnia or in th e na tio n . Wh en wr i ting 10 officials, m ake known tha t th e desert a nd mo torcycling is recreation fo r th e entire family . Mostly, let them know yo u are a registered voter and you are monitoring their performa nce . PAT O WENS T emple Ci ty, CA Published le tte rs do not ne ce s sarily reflect the position of Cycle News, Inc. Send letters to Voices. Box 498. Long Beach. CA90801 . RIDE AWARE Colo rado motocrosser Bruce Sass left Sand Hills Motocross Track as a double winner, having ta ken both th e 125 a nd 250cc A classes. In the 125s, th e run ne r-u p was h is brother Eugene. G oose H ollow, OR, was the scene of a m otocross race, a nd the da y's big winner was from Wa shin gton . Tha t was J im Pomeroy (Bu l) who won th e 250cc Ex pert class and fin ished fourth in the Open Ex perts after a na t tire. Da vid Aldana kept hi s N orton out in front 10 win the Ascot half mile Expert m ain even t for th e thi rd week in a row. Mert Lawwill (H -D) came fro m behind to fi nish seco nd over Frank Gillesp ie (Tri). Larry Gino (Tri) wa s fir st Junior on th e night, a n d R ick Hocking occu p ied a similar position in th e Novice ranks. Speedwa y actio n a l th e Ventura Fairg rou nds saw Mik e Curoso hold off Rick Woods an d Billy Gray 10 win th e H a n d ica p ma in even t. It was n 't a n a ll bad n ight for Woods, though, a s he ca me back to take th e Scratch main. J eff Da vid son won th e 250 a n d 500cc classes as th e short track season opened a t H a yward Speedwa y. Bruce Hanlon won the 250cc Junior class in the same event. J.N. R o berts (H us) wa s th e Open Amateu r/ Ex pert win ner at a D-37 Eu ropean Scrambles. Jim Fishback (CZ) did likewi se in the 250cc ra n ks, a nd Di vision II a nd Trai lbike wins went to Tom Brooks and Mitch Mayes, respectivel y. CZ-mou nted Tommy Denning won a pair of classes in a scra m bles h eld a t Sweeney , TX. Do ug N icol a nd Ed die La wson fin ished 1-2 in th e 50cc class in the Powder Puff Association 's a n n ual Mother 's Da y IT scra m bles. Ex pert win ne rs included R icky Minier, Sco tt Sm ith, Charlie Soders trom , Doug Mason and Walt Foster. Fu tu re spe ed way sta r Mik e Faria won th e 1000c Novice clas s at a scram bles m eet in Va llejo . Larry Drew wa s the big w in ner of th e day, taking the 250 a nd 500cc Expert cla sses. •

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