Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

rain). The Chief of Police was accustomed to the "classy" annual Long Beach-toEnsenada Yacht Race, which filled his cells with drunks, and he complimented the hordes of mo torcyclists for their good behavior. Gary WIXon became the first American to be invited to Japan for a road race, and over he went to win the Japanese Grarid Prix on a production 250cc YDS3 Yamaha. Road racing wa s growing, but the Cal Poly Penguins, a college motorcycle club which h o sted their 19th Annual H i Mountain Enduro through the Los Padres National Forest, ran head-on into trou ble with the California Highway Patrol wh o would only allow bikes to use a small bit of asphalt if they had license plates. Cal Poly managed their run, but the writing was on the wall for those great old long ridend uros. On the final Greenhorn ers were forced to load the ir bikes onto trai lers and pu sh them -across the road , unloading on the other sid e under the watchful eye of the CHP. The Cycle News cover price wa s now up to 25 cents, and we had opened an East Coast advertising office when it became clear that we had the edge on upto-date news. With Sharon Clayton guiding the financial side as the business manager, CN was growing by leaps and bounds. The ACA had begun holding honestto-God motocrosses, and the first European rider we saw was three-time World Champion Torsten Hallman, when Husqvarna introduced the Flying Swed e and Husky motorcycles to the USA. We soon learned to pronounce new words, as Dave Bickers, Joel Robert, Roger DeCoster (everyone's favorite ), and Bryan Wade quickly followed Hallman. Americans woke up with a start to realize that as good as we were, we couldn't com e close to those men on thei r Jawas, CZS and Huskys, The race to catch up was on . At Hopetown, the ACA requested an International sanction, and the AMA got nervous, threatening that any pro rider con testing a non-AMA sanctioned event wou ld lose his license. They had not realized the skill of Wes Cooley, who pointed ou t that California 's Cartwright Act expressly forb id such actions. A professional had the right to make his living by riding (or driving) in any sanctioned even t without fear of threats from another sanctioning body. At the Pepperell Motocross, Dick "Bugs" Mann took on the Europeans, becoming the first American to finish as high as seven th. In my estimation, Bugs is the finest all-arou nd moto rcycle racer this country has ye t produced. The visitors were unbeatable, but Malcolm Smith was ranked by Torsten Hallman as the fastest . American he'd ever seen. Speedway really was speeding, and in June of 1969, we ran an enormous speedway issue. The late Dewayne Keeter was run, VOL. Q HO. 31 T H U RSD AY . OCTo a CIl CARLSBAD COU RSE GOOD Fu n on Fu n bike. - Vennnn t stn1! \ 10 m .. nalT ow ey el .. In ll• .. 1\ t h.. G J.. nd . l.. . ,11 th . 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'n now riding in England, Ivan Mauger was World Champion and the local southern California heroes were Scott Autrey, Rick Woods, the Bast brothers and Sonny Nutter. It wouldn't take many years before Americans were every bit as good as the Europeans. July 4, 1969, was a monumentous day. At a Saddleback Park in te rna ti on a l mo tocross, Gary Bailey climbed on a tired Greeves prototype and took on the crop of visitors (as well as some muchimproved Americans like Billy Silverthorn) . Arne Krin was the reigning champ, and he and Gary went at it in a tremendous two-moto race that wasn't to be fortotten. Gary's first moto was faster than Krin's win in the second outing, and America had the ir fi r st winner . The explosion of joy at Saddleback must have been heard ' rou nd the world. 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