Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

. · '- L ast · w eek ,- we ' p ro mised "the·...·Wher~ to- '-' .. ;m;;;;;;F:!=f;;:#;;;~~~;":"""!<""'-''''#-''''-'''''''''''-'''!'''''Il!!!!'!''- .iii!I!!!!!i:i':!~'''!i!!j*'''~j!ii1ijjjjiii~i"i!i~~.*''!!!!!'!jijj.j!'!iJ!.~ Write " thing, which would, od dly enough , tell yo u where to wr it e in orde r to co nvey certain em otions regarding b new legislation an d at titudes towardS ~ yo ur sport. Well, the list is requiring a ' considerable amount of update, th an ks to the reapportio nment and other tri ck stuff t he State can t hink up , so hang o n ano th er w eek or t wo while we get things straigh tened o u t. e a test §. • • • Norton Vill iers has announced that a three man team of Ph il Read , Peter Williams , and Tony Rutter will enter AMA road ra ces at Daytona , Laguna Seca, and Ontario as well as contesting many British and Continental Formu la 750 road races d uring 1972 . Read is the talented Brit ish scratcher who accord ing to Norton Villiers "first owned a motorb ike at 13 which he rode under h is mother's tu it ion in a fie ld ," • * * Paul S mart , th e incredib le British road ra ce stylist, was ma rr ied recently t o the former Margaret Sh eene, sister o f an other British pavement specialist , Barry Sheene, The co up le took Smart 's works Triu mp h T hree along o n t he ir honeymoon to South Africa where Smart was to contend t h e South Afric an ' IT . * * * Daytona will have it s f irst woman com petitor t his year . It w ill be 22- ye ar·o ld JI NNY DURFEE rid ing f or . Bosto n Cy cles . She ' ll be in t he 125 Am at eur clas s. In h er last ra ce at Danville , Va., she w o n the 12 5 class o n he r Yamaha. T h e Boston , Mass. , racer will t eam up w ith C liff Carr , J immy Ellis an d T im Ro ckwood . T im , T om's yo unger brother, was seco nd in the 12 5 Amateur class at Da ytona in 19 70. T his year he'll ride the Nov ice class on a Yamaha, as will Ellis. Ca rr's Kawasa ki was ridden last yea r by the late Rusty Brad ley . * * * Jim Muntz of Muntz Cycle Park in nearby Moorpark is shifting some dirt around in order to construct a IT track. Seems that they discovered clay on the properties, a nd everyone knows that clay is good to race o n. The IT track planned will consist of 100% hard clay surface and is scheduled to be ready in a few weeks . More to come. * • * Instead of frantically ru nning around in c irc les after hearing of the President 's Proclamation , a gr o u p of en t husiast s in , Sa nta Ana, C alif _ have po oled some money and t ime t o set up a telep hon e MOT O R VOT ER S IN F O RMATI ON PHONE LINE . An yone wh o wan ts t o d o something to defe nd h is right t o t h e pu blic la nd s bu t does not know how to go a bo ut it can ca ll them at (714) 8 36-8 555. Moto r Voters informatio n will give t h e caller all sorts of info rmat io n o n wh o to w rit e , where t o wr ite, how to w rit e , and any number of ot he r th ings t o do. • • * Sp eed wa y ace ST EVE BAST is likely to accept a contract to ride for Exeter (De von) Eagles in the Brit ish League First Division this coming season, rep ort s fro m England reveal . Steve had a spe ll with t he Wembley Lions last year bu t fared without great success but Exeter senses stro ng potential. A n o th er door a-opening. * * * Mot o rcy cle di scriminatio n may have its day in co urt . MO NT Y BREW ER , president o f Orange County 's (Ca lif .) 4-0wners M.C., pleaded in nocent t o an illegal rid ing charge . He rode h is bike in nearby O'Neill Park , posted as a " no motorcycles" area ; he did ' it wearing u a spotless white helmet, white d inner jacket and b lack tie," Brewer cla ims that his constitutional rights are being violated since au tos are not banned from the park - only motorcycles. The AMA is in on the action, too. The Sup reme Co urt is not out of the question , either. * * • T h e Joh nny Horizon Gro up, eco logy mi nded citize ns wh o are a b it extre me, gave th e C ERA a pat o n the ba ck recen tl y. T ip-toeing o u t to the site of the recent Californ ia 400 , the JHG ex pected to tab an other breach o f th e eco log ica l con t rac t b ut in st ead fo und nearl y no tr ace o f trash, etc. No longer bl ast ing, a JHG mem b er said th e CERA and Ed Wigh t "is to be h ighl y co mme nd ed fo r t he effo rt exp ended in getting th e area so well clea ned." T he ey es of JHG are upon us . * * * Harley-Davidson w ill be represented at Daytona after a ll, it se ems. " Black Bart" I Markel w ill ride one of last y ear's racers . •• 'We"~m"Iltl1b'& l c1e"L"eonaro MIn r" ~ 1a'Sf' . - nat ional on a "discontin ued" Harley . * • * WHAT HATH WE WROUGHT? _ model . * T w o of t he n ew er world-reco rdcar-j ump ers o n t he scene, Gar y Davis an d Rex Black we ll pl an to jump 21 cars at Ontario speedway on March 5. But h ere's th e ca t c h: t h e y jump sim u ltaneo usly fro m opposite ends an d pass in mi d-a ir within a few feet of each other. Evel's record stands at 19 ca rs (and almos t every bone in h is b od). Eve! has mo ved on to b igger th ings. He p lans a mil e-long j ump across th e Snake Ri ver Canyon in-Id aho so metime th is year. Accord ing to h is fr iend Do n Vesco , Cal Rayborn is st ill rac ing b ikes although he won't be a t Day ton a because Harley-Davidson is no t entering this yea r . Ca I, o ne of the H-D pavement specia lists , was co nsidering sign ing w it h Dan G urn ey t o rac e ca rs f or 19 72. • " * Tom Paschall of the ELSINORE GRAND PRIX called to report that the entries for the Saturday portion of the brouhaha is closed, full, booked, taken, gone. No more Saturday entries. What's mo re, only 150 entries are left as of this frantic writing late Monday afternoon, which means by the time you read this they're all gone, too. Hurry, even though you're probably too late. * • * A co uple o f w ee ks ago Assistant Ed itor D. Sw ift , while reviewing a C·N mail o rder boo k, actually cr iticized the th ing and cha llen ged h is b oss to fire him as a dem onst rat ion o f h is la-d e-da journal istic prin ciples . Sure enough , that same issue and the o ne foll o wi ng ca rried an ad in the back , " Cy cle News Needs and Assistant Ed ito r" . Haw ha w , fo oled ya . Swift d idn't get fired b ut got the "as sistant " removed from his name in the masthead. Managing Ed ito r Joh n Bet h ea , meanwhi le, w ill ret ain his same t it le b ut w ill be hitti ng t h e road to c h ec k out the other two sister p ub lications occasion ally. New face arou nd here is Arth ur F riedman , a dewy-eyed 23 -year-o ld and former member of the God's Bats roa d racing t eam. He br ings the sp irit of Byron Black al ong w ith him . Maybe we ca n get a bit more road rac ing cov erage in her e from now o n. • * * Here arc some m o re of the cho ice items up for grabs at HANGTOWN in April. Some advance spectator ticket holder w ill win a Steen 's minibike. In the Them·That's-Got·Shall-Get Department is a 1972 Hodaka that will b e given to the first 10 0 Novice on a Hodaka. While we have no t been able to get hold of them to co nfi rm or deny this, the le tt er that the Dirt Diggers North sent us is worded so as to sugges t that one of the winners will actually receive Miss Molly Blue, the tro phy girl. Y o u never know; their mo tt o is, after all: "Try it, you 'll like it ." * * * • * • • * • " * • Dave Wel ch o f t h e A MA Pro Rac ing Department t o ok a sh iny new Ya maha 360 out for a sp in last weeken d . He lost it . Hope he gets we ll soon. Whilc we 're o n the subject of us, w e sh o uld have mentioned a co uple of weeks ago what th e other resident racers are up to. Scrambles fr eak Ed Dr esc hsler was moved in to another office alo ng with t he hand le "Advertising Ma nager. " His o ld job ofProduction Man ager was taken up b y Paul Bo udreau, former ac e E ast Co ast m o t ocro ss st ar . H is u ltra-tric k 400 Su zuki will b e feat ured h ere sh ortly . Paul rode h is first desert race rec ently and is th o ro ughl y stoked , by th e way . We ar e thi nking o f puttin g to geth er so m e sort o f Cycle News Racing Team, but no two peop le around h er e race th e same th ing. HE MEANS IT : PA UL SMART , the n ewly-sign ed Kawasa ki pil o t , w ill cam paign the 750 th ree cyhn ders in all of the AMA Road Race Nationals. Says he, " I know t he op position is to ugh , b u t I'm o ut to w in at least o ne." Alt ho ught w e didn't exac tly plan it th at wa y , it a p pea r s as if t h c nine-o n-a-Hodaka thin~ (which wc have - wioi li o ., nam ed " cy cle"stuffing") has g. e, N .... 0> . ~ s ~ . w Z w -' C,) >C,) * * By Papa Wealey M Br ing out the reco rd bo ok s for a bit of rewriting . Nine-en -a-Hod has been upped to 16.-on-a-Kaw . Unbelievab le! As you see by t he proof-positive photo, d iscernab le means of identificatio n is impossib le so just note the in dividuals: Jeff Fly nn , Gary Tomlin, Terry Nels on, Ri chard Goodland. Ron Beere. Bill Griffin. Jeff McCord. Bobbv Harris. Mike Young. Pat Walsh (owner}, John Troqden, Jeff Tomlin. John Smoot. John Duncan. Jack Hansen and Perry Vance. Photographer was Larry lssacs. T he gala event took place at the House of Handlebars in Long Beach. Calif. given way to at least one successfu l challenge, p ict ured elsewhere on th is page, The House of Handlebars now holds the reco rd and they have issued a challenge to any and all comers to a stuff-off. Rules: Only one set of feet may touch the ground (ph o to fo r verification), the bike must be of 10 0cc or less, and the bike must have a stock wheelbase. Wh at are you going to do?

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