Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

AGGIE'S NEW BABY RON'S G AMBIT GARDENA , CALIF . - Ascot Park h ere , the site where man y of the best au tomobile and mo torcy cle ch auffeu rs in th e world got th eir co mp e titive s tart, 10 years b ut have only b een seriously is getting a n ew life of its o wn. dirt rid ing fo r tw o. J .C. Agajan ian , a 35-year veteran of Normall y I r id e a DKW but t h e speed productions, is he ad in g a new weekend o f t he run my DKW w as out o f group known as Los An geles commission so I borrowed bikes . I rode International Raceways, Inc., wh ich h as Loop I which wa s the easi er of th e two completed negotiations for a new on a rather h igh ly modified Yamaha 20-year lease on th e park and acquired 175. The bike had h ad t h e frame ownership of all buildings and facilities. lowered and was souped up somewhat. Agajanian, a member o f the United On Loop 2 I rode a box-stock Penton States Auto Club executive committee, 125. I had never been on eith er of these is president and general manager. David two particular bikes before, so E . Ra poport as secretary-treasurer is a u nfamiliarity probably slowed me down fo rmer counsel of t he U.S. Treasury a bit. On the other hand, both of them Dep a rt m e n t and foo d industry are faster than my DKW, by maybe executive. Another principal is Seymour 10%. I rate the bikes as about equal Fagan, Beverly Hills attorney. overall. The Penton handled better, In addition to taking over the especially on b umpy going, but the facili ty, Agajanian and his associates are Ya maha had mo re power . ex pending $1 0 0,000 on renovation of the track, rem o deling of the stands, My own style of riding favors rough, installation of comrleteIy new re st rocky going where I might be a b it ro oms , resurfacing 0 the parking lots, faster than you would expect. In and modernization of building and flat-out hauling 'across the desert I'm o ffices. probably a bit slower than you might Also a long-time car owner in the expect. If you remember each of these United States Auto Club championship ~ points and ride accordingly, you should division, Agajanian plans to run five L..: ::...::..:..:..... nights weekly, starting April 1. The California Racing Association will furnish the opening co m p et iti o n and compete regularly on Saturday nights. Remaining competition will include the California Auto Motor Racing Association Figure 8 events on Sundays, cycle motocross rac es o n Wednesdays, du ne buggies on Thursdays, and flat-track motorcycles on Fridays. "We intend to make Ascot Park's co mpetition and fan comfort the equal of any sports facilities in the area," said Aggie . We sell &serp~ieD~~p MAlCOSbete, ~; ~ come pr et t y cl ose to th e right speed, if yo u're also lucky as hell. Oh , two other small p oints: o n the sec ond section of the morning lo op a stick caugh t in the brake mech an ism , causing the b rak es to lock every time they we re ap plied . So for th e rest of th at sec tion I d idn't use th e rear brake. But I do n 't know whether this slowed me down o r not. Maybe y ou can figure it out. Also, the Penton had a bald tire which caused some difficulty in the deeper sand , but helped in the comers. All t his is really just malarky, but if you win something, think of all the fun you can have telling your friends who know they're better rid ers than you, just how you correctly interpreted each of the clues. It o ugh t to be wo rth all t he poin ts in at least four bench racing sessio ns . Do n't miss this enduro. It will be good fun an d a good deed as we ll. It's happening on April 2nd, in the desert east of Apple Valley. The entry fee is only $5 and :..:..=-_:..:.._.....:_:..:..:..:.. it gives you a pretty decent :..:.. ch ance o n a n ew b ik e, besides helping someone who need s it . Mail any stand ard en try to Stumpjumper 's Enduro , 113 3 Sierra Ave., San ta Ana, Cali f. 927 0 7. Info (7 14) 55 7-0 75 4 . Be sure to incl ude your clas s on th e ent ry. People w ho d ig easy enduros also seem to like stran ge cla sses like husband and wife, father and son, man and dog, mother and ch ild, and so on. If yo u ha ve any of these things going for yo u, include it. Six similar ones make a class and you migh t win a case of Bardahl or something. Don't forget the Super Expert clas s. Oh, I almost forgot the rul es for that class. Seems to me that my genuine, ho nest-to-gosh Sup er Expert o ugh t to b e able to go twice as fast as I can o n one of th o se little tiddlers, So that's it . J ust double my speed in each sectio n. If nob ody takes the challenge, or if nobody can do it, I'll give the tro phy to Max Bubek, who along with Joh n Penton, is as close as I can come to an unquestionable Super Expert. See you at th e run. . ...J furu, Brown Stage Trojan HorseCpowerJ Show By Art Loya SOUTH GATE, CAL., Mar . 9 ,1972 - It was one of those racing n ights that seem ed made to order for the little old ladies in Pas adena, not too much excitement. Hardly anything th at would speed up t he pulse rate. Just a quiet, nice evening at Trojan Speedway. That is... until Main Event time rolled around. Despite the absence of some of the BLM Officials Seek Enforcement to Curtail Off-Road Riding SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Law-enforcement power for Bureau of Land Management officials was called for in a speech here March 3, b y assistant secretary of the Interior Harrison Loesch, in an apparent clarification of what the Nixon Administration has in mind fo r off-road vehicle control. "What are you goi ng to do, fo r example, if you have 1,000 motorcycles [Cont 'd. f ro m page 5 ) down in the California des ert, which is a delicate area ?" he said , arguing that BLM officials cannot effectively manage public lands if they must seek out local law enforcement officers to make arrests. Secretary of th e Interior Rogers C.B. Morton put it more co lo rfully when he visited Utah earlier : "b y the time y o u sober up the lo cal magistrate and get h im o ut t here" the show is o ver." leading riders who were in Daytona to compete in a national event, a dozen or so hopefuls from a trimmed down field of 80 entries didn't fool around Thursday night in the TT and l1at track racing program. A couple of J unior riders , Larry Furu (Oss a), and Joe Brown (Bu l) , came up with one of _the most inspired performances in their careers as they treated the fans with one of those heart-in-throat type of a ff airs in the 250 F.T . Main Event. Taking an early lead b y out-jumping Dan Corbett, Dale Hopkins, Bill Adargo, all mounted on Bultacos, Brown led the first lap while Furu, a relatively unknown at this oval, made his wa y through the field in hot pursuit. While Brown continued to amaze the fans b y leading Corbett , Furu moved to third on the second lap. One lap later he took seco nd fro m Corbett b efore disbelieving eyes. From this point on, it was Brown in a m agnificent defense of h is lead, and Furu o u t-do ing himself while probing for an opening. On the final lap , Brown was unable to -h old off Furu 's challenges and ga ve ground under pressure, paving the wa y for Furu's first major victory. Sharing the winner's circle wa s Corbert after his wire-to-wire win in the 250 TT . Trailing third for seven of the eight laps, Ho p kins waited until t he final lap for his best effort when he finally got by to take second fro m Brown who wa s doing an o utstanding job of chasing Corbett. A lthough being out-powered, an d out-manned, the team of Summers and Minnig were not out-classed in th e Buddy Race d esp it e finishing second ..officially ..... to the team of Brown an d Corbett. Using their 100 Kawa saki against the 250 Bultaco of Brown an d Corbett, the real winners with t he fans were Summers and Minnig by virtue of their valiant effort to catch the much older and seasoned riders, and becau se of the fact that Brown and Co rb ett should have been disqualified for havin g made the switch after crossing the finish line. (R esu lts on page 36) CLEAN SWEEP! IUD!. oRAJiGnHORPl Fut tERTON CALIF. (114 170 ,401 "~~." RACING CASTOR (}e Jaf{ : eud ' dC Ne CA STO I R FOR " Blendzall" Corporation has posted a total of $15,700 conti ngency award money for 1972 A.M.A. National winners that win with "Blendzall" and display the BELL " Blend zall" sticker. The awards to cover T.T., short track , road race, and motocross nation al events . 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