Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

'hDD-llle thing.'" --HDlcDInD Jim Sco tt mad e h is last ride at Lions as an Intermed ia t e a wi nning o ne. Scott pushed h is Maico to th e win ah ead o f th e CZ's of Bo b Madden and Bill Inman. Wh en nex t we se e Sco tt at Lions. it will be as an Expert . Stu Pet ers and Steve Evans turned on th e ju ice tonight feeding p o we r to 12 ad ditio nal lights. p rovding 24.00 0 more watts o f illuminatio n for riders and spectators. Wh en all of the new units have been aimed properly . there won't be a dark spot o n th e entire co urse. If o ne didn't know better, it would b e easy to think that the J unio r riders were raci ng fo r a S 10 ,000 purs e instead o f a tro phy . The las t race of th e nig ht for the 250 J u niors produced two rest arts. The first tim e out of th e gate, th is bunch of chargers h it the first t um and seven riders w en t dow n, two d idn ' t restar t. The second start go t them to the j ump, ab o ut an eighth o f a lap , in t h e fro nt of the pack one rid er go t sid eways o n th e up sid e o f th e jump an d from where 1 was standing, it lo o k ed like five or six bikes we re caug ht in a ce men t mi xer. The ambulan ce had to roll o n this o ne an d o n the res tart th e troops cooled it. No rm McEl ro y . 16-y ear -old J unio r fro m Saugus, Cali f., su ffered a b roken left leg. Ch eckin g with th e Car son am bulance attendants on their return fro m th e h ospit al, McElroy's leg was broken in at least tw o p laces. (Res u lts on page 36) BU LTACO Sp eed Equ ipment, Custom Engin e Work . MAIL OR D ER Stoek Bultaco Parts, WRITE FOR FREE PRICE LIST DISTRI BUTO RS Access o rie s , Sn op " Home of t he f ast est d irt b i k e In th e USA" Pu mfrey Bu lt ac o Speed Shop 2 18 19 Sher man Way. Can o ga Par k TOO ISj' M X . C l othl ng l sceec E QUi P men t. M ol" Order C.atalot $ 1 .00 PO 80_ 5!t 1 7500 E I C.. jon Blvd . Ca . 913 03 - (213 ) 887·7696 u M.... CA '2041 714/455·1327 . ::;; ~ w I.~ Mike Patrick's Z W ..J o >o YWHA of COlOll~ 1101 E. 6th 51. - Corona (114) 13~1l21 CORONA TT Co ro na R acew ay will soon open its doo rs to Thursday nigh t TT racing on an Am at eur level. No definite date has been set for t h e o pe ner so check Calendar fo r more in formatio n as it becomes avai lable . HUSKY SEATS REB UILT New cover and new heavy-duty pad Install ed complete - fast ! $19.95 plus tax ~ SPECIALISTS M/C Prep ar ed by PRODUCTS CENEK LELLEK JAWA WO RKS MECHANIC SI e NS 44 E. Mark et St. Lon g Beach, Ca 90805 (2 13) 422-1908 OSSA MAICO DKW JAWA PENTON Bry ar Holeomb (4 5 EI times h is ju m p eq ually wi th Billy Payne (101 wh ile Bob Messe r approa ches. Note that Bry an has his gas ta nk (above) b ut he lost it a few m in ut es later (bel ow). CYCLE PISTONS INCREASE PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY PISTON PERFORMAN CE: • Cam grou nd taper finish to redu ce fr ic tion . • Lo w expansion neat-tr eateo aluminum lo r high strength at eleva ted temperatures. • Specia l ring s to m in im ize drag and flutter at hig h RPM . • Hi gh ly po lished domes reduce he at an d carbo n bu ild up . RIN G PERFORM ANCE: • Top " L" section power thrust ri n g is made a t high strength iron 'or max imum performance compa ti bl e rnoty- taced to both chrome and cast iron cy linder s for rap id seal ing to cy linder wall , longer lif e and res istanc e to SCUffin g. • Bottom comp ress ion ring is du rab le 1/ 16" i ro n for str eng th and e xcellent hea t dissipa tio n ... lo wer tensi on against cy li nder wa ll min imizes dr ag and fl utter. yet m ~in ta jns prop er sea lin g and pisto n stab ility. Get 'alter acc ele rati on and more power 'rom Wiseco Plst onl an d Rings . Clearly the ultimate In performance an d du rab il ity . Your Wis eco dealer hal over 300 modell and slzel, with over· slzel up to .080. BAJA BU LTACO CARABELA KAWASA KI SUZ UK I CZ YAMAHA Hu saVAR NA MOTO BETA PENTON HODA KA MAICO OSSA PUC H You 'll want to know more about Wiseco "performance," Write today: W IS EC O PISTON CO. , INC. 7203 lNDUSTRIAl PARK B l VO J M EN T OR , OHIO 44060 -

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