Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

fast Tracie; Hot Shoesl by Elaine Jo nes PE R RIS , CALI F. , Ma rch 11 It 's warming u p at Perris and the shoes are sta rting t o turn ou t in fo rce. J amey Blu n t showed th e p eople what it's all abo ut as h e p ut on some kind o f showwin ning th e 127-200 Class.Jamey , making up p ractically a h alf lap handicap eac h race, either put th e hex o n or made th e other rid ers push beyond tfieir limits b ecause h e whittled th e fie ld down to o ne brav e so ul - Sco tt Flin t. Sc o tt was the only o ne to show up on th e line th e th ird moto and put up a good fight to h old off Jamey 's charge, a charge th at blew J am ey 's b ik e an d fo rced h im to push it across the fm ish line. Pu shin g an d all J am ey go t th e win wi th Sco tt sec o nd and Bill Cerveria th ird. Walt Foster finally st opped p laying games and rode all three h eats in the Big Bik e Moto. T here was no su p p osing who wo n it as Walt fla t o ut rode and o ut powered everybody else in to wn . Vince Graves and his 400 Suzuki h eld in there for a stro ng seco ndb ut h e must have felt lik e a sandwich with Walt on o ne sie and Mike Posey and h is 650 Triump h ho t on h is heels trying to swap his third for a second. Rick Hutchins was back looking for a re-match with Doug Mason in the 250cc Am /Ex Class and Doug was ready for him and ,ljdo't even let Rick get close. Third place Skip Gallagher loo ked good after a lo ng lay off, He felt good being able to stay as close as he did in such esteemed company. Rick Milmer has his bike free of mech anical bugs as he lead the 100-125 Am / E x in a wire to wire win . Paul Lam bert was second and Wayne Whisenant third. Marc J ones and Mark R eih er t 100 and 250 Novices re spec tively are goi ng to rid e th emselv es righ t in to Amateur ratings as th ey contin ue to m eet all co mers and beat them. La rry Bean came up th e winner in the 125 Novice Class ' a fter Jim Joh nson tood a b ad one as he w en t fo r his third win of th e night. Hoep full y he is on the m end and will b e b ack soon. Dave r Racin e won the fi st Divisio n of 125cc Novices. N ew m in i-bike and min i-cycle rules wer e made at a meeting of p arents and rid ers . I. Mini-Bike s limited to youngsters 12 and under. Mini-Cycles 16 and under and do not compete in the motorcycle classes. 2. Mini -Pro gram b egins at six o 'cl ock sharp and entries close at six. 3. Riders will b e classed Nov., A m ., Ex . 4 . Classes will b e broken d own in to cc 's, 5 . Rider an d one person allo wed in the pit area. Hop efully these new rul es will let the kid s rider an d have fun an d keep the parents fro m figh ting. DREA.\1 ON! TRICKY TRIALS AT SADDLEBACK By DeeDee Earl IRVINE, CAL ., March 19 , 1972 Saddleback Park was th e sit e chosen b y t he Plo nkers Trials Club for their March 19 points trial event, the second suc h event ho st ed b y them this year . A good ma ny riders apparently agreed with their choice as shown by the entry of 15 1 competitors. Saddleback has been used numero u s t im es in the p ast but co m petit io n ' chairma n Le roy Earl and cre w fo und new and challenging te rrain in which t o set up sections for the various classes. A th ree m ile lo o p was ridden twice in the mo rnin g with the Masters having 16 sec t ions and the Experts competing in 14 of these. Master Mark Eggar, recently b ack from competitio n in France and Spain, took top ho nors of t he Clay by dropp ing o nly 46 points to the second pl ace ride by R ich Bledsoe with 59 poin ts lost . Ric h we nt over w ith Mark o n their E uro pean trek. Third place Mast er rider Bob Nickelse n is o ne of tw o rider s sent to Sp ain in 19 7 1. Seems lik e they must b e p ick ing u p so me awfully good st uff fro m th e overseas pros. Eggar felt today 's eve nt was a " trick y t rials" and enjoyed in particular the lo ng section created by successive _ traps No. 11, 12, and 13. He felt the sections in Europe w ere more nit-picky than here due to th e great skill of th e riders over there. They not only used extremely d ifficult ro ck sections, but proceeded to incorporate very tight turns into th ose ro ck s. Derek Edgar, a long kn own top trials riders from Scotland, co mp et ed in the morning's competition and placed 11 th in th e Master class. Edgar contributed part of his low standing to the fact th at he has been off his machine for six mo n th s and was suffering fro m the "A me rican flu". But De rek was also quick to say that h e h as seen a tremendous im pro vem ent in American tr ials rid ers since-he was last over here in late 19 6 9 . The Kid s & Wo men classes rode four loops of six sections with Debbie Evans taking firs t place in the Kids class by lo sin g only nine points. Debbie was riding a st o ck I 75 Yamaha and was overh ear d to have said "I can ' t wa it until I get a go od tri als bike" - her ability today, however, didn't seem to be hampered. Perhaps second place Steve Stewart and third place Kelly Miriani would just as soon see Debbie keep t his machine. The afternoon saw the Amateurs and new ly starte d Novice class off o n a two lo op ride of 13 sections, ten of these mo dified slightlv for t he Novices. "Kamikaze Ha rry" L umsden reall y had his day by taking first A mateur with a point loss of only 15 . (Results on p age 32) CL EAN REST ROOMS J .C. A gajanian purchased Ascot Par k recently and had a b ig press and camera part y to sh o w off his S100000 improvem ent pro gram. While we ';"ere wined and di ned and h ad the chance to rub elbows with so me of the super-shoes wh o had their machinery o n d isp lay we lo o ked o ver th e newer and ne at er Ascot Park. " A ggie " is making extensive mo cli ~cat i.o ns to the track. Mo re lights are bemg installed and the track is being re-surfaced and re -banked with 25.000 tons of genuine d irt. The motocross co u rse is being brought up to CMA specs. The pits are b ein g made more co mfortable with n ew concessio n facili t ies and rest rooms . Whi le we are on th e subject, the new spec tator rest rooms are great. You hav e never seen anything like t hem. Why yo u co u ld j ust p ay your money and spend the evening in t he joh n. . Spectators are b ein g acco mm od at ed in other ways too: bi gger , p aved parking; relocated PA system, improved seating, better and m o re vari ed food at the concession stands an d so o n . Everything is being repainted , and a n ew marquee is being installed. Yo u wo n't recognize the old place. Committee foroled to find Solution Russ March and James Potter, Executive D irecto rs of the American Motorcycle Association and the Motorcycle Industry Council, have ma de a joint statement announcing that a combined committee has been established for the purpose of responding to the White House executive order dated February 8 concerning recreational vehicles and use of public lands. The Presidential directive has co m ma nded federal agencies 'in clud ing Int erio r , Defense and Agricult ure, and the Tennessee Valley Authority to est ablish policies go verning the use of recreational vehicles on public land. The Ohio-based American Motorcycle Association is a general membership organization composed of 140,000 mo torcycle users representing all areas of the United States. The Washington-based Motorcycle Industry Council is the business and trade organization for motorcycling in the United States, supported by all major motorcycle and accessor y manufacturers and distrib utors. MIC memb er s on t he combined co m mittee in clud e J am es Po tter, Ray Lucia and Pet e Suto o f th e MIC staff, AMA committee members include Russ Mar ch, Ch et Winter a nd Ed Youngblood of t he AMA sta ff. CycleWorld packages the worlds largest motorcycle show for 1972 LA.Sports Arena April 13,14, 15~ 16 See compet ition . customized , class ics, choppers and antique bikes plus all the sign ificant 1972 models at the Ninth Annual Cycle World International Motorcycle Show. EXH IB IT HO u RS: APRIL 13, 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm . APRI L 14, 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm. A PRil 15, pm - mid ni gh t. APR IL 16, 1:00 pm - 10:00 pm . 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