Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

BEGINNER W I poppy 1750 t;. S. VICTORY PHONE · : . • • • • •• ***.****.*******. • · • • • • ~ ~~~ ~ . ": ? .~ • • • • • • • • • • « Th e big K sta nds for "kauth" . Ro y Bu rn e t t was second 25 0. By Ca rol Witt Ph o to s b y Ka ren Har tm a n WICHITA , KANS., A p ril 16, 197 2 -We h ad th e la rges t turno u t of rid ers yet to be entere d at th e Sp ro cke ts regul a r races her e today . Once again the track was rer ou ted , a n ew p it area built, and the sta r ting gate was en larged to give m ore room for a mo re eq ua l s ta rti ng p o int. Spring weathe r is b rin gin g riders out as well as good crowds . A t th is poin t , we would like to an nounce th at o n l\l ay 7, h ere at th is tr ack , we will feature th e Castro 600, with a $ 1200 purse , sponsored b y Art Dist ribu tin g Comp an y . All sportsman an d E xpert riders arc invited to m ak e th e tr ip to Wich ita to en te r thi s even t. There will b e a Sp ortsm an clas ses. t op rid ers o f th is a rea Fo u r p articip a ted in the 25 0 Seni or and Sportsman race, an d wh en th ey rid e to gether , it is an y bo dy's race. Loy Bu rn e tt, R o b Kn oe ttgen, Tony Martin , and G ary Witt m ad e th is the race of th e day . In th e fir st m o to , Witt was firs t off the line, sho rtly fo llo we d by K noe ttgen , th e n Burn ett, and these we re th e p o sitions t he y hel d thro ug hout th is mo ta . T he se cond m o ta started wi th Witt off th e lin e first, Bu rnett second , an d Kau fma n th ird . Du e t o bike tro u ble , Mart in had to pull out. Once aga in, rid ers m a in tai n cd th ese positions un til th e ch eckered flag. The third moto was a diffe re nt story. Witt was first o ff the lin e, bu t as they we re co m ing aro und th e h owl , he fe ll and Bu rnett wen t arou nd h im, Kn o e l tgen we n t around h im, an d Kau fm an we nt aro und h im b e fo re h e cou ld get ' b ac k on th e track . By the second lap , Witt h ad taken Kau fm a n .' By th e fi f th lap , Kn o e ttgen had taken over fir st , with Bu rn e tt se co nd and \Vitt third . Th ey held this until the eig h th lap , w here Burn e tt t o o k b ac k first, Witt to ok second, a nd Kn oe tt gen t hird. On th e nin th lap , Witt took Bu rn ett, wh o sho rtly a fter fell, giving second to Kn oe ttgen , a nd th ird to Bu rnett. O vera ll scores for t he day gave Witt firs t, Bu rnett se co nd , and Kn oe tt gen thi rd . A la rger gr oup raced to day in th e Open Senio r class with Gary Witt , on a 25 0 Yam ah a, tak in g overall first. ( Res ul ts o n page 4 4 ) ill '" '" e, '" N • • « • « « • ~ ; 213 ..... m GLENDALE. CAL ,· 241·1115 > ::;; '" OO PS!! S HO ULD HAVE RE A D " ESCAPE BY TRAIL BIK E" P\~ /r « • • • • • • • • • • • • L eI' S have an A mer ican W orld Champ ion . Join th e Amer ican Motocross Team and recei ve thi s bea utilu l mult r- cct or l ea rn patch for a 55 (or more con tr i but ion to A meri c an Mot ocro s s T ea m, Bo x. 3276, Ho l lywood , Ca li to mia. • « « « • • • • • • " * * •• ** .* •• • ***.** . * * . * Words, pictures an d diagra ms w ort h th e i r we ig h t in gol d . B i ll Brok aw and Wil tz Wagner c ombin e th e ir tale nts to provide an f ntr od uctory In t o t he of f- t o ad wo rl d. Shou ld b e manda tory r ead i n g for a ll begin n er cyclists a n d recommend rea di ng f or even ex per t ri ders. Li mi t ed ed ition $ 3 .00. CYCle N e w s P r o d uc ts , P.O . B o x 498 De pt . CNP , L on g Beac h , Ca . 908 0 1. Bugs Breaks, Bruce Bags Boise MX By N. A . Williams o ther rid ers we n t d own. Murphy was BO IS E, IDA ., A p ril 8 , 19 72 - Dick p u t in th e am b ulance fo r a while but Ma nn wa s favored to wi n th e Was n o t badly h urt. He rode the TT o n Professional class in the m oto cro ss S u nday. today bu t he had a bit of bad lu ck in Bru ce aga in held a long lead ove r th e t he first m o t o. He go t off t o a slow start res t of t he field in th e th ird m oto, thus a nd was w ell in back of t he main gro up collecti ng top ho nors and a very lar ge for th e first tw o lap s. Mann sta rt ed to m o ve u p in th e th ird t rop hy . lap and wa s run ning fift h when the Th e w ind was bl o wing hard at t imes prim ary on hi s BSA went o ut and he a nd the d ust was very b ad fro m the had to d ro p o ut for th e rest of th e day . sp ectato rs point o f view but t he riders Bu ck Murph y led th e firs t Prorno to did n 't see m to mi nd at all. Th e clu b ha d fo r several lap s u ntil Bruce H arr is took p la n ned o n wa tering most of th e trac k bu t the water lines h ad b een b roken an d o ver the lead . Bruce too k the lead in t he co uld n' t b e fixe d b y ra ce time . seco nd m o to when M u rp h y a nd several 75 Show at Boise Short Track By N. A. William s BO ISE , IDA. , April 7, 1972 - A turno ut of ab ou t 75 rid er s made fo r a good nig h t 's p ro gram of sh o rt t rac k racing. The pro gram was just b ar el y started when Mik e Russell w ent down in the 25 0 heat a nd was ta ken to the hospital wi th an an k le b roken in th ree ~ pl ac es. There were more d ela ys lat er w hen o ne o f t he lights wouldn't c om e on but t he rid ers c ho se to rid e a ny way wh en th e y fo u nd o u t that t h e ligh t co uld no t b e fixed . S ev eral m o r e rid ers w er e d o w n but n o inju ries w e re evide n t. Mark T ennys on h ad firs t p lace whe n t h e race was st o p ped b u t h eld on th e res ta rt to t ak e th e chec ke re d fir st . T he real cro wd -p leaser was th e mi n ibi ke races. T here is so me real t alen t th ere. Loren S ho ck ey fin ish ed first in two legs of th e race an d sec o nd in t he o ther. J erry Wright fin ished second in tw o legs o f th e race and th ird in the other. Warm Weather f or Beardsley TT By Ned PHOENIX, ARIZ. , April 9, 1972 - Wh y bother with a weather repo rt sin ce everyone k no ws th e beauti fully clea r warm atmosphere that prevails a t Beardsley TT track loca t ed 10 miles north of Sun City, . Arizona. Track conditions were a little rough in some spots. Sonne y , the track operator promises to change a nd resurface the track very shortly. In t h e second 100 Novice Main event Ric k Snap took the lead as if on a Sunday drive but soon fou nd Kerry Lo negran winding up his Yamaha a ft er t hree laps and zapped Snap going ove r the j u m p . T his piece of action gave Kerry the wi n. T he 10 0 Amateur Expert ra ce st a rt ed wi t h R ic k Franklin leading the gro up. On the seco nd lap Ed Blo se went to the Said insid e over the j ump. com in g from third pl ace to first. Is th is the y ear of the Os sa? A few are beginning to ma k e t h eir ap peara nce s and o ne o f t h em ridden by J ohn Beatson, won the 250 Novice /Amat eu r race co m ing fro m third to firs t. Before the 125 Expert race it was Ron Adam 's mo th er p at iently d o ing a n Ascot tire cutting j o b o n Junior 's rear-tire with plenty of supervisio n from other pit crews. Ron usually w ins bu t this time Larry Barrington 's stock bike (that means it isn't a 250) was t oo fas t for Ron. Hey Mother, fix Ron's engine and give Dad a rest. The)T riders will have a change of p ace by riding the motocross track April 30. They are going to w hop the regular motocross riders they think! WHEELSPORT MOTORCYC LE CL UB, LAWRENCE, KA NSAS PRESENTS Midvvest Spring A M A Motocross S eri e s PRO- AM Baldvvi n Motocross Par k Baldvvin, Kansas MAV14th . $2,000 PURSE QUALI FYIN G EV ENT FO R THE SUMMER A ND FA LL A MA IN T ERN ATI ONA L RA CES Track opens 7 AM Races start at 12 AM Professional: 250cc and Open. Professional AMA license required Amateur Inv itational: 125cc, 250cc , and Open Troph ies and Contingency prizes . For inf ormat ion, call or write : KAT Enterprises, 634 Massachusetts Lawrence, Kansas, 9 13-842-6966 Cycle Parts Unlimited , 1623 E. Do uglas Wich ita , Kansas, 316-265-1664 Cycle Parts Unlimited, 5211 Lucas and Hunt Rd St. Louis, Mo. 314-3814655 Mufflers required! oi ~ w Z W ..J U >- U

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