Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

1972 IN T ERNATIONAL CUP MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP Learning Motocross with AMe II'/TII Til E lW R I. IJ·S TOP ~o Jolt. Marnard I.s.ra.ee sar s RIDERS ! SA T UR D A Y EVENING, JUL Y 8 ,8 : 00 PM LO S A N G ELES MEMORI A L COLI SEUM P.O. Box 13369, Sacrament o , Ca 9 5813 "Hey Mr. Dealer" We ca rryall types of insurance coverage - garage Iiabi I ity fi re - theft & dealer bonds Sare'U To 25% p JOHN W, MAYNARD INS. 3441 Moror Ave. , L.A., Ca. (213) 836-5211 FULL BORE Explore our new o il - tir es - boot s - in stoc k FOOTHILL CYCLE ACCESSORIES ROUGH R IDERR O OM Levi's - leat h e rs - boots gloves - MX pants $39.95 up Beginners are showing good form on Saddl eb ack ' s minor league course. By Rich H offman ORANGE, CA LlF ., ~l ay 13 , 19i2 _ After a relatively sma ll tu rn o ut last w ee k at C ar lsbad , A merican Moto cro ss officals were ju mpin g for joy today as over 14U racers tu rned ou t fo r th e A~IC Mo to cro ss a t S addleback Park . I asked Bob II un te r o f the A~ lC why su ch a differen ce ; he just shook h is head, then said h is race sch ed u les go t somewh at mi xed-up la st week a n d asked t o b e su re I let all the A~lC riders kn ow th at th eir n e x t r a ce will b e he ld at C arlsbad. S aturday . ~l ay 2 0. It w as su per h ot a t S addleb ac k Par k today with temp er ature s hitting the 9 U d egre e mark . bu t it di dn't slo w the racing d own ; in fact. so me o f the beginner s m a t started raci ng ju st a few wee ks ago with the A~ I C a re sta rting to lo o k like ve tran s. J e ff S zu e b er (IIus) is a good example . J ef f has b ee n racing with the A~IC since their firs t race and h as im p ro ved I OU p e r-c e n t. J eff had to settle for a se c ond today behin d Carl Gazafy [Mai] b ut was in the lea d several ti mes d uring the m o to s. lI'ith a fe w mo re races u nd e r his kid n ey bcl t , J e ff 's goi ng to b e a hard guy to beat. Bra d R oberts grabbed a win in the "Min i Cycle Divisio n. Wh : J. t m ade i t re all y inte re stin g was tha t Brad rode w ith th e 1nu cc Be ginne rs and beat a ll bu t one or two on h is ve ry strong runni ng H ond a SLiD. Ran dy S ch lot (B ul) and Mark Ab ra hams (Yam) fo u gh t it out all day in the 100c c Begi n ne rs Division 1L Mar k to o k the first mota easily, but Randy cam e b ack in the second moto for a win . It was a showdown in the third mota and it lo oked like Abrah ams had it sewed up, but lost it a fte r the jump and cra sh ed to give Schlot the win. Mark man aged t o salvage a se c ond ov erall. After the rac ing w as over. ~l ark to ld me his shoc ks b ott omed . Then he c rashe d , but sa id h e w as going to spend mo st of next we ek tryin g to ta lk h is d ad in to a new se t. (Good lu ck. ~ I ar k. ) G ar y Huber swe p t to firs t in the 12 5 Nov ice Division. T hi s class w as o ne o f th e sm allest of th e day, b ut in each mota the t op fo ur rider s spent m o st of th e three m oto s never m o re than a few b ike len gth s apart for some of the bes t racing of th e day. A lot of th e A~I C riders have asked to give Saddlcbac k's b ig track a t rv, S o the nex t race w ill he run on th ~ regular tra ck th a t th e A CA and th e C ~ IC use every Sun d ay . Ac c ordin g to S ad d lebac k Park ' s ma n age r, Bruce Feave r , if all goes well ~l ay 2i. th e A~l C w ill b e racing the b ig: t rack for th e rest of th e sum mer sc he du le. ( Resu lts on page 36) SUZUKI CITY 728 S . La Brea Inglewood, Ca. 90301 (213) 6 74·1431 ~~ HODAIlA-BILITY se e yo u r lo ca l HODAKA d ealer Distributed b y T iger D ist ributin g 653 W. Br oadw.r v, Glen d a le, c... 91204 Hodak a Montesa Greeves ""4" Sport Cycle • . ex . .. - "'E~" STRE E T· MOTO CROSS S PEEDWAY MACHINES Experienced with World's Best Two S'rolce Since' 949 RACING CASTOR BARUM TIRES - CASTROl RACING OilS 330-6171 BERTUS MOTORCYCLES 1340 N. Hacie nda Blvd., La Puente ~ l.o" ~\\ o @ 'iD NEWS 0 S ALES - new & used SE R VIC .E - comp et it ion , o u r specialty PA RT S-co m plete Bul ta c o lin e A CCESSORIES-fo r Yamah a and Honda $~~~g~h6~~~s;- Expert service on a ll makes of motorcycles 10% RACERS DISCOUNT 22S5 HA R BO R BLVD., COSTA MESA , CA. (714) 646-4655 is a list of n ame s of con tribu tors we owe money to. I f y o u r na me ap p ea rs bel ow, p le ase drop us a lin e with y o u r address so we ca n se n d y ou some gree nbacks! Mike Bas t , Don Ben son , Shirley Bailey, Ken Benson, J o h n Clausen, J a mes Dunn , Sherri Ellis, A I Fol s, Don Frank, Sr., Rita Gunter, Don G raham, Steve Holdred, Dottie Hamplon, Stuart lI a w kin s, Penny Harzell, Geo rge lI u rlb u rt , Walt Iberti, T ilm an Kreft, R .D. Lewis, John Little, Rocky Mandeville, Chris Miller, Ni ck Muscuraca, Kris Mitchel l, Bruce Peterson , Imogene Rees, Joe Salvo, Salt Sanguinetti, Norman Stone, R on Shock, An n Taran tin o, Owen \\filliams, Kurt Woolle y. \\ 'es Whitman. Rich Y arber, Jim Zenby , J. Z iegler. Motorcycles ~ ~~""'..,,, D eal er for A ll Sa n Ga brie l Valley an d Pasade na Ar eas , follow ing _.. "'. . . ' . . JAWA - Woods Win's T he "~J Gil\' I( L o ul.' (14) 893-1051 7219 Westminst er Ave .. Westm inst er, Ca . Chet wo n th e Mini Bike Troph y Dash an d a lso go t seco n d in th e 12 !":- C Main, 0 11 a b o rro wed Su zu ki. A rid er t o lo o k ro r in years t o co me. ( Res u lts o n p age 36) ATTENTION : CYCLE CONTR IBUTORSl 3 2 5 So. Sa nta Fe A ve. Vis ta, Ca . (714) 7 26·18 6 0 FOR ~~~~ns Mal co IL\KE RSFlELD, C A LlI' .. ~I ay l U, 19i2 - Ri ck Wo od s w as the b ig wi nne r tonigh t a t th e Kern Coun ty Fairgro unds oval . pick ing u p th e bu c ks fo r b oth th e Scrat ch M ain an d th e Han di cap Consy . In th e Consy, Ri c k ne eded two laps to fin d th e way aro und D on Cas tro. ma kin g h is debu I here in Ba ker sfie ld. Dan Be c ker t o o k home th e loot for the lI an d icap M ain , foll owed b y S onn y Nu t ter wh o j ust go t past ~l ik e Konle in th e final tu m . lIill C ody ca me in first in the Scratch Co nsy, hi s b es t fi nis h in a d isappoin ti ng n igh t. Paul lI en d erso n showed th e S econ d Divisi o n's :\1a in .Eve ru cr's th e qu ick w ay , Dan Becke r led the ~I a tch Ra ce fro m w ire to w ire ahead of G reg lI a ser o t. J e ff Se xt o n a nd Ron ~lill e r b oth e arn ed First Division starts ne x t w eek in th e Bake rsfield showdown. ·UN ICORN MOTORCYCLES only BULTACO WK . ~ atJL.T~CO Short Track Battle in TRA Opener B J anis Randall "}' J UNCTION CIT Y, OREGON ~I ay t . 19i 2 - Qu arte r m ile n at tra c k fo r th e Territ oria l Racin g Associa tio n h ad a successful open ing S unday. R ain ke pt th e tr a ck fro m packing an d it w a s worse th an Tulare . Whi le ol de r brother, Bill O liver, was re cove rin g from a fracture d leg, hi s you nger bro ther. R ick Olive r, was up holding me n's honor ba ttling bac k and forth with tw o lad ie s in the I UU A ~l a i n . Diane Cox (S uz) led off wi th Ri c k right behind. A b o ut the third lap , they began th eir close o rder pl a ce swap p ing . Sue K utz w orked h er w ay through the m en into th ird an d be gan c lo sing o n Ri c k a nd Dian e. Th e thre e c rossed the lin e in tha t ord e r b ut th e issue was in d oubt un til th e last lap . Dian e C o x a lso w ent on to tak e se c ond in the ~ OO class wit h ~I i k e La u x ( Bu l) firs t an d J ohn Sullivan ( Bu l) th ird . J o hn Sull ivan a lso wo n the 20 U class T rophy Da sh . T h e 25 0 B Main sa w Charle s A ndrew s ridi n l'; a new ~ 5U H onda single ju m p o u t int o t he lea d wi th Dal e Demaris (Yam) p as sin g him d own th e ha c k straightaway to take fir st on the third lap. Dale is better know n for h is excellen t raci ng abi li ty in Motocr o ss, bu t he is p rovin g he can d o ver y well in Sh ort Track . An other rider slipp ed p ast A ndrews , Curtis Dorn ( Bu l) a new rider t o this track , t o take sec ond and Andrews was ab le [0 fend off J ack He eter for third. The 2 50 A Main was th e ra ce to watch with Lee Sturnenh aus (Bul) jumping out to take the le ad and Mik e Bailey riding his n ew Yamah a pressurin g h im ve ry h ard from behind. Lee kep t the le ad with Mike settling for sec ond. Russell J oh n so n ( Bu l) look third. ~Iike Baile y a lso w on th e 2 5U Trophy Da sh . In the Open cl ass, Doug Hamblin on a 3 6 U Yamaha led th e whole race to take first . Charles Standcford was in secon d but the throttle c ab le on his new 650 BSA twin broke. Ri chard S choonover (T ri) moved up to take se cond position with another rider new to Benton Lane, Ron Franks (Yam ) taking third . Timmy Finnley (H a n) and Chet Campbell (H o n) seem to be domin ating the Mini Bik e cl as s ag ain th is ye ar , with Timmy tak in g fir s t. Chet C ampbell second a n d Bruce Hap h ey (Y am) th ird,. 3067 F ooth ill Blvd . La Crescenta , Ca . 9 12 1 4 (213) 2 48-3 3 5 2 6 -9:30 n ightly, 1 1 :00am-9 :00pm Sat. " Blend zall" Corporati on ha s posted a total of $15 ,700 co ntingenc y award mo ney fo r 19 72 A.M.A. National w inners th at win wit h " Hlend zall" a nd di splay th e "Blend za ll" sti cker. The awa rds to cover T.T ., short t rack , road race , and motocross nat io nal events. The following 1971 Trans A.M.A. w inners received "B lendzatl " awa rd s totaling $3150.00: •****************• Sylvain Geboe rs, Roger De Coster, Joe l Robert , Ado lph Wei! , Werner Schutz. Yamaha & • • .. Triumph • of Fontana • • • " Ble nd zall " awa rds received totaling $600.00 : Kenny Roberts , Ginger Molloy an d Ho ward Lyn gaa rd . " Blend zatl" distributors a nd dealers have the stickers and the "Blendzall " products. • • • • • • • • : Sales Parts Senice • • • • Maico, DKW, CZ, Hodaka, BMW . • • 9008 Sierra Ave. .,.JIJ.. . • • Fontana, Calif. (714 ) 822 ·2252 ,~ , . • -* * * * * * * * * * * * ** **- · i!1~4tt· Co'po,olio. 1433-37 Firs t St. , Escalon, Ca lIforn ia 95320 (209) 838-7912 M " '" ~ 0- .en ... " M' " > ~ ::;; ~ w Z W ...J U >- U

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